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Since I'm not much of treveller I'm going to split the challenge for me. In the first message I'm going to add books set in Israel, Canada, Poland and USA (state indictions) only and in the second one all the other countries all over the world. I hope you don't mind :-) I'm going for the Around the World in 360 days (32+ books) levelVacation Destination Reading Challenge - Favorite Countries
Start Date: 4/13/18
Level: Around the World in 360 days
Completed: 5/32+
Israel, Canada, Poland:
Totgeglaubte leben länger=Cross Bones by Kathy Reichs 1* 4/17 Canada & Israel
USA:
Sizzling Sixteen by Janet Evanovich 3* 4/14 NJ, PA
His Prairie Princess book 1 of The Cooke Brothers 4* 4/14 OR
Not What He Expected by Annie Boone 3* 4/17 NE, NYC
Rise Above: How to Heal the Hurts and Overcome the Worst by Robert Rogers 5* 4/17 MO, KS
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Vacation Destination Reading Challenge - All Over the WorldStart Date: 4/13/18
Level: Around the World in 360 days
Completed: 3/32+
Sweden: add ACE: Mörder Anders und seine Freunde nebst dem einen oder anderen Feind=Hitman Anders and the Meaning of It All by Jonas Jonasson 2* 4/13
Germany: 110 - Ein Bulle hört zu: Aus der Notrufzentrale der Polizei by Cid Jonas Gutenrath 6* 4/14/18 (200 - estimated) lit. translation: 110 (German emergency number) - A Cop (or Pig - sorry it's the author's decision to use this word) Listens: From Police' Emergency Call Center - Aus der Notrufzentrale #1
Austria: Geschafft! 50 Kilo leichter in einem Jahr by Annette Mayer 4* 4/16/18 (90) lit. translation: Done! 50 Kilogram Less (or Lost) In One Year
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I'm going to turn this into a spell-out challenge. And I'm focusing on vacation spots in the U.S. Later I'll do other destinations.Vacation Destinations - U.S.
Timeframe: 10/1/18 to 1/13/20
227/227
25/26 Places
Anchorage (9/9)
A - Animal Magnetism by Jill Shalvis - 11/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nurse Smith, Cook by Joyce Dingwell - 12/15/18 ♥♥♥
C – Crystal Green - When the Sun Goes Down... - 11/7/19 ♥♥♥
H - Hard Sell by Lauren Layne - 11/26/18 ♥♥♥♥
O – Only a Kiss by Mary Balogh - 11/4/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - The Rules Do Not Apply by Ariel Levy - 11/29/18 ♥♥♥
A - Author Jennifer AlLee - A Wild Goose Chase Christmas - 12/8/18 ♥♥♥♥
G - Gem & Dixie by Sara Zarr - 11/15/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - An Ex for Christmas by Lauren Layne - 11/13/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
Birmingham (10/10)
B - Bishop by Sawyer Bennett - 12/3/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - I Think I Love You by Lauren Layne - 12/13/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Renita Pizzitola - Just a Little Kiss - 12/11/18 ♥♥♥♥
M - Maggie McGinnis - A Cowboy's Christmas Promise - 12/24/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - I See You Everywhere by Julia Glass - 12/9/19 ♥♥♥
N - Nancy Martin - Dead Girls Don't Wear Diamonds - 1/4/19 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author Donna Grant - The Christmas Cowboy Hero - 1/29/19 ♥♥♥♥
H - Home for the Holidays by Jeaniene Frost - 12/26/18 ♥♥♥
A - Animal Attraction by Jill Shalvis - 1/10/19 ♥♥♥♥
M - Meant to Be by Maggie McGinnis - 3/2/19 ♥♥♥♥
Charleston (10/10)
C - Cook County ICU: 30 Years of Unforgettable Patients and Odd Cases by Cory Franklin - 10/16/18 ♥♥♥♥
H - Author Sidney Halston - Kiss Me Back - 2/23/19 ♥♥♥
A - Agatha Raisin and the Walkers of Dembley by M.C. Beaton - 10/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rocky Mountain Angel by Vivian Arend - 10/9/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - Lucky Boy by Shanthi Sekaran - 10/14/18 ♥♥♥
E - Author Emily March - Lover's Leap - 10/13/18 ♥♥♥
S – Shadowfever by Karen Marie Moning - 10/22/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - Thankless in Death by J.D. Robb - 10/7/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - On the Line by Liz Lincoln - 10/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nora Roberts - The Hollow - 10/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
Disneyland (10/10)
D – Dark Heritage by Yvonne Whittal - 11/11/19 ♥♥♥
I - I Knew You Were Trouble by Lauren Layne - 11/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
S - Serena's Plight by Carol Madison - 10/12/18 ♥♥♥
N - Nalini Singh - Mine to Possess - 1/6/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Lissa Evans - Wed Wabbit - 10/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
Y - Yvonne Whittal - The Light Within - 11/30/18 ♥♥♥
L - The Legendary Lord by Valerie Bowman - 11/23/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman - 10/23/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Nancy Martin - Some Like it Lethal - 1/27/19 ♥♥♥♥
D - Author Kyra Davis - Sex, Murder And A Double Latte - 4/5/19 ♥♥♥♥
Everglades (10/10)
E - Evanovich, Janet - Look Alive Twenty-Five - 12/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
V - Venom by Jennifer Estep - 9/18/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Jennifer Estep - Spider's Bite - 2/7/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Concealed in Death - 12/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author Roxane Gay - Difficult Women - 5/29/19 ♥♥♥
L - Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann - 12/7/18 ♥♥
A - Aunt Dimity Beats the Devil by Nancy Atherton - 1/19/19 ♥♥♥♥
D - Down with Love by Kate Meader - 6/18/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Katy Evans - Real - 2/9/19 ♥♥♥
S – Shalvis, Jill - My Kind of Wonderful - 10/28/19 ♥♥♥♥
Florida (7/7)
F – Fatal Justice by Marie Force - 10/9/19 ♥♥♥
L - Lifeguard by James Patterson - 1/23/19 ♥♥♥
O - Author Karen E. Olson - Driven to Ink - 2/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author M.L. Rowland - Murder on the Horizon - 1/2/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - Isobel Chace - To Marry a Tiger - 4/20/19 ♥♥
D - Dick Francis - For Kicks - 6/25/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Allen Zadoff - Hungry: Lessons Learned on the Journey from Fat to Thin - 2/14/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
Gettysburg (10/10)
G - Author Codi Gary - Don't Call Me Sweetheart - 11/11/18 ♥♥
E - Author Jill Alexander Essbaum - Hausfrau - 10/26/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - Trick or Treat Murder by Leslie Meier - 10/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - Three Bedrooms, One Corpse by Charlaine Harris - 11/5/18 ♥♥♥♥
Y - The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium by Robert Lacey - 3/17/19 ♥♥♥♥
S - Susan Mallery - Just One Kiss - 12/5/18 ♥♥♥
B - Beach Happens by Jamie K. Schmidt - 11/16/18 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unseen by Karin Slaughter - 1/15/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Author Annie Rains - Welcoming the Bad Boy - 10/20/18 ♥♥♥♥
G - G.A. McKevett - Bitter Sweets - 7/21/19 ♥♥♥♥
Hawaii (6/6)
H - Author Greer Hendricks - The Wife Between Us - 6/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Kristen Ashley - Rock Chick Regret - 2/24/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
W - Wendy Mass - 11 Birthdays - 11/8/18 ♥♥♥
A - Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage by M.C. Beaton - 3/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - Ilona Andrews - Magic Slays - 11/9/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - Iceberg by Robyn Donald - 4/25/19 ♥♥♥♥
Vacation Destinations - Part 2I - Sanibel Island (13/13)
S – Silkstone, Barbara - Zo White and the Seven Morphs - 11/12/19 ♥♥♥
A - Author Kristen Ashley - Rock Chick Revolution - 5/14/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - The Nightingale Nurses by Donna Douglas - 5/21/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom by Yeonmi Park - 5/18/19 ♥♥♥
B - Back Check by Kelly Jamieson - 5/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Tracy Ewens - Candidate - 4/28/19 ♥♥♥♥
L - Leslie Meier - Back to School Murder - 4/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - Illegally Yours by Kate Meader - 8/25/19 ♥♥♥
S - Scored by Sloane Howell - 5/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
L - Love Letters by Debbie Macomber - 5/5/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Ilona Andrews - Magic Rises - 5/19/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Nalini Singh - Hostage to Pleasure - 5/31/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
D - The Diva Takes the Cake by Krista Davis - 7/2/19 ♥♥♥♥
Joshua Tree National Park (22/22)
J - J.H. Croix - Follow Love - 5/25/19 ♥♥♥♥
O – The Other Side of the Dale by Gervase Phinn - 11/17/19 ♥♥♥
S - Stacey Lynn - Fake Wife - 3/13/19 ♥♥♥♥
H - Hot Response by Shannon Stacey - 7/27/19 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unplugged by Lois Greiman - 3/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Celia Aaron - Cleat Chaser - 4/10/19 ♥♥
T - 12 Rounds by Lauren Hammond - 2/17/19 ♥♥♥
R - River Marked by Patricia Briggs - 1/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Emma Hart - Stripped Bare - 2/27/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Eggs in Purgatory by Laura Childs - 2/28/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Never Trust a Pirate by Valerie Bowman - 2/6/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Annie Rains - Stolen Kisses - 4/15/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - Take the Fall by Marquita Valentine - 3/19/19 ♥♥
I - Ink Flamingos by Karen E. Olson - 9/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
O - The Other Side by J.D. Robb - 3/25/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - No One to Trust by Katie Reus - 3/6/19 ♥♥♥
A - Annette Blair - Cloaked in Malice - 6/16/19 ♥♥♥
L - Lora Leigh - Rugged Texas Cowboy - 2/11/19 ♥♥♥
P - Patricia Briggs - Frost Burned - 4/11/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Autumn Song by Margaret Pargeter - 6/26/19 ♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Festive in Death - 2/13/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
K - Kiss the Girls by James Patterson - 3/20/19 ♥♥♥♥
Key West (7/7)
K - Killer Pancake by Diane Mott Davidson - 11/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - The End of Everything by Megan Abbott - 3/31/19 ♥♥
Y - The You-Can't-Make-Me Bride by Leanne Banks - 4/19/19 ♥♥♥♥
W - Author Frank Warren - PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives - 5/7/19 ♥♥♥
E - Elly Griffiths - The Crossing Places - 4/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
S - Snowflakes, Iced Cakes and Second Chances by Sue Watson - 1/25/19 ♥♥♥
T - Top Shelf by Kelly Jamieson - 1/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
Lake Tahoe (9/9)
L - Looking For Rachel Wallace by Robert B. Parker - 6/20/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Jane Arbor - The Other Miss Donne - 6/27/19 ♥♥♥
K - The Kept Woman by Karin Slaughter - 8/3/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Elizabeth Hoyt - Dearest Rogue - 6/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - Tracy Wolff - Royal Pain - 6/4/19 ♥♥♥
A - Author Gillian Archer - Ruthless - 7/9/19 ♥♥♥♥
H - Holly Jacobs - Once Upon A Christmas - 8/9/19 ♥♥♥♥
O - Obsession in Death by J.D. Robb - 6/7/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Back to the Bedroom - 7/7/19 ♥♥♥♥
Monterey (8/8)
M - Madly by Ruthie Knox - 4/6/19 ♥♥♥♥
O - One Death, Nine Stories by Marc Aronson - 4/2/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Norton Juster - The Phantom Tollbooth - 7/17/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - Tracy Wolff - Hot & Heavy - 3/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - E.L. Konigsburg - The View from Saturday - 5/4/19 ♥♥♥
R - Author Cassie Ryan - My Addiction - 3/22/19 ♥♥♥
E - Author Jennifer Estep - Web of Lies - 7/20/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
Y - You're Saying It Wrong: A Pronunciation Guide to the 150 Most Commonly Mispronounced Words--And Their Tangled Histories of Misuse by Ross Petras - 5/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
Napa (4/4)
N - No Interest in Love by Cassie Mae - 11/22/19 ♥♥♥
A - Agatha Christie - One, Two, Buckle My Shoe - 3/14/19 ♥♥♥♥
P - Playing Hurt by Kelly Jamieson - 10/31/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Angel in Scarlet by Lavinia Kent - 12/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
Outer Banks (10/10)
O - One Day in December by Josie Silver - 5/20/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
U - The Unsung Hero by Suzanne Brockmann - 4/30/19 ♥♥♥
T - Ten Tiny Breaths by K.A. Tucker - 4/12/19 ♥♥♥
E - Erin McCarthy - The Hookup - 8/11/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Rescue My Heart by Jill Shalvis - 3/26/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
B - Author Jessica Beck - Fatally Frosted - 8/26/19 ♥♥♥
A - Agatha Christie - The Clocks - 8/2/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nalini Singh - Branded by Fire - 8/19/19 ♥♥♥♥
K - Kristina McMorris - Sold on a Monday - 9/5/19 ♥♥♥♥
S - Author Lynsay Sands - A Bite to Remember - 3/29/19 ♥♥♥♥
Vacation Destinations - Part 3Portland (8/8)
P - Patricia Briggs - Silver Borne - 10/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
O – One of These Nights by Susan Sizemore - 12/14/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rebecca Zanetti - Claimed - 6/17/19 ♥♥♥
T - Three Daughters of Madame Liang by Pearl S. Buck - 6/8/19 ♥♥♥
L - Liz Lipperman - Beef Stolen-Off - 8/17/19 ♥♥♥
A - Agatha Christie - Ordeal by Innocence - 8/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
N – Nora Roberts - Tribute - 1/13/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
D - Devoted in Death by J.D. Robb - 8/7/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
Q - Albuquerque (11/11)
A – Anita Hughes - Christmas at the Chalet: A Novel - 12/20/19 ♥♥♥
L - Lorelei James - Wrangled and Tangled - 3/11/19 ♥♥♥♥
B - Author Robin Benway - Far from the Tree - 2/21/19 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unusually Stupid Americans: A Compendium of All-American Stupidity by Ross Petras - 6/6/19 ♥♥♥♥
Q - Author Spencer Quinn - Paw and Order - 2/20/19 ♥♥♥♥
U - Until the End of Time by Danielle Steel - 7/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Smitten - 8/23/19 ♥♥♥
R - Rebecca Zanetti - Fated - 3/4/19 ♥♥♥
Q - Queen of the Road: The True Tale of 47 States, 22,000 Miles, 200 Shoes, 2 Cats, 1 Poodle, a Husband, and a Bus with a Will of Its Own by Doreen Orion - 11/13/19 ♥♥♥♥
U - The Unwilling Executive by Miranda P. Charles - 7/25/19 ♥♥♥
E - Erin McCarthy - The Breakup - 9/15/19 ♥♥♥♥
Raleigh (7/7)
R - Robb, J.D. - Brotherhood in Death - 10/30/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Ann Marie Walker - Black Tie Optional - 9/29/19 ♥♥♥♥
L - Lois Greiman - Unscrewed - 10/24/19 ♥♥♥
E - Everything Under by Daisy Johnson - 10/25/19 ♥♥
I - In the Mood Fur Love by Eve Langlais - 10/17/19 ♥♥♥
G - Author Donna Grant - Cowboy, Cross My Heart - 8/29/19 ♥♥♥♥
H - Halston, Sidney - What About Us - 9/17/19 ♥♥♥♥
Seattle (7/7)
S - Author Carla Swafford - Full Heat - 7/31/19 ♥♥♥
E - Eternal Summer by Anne Hampson - 11/14/19 ♥♥♥
A - Archer, Gillian - Rebellious - 10/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - Author Karen Templeton - Yours, Mine... or Ours? - 8/31/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - Troutte, Kimberley - Forbidden Lovers - 9/7/19 ♥♥♥
L - Lemmon, Jessica - A Snowbound Scandal - 12/28/18 ♥♥♥
E - Emma Chase - Sustained - 11/19/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
Tucson (6/6)
T - Then Came You by Jill Shalvis - 6/5/19 ♥♥♥♥
U - Untamed by Caitlin Crews - 8/18/19 ♥♥♥♥
C - Cancun by Kimberly Fox - 3/27/19 ♥♥♥
S - Sawyer Bennett - Max - 5/27/19 ♥♥♥♥
O - Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys - 5/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty - 11/23/19 ♥♥♥♥
Utah (4/4)
U - Under Control by Shannon Stacey - 9/21/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - A True Cowboy Christmas by Caitlin Crews - 10/19/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Alexander, Lacey - French Quarter - 12/8/19 ♥♥♥
H - His Wicked Wish by Olivia Drake - 9/27/19 ♥♥♥♥
Vermont (7/7)
V - VanLiere, Donna - The Christmas Star - 12/31/18 ♥♥♥
E - Emergency!: True Stories From The Nation's ERs by Mark Brown - 11/21/19 ♥♥♥
R - Rumor Has It by Jill Shalvis - 5/8/19 ♥♥♥♥
M - Mary Higgins Clark - A Cry In The Night - 7/23/19 ♥♥♥♥
O - One Night Rodeo by Lorelei James - 7/16/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nightingale Way by Emily March - 12/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - To Have and to Hold by Lauren Layne - 7/29/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
Washington DC (12/12)
W - William Wright - Jailhouse Doc: A Doctor in the County Jail - 7/6/19 ♥♥♥
A - Andrews, Ilona and Jeaniene Frost - Magic Graves - 3/10/19 ♥♥♥♥
S - Second Chance Summer by Jill Shalvis - 7/5/19 ♥♥♥♥
H - Hidden Hearts by Olivia Dade - 1/24/19 ♥♥♥
I - In a Marrying Mood by Raye Morgan - 11/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nan Asquith - Only My Heart To Give - 6/23/19 ♥♥♥♥
G - Go Down Hard by Craig Faustus Buck - 8/8/19 ♥♥♥
T - Tina Wainscott - Falling Free - 11/28/19 ♥♥♥♥
O - One Perfect Kiss by Jaci Burton - 7/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nancy Atherton - Aunt Dimity: Detective - 9/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
D - Dick Francis - Bolt - 10/7/19 ♥♥♥♥
C - A Curve in the Road by Julianne MacLean - 6/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
X - Texas (5/5)
T - Tangerine by Christine Mangan - 1/16/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Jennifer Egan - Manhattan Beach - 11/10/18 ♥♥♥
X - The X Factor: A Quest for Excellence by George Plimpton - 10/24/18 ♥♥♥
A - Author Ellery Adams - Pecan Pies and Homicides - 10/30/18 ♥♥♥♥
S - Silver Linings by Debbie Macomber - 7/13/19 ♥♥♥♥
Yellowstone (10/11)
Y - The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store by Cait Flanders - 9/14/19 ♥♥♥
E - Estep, Jennifer - Tangled Threads - 1/2/20 ♥♥♥♥
L - Long, Kathleen - Counting Stars - 11/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - Lee Kilraine - Bringing Delaney Home - 11/8/19 ♥♥♥♥
O - Once a Moretti Wife by Michelle Smart - 9/22/19 ♥♥♥♥
W - White Heat by Jill Shalvis - 8/22/19 ♥♥♥♥
S - Slap Shot by Kelly Jamieson - 8/15/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - Thompson, Vicki Lewis - Old Enough to Know Better - 12/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
O - Old Before My Time: Hayley Okines' Life with Progeria by Hayley Okines - 10/4/19 ♥♥♥
N - Nancy Naigle - Dear Santa - 12/27/19 ♥♥♥
E - Edwards, Nicole - Bad Business - 9/10/19 ♥♥♥♥
Zion (4/4)
Z - Author Lindy Zart - Love without a Compass - 10/3/18 ♥♥♥
I - The Inherited Bride by Rebecca Stratton - 11/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
O - Only a Promise by Mary Balogh - 10/29/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nora Roberts - The Pagan Stone - 3/9/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
*****CHALLENGE COMPLETE 1/13/20*****
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Nothing But Reading Challenges Vacation Destination Reading Challenge
Duration: 6/21/2019 - Til Done!
Progress: 0 out of 32+
Day tripper = 1 book
Weekend getaway = 3 books
Week trip = 7 books
Month long getaway = 8 to 31 books
Around the World in 360 days = 32 + books
I like to think of books as mini vacations that don't cost an awful lot. It was that thought that inspired this challenge. (Thanks to Lisarenee for the original idea)
Duration- You choose!
This challenge let's you take your own mini vacation via books, so find books that take place in destinations you'd like to visit. Make sure to pick your destination(s) and the duration of your journey.
I think you get the picture. You can have more than one destination or just read books which touch on different tourist spots but in the same country/city. You decide. Just pick your destination(s) and set sail, take flight, etc., but whatever you do make sure you take your book and have fun.
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All done with U.S. destinations:Vacation Destinations - U.S.
Timeframe: 10/1/18 to 1/13/20
227/227
25/26 Places
Anchorage (9/9)
A - Animal Magnetism by Jill Shalvis - 11/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nurse Smith, Cook by Joyce Dingwell - 12/15/18 ♥♥♥
C – Crystal Green - When the Sun Goes Down... - 11/7/19 ♥♥♥
H - Hard Sell by Lauren Layne - 11/26/18 ♥♥♥♥
O – Only a Kiss by Mary Balogh - 11/4/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - The Rules Do Not Apply by Ariel Levy - 11/29/18 ♥♥♥
A - Author Jennifer AlLee - A Wild Goose Chase Christmas - 12/8/18 ♥♥♥♥
G - Gem & Dixie by Sara Zarr - 11/15/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - An Ex for Christmas by Lauren Layne - 11/13/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
Birmingham (10/10)
B - Bishop by Sawyer Bennett - 12/3/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - I Think I Love You by Lauren Layne - 12/13/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Renita Pizzitola - Just a Little Kiss - 12/11/18 ♥♥♥♥
M - Maggie McGinnis - A Cowboy's Christmas Promise - 12/24/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - I See You Everywhere by Julia Glass - 12/9/19 ♥♥♥
N - Nancy Martin - Dead Girls Don't Wear Diamonds - 1/4/19 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author Donna Grant - The Christmas Cowboy Hero - 1/29/19 ♥♥♥♥
H - Home for the Holidays by Jeaniene Frost - 12/26/18 ♥♥♥
A - Animal Attraction by Jill Shalvis - 1/10/19 ♥♥♥♥
M - Meant to Be by Maggie McGinnis - 3/2/19 ♥♥♥♥
Charleston (10/10)
C - Cook County ICU: 30 Years of Unforgettable Patients and Odd Cases by Cory Franklin - 10/16/18 ♥♥♥♥
H - Author Sidney Halston - Kiss Me Back - 2/23/19 ♥♥♥
A - Agatha Raisin and the Walkers of Dembley by M.C. Beaton - 10/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rocky Mountain Angel by Vivian Arend - 10/9/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - Lucky Boy by Shanthi Sekaran - 10/14/18 ♥♥♥
E - Author Emily March - Lover's Leap - 10/13/18 ♥♥♥
S – Shadowfever by Karen Marie Moning - 10/22/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - Thankless in Death by J.D. Robb - 10/7/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - On the Line by Liz Lincoln - 10/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nora Roberts - The Hollow - 10/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
Disneyland (10/10)
D – Dark Heritage by Yvonne Whittal - 11/11/19 ♥♥♥
I - I Knew You Were Trouble by Lauren Layne - 11/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
S - Serena's Plight by Carol Madison - 10/12/18 ♥♥♥
N - Nalini Singh - Mine to Possess - 1/6/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Lissa Evans - Wed Wabbit - 10/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
Y - Yvonne Whittal - The Light Within - 11/30/18 ♥♥♥
L - The Legendary Lord by Valerie Bowman - 11/23/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman - 10/23/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Nancy Martin - Some Like it Lethal - 1/27/19 ♥♥♥♥
D - Author Kyra Davis - Sex, Murder And A Double Latte - 4/5/19 ♥♥♥♥
Everglades (10/10)
E - Evanovich, Janet - Look Alive Twenty-Five - 12/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
V - Venom by Jennifer Estep - 9/18/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Jennifer Estep - Spider's Bite - 2/7/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Concealed in Death - 12/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author Roxane Gay - Difficult Women - 5/29/19 ♥♥♥
L - Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann - 12/7/18 ♥♥
A - Aunt Dimity Beats the Devil by Nancy Atherton - 1/19/19 ♥♥♥♥
D - Down with Love by Kate Meader - 6/18/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Katy Evans - Real - 2/9/19 ♥♥♥
S – Shalvis, Jill - My Kind of Wonderful - 10/28/19 ♥♥♥♥
Florida (7/7)
F – Fatal Justice by Marie Force - 10/9/19 ♥♥♥
L - Lifeguard by James Patterson - 1/23/19 ♥♥♥
O - Author Karen E. Olson - Driven to Ink - 2/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author M.L. Rowland - Murder on the Horizon - 1/2/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - Isobel Chace - To Marry a Tiger - 4/20/19 ♥♥
D - Dick Francis - For Kicks - 6/25/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Allen Zadoff - Hungry: Lessons Learned on the Journey from Fat to Thin - 2/14/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
Gettysburg (10/10)
G - Author Codi Gary - Don't Call Me Sweetheart - 11/11/18 ♥♥
E - Author Jill Alexander Essbaum - Hausfrau - 10/26/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - Trick or Treat Murder by Leslie Meier - 10/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - Three Bedrooms, One Corpse by Charlaine Harris - 11/5/18 ♥♥♥♥
Y - The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium by Robert Lacey - 3/17/19 ♥♥♥♥
S - Susan Mallery - Just One Kiss - 12/5/18 ♥♥♥
B - Beach Happens by Jamie K. Schmidt - 11/16/18 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unseen by Karin Slaughter - 1/15/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Author Annie Rains - Welcoming the Bad Boy - 10/20/18 ♥♥♥♥
G - G.A. McKevett - Bitter Sweets - 7/21/19 ♥♥♥♥
Hawaii (6/6)
H - Author Greer Hendricks - The Wife Between Us - 6/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Kristen Ashley - Rock Chick Regret - 2/24/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
W - Wendy Mass - 11 Birthdays - 11/8/18 ♥♥♥
A - Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage by M.C. Beaton - 3/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - Ilona Andrews - Magic Slays - 11/9/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - Iceberg by Robyn Donald - 4/25/19 ♥♥♥♥
Vacation Destinations - Part 2I - Sanibel Island (13/13)
S – Silkstone, Barbara - Zo White and the Seven Morphs - 11/12/19 ♥♥♥
A - Author Kristen Ashley - Rock Chick Revolution - 5/14/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - The Nightingale Nurses by Donna Douglas - 5/21/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom by Yeonmi Park - 5/18/19 ♥♥♥
B - Back Check by Kelly Jamieson - 5/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Tracy Ewens - Candidate - 4/28/19 ♥♥♥♥
L - Leslie Meier - Back to School Murder - 4/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - Illegally Yours by Kate Meader - 8/25/19 ♥♥♥
S - Scored by Sloane Howell - 5/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
L - Love Letters by Debbie Macomber - 5/5/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Ilona Andrews - Magic Rises - 5/19/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Nalini Singh - Hostage to Pleasure - 5/31/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
D - The Diva Takes the Cake by Krista Davis - 7/2/19 ♥♥♥♥
Joshua Tree National Park (22/22)
J - J.H. Croix - Follow Love - 5/25/19 ♥♥♥♥
O – The Other Side of the Dale by Gervase Phinn - 11/17/19 ♥♥♥
S - Stacey Lynn - Fake Wife - 3/13/19 ♥♥♥♥
H - Hot Response by Shannon Stacey - 7/27/19 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unplugged by Lois Greiman - 3/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Celia Aaron - Cleat Chaser - 4/10/19 ♥♥
T - 12 Rounds by Lauren Hammond - 2/17/19 ♥♥♥
R - River Marked by Patricia Briggs - 1/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Emma Hart - Stripped Bare - 2/27/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Eggs in Purgatory by Laura Childs - 2/28/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Never Trust a Pirate by Valerie Bowman - 2/6/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Annie Rains - Stolen Kisses - 4/15/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - Take the Fall by Marquita Valentine - 3/19/19 ♥♥
I - Ink Flamingos by Karen E. Olson - 9/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
O - The Other Side by J.D. Robb - 3/25/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - No One to Trust by Katie Reus - 3/6/19 ♥♥♥
A - Annette Blair - Cloaked in Malice - 6/16/19 ♥♥♥
L - Lora Leigh - Rugged Texas Cowboy - 2/11/19 ♥♥♥
P - Patricia Briggs - Frost Burned - 4/11/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Autumn Song by Margaret Pargeter - 6/26/19 ♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Festive in Death - 2/13/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
K - Kiss the Girls by James Patterson - 3/20/19 ♥♥♥♥
Key West (7/7)
K - Killer Pancake by Diane Mott Davidson - 11/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - The End of Everything by Megan Abbott - 3/31/19 ♥♥
Y - The You-Can't-Make-Me Bride by Leanne Banks - 4/19/19 ♥♥♥♥
W - Author Frank Warren - PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives - 5/7/19 ♥♥♥
E - Elly Griffiths - The Crossing Places - 4/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
S - Snowflakes, Iced Cakes and Second Chances by Sue Watson - 1/25/19 ♥♥♥
T - Top Shelf by Kelly Jamieson - 1/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
Lake Tahoe (9/9)
L - Looking For Rachel Wallace by Robert B. Parker - 6/20/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Jane Arbor - The Other Miss Donne - 6/27/19 ♥♥♥
K - The Kept Woman by Karin Slaughter - 8/3/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Elizabeth Hoyt - Dearest Rogue - 6/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - Tracy Wolff - Royal Pain - 6/4/19 ♥♥♥
A - Author Gillian Archer - Ruthless - 7/9/19 ♥♥♥♥
H - Holly Jacobs - Once Upon A Christmas - 8/9/19 ♥♥♥♥
O - Obsession in Death by J.D. Robb - 6/7/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Back to the Bedroom - 7/7/19 ♥♥♥♥
Monterey (8/8)
M - Madly by Ruthie Knox - 4/6/19 ♥♥♥♥
O - One Death, Nine Stories by Marc Aronson - 4/2/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Norton Juster - The Phantom Tollbooth - 7/17/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - Tracy Wolff - Hot & Heavy - 3/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - E.L. Konigsburg - The View from Saturday - 5/4/19 ♥♥♥
R - Author Cassie Ryan - My Addiction - 3/22/19 ♥♥♥
E - Author Jennifer Estep - Web of Lies - 7/20/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
Y - You're Saying It Wrong: A Pronunciation Guide to the 150 Most Commonly Mispronounced Words--And Their Tangled Histories of Misuse by Ross Petras - 5/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
Napa (4/4)
N - No Interest in Love by Cassie Mae - 11/22/19 ♥♥♥
A - Agatha Christie - One, Two, Buckle My Shoe - 3/14/19 ♥♥♥♥
P - Playing Hurt by Kelly Jamieson - 10/31/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Angel in Scarlet by Lavinia Kent - 12/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
Outer Banks (10/10)
O - One Day in December by Josie Silver - 5/20/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
U - The Unsung Hero by Suzanne Brockmann - 4/30/19 ♥♥♥
T - Ten Tiny Breaths by K.A. Tucker - 4/12/19 ♥♥♥
E - Erin McCarthy - The Hookup - 8/11/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Rescue My Heart by Jill Shalvis - 3/26/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
B - Author Jessica Beck - Fatally Frosted - 8/26/19 ♥♥♥
A - Agatha Christie - The Clocks - 8/2/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nalini Singh - Branded by Fire - 8/19/19 ♥♥♥♥
K - Kristina McMorris - Sold on a Monday - 9/5/19 ♥♥♥♥
S - Author Lynsay Sands - A Bite to Remember - 3/29/19 ♥♥♥♥
Vacation Destinations - Part 3Portland (8/8)
P - Patricia Briggs - Silver Borne - 10/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
O – One of These Nights by Susan Sizemore - 12/14/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rebecca Zanetti - Claimed - 6/17/19 ♥♥♥
T - Three Daughters of Madame Liang by Pearl S. Buck - 6/8/19 ♥♥♥
L - Liz Lipperman - Beef Stolen-Off - 8/17/19 ♥♥♥
A - Agatha Christie - Ordeal by Innocence - 8/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
N – Nora Roberts - Tribute - 1/13/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
D - Devoted in Death by J.D. Robb - 8/7/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
Q - Albuquerque (11/11)
A – Anita Hughes - Christmas at the Chalet: A Novel - 12/20/19 ♥♥♥
L - Lorelei James - Wrangled and Tangled - 3/11/19 ♥♥♥♥
B - Author Robin Benway - Far from the Tree - 2/21/19 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unusually Stupid Americans: A Compendium of All-American Stupidity by Ross Petras - 6/6/19 ♥♥♥♥
Q - Author Spencer Quinn - Paw and Order - 2/20/19 ♥♥♥♥
U - Until the End of Time by Danielle Steel - 7/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Smitten - 8/23/19 ♥♥♥
R - Rebecca Zanetti - Fated - 3/4/19 ♥♥♥
Q - Queen of the Road: The True Tale of 47 States, 22,000 Miles, 200 Shoes, 2 Cats, 1 Poodle, a Husband, and a Bus with a Will of Its Own by Doreen Orion - 11/13/19 ♥♥♥♥
U - The Unwilling Executive by Miranda P. Charles - 7/25/19 ♥♥♥
E - Erin McCarthy - The Breakup - 9/15/19 ♥♥♥♥
Raleigh (7/7)
R - Robb, J.D. - Brotherhood in Death - 10/30/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Ann Marie Walker - Black Tie Optional - 9/29/19 ♥♥♥♥
L - Lois Greiman - Unscrewed - 10/24/19 ♥♥♥
E - Everything Under by Daisy Johnson - 10/25/19 ♥♥
I - In the Mood Fur Love by Eve Langlais - 10/17/19 ♥♥♥
G - Author Donna Grant - Cowboy, Cross My Heart - 8/29/19 ♥♥♥♥
H - Halston, Sidney - What About Us - 9/17/19 ♥♥♥♥
Seattle (7/7)
S - Author Carla Swafford - Full Heat - 7/31/19 ♥♥♥
E - Eternal Summer by Anne Hampson - 11/14/19 ♥♥♥
A - Archer, Gillian - Rebellious - 10/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - Author Karen Templeton - Yours, Mine... or Ours? - 8/31/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - Troutte, Kimberley - Forbidden Lovers - 9/7/19 ♥♥♥
L - Lemmon, Jessica - A Snowbound Scandal - 12/28/18 ♥♥♥
E - Emma Chase - Sustained - 11/19/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
Tucson (6/6)
T - Then Came You by Jill Shalvis - 6/5/19 ♥♥♥♥
U - Untamed by Caitlin Crews - 8/18/19 ♥♥♥♥
C - Cancun by Kimberly Fox - 3/27/19 ♥♥♥
S - Sawyer Bennett - Max - 5/27/19 ♥♥♥♥
O - Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys - 5/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty - 11/23/19 ♥♥♥♥
Utah (4/4)
U - Under Control by Shannon Stacey - 9/21/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - A True Cowboy Christmas by Caitlin Crews - 10/19/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Alexander, Lacey - French Quarter - 12/8/19 ♥♥♥
H - His Wicked Wish by Olivia Drake - 9/27/19 ♥♥♥♥
Vermont (7/7)
V - VanLiere, Donna - The Christmas Star - 12/31/18 ♥♥♥
E - Emergency!: True Stories From The Nation's ERs by Mark Brown - 11/21/19 ♥♥♥
R - Rumor Has It by Jill Shalvis - 5/8/19 ♥♥♥♥
M - Mary Higgins Clark - A Cry In The Night - 7/23/19 ♥♥♥♥
O - One Night Rodeo by Lorelei James - 7/16/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nightingale Way by Emily March - 12/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - To Have and to Hold by Lauren Layne - 7/29/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
Washington DC (12/12)
W - William Wright - Jailhouse Doc: A Doctor in the County Jail - 7/6/19 ♥♥♥
A - Andrews, Ilona and Jeaniene Frost - Magic Graves - 3/10/19 ♥♥♥♥
S - Second Chance Summer by Jill Shalvis - 7/5/19 ♥♥♥♥
H - Hidden Hearts by Olivia Dade - 1/24/19 ♥♥♥
I - In a Marrying Mood by Raye Morgan - 11/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nan Asquith - Only My Heart To Give - 6/23/19 ♥♥♥♥
G - Go Down Hard by Craig Faustus Buck - 8/8/19 ♥♥♥
T - Tina Wainscott - Falling Free - 11/28/19 ♥♥♥♥
O - One Perfect Kiss by Jaci Burton - 7/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nancy Atherton - Aunt Dimity: Detective - 9/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
D - Dick Francis - Bolt - 10/7/19 ♥♥♥♥
C - A Curve in the Road by Julianne MacLean - 6/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
X - Texas (5/5)
T - Tangerine by Christine Mangan - 1/16/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Jennifer Egan - Manhattan Beach - 11/10/18 ♥♥♥
X - The X Factor: A Quest for Excellence by George Plimpton - 10/24/18 ♥♥♥
A - Author Ellery Adams - Pecan Pies and Homicides - 10/30/18 ♥♥♥♥
S - Silver Linings by Debbie Macomber - 7/13/19 ♥♥♥♥
Yellowstone (10/11)
Y - The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store by Cait Flanders - 9/14/19 ♥♥♥
E - Estep, Jennifer - Tangled Threads - 1/2/20 ♥♥♥♥
L - Long, Kathleen - Counting Stars - 11/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - Lee Kilraine - Bringing Delaney Home - 11/8/19 ♥♥♥♥
O - Once a Moretti Wife by Michelle Smart - 9/22/19 ♥♥♥♥
W - White Heat by Jill Shalvis - 8/22/19 ♥♥♥♥
S - Slap Shot by Kelly Jamieson - 8/15/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - Thompson, Vicki Lewis - Old Enough to Know Better - 12/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
O - Old Before My Time: Hayley Okines' Life with Progeria by Hayley Okines - 10/4/19 ♥♥♥
N - Nancy Naigle - Dear Santa - 12/27/19 ♥♥♥
E - Edwards, Nicole - Bad Business - 9/10/19 ♥♥♥♥
Zion (4/4)
Z - Author Lindy Zart - Love without a Compass - 10/3/18 ♥♥♥
I - The Inherited Bride by Rebecca Stratton - 11/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
O - Only a Promise by Mary Balogh - 10/29/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nora Roberts - The Pagan Stone - 3/9/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
*****CHALLENGE COMPLETE 1/13/20*****
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congratulations Connie! Wahoo!
Ohhh, this one sounds like fun too. I'm in for a journey around the world! ;)32/32
New York - His Banana
Sicily - The Leopard
California - Lucifer's Hammer, Redshirts, Agent to the Stars, The Circle
Georgia - The Color Purple
Toronto - The Robber Bride
Paris - Thérèse Raquin
Japan - The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
Arkansas - I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Massachusetts - Ethan Frome
Las Vegas - The Eyes of Darkness
Florida - Marley and Me: Life and Love With the World's Worst Dog
Singapore - Crazy Rich Asians
Ireland - A Modest Proposal
Nashville - Waylon: An Autobiography
Prague - The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Connecticut - Ninth House
Minnesota - Heidi's Guide to Four Letter Words
Texas - Louis L'Amour Trail Mix: Volume 1, Holes
Bulgaria - ФантАstika: Almanac of Bulgarian Speculative Fiction
Egypt - The Alchemist
India - Siddhartha
Italy - The Castle of Otranto
Wisconsin - The Art of Fielding
Maine - Paradox Bound
Massachusetts - Infinite Jest
New Hampshire - A Prayer for Owen Meany
Turkey - From Russia with Love
Colorado - The Shining
Mod
Vacation Destination Reading ChallengeDuration: 3 March, 2020 - ??
Around the World in 360 days = 32 + books
Completed
Rome
R Reunion in Death 10/3
O Off the Air 5/3
M My Boss Is a Grumpy Werewolf and I Think He Wants to Marry Me! 16/4
E Erin Quinn - Haunting Beauty 19/3
Istanbul
I Imitation in Death 29/3
S Scandalous Desires 16/3
T Time to Depart 24/4
A Air Kiss 2/3
N Nalini Singh - Angels' Judgment 12/4
B Blood Debts 8/4
U Undead and Unwed 9/3
L Legend Of The Fae 21/3
Paris
P Purity in Death 12/3
A Ain't She a Peach? 17/3
R J.D. Robb - Portrait in Death 14/3
I It Ain't Me, Babe 19/7
S Smoke Bitten 24/3
British Virgin Islands
B Bury Me In Satin 7/3
R Restoration of Faith 20/5
I Ilona Andrews - Magic Burns 6/3
T The Turn: The Hollows Begins with Death 29/4
I The Ideal Man 17/4
S Something in the Air 25/3
H Hard Eight 23/3
V Vengeance 4/4
I The Ironwood Tree 2/6
R Sylvain Reynard - The Man in the Black Suit 6/5
G Grimm 12/4
I Larissa Ione - Ecstasy Unveiled 28/7
N Nalini Singh - Angel's Wolf 10/5
I Ilona Andrews - Magic Burns 23/7
S Sizzle 9/4
L Late Eclipses 31/3
A An Artificial Night 26/3
N Nalini Singh - Archangel's Storm 9/6
D The Death of Dulgath 20/3
S Kerrelyn Sparks - How to Love Your Elf 30/3
Mod
Challenge completed! (post 19)May have been stuck at home this year so far, but I got to see a great many interesting places anyway ;)
Vacation DestinationsDuration: 7/31/20 - 7/31/21
Around the World in 360 days = 32 + books
24/32+
Los Angeles, CA
✔1. Trunk Music - Michael Connelly 8/11/20
✔2. Angels Flight - Michael Connelly 8/19/20
✔3. A Darkness More Than Night - Michael Connelly 9/12/20
4. Lost Light - Michael Connelly
Eastern Shore, VA
✔5. Strawberries and Strangers - Leena Clover 8/1/20
✔6. Cupcakes and Celebrities - Leena Clover 8/17/20
✔7. Berries and Birthdays - Leena Clover 8/20/20
✔8. Sprinkles and Skeletons - Leena Clover 8/21/20
✔9. Waffles and Weekends - Leena Clover 9/22/20
India
✔10. Awkward - Gurpreet Kaur 8/4/20
Indiana
✔11. The Haunting of Beacon Hill - Ambrose Ibsen 8/15/20
Pennsylvania
✔12. Dark Halls - Jeff Menapace 8/16/20
Montana
✔13. A SEAL's Oath - Cora Seton 8/27/20
✔14. Dragon Teeth - Michael Crichton 8/28/20
Battle Lake, Minnesota
✔15. August Moon: Humor and Hijinks - Jess Lourey 8/22/20
16. September Mourn - Jess Lourey
Vancouver, Canada
✔17. Mr. Hat Trick - Ainsley Booth 8/24/20
Wyoming
✔18. Tall, Dark and Cowboy - Joanne Kennedy 9/3/20
England
✔19. Into the Water - Paula Hawkins 8/12/20
✔20. Bargaining With a Rake - Julie Johnstone 9/24/20
✔21. Never a Mistress, No Longer a Maid - Maureen Driscoll 9/26/20
New York City
✔22. The Princess Diaries - Meg Cabot 9/12/20
Reno, Nevada
✔23. Death's Hand - S.M. Reine 9/14/20
✔24. The Darkest Gate - S.M. Reine 9/21/20
Antarctica
✔25. Where'd You Go, Bernadette - Maria Semple 9/16/20
Brittany, France
✔26. The Little French Bistro - Nina George 9/19/20
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Vacation Destination Reading Challenge - All Over the WorldStart Date: 7/31/2020
Level: Around the World in 365 days (I am giving myself a full year! LOL!)
Completed: 10/32
USA:
1.
- New Orleans, LA 7/31/20202.
Georgia - 8/3/20203.
- New York City 8/4/20204.
- New York City 8/12/20205.
- Utah 9/1/20206.
- Washington DC 9/2/20207.
Utah - 9/4/20208.
Kentucky 9/4/20209.
California 9/18/202010.
Kansas 9/23/2020Asia:
11.
- Tokyo Japan 8/1/202012.
- Japan 8/7/202013.
- Japan 8/7/202014.
South Korea 8/8/202015.
- Japan 8/16/202016.
- Japan 8/17/202017.
- Japan 8/17/202018.
- Japan 8/18/202019.
- Indonesia 8/21/202020.
Japan 9/15/202021.
Japan 9/18/2020Europe:
22.
8/4/2020 - Austria23.
8/5/2020 - Germany24.
- France 8/21/202025.
- Sicily 8/26/202026.
- France 8/27/202027.
- England 9/7/202028.
England 9/12/202029.
France 9/18/202030.
Belgium 9/21/202031.
Austria 9/23/2020 North and South America:
32.
- Cuba 8/27/2020COMPLETED 9/23/2020 with a stop in Austria.
Vacation DestinationsDuration: 14/4/2021 -.......
Around the World in 360 days = 32 + books
1. Greece - The Names by Don DeLillo
Vacation DestinationsDuration: 14/4/2021 -.......
Around the World in 360 days = 32 + books
1. Greece (Athens) The Names - Don DeLillo
In addition to real locations around the world, I am going to add a "Fantasy" location since I read a lot of fantasy books. Places I can only go to in my dreams lol. Hope that's okay.Vacation Challenge
Start Date: 01/01/2024
Around The World in 365 Days - 32+ books
Progress: 32/32
Fantasy Locations:
Panem - The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
Crescent City - House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas
Summerland - Dark Flame by Alyson Noel
England:
One of the Good Guys by Araminta Hall
The Secret Bridesmaid by Katy Birchall
Ink and Bone by Rachel Caine
Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne
The Duke and I by Julia Quinn
Sweet: Desserts from London's Ottolenghi by Yotam Ottolenghi
Canada:
The Wolves of Winter by Tyrell Johnson
United States
The Recital by Gregg Andrew Hurwitz ( California)
Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott (New Orleans)
A Vintage Death by Mary Ellen Hughes (Keepsake Cove)
Pillow Talk: What's Wrong with My Sewing? by Craig Conover (Charleston)
Still See You Everywhere by Lisa Gardner (Hawaii)
Evermore by Alyson Noel (California)
The Ex Talk by Rachel Lynn Solomon (Seattle)
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry (California)
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling (California)
Today Tonight Tomorrow by Rachel Lynn Solomon (Seattle)
Past Present Future by Rachel Lynn Solomon (Boston and New York)
A New Model: What Confidence, Beauty, and Power Really Look Like by Ashley Graham (New York)
The Honey-Don't List by Christina Lauren (Jackson Hole)
Say You'll Stay by Susan Mallery
Any Means Necessary by Jack Mars
Fox Creek by William Kent Krueger
Sex, Lies & Serious Money by Stuart Woods
Australia
The Mystery Writer by Sulari Gentill
Spain:
The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo
The Caribbean
Until the Day I Die by Emily Carpenter
Winter in Paradise by Elin Hilderbrand
France
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by Victoria Schwab
I'm going to repeat this idea for 2025. Adding a "Fantasy" location - let's see where this year takes me (only in my dreams *sigh)Vacation Challenge 2025
Start Date: 01/01/2025
Around The World in 365 Days - 32+ books
Progress: 25/35
Europe
Norway
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
Poland
Uprooted by Naomi Novik
Austria
Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett
Ireland
Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett
England
Dissolution by Nicholas Binge
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Scotland
City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab
Italy
The Broker by John Grisham
North America
Mexico - Six's Legacy by Pittacus Lore
United States
Chicago - Love at First by Kate Clayborn
San Francisco - Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover
California - One of Us Is Next by Karen M. McManus
Texas - Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey
New York/Caribbean - Julie Chan Is Dead is Liann Zhang
Long Island, NY - It's a Love Story by Annabel Monaghan
River Heights, Illinois - The Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn Keene
Washington - Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
Alabama - God Bless This Mess: Learning to Live and Love Through Life's Best (and Worst) Moments by Hannah Brown
Outer Banks, North Carolina - The Reality of Everything by Rebecca Yarros
Boston - Leonard: My Fifty-Year Friendship with a Remarkable Man by William Shatner
Michigan - El Dorado Drive by Megan Abbott
Nashville - The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams
Florida - Five's Legacy by Pittacus Lore
South America
Panama - Command and Control by Marc Cameron
Australia
Melbourne - The Younger Wife by Sally Hepworth
Vacation Challenge 2025Start Date: 06/25/2025
Level: Around The World in 365 Days - 32+ books
Progress: 0/32
Asia
Africa
Europe
Norway
Poland
Austria
Ireland
England
Scotland
North America
Mexico
United States
Canada
South America
Australia/Oceania
Fantasy locations
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I like to think of books as mini vacations that don't cost an awful lot. It was that thought that inspired this challenge. (Thanks to Lisarenee for the original idea)
Duration- You choose!
This challenge let's you take your own mini vacation via books, so find books that take place in destinations you'd like to visit. Make sure to pick your destination(s) and the duration of your journey.
Day tripper = 1 book
Weekend getaway = 3 books
Week trip = 7 books
Month long getaway = 8 to 31 books
Around the World in 360 days = 32 + books
I think you get the picture. You can have more than one destination or just read books which touch on different tourist spots but in the same country/city. You decide. Just pick your destination(s) and set sail, take flight, etc., but whatever you do make sure you take your book and have fun.
Note: In 2011 we started this challenge, and we've now decided to start a new thread for the challenge to freshen it up a bit! You can find the old thread HERE