Challenges from Exploding Steamboats discussion

Post here and update it when you finish a state.

To be updated as I go.

Alabama
* This Is Where It Ends
Alaska
Arizona
* Dancing Between the Beats
Arkansas
* Obeying Evil: The Mockingbird Hill Massacre Through the Eyes of a Killer 
California
* I'll Be Gone in the Dark 
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
* Papa Hemingway in Key West 
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
*Sin in the Second City  
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
* Dark Places
Kentucky
* My Heart and Other Black Holes
Louisiana
Maine
* The Institute
Maryland 
Massachusetts
* Firegirl
Michigan
Minnesota
* Jane Doe
Mississippi
* The Help 
Missouri
* Sharp Objects
Montana
* Missoula
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
* I Am Not Myself These Days
North Carolina
* The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break
North Dakota
Ohio
* Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library
Oklahoma
* The Outsider
Oregon
* Red Clocks
Pennsylvania
* The Centaur
Rhode Island
* Making Rounds With Oscar
South Carolina
* Rockin' a Hard Place
South Dakota
Tennessee
* An Abundance of Katherines
Texas
* The Demon Next Door
Utah
* Stolen Innocence: My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamous Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs
Vermont
* Verity
Virginia
* Bearskin
Washington
* Bad Mommy
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
* The Daily Coyote
Puerto Rico
Washington, D.C.
* The Day Lincoln Was Shot

I can't follow Laura's lead, because it would mean a long time of a lot of blank spaces. I will just post the states as I cross them off, I think.

So far, I can cross of California with Of Mice and Men.

Alabama - Gods in Alabama
Alaska - The Unpassing
Arizona - Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience™ by Rebecca Roanhorse
Arkansas -
California - Thin Places by Colleen Smith
Colorado - Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore
Connecticut - The Stepford Wives
Delaware - Hope Never Dies
Florida -
Georgia - My Own Miraculous: A Short Story
Hawaii - The Fire Thief by Debra Bokur
Idaho - Pines
Illinois - The Life List by Lori Nelson Spielman
Indiana -
Iowa - The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend
Kansas - End of the Road by L.S. Hawker
Kentucky -
Louisiana - Satchmo: My Life in New Orleans by Louis Armstrong
Maine - The One-in-a-Million Boy by Monica Wood
Maryland -
Massachusetts - A Novel Murder
Michigan - The House with a Clock in Its Walls by John Bellairs
Minnesota - Virgil Wander by Leif Enger
Mississippi -
Missouri - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri by Martin McDonagh
Montana - The Peaceful Valley Crime Wave by Bill Pronzini
Nebraska -
Nevada -
New Hampshire -
New Jersey - Election by Tom Perrotta
New Mexico - Angel Falls by Tess Thompson
New York - Watson and Holmes - A Study In Black by Karl Bollers
North Carolina - Clover by Charlie Jane Anders
North Dakota -
Ohio - Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein
Oklahoma - Merry, Merry Ghost by Carolyn G. Hart
Oregon - Foul Play on Words
Pennsylvania - Catherine House by Elisabeth Thomas
Rhode Island -
South Carolina - The Bookshop at Water's End by Patti Callahan Henry
South Dakota -
Tennessee - The Violent Bear It Away by Flannery O'Connor
Texas - A Dash of Trouble
Utah -
Vermont - Ruff vs. Fluff by Spencer Quinn
Virginia - Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby
Washington - Where'd You Go, Bernadette
West Virginia -
Wisconsin - Family Secrets by Shawn McGuire
Wyoming - Tempest

Puerto Rico -
Washington, DC - A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo by Jill Twiss

Alabama - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Alaska -
Arizona - Wyatt Earp by Matt Braun
Arkansas - I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
California - The Library Book by Susan Orlean
Colorado - The Grilling Season by Diane Mott Davidson
Connecticut -
Delaware -
Florida -
Georgia -
Hawaii -
Idaho -
Illinois - Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen
Indiana - The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Iowa -
Kansas -
Kentucky - The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes
Louisiana -
Maine -
Maryland -
Massachusetts -
Michigan -
Minnesota -
Mississippi - A Spark of Light by Jodi Picoult
Missouri -
Montana -
Nebraska -
Nevada -
New Hampshire -
New Jersey - Replacement Child by Judy Mandel
New Mexico -
New York - Whistling for Elephants by Sandi Toksvig
North Carolina -
North Dakota -
Ohio - Sula by Toni Morrison
Oklahoma -
Oregon -
Pennsylvania -
Rhode Island -
South Carolina -
South Dakota -
Tennessee -
Texas -
Utah -
Vermont -
Virginia - Big Cherry Holler by Adriana Trigiani
Washington -
West Virginia -
Wisconsin -
Wyoming -

Puerto Rico -
Washington, DC

The mention of 50 states in the 2021 challenge put this back on my radar screen. Let's see where I am since 2018

Alaska -- If You Lived Here I Would Know Your Name
Arizona -- The Last Kind Words Saloon
California -- Of Mice and Men, Walk Across the Sea, I'll Be Gone in the Dark
Colorado -- Aunt Dimity Goes West
District of Columbia -- Washington Schlepped Here
Georgia -- A Remarkable Mother
Illinois -- Button Holed, Never a City So Real
Indiana -- She Got Up Off the Couch
Louisiana -- Black Like Me, Feet on the Street
Maryland --We All Scream for Ice Cream, Manhunt, Gingerdead Man
Massachusetts -- A Year by the Sea
New York -- The Archaeology of Home, The Bottom of the Harbor, Apple of My Eye, Death at the Old Hotel
Ohio -- Emma's Secret
Pennsylvania -- Hallowed Ground
Utah -- Desert Solitaire
Washington -- The Lone Range and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven, A Ritual Death
Wisconsin -- Gingerbread Cookie Murder

I wasn't even sure I had a tracking list of any sort on this one, which shows how often I update it.

I have made some progress in the last year (newer reads**) which puts my slate so far at

Alaska -- If You Lived Here I Would Know Your Name
Arizona -- The Last Kind Words Saloon
California -- Of Mice and Men, Walk Across the Sea, I'll Be Gone in the Dark
Colorado -- Aunt Dimity Goes West
District of Columbia -- Washington Schlepped Here, A Family Affair**, Murder in the Yoga Store**
Georgia -- A Remarkable Mother
Idaho -- Educated**
Illinois -- Button Holed, Never a City So Real
Indiana -- She Got Up Off the Couch
Louisiana -- Black Like Me, Feet on the Street,
Maryland --We All Scream for Ice Cream, Manhunt, Gingerdead Man, Rockville Pike**
Massachusetts -- A Year by the Sea, Fever 1793**
New York -- The Archaeology of Home, The Bottom of the Harbor, Apple of My Eye, Death at the Old Hotel, Year of Living Biblically**
North Carolina -- Where the Crawdads Sing**
Ohio -- Emma's Secret
Oklahoma -- Everything Sad is Untrue**
Pennsylvania -- Hallowed Ground
South Carolina -- Gunpowder Green**
Texas -- Tinsel**
Utah -- Desert Solitaire
Washington -- The Lone Range and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven, A Ritual Death
Wisconsin -- Gingerbread Cookie Murder

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