WHERE IN THE WORLD HAVE WE TRAVELED WITH OUR BOOKS - OCTOBER 2021?

As of September 30th 11 people visited 29 states 72 times. 11 people visited 12 other countries of the world 40 times. Those Strange & Unusual places have been visited by 5 people 6 times. This gives us a grand total of 887 places visited. Let's see where October will take us. Bon Voyage!

Most Visited State: - California - 17visits
Runners Up: - New York & New Jersey - 9 visits each
Most Visit Other Country: England - 20 visits
Runners Up: France 4visits
Visits to Strange & Unusual Places: The Atlantic Ocean; The northern countries of Thedas; A hostile world transformed by the absence of men. The middle ages messing around with the Black Death; Hanging out with Cyborgs; & hanging out with some other really strange Creatures.

U.S. States
1-Alabama
Lynda - Ransom - Laramie Briscoe

2-Alaska
Lynda - Wrong Alibi - Christina Dodd
Sergei - Lightning of Gold by Max Brand

3-Arizona
Tessa - Lost Children Archive – Valeria Luiselli
Lynda - The Touch of Fire - Linda Howard
Carol - The Devil's Highway - Luis Alberto Urrea

11- California
Hope - The Last Thing He Told Me - Laura Dave
Cindy - The Husband - Dean Koontz
Tessa - America for Beginners - Leah Franqui
Carol - House of Furies - Madeleine Roux
Carol - Out of Character - Annabeth Albert
Lynda - Every Vow You Break - Peter Swanson
Julie - Trejo: My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood - Danny Trejo
Heather- They Thirst - Robert McCammon
Carol - Séance On A Summer's Night - Josh Lanyon
Carol - The Vanishing - Bentley Little
Julie - Goldwyn - A. Scott Berg
Carol - Red-Headed Stepchild- Jaye Wells - 2★

2-Colorado
Carol - The Witch's Familiar - T.J. Nichols
Heather - An Inquiry Into Love and Death - Simone St. james

1-Connecticut
Hope - Books Can Be Deceiving by Jenn McKinlay

1-Florida
Lynda - The Wreck -

3-Georgia
Lynda - Dead To Her - Sarah Pinborough
Lynda - If You've Got It, Haunt It - Rose Pressey
Hope - Murder of a Stacked Librarian - Denise Swanson

3-Illinois
Julie - The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women - Kate Moore
Carol - Plain Bad Heroines - Emily M. Danforth
Lynda - About That Night - Julie James

1-Louisiana
Heather - Hotel - Arthur Hailey

1-Maine
Lynda- Every Vow You break - Peter Swanson

1-Maryland
Carol - The Dead Girls Club - Damien Angelica Walters

2-Massachusetts
Tessa - Practical Magic - Alice Hoffman
Carol - Survivor Song - Paul Tremblay

1- Michigan
Carol- The Remaking of Corbin Wale - Roan Parrish

1-Minnesota
Tessa - Eat Cake - Jeanne Ray

1-Missouri
Carol - Pretty Pretty Boys - Gregory Ashe

1-Montana
Lynda - One Red Rose - Julie Garwood

2-New Jersey
Julie - The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women - Kate Moore
Sergei - Win - Harlan Coben

1-New Mexico
Sergei - The Shape Shifter - Tony Hillerman

14-New York
Tessa - Lost Children Archive – Valeria Luiselli
Carol - the Deck of Omens -Christine Lynn Herman
Julie- The Chosen - Chaim Potok
Carol - Absolution - Henry Hack
Lynda - Forgotten In Death - J.D. Robb
Carol -Cassidy's Corner - Henry Hack
Tessa - Pride– Ibi Zoboi
Lynda - Mastermind - Andrew Mayne
Heather - Mister Slaughter - Robert R. McCammon
Carol -Dead To Me - Annie Anderson
Lynda - Murder On Pleasant Avenue - Victoria Thompson
Heather - The Providence Rider - Robert McCammon
Bluebird - Gods of Gotham - Lindsay Fay
Sergei-Double Play - Robert B. Parker

2-North Carolina
Sergei - The Secret, Book, and Scone Society -Ellery Adams
Cindy - Shine - Lauren Myracle

1-Ohio
Lynda - Survive The Night - Riley Sager

1-Oregon
Heather - Dark Water - Katherine Arden

2-Pennsylvania
Carol - Before There Were Three - L.A. Witt
Carol - Spells, Salt & Steel - Gail Z. Martin

3-South Carolina
Tessa -Dancing in the Lowcountry - James Villas
Carol - Badlands - Morgan Brice
Carol - Deadly Curiosities - Gail Z. Martin

1-Tennessee
Julie - Nothing to See Here - Kevin Wilson

3-Texas
Sergei - Texas Outlaw - James Patterson
Gayle -The Devil Went Down to Austin - Rick Riordan
Lynda - Valentine - Elizabeth Wetmore

1-Utah
Cindy - When Men Become Gods: Mormon Polygamist Warren Jeffs, His Cult of Fear- Stephen Singular

1-Vermont
Heather - Dead Voices - Katherine Arden

3- Virginia
Carol - Goodnight Moo - Mollie Cox Bryan
Carol - The Remaking - Clay Chapman
Cindy -The Lost Dogs: Michael Vick's Dogs and Their Tale of Rescue and Redemption - Jim Gorant

5-Washington
Carol - Before There Were Three - L.A.. Witt
Carol - The Pint of No Return - Ellie Alexander
Tessa - The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian - Sherman Alexie
Lynda- River Marked - Patricia Briggs
Carol - Indigo Slam - Robert Crais

1-Washington D.C.
Carol - Defining Moments - Ben Burgess

1-Wyoming
Lynda - Wolf Pack- C.J. Box

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Other Countries of The World

4-Africa
Tessa - (South Africa) - Devil's Peak - Deon Meyer
Threadsong (Cape Town) - Empire of Ivory - Naomi Novik
Tessa - (Kenya) - Out Of Africa– Isak Dinesen
Tessa - (various African Countries) - Say You’re One of Them – Uwem Akpan

2-Arctic
Cindy - The Terror - Dan Simmons
Lynda - The Arctic Fury - Greer Macallister

1-Austria
Tess W.- The Radetzky March - Joseph Roth

2-Australia
Carol - Shelter - Catherine Jinks
Tessa - The Best of Adam Sharp - Graeme Simsion

1-Brazil
Lynda - The Seven Sisters - Lucinda Riley

11- Canada
Dusty - A Prairie Boy's Summer - William Kurelek
Tessa- Rainbow Valley - L. M. Montgomery
Tessa - The Brutal Telling - Louise Penny
Carol - The Carrow Haunt - Darcy Coates
Carol - In The Dark - Loreth Anne White
Carol - The Saturday Night Ghost Club - Craig Davidson
Carol -The Haunting of Leigh Harker - Darcy Coates
Lynda -Teed Off - Nicola Furlong
Cindy - Hench - Natalie Zina Watschots

1-Chili
Tessa - My Invented Country– Isabel Allende

15-England
Hope - The Governess - Tessa Dare
Sergei - A Great Deliverance - Elizabeth George
Dusty - An Expert in Murder - Nicola Upson
Sergei - St. Peter's Fair - Ellis Peters
Carol - Perron Manor - Lee Mumford
Hope - The Thursday Murder Club - Richard Osman
Dusty The Snow Goose -Paul Gallico
Tessa - Elizabeth Blackwell: Girl Doctor - Joanne Landers Henry
Tessa - A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow - Laura Taylor Name
Sergei - Payment in Blood - Elizabeth George
Sergei - Eulogy For Eddie - Jacqueline Winspear
Tessa - The Body at the Tower - Y. S. Lee
Heather - The Adventure of Christmas Pudding - Agatha Christie
Hope - Bombshell - Sarah MacLean
Mary - The Killer in the Snow - Alex Pine

1-France
Cindy - The Lilac Girls - Martha Hall Kelly

2-Germany
Cindy - The Lilac Girls - Martha Hall Kelly
Mary -Lightning Down by Tom Clavin

1- Greece
Sergei - Under A Greek Moon - Carol Kirkwood

2-India
Carol - Before There Were Three - L.A. Witt
Gayle - The Widows of Malabar Hill - Sujata Massey

1-Ireland
Carol - All the Dead Voices - Declan Hughes

1-Maylasia
Lynda- Mastermind - Andrew Mayne

4-Mexico
Tessa Lost Children Archive - Valeria Luiselli
Lynda - Twenty Centavos - John Scherber
Carol - The Devil's Highway - Luis Alberto Urrea
Heather- Master of the House of Darts - Aliette de Bodard

1-Netherlands
Gayle - The Devil and the Dark Water - Stuart Turton

1-Poland
Cindy - The Lilac Girls - Martha Hall Kelly

1-Russia
Cindy -The Last Days of The Romanovs - Helen Ramport

2-Scotland
Sergei - The Bookshop of Second Chances - Jackie Frasier
Heather - The Anthology of Scottish Folk Tales - Donald Smith

1-Singapore
Lynda - Mastermind - Andrew Mayne

1-Sweden
Carol - An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed - Helene Tursten

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10-Those Strange And Unusual Places
Cindy - Visiting Neanderthals and Cave Bears -The Mammoth Hunters - Jean M. Auel
Dusty - Gods & Goddesses - The Opener of the Way - Robert Bloch
Threadsong - The Middle Ages - The Tragedy of the Templars - Michael Haag
Dusty - On A Hellbound Train - That Hellbound Train - Robert Bloch
Dusty- In A Deserted House - Notebook Found in a Deserted House - Robert Bloch
Dusty -Eating green eggs & ham Green Eggs and Ham - Dr. Seuss
Dusty - With A big brown bear Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See?- Bill Martin
Heather - In A Video Game -Mass Effect: Revelation - Drew Karpyshyn
Lynda - Outer Space - Network Effect - Martha Wells
Carol - space with Xelan - Alien's Captive- Tina Moss
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