!!! Happy 4th of July to all my US readers !!!

What better day than Independence Day to take a look at which US states I’ve been able to travel to in the most recent years? I confess that I haven’t officially been keeping track of the different states I visit during my bookish travels before 2022, but it seems like I mostly still mentioned at least a city in my Excel spreadsheet the previous three years and I was able to track down a rough travel summary for 2019, 2020 and 2021. 2022 isn’t complete still of course, but I’m adding the states I was able to visit so far on a map anyway… But first, it’s time for some fun facts!

# There were 4 states I’ve never visited in last four years #

# 23 states were so popular that I visited each year #

# There were 10 states I only visited once #

Now who’s ready to see some maps? I’ve made a separate map for each year (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022) and you can find a full list of the different states visited below each map.

2019: 31/50 STATES

Alabama, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin

2020: 36/50 STATES

Alabama, Alaska, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia

2021: 30/50 STATES

Alabama, Alaska, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wyoming

2022: SO FAR 34/50 STATES

Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington

Looks like 2020 was my best year so far when it comes to visiting as many states as possible! I do have to work on getting those states I have never visited before (or at least not in the last four years)… Any recommendations for books set in the following states (Arkansas, Delaware, Mississippi, North Dakota)? 

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