2025 & 2026 Reading Challenge discussion

Challenges Entered:

I Spy Challenge 16/25

★ 1. Color ↠ The Crimson Crown by Cinda Williams Chima
★ 2. Number ↠ One Grave Too Many by Beverly Connor
3. Things That Grow ↠ A Dozen Deadly Roses-Kathy Bennett
★ 4. Seasons ↠ When Shadows Fall by J.T. Ellison
★ 5. First Name ↠ Rusty Nail by J.A. Konrath
★ 6. Places ↠ Echo Park by Michael Connelly
★ 7. Body Part ↠ Bones are Forever - Kathy Reichs
★ 8. Weapon ↠ Cherry Bomb by J.A. Konrath
★ 9. Body of Water ↠ Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen 1/17/15
★10. Form of Water ↠ Crimson Tide by Douglas Preston
★11. Product of Fire ↠ Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins 2/17/15
12. Celestial Body ↠ The Devil's Star-Jo Nesbo
13. Architecture ↠ Port Mortuary by Patricia Cornwell
★14. Senses ↠ Every Breath You Take by M.K. Gilroy
★ 15. Royal Title ↠ The Exiled Queen by Cinda Williams Chima
16. Family Member ↠ The Perfect Husband-Lisa Gardner
★ 17. Elements ↠ Kiss of Frost-Jennifer Estep
18. Time of Day ↠ The Daylight War by Peter V. Brett
★19. Metal ↠ The Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly
20. Emotion/Feeling ↠ Absolute Fear-Lisa Jackson
★ 21. Animal/Insect ↠ The Gray Wolf Throne by Cinda Williams Chima
22. Something to Read ↠ Book of the Dead by Patricia Cornwell
23. Gender Identifier ↠ Rosary Girls - Richard Montanari
24. Paranormal Being ↠ Phantom - Jo Nesbo
★ 25. Occupation ↠ Liars & Thieves - Stephen Coonts

The challenge starts January 1, 2015 and ends December 31, 2015. Series may be any genre. For the purposes of this challenge, we will only be counting the main books of a series and not the add-ons designated as 0.5, 1.5, etc.

Each series has an assigned point value based on the number of books in the series. In addition, 5 points will be awarded for every book started and finished in the level.

Trilogy = 30 pts base
Four book series = 40 pts
Five book series = 50 pts
Six book series = 60 pts
Seven book series = 70 pts
Eight book series = 80 pts
Nine book series = 90 pts
Ten or more book series = 100 pts

Plus 5 pts for each book read in the section. To complete a section, 100 pts must be achieved PLUS one series knocked off!

Kathryn Dance Series 3 books

The Sleeping Doll (read)
Roadside Crosses
XO

Temperance Brennan Series 17 books

Deja Dead (read)
Death Du Jour (read)
Deadly Decisions (read)
Fatal Voyage (read)
Grave Secrets (read)
Bare Bones (read)
Monday Mourning (read)
Cross Bones (read)
Break No Bones (read)
Bones to Ashes (read)
Devil Bones (read)
206 Bones (read)
Spider Bones (read)
Flash and Bones (read)
Bones Are Forever
Bones of the Lost
Bones Never Lie

Michael Bennett Series 7 books

Step on a Crack (read)
Run for Your Life (read)
Worst Case (read)
Tick Tock (read)
I, Michael Bennett (read)
Gone (read) 1/10/15
Burn (read) 1/18/15

The Heir Chronicles Series 5 books

The Warrior Heir (read)
The Wizard Heir (read)
The Dragon Heir (read)
The Enchanter Heir
The Sorcerer Heir

Samantha Owens Series 3 books

A Deeper Darkness (read)
Edge of Black (read)
When Shadows Fall

Harry Hole Series 10 books

The Bat (read)
The Cockroaches (read)
The Redbreast (read)
Nemesis (read)
The Devil's Star
The Redeemer
The Snowman
The Leopard
Phantom
Police

Ranger's Apprentice Series 12 books

The Ruins of Gorlan (read)
The Burning Bridge (read)
The Icebound Land (read)
The Battle for Skandia (read)
The Sorcerer of the North (read)
The Siege of Macindaw (read)
Erak's Ransom (read)
The Kings of Clonmal (read)
Halt's Peril (read)
The Emperor of Nihon-Ja (read)
The Lost Stories (read)
The Royal Ranger

Hunger Games Series 3 books

The Hunger Games (read)
Catching Fire
Mockingjay

Camel Club Series 5 books

The Camel Club (read)
The Collectors (read)
Stone Cold (read)
Divine Justice
Hell's Corner

The Millennium Trilogy Series 3 books

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (read)
The Girl Who Played with Fire
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

Pendergast Series 14 books

The Relic (read)
Reliquary (read)
The Cabinet of Curiosities (read) 1/7/15
Still Life with Crows
Brimstone
The Dance of Death
The Book of the Dead
The Wheel of Darkness
Cemetery Dance
Fever Dream
Cold Vengeance
Two Graves
White Fire
Blue Labyrinth

Harry Bosch series 19 books

The Black Echo (read)
The Black Ice (read)
The Concrete Blonde (read)
The Last Coyote (read)
Trunk Music (read)
Angels Flight (read)
A Darkness More Than Night (read)
City Of Bones (read)
Lost Light (read)
The Narrows
The Closers
Echo Park
The Overlook
The Brass Verdict
9 Dragons
The Reversal (read)
The Drop
The Black Box
The Burning Room

Demon Cycle Series 3 books

The Warded Man (read)
The Desert Spear (read)
The Daylight War

Patrick Bowers Files Series 8 books

The Pawn (read)
The Rook
The Knight
The Bishop
The Queen
Opening Moves
The King
Checkmate

Jack Reacher series 19 books

Killing Floor (read)
Die Trying (read)
Tripwire (read)
Running Blind
Echo Burning
Without Fail
Persuader
The Enemy
One Shot
The Hard Way
Bad Luck and Trouble
Nothing to Lose
Gone Tomorrow
61 Hours
Worth Dying For
The Affair
A Wanted Man
Never Go Back
Personal

The Scarpetta Series series 22 books

Postmortem (read)
Body of Evidence (read)
All That Remains (read)
Cruel and Unusual (read)
The Body Farm (read)
From Potter's Field (read)
Cause of Death (read)
Unnatural Exposure (read)
Point of Origin (read)
Black Notice (read)
The Last Precinct (read)
Blow Fly (read)
Trace (read)
Predator
Book of the Dead
Scarpetta
The Scarpetta Factor
Port Mortuary
Red Mist
The Bone Bed
Dust
Flesh and Blood

II AM Trilogy Series 3 books

The Blood That Bonds (read)
Blood Hunt
The Children of the Sun

New Orleans Series 7 books

Hot Blooded (read)
Cold Blooded (read)
Shiver (read)
Absolute Fear
Lost Souls
Malice
Devious

Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels Mystery series 9 books

Whiskey Sour (read)
Bloody Mary (read)
Rusty Nail
Dirty Martini
Fuzzy Navel
Cherry Bomb
Shaken
Stirred

Mickey Haller Series 5 books

The Lincoln Lawyer (read)
The Brass Verdict
The Reversal (read)
The Fifth Witness (read)
The Gods of Guilt (read) 1/8/15

A-Z CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2015

Read a book for each letter of the alphabet. You can use ANY of the first letters of the main words in a title of a book (don't use words like "a", "an", "the")

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★ A ⇒ American Assassin by Vince Flynn
★ B ⇒ The Black Box by Michael Connelly
★ C ⇒ The Crimson Crown by Cinda Williams Chima
★D ⇒ Dance of Death by Douglas Preston
★E ⇒ The Enchanter Heir by Cinda Williams Chima
★F ⇒ The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
★G ⇒ The Gods of Guilt by Michael Connelly
★H ⇒ Hell's Corner by David Baldacci
★ I ⇒ Identity by Ted Dekker
★J ⇒ When Shadows Fall by J.T. Ellison
★ K ⇒ Kiss of Frost by Jennifer Estep
★ L ⇒ Liars & Thieves by Stephen Coonts
★ M ⇒ The Missing by Chris Mooney
★ N ⇒ The Narrows by Michael Connelly
★O ⇒ The Overlook by Michael Connelly
★ P ⇒ Alert by James Patterson
★ Q ⇒ Quicksand by Iris Johansen
★ R ⇒ The Royal Ranger by John Flanagan
★ S ⇒ Stirred by J.A. Konrath
★ T ⇒ Two Graves by Douglas Preston
★ U ⇒ In the Blood by Lisa Unger
★ V ⇒ Cold Vengeance by Douglas Preston
★ W ⇒ What Lies Behind by J.T. Ellison
★X ⇒ XO by Jeffery Deaver
★Y ⇒ The Stranger You Seek by Amanda Kyle Williams
★ Z ⇒ Zero Day by David Baldacci

Good luck!