Pick-a-Shelf discussion

Challenge Instructions:

Period of Challenge: January 1 - December 31, 2023

For each of the number, from 1 to 23, you will have to read book/s that is part of a series* and use the serial number to make up the sum of the number.

ONLY series books are allowed in this challenge BUT there are no page limitations so feel free to read any of the .5 books/stories to make up your sum ;)

*series name are usually in grey font next to the title and will have a number denoting its place in the series

WARNING: you will need some arithmetic skill for this challenge though you will only need to be able to add up to 22.

EXAMPLE

For the number 1 (ONE), I can read:

The Girl from Everywhere (The Girl from Everywhere #1) -being first book in the series

OR

The Magician's Apprentice (The Black Magician Trilogy 0.5)
A Dark Grave (The Elysium Chronicles 0.5)
Where 0.5 + 0.5 = 1

For the number 5 (FIVE), I can read:

Origin (Robert Langdon #5) -being 5th book in the series

OR

The Girl from Everywhere (The Girl from Everywhere #1)
The Diviners (The Diviners #1)
Thief's Magic (Millennium’s Rule #1)
Halo (Halo #1)
Falling Kingdoms (Falling Kingdoms #1)
Where 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 5

OR

The Girl from Everywhere (The Girl from Everywhere #1)
The Harp In The South (Harp in the South #2)
The Silkworm (Cormoran Strike #2)
Where 1 + 2 + 2 = 5

OR

The Magician's Apprentice (The Black Magician Trilogy 0.5)
A Dark Grave (The Elysium Chronicles 0.5)
The Harp In The South (Harp in the South #2)
The Silkworm (Cormoran Strike #2)
Where 0.5 + 0.5 + 2 + 2 = 5

The options are unlimited!

For series books with double digits, you can use the sum of the series number. See below example;

For the number 7 (SEVEN), I can read:

Deception (Alex Delaware #25)
Where 2+5 = 7

Template:

Period of Challenge: January 1 - December 31, 2023

0/23 Numbers as at 01/01

1 =

2 =

3 =

4 =

5 =

6 =

7 =

8 =

9 =

10 =

11 = (0 x #1) + (0 x #2) + (0 x #3)

12 = (0 x #1) + (0 x #2) + (0 x #3)

13 = (0 x #1) + (0 x #2) + (0 x #3)

14 = (0 x #1) + (0 x #2) + (0 x #3)

15 = (0 x #1) + (0 x #2) + (0 x #3)

16 = (0 x #1) + (0 x #2) + (0 x #3)

17 = (0 x #1) + (0 x #2) + (0 x #3)

18 = (0 x #1) + (0 x #2) + (0 x #3)

19 = (0 x #1) + (0 x #2) + (0 x #3)

20 = (0 x #1) + (0 x #2) + (0 x #3)

21 = (0 x #1) + (0 x #2) + (0 x #3)

22 = (0 x #1) + (0 x #2) + (0 x #3)

23 = (0 x #1) + (0 x #2) + (0 x #3)

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Bea

Charity

Ellis

Joanna

Joyce

Kristina Simon

Lagullande

LaurLa

Lyn (Readinghearts)

Mary

Meg

Michelle [FL]

Michelle

Nat

Rachel

Rosemary

Soelo

Tien

23/23 Numbers

🗸 1 = Secret Ones (Dream of Asarlai #1) -Read 01/03


🗸 2 = December Heat (Delegado Espinosa #2) -Read 01/05


🗸 3 = Murder in an Irish Churchyard (Irish Village Mystery #3) -Read 01/17


🗸 4 = The Lady in the Lake (Philip Marlowe #4) -Read 01/13


🗸 5 = Fronds and Enemies (The English Cottage Garden Mysteries #5) -Read 01/28


🗸 6 = Too Mulch to Handle (The English Cottage Garden Mysteries #6) -Read 01/29


🗸 7 = Rainbow Valley (Anne of Green Gables #7) -Read 06/02


🗸 8 = After the Funeral (Hercule Poirot #26) -Read 01/06


🗸 9 = Murder at the Country Club (Miss Underhay #9) -Read 01/01


🗸 10 = Murder on Board (Miss Underhay #10) -Read 01/13


🗸 11 = (3 x #1) + (4 x #2)
On the Edge (The Edge #1) -Read 05/18
A Killer’s Game (Daniela Vega #1) -Read 05/22
Middlegame (Alchemical Journeys #1) -Read 05/31
The Bride Test (The Kiss Quotient #2) -Read 05/24
Undead and Unemployed (Undead #2) -Read 05/29
The League of Gentlewomen Witches (Dangerous Damsels #2) -Read 05/30
The Throne of Fire (The Kane Chronicles #2) -Read 05/30



🗸 12 = (1 x #2) + (1 x #4) + (1 x #6)
The Curse of the Pharaohs (Amelia Peabody #2) -Read 02/15
The Witch Who Courted Death (Supernatural Sisters #4) -Read 02/15
Who's Still Afraid? (Supernatural Sisters #6) -Read 02/13



🗸 13 = (4 x #1) + (4 x #2) + (1 x #3)
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean #1) -Read 05/16
Behind the Throne (The Indranan War #1) -Read 05/17
The Crossing (The Border Trilogy #2) -Read 05/20
After the Crown (The Indranan War #2) -Read 05/20
Spy x Family, Vol. 2 -Read 05/21
This Rough Magic (Heirs of Alexandria #2) -Read 05/23
Beyond the Empire (The Indranan War #3) -Read 05/23



🗸 14 =(4 x #1) + (1 x #1.5) + (1 x #2) + (1 x #3) + (1 x #4.5)
Monty and Me (Monty Dog Detective #1) -Read 04/25
Storm Born (Dark Swan #1) -Read 05/03
Undead and Unwed (Undead #1) -Read 05/16
Last Violent Call (Foul Lady Fortune #1.5) -Read 05/15
Thorn Queen (Dark Swan #2) -Read 05/11
Traitor's Moon (Nightrunner #3) -Read 05/15
A Yuletide Kiss (Duke Dynasty #4.5) -Read 02/20



🗸 15 = Planet Hulk (The Incredible Hulk (1999) (Collected Editions) #15) -Read 05/20


🗸 16 = (2 x #1) + (2 x #2) + (1 x #4) + (1 x #6)
River of Teeth (River of Teeth #1) -Read 04/19
Ship of Smoke and Steel (The Wells of Sorcery #1) -Read 04/25
Genesis (Project Nemesis #2) -Read 04/04
Retribution (Lexi Winter #2) -Read 04/14
Rebel (Legend #4) -Read 05/03
Saturday Requiem (Frieda Klein #6) -Read 05/08



🗸 17 = (1 x #1) + (4 x #2) + (1 x #44)
The Witch Hunter (The Witch Hunter Saga #1) -Read 04/17
Perelandra (The Space Trilogy #2) -Read 04/15
Dragonsinger (Harper Hall of Pern #2) -Read 04/17
Rachel's Holiday (Walsh Family #2) -Read 04/26
Lost Roses (Lilac Girls #2) -Read 04/28
Curtain: Poirot's Last Case (Hercule Poirot #44) -Read 05/01



🗸 18 = (5 x #1) + (2 x #4) + (1 x #5)
Fable (Fable #1) -Read 03/24
Forgotten Sins (Sin Brothers #1) -Read 03/28
Succubus Blues (Georgina Kincaid #1) -Read 03/28
An Air That Kills (Lydmouth #1) -Read 03/31
Firelight (Firelight #1) -Read 04/01
The Julius House (Aurora Teagarden #4) -Read 03/29
Mort (Discworld #4) -Read 04/02
Friday on My Mind (Frieda Klein #5) -Read 04/03



🗸 19 = (2 x #1) + (2 x #2) + (3 x #3) + (1 x #4)
Monuments (Monuments #1) -Read 03/15
The Bone Season (The Bone Season #1) -Read 03/20
Through The Looking Glass And What Alice Found There (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland #2) -Read 03/24
A Bone to Pick (Aurora Teagarden #2) -Read 03/26
A Snake Lies Waiting (The Legend of the Condor Heroes #3) -Read 03/07
Snowy Mountains Promise (Bundilla Novels #3) -Read 03/20
Three Bedrooms, One Corpse (Aurora Teagarden #3) -Read 03/27
Thursday's Child (Frieda Klein #4) -Read 03/17



🗸 20 = (7 x #1) + (1 x #3) + (2 x #5)
The Omen of Light (Luminiferos #1) -Read 02/25
Dream of Death City (Red Kingdom #1) -Read 02/28
Reign the Earth (The Elementae #1) -Read 03/01
Daughter of Xanadu (Daughter of Xanadu #1) -Read 03/03
The Book That Wouldn’t Burn (The Library Trilogy #1) -Read 03/10
Dragonsong (Harper Hall of Pern #1) -Read 03/11
The Shadow of the Lion (Heirs of Alexandria #1) -Read 03/12
Poor Man's Orange (Harp in the South #3) -Read 02/28
Cat To The Dogs (Joe Grey #5) -Read 03/04
The Convent's Secret (Glass and Steele #5) -Read 03/14



🗸 21 = (5 x #1) + (2 x #3) + (1 x #4) + (1 x #6)
Three Bags Full (Sheep Detective Story #1) -Read 02/16
Carve the Mark (Carve the Mark #1) -Read 02/17
Erewhon (Erewhon #1) -Read 02/21
The Bone Witch (The Bone Witch #1) -Read 02/21
The Thirty-Nine Steps (Richard Hannay #1) -Read 02/23
Finding Mercy (Home Valley #3) -Read 02/24
Waiting for Wednesday (Frieda Klein #3) -Read 02/27
Cat in the Dark (Joe Grey #4) -Read 02/18
The Return of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes #6) -Read 02/25



🗸 22 = The Midnight Line (Jack Reacher #22) -Read 06/07


🗸 23 = (4 x #1) + (2 x #2) + (1 x #3) + (2 x #4)
Legend of the Highland Dragon (Highland Dragons #1) -Read 01/16
Tattoo of Crimson (Blood of the Fae Book #1) -Read 01/18
Inkheart (Inkworld #1) -Read 01/20
Sword of Sorrow, Blade of Joy (Tales of the Swordsman #1) -Read 01/28
Defy the Worlds (Constellation #2) -Read 01/14
Silent Bud Deadly (The English Cottage Garden Mysteries #2) -Read 01/19
Doom and Bloom (The English Cottage Garden Mysteries #3) -Read 01/23
Code (International Sensory Assassin Network #4) -Read 01/27
Trowel and Error (The English Cottage Garden Mysteries #4) -Read 01/28
Fridays with the Wizards (Castle Glower #4) -Read 02/05

I did pretty good on this one is 2022, but need to update my results I'm a go again for 2023.

Period of Challenge: January 1 - December 31, 2023

0/23 Numbers as at 01/01

1 =

2 =

3 =

4 =

5 =

6 =

7 =

8 =

9 =

10 =

11 = (0 x #1) + (0 x #2) + (0 x #3)

12 = (0 x #1) + (0 x #2) + (0 x #3)

13 = (0 x #1) + (0 x #2) + (0 x #3)

14 = (0 x #1) + (0 x #2) + (0 x #3)

15 = (0 x #1) + (0 x #2) + (0 x #3)

16 = (0 x #1) + (0 x #2) + (0 x #3)

17 = (0 x #1) + (0 x #2) + (0 x #3)

18 = (0 x #1) + (0 x #2) + (0 x #3)

19 = (0 x #1) + (0 x #2) + (0 x #3)

20 = (0 x #1) + (0 x #2) + (0 x #3)

21 = (0 x #1) + (0 x #2) + (0 x #3)

22 = (0 x #1) + (0 x #2) + (0 x #3)

23 = (0 x #1) + (0 x #2) + (0 x #3)

I read so many serials, this should be a no-brainer for me.

Period of Challenge: January 1 - December 31, 2023

0/23

1 = Murphy's Law - Read 1/31/23 - 4*

2 = Linger - Read 3/13/23 - 4*

3 = Old Wounds] - Read 4/5/23 - 4*

4 = To Love and Be Wise - Read 1/12/23 - 4*

5 = A Little Yellow Dog - Read 5/13/23 - 4*

6 = Blood and Circuses - Read 7/23/23 - 4*

7 = Tell Me, Pretty Maiden - Read 9/13/23 - 4*

8 = Lavender Lies - Read 10/5/23 - 4*

9 = Fire Touched - Read 6/17/23 - 4*

10 = The Novel Habits of Happiness - Read 8/15/23 - 4*

11 = Exit the Milkman (#10)- Read 8/11/23 - 3*
AND Frames (#1) - Read 8/9/23 - 4*

12 = Hush Now, Don't You Cry (#11) Read 12/23/23 - 4* AND A Scone To Die For (#1) Read 12/28/23 - 3*

13 = And Be a Villain - Read 2/16/23 - 4*

14 = Bless the Bride (#10)Read 12/13/23 - 4* AND The Hanged Man of Saint-Pholien (#4) Read 12/14/23 - 4*

15 = The Confession of Brother Haluin Read 10/6/23 - 4*

16 = The Chocolate Bunny Brouhaha - Read 6/22/23 - 3*

17 = Skeleton Man - Read 6/20/23 - 4*

18 = Holly Blues - Read 3/21/23 - 4*

19 = Chasing Midnight - Read 5/6/23 - 4*

20 = Betrayal of Trust - Read 3/8/23 - 4*

21 = Song of the Lion - Read 3/25/23 - 4*

22 = Bone Deep(#21) Read 11/23/23 - 4* AND Call Down the Hawk(#1) Read 9/5/23 - 3*

23 = The Cat Who Smelled a Rat - Read 1/26/23 - 3*

I'm in!
FINISHED 18 June 23

✔ 1 = 1
Dial A for Aunties (Aunties, #1) by Jesse Q. Sutanto, 17 Jan 23

✔ 2 = 2
Anne of Avonlea (Anne of Green Gables, #2) by L.M. Montgomery, 17 Jan 23

✔ 3 = 3
The Bullet That Missed (Thursday Murder Club, #3) by Richard Osman, 14 Jan 23

✔ 4 = 3 + 1
The Singapore Grip (Empire Trilogy, #3) by J.G. Farrell, 15 Jan 23
Blood on the Cowley Road (DI Susan Holden, #1) by Peter Tickler, 20 Jan 23

✔ 5 = 5
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5) by Arthur Conan Doyle, 29 Jan 23

✔ 6 = 6
The Return of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #6) by Arthur Conan Doyle, 4 Feb 23

✔ 7 = 5 + 2
Vintage Murder (Roderick Alleyn, #5) by Ngaio Marsh, 2 Feb 23
The Sign of Four (Sherlock Holmes, #2) by Arthur Conan Doyle, 1 Feb 23

✔ 8 = 1 + 7
A Meditation on Murder (Death in Paradise, #1) by Robert Thorogood, 28 Jan 23
The Valley of Fear (Sherlock Holmes, #7) by Arthur Conan Doyle, 12 Feb 23

✔ 9 = 9
A Death in Tokyo (Kyoichiro Kaga, #9) by Keigo Higashino, 20 Mar 23

✔ 10 = 10
The Case of the Murdered Muckraker (Daisy Dalrymple, #10) by Carola Dunn, 19 Feb 23

✔ 11 = 1 + 9 + 1
The Innocence of Father Brown (Father Brown, #1) by G.K. Chesterton, 2 Mar 23
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #9) by Arthur Conan Doyle, 5 Mar 23
The Clicking of Cuthbert (Golf Stories, #1) by P.G. Wodehouse, 9 Feb 23

✔ 12 = 12
Other Half (Psycop, 12) by Jordan Castillo Price, 31 Jan 23

✔ 13 = 13
Subtle Bodies (Psycop, 13) by Jordan Castillo Price, 1 March 23

✔ 14 = 12 + 2
The Lantern Men (Ruth Galloway, #12) by Elly Griffiths, 13 Feb 23
As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning (Autobiographical Trilogy, #2) by Laurie Lee, 25 Feb 23

✔ 15 = 8 + 4 + 3
His Last Bow (Sherlock Holmes, #8) by Arthur Conan Doyle, 4 Mar 23
Lucy by the Sea (Amgash, #4) by Elizabeth Strout, 23 Jan 23
Anne of the Island (Anne of Green Gables, #3) by L.M. Montgomery, 7 Mar 23

✔ 16 = 13 + 2 + 1
The Night Hawks (Ruth Galloway, #13) by Elly Griffiths, 18 Mar 23
Lessons in Desire (Cambridge Fellows, #2) by Charlie Cochrane, 22 Feb 23
The Lake District Murder (Supt Meredith, #1) by John Bude, 22 Mar 23

✔ 17 = 14 + 3
The Velveteen Rabbit (Tammen Kultaiset Kirjat, #176) by Margery Williams Bianco, 23 Mar 23 (1+7+6=14)
Pusher (87th Precinct, #3) by Ed McBain, 15 Apr 23

✔ 18 = 4 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
Exit Strategy (Murderbot Diaries, #4) by Martha Wells, 26 Mar 23
The Crime at Black Dudley (Albert Campion, #1) by Margery Allingham, 3 Apr 23
The Stranger Diaries (Harbinder Kaur, #1) by Elly Griffiths, 7 Apr 23
Anne of Windy Poplars (Anne of Green Gables, #4) by L.M. Montgomery, 15 Apr
The Secret (The Secret, #1) by Rhonda Byrne, 20 Apr 23
Murder and the First Lady (Eleanor Roosevelt, #1) by Elliott Roosevelt, 27 Apr 23
The Light Years (Cazalet Chronicles, #1) by Elizabeth Jane Howard, 28 Apr 23
Anne's House of Dreams (Anne of Green Gables, #5) by L.M. Montgomery, 30 Apr 23

✔ 19 = 6 + 13
Fugitive Telemetry (Murderbot Diaries, #6) by Martha Wells, 2 Apr 23
Inspector French and the Crime at Guildford (Inspector French, #13) by Freeman Wills Crofts, 11 Apr 23

✔ 20 = 3 + 3 + 14
Lessons in Discovery (Cambridge Fellows, #3) by Charlie Cochrane, 1 May 23
Rabbit Is Rich (Rabbit Angstrom, #3) by John Updike, 4 May 23
Kingdom of the Blind (Armand Gamache, #14) by Louise Penny, 31 May 23

✔ 21 = 21
The Cat Who Saw Stars (The Cat Who, #21) by Lilian Jackson Braun, 30 Mar 23

✔ 22 = 22
Coffin And The Paper Man (John Coffin, #22) by Gwendoline Butler, 1 May 23

✔ 23 = 1 + 1 + 1 + 5 + 1 + 14
Dead Simple (Roy Grace, #1) by Peter James, 29 Apr 23
The Marlow Murder Club (Marlow Murder Club, #1) by Robert Thorogood, 26 May 23
The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth's Past, #1) by Liu Cixin, 26 May 23
Network Effect (Murderbot Diaries, #5) by Martha Wells, 27 May 23
Mr Finchley Discovers His England (Mr Finchley, #1) by Victor Canning, 30 May 23
The Locked Room (Ruth Galloway, #14) by Elly Griffiths, 18 Jun 23

My spot. I didn't (and won't quite) finish in 2022, but why not play again for 2023?

Progress: 17/23

Completed:
1 = Rush (Breathless 1) - 2/13/23
2 = A Prayer for the Crown-Shy (Monk & Robot 2) - 1/28/23
3 = The Golden Enclaves (Scholomance 3) - 1/20/23
4 = A Feast for Crows (Ice and Fire 4) - 1/26/23
5 = Dark Age (Red Rising 5) - 6/16/23
6 = I Will Not Beg (Mtn Masters & Dark Haven 6) - 6/9/23
7 = 1 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 2
The Grace of Kings (Dandelion Dynasty 1) - 2/17/23
Sleeping in Flame (Answered Prayers 2) - 3/15/23
Perdido Street Station (New Crobuzon 1) - 3/23/23
Timebound (The Chronos Files 1) - 3/26/23
Fever (Breathless 2) - 3/31/23
8 = Misbehaving (Original Sinners Pulp Library 8)
10 = 2.5 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 2.5
Double Crossed: A Spies and Thieves Story (Heist Society 2.5) - 7/15/23
It Ends with Us (It Ends With Us 1) - 8/11/23
The City of Ember (City of Ember 1) - 9/3/23
The Keeper of Lost Causes (Department Q 1) - 9/6/23
Less Is Lost (Less 2) - 9/17/23
Gods of Risk (Expanse 2.5) - 9/19/23
11 = 1 + 1.5 + 3 + 1 + 3 + 1.5
The Murders of Molly Southbourne (Molly Southborne 1) - 3/29/23
Time's Echo (Chronos Files 1.5) - 4/5/23
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (Century Cycle 3) - 4/8/23
The Anatomy of Jane (WJM 1) - 5/5/23
The Last Colony (Old Man's War 3) - 5/23/23
Simon Says: Mine (Mountain Masters & Dark Haven 1.5) - 6/8/23
12 = 4.5 + 7.5
Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory (Murderbot 4.5) - 6/16/23
In Mercy, Rain (Wayward Children 7.5) - 7/5/23
13 = 1 + 1 + 3 + 2 + 3 + 1 +2
Soulless (Parasol Protectorate 1) - 5/23/23
The 42nd Parallel (USA Trilogy 1) - 5/29/23
Knocked Out by My Nunga-Nungas (Georgia Nicholson 3) - 6/8/23
The Survival of Molly Southbourne (Molly Southborne 2) - 6/9/23
Odalisque (Comfort 3) - 6/18/23
Stealing His Thunder (Masters of Adrenaline 1) - 6/18/23
Caliban's War (The Expanse 2) - 6/24/23
14 = The Effing List (Masters of Shadowlands 14) - 6/16/23
15 = Purity in Death (In Death 15) - 8/17/23
16 = 3 + 0.55 + 0.65 + 2.7 + 8.4 + 0.7
The Kingdom of Gods (Inheritance 3)
Nightswimming (Original Sinners 0.55) - 5/12/23
The Metronome (Original Sinners 0.65) - 6/6/23
Drive (Expanse 2.7) - 10/3/23
The Chateau (Original Sinners 8.4) - 6/15/23
The Teacher's Pet (Original Sinners 0.7) - 9/6/23
17 = 1 + 4 + 4 + 3 + 5
Bloodsucking Fiends (Love Story 1) - 7/9/23
Empire of Ivory (Temeraire 4) - 7/23/23
Dancing in My Nuddy-Pants (Georgia Nicholson 4) - 7/27/23
Burn (Breathless 3) - 8/19/23
Foxglove Summer (Rivers of London 5) - 8/28/23
18 = 2 + 8 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 2
Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple 2) - 10/22/23
Lost in the Moment and Found (Wayward Children 8) - 10/29/23
The White Dragon (Dragonriders of Pern 3) - Nov. 2023
Lost Lake (Lost Lake 1) - Nov. 2023
You Suck (Love Story 2) - Dec. 2023
The World We Make (Great Cities 2) - Dec. 2023

Need additional books to complete:
Compulsory (Murderbot 0.5) - 8/30/23
Skeleton Song (Wayward Children 7.7) - 10/13/23


Currently reading:
Stellarlune (Keeper of Lost Cities 9)
Victory of Eagles (Temeraire 5)

Possibilities/Planning:

9 Stellarlune (Keeper of Lost Cities 9) - currently reading

19 Away Laughing on a Fast Camel (Georgia Nicholson 5) + Then He Ate My Boy Entrancers (Georgia Nicholson 6) + Victory of Eagles (Temeraire 5) - currently reading + [3 more]

20 Scars and Stripes (Last Good Knight 1) + Sore Spots (Last Good Knight 2) + The Games Destiny Plays (Last Good Knight 3) + Fit to Be Tied (Last Good Knight 4) + The Last Good Night (Last Good Knight 5) + Still Life (Armand Gamache 1) + [4 more]

21 System Collapse (Murderbot 7) + Rectified (Original Sinners 0.45) + The Assistant (Original Sinners 0.85) + Skeleton Song (Wayward Children 7.7) - read + Compulsory (Murderbot 0.5) - read + The Domestic (Rivers of London 2.5) + Time's Edge (Chronos Files 2)

22 Time's Mirror (Chronos Files 2.5) + The Cockpit (Rivers of London 3.5) + Let It Bleed (Inspector Rebus 7) + You Suck (Love Story 2) - read + Bite Me (Love Story 3) + Heaven's River (Bobiverse 4)

23 Shades in Shadow (Inheritance 0.5, 1.5, 2.5) + The Awakened Kingdom (Inheritance 3.5) + Time's Divide Chronos Files 3) + Fueling His Hunger (Masters of Adrenaline 2) + Home (Gilead 2) + The Drawing of the Three (Dark Tower 2) + The Anatomy of Us (WJM 2) + Rosemary and Rue (October Daye 1) + Bitten (Otherworld 1) + A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor (The Carls 2)

Other series possibilities:

Tales from the Folly: A Rivers of London Short Story Collection (Rivers of London 1.5 ("The Home Crowd Advantage"), 1.6 ("Tobias Winter - Meckenheim 2012"), - read; 2.5 ("The Domestic"), 3.5 ("The Cockpit"), 5.1 ("The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Granny"), 5.65 ("King of the Rats"), 6.5 ("A Rare Book of Cunning Device"), 6.6 ("Favorite Uncle")

Equal Rites (Discworld 3)
Mort (Discworld 4)
Guards! Guards! (Discworld 8)
The Confessions (Original Sinners 8.2)
The Return (Original Sinners 8.45)
Wrapped In Black (Original Sinners 6.4)
Little Red Riding Crop (Original Sinners 0.4)
The Mistress Files (Original Sinners 3.2)
A Winter Symphony (Original Sinners 4.2)
Unraveled (Mastered 3)
Devastated (His for a Week 4)
Guilty Pleasures (Pleasure House 1)
Friends (Mastering the Virgin 1)
A Study in Charlotte (Charlotte Holmes 1)
Freakling (Psi Chronicles 1)
Gone (Gone 1)
Remember to Forget (Remember to Forget 1)
The Gathering (Shadow House 1)
Torn from Troy (Odyssey of a Slave 1)
I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You (Gallagher Girls 1)
Every Day (Every Day 1)
The Dead House (Dead House 1)
Shadow of the Fox (Shadow of the Fox 1)
Andrea Vernon and the Corporation for UltraHuman Protection (Andrea Vernon 1)
The Queen of the Tearling (Tearling 1)
The Kommandant's Girl (Kommandant's Girl 1)
Molly Fyde and the Parsona Rescue (Bern Saga 1)
Cruel Beauty (Cruel Beauty 1)
Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake 1)
Sub-Human (Post-Human 1)
Parties & Potions (Magic in Manhattan 4)
Shadowshaper (Shadowshaper 1)
The Hot Kid (Carl Webster 1)
The Gender Game (Gender Game 1)
The Dream Thieves (Raven Boys 2)
Eventide (Plainsong 2)
The Other Wind (Earthsea 6)
Pines (Wayward Pines 1)
Resurrection Man (Resurrection Man 1)
The Awakened Kingdom (Inheritance 3.5)
Swordspoint (Riverside 1)
The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Riddle of Ages (Mysterious Benedict 4)
Vanished! (Framed 2)
Sacred and Profane (Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus 2)
Started Early, Took My Dog (Jackson Brodie 4)
Tales from Earthsea (Earthsea 5)
Secondhand Souls (Grim Reaper 2)
Dreams of Joy (Shanghai Girls 2)
Kushiel's Chosen (Phèdre's Trilogy 2)
Witch Baby (Weetzie Bat 2)
The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove (Pine Cove 2)
A Red Herring Without Mustard (Flavia 3)
When the Thrill Is Gone (Leonid McGill 3)
A Lion Among Men (Wicked 3)
Dragonsong (Pern 3)
The Mirror & the Light (Thomas Cromwell 3)
Memory and Dream (Newford 2)
Consider Phlebas (Culture 1)
Moon Witch, Spider King (Dark Star Trilogy 2)
Birds of a Feather (Maisie Dobbs 2)
Voyager (Outlander 3)
Perfect Fifths (Jessica Darling 5)
A Red Death (Easy Rawlins 2)
Iron Council (New Crobuzon 3)
Touching Darkness (Midnighters 2)
Discount Armageddon (InCryptid 1)
The Grift of the Magi (Heist Society 3.5)
Peeps (Peeps 1)
The Seduction 1 (The Seduction 1)
His Wicked Games (His Wicked Games 1)
The Sassy Submissive (Stronghold Doms 1)
Forbidden (House of Sin 1)
The Pawn (Endgame 1)
A Love So Dangerous (To the Bone 1)
Total Possession (Dufort Dynasty 3)
A Thousand Recipes for Revenge (Chefs of the Five Gods 1)
Mask of Shadows (Mask of Shadows 1)
Arsène Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes (Arsene Lupin 2)
The Keeper of Night (Keeper of the Night 1)
Zoe's Tale (Old Man's War 4)
There's No Place Like Oz (Vicious Wonders 2)
Black Velvet (Black Velvet Rooms 1)
San Francisco Longing (San Francisco 1)
The Submissive (Submissive 1)
Captive in the Dark (Dark Duet 1)
The Laughing Corpse (Anita Blake 2)
After You (Me Before You 2)
Parasite (Parasitology 1)
Letting Go (Surrender 1)
Library of Souls (Peregrine 3)
The Wall of Storms (Dandelion Dynasty 2)
Shatter City (Impostors 2)
The Priest (Original Sinners 9)

As usual, I was nowhere near finishing in 2022, but I equalled my best ever year...so it's worth another go in 2023

Period of Challenge: January 1 - December 31, 2023

9/23 Numbers as at 30/11/23


✔️1 = Winter Pilgrims (Kingmaker #1) 24/2/23

✔️2 = (2 x #1)
Darktown (Darktown #1) 5/3/23
The Crime at Black Dudley (Albert Campion #1) 8/4/23

✔️3 = World of Trouble (The Last Policeman #3) 13/1/23

✔️4 = (1 x #1) + (1 x #3)
The Thirteen Problems (Miss Marple #1) 11/6/23
The Moving Toyshop (Gervase Fen #3) 4/7/23

✔️5 = (1 x #2) + (1 x #3)
Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple #2) 30/11/23
The Mirror & the Light (Thomas Cromwell #3) 14/11/23

✔️6 = (1 x #1) + (1 x #2) +(1 x #3)
The Giver (The Giver #1) 21/4/23
Home (Gilead #2) 15/9/23
Darktown (Midnight Atlanta #3) 1/8/23

7 =

✔️8 = Urn Burial (Phryne Fisher #8) 22/1/23

✔️9 = Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot #9) 8/1/23

✔️10 = (1 x #26) + (1 x #2)
Death of a Train (Inspector French #26) 30/8/23
Authority (Southern Reach #2) 18/10/23

11 = (0 x #1) + (0 x #2) + (0 x #3)

12 = (0 x #1) + (0 x #2) + (0 x #3)

13 = (0 x #1) + (0 x #2) + (0 x #3)

14 = (0 x #1) + (0 x #2) + (0 x #3)

15 = (0 x #1) + (0 x #2) + (0 x #3)

16 = (0 x #1) + (0 x #2) + (0 x #3)

17 = (0 x #1) + (0 x #2) + (0 x #3)

18 = (0 x #1) + (0 x #2) + (0 x #3)

19 = (0 x #1) + (0 x #2) + (0 x #3)

20 = (0 x #1) + (0 x #2) + (0 x #3)

21 = (0 x #1) + (0 x #2) + (0 x #3)

22 = (0 x #1) + (0 x #2) + (0 x #3)

23 = (0 x #1) + (0 x #2) + (0 x #3)

I'm in for sure!

Period of Challenge: January 1 - December 31, 2023

✅1 = The Diviners (The Diviners, #1) - Completed 1/19/23

✅2 = 1 + 1
Dangerous Ground (Fiona Carver, #1) - Completed 1/31/23
Bad Monkey (Andrew Yancy, #1) - Completed 1/15/23

✅3 = 3 + 0
Triple Cross (Alex Cross #30) - Completed 2/13/23

✅4 = 2 + 2
Silent Witness (Cass Leary Legal Thriller #2) - Completed 1/6/23
What Can't Be Seen (Dr. Gretchen White, #2) - Completed 1/26/23

✅5 = 3 + 2
Righteous Prey (Lucas Davenport, #32) - Completed 3/11/23

✅6 = 5 + 1
Out Of Range (Joe Pickett, #5) - Completed 1/13/23
Life As We Knew It (Last Survivors, #1) - Completed 1/17/23

✅7 = 4 + 3
Thirteen (Eddie Flynn #4) - Completed 1/3/23
The Hiding Place (Mercy & Elvis Mysteries #3) - Completed 3/16/23

✅8 = 2 + 6
Santa's Little Yelpers (Andy Carpenter, #26) - Completed 1/12/23

✅9 = 2 + 7
No Plan B (Jack Reacher, #27) - Completed 1/5/23

✅10 = 9 + 1
The Shadow Murders (Department Q, #9) - Completed 1/29/23
The Man in the Brown Suit (Colonel Race, #1) - Completed 2/1/23

✅11 = The Zero Night (Jonathan Stride, #11) - Completed 3/17/23

12 = 7 + 5
Long Shadows (Amos Decker, #7) - Completed 3/18/23
The Girl from Berlin (Liam Taggart & Catherine Lockhart, #5)

✅13 = 3 + 6 + 3 + 1
Desert Star (Harry Bosch Universe, #36) - Completed 1/1/23
Golden Poppies (Freedman/Johnson, #3) - Completed 1/27/23
When It Falls Apart (The D'Angelos, #1) - Completed 1/15/23

✅14 = 6 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 1 + 1
Hard Hit (Jon Reznick, #6) - Completed 4/8/23
Turning Angel (Penn Cage #2) - Completed 1/23/23
This Bitter Earth (Sugar Lacey, #2) - Completed 2/14/23
The Match (Wilde, #2) - Completed 2/7/23
The Man Burned by Winter (Rooker Lindström #1) - Completed 1/16/23
Storm and Fury (The Harbinger, #1) - Completed 2/11/23

✅15 = 7 + 4 + 3 + 1
The Deepest of Secrets (Rockton/Casey Duncan #7) - Completed 4/5/23
Hunting Time (Colter Shaw #4) - Completed 1/12/23
Devil's Bargain (Cass Leary Legal Thriller #3) - Completed 4/18/23
Not Your Sidekick (Sidekick Squad, #1) - Completed 5/1/23

✅16 = 8 + 6 + 2
The Last Orphan (Orphan X #8) - Completed 3/25/23
A Stranger in Town (Rockton #6) - Completed 2/7/23
The Dead and the Gone (Last Survivors, #2) - Completed 4/16/23

✅17 = 6 + 5 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1
In Plain Sight (Joe Pickett #6) - Completed 3/5/23
Cold Hard Truth (Boston Crime Thriller #5) - Completed 2/8/23
The Silent Sisters (Charles Jenkins #3) - Completed 2/9/23
Sudden Death (FBI Trilogy #1) - Completed 3/9/23
Unforeseen (Thomas Prescott #1) - Completed 3/10/23
Fid's Crusade (The Chronicles of Fid #1) - Completed 3/26/23

✅18 = A World of Curiosities (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #18) - Completed 3/3/23

✅19 = Racing the Light (Elvis Cole #19) -Completed 3/7/23

✅20 = 6 + 6 + 3 + 3 + 2
Blown Away (John Becker #6) - Completed 3/5/23
Dark Saturday (Frieda Klein #6) - Completed 3/11/23
Lying Beside You (Cyrus Haven #3) - Completed 3/19/23
One Last Unveil (Tara Mills Mystery, #3) - Completed 3/21/23
Between Black and White (McMurtrie and Drake Legal Thrillers, #2) - Completed 3/12/23

✅21 = 7 + 6 + 4 + 2 + 2
Sunday Silence (Frieda Klein, #7) - Completed 6/3/23
Forsaken Country (Detective Max Rupert, #6) - Completed 4/21/23
Scarlet Carnation (Freedman/Johnson #4) - Completed 4/9/23
Fatal Secrets (FBI Trilogy, #2) - Completed 4/3/23
Fool Me Twice (Riley Wolfe #2) - Completed 4/27/23

22 = 3 + 3 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1
Cutting Edge (FBI Trilogy, #3) - Completed 4/30/23
The Winners (Beartown, #3) - Completed 5/19/23
City of Dreams (City, #2) - Completed 6/4/23
The Gentlemen's Hour (Boone Daniels, #2) - Completed 5/27/23
Dark Angel (Letty Davenport, #2)
An Unequal Defense (David Adams, #2) - Completed 7/6/23
Girl, Forgotten (Andrea Oliver #2) - Completed 6/16/23
While Justice Sleeps (Avery Keene #1) - Completed 6/17/23
Amok (Dox Thriller, #1)
The Light We Lost (Lost Light #1)
The Distant Echo (Karen Pirie, #1)
The Inside Ring (Joe DeMarco #1) - Completed 5/8/23
Hex Hall (Hex Hall, #1) - Completed 5/10/23

✅23 = The 23rd Midnight (Women's Murder Club #23)

Seriously serial 2023

1 = A Few Right Thinking Men (Rowland Sinclair, #1)✔️

2 = Wayward (Wayward Pines #2)✔️

3 = Before the Devil Breaks You (Diviners #3) ✔️

4 = A Trail Through Time (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #4)✔️

5 = The Daughter of Time (Inspector Alan Grant #5)✔️

6 = The Sun Sister (Seven Sisters #6)✔️

7 = Where the Drowned Girls Go (Wayward Children #7) ✔️

8 = False Value (Rivers of London #8)✔️

9 = 5+4
Shopaholic & Baby (Shopaholic, #5) ✔️
Blood of Dragons (Rain Wild Chronicles, #4)✔️

10 = 4+4+2
Heartstopper: Volume Four (Heartstopper #4)✔️
The King of Crows (Diviners #4)✔️
P.S. I Still Love You (To all the boys I've loved before #2)✔️

11 = 1+1+1+1+2+2+3
Still Life (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #1) ✔️
Resurrection Bay (Caleb Zelic, #1) ✔️
Break Your Glass Slippers (You Are Your Own Fairy Tale, #1)✔️
Aurora Rising (The Aurora Cycle, #1) ✔️
Shine your Icy Crown (You Are Your Own Fairy Tale, #2)✔️
Aurora Burning (The Aurora Cycle, #2)✔️
Unlock Your Storybook Heart (You Are Your Own Fairy Tale, #3)✔️

12 = 7+5
The Missing Sister (Seven Sisters #7)✔️
No Time Like the Past (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #5)✔️

13 = 1+1+1+1+1+2+3+3
Hench (Hench #1)✔️
How the Penguins Saved Veronica (Veronica McCreedy #1) ✔️
The Wedding Date (The Wedding Date, #1) ✔️
Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold #1)✔️
The Shadow of the Wind (Cemetery of Forgotten Books #1)✔️
A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor (The Carls #2)✔️
Aurora's End (The Aurora Cycle, #3) ✔️
Exiles (Aaron Falk #3)✔️

14 = 1+1+1+3+3+5
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists (Pirates #1)✔️
The Maid (Molly the Maid #1)✔️
Carry On (Simon Snow #1)✔️
The Last Town (Wayward Pines #3)✔️
Faithful Place (Dublin Murder Squad #3)✔️
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes #5)✔️

15 = 1+1+1+2+3+3+4
The Night Swim (Rachel Krall #1)✔️
The Family Upstairs (The Family Upstairs, #1) ✔️
The Siege (The Siege, #1)✔️
The Angel's Game (Cemetery of Forgotten Books #2)✔️
The Bullet That Missed (Thursday Murder Club, #3)✔️
The Relentless Moon (Lady Astronaut Universe, #3) ✔️
Bridget Jones’ Baby (Bridget Jones, #4)✔️

16 = 1+2+6+7
The Good Daughter (Good Daughter, #1)✔️
A Fatal Grace (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #2) ✔️
Mini Shopaholic (Shopaholic, #6)✔️
Always (Once, #7)✔️

17 = 1+1+1+3+4.5+6.5
Three Men in a Boat (Three Men, #1)✔️
Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)✔️
Magpie Murders (Susan Ryeland #1)✔️
Mad About the Boy (Bridget Jones #3)✔️
Christmas Present (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #4.5)✔️
Ships and Stings and Wedding Rings (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #6.5)✔️

18 = 3+3+5+7
The Cruelest Month (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #3)
The Village Teacher (Cixin Liu Graphic Novels #3)
The Word for World Is Forest (Hainish Cycle #5)✔️
Again, Rachel (Walsh Family #7)✔️

19 = 9+10
Getting to Zero: Australia's Energy Transition (Quarterly Essay #81)✔️
Saga, Volume 10 (Saga #10)✔️

20 = Hogfather (Discworld #20) ✔️

21 = Jingo (Discworld #21) ✔️

22 = Dragon's Time (Pern#22) ✔️

23 = 0.5+1+6+7.5+8
Rolling in the Deep (Rolling in the Deep, #0.5)✔️
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop #1)
Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)✔️
The October Man (Rivers of London, #7.5)✔️
Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt (Seven Sisters #8)✔️


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Still Me (Me Before You #3)
Dead Astronauts (Borne #2)
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (Inheritance Trilogy #1)
The Rosewater Insurrection (Wormwood #2)
Howl’s Moving Castle (Howl's Moving Castle #1)
Castle in the Air (Howl's Moving Castle #2)
House of Many Ways (Howl's Moving Castle#3)
Olive, Again (Olive Kitteridge #2)
Raising the Stones (Arbai #2)
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This one never works for me. I'm excited to start some of the others, but will skip this one.

all good, Susan, not everyone reads lots of series :)

Every year this gets harder...

✅ 1. The Verifiers (The Verifiers #1) 2/9
✅ 2. The World We Make (Great Cities #2) 1/11
✅ 3. Lucinda's Secret (The Spiderwick Chronicles #3) 1/5
✅ 4. The Ironwood Tree (The Spiderwick Chronicles #4) 1/14
✅ 5. The Wrath of Mulgarath (The Spiderwick Chronicles #5) 1/14
✅ 6. Into the Riverlands (The Singing Hills Cycle #3) 1/14
The Rosewater Redemption (The Wormwood Trilogy #3) 1/16
✅ 7. Paladin's Hope (The Saint of Steel #3) 1/16
The Last Emperox (The Interdependency #3) 1/21
Blindsighted (Grant County #1) 2/18
✅ 8. Lost in the Moment and Found (Wayward Children #8) 1/28
✅ 9. The Atlas Paradox (The Atlas #2) 2/5
The Wandering Fire (The Fionavar Tapestry #2) 2/16
Honor Bound (The Honors #2) 2/22
A Death in Tokyo (Detective Kaga #3) 2/26
✅ 10. Half a Soul (Regency Faerie Tales #1) 3/12
Exiles (Aaron Falk #3) 3/27
Kisscut (Grant County #2) 3/29
Jade War (The Green Bone Saga #2) 4/3
Hell Bent (Alex Stern #2) 4/4
✅ 11. Nona the Ninth (The Locked Tomb #3) 4/18
The Hostile Hospital (A Series of Unfortunate Events #8) 4/30
✅ 12. Over the Woodward Wall (The Up-and-Under #1) 4/16
Ten Thousand Stitches (Regency Faerie Tales #2) 4/24
Along the Saltwise Sea (The Up-and-Under #2) 5/3
The Blade Itself (The First Law #1) 5/6
Children of Time (Children of Time #1) 5/10
Longshadow (Regency Faerie Tales #3) 5/13
The Mimicking of Known Successes (Mossa & Pleiti #1) 5/19
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham #1) 5/24
✅ 13. The Wrath and the Dawn (The Wrath and the Dawn Series #1) 5/26
The Curator (Washington Poe #3) 6/2
Dead Ground (Washington Poe #4) 6/4
The Botanist (Washington Poe #5) 6/8
✅ 14. Hag's Nook (Dr Gideon Fell #1) 5/29
Hither, Page (Page & Sommers #1) 6/3
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire #1) 6/24
The Mad Hatter Mystery (Dr Gideon Fell #2) 6/30
Now You See Me (Lacey Flint #1) 7/1
Dead Scared (Lacey Flint #2) 7/2
Oh William! (Amgash #3) 7/11
The Eight of Swords (Dr Gideon Fell #3) 7/12
✅ 15. Old Man's War (Old Man's War #1) 7/17
The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen (The Doomsday Books #1) 7/26
Honor Lost (The Honors #3) 7/30
Assassin's Quest (Farseer Trilogy #3) 8/26
Death-Watch (Dr Gideon Fell #5) 9/3
The Bone Shard Emperor (The Drowning Empire #2) 9/17
✅ 16. The Crooked Hinge (Dr Gideon Fell #8) 10/29
Children of Ruin (Children of Time #2) 11/5
Mammoths at the Gates (The Singing Hills Cycle #4) 11/5
Death on Gokumon Island (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi #2) 11/11
✅ 17. The Case Of The Blind Barber (Dr Gideon Fell #4) 7/17
The Hollow Man (Dr Gideon Fell #6) 10/1
The Arabian Nights Murder (Dr Gideon Fell #7) 10/22
✅ 18. The Honjin Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi #1) 10/18
The Darkest Road (The Fionavar Tapestry #3) 11/19
The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club #4) 11/21
To Wake the Dead (Dr Gideon Fell #9) 12/10
The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time #1) 12/15
19. Mirage (Mirage #1) 12/16
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (George Smiley #3) 12/16
The Missing Page (Page & Sommers #2) 12/19
The Bone Shard War (The Drowning Empire #3) 12/22
Defiant (Skyward #4) 12/23
= 13
20.
21.
22.
23.

Done: 18/23

Goal: 23
Progress: 7/23 (30.43%)

1. Eight Cousins (Eight Cousins #1)
28 Summers (28 Summers #1)
Green Angel (Green Angel #1)
A Drink Before the War (Kenzie and Gennaro #1)

2. Anything is Possible (Amgash #2)

3. Girl, Forgotten (Andrea Oliver #2) +A Drink Before the War (Kenzie and Gennaro #1)

4. Boundary Waters (Cork O'Conner #2) + Girl, Forgotten (Andrea Oliver #2)

5. Someplace to be Flying (Newford #5)

6.
7.
8. The Kept Woman (Will Trent #8)
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19. Fox Creek (Cork O'Connor #19)
20.
21.
22.
23.

Seriously Serial
Period of Challenge: January 1 - December 31, 2023

1 - # 1 Black Dagger Legacy - Blood Kiss by J.R. Ward - 1/7/23

2 - # 2 The Contagium Series - Deathly Contagious by Emily Goodwin - 1/3/23

3 - # 1 (Battlefield Z) - Battlefield Z by Chris Lowry - 1/10/23
# 1 (Sam Quinn) - The Slaughtered Lamb Bookstore and Bar by Seana Kelly - 1/18/23
# 1 - (Thicker Than Blood #1) - Thicker than Blood by Madeline Sheehan - 1/20/23

4 - # 1 (Grave Talker #1) - Dead to Me by Annie Anderson - 1/21/23
# 2 Abel Yeager Thrillers #2 - Yeager's Mission by Scott Bell - 1/23/23
# 1 Bloodlines #1 - Bloodlines by Richelle Mead - 1/30/23

5 - # 4 (Incryptid) - Pocket Apocalypse by Seanan McGuire - 2/2/23
# 1 (Kate Daniels: Wilmington Years #1) - Magic Tides by Ilona Andrews - 2/7/23

6 - # 1 Soulbound - A Ferry of Bones & Gold by Hailey Turner - 2/18/23
# 2 Vampire Knitting Club #2 - Stitches and Witches by Nancy Warren - 2/19/23
# 3 Storm Runners #3 - Eruption by Roland Smith - 2/25/23

7 - Wayward Children #7 - Where the Drowned Girls Go by Seanan McGuire - 2/4/23

8 - Wayward Children #8 - Lost in the Moment and Found by Seanan McGuire - 3/4/23

9 - # 2 Whiteout - The Dark Winter by Flint Maxwell - 3/19/23
# 1 Southern Eclectic #1 - Sweet Tea and Sympathy by Molly Harper - 3/28/23
# 6 Hidden Legacy #6 - Ruby Fever by Ilona Andrews - 3/30/23

10 - # 5 Innkeeper Chronicles #5 - Sweep of the Heart by Ilona Andrews - 2/13/23
# 5 The Morganville Vampires #5 - The Morganville Vampires #5
Lord of Misrule

11 - # 2 Witches of Palmetto Point - Wayward Spirits by Wendy Wang - 3/8/23
# 1 Running On Empty #1 - Running On Empty by Colette Ballard - 3/10/23
# 1 The Enemy # 1 - The Enemy by Charlie Higson - 3/14/23
# 3 Free-Wrench #3 - Ichor Well by Joseph R. Lallo - 4/1/23
# 4 Marshmallow Hollow Mysteries #4 - Carnage in a Pear Tree: A Witchy Christmas Cozy Mystery - Dakota Cassidy - 4/3/23

12 - # 3 Sunshine Vicram #3 - A Hard Day for a Hangover by Darynda Jones - 4/4/23
# 9 In Death #9 - Loyalty in Death by J.D. Robb - 4/7/23

13 - Mercy Thompson #13 - Soul Taken by Patricia Briggs - 3/23/23

14 - Jane Yellowrock #14 - True Dead by Faith Hunter - 2/27/23

15 - # 1 - Red Creek - Red Creek by Nathan Hystad - 4/25/23
# 6 - Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper #6 - Maze of Souls by J.L. Bryan - 5/1/23
# 5 - Temperance Brennan #5 - Grave Secrets by Kathy Reichs - 5/4/23
# 1 - Rogue Team International #1 - Rage by Jonathan Maberry - 4/14/23
# 2 - Demon Underground #2 - Try Me by Parker Blue - 4/21/23

16 - # 6 - Alpha & Omega #6 - Wild Sign by Patricia Briggs - 5/20/23
# 0.5 - Southern Eclectic #0.5 - Save a Truck, Ride a Redneck by Molly Harper - 4/23/23
# 2.5 - Georgina Kincaid #2.5 - City of Demons by Richelle Mead 5/5/23
# 6 - Temperance Brennan #6 - Bare Bones by Kathy Reichs - 5/9/23
# 1 - Vicarious #1 - Vicarious by Paula Stokes - 5/14/23

17 - # 7 Zombie Fallout #7 - For the Fallen by Mark Tufo - 4/9/23
# 10 In Death #10 - Witness in Death by J.D. Robb - 4/10/23

18 - # 1 - King of Scars #1 - King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo - 4/20/23
# 17 - The Dresden Files #17 - Battle Ground by Jim Butcher - 5/12/23

19 - # 3 - MEG #3 - Primal Waters by Steve Alten - 6/11/23
# 1 - Nowak Brothers #1 - I Kill Monsters by Dennis Liggio - 6/13/23
# 2 - The One and Only Ivan #2 - The One and Only Bob by Katherine Applegate - 6/14/23
# 5 - Hot Damned #5 - A Fashionably Dead Christmas by Robyn Peterman - 6/15/23
# 8 - Harbinger P.I. #8 - Faerie Storm by Adam J. Wright - 6/23/23

20 - # 2 - The Lost Imperials #2 - Prodigal by Sherry D. Ficklin - 5/15/23
# 2 - (Tiger's Eye Mystery, #2) - Private Eye by Alyssa Day - 5/21/23
# 4 - (Hot Damned, #4) - Fashionably Dead in Diapers by Robyn Peterman - 5/27/23
# 2 - Soulwood #2 - Curse on the Land by Faith Hunter - 6/1/23
# 3 - Boundary Magic #3 - Boundary Born by Melissa F. Olson - 6/2/23
# 3 - Maximum Ride #3 - Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports by James Patterson - 6/6/23
# 4 - Boundary Magic #4 - Boundary Broken by Melissa F. Olson - 6/7/23

21 - # 5 - Boundary Magic #5 - Boundary Haunted by Melissa F. Olson - 6/9/23
# 2 The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek #2 - The Book Woman's Daughter by Kim Michele Richardson - 6/24/23
# 12 Kate Burkholder #12 - Outsider by Linda Castillo - 6/27/23
# 2 - Deadwood Undertaker #2 - A Long Way from Ordinary by Ann Charles - 6/30/23

22 - # 3.3 ((Newsflesh #3.3)) - Please Do Not Taunt the Octopus by Mira Grant - 1/16/23
# 13.7 - Charley Davidson #13.7 - ‎The Graveside Bar and Grill by Darynda Jones - 7/16/23
# 5 - Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels #5 - Fuzzy Navel by J.A. Konrath 0 7/7/23

23 - Joe Pickett #23 - Storm Watch by C.J. Box - 3/6/23

Books Not Used Yet


# 0.75 - Newsflesh #0.75 - All the Pretty Little Horses by Mira Grant - 6/4/23
# 4 - Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels #4 - Dirty Martini by J.A. Konrath - 7/1/23
# 4 - Maximum Ride #4 - The Final Warning by James Patterson - 7/6/23
# 3 - Vampire Knitting Club #3 - Crochet and Cauldrons by Nancy Warren - 7/14/23
# 4 - Vampire Knitting Club #4 - Stockings and Spells by Nancy Warren - 7/15/23

I will try this again...I never get far but it does help me catch up on series sometimes. :-)

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Seriously Serial (2023)
Dates: January 1 - December 31, 2023

✓ 1 = Impulse by Ellen Hopkins (Impulse #1) Read: 1/7/23

✓ 2 = Kisscut by Karin Slaughter (Grant County #2) Read: 1/5/23

✓ 3 = A Faint Cold Fear by Karin Slaughter (Grant County #3) Read: 1/14/23

✓ 4 = Indelible by Karin Slaughter (Grant County #4) Read: 2/10/23

✓ 5 = Anything for You by Kristan Higgins (Blue Heron #5) Read: 2/20/23

✓ 6 = Arsenic and Old Books by Miranda James (Cat in the Stacks #6) Read: 1/12/23

✓ 7 = No Cats Allowed by Miranda James (Cat in the Stacks #7) Read: 5/25/23

✓ 8 = Forbidden Falls by Robyn Carr (Virgin River #8) Read: 2/1/23

✓ 9 = Starting Now by Debbie Macomber (Blossom Street #9) Read: 3/6/23

✓ 10 = Everglades by Randy Wayne White (Doc Ford Mystery #10) Read: 2/5/23

✓ 11 = Silent Scream by Karen Rose (Romantic Suspense #11) Read: 6/30/23

✓ 12 = I Know a Secret by Tess Gerritsen (Rizzoli & Isles #12) Read: 1/26/23

✓ 13 = Listen To Me by Tess Gerritsen (Rizzoli & Isles #13) Read: 8/11/23

✓ 14 = (2 x #1) + (1 x #2) + (1 x #3) + (1 x #7)
Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor (Daughter of Smoke & Bone #1) Read: 11/18/23
Kiss the Girls by James Patterson (Alex Cross #2) Read: 11/25/23
Mrs. Pollifax and the Hong Kong Buddha by Dorothy Gilman (Mrs. Pollifax #7 ) Read: 11/26/23
A Page of Murder by Penny Brooke (Seabreeze Bookshop #1 ) Read: 11/27/23
The Winners by Fredrik Backman (Beartown #3) Read: 11/28/23

✓ 15 = The Hen of the Baskervilles by Donna Andrews (Meg Langslow #15) Read: 7/14/23

✓ 16 = (0 x #1) + (0 x #2) + (0 x #3) + (1 x #7) + (1 x #9)
The Missing Sister by Lucinda Riley (The Seven Sisters #7) Read: 11/17/23
Angel's Peak by Robyn Carr (Virgin River #9) Read: 11/20/23

✓ 17 = (4 x #1) + (2 x #2) + (1 x #3) + (1 x #6)
The Ice Princess by Camilla Läckberg (Fjällbacka #1) Read: 10/15/23
Deadline by Mira Grant (Newsflesh #2) Read: 10/17/23
Trouble in Mudbug by Jana Deleon (Ghost-in-Law #1) Read: 10/18/23
The Sun Sister by Lucinda Riley (The Seven Sisters #6) Read: 10/19/23
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat by Edward Kelsey Moore (The Supremes #1) Read: 10/24/23
The Becoming by Nora Roberts (The Dragon Heart Legacy #2) Read: 11/3/23
The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham (Triffids #1) Read: 11/5/23
The Choice by Nora Roberts (The Dragon Heart Legacy #3) Read: 11/8/23

✓ 18 = (2 x #1) + (1 x #2) + (1 x #3) + (1 x #5) + (1 x #6)
Soulless by Gail Carriger (Parasol Protectorate #1) Read: 9/2/23
Ashes of Honor by Seanan McGuire (October Daye #6) Read: 9/10/23
Love Letters by Debbie Macomber (Rose Harbor #3) Read: 9/14/23
The Moon Sister by Lucinda Riley (The Seven Sisters #5) Read: 9/30/23
Relics by Mary Anna Evans (Faye Longchamp #2 ) Read: 10/1/23
A Knife in the Fog by Bradley Harper (Margaret Harkness and Arthur Conan Doyle #1) Read: 10/5/23

✓ 19 = (5 x #1) + (1 x #2) + (2 x #3) + (1 x #6)
Tales from the Café by Toshikazu Kawaguchi (Before the Coffee Gets Cold #2)
Artifacts by Mary Anna Evans (Faye Longchamp #1) Read: 8/11/23
Finna by Nino Cipri (LitenVerse #1) Read: 8/21/23
Elementary, She Read by Vicki Delany (Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery #1) Read: 8/22/23
Summer at Mustang Ridge by Jesse Hayworth (Mustang Ridge #1) Read: 8/23/23
How the Penguins Saved Veronica by Hazel Prior (Veronica McCreedy #1) Read: 8/26/23
The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (The Inheritance Games #3) Read: 8/30/23
Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers #3) Read: 9/5/23
The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes #6) Read: 9/8/23

✓ 20 = (5 x #1) + (2 x #2) + (1 x #3) + (1 x #8)
The Cat Who Could Read Backwards by Lilian Jackson Braun (The Cat Who... #1) Read: 7/1/23
Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear (Maisie Dobbs #1) Read: 7/4/23
Lost in the Moment and Found by Seanan McGuire (Wayward Children #8) Read: 7/4/23
The Awakening by Nora Roberts (The Dragon Heart Legacy #1) Read: 7/9/23
The Complaints by Ian Rankin (Malcolm Fox #1) Read: 7/13/23
Bait and Witch by Angela M. Sanders (Witch Way Librarian Mysteries #1) Read: 7/14/23
The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood (MaddAddam #2 ) Read: 7/17/23
The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows by Olivia Waite (Feminine Pursuits #2) Read: 7/18/23
MaddAddam by Margaret Atwood (MaddAddam #3) Read: 7/23/23

✓ 21 = (4 x #1) + (1 x #2) + (2 x #3) + (1 x #4) + (1 x #5)
The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #3) Read: 5/31/23
The Pearl Sister by Lucinda Riley (The Seven Sisters #4) Read: 6/1/23
A Mirror Mended by Alix E. Harrow (Fractured Fables #2) Read: 6/5/23
This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron (This Poison Heart #1) Read: 6/8/23
The Alienist by Caleb Carr (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler #1) Read: 6/13/23
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan (Goon Squad #1) Read: 6/15/23
A Fistful of Collars by Spencer Quinn (Chet and Bernie Mystery #5) Read: 6/17/23
The Last Train to Key West by Chanel Cleeton (The Perez Family #3) Read: 6/22/23
Wolfsong by T.J. Klune (Green Creek #1) Read: 6/24/23

✓ 22 = (5 x #1) + (2 x #2) + (1 x #3) + (1 x #4) + (1 x #6)
Blood Rites by Jim Butcher (The Dresden Files #6) Read: 3/28/23
The Storm Sister by Lucinda Riley (The Seven Sisters #2) Read: 4/3/23
A Merry Life by Sarah Branson (Pirates of New Earth #1) Read: 4/9/23
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood (MaddAddam #1) Read: 4/25/23
The Shadow Sister by Lucinda Riley (The Seven Sisters #3) Read: 5/12/23
The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin (Remembrance of Earth's Past #1) Read: 5/14/23
Undead and Unreturnable by MaryJanice Davidson (Undead #4) Read: 5/16/23
Kitty Confidential by Molly Fitz (Pet Whisperer P.I. #1) Read: 5/19/23
Bootlegger's Daughter by Margaret Maron (Deborah Knott Mysteries #1) Read: 5/22/23
School's Out—Forever by James Patterson (Maximum Ride #2) Read: 5/24/23

✓ 23 = (5 x #1) + (6 x #2) + (2 x #3)
The Bone Collector by Jeffery Deaver (Lincoln Rhyme #1) Read: 1/11/23
Granny's Got a Gun by Harper Lin (Secret Agent Granny #1) Read: 1/16/23
Blackout by Connie Willis (All Clear #1) Read: 1/20/23
Killman Creek by Rachel Caine (Stillhouse Lake #2) Read: 1/23/23
Sovereign by April Daniels (Nemesis #2) Read: 1/25/23
Half-Off Ragnarok by Seanan McGuire (InCryptid #3) Read: 1/30/23
Step on a Crack by James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge (Michael Bennett #1) Read: 2/5/23
Scarlet by Marissa Meyer (The Lunar Chronicles #2) Read: 2/12/23
Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World by Benjamin Alire Sáenz (Aristotle and Dante #2) Read: 2/16/23
Run for Your Life by James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge (Michael Bennett #2) Read: 2/21/23
Forbidden City by James Ponti (City Spies #3) Read: 2/23/23
The House on Tradd Street by Karen White (Tradd Street #1) Read: 2/25/23
A Darkness Absolute by Kelley Armstrong (Rockton/Casey Duncan #2) Read: 3/25/23

Seriously Serial 2023

Period of Challenge: January 1 - December 31, 2023

✔️1 = Doc by Mary Doria Russell Doc Holliday #1

✔️2 = Skylark Three by E.E. "Doc" Smith Skylark #2

✔️3 = Skylark of Valeron by E.E. "Doc" Smith Skylark#3

✔️4= Skylark DuQuesne by E.E. "Doc" Smith Skylark #4

✔️5=
Search the Dark by Charles Todd Ian Rutledge #3
Case Without a Corpse by Leo Bruce Sergeant Beef #2

✔️6 = Black Lotus by Laura Joh Rowland Sano Ichiro #6

✔️7 = The Pillow Book of Lady Wisteria by Laura Joh Rowland Sano Ichiro #7

✔️8= The Dragon King's Palace by Laura Joh Rowland Sano Ichiro #8

✔️9 =
Gideon's Fire by J.J. Marric Gideon #7
King Henry IV, Part 1 by William Shakespeare War of the Roses #2

✔️10 = Appleby's End by Michael InnesSir John Appleby #10

✔️11 = Unnatural History by Jonathan Kellerman (Alex Delaware #38)

✔️12 =
The Fourth Enemy by Anne Perry Daniel Pitt #6
Henry IV, Part 2 by William Shakespeare War of the Roses #3
The Crime at Black Dudley by Margery Allingham Albert Campion #1
Pietr the Latvian by Georges Simenon Maigret #1
Blackwater Falls by Ausma Zehanat Khan Blackwater Falls #1


✔️13 = The Cliff's Edge by Charles Todd Bess Crawford #13

✔️14 =
Independence Square by Martin Cruz Smith Arkady Renko #10
Legacy of the Dead by Charles Todd Ian Rutledge #4


✔️15 = Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag VI an Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving, Etc. by Louisa May Alcott Aunt Jo’s Scrap Bag #6
Watchers of Time by Charles Todd Ian Rutledge #5
The Girl by the Bridge by Arnaldur Indriðason Konrad #2
Richard II by William Shakespeare War of the Roses #1
Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink Caddie Woodlawn #1

✔️16 The Perfumed Sleeve by Laura Joh Rowland Sano Ichiro #9
A Foreboding of Petrels by Steve Burrows Birder Murder Mysteries #7

✔️17 =
The Assassin's Touch by Laura Joh Rowland Sano Ichiro #10
Midnight Sun by Jo Nesbø Blood on Snow #2
Epitaph by Mary Doria Russell Doc Holliday #2
The Skylark of Space by E.E. "Doc" Smith Skylark #1
Trent's Last Case by E.C. Bentley Philip Trent #1
The Quarry Wood by Nan Shepherd The Grampian Quartet #1

✔️ 18 = A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny Chief Inspector Gamache #18

✔️19 =
Red Chrysanthemum by Laura Joh Rowland Sano Ichiro #11
The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman Thursday Murder Club #4
Tombstone Courage by J.A. Jance Joanna Brady #2
Greenmantle by John Buchan Richard Hannay #2

20 =
The Law of the Four Just Men by Edgar Wallace Four Just Men #4
Dirty Thirty by Janet Evanovich. Stephanie Plum #30
When Red Is Black by Qiu Xiaolong inspector Chen Cao #3
Bruno, Chief of Police by Martin Walker Bruno Chief of Police #1
A Traitor Among Us by Anne Perry Elena Standish #5

21 = (0 x #1) + (0 x #2) + (0 x #3)

22 = (0 x #1) + (0 x #2) + (0 x #3)

23 = (0 x #1) + (0 x #2) + (0 x #3)

Seriously Serial '23
January - December 2023

My Seriously Serial '23 Challenge (msg 20)

Books read🔹32

🔹1🔹Dresden Files #1🔹Storm Front
🔹01.03 ★★★

🔹2🔹Nocturne Falls #2🔹The Werewolf Meets His Match
🔹10.26 ★★★★

🔹3🔹Adair Family #3🔹Always You🔹03.31 ★★★★


🔹4🔹Deep Six #4🔹Deeper Than The Ocean🔹08.22 ★★★★


🔹5🔹Jackson Falls #5🔹The Miles Between Us🔹03.21 ★★★★


🔹6🔹Sicily's Corretti Dynasty #6🔹A Facade to Shatter🔹01.29 ★★★


🔹7🔹Curvy for Him #7🔹The Quilter and the Quarterback🔹05.27 ★★


🔹8🔹SEAL TEAM Heartbreakers #8🔹Breaking Chains🔹04.09 ★★★★


🔹9🔹Blacktop Cowboys #9🔹Racked and Stacked🔹05.09 ★★★★


🔹10🔹Color of Heaven #10 🔹The Color of Forever🔹08.20 ★★★★


🔹11🔹Ugly Stick Saloon #11🔹Boots and Twisters🔹01.31 ★★★


🔹12🔹Guardians of Eternity #12🔹When Darkness Ends🔹04.22 ★★★★


🔹13🔹Immortals After Dark #13🔹MacRieve🔹06.03 ★★★★


🔹14🔹Argeneau #14🔹Hungry for You🔹02.10 ★★★★


🔹15🔹Dark Protectors #15🔹Garrett's Destiny🔹05.27 ★★★★


🔹16🔹Made in Montana #16🔹Sizzling Summer Nights🔹03.31 ★★★


🔹17🔹#5 + #5+ #7🔹
Across the Aisle #5🔹Lucas🔹05.27 ★★★
Barefoot Williams #5🔹No Breaking My Heart🔹04.07 ★★★★
Rock Royalty #7🔹Who Do You Love🔹02.02 ★★★★


🔹18🔹#9 + #9🔹
Escape to New Zealand #9🔹Just Stop Me🔹01.27 ★★★★
Krewe of Hunters #9🔹The Night Is Watching🔹03.29 ★★★★


🔹19🔹#3 + #4+ #12🔹
Philadelphia Patriots #3🔹Bigger Than Beckham🔹01.23 ★★★★
Wedding Series #4🔹The Runaway Bride🔹10.11 ★★★
Red Stone Security #12🔹Secret Obsession🔹07.21 ★★★★


🔹20🔹#6 + #6+ #8🔹
Anchor Island #6🔹In Over Her Head🔹02.26 ★★★★
Beyond #6🔹Beyond Innocence🔹05.07 ★★★★
Toronto #8🔹Finding My Happy Pace🔹03.30 ★★★


🔹21🔹#5 + #5+ #11🔹
Cincinnati Series #5🔹Into the Dark🔹06.25 ★★★★
Dakota Hearts #5🔹His Dakota Bride🔹10.01 ★★★
Krewe of Hunters #11🔹The Night Is Forever🔹08.31 ★★★★


🔹22🔹Gansett Island #22🔹Temptation After Dark🔹01.29 ★★★★


🔹23🔹Gansett Island #23🔹Resilience After Dark🔹09.12 ★★★★

I love this one! Thanks for holding it again for 2023!

Period of Challenge: January 1 - December 31, 2023

18/23 so far

1 = Great Balls of Fury

2 =Fury Godmother

3 = School Trip

4 = Murder at Rough Point

5 = Egg Drop Dead

6 = Killer Kung Pao

7 = The Fugitive Queen

8 = The Game Is a Footnote

9 = An Argumentation of Historians

10 = Resurrection

11 = Hooking for Trouble

12 = On the Hook

13 = Hooks Can Be Deceiving

14 = One for the Hooks

15 = 11 Midnight + 4 Wonton Terror

16 = Dead Man's Mirror

17 = (0 x #1) + (0 x #2) + (0 x #3)

18 = (0 x #1) + (0 x #2) + (0 x #3)

19 = (0 x #1) + (0 x #2) + (0 x #3)

20 = (0 x #1) + (0 x #2) + (0 x #3)

21 = (0 x #1) + (0 x #2) + (0 x #3)

22 = 6 - Elephants Can Remember by Christie, Agatha on 02/06/2008 Masterpiece edition #42 + 7 Fatal Fried Rice + 8 And the Rest Is History + 1 Gin & Daggers

23 = #11 Rivers Of London: Deadly Ever After #12 Bedlam

I did not succeed with this last year, but I'm going to give it another go this year, cause I really enjoyed just attempting it in the first place! Here we go!

☕️📚Seriously Serial '23📚☕️
Period of Challenge: January 1 - December 31, 2023

21/23 Numbers Completed
103/?? Books Completed

(view spoiler)[1 = #1
☑️An Ember in the Ashes - (An Ember in the Ashes #1) - Jan 17th

2 = (#1 x 2)
☑️Swipe for a Cosmo - (Cocktails & Curves #1) - Apr 13th
☑️The Bookseller and the Earl - (The Merry Misfits of Bath #1) - Apr 11th

3 = (#1 x 3)
☑️Wall St. Jerk - (The Curves of Wall St. #1) - Mar 9th
☑️SAS: Red Notice - (Tom Buckingham #1) - Mar 16th
☑️The Law of Moses - (The Law of Moses #1) - Mar 31st

4 = #4
☑️Odd Hours - (Odd Thomas #4) - Jan 2nd

5 = #5
☑️Odd Apocalypse - (Odd Thomas #5) - Jan 26th

6 = #6
☑️Deeply Odd - (Odd Thomas #6) - Feb 5th

7 = (#1 x 4) + #3
☑️Possessed by the Alien King - (Fated Mates of Varool #1) - Feb 6th
☑️A Mate's Denial - (Ozark Mountain Shifters #1) Feb 9th
☑️Caped and Dangerous - (Grumpy Superheroes #1) Feb 18th
☑️The Shadow Tribe: The Boy with the Scar - (The Shadow Tribe #1) Feb 19th
☑️Messenger - (The Giver #3) Feb 19th

8 = (#1 x 3) + #5
☑️The Grace Legacy - (The Legacy #1) Mar 2nd
☑️Sheets & Giggles - (Happy Curves #1) Apr 14th
☑️Whoa! I Married a Mountain Man! - (Wedded Curves #1) - Apr 14th
☑️Locked in Love - (Nick and Holly #5) - Apr 16th

9 = (#1 x 2) + (#2 x 2) + #3
☑️Marshmallow - (Sweet Curves #1) - Apr 17th
☑️Old Fashioned Sweetie - (Cocktails & Curves #2) - Apr 18th
☑️Pumpkin - (Sweet Curves #2) - Apr 18th
☑️Bean Flicker - (Quirky Curves #1) - Apr 19th
☑️Dark & Stormy Darlin’ - (Cocktails & Curves #3) - Apr 20th

10 = #1 + #2 + #3 + #4
☑️Pop - (Sweet Curves #3) - Apr 20th
☑️Cute as a Lemon Drop - (Cocktails & Curves #4) - Apr 21st
☑️Sunshine and the Recluse - (Hermits & Curves #1) - Apr 24th
☑️Serenity & the Hermit - (Hermits & Curves #2) - Apr 25th

11 = (#1 x 2) + #2 + #3 + #4
☑️Sugarplum - (Sweet Curves #4) - Apr 23rd
☑️You Are Mine - (Morales Coven #1) - Apr 27th
☑️Romancing the Silver Fox - (Galentine's Getaway #2) - Apr 28th
☑️Sweetheart and the Grouch - (Hermits & Curves #3) - Apr 28th
☑️Half Baked: a BBW romance - (Curves Just Wanna Have Fun #1) - Apr 29th

12 = (#1 x 6) + #2 + #4
☑️Sugar and the Skeptic - (Hermits & Curves #4) - Apr 29th
☑️Deep, Deep Donuts - (Curves Just Wanna Have Fun #2) - Apr 30th
☑️The Opposite of You - (Opposites Attract #1) - May 2nd
☑️Storm - (Ashes & Embers #1) - May 4th
☑️The Kiss Quotient - (The Kiss Quotient #1) - May 7th
☑️Nevermore Bookstore - (Townsend Harbor #1) - May 8th
☑️Lev - (Shot Callers #1) - May 10th
☑️Hard Code - (Hard Stuff #1) - May 12th

13 = (#1 x 4) + #2 + #3 + #4
☑️Desperate Measures - (Wicked Villains #1) - May 12th
☑️Torn - (All Torn Up #1) - May 15th
☑️Killer Instincts - (Assassins in Love #1) - May 21st
☑️Could Be Something Good - (Timber Falls #1) - May 25th
☑️Must be a Mistake - (Timber Falls #2) - May 26th
☑️Right Back Where We Started - (Timber Falls #3) - May 30th
☑️More Than We Bargained For - (Timber Falls #4) - May 31st

14 = (#1 x 6) + #2 + (#3 x 2)
☑️Shadow - (Blue-Link #1) - May 24th
☑️Critical Instinct - (Instinct #2) - June 1st
☑️Survival Instinct - (Instinct #3) - June 8th
☑️Ready Player One - (Ready Player One #1) - June 15th
☑️Haunted on Bourbon Street - (Jade Calhoun #1) - June 21st
☑️Running into Fire - (Magic of Nasci #3) - June 27th
☑️The Gray Man - (Gray Man #1) - July 7th
☑️Her Big Neighbor - (Big Men #1) - July 8th
☑️Surrendering to Scylla - (Monstrous Waters #1) - July 12th

15 = #0.5 + (#1 x 3) + #4.5 + #7
☑️Saint Odd - (Odd Thomas #7) - July 14th
☑️Ensnared - (Ensnared #1) - July 25th
☑️Kaleidoscope - (Faylinn #1) - Aug 3th
☑️Odd Interlude - (Odd Thomas #4.5) - Jan 10th
☑️Stolen by the Alien Rogue - (Fated Mates of the Zaarn #0.5) - Aug 7th
☑️King Arthur and Her Knights: The Complete Series: Books 1-7 - (King Arthur and Her Knights #1) - Aug 16th

16 = #3 + #6 + #7
☑️King Arthur and Her Knights: The Complete Series: Books 1-7 - (King Arthur and Her Knights #3, #6 - #7) - Aug 16th

17 = #1 + (#2 x 2) + #3 + #4 + #5
☑️King Arthur and Her Knights: The Complete Series: Books 1-7 - (King Arthur and Her Knights #2, #4 - #5) - Aug 16th
☑️Courted by Darkness - (The Monster's Mate #1) - Aug 17th
☑️The Lake - (The Monster's Mate #2) - Aug 17th
☑️Taken by the Scorpion - (The Monster's Mate #3) - Aug 18th

18 = #4 + #5 + #9
☑️The Alley - (The Monster's Mate #4) - Aug 18th
☑️Taken by the Bat - (The Monster's Mate #5) - Aug 18th
☑️The Bonekeeper's Mate - (The Monster's Mate #9)

19 = #8 + #11
☑️The Fertile Harvest - (The Monster's Mate #8) - Aug 18th
☑️The Widow and the Wolf - (The Monster's Mate #11) - Aug 19th

20 = (#1 x 2) + #2 + #6 + #10
☑️The Moth - (The Monster's Mate #6) - Aug 18th
☑️To Tempt a Monster - (The Monster's Mate #10) - Aug 19th
☑️The Bear's Mate: A Monster Fairy Tale - (Monstrous Fairy Tales #1) - Aug 19th
☑️The Monster's Embrace - (Monster Massage Parlor #2) - Aug 21st
☑️Seduced by the Naga: A Naga Romance - (Monster Massage Parlor #1) - Aug 21st

21 = (#1 x 7) + (#2 x 2) + #3 + #7
☑️The Beast in the Subway - (The Monster's Mate #7) - Aug 18th
☑️Texas Big Man - (Big Men #2) - Aug 24th
☑️His Sunshine: a Whisper Valley Soulwink Romance - (Candles and Curves #1) - Aug 25th
☑️The Orc Lord of Praise - (Monster's Sin Club #1) - Aug 25th
☑️Nut Grabber - (Quirky Curves #2) - Aug 27th
☑️Married to the Mahr - (Freedom, Love, Monsters #1) - Aug 31st
☑️Assistant to the Villain - (Assistant to the Villain #1) - Sept 4th
☑️Tempted Beyond Reason - (Far Too Tempting #1) - Sept 6th
☑️Deal with a Demon - (Monstrous Deals #1) - Sept 7th
☑️The Heart Principle - (The Kiss Quotient #3) - Sept 26th
☑️Morning Glory Milking Farm - (Cambric Creek #1) - Oct 3rd

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22 = #0.5 + (#1 x 5) + #1.5 + (#2 x 4) + #5
☑️The Bride Test - (The Kiss Quotient #2) - Sept 19th
☑️Neanderthal Seeks Human - (Knitting in the City #1) - Oct 12th
☑️Neanderthal Marries Human - (Knitting in the City #1.5) - Oct 16th
☑️Friends Without Benefits - (Knitting in the City #2) - Oct 16th
☑️Green-Eyed Monster - (The Boundlands #0.5) - Oct 18th
☑️The Orc Lord of Pleasure - (Monster's Sin Club #2) - Oct 17th
☑️Butcher & Blackbird - (The Ruinous Love Trilogy #1) - Oct 20th
☑️The Mountain's Mate - (Salt Planet Giants #1) - Oct 25th
☑️Bound to Submit - (Blasphemy #1) - Oct 28th
☑️To Sir Phillip, With Love - (Bridgertons #5) - Oct 31st
☑️Fallen for the Two-Headed Dragon - (Freedom, Love, Monsters #2) - Nov 1st
☑️A Very Kinky Holiday - (Club Surrender #1) - Nov 6th

Optimistically jumping in again! I'll have a complete eventually. At least I get a little further along each year.

Completed: 23/23 (9/17)

1 = 1
Y: The Last Man - The Deluxe Edition Book One

2 = 1 + 1
Crazy Rich Asians
Dandelion Wine

3 = 3
Blood of the Fold

4 = 1 + 1 + 2
Carry On
Jim Henson's Labyrinth: Coronation, Vol. 1
China Rich Girlfriend

5 = 5
The Fires of Heaven

6 = 6
Lord of Chaos

7 = 7
A Crown of Swords

8 = 1 + 2 + 3 + 2
East of West, Vol. 1: The Promise
East of West, Vol. 2: We Are All One
East of West, Vol. 3: There Is No Us
Wayward Son

9 = 5 + 4
The Adventure Zone: The Eleventh Hour
East of West, Vol. 4: Who Wants War?

10 = 10
Saga, Volume 10

11 = 2 + 5 + 1 + 3
Something Wicked This Way Comes
East of West, Vol. 5: All These Secrets
The Bromance Book Club
Farewell Summer

12 = 12
Barbarian's Redemption

13 = 13
Barbarian's Lady

14 = 14
Barbarian's Rescue

15 = 15
Barbarian's Tease

16 = 16
Barbarian's Beloved

17 = 17
Barbarian's Seduction

18 = 18
Barbarian's Treasure

19 = 19
Barbarian's Bride

20 = 1 + 2 + 3 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 2
The Final Empire
Y: The Last Man - The Deluxe Edition Book Two
Rich People Problems
Y: The Last Man - The Deluxe Edition Book Three
Y: The Last Man - The Deluxe Edition Book Four
Y: The Last Man - The Deluxe Edition Book Five
Undercover Bromance

21 = 3 + 4 + 1 + 6 + 7
Any Way the Wind Blows
Summer Morning, Summer Night
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
East of West, Vol. 6
East of West, Vol. 7

22 = 8 + 3 + 9 + 2
East of West, Vol. 8
The Hero of Ages
East of West, Vol. 9
Death Without Company

23 = 2 + 1 + 10 + 1 + 4 + 3 + 2
The Well of Ascension
Bloom
East of West, Vol. 10
A is for Alibi
Rhythm of War
Below Zero
B is for Burglar

I don't typically read serial books, but I have a few that I follow. I'm going to try this challenge and see if it fits my reading style ...



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Seriously Serial 2023

16/23 Complete
Updated through: 2-27-23

7: (

8: (1 + 3 + 4 = 8)
Intoxicating 2-24-23 #1
All Wrapped Up in a Pretty Little Beau 2-25-23 #3
A Song for Harlan 2-25-23 #4

9: (1 + 8 = 9)
Nervous Nate 2-20-23 #1
Hot In Cold 2-21-23 #8

10: (4 + 3 + 2 + 1 = 10)
Twintuition 2-20-23 #4
Twice Bitten 2-20-23 #3
Twice Shy 2-20-23 #2
Once Bitten 2-20-23 #1

11: (6 + 2 + 3 = 11)
Playing With Spencer 2-19-23 #6
Submission 2-20-23 #2
Temptation 2-20-23 #3

12: (7 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 1 = 12)
Maniac 2-18-23 #7
Love, Laugh, Lich 2-18-23 #1
The Brooding Bear's Omega 2-18-23 #3
Fixing Little Red 2-19-23 #2
The Omega King 2-19-23 #1
Redemption 2-19-23 #1

13: (3 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 = 13)
Tied Up in Knots 2-16-23 #3
Smolder 2-17-23 #2
Shy Guy's Alpha 2-17-23 #2
Blue 2-17-23 #2
Be Mine, Vicious Valentine 2-18-23 #2
The Lonely Lynx's Omega 2-18-23 #2

14: (2 + 4 + 2 + 1 + 4 + 1 = 14)
Agents of Winter 2-11-23 #2
Forsaken 2-11-23 #4
Fit to be Tied 2-11-23 #2
A Mage's Guide to Human Familiars 2-13-23 #1
Steel's Edge 2-14-23 #4
Daddy's Little Cowboy 2-18-23 #1

15: (2 + 1 + 5 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 1 = 15)
Leo and His Lion 2-4-23 #2
All Kinds of Tied Down 2-5-23 #1
Finley & Jared 2-5-23 #5
Too Close To Hide 2-7-23 #2
Booker's Song 2-8-23 #1
By Fairy Means or Foul 2-9-23 #1
Seeker's Portrait 2-10-23 #2
Indigo 2-12-23 #1

16: (1 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 2 + 3 + 1 = 16)
Devil's Mark 1-30-23 #1
Sapphire & Lotus 1-30-23 #1
House In Hiding 2-1-23 #2
The House That Fought 2-1-23 #3
Ghostly Awakening 2-2-23 #1
Cruz 2-3-23 #2
Ghostly Findings 2-4-23 #2
Ted's Temerity 2-4-23 #3
Muscles & Monsters 2-4-23 #1

17: (7 + 3 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 1 = 17)
Prescription for Love 1-25-23 #7
Fate's Edge 1-26-23 #3
You Can Hide 1-27-23 #2
Natural Twenty 1-28-23 #1
Undercover Bromance 1-28-23 #2
Wait in the Truck 1-29-23 #1
Pitcher Perfect 1-29-23 #1

18: (5 + 6 + 6 + 1 = 18)
Smoke in the Mirror 1-25-23 #5
Inside Out 1-25-25 #6
Ride or Dye 1-25-23 #6
Keeper of Enchanted Rooms 1-28-23 #1

19: (5 + 3 + 4 + 4 + 2 + 1 = 19)
A Dye Hard Holiday 1-22-23 #5
Nobody's Prince Charming 1-23-23 #3
Heartstopper: Volume Four 1-24-23 #4
This Time Around 1-24-23 #4
The Lady Stole My Heart 1-25-23 #2
Cair 1-27-23 #1

20: (5 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 1 = 20)
The Gods are Coming 1-17-23 #5
Hot Head 1-21-23 #1
Den of Escape 1-21-23 #1
Something to Dye For 1-21-23 #2
Dyed and Gone to Heaven 1-21-23 #3
I Do, or Dye Trying 1-22-23 #4
Unscripted Love 1-22-23 #1
Someone to Call My Own 1-22-23 #2
The Lady is a Thief 1-25-23 #1

21: (1 + 2 + 7 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 = 21)
To Hive and To Hold 1-11-23 #1
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy 1-13-23 #2
Shadow Fire 1-14-23 #7
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries 1-14-23 #1
The Unicorns are Coming 1-15-23 #3
A Ferry of Bones & Gold 1-15-23 #1
His Quiet Agent 1-15-23 #1
Wormwood Summer 1-16-23 #1
Risk Taker 1-16-23 #3
Safe Harbor 1-18-23 #1

22: (5 + 4 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 5 = 22)
This Could Work 1-4-23 #5
Wanted: Tender Daddy 1-6-23 #4
Murder on Milverton Square 1-7-23 #1
The Deputy and His Enforcer 1-8-23 #3
The Happy List 1-8-23 #1
The Dragons Are Coming 1-8-23 #2
Second Act 1-9-23 #1
Jon and Mack's Terrifying Tree Troubles 1-13-23 #5

23: (1 + 4 + [3+2] + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 2 = 23)
A Hellhound Called Derek 1-1-23 (#1)
Shattered Pieces 1-1-23 (#4)
Dark Whisper 1-2-3 (#32)
Ride or Die 1-2-23 #2
Moved by You 1-3-23 #3
Games We Play 1-3-23 #4
The Wolves Are Coming 1-3-23 #1
Mr. Mustachio Is Falsely Accused 1-5-23 #1
Bayou Moon 1-6-23 #2

Period of Challenge: January 1 - December 31, 2023

15/23 Numbers as of 10/22

1 =Claimed by Desire #1 Isle of Feralon 1/24/23

2 =Purrfectly Deadly #2 The Mysteries of Max 2/16/23

3 =Moonspun # 3.6 Wicked Games 1/28/23

4 =Lemon Meringue Pie Murder #4 Hannah Swenson 3/2/23

5 =Doctor Who: Code of the Krillitanes #5 Doctor Who: Quick Reads 1/14/23

6 =Memories of Tomorrow #6 Nameless Season One 1/4/23

7 =Driving Heat #7 Nikki Heat 3/20/23

8 =Locked Rooms #8 MAry Russell and Sherlock Holmes 3/29/23

9 = (1 x #1) + (1 x# 8) = 9
Quicksand #8 Eve Duncan 4/6/23
Legends & Lattes #1 Legends & Lattes 4/9/23

10 =Curses #10.4 The Dresden Files 7/9/23

11 = Cerulean Sins #11 Anita Blake 4/24/23

12 = (0 x #1) + (0 x #2) + (0 x #3)

13 = (0 x #1) + (0 x #2) + (0 x #3)

14 = One for the Hooks #14 A crochet Mystery 8/1/23

15 = (0 x #1) + (0 x #2) + (0 x #3)

16 = (0 x #1) + (0 x #2) + (0 x #3)

17 = (0 x #1) + (0 x #2) + (0 x #3)

18 = (1 x #1) + (1 x #2) + (3 x #3) + (1 x #6)
Beneath the Sugar Sky #3 in Wayward Children 1/30/23
Sex, Lies and Vampires #3 Dark Ones 2/22/23
Demons of Bourbon Street #3 Jade Calhoun 3/15/23
A Mystic Murder #1 Witches of Hemlock Cove 2/25/23
The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb #6 Classic Goosebumps 3/4/23
A Closed and Common Orbit #2 Wayfarers 3/9/23


19 = (0 x #1) + (0 x #2) + (0 x #3)

20 = The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight #20 in Goosebumps 9/7/23

21 = (10 x #1) + (4 x #2) + (1 x #3)= 21
Shambling With the Stars #2.5 Living with the dead 6/25/23
Devil to Pay #3.5 Night Huntress 6/30/23
Strawberry Shortcake Murder #2 Hannah Swensen 7/29/23
The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove #2 Pine Cove 5/30/23
Tithe #1 Modern Fairy Tales 4/16/23
A Bad Day for Sunshine #1 Sunshine Viddram 4/18/23
A Murder in Time #1 Kendra Donovan 5/10/23
The Adventures of Tom Stranger, Interdimensional Insurance Agent #1 Tom Stranger 5/31/23
Children of Time #1 Children of Time 6/10/23
The Orc from the Office #2 Claws & Cubicles 7/18/23
Fourth Wing #1 The Empyrean 7/4/23
The Heist #1 Fox and O'Hare 7/9/23
Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging #1 Confession of Georgia Nicolson 7/15/23
Planetfall #1 Planetfall 7/21/23
Entertaining Angels #1.5 The Midnight Agency 4/17/23
22 = (0 x #1) + (0 x #2) + (0 x #3)

23 = (0 x #1) + (0 x #2) + (0 x #3)

The Case of the Missing Marquess #1 Enola Holmes 8/24/23
Disappearing Nightly #1 Esther Diamond 10/10/23
Would-Be Witch #1 Southern Witch 10/5/23
Death Be Blue #1 Terra Vane 10/3/23
Heroine Complex #1 Heroine Complex 9/27/23
Possession in Death #31.5 In Death = 4 9/8/23

Triptych #1 Will Trent 9/6/23

If I read a book that is number 4.5, can I count it as 4, or do I have to read another book ending in .5 before I can count it at all?

Rosemary wrote: "If I read a book that is number 4.5, can I count it as 4, or do I have to read another book ending in .5 before I can count it at all?"

In the past I have asked that and the answer was you can count it as a 4 if you want to.

joining in late because why the heck not

1 = Stray (#1 in the Shifters series) - Finished - 6/24/23

2 = Sweep in Peace (#2 in the Inkeeper Chronicles) - Finished - 6/23/23

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Dee, you read so many series, you'd finish before any of us do anyway lol

Tien wrote: "Dee, you read so many series, you'd finish before any of us do anyway lol"

I also needed a non LOST challenge for prompt 15

Dee wrote: "Tien wrote: "Dee, you read so many series, you'd finish before any of us do anyway lol"

I also needed a non LOST challenge for prompt 15"

FOUND is opened now?

Tien wrote: "Dee wrote: "Tien wrote: "Dee, you read so many series, you'd finish before any of us do anyway lol"

I also needed a non LOST challenge for prompt 15"

FOUND is opened now?"

I still have 4 books on lost - so wanted to hedge bets if I don’t get to found :)

I've finished Seriously Serial for this year!
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Congrats Rosemary!

Congratulations Rosemary

COMPLETION POST - MSG 16

Seriously Serial
Period of Challenge: January 1 - December 31, 2023

1 - # 1 Black Dagger Legacy - Blood Kiss by J.R. Ward - 1/7/23

2 - # 2 The Contagium Series - Deathly Contagious by Emily Goodwin - 1/3/23

3 - # 1 (Battlefield Z) - Battlefield Z by Chris Lowry - 1/10/23
# 1 (Sam Quinn) - The Slaughtered Lamb Bookstore and Bar by Seana Kelly - 1/18/23
# 1 - (Thicker Than Blood #1) - Thicker than Blood by Madeline Sheehan - 1/20/23

4 - # 1 (Grave Talker #1) - Dead to Me by Annie Anderson - 1/21/23
# 2 Abel Yeager Thrillers #2 - Yeager's Mission by Scott Bell - 1/23/23
# 1 Bloodlines #1 - Bloodlines by Richelle Mead - 1/30/23

5 - # 4 (Incryptid) - Pocket Apocalypse by Seanan McGuire - 2/2/23
# 1 (Kate Daniels: Wilmington Years #1) - Magic Tides by Ilona Andrews - 2/7/23

6 - # 1 Soulbound - A Ferry of Bones & Gold by Hailey Turner - 2/18/23
# 2 Vampire Knitting Club #2 - Stitches and Witches by Nancy Warren - 2/19/23
# 3 Storm Runners #3 - Eruption by Roland Smith - 2/25/23

7 - Wayward Children #7 - Where the Drowned Girls Go by Seanan McGuire - 2/4/23

8 - Wayward Children #8 - Lost in the Moment and Found by Seanan McGuire - 3/4/23

9 - # 2 Whiteout - The Dark Winter by Flint Maxwell - 3/19/23
# 1 Southern Eclectic #1 - Sweet Tea and Sympathy by Molly Harper - 3/28/23
# 6 Hidden Legacy #6 - Ruby Fever by Ilona Andrews - 3/30/23

10 - # 5 Innkeeper Chronicles #5 - Sweep of the Heart by Ilona Andrews - 2/13/23
# 5 The Morganville Vampires #5 - The Morganville Vampires #5
Lord of Misrule

11 - # 2 Witches of Palmetto Point - Wayward Spirits by Wendy Wang - 3/8/23
# 1 Running On Empty #1 - Running On Empty by Colette Ballard - 3/10/23
# 1 The Enemy # 1 - The Enemy by Charlie Higson - 3/14/23
# 3 Free-Wrench #3 - Ichor Well by Joseph R. Lallo - 4/1/23
# 4 Marshmallow Hollow Mysteries #4 - Carnage in a Pear Tree: A Witchy Christmas Cozy Mystery - Dakota Cassidy - 4/3/23

12 - # 3 Sunshine Vicram #3 - A Hard Day for a Hangover by Darynda Jones - 4/4/23
# 9 In Death #9 - Loyalty in Death by J.D. Robb - 4/7/23

13 - Mercy Thompson #13 - Soul Taken by Patricia Briggs - 3/23/23

14 - Jane Yellowrock #14 - True Dead by Faith Hunter - 2/27/23

15 - # 1 - Red Creek - Red Creek by Nathan Hystad - 4/25/23
# 6 - Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper #6 - Maze of Souls by J.L. Bryan - 5/1/23
# 5 - Temperance Brennan #5 - Grave Secrets by Kathy Reichs - 5/4/23
# 1 - Rogue Team International #1 - Rage by Jonathan Maberry - 4/14/23
# 2 - Demon Underground #2 - Try Me by Parker Blue - 4/21/23

16 - # 6 - Alpha & Omega #6 - Wild Sign by Patricia Briggs - 5/20/23
# 0.5 - Southern Eclectic #0.5 - Save a Truck, Ride a Redneck by Molly Harper - 4/23/23
# 2.5 - Georgina Kincaid #2.5 - City of Demons by Richelle Mead 5/5/23
# 6 - Temperance Brennan #6 - Bare Bones by Kathy Reichs - 5/9/23
# 1 - Vicarious #1 - Vicarious by Paula Stokes - 5/14/23

17 - # 7 Zombie Fallout #7 - For the Fallen by Mark Tufo - 4/9/23
# 10 In Death #10 - Witness in Death by J.D. Robb - 4/10/23

18 - # 1 - King of Scars #1 - King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo - 4/20/23
# 17 - The Dresden Files #17 - Battle Ground by Jim Butcher - 5/12/23

19 - # 3 - MEG #3 - Primal Waters by Steve Alten - 6/11/23
# 1 - Nowak Brothers #1 - I Kill Monsters by Dennis Liggio - 6/13/23
# 2 - The One and Only Ivan #2 - The One and Only Bob by Katherine Applegate - 6/14/23
# 5 - Hot Damned #5 - A Fashionably Dead Christmas by Robyn Peterman - 6/15/23
# 8 - Harbinger P.I. #8 - Faerie Storm by Adam J. Wright - 6/23/23

20 - # 2 - The Lost Imperials #2 - Prodigal by Sherry D. Ficklin - 5/15/23
# 2 - (Tiger's Eye Mystery, #2) - Private Eye by Alyssa Day - 5/21/23
# 4 - (Hot Damned, #4) - Fashionably Dead in Diapers by Robyn Peterman - 5/27/23
# 2 - Soulwood #2 - Curse on the Land by Faith Hunter - 6/1/23
# 3 - Boundary Magic #3 - Boundary Born by Melissa F. Olson - 6/2/23
# 3 - Maximum Ride #3 - Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports by James Patterson - 6/6/23
# 4 - Boundary Magic #4 - Boundary Broken by Melissa F. Olson - 6/7/23

21 - # 5 - Boundary Magic #5 - Boundary Haunted by Melissa F. Olson - 6/9/23
# 2 The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek #2 - The Book Woman's Daughter by Kim Michele Richardson - 6/24/23
# 12 Kate Burkholder #12 - Outsider by Linda Castillo - 6/27/23
# 2 - Deadwood Undertaker #2 - A Long Way from Ordinary by Ann Charles - 6/30/23

22 - # 3.3 ((Newsflesh #3.3)) - Please Do Not Taunt the Octopus by Mira Grant - 1/16/23
# 13.7 - Charley Davidson #13.7 - ‎The Graveside Bar and Grill by Darynda Jones - 7/16/23
# 5 - Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels #5 - Fuzzy Navel by J.A. Konrath 0 7/7/23

23 - Joe Pickett #23 - Storm Watch by C.J. Box - 3/6/23

Books Not Used Yet


# 0.75 - Newsflesh #0.75 - All the Pretty Little Horses by Mira Grant - 6/4/23
# 4 - Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels #4 - Dirty Martini by J.A. Konrath - 7/1/23
# 4 - Maximum Ride #4 - The Final Warning by James Patterson - 7/6/23
# 3 - Vampire Knitting Club #3 - Crochet and Cauldrons by Nancy Warren - 7/14/23
# 4 - Vampire Knitting Club #4 - Stockings and Spells by Nancy Warren - 7/15/23

I'm having another "content block" issue when trying to update my original post, so I've pasted the remaining tasks to complete here.

DONE!

✅12 = 7 + 5
Long Shadows (Amos Decker, #7) - Completed 3/18/23
The Girl from Berlin (Liam Taggart & Catherine Lockhart, #5) - Completed 7/30/23

✅22 = 3 + 3 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1
Cutting Edge (FBI Trilogy, #3) - Completed 4/30/23
The Winners (Beartown, #3) - Completed 5/19/23
City of Dreams (City, #2) - Completed 6/4/23
The Gentlemen's Hour (Boone Daniels, #2) - Completed 5/27/23
Dark Angel (Letty Davenport, #2) - Completed 7/16/23
An Unequal Defense (David Adams, #2) - Completed 7/6/23
Girl, Forgotten (Andrea Oliver #2) - Completed 6/16/23
While Justice Sleeps (Avery Keene #1) - Completed 6/17/23
Amok (Dox Thriller, #1) - Completed 8/14/23
The Light We Lost (Lost Light #1) - Completed 8/13/23
The Distant Echo (Karen Pirie, #1) - Completed 8/17/23
The Inside Ring (Joe DeMarco #1) - Completed 5/8/23
Hex Hall (Hex Hall, #1) - Completed 5/10/23

✅23 = The 23rd Midnight (Women's Murder Club #23) - Completed 9/1/23

Congratulations everyone who's completed this challenge!!

It's getting bigger and bigger each year lol

Soooo... makeover time for next year :p

Tien wrote: "Congratulations everyone who's completed this challenge!!

It's getting bigger and bigger each year lol

Soooo... makeover time for next year :p"

I missed this announcement, Tien. Soo exciting! I have no hope of finishing this year so I can't wait to see what's next

Tien wrote: "Congratulations everyone who's completed this challenge!!

It's getting bigger and bigger each year lol

Soooo... makeover time for next year :p"

I'm curious about the make over of this challenge

Seriously Serial
Period of Challenge: September 1- December 31, 2023

4/23 Numbers
1 = The Thursday Murder Club (#1 Thursday Murder Club) 9/1 4.5⭐

2 = Tales from the Café (#2 Before the Coffee Gets Cold) 9/1 5⭐

3 = Breaking Silence (#3 Kate Burkholder) 9/1 4.5⭐

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The Raven Boys (#1 The Raven Cycle) 9/2 4⭐
One for the Money (#1 Stephanie Plum) 9/3 5⭐
Death at the Café (#1 Reverend Annabelle Dixon Series) 9/5 3.5⭐
Murder at the Mansion (#2 Reverend Annabelle Dixon Series) 9/8 3.5⭐
The Golden Enclaves (#3 Scholomance) 9/10 4.5⭐
Two for the Dough (#2 Stephanie Plum) 9/11 4⭐
The Marlow Murder Club (#1 The Marlow Murder Club) 9/16 4⭐

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20 = (0 x #1) + (0 x #2) + (0 x #3)

21 = (0 x #1) + (0 x #2) + (0 x #3)

22 = (0 x #1) + (0 x #2) + (0 x #3)

23 = (0 x #1) + (0 x #2) + (0 x #3)

Finished! msg 18

I can't wait to see what you come up with for this one next year!

Challenge complete! Off to see what madness Tien has come up for us for next year! JK - Tien makes the best challenges!
Updated post: My Seriously Serial '23 Challenge (msg 20)

Books read🔹32

Finished! Post #6 (https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...)

I've surprised myself and managed to finish this!

Message #15 updated! Abysmal!

Progress: 7/23 (30.43%)