The Lost Challenges discussion

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: September 1, 2023 - September 30, 2023

This challenge is an ongoing monthly mini-challenge to keep us all motivated to start, (and then continue), some of the many series in our TBR.

Rules:
1) You must read one of each: a 1st, a 2nd, and a 3rd book in a series. Tell us the name of the series.
2) Any genre of series is acceptable.
3) 'Half-step' short-stories (i.e., shorts in anthologies), do not count.
**For uniformity, the numbering on GR will be the judge of this.**
4) Rereads do count.
5) No more than 2 of the 3 books each month can be from the same series.
6) Please post a link to the book and the author and also the date you finished the book.
7) Please repost your entire challenge when you are finished to get your badge.

Please use the TLC STANDARD RULES when participating in this challenge.
If you are not familiar with these rules, please click on the link and read them over.

Christene Paula✨ FINISHED

Eva

Ferenc FINISHED
Frankie FINISHED

Genevieve FINISHED

Jackie FINISHED
JoAnne FINISHED

Kendra FINISHED

Melissa A FINISHED

Olivermagnus FINISHED

RaeRae

Shash FINISHED
Suzanne

Tari FINISHED

September Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge

My List:
Two Hearts Surrendered Tamara Ferguson 9/2/23 (Two Hearts Wounded Warrior Romance #1)
A Seaside Wonder Melissa Tagg 9/7/23 (Muir Harbor #2)
The Beach Reads Bookshop Lee Tobin McClain 9/10/23 (Hometown Brothers #3)

The Valley of Lost Children David Barbur 9/4/23 (Tye Caine Wilderness Mysteries, #1)
The Bluebird Bakery Lee Tobin McClain 9/10/23 (Hometown Brothers #2)
Wedding at Sea Melissa Tagg 9/8/23 (Muir Harbor #3)

The Forever Farmhouse Lee Tobin McClain 9/9/23 (Hometown Brothers #1)
Second Chance Summer Olivia Miles 9/18/23 (Blue Harbor #2)
Between the Sheets Molly O'Keefe 9/12/23 (Boys of Bishop #3)

September Easy As 1, 2, 3
Duration: Sept. 1st, 2023 - Sept. 30th, 2023

3/3

1. Iron and Magic by Ilona Andrews - Sept. 18th (Iron Covenant)
2. Magic Steals by Ilona Andrews - Sept. 3rd (Dali Harimau)
3. Kind by Holly Black - Sept. 10th (The Good Neighbors)

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: September 1, 2023 - September 30, 2023

#1 Real Estate Rescue Mysteries Flippin' Out Patti Benning 9/2/23
#2 Norwegian Forest Cat Café Mysteries Meow Means Murder Jinty James 9/7/23
#3 Junkyard Dog Mysteries Paws for Cause Summer Prescott 9/6/23

#1 Sapphire Beach Mysteries Condos and Corpses Angela K. Ryan 9/4/23
#2 Mia Watson Cruise Mysteries Deadly Dining Gwen Taylor Jen Booker 9/14/23
#3 Mystery Book Nook Shared World series Toes in the Tulips Katherine H. Brown 9/12/23

#1 Cookies & Chance Mysteries Tastes Like Murder Catherine Bruns 9/9/23
#2 Ooey Gooey Bakery Mysteries Pastries, Pies and Poison Katherine H. Brown 9/18/23
#3 Romano’s Family Restaurant Mystery Fusilli Foul Play Rosie A. Point 9/15/23

#1 Ooey Gooey Bakery Mysteries Rest, Relax, Run for Your Life Katherine H. Brown 9/8/23
#2 Real Estate Rescue Mysteries Movin' Up Patti Benning 9/21/23
#3 Borrowed Pages Mystery Sugarplums and Murder Maggie Benton 9/22/23

Finished!!! September Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: Sept 1, 2023 - Sept 30, 2023

This challenge is an ongoing monthly mini-challenge to keep us all motivated to start, (and then continue), some of the many series in our TBR.

Note: No more than two from any series

Rows: 6
Books: 18
Series: 12
XX Never Say Never 2 & 3
XX Lunar Chronicles 2 & 3
XX Elderly Lady 1 & 2
X The Witches of Thistle Grove 1
X A Library Lovers’ Mystery 1
X Jane Austen Murder Mystery 1
XX Ice Knights 1 & 2
X The Clarksons 1
X Cara Mia Delgatto 3
XX Movie Club Mysteries 2 & 3
XX Wilder Adventures 2 & 3
X Emma Wild 3

Row 1
1. (The Clarksons 1) Too Hot to Handle Tessa Bailey 09/03/23
2. (Lunar Chronicles 2) Scarlet Marissa Meyer 09/01/23
3. (Never Say Never 3)Two Words I'd Never Say Again Remi Carrington 09/06/23

Row 2
1. (Elderly Lady 1) An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good Helene Tursten 09/03/23
2. (Never Say Never 2) One Guy I'd Never Date Remi Carrington 09/02/23
3. (Lunar Chronicles 3) Cress Marissa Meyer 09/07/23

Row 3
1. (A Library Lovers’ Mystery 1) Books Can Be Deceiving Jenn McKinlay 09/04/23
2. (Elderly Lady 2) An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed Helene Tursten 09/04/23
3. (Cara Mia Delgatto 3) All Washed Up Joanna Campbell Slan 09/11/23

Row 4
1. (The Witches of Thistle Grove 1) Payback's a Witch Lana Harper 09/05/23
2. (Movie Club Mysteries 2) The Postman Always Dies Twice Zara Keane 09/14/23
3. (Movie Club Mysteries 3) How to Murder a Millionaire Zara Keane 09/14/23

Row 5
1. (Jane Austen Murder Mystery 1) Pride and Premeditation Tirzah Price 09/06/23
2. (Wilder Adventures 2) Walk on the Wilder Side Serena Bell 09/15/23
3. (Wilder Adventures 3) Wilder With You Serena Bell 09/17/23

Row 6
1. (Ice Knights 1) Parental Guidance Avery Flynn 09/08/23
2. (Ice Knights 2) Awk-Weird Avery Flynn 09/21/23
3. (Emma Wild 3) Death of a Snowman Harper Lin 09/24/23

Couldn’t use -
(Wilder Adventures 1) Make Me Wilder by Serena Bell 09/12/23
(Never Say Never 1) Three Things I’d Never Do by Remi Carrington 09/01/23

Rules:
1) You must read one of each: a 1st, a 2nd, and a 3rd book in a series. Tell us the name of the series.
2) Any genre of series is acceptable.
3) 'Half-step' short-stories (i.e., shorts in anthologies), do not count.
**For uniformity, the numbering on GR will be the judge of this.**
4) Rereads do count.
5) No more than 2 of the 3 books each month can be from the same series.
6) Please post a link to the book and the author and also the date you finished the book.
7) Please repost your entire challenge when you are finished to get your badge.

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: September 1, 2023 - September 30, 2023

6/6 Completed. Finished

1.Welcome to the Circus #1:Fun House-Lani Lynn Vale 9/01/23
2.Bennett Boys Ranch #2:Riding Hard-Lauren Landish 9/10/23
3.Lotus House #3:Divine Desire-Audrey Carlan 9/03/23

1.Young in Love #1:It's Not Me, It's You-Elle Wright 9/16/23
2.Cottonwood Cove #2:Under the Stars-Laura Pavlov 9/20/23
3.Grant County #3:A Faint Cold Fear-Karin Slaughter 9/14/23

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
September 1, 2023 - September 30, 2023

3 of 3 Complete

1. That Old Flame of Mine - J.J. Cook - 9/13/23 - #1 Sweet Pepper Fire Brigade Mystery
2. Good Girl - Lauren Layne - 9/27/23 - # 2 - Love Unexpectedly
3. Vendetta - Fern Michaels - 9/23/23 - #3 The Sisterhood

Welcome Kendra, Tari, Melissa, Frankie and Lynda!

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: September 1, 2023 - September 30, 2023

1 Down the Rabbit Hole by Peter Abrahams - 9/3/23
2 Lord of Shadows by Cassandra Clare - 9/1/23
3 Fish Out of Water by MaryJanice Davidson - 9/2/23

1 Never Desire a Duke by Lily Dalton - 9/4/23
2 Turning Angel by Greg Iles - 9/8/23
3 The Gray Wolf Throne by Cinda Williams Chima - 9/6/23

1 Fiendish Deeds by P.J. Bracegirdle - 9/5/23
2 Just Shy of Harmony by Philip Gulley - 9/13/23
3 The Treasure at Poldarrow Point by Clara Benson - 9/17/23

1 The Uninvited Corpse by Debra Sennefelder - 9/10/23
2 Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch - 9/29/23
3 Lady Rample and the Silver Screen by Shéa MacLeod - 9/19/23

1 Dark Alchemy by Laura Bickle - 9/11/23
2
3 Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells - 9/21/23

1 Keeper of the Grail by Michael P. Spradlin - 9/11/23
2 A Lonely Resurrection by Barry Eisler - 9/30/23
3 Shouldn't You Be in School? by Lemony Snicket - 9/22/23

1 The Ice Limit by Douglas Preston - 9/15/23
2
3 Grantville Gazette III by Eric Flint - 9/24/23

1 The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers - 9/24/23
2
3 At Death's Door by Sherrilyn Kenyon - 9/30/23

1 Dying to Read by Lorena McCourtney - 9/24/23

1 Tyrannosaur Canyon by Douglas Preston - 9/27/23

September Easy As 1, 2, 3
Duration: Sept. 1st, 2023 - Sept. 30th, 2023

3/3

1. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang by Ian Fleming 9/1/2023
2. Death of a Mad Hatter by Jenn McKinlay 9/9/2023
3. Murder Outside the Lines by Krista Davis 9/8/2023

Welcome Pinar and Genevieve!

September Easy As 1, 2, 3
Duration: Sept. 1st, 2023 - Sept. 30th, 2023

0/3

1. Skyward (Escuadrón) by Brandon Sanderson by 9/5
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Welcome Eva!

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
September 2023

1. Just Don't Fall by Emma St. Clair (9/7/23) - Sweater Weather
2. Night of Secrets by Tara Grayce (9/15/23) - Court of Midsummer Mayhem
3. The Real Fake Fiancé by Sara Jane Woodley (9/14/23) - Love in Mirror Valley

Welcome Shash!

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: September 1, 2023 - September 30, 2023

Goal: 3/3

Series 1 - The Teacher's Billionaire - Christina Tetreault - 09/05/23 - The Sherbrookes of Newport #1

Series 2 - The Consuming Fire - John Scalzi - 09/11/23 - The Interdependency #2

Series 3 - The Last Emperox - John Scalzi - 09/15/23 - The Interdependency #3

Welcome Ferenc!

FINISHED

September Easy As 1, 2, 3
Duration: Sept. 1st, 2023 - Sept. 30th, 2023

3/3

1. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang by Ian Fleming 9/1/2023
2. Death of a Mad Hatter by Jenn McKinlay 9/9/2023
3. Murder Outside the Lines by Krista Davis 9/8/2023

The Lost Challenges
September 2023 Easy As 1, 2, 3
Duration: September 1, 2023 - September 30, 2023

Progress: 3 out of 3

This challenge is an ongoing monthly mini-challenge to keep us all motivated to start, (and then continue), some of the many series in our TBR.

Rules:
1) You must read one of each: a 1st, a 2nd, and a 3rd book in a series. Tell us the name of the series.
2) Any genre of series is acceptable.
3) 'Half-step' short-stories (i.e., shorts in anthologies), do not count.
**For uniformity, the numbering on GR will be the judge of this.**
4) Rereads do count.
5) No more than 2 of the 3 books each month can be from the same series.
6) Please post a link to the book and the author and also the date you finished the book.
7) Please repost your entire challenge when you are finished to get your badge.

Please use the TLC STANDARD RULES when participating in this challenge.
If you are not familiar with these rules, please click on the link and read them over.

1. Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros - ***** - 10/15/2023 - 528 Pages
2. Secrets and Spellcraft by Michael G. Manning - ***** - 9/7/2023 - 525 Pages
3. An Offer From a Gentleman by Julia Quinn - ***** - 9/9/2023 - 358 Pages

Well done Genevieve!


Welcome Suzanne!

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
September 1, 2023 - September 30, 2023

3 of 3 Complete

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⭐

1. The Raven Boys (#1 The Raven Cycle) 9/2 4⭐
2. Two for the Dough (#2 Stephanie Plum) 9/11 4⭐
3. The Golden Enclaves (#3 Scholomance) 9/10 4.5⭐

I would like to try this challenge please.

1. The Awakening Zodiac Academy, #1
2. Blood Bound 09/10/2023 Blackhawk Security #2

3.

Welcome Christene and RaeRae!

WOOHOO Christene!

Finished

September Easy As 1, 2, 3
Duration: Sept. 1st, 2023 - Sept. 30th, 2023

3/3

1. Iron and Magic by Ilona Andrews - Sept. 18th (Iron Covenant)
2. Magic Steals by Ilona Andrews - Sept. 3rd (Dali Harimau)
3. Kind by Holly Black - Sept. 10th (The Good Neighbors)

Finished! :)

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
September 2023

1. Just Don't Fall by Emma St. Clair (9/7/23) - Sweater Weather
2. Night of Secrets by Tara Grayce (9/15/23) - Court of Midsummer Mayhem
3. The Real Fake Fiancé by Sara Jane Woodley (9/14/23) - Love in Mirror Valley

Awesome Kendra and Shash!

FINISHED
September Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge

My List:
Two Hearts Surrendered Tamara Ferguson 9/2/23 (Two Hearts Wounded Warrior Romance #1)
A Seaside Wonder Melissa Tagg 9/7/23 (Muir Harbor #2)
The Beach Reads Bookshop Lee Tobin McClain 9/10/23 (Hometown Brothers #3)

The Valley of Lost Children David Barbur 9/4/23 (Tye Caine Wilderness Mysteries, #1)
The Bluebird Bakery Lee Tobin McClain 9/10/23 (Hometown Brothers #2)
Wedding at Sea Melissa Tagg 9/8/23 (Muir Harbor #3)

The Forever Farmhouse Lee Tobin McClain 9/9/23 (Hometown Brothers #1)
Second Chance Summer Olivia Miles 9/18/23 (Blue Harbor #2)
Between the Sheets Molly O'Keefe 9/12/23 (Boys of Bishop #3)

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: September 1, 2023 - September 30, 2023

6/6 Completed. Finished

1.Welcome to the Circus #1:Fun House-Lani Lynn Vale 9/01/23
2.Bennett Boys Ranch #2:Riding Hard-Lauren Landish 9/10/23
3.Lotus House #3:Divine Desire-Audrey Carlan 9/03/23

1.Young in Love #1:It's Not Me, It's You-Elle Wright 9/16/23
2.Cottonwood Cove #2:Under the Stars-Laura Pavlov 9/20/23
3.Grant County #3:A Faint Cold Fear-Karin Slaughter 9/14/23

Awesome Frankie!

~~~ Complete ~~~

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
September 1, 2023 - September 30, 2023

3 of 3 Complete

1. That Old Flame of Mine - J.J. Cook - 9/13/23 - #1 Sweet Pepper Fire Brigade Mystery
2. Good Girl - Lauren Layne - 9/27/23 - # 2 - Love Unexpectedly
3. Vendetta - Fern Michaels - 9/23/23 - #3 The Sisterhood

Calling it finished for this month :)

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: September 1, 2023 - September 30, 2023

#1 Real Estate Rescue Mysteries Flippin' Out Patti Benning 9/2/23
#2 Norwegian Forest Cat Café Mysteries Meow Means Murder Jinty James 9/7/23
#3 Junkyard Dog Mysteries Paws for Cause Summer Prescott 9/6/23

#1 Sapphire Beach Mysteries Condos and Corpses Angela K. Ryan 9/4/23
#2 Mia Watson Cruise Mysteries Deadly Dining Gwen Taylor Jen Booker 9/14/23
#3 Mystery Book Nook Shared World series Toes in the Tulips Katherine H. Brown 9/12/23

#1 Cookies & Chance Mysteries Tastes Like Murder Catherine Bruns 9/9/23
#2 Ooey Gooey Bakery Mysteries Pastries, Pies and Poison Katherine H. Brown 9/18/23
#3 Romano’s Family Restaurant Mystery Fusilli Foul Play Rosie A. Point 9/15/23

#1 Ooey Gooey Bakery Mysteries Rest, Relax, Run for Your Life Katherine H. Brown 9/8/23
#2 Real Estate Rescue Mysteries Movin' Up Patti Benning 9/21/23
#3 Borrowed Pages Mystery Sugarplums and Murder Maggie Benton 9/22/23

Way to go Lynda and Tari!

Finished!

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: September 1, 2023 - September 30, 2023

Goal: 3/3

Series 1 - The Teacher's Billionaire - Christina Tetreault - 09/05/23 - The Sherbrookes of Newport #1

Series 2 - The Consuming Fire - John Scalzi - 09/11/23 - The Interdependency #2

Series 3 - The Last Emperox - John Scalzi - 09/15/23 - The Interdependency #3

Awesome Ferenc!

Finished!!! September Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: Sept 1, 2023 - Sept 30, 2023

This challenge is an ongoing monthly mini-challenge to keep us all motivated to start, (and then continue), some of the many series in our TBR.

Note: No more than two from any series

Rows: 6
Books: 18
Series: 12
XX Never Say Never 2 & 3
XX Lunar Chronicles 2 & 3
XX Elderly Lady 1 & 2
X The Witches of Thistle Grove 1
X A Library Lovers’ Mystery 1
X Jane Austen Murder Mystery 1
XX Ice Knights 1 & 2
X The Clarksons 1
X Cara Mia Delgatto 3
XX Movie Club Mysteries 2 & 3
XX Wilder Adventures 2 & 3
X Emma Wild 3

Row 1
1. (The Clarksons 1) Too Hot to Handle Tessa Bailey 09/03/23
2. (Lunar Chronicles 2) Scarlet Marissa Meyer 09/01/23
3. (Never Say Never 3)Two Words I'd Never Say Again Remi Carrington 09/06/23

Row 2
1. (Elderly Lady 1) An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good Helene Tursten 09/03/23
2. (Never Say Never 2) One Guy I'd Never Date Remi Carrington 09/02/23
3. (Lunar Chronicles 3) Cress Marissa Meyer 09/07/23

Row 3
1. (A Library Lovers’ Mystery 1) Books Can Be Deceiving Jenn McKinlay 09/04/23
2. (Elderly Lady 2) An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed Helene Tursten 09/04/23
3. (Cara Mia Delgatto 3) All Washed Up Joanna Campbell Slan 09/11/23

Row 4
1. (The Witches of Thistle Grove 1) Payback's a Witch Lana Harper 09/05/23
2. (Movie Club Mysteries 2) The Postman Always Dies Twice Zara Keane 09/14/23
3. (Movie Club Mysteries 3) How to Murder a Millionaire Zara Keane 09/14/23

Row 5
1. (Jane Austen Murder Mystery 1) Pride and Premeditation Tirzah Price 09/06/23
2. (Wilder Adventures 2) Walk on the Wilder Side Serena Bell 09/15/23
3. (Wilder Adventures 3) Wilder With You Serena Bell 09/17/23

Row 6
1. (Ice Knights 1) Parental Guidance Avery Flynn 09/08/23
2. (Ice Knights 2) Awk-Weird Avery Flynn 09/21/23
3. (Emma Wild 3) Death of a Snowman Harper Lin 09/24/23

Couldn’t use -
(Wilder Adventures 1) Make Me Wilder by Serena Bell 09/12/23
(Never Say Never 1) Three Things I’d Never Do by Remi Carrington 09/01/23

Rules:
1) You must read one of each: a 1st, a 2nd, and a 3rd book in a series. Tell us the name of the series.
2) Any genre of series is acceptable.
3) 'Half-step' short-stories (i.e., shorts in anthologies), do not count.
**For uniformity, the numbering on GR will be the judge of this.**
4) Rereads do count.
5) No more than 2 of the 3 books each month can be from the same series.
6) Please post a link to the book and the author and also the date you finished the book.
7) Please repost your entire challenge when you are finished to get your badge.

Marvelous Melissa!

Finished.

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: September 1, 2023 - September 30, 2023

1 Down the Rabbit Hole by Peter Abrahams - 9/3/23
2 Lord of Shadows by Cassandra Clare - 9/1/23
3 Fish Out of Water by MaryJanice Davidson - 9/2/23

1 Never Desire a Duke by Lily Dalton - 9/4/23
2 Turning Angel by Greg Iles - 9/8/23
3 The Gray Wolf Throne by Cinda Williams Chima - 9/6/23

1 Fiendish Deeds by P.J. Bracegirdle - 9/5/23
2 Just Shy of Harmony by Philip Gulley - 9/13/23
3 The Treasure at Poldarrow Point by Clara Benson - 9/17/23

1 The Uninvited Corpse by Debra Sennefelder - 9/10/23
2 Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch - 9/29/23
3 Lady Rample and the Silver Screen by Shéa MacLeod - 9/19/23

Fantastic Jackie!