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December 2023
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Welcome to the monthly HOB Series Surfing challenge. Remember all those pesky series that you started during all your other challenges but never got back to (even though you really wanted to). In this challenge, you are going to surf through those series by rolling the 99-sided die. Whatever you roll determines the number in any series that you are going to read.

For example:
🏄If you roll a 3, you would read the third book in any series
🏄If you roll a 12, you can read a first, second, or twelfth book in any series.
🏄0s can be used to read a book of choice (this can also be a standalone book).
🏄The series you read from is always up to you.
🏄Standard Rules Apply

To sign up, grab a spot to track your progress, and let's surf through those series! I am scrapping the group goal since many of you are not participating in it. You can just post your personal goals in your spot. Let us know at the end of the month if you achieve your goal!


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https://rolladie.net/roll-a-d20-die#!...

Completions
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I'm in.

15 for me - at least to start. :)

✔️Roll #1: 95
Book: The Little Sister
Author: Raymond Chandler
Pages: 256 per GR
Date Read: 12/16/23
Fits: It's the 5th book in the Philip Marlowe series.

✔️Roll #2: 64
Book: Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon
Author: Donna Andrews
Pages: 320 per GR
Date Read: 12/20/23
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✔️Roll #3: 2
Book: Foundation and Empire
Author: Isaac Asimov
Pages: 320 per GR
Date Read: 12/10/23
Fits: It's the 2nd book in the Foundation series.

✔️Roll #4: 91
Book: The Secret of Chimneys
Author: Agatha Christie
Pages: 348 per GR
Date Read: 12/2
Fits: It's the first of the Inspector Battle novels.

✔️Roll #5: 20
Book: Time to Shine
Author: Rachel Reid
Pages: 382 per GR
Date Read: 12/12/23
Fits: It's a standalone.

✔️Roll #6: 92
Book: Glamour in Glass
Author: Mary Robinette Kowal
Pages: 331 per GR
Date Read: 12/11/23
Fits: It's the 2nd book in the Glamourist Histories.

✔️Roll #7: 60
Book: A Christmas Carol
Author: Charles Dickens
Pages: 162 per GR
Date Read: 12/25/23
Fits: It's a standalone.

✔️Roll #8: 46
Book: Mammoths at the Gates
Author: Nghi Vo
Pages: 123 per GR
Date Read: 12/25
Fits: It's the 4th book in the Singing Hills Cycle.

✔️Roll #9: 23
Book: Arrow's Flight
Author: Mercedes Lackey
Pages: 318 per GR
Date Read: 12/19
Fits: It's the 2nd in the Herald's of Valdemar series.

✔️Roll #10: 17
Book: Fourth Wing
Author: Rebecca Yarros
Pages: 663 per GR
Date Read: 12/4
Fits: It's the first book in the Empyrean series.

✔️Roll #11: 41
Book: Paladin's Grace
Author: T. Kingfisher
Pages: 366 per GR
Date Read: 12/17/23
Fits: It's the 1srt book in the Saint of Steel series.

✔️Roll #12: 80
Book: Death in Berlin
Author: M.M. Kaye
Pages: 320 per GR
Date Read: 12/4
Fits: It's a standalone.

✔️Roll #13: 53
Book: The Lights on Knockbridge Lane
Author: Roan Parrish
Pages: 288 per GR
Date Read: 12/23
Fits: It's the 3rd book in the Garnet Run series.

✔️Roll #14: 31
Book: The Reluctant Swordsman
Author: Dave Duncan
Pages: 316 per GR
Date Read: 12/18/23
Fits: It's the first book in the Seventh Sword series.

✔️Roll #15: 60
Book: Devin December
Author: Kate McMurray
Pages: 109 per GR
Date Read: 12/3
Fits: It's a standalone.

Me two :)

Starting with 15 for the month

1 - 60

Roll: 60
Book: Undermajordomo Minor
Author: Patrick deWitt
Pages: 352
Date Read: 2 dec
Fits: stand alone

2 - 30

Roll: 30
Book: Old God's Time
Author: Sebastian Barry
Pages: 272
Date Read: 9 dec
Fits: stand alone

3 - 65

4 - 81

5 - 59

6 - 70

Roll: 70
Book: Under the Volcano
Author: Malcolm Lowry
Pages: 423
Date Read: 3 dec
Fits: stand alone

7 - 72

Roll: 72
Book: The Ghost Brigades
Author: John Scalzi
Pages: 371
Date Read: 9 dec
Fits: 2 in series

8 - 73

Roll: 73
Book: The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding
Author: Agatha Christie
Pages: 304
Date Read: 17 dec
Fits: 7.1 in Miss Marple series

9 - 14

10 - 5

11 - 60

Roll: 60
Book: Quo Vadis
Author: Henryk Sienkiewicz
Pages: 589
Date Read: 6 dec
Fits: stand alone

12 - 38

13 - 36

14 - 26

Roll: 26
Book: The Severed Streets
Author: Paul Cornell
Pages: 416
Date Read: 20 dec
Fits: 2nd in series

15 - 71

There are so many fun and wonderful challenges going on that I am going to ho ho ho my way through 10 books

1st Goal: 8/10 books between Tier 1 and Tier 2 as of 12/20/23
Update 12/27/23: Tier 1 10/10 Tier 2 2/10
Tier 1: 10 books

Roll #: 03
Book: The Christmas Cat
Author: Melody Carlson
Pages: 169
Date Read: 12/3-4/23
Fits: standalone

Roll #: 05
Book: Two Tickets to the Christmas Ball
Author: Donita K. Paul
Pages: 226
Date Read: 12/8/23
Fits: standalone

Roll #: 08
Book: Silent Star
Author: Tracie Peterson
Pages: 205
Date Read: 12/17/23
Fits: standalone

Roll #: 26
Book: Tippy Toe Murder
Author: Leslie Meier
Pages: 240
Date Read: 12/10/23
Fits: 2nd in Lucy Stone series

Roll #: 32
Book: Murder in the Paperback Parlor
Author: Ellery AdamsEllery Adams
Pages: 271
Date Read: 12/18-19/23
Fits: 2nd in the Book Retreat Series

Roll#: 44
Book: Murder in the Locked Library
Author: Ellery Adams
Pages: 289
Date Read: 12/26/23
Fits: 4th in the Book Retreat series

Roll#: 47
Book: Now and Forever
Author: Michele Brouder
Pages: 319
Date Read: 12/20-21/23
Fits: 7th in Hideaway Bay series

Roll#: 51
Book: Pleating for Mercy
Author:Melissa Bourbon
Pages: 293
Date Read:12/5-7/23
Fits: 1st book in magical dressmaking series

Roll #: 53
Book: Murder in the Secret Garden
Author: Ellery Adams
Pages: 276
Date Read: 12/23-24/23
Fits: 3rd in Book Retreat series

Roll#: 65
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Tier 2: 10 books
Roll #: 67
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Roll #: 69
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Roll #: 70
Book:The Angel Tree
Author: Daphne Benedis-Grab
Pages: 246
Date Read: 12/17/23
Fits: standalone

Roll #: 75
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Roll #: 79
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Roll #: 80
Book: Dashing Through the Snow
Author: Debbie Macomber
Pages: 224
Date Read: 12/21/22/23
Fits: standalone

Roll #: 82
Book: Strawberry Shortcake Murder
Author: Joanne Fluke
Pages: 309
Date Read: 12/21/23
Fits: 2nd in Hannah Swensen series

Roll #93:
Book: Blueberry Muffin Murder
Author: Joanne Fluke
Pages: 474 (LP)
Date Read: 12/18-19/23
Fits: 3rd in Hannah Swensen series

Roll #: 99
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Let's see how this one goes!

Remaining:
Roll: #5: 27
Roll #14: 5

Read:
Roll #3: 71
Book: The Spy Coast
Author: Tess Gerritsen
Pages: 341
Date Read: 12/2
Fits: The Martini Club #1

Roll #7: 45
Book: A Thin Dark Line
Author: Tami Hoag
Pages: 608
Date Read: 12/4
Fits: Doucet #4

Roll #9: 40
Book: Not That Fancy
Author: Reba McEntire
Pages: 288
Date Read: 12/5
Fits: Stand alone

Roll #1: 82
Book: Don't Hex and Drive
Author: Juliette Cross
Pages: 350
Date Read: 21/5
Fits: Stay a Spell #2

Roll #11: 70
Book: A Christmas Carol
Author: Charles Dickens
Pages: 184
Date Read: 12/6
Fits: Stand Alone

Roll #12: 20
Book: Whisper Island
Author: Carissa Ann Lynch
Pages: 400
Date Read: 12/7
Fits: Stand Alone

Roll #2: 73
Book: A Christmas Date
Author: Camilla Isley
Pages: 231
Date Read: 12/8
Fits: First Comes Love #3

Roll #6: 19
Book: Flunked
Author: Jen Calonita
Pages: 257
Date Read: 12/9
Fits: Fairy Tale Reform School #1

Roll #8: 1
Book: Witch in the Woods
Author: Taylor Ann Bunker
Pages: 205
Date Read: 12/9
Fits: Witch in the Woods #1

Roll #10: 35
Book: Breaking Silence
Author: Linda Castillo
Pages: 309
Date Read: 12/9
Fits: Kate Burkholder #3

Roll #15: 10
Book: It's a Hell of a Midlife
Author: Robyn Peterman
Pages: 242
Date Read: 12/10
Fits: Good to the Last Death #10

Roll #13: 81
Book: The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.
Author: Neal Stephenson / Nicole Galland
Pages: 769
Date Read: 12/13
Fits: D.O.D.O. #1

Roll #4: 28
Book: Cross & Crown
Author: Abigail Roux
Pages: 225
Date Read: 12/21
Fits: Sidewinder #2

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Hey Donna - will Series Surfing continue in 2024?

Unfortunately, it will not be continuing in 2024.

Donna wrote: "Unfortunately, it will not be continuing in 2024."

Oh, well - there are plenty of other options.

Thanks, Donna!