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JANUARY SERIAL READER CHALLENGE



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TO PARTICIPATE IN THE JANUARY CHALLENGE:

♦Post now through December 20th.

♦Pick five series that you want to read.

♦Post the name of the series and the covers of at least two books that you have not read.

♦There must be at least two unread books in the series. No re-reads allowed.

♦You may re-post a series chosen before as long as there are two books left to read.

♦Select a series for your partner between December 22nd and 24th.

New to the challenge? The thread for challenge guidelines and questions is here

Challenge participants are advised not to block personal messages on their GR accounts.

Comments on this thread will be limited to members posting series until pairs are selected on the 21st, then the thread will be open for discussion.

Players


🎄Jenny picks for Linda
🎄Meg picks for Oleander
🎄Linda picks for Jennifer
🎄Oleander picks for Nell
🎄Jennifer picks for Meg
🎄Helen picks for Jenny
🎄Zermeena picks for Helen
🎄Nell picks for Zermeena

I'm in!
1) Laura Levine's Jaine Austen Mysteries
Shoes to Die For #4 Shoes To Die For
The PMS Murder #5 The PMS Murder

2) Tonya Kappes's Holiday Cozy Mysteries
A Halloween Homicide #3 A Halloween Homicide
New Year Nuisance #4 New Year Nuisance

3) Jeanne Glidewell's Lexie Starr Mysteries
With this Ring #4 With this Ring
Just Ducky #5 Just Ducky

4) Elizabeth Zelvin's Bruce Kohler Series
Death Will Help You Leave Him #2 Death Will Help You Leave Him
Death Will Extend Your Vacation #3 Death Will Extend Your Vacation

5) Lois Winston's Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mysteries
Handmade Ho-Ho Homicide #8 Handmade Ho-Ho Homicide
A Sew Deadly Cruise #9 A Sew Deadly Cruise

Happy almost 2026! Can you believe it?

Cozy Corgi
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Despicable Desserts

Pineapple Port
Pineapple Hurricane
Pineapple House Hunter

Armstrong and Oscar
Murder in Portofino
Murder in Verona

Zoe Chambers
Under the RadarUnder the Radar
Til Death

Cozy Up
Cozy Up To Death
Cozy Up To Murder

New Year, New series!

Southern Homebrew by Diane Kelly


Queen Bees Quilt by Sally Goldenbaum


Maya and Sandra Mystery by Lee Hollis


Riverbank Knitting Mystery by Allie Pleiter


Accessories Mystery by Grace Carroll

Happy New Year!!! I'm down for starting the year with more mystery.

Cat Lady Chronicles by Helen Harper


Florida Keys Bed & Breakfast by Danielle Collins


Reverend Annabelle Dixon by Alison Golden


Rose Gardner by Denise Swank


Gilded Newport by Alyssa Maxwell

January series:

Tiffany Black Cases


Posadas County


Detective Lavender


Kylie Berry


Celebrity Mysteries

I’m in for January. It’s summer here in Australia, so holiday season.

series.
Donna Andrews Meg Langslow


Jacqueline Winspear Maisie


Simon Brett Mrs Pargeter


Kassandra Lamb Marcia Banks and Buddy


Harriet Steel Inspector da Silva mysteries

I'm in for January!

Secret, Book and Scone Society by Ellery Adams


Witchcraft by Juliet Blackwell


China Bayles by Susan Wittig Albert


Bunburry by Helena Marchmont


Mydworth by Neil Roberts

Pick a series for Nell


Thoroughly Southern by Patricia Sprinkle


Isabel Dalhousie by Alexander McCall Smith


🎄Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James by Deborah Crombie


Chief Insp Armand Gamache by Louise Penny


Perveen Mistry by Sujata Massey

Happy Holidays! Welcome to the first challenge in the new year!

Pairs are posted at message 2. Please pick a series for your partner.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Blessings in the new year
Nell

Jenny wrote: "I'm in!
1) Laura Levine's Jaine Austen Mysteries
Shoes to Die For #4 Shoes To Die For
The PMS Murder #5 The PMS Murder

2) Tonya Kappes's Holiday Cozy Mysteries
A Hallow..."

I don’t know any of your series, Jenny, but I’m nominating the Jaine Austen mysteries for you. Have a happy new year.

Hi Helen, you have some great choices this time! I'm choosing Jacqueline Winspear for you. All the best for 2026!

Jennifer wrote: "January series:

Tiffany Black Cases
[bookcover:The Case of the Chocolate Cheat in Las Vegas: A Coz..."

Hi Jennifer,

I'm going with the Celebrity mysteries for you! They look fun. Happy Reading!

Hi Nell,

It might be refreshing to start the new year with a British procedural, so I'm choosing Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James for you. Hope you enjoy.

Linda, I have enjoyed the Maya and Sandra series and am waiting for the next one to come out so that is my choice for you for January. 😀 Also I read the books and listen to them read and they are both good either way!

Hello, Oleander, I'm going with the Gilded Newport series for you. Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!

Oleander wrote: "Hi Nell,

It might be refreshing to start the new year with a British procedural, so I'm choosing Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James for you. Hope you enjoy."

Thanks Oleander. I'm looking forward to revisiting this series.

Hi Zermeena

I pick the China Bayles series by Susan Wittig Albert for you.

Meg wrote: "Happy almost 2026! Can you believe it?

Cozy Corgi
Phony Photos
Despicable Desserts

Pineapp..."

Tough pick, Meg, but I'm going with Armstrong and Oscar. Those are great!

Linda wrote: "Jennifer wrote: "January series:

Tiffany Black Cases
[bookcover:The Case of the Chocolate Cheat in..."

Good pick, Linda! Thank you.

Jenny wrote: "Linda, I have enjoyed the Maya and Sandra series and am waiting for the next one to come out so that is my choice for you for January. 😀 Also I read the books and listen to them read and they are b..."

Thank you! Looking forward to trying them out!

Thanks, Jennifer, I do love Armstrong and Oscar!

Nell wrote: "Hi Zermeena

I pick the China Bayles series by Susan Wittig Albert for you."

Thank you Nell! It will be great to start the new year in the Texas hill country.

Meg wrote: "Hello, Oleander, I'm going with the Gilded Newport series for you. Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!"

It will nice to explore that world some more. Thank you, Meg!

Helen thanks for the picks!

Zermeena wrote: "Hi Helen, you have some great choices this time! I'm choosing Jacqueline Winspear for you. All the best for 2026!"

Thank you Zermeena. I have two earlier ones in the series I want to catch up with.