Progressive Reading Challenge

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Progressive Reading Challenge

2013 March - 2015 Oct ~ 32 months
2018 July - 2020 Nov ~ 29 months
2021 Jan - 2022 July ~ 17 months


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Progressive Reading Challenge
The Challenge Factory
Start Date: 3/1/13
Progress: 10/10
Completed: 10/29/15

Oops, forgot about this challenge, it's gonna take me 2 or 3 years not 1.

1. The Maze Runner by James Dashner (3/1/13)
2. The Maze of Bones by Rick Riordan (12/7/13)
3. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (1/22/14)
4. All the Lovely Bad Ones by Mary Downing Hahn (7/17/14)
5. The Big Bad Wolf by James Patterson (5/1/15)
6. Rise of the Wolf by Curtis Jobling (4/22/13)
7. The Rise of Nine by Pittacus Lore (1/8/15)
8. Cloud Nine by Luanne Rice (2/11/15)
9. The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud by Ben Sherwood (10/29/15)
10. Life Expectancy by Dean Koontz
The Death Cure by James Dashner (7/12/14)

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1. Faerie Prince by Rachel Morgan (7/21/13)
2. Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare (5/30/13)
3. Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare (4/26/13)

1. Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen (6/12/13)
2. Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-Olsen (11/12/13)
3. Lost Lake by Phillip Margolin (7/25/14)
4. City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare (1/12/15)
5. City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare (7/23/15)
6. Autumn in the City of Angels
7. City of Night

1. Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side by Beth Fantaskey (4/10/13)
2. The Dark Divine by Bree Despain (12/22/13)
3. Darkest Mercy by Melissa Marr (11/2/14)
4. Dark Lover by J.R. Ward (6/17/15)

1. Before I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson (4/16/13)
2. Let Me Go by Chelsea Cain (2/26/14)
3. The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn (8/10/14)
4. Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez (6/11/15)

1. Deep Wizardry by Diane Duane (12/16/13)
2. Call of the Deep by Tracy Lane (2/23/14)

1. Just Take My Heart by Mary Higgins Clark (3/26/13)
2. Be Still My Vampire Heart by Kerrelyn Sparks (12/3/14)

1. Perfect Opposite by Zoya Tessi (8/7/14)
2. Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban (8/19/14)

1. The Shadow Tracer by Meg Gardiner (8/29/14)
2. Radiant Shadows by Melissa Marr (11/1/14)
3. The Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness (11/15/14)
4. Charlie Bone and the Shadow by Jenny Nimmo (12/11/14)
5. Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor (2/28/15)

1. The Enchanter Heir by Melissa Marr (10/25/14)
2. The Sorcerer Heir by Melissa Marr (11/11/14)

1. The Storybook of Legends by Shannon Hale (12/26/14)
2. The Inside Story by Michael Buckley (1/3/15)
3. Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Death by Jon Krakauer (10/28/15)

1. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (1/14/15)
2. We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson (1/18/15)

[Marla]

Progressive Reading Challenge - Round #2
The Challenge Factory
Start Date: 7/1/18
Progress: 10/10
Completed: 11/24/20

1. Destined for an Early Grave by Jeaniene Frost (9/24/18)
2. First Grave on the Right by Darynda Jones (1/3/19)
3. Second Grave on the Left by Darynda Jones (3/20/19)
4. This Side of the Grave by Jeaniene Frost (1/16/20)
5. The Secret Life of Book Club by Heather Woodhaven (5/3/20)
6. Of Silk and Steam by Bec McMaster (5/7/20)
7. Track of the Cat by Nevada Barr (8/10/20)
8. The Shape of Water by Guillermo del Toro (9/19/20)
9. Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase (11/18/20)
10. In the Company of Cheerful Ladies by Alexander MaCall Smith (11/24/20)

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1. Pleasure Unbound by Larissa Ione (12/8/18)
2. The Darkest Pleasure by Gena Showalter (12/16/18)
3. The Darkest Hour by Maya Banks (2/9/19)
4. The Dark and Hollow Places by Carrie Ryan (3/18/19)
5. Dark Horse by Tami Hoag (3/21/19)
6. Darklight by Lesley Livingston (10/11/19)
7. The Hunt for Dark Infinity by James Dashner (3/27/20)
8. Dark Prince by Christine Feehan (10/5/20)

1. A Cold Dark Place by Toni Anderson (7/10/18)
2. The Darkest Kiss by Gena Showalter (7/31/18)
3. Kiss of Steel by Bec McMaster (9/29/18)
4. Iron Kissed by Patricia Briggs (10/11/18)
5. White Hot Kiss by Jennifer L. Armentrout (1/24/19)
6. The Steel Kiss by Jeffery Deaver (5/11/19)
7. Kiss of Fury by Deborah Cooke (11/8/20)

1. The Girl in the Spider's Web by David Lagercrantz (7/20/18)
2. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (2/19/19)
3. The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black (5/14/19)
4. The Home for Unwanted Girls by Joanna Goodman (7/10/19)
5. Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt (8/14/19)

1. Magic Strikes by Ilona Andrews (6/15/18)
2. Magic Bleeds by Ilona Andrews (7/15/18)
3. Magic Slays by Ilona Andrews (9/12/18)
4. Magic Rises by Ilona Andrews (12/5/18)
5. Magic Breaks by Ilona Andrews (5/17/19)
Gunmetal Magic by Ilona Andrews (7/12/19)
6. Magic Shifts by Ilona Andrews (7/31/19)
7. A Snicker of Magic by Natalie Lloyd (5/6/20)

1. Midnight Awakening by Lara Adrian (9/9/18)
2. Midnight Rising by Lara Adrian (3/25/19)
3. Veil of Midnight by Lara Adrian (6/14/19)
4. Ashes of Midnight by Lara Adrian (8/10/19)
5. Shades of Midnight by Lara Adrian (11/5/19)
6. Midnight Riot by Ben Aaronovitch (8/3/20)

1. Must Love Hellhounds by Charlaine Harris (8/23/18)
2. To Sir Phillip, With Love With 2nd Epilogue by Julia Quinn (12/30/18)
3. Lover Unbound by J.R. Ward (1/23/19)
4. Lover Enshrined by J.R. Ward (10/2/19)
5. Lover Avenged by J.R. Ward (2/14/20)
6. Zak George's Dog Training Revolution: The Complete Guide to Raising the Perfect Pet with Love by Zak George with Dina Roth Port (7/10/20)

1. Death Masks by Jim Butcher (7/11/18)
2. In Darkness, Death by Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler (5/20/19)
3. Rapture in Death by J.D. Robb (7/5/19)
4. Ceremony in Death by J.D. Robb (8/16/19)

1. The Hidden Man by David Ellis (8/14/18)
2. Old Man's War by John Scalzi (11/5/18)
3. A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman (1/29/19)
4. The Whisper Man by Alex North (8/4/20)

1. Every Which Way But Dead by Kim Harrison (8/11/18)
2. Desires of the Dead by Kimberly Derting (12/18/18)
3. Desire Unchained by Larissa Ione (2/13/19)
4. Forged by Desire by Bec McMaster (12/9/19)

1. And Then You Die by Iris Johansen (9/3/18)
2. Afraid To Die by Lisa Jackson (1/14/19)
3. Ready to Die by Lisa Jackson (6/18/19)
4. No Place to Run by Maya Banks (8/4/20)

1. Dragon Slippers by Jessica Day George (8/5/19)
2. Dragon Flight by Jessica Day George (10/14/19)

1. Don't Want to Miss a Thing by Jill Mansell (5/29/19)
2. Don't Look Down by Suzanne Enoch (9/15/19)
3. Don't Let Go by Harlan Coben (2/29/20)

1. Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong by James W. Loewen (9/5/18)
2. Restore Me by Tahereh Mafi (11/9/18)
3. Kill Me If You Can by James Patterson & Marshall Karp (5/20/19)
4. Still Me by Jojo Moyes (3/26/20)

1. The Next Accident by Lisa Gardner (10/5/18)
2. Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins (12/22/18)

1. Heart of Iron by Bec McMaster (3/12/19)
2. Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier (4/11/19)

1. Curse of the Blue Tattoo: Being an Account of the Misadventures of Jacky Faber, Midshipman and Fine Lady by L.A. Meyer (5/2/19)
2. My Lady Quicksilver by Bec McMaster (5/14/19)
3. My Soul to Take by Rachel Vincent (10/18/20)

1. What the Night Knows by Dean Koontz (7/23/18)
2. Night Pleasures by Sherrilyn Kenyon (11/1/19)
3. Night Embrace by Sherrilyn Kenyon (4/23/20)

1. Dead Simple by Peter James (9/4/19)
2. Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris (11/25/19)
3. Dead Aim by Iris Johansen (11/2/20)

1. Shanghai Girls by Lisa See (12/3/19)
2. The Girl in the Glass by Susan Meisner (2/19/20)
3. When All the Girls Have Gone by Jayne Ann Krentz (11/13/20)

1. Once Bitten, Twice Shy by Jennifer Rardin (4/5/20)
2. Twice the Temptation by Suzanne Enoch (7/14/20)

1. Hidden Peril by Irene Hannon (10/8/20)
2. Hidden Away by Maya Banks (11/15/20)
3. Hidden by Rebecca Zanetti (12/23/20)

1. Blood Cross by Faith Hunter (12/1/20)
2. Blood Trail by Tanya Huff (12/10/20)

[Marla]

Progressive Reading Challenge - Round #3
The Challenge Factory
Start Date: 1/1/21
Progress: 10 of 10
Completed: 7/23/22

1. It's in His Kiss by Julia Quinn (8/20/21)
2. Kiss of the Highlander by Karen Marie Moning (12/9/21)
3. 12th of Never by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro (12/16/21)
4. Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers (12/28/21)
5. Body of Evidence by Patricia D. Cornwell (3/15/22)
6. This Is Where You Belong: The Art and Science of Loving the Place You Live by Melody Warnick (3/16/22)
7. Out of the Shadows by Kay Hooper (4/30/22)
8. The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan (5/5/22)
9. The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris (6/20/22)
10. Rules of Prey by John Sandford (7/23/22)

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1. A Superior Death by Nevada Barr (1/1/21)
2. Vengeance in Death by J.D. Robb (10/8/21)
3. Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake (10/9/21)
4. Holiday in Death by J.D. Robb (12/15/21)
5. Mine!: A Practical Guide to Resource Guarding in Dogs by Jean Donaldson (2/18/22)
6. The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware (3/18/22)
7. Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade by Barthe DeClements (5/5/22)
8. Fear Nothing by Lisa Gardner (5/10/22)

1. The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum (1/2/21)
2. Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert (6/16/21)
3. Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert (8/10/21)
4. The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye by David Lagercrantz (7/12/22)
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Act Your Age, Eve Brown
The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox
Leonardo's Secret: Clean Up Your Act!
The Children Act
Such a Fun Age
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1. Magic Binds by Ilona Andrews (1/13/21)
2. Again the Magic by Lisa Kleypas (2/9/21)
3. Magic Study by Maria V. Snyder (6/25/21)

1. Night Stalker by Shirlee McCoy (1/14/21)
2. Night Broken by Patricia Briggs (2/23/21)

1. Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire (1/19/21)
2. Cross Her Heart by Melinda Leigh (7/25/21)
3. Find Her by Lisa Gardner (5/17/22)

1. Taken by Midnight by Lara Adrian (1/22/21)
2. Midnight Sun by Stephanie Meyer (7/16/21)

1. His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik (1/24/20)
2. The Dragon Factory by Jonathan Maberry (4/5/21)
3. Dragon Spear by Jessica Day George (6/19/21)

1. The Chalk Man by C.J. Tudor (1/27/21)

1. Assassin Study by Maria V. Snyder (1/27/21)

1. My Sister's Grave by Robert Dugoni (1/31/21)
2. My Soul to Save by Rachel Vincent (4/15/21)
3. My Soul to Keep by Rachel Vincent (5/19/21)
4. Someone to Watch Over Me by Lisa Kleypas (7/4/21)
5. A Night to Surrender by Tessa Dare (10/18/21)
6. My Soul to Steal by Rachel Vincent (10/24/21)
7. Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet by Darynda Jones (4/20/22)

1. Hex on the Beach by Gina LaManna (2/14/21)
2. The Harlech Beach Killings by Simon McCleave (12/8/21)

1. Moon Over Soho by Ben Aaronovitch (2/21/21)
2. Dark of the Moon by John Sanford (3/25/21)
3. The Dark Highlander by Karen Marie Moning (1/6/22)
4. Touch the Dark by Karen Chance (3/27/22)

1. Love You More by Lisa Gardner (3/1/21)
2. Love at First by Kate Clayborn (9/9/21)

1. Stealing Shadows by Kay Hooper (3/5/21)
2. Hiding in the Shadows by Kay Hooper (6/29/21)
3. Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner (6/21/22)

1. Stone Cold Touch by Jennifer L. Armentrout (5/17/21)
2. Cold Light of Day by Toni Anderson (8/18/21)
3. Cold Fear by Toni Anderson (2/25/22)

1. The Last Vampire by Christopher Pike (5/28/21)
2. The Last Hellion by Loretta Chase (7/2/21)
3. The Last Move by Mary Burton (4/11/22)

1. One Grave at a Time by Jeaniene Frost (6/13/21)
2. The Missing Ones by Patricia Gibney (4/5/22)
3. One Shot by Lee Child (4/13/22)
4. When No One Is Watching by Alyssa Cole (4/22/22)
5. The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate (4/27/22)

1. Winter's Mourn by Mary Stone (8/1/21)
2. The Winter Lodge by Susan Wiggs (4/17/22)

1. Born in Fire (Fire and Ice Trilogy, #1) by K.F. Breeme (8/7/21)
2. Fire Touched by Patricia Briggs (8/24/21)
3. Fire Study by Maria V. Snyder (9/16/21)
4. Raised in Fire (Demon Days, Vampire Nights, #2) by K.F. Breeme (9/20/21)
5. The Ring of Fire by Chris Bradford (11/5/21)

1. The Vampire and the Virgin by Kerrelyn Sparks (8/15/21)

1. Beyond the Highland Mist by Karen Marie Moning (7/20/21)
2. To Tame a Highland Warrior by Karen Marie Moning (9/27/21)
3. The Highlander's Touch by Karen Marie Moning (11/25/21)

1. Roses of May by Dot Hutchison (8/17/21)
2. Cold Light of Day by Toni Anderson (8/18/21)

1. Summer Flame: A Beach Read Romantic Comedy by Hayleigh Sol (10/2/21)
2. The Summer Children by Dot Hutchison (2/23/22)

1. Blood Lines by Tanya Huff (5/18/22)
2. Blood Pact by Tanya Huff (5/25/22)

[Marla]

Progressive Reading Challenge - Round #4
The Challenge Factory
Start Date: 1/1/24
Progress: 7 of 10
Completed:
Updated: 8/5/25

1. Cold Hearted by Toni Anderson (1/2/24)
* 2. cold - A Cold Day for Murder by Dana Stabenow (2/6/24)
3. for - Bleed for Me by Michael Robotham (3/5/24)
*4. for - A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters (6/22/24)
5. for - A Billionaire Wolf for Christmas by Terry Spear (12/20/24)
*6. (3x) for - Click Here For Murder by Donna Andrews (12/31/24)
7. for - A Clue for the Puzzle Lady by Parnell Hall (1/11/25)

1. Never Tell by Lisa Gardner (1/12/24)
2. never - The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness (7/22/24)

1. Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz (1/15/24)
*2. murder - A Cold Day for Murder by Dana Stabenow (2/6/24)
3. murder - Sprinkle with Murder by Jenn McKinlay (7/27/24)
* 4. murder - A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson (9/4/24)
*5. (3x) murder - Click Here For Murder by Donna Andrews (12/31/24)

1. Wurm War by Christopher Golden (2/11/24)
2. war - Star Wars: Jedi Academy by Jeffrey Brown (7/5/24)
3. war - The Duchess War by Courtney Milan (7/21/24)

1. Orphan of Destiny by Michael P. Spradlin (1/21/24)
2. of - The House of Hades by Rick Riordan (2/19/24)
3. house - Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman (10/10/24)

1. James Potter and the Hall of Elders' Crossing by G. Norman Lippert (3/14/24)
2. and the - Rush Revere and the Brave Pilgrims by Rush Limbaugh (4/25/24)
3. and - Charms and Chocolate Chips by Bailey Cates (5/7/24)
4. and - The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers (12/2/24)
5. and - Iron and Magic by Ilona Andrews (4/21/25)
6. and - To Heaven and Back by Mary C. Neal (7/22/25)

1. White Witch, Black Curse by Kim Harrison (4/6/24)
2. white - White Out by A.A. Dark (4/21/24)
3. out - Mr. Monk is Cleaned Out by Lee Goldberg (11/30/24)

1. The Spirit Thief by Rachel Aaron (3/16/24)
2. thief - Bone Thief by Thomas O'Callaghan (4/10/24)
* 3. bone - A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters (6/22/24)

1. Dead Silence by Kimberly Derting (2/29/24)
2. dead - 14th Deadly Sin by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro (4/7/24)
* 3. dead - Looking Good Dead by Peter James (5/23/24)
4. dead - Dead in the Water by Stuart Woods (9/3/24)

1. Blood Bound by Rachel Vincent (3/26/24)
2. blood - Bad Blood by John Sandford (7/5/24)
3. blood - Blood Orchids by Toby Neal (7/17/24)
4. blood - Blood Debt by Tanya Huff (3/26/25)

1. Barefoot in the Dark by Suzanne Enoch (3/25/24)
2. dark - In the Darkness by Mike Omer (6/1/24)
3. dark - Darker After Midnight by Lara Adrian (6/15/24)
4. midnight - Midnight Rescue by Elle Kennedy (7/25/24)
5. midnight - Mine Till Midnight by Lisa Kleypas (8/27/24}

1. Lover Mine by J.R. Ward (3/7/24)
2. lover - One Good Earl Deserves a Lover by Sarah MacLean (4/16/24)
* 3. good - Looking Good Dead by Peter James (5/23/24)
* 4. good - A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson (9/4/24)
*5. (3x) murder - Click Here For Murder by Donna Andrews (12/31/24)

1. Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See (3/15/25)
2. women - Becoming Women of the Word: How to Answer God's Call with Purpose and Joy by Sarah Christmyer (5/9/25)

1. A Long Time Coming by Meghan Quinn (6/6/24)
2. long - A Long, Long Sleep by Anna Sheehan (8/1/24)

1. Beyond the Grave by Jude Watson (6/27/24)
2. grave - One Grave Too Many by Beverly Connor (10/3/24)
3. one - The Only One Left by Riley Sager (6/2/25)

1. Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases by Paul Holes (4/15/25)
2. The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin (7/23/25)

1. No Good Duke Goes Unpunished by Sarah MacLean (5/29/25)
2. The Detective Duke by Scarlett Scott (7/1/25)