November '16 Serial Reader Challenge

[Nell]

NOVEMBER '16 SERIAL READER CHALLENGE


The rich golds, oranges and reds of chrysanthemums complement the late autumn leaves.

TO PARTICIPATE IN THE NOVEMBER CHALLENGE:

♦Pick five series that you want to read.

♦It can be a new or an on-going series.

♦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 at least two unread books.

♦Post series now through October 20th.

♦Pairs will be posted on October 21st.

♦Select a series for your partner between October 21st and 25th.

♦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. If there is a problem with your post and the moderator cannot contact you to correct it, you may be ineligible to participate in this month's challenge.

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

Books picked for this challenge CAN be used for the Baker's Dozen Challenge also.

[Nell]

Participants/Pairs:


√Mary picks for Lisa
√Connie picks for Mary
√Julesy picks for Karen
√Beth picks for Anne
√Anna Catharina picks for Beth
√Jennifer picks for Linda
√Troll picks for Helen
√Jeanne picks for MaryAnn
√Hilary picks for Gary
√Linda picks for Marisa
√Lisa picks for Connie
√Anne picks for Anna Catharina
√Gary picks for Troll
√Jill picks for Laura
√MaryAnn picks for Jeanne
√Marisa picks for Jennifer
√Helen picks for Marianne
√Laura picks for Julesy
√Karen picks for Jill
√Louise picks for Hilary
√Marianne picks for Sharon
√Sharon picks for Louise

[Connie N.]

I'm in again (even though I'm so behind on previous months)!

(CD) Lizzy & Diesel - Janet Evanovich (ongoing)


A Chrissy McMullen Mystery - Lois Greiman (ongoing)


Ministry is Murder - Emilie Richards (ongoing)


Orchard Mysteries - Sheila Connolly (ongoing)


An Aunt Dimity Mystery - Nancy Atherton (ongoing)

[Julesy]

I am not sure if I'll be able to complete this since I normally start a lot of holiday reading this time of year, but COUNT ME IN!

November 2016 serial read challenge

Sand and Sea Hawaiian Mystery (new series)


Laurel McKay series by Cindy Sample (ongoing series)


Cozy Mystery in the Mountains series by Liz Turner (ongoing series)


Pineapple Port series by Amy Vansant (new series)


Library Lover's series by Jenn McKinlay (ongoing series)


Julesy picks for Karen
Laura picks for Julesy

[Nell]

Mary's choices:


Belle Knudson, Mrs. Fix-it


Harper Lin, Cape Bay Cafe Mystery


Lyndsey Cole, Lily Bloom


Jessica Fletcher, Murder She Wrote


Jenna Bennet, Savannah Martin Mysteries

[Beth]

So excited to get in on this challenge and excited we can use them for the Bakers Dozen Challenge also.

Flower shop mysteries by Kate Collins-ongoing



Cookie shop mysteries by Joanne Fluke-ongoing



Coffeehouse Mysteries by Cleo Coyle-new to me



Amelia Peabody Series-new to me



Bibliophile mysteries by Kate Carlisle-new to me

[Anna Catharina]

I'm in :)

Ali Brandon: Black Cat Bookshop Mystery (ongoing)
Words With Fiends Literally Murder

Ann Granger: Lizzie Martin and Ben Ross (ongoing)
A Mortal Curiosity A Better Quality of Murder

Emilie Richards: Ministry is Murder (new to me)
Blessed Is The Busybody Let There Be Suspects

Matthew Costello: Cherringham (new to me)
Murder on Thames Mystery at the Manor

Eva Gates: Lighthouse Library Mystery (ongoing)
Reading Up a Storm Booked for Trouble

I hope I can use my November book for the Baker's Dozen Challenge :)

[Jennifer]

I'm in!

Hat Shop:


Agatha Raisin:


Cats in Trouble:


Magical Cures:


Livia Washburn's fresh-baked series

[Troll]

I am in!

Bibliophile series


Embroidery series


Button Box series


Candi Halliday series


Good Buy Girls series

[Jeanne]

Count me in this month. My choices are:

Julie Hyzy (ongoing - I have read 1 and 2)
Eggsecutive Orders and Buffalo West Wing


Parnell Hall (ongoing - I have read 1 and 2)
Puzzled to Death (Puzzle Lady, #3) A Puzzle in a Pear Tree (Puzzle Lady, #4)


Lee Harris (ongoing - I have read six)
The Thanksgiving Day Murder and The Passover Murder


Mary Daheim (ongoing - I have read 1, 2, and 3)
The Alpine Decoy (Emma Lord, #4) and The Alpine Escape (Emma Lord, #5)


Ali Brandon (new series for me)
Double Booked for Death and A Novel Way to Die

[Hilary (A Wytch's Book Review), Co-Moderator, Featured Series]

Hilary's Picks

Nicola Upson's Josephine Tey series


Hannah Reed Scottish Highlands series


Barbara Ross Clambake series


Susan Parry's Yorkshire Dales series


Joyce and Jim Lavene's Peggy Lee Garden Mysteries

[Linda C]

I'm in


Ballroom Dance Mysteries - Ella Barrick


Magical Bakery Mysteries - Bailey Cates


Home Repair is Homicide - Sarah Graves


Mobile Library Mysteries - Ian Sansom


Agatha Raisin Mysteries - M. C. Beaton

[Lisa]

These are all New Series to me:
Sorry, maybe this isn't for me to try,
I can't figure out how to get the pictures to show up.

Crime of Fashion Series -- Ellen Byerrum
Killer Hair (#1)
Designer Knockoff (#2)

Blackbird Sisters Mystery Series -- Nancy Martin
How to Murder a Millionaire (#1)
Dead Girls Don't Wear Diamonds (#2)

Dead-End Job Mystery Series -- Elaine Viets
Shop Till You Drop (#1)
Murder Between the Covers (#2)

A Fresh-Baked Mystery -- Livia J. Washburn
A Peach of a Murder (#1)
Murder by the Slice (#2)

A White House Chef Mystery -- Julie Hyzy
State of the Onion (#1)
Hail to the Chef (#2)

[Anne]

I'm in
Phryne Fischer


Cat in the Stacks


Josephine Tey


Mrs Jeffries


Cruise Ship Cozy

[Gary]

I am in again for November.

Here are my series choices. Danger Cove are the two most recent books in the series I have read all the rest including the short story in Killer Beach Reads anthology. The rest of the series are books 1 & 2 and are new to me.

Southern Pasta Shop Mystery Series by Jennifer L. Hart


Miranda Vaughn Mystery Series by Ellie Ashe


Poppy Peters Mysteries by A. Gardner


Sarah Winston Garage Sale Mystery series by Sherry Harris


Danger Cove Series by Elizabeth Ashby

[Jill]

I'm in


Daisy Dalrymple:


Books by the Bay Mystery


Agatha Raisin


Her Royal Spyness


Knitting Mystery

[MaryAnn (EmilyD1037)]

I would also like to participate.
I need to read the rules before
I can post my series'.
I haven't read any of the books in any of the series

Hannah Swenson

Southern Sisters

Lois Meade

Den of Antiquity

Mrs. Polifax

[Marisa]

Linda C picks for me: Sand and Sea Hawaiian Mystery by Kathi Daley

With pending serials, but I'm in...

Bonnie Pinkwater Mystery by Robert Spiller



Danger Cove Cocktail Mystery



A Hooked & Cooked Cozy Mystery by Lyndsey Cole



Sand and Sea Hawaiian Mystery by Kathi Daley



Bodies of Art

[Helen]

I'm in again, but nearly forgot to post!
Blaize Clement Dixie Hemingway (new)

Nancy Atherton aunt Dimity (ongoing)

Mary Daheim (ongoing) Bed and Breakfast

Cindy Sample (new) Laurel McKay

Joanne Fluke Hannah Swenson (ongoing)

[Laura]

I'm new to the challenge but I would love to try and participate.

Anna Pigeon - Nevada Barr


Passport to Peril - Maddy Hunter


Jolie Wyatt - Barbara Burnett Smith


Gaslight Mystery - Victoria Thompson


Barking Detective - Waverly Curtis

[Karen]

I'm in for November. Here are my picks.

[Louise]

1. Housewife Assassins Handbook


2. Agatha Raisin


3. Cedar Bay


4. Dead Red


5. Hetta Coffey

[Marianne]

I'm in again hopefully the covers will post when I add them. Having trouble with the pictures posting. Cupcake Murder Mystery Series , . Getting Old is Murder Series , . Pampered Pet Mystery Series , . Fixer-Upper Mystery Series , . Flower Shop Mystery Series , .

[Nell]

Sharon's choices:

Kerry Greenwood, Phryne Fisher


Jacqueline Winspear, Maisie Dobbs


Cleo Coyle, Coffeehouse Mystery


M C Beaton, Hamish MacBeth


Frances Brody, Kate Shackleton

[Nell]

Welcome to the challenge. Please pick a series for your partner.

[Anna Catharina]

Beth wrote: "So excited to get in on this challenge and excited we can use them for the Bakers Dozen Challenge also.

Flower shop mysteries by Kate Collins-ongoing

[bookco..."

Hello Beth,

I pick the Bibliophile mysteries by Kate Carlisle for your :)
Please tell me how you find it, because it's a serie I want to start, too.

[Gary]

Troll:
I am unfamiliar with your series choices, but I choose the Button Box series for you.

Happy reading.

[Laura]

Julesy

This is strictly a cover pick - love this cover for some reason

Cozy Mystery in the Mountains series by Liz Turner


Hope it is a good one!

[Jill]

Laura wrote: "I'm new to the challenge but I would love to try and participate.


Hi Laura,

I only know two of the series you have up there so I'm going to pick for you the one I like and that is the Gaslight Mysteries by Victoria Thompson.

Happy Reading!

[Gary]

I have been looking at the Gaslight series myself, I have the first one on my Nook and am thinking of using it for one of the tasks in the other challenge in this group.

[Beth]

Anne wrote: "I'm in
Phryne Fischer


Cat in the Stacks
[bookcover:Classified as Murder|969268..."

Lisa wrote: "These are all New Series to me:
Sorry, maybe this isn't for me to try,
I can't figure out how to get the pictures to show up.

Crime of Fashion Series -- Ellen Byerrum
Killer Hair (#1)
Designer Kno..."

Lisa wrote: "These are all New Series to me:
Sorry, maybe this isn't for me to try,
I can't figure out how to get the pictures to show up.

Crime of Fashion Series -- Ellen Byerrum
Killer Hair (#1)
Designer Kno..."

Hi Anne, you have series that all look interesting and will start looking into some of them. The series I choose for you is the cat in the stacks. I used to raise Maine Coon Cats and they hold a soft spot in my heart. Hope you enjoy!

[Connie N.]

Connie picks for Mary

Mary, I pick the Jessica Fletcher series for you. I've never read it, but I know my mom loved both the TV show and the books.

[Mary]

Lisa wrote: "These are all New Series to me:
Sorry, maybe this isn't for me to try,
I can't figure out how to get the pictures to show up.

Crime of Fashion Series -- Ellen Byerrum
Killer Hair (#1)
Designer Kno..."

Lisa,

I am with you, I had trouble this month getting the books to show up also. But I am picking the Crime of Fashion Series for you, I read the Killer Hair book and enjoyed it. I hope you enjoy them!

Mary

[Mary]

Connie N. wrote: "Connie picks for Mary

Mary, I pick the Jessica Fletcher series for you. I've never read it, but I know my mom loved both the TV show and the books."

Thanks , Connie I always loved the TV series and today is Angela's 90th Birthday! I love it.

Mary

[Jennifer]

Linda C. I pick magical bakery for you because I really like that series!

[MaryAnn (EmilyD1037)]

Jeanne, I picked Lee Harris for you because you have read so many all ready, and Lee Harris' series are one of my favorites. Enjoy !

[Hilary (A Wytch's Book Review), Co-Moderator, Featured Series]

Gary wrote: "I am in again for November.

Here are my series choices. Danger Cove are the two most recent books in the series I have read all the rest including the short story in Killer Beach Reads anthology...."

Hmmm Gary I don't don't know any of these so
Southern Pasta Shop Mystery Series by Jennifer L. Hart is what I pick

[Gary]

Hilary wrote: "Gary wrote: "I am in again for November.

Here are my series choices. Danger Cove are the two most recent books in the series I have read all the rest including the short story in Killer Beach Rea..."

Thanks for piclking that series. I seem to recall it is only 3 novels plus a short story long. Knocking off the first 2 next month will help clear a series from my TBR.

[Louise]

Hilary wrote: "Hilary's Picks

Nicola Upson's Josephine Tey series


Hannah Reed Scottish Highlands series
[bookcover:Hooked on Ewe|2360..."

I don't know any of your series Hillary, so I choose for you the Yorkshire Dale series

[Lisa]

Lisa picks for Connie

Hi Connie, They all look interesting, many already on my "plan to read" list.

I'm picking: An Aunt Dimity Mystery - Nancy Atherton (ongoing)

Enjoy!

[Connie N.]

Thanks, Lisa! The ones I've read so far have been fun.

[Lisa]

Mary wrote: "Lisa wrote: "These are all New Series to me:
Sorry, maybe this isn't for me to try,
I can't figure out how to get the pictures to show up.

Crime of Fashion Series -- Ellen Byerrum
Killer Hair (#1)..."

Thanks Mary, I'm excited to start!

[Julesy]

Karen, I pick the Booktown series by Lorna Barrett for you. I enjoy this series

[Marisa]

Jennifer, I choose for you the "Cats in Trouble" series, as I enjoy it a lot (I think it's one of the few series I get the book and read it as it is published). I hope you enjoy it too.

[Julesy]

Laura wrote: "Julesy

This is strictly a cover pick - love this cover for some reason

Cozy Mystery in the Mountains series by Liz Turner
[bookcover:Murder at the Festival|..."

Laura,
That's great, thanks! I know you are not supposed to judge a book by its cover, but you can't help it with these cozies.

[Troll]

Gary wrote: "Troll:
I am unfamiliar with your series choices, but I choose the Button Box series for you.

Happy reading."

Thanks, Gary! I have only read the first book in the series, and enjoyed it a lot.

[Troll]

Helen wrote: "I'm in again, but nearly forgot to post!
Blaize Clement Dixie Hemingway (new)

..."

Helen: I am picking the Hannah Swenson series by Joann Fluke for you. I have been reading this series for years now, and really enjoy it. Happy Reading!

[Gary]

Troll wrote: "Gary wrote: "Troll:
I am unfamiliar with your series choices, but I choose the Button Box series for you.

Happy reading."

Thanks, Gary! I have only read the first book in the series, and enjoyed ..."

How are the rest of the series on your list?

[Jeanne]

MaryAnn wrote: "I would also like to participate.
I need to read the rules before
I can post my series'.
I haven't read any of the books in any of the series

Hannah Swenson
[bookcover:Chocolate Chip Cookie Murde..."

Mary Ann,
You have some really great series listed, so it is really hard to choose. That said, I choose the Hannah Swenson cozies for you for November. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do. Jeanne

[Jeanne]

MaryAnn wrote: "Jeanne, I picked Lee Harris for you because you have read so many all ready, and Lee Harris' series are one of my favorites. Enjoy !"

Thanks so much, Mary Ann. I love this series, she really writes so well!