December '16 Serial Reader Challenge

[Gary]

Kristie that would be me.

[Marisa]

Connie N. wrote: "I'm in for December:

Lucy Stone - Leslie Meier (new to me)


Jack Daniels Mystery - J.A. Konrath (ongoing)
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Connie, I pick for you Lucy Stone - Leslie Meier (new to me). I haven't read any of the series but I'm curios what you think about this.

Sorry being late, but it has been a hectic week at work, so I'm a bit out.

[Marisa]

Karen wrote: "Hi Marisa, You have some interesting picks. I picked the Hooked and Cooked Mystery series for you. Happy Reading!

Karen
Marisa wrote: "XXX picks for me:

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

Bonn..."

Thank you, Karen, I'll tell you how I feel about it (although I've read some of them and I've liked them).

[Connie N.]

Thanks, Marisa, I was hoping for one of the Christmas-themed books.

[Becky]

Kristie wrote: "Nell, who should I be picking for? I didn't see a name next to mine on the list."

when i looked it says Gary

[Gary]

Yep so says message 2. As well as msg 51 and now msg 55. :).
No hurry as I am still working on a challenge in another group for this month.

[Nell]

It looks like Sharon and Gary still need a series picked for them. I sent a message to your choosers yesterday. Since it's a holiday weekend, I'm giving them an extra day.

[Gary]

Nell wrote: "It looks like Sharon and Gary still need a series picked for them. I sent a message to your choosers yesterday. Since it's a holiday weekend, I'm giving them an extra day."

I figured with the US holiday weekend it might be delayed. No problem here. Now back to me current read which would have been for the Baker's Dozen challenge, but I have already used up the categories this book would work for.

[Kristie]

Gary wrote: "Yep so says message 2. As well as msg 51 and now msg 55. :).
No hurry as I am still working on a challenge in another group for this month."

Thank you, for some reason on my app it doesn't show. I can see it on the desktop version now. Will go look for your series and pick one. Thank you for your patience.

[Kristie]

Gary, I pick the Bed and Batter series for you. I hope you like them. They are on my very lengthy TBR list still.

[Gary]

Thanks Kristie. I managed to snag the first 2 in the series for my Nook on sale not long ago. I look forward to digging into them.

[Sharon]

Thanks, Nell. Looking forward to getting my pick.

[Nell]

Sharon

I pick the Hamish Macbeth series by M.C. Beaton for you. Those are quick fun reads for the holiday season.

Thank you for your patience.

[Sharon]

Thanks, Nell. I read the first 2 in October. It will be fun to read a couple more.

[Jeanne]

I finished the first book assigned for the December challenge. It was Puzzled to Death by Parnell Hall. I have to say it kept me guessing until the end. Thanks for choosing this series for me, Hillary.

[Gary]

Started my first book for this month's challenge.

[Becky]

Gary wrote: "Started my first book for this month's challenge."

I am getting ready to start mine tomorrow. i found the first 2 on audio so I'm looking forward to my commutes to work & may have to eat lunch in my car to listen at lunch too lol

[Gary]

Reading mine on my Nook. Alternating between the cozy and a re-read of the 3rd book in David Edding's Belgariad

[Gary]

Finished Bun for Your Life by Karoline Barrett.I enjoyed the first book in this new series. Looking forward to reading the second book later this month.

[Jeanne]

Finished the second book in my December challenge - A Puzzle in a Pear Tree by Parnell Hall. I do really enjoy this series.

[Kristie]

Glad you enjoyed my pick for you, Gary!

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

I just finished and I have jumped right in to !

[Gary]

Kristie wrote: "Glad you enjoyed my pick for you, Gary!"

It was a really fine start to the series. For those looking for a new series,give it a try. I should get to book two sometime this week.

[Becky]

I am listening to Crewel World in the car. I'm hoping book 2 in the series is better. I'm having a hard time with this one but i also realize that it's setting it all up for the rest of the series. not sure i really like any of the characters though.

[Kristie]

I finished my first book, Once Upon a Grind, and was so pleased with it. I think it's one of the better ones in the series! I hope to read the next one in the series later this month.

[Anna Catharina]

I finished my first December book some days ago: I loved every page! Hope to start the next one today :)

[Lori]

Just finished my first book . Really enjoyed it on to the next one.

[Beth]

Finished the first in the Domestic diva series The Diva Runs Out of Thyme. I thoroughly enjoyed it and will definitely add it to my bookshelf. Now on to the second book!

[Becky]

Becky wrote: "I am listening to Crewel World in the car. I'm hoping book 2 in the series is better. I'm having a hard time with this one but i also realize that it's setting it all up for the rest of the series...."

I hated book one but i'm glad i committed to book 2. the characters are more likeable in this book. I may continue the series after this one.

[Gary]

Beth wrote: "Finished the first in the Domestic diva series The Diva Runs Out of Thyme. I thoroughly enjoyed it and will definitely add it to my boo..."

Read that a while back and really enjoyed it as well.

[Gary]

I am about a quarter of the way through Raisin the Dead the second book in the series. There are only 2 books in the series so far. I am enjoying this just as much as I enjoyed the first book.

[Anna Catharina]

Yesterday I finished my second December book: A Better Quality of Murder
I like the Lizzie Martin & Ben Ross serie! The main characters are likeable and smart, the story is interesting and I love every single page :)

[Gary]

Kristie wrote: "Gary, I pick the Bed and Batter series for you. I hope you like them. They are on my very lengthy TBR list still."

Down to the last 3 chapters of the second book. Thanks for picking this series. It really is enjoyable. A couple editorial errors buged me a bit, but won't impact my rating.

[Gary]

Finished my second book.

[Helen]

Finished my first December challenge book yesterday,

[Jennifer]

Finishing first The Cat, the Sneak and the Secret and starting second The Cat, The Collector and the Killer today. Happy holidays everyone!

[Jennifer]

Finished my second for the month -- and the series, as it happens. :)

[Becky]

Finished my second in the Monica Ferris needlework series. glad i committed to a second book because if I would have stuck with just the first i'd boycotted her forever but book 2 was much better.

[Beth]

Finished my second in the domestic diva series. Absolutely enjoyed them and will definitely continue the series. On to 2017!

[Helen]

Just finished my second challenge book on New Year's Eve, Even Cat Sitters get the Blues, by Blaize Clement. It had a rather bizarre and improbable plot, not as good as the first in the series.