Lori Z's 2018 Reading Plans

[Lori Z]

Links for 2018


YLTO 2018 Yearly Challenge
Color Profiles
Goodreads List Of Settings
Index Of Mysteries
YLTO Wall

[Lori Z]

SERIAL KILLER CHALLENGE (continued from 2015)
* - read additional books in this series since January 1, 2018

POTENTIAL HIT LIST: A - F
Cheese Shop Mysteries Aames 1/7
Charmed Pie Shoppe Mysteries Adams 2/5
Memphis BBQ Mysteries Adams 1/4
Amish Quilt Shop Mysteries Alan 1/5
Little Women Series Alcott 1/3
Beth Kennedy Series Alden 2/5
Poppy Markham Culinary Cop Series Allen 1/3
*Meg Langslow Series Andrews 3/20 4/20
Franki Amato Series Andrighetti 1/3
Rose Strickland Mysteries Austin 1/4
Gertie Johnson Mystery Series Baker 1/4
Reckless Series Baker 1/4
Booktown Mysteries Barrett 4/10
Victoria Square Mysteries Bartlett 1/4
Agatha Raisin Mysteries Beaton 2/27
Classic Diner Mysteries Beck 1/7
Donut Shop Mysteries Beck 12/25
Chocolate-Centered Mystery Series Bell 1/8
Do It Yourself Mysteries Bentley 1/7
Bonnie Indermill Series Berry 4/8
Mary Crow Series Bissell 1/7
Intervention Series Blackstock 1/3
Sun Coast Chronicles Blackstock 2/4
Granville Island Mysteries Blair 1/3
Louisiana History Collection Blake 3/7
Cooking Class Mysteries Bliss 1/5
A Piece of Cake Mysteries Brady 1/6
Black Cat Bookshop Mysteries Brandon 2/5
Cat Who...Mysteries Braun 3/29
Lucy Kincaid Series Brennan 1/12
Mrs. Murphy Series Brown 3/25
Food Lovers' Village Mysteries Budewitz 1/3
Louisiana Series Busbee 6/8
*Great Library Series Caine 1/3 2/3 3/4 4/4 KILLED
Quilts of Lancaster County Series Cameron 1/4
Chocoholic Mysteries Carl 7/16
Seven Deadly Sins Series Caskie 1/4
Nikki Heat Series Castle 1/7
Pizza Lovers Mysteries Cavender 4/7
Ashton Corners' Book Club Mysteries Chase 1/5
Elm Creek Quilts Series Chiaverini 17/20
Scrapbooking Mysteries Childs 6/14
*Miss Marple Mysteries Christie 1/13 2/13
Key News Series Clark 1/10
Wedding Cake Mysteries Clark 1/4
Hollywood Series Collins 2/5
County Cork Mysteries Connelly 1/5
Orchard Mystery Series Connolly 2/9
Jack Stapleton/Laurie Montgomery Series Cook 3/10
Granite Cove Mysteries Cook 1/3
Kay Scarpetta Series Cornwell 18/23
Charley Sloan Series Coughlin 1/5
Southern Quilting Mysteries Craig 1/5
Wayward Pines Series Crouch 1/3
Valcour Series Daniels 1/3
Maze Runner Series Dashner 1/3
Domestic Diva Series Davis 1/9
Lincoln Rhyme Series Deaver 2/13
Miss Zukas Series Dereske 1/12
Montgomery/Taggert Series Deveraux 2/16
Lady Trilogy Deveraux 0/3
Deadly Games Series Diaz 1/4
Hardy Boys Mysteries Dixon 1/190
Midnight Louie Series Douglas 1/27
Savage Secrets Series Edwards 1/12
Pride and Prejudice Chronicles Elliott 1/3
Misty Harbor Series Evanick 1/7
Alex Barnaby Series Evanovich 2/4
Elsie Hawkins Evanovich 1/4
*Fox and O'Hare Series Evanovich 1/5 2/5
Potluck Catering Club Series Everson 1/3
Carolyn Blue Culinary Mysteries Fairbanks 1/11
Needlecraft Mysteries Ferris 1/19
Spellshadow Manor Series Forrest 1/6
Off The Grid FBI Trilogy Freethy 1/3
Dublin Murder Squad French 1/6

[Lori Z]

SERIAL KILLER CHALLENGE (continued from 2015)
* - read additional books in this series since January 1, 2018

POTENTIAL HIT LIST: G - L
Missouri Series Garlock 1/3
Crown Spies Series Garwood 1/4
Southern Sisters Mysteries George 2/8
Mountain Trilogy George 1/3
Rizzoli And Isles Gerritsen 1/11
Seaside Knitters Mysteries Goldenbaum 8/11
Dennehy Sisters Series Goodman 1/5
Kinsey Millhone Series Grafton 8/24
*North American Woman Trilogy Graham 2/3 3/3 KILLED
Puzzle Lady Mysteries Hall 1/17
Lara McClintoch Archeological Mysteries Hamilton 1/11
Vintage Kitchen Mysteries Hamilton 1/5
Death On Demand Series Hart 2/25
Crochet Mysteries Hechtman 3/10
O'Malley Series Henderson 1/6
Hope Springs Series Hinton 1/5
Holmes On The Range Series Hockensmith 1/5
Sandy Reid Mysteries Hoisington 3/6
Hayley Powell Food & Cocktails Mysteries Hollis 1/6
*Dotsy Lamb Mysteries Hudgins 1/5 2/5
Passport To Peril Mysteries Hunter 6/10
*The Collector Series Hutchison 1/3 2/3
Yada Yada Prayer Group Series Jackson 3/7
Kent Family Chronicles Jakes 4/8
Wind Dancer Series Johansen 1/4
Sweet Bites Mystery Series Justesen 1/4
Ruby, The Rabbi's Wife Series Kahn 3/6
Forensic Instincts Kane 2/4
Glass Slipper, Inc Series Kauffman 1/4
*Nancy Drew Mysteries Keene 5/175 6/175
*Bill Hodges Trilogy King 2/3 3/3 KILLED
Kinship & Courage Series Kirkpatrick 1/3
Scruples Series Krantz 1/3
Kisses Series Lakes 1/10
*Tiki Goddess Mysteries Landis 2/4 3/5
Embroidery Mysteries Lee 1/9
Cherry Cola Book Club Series Lee 1/4
Cape Bay Cafe Mysteries Lin 1/4
Ben Hood Thriller Series Lindsay 1/25
Reid Family Series Lindsey 2/4
Ly-San-Ter Trilogy Lindsey 1/3
Girls Do Or Don't Series Linz 1/4
Cookie Cutter Shop Mysteries Lowell 2/6
*Gentleman Bastard Series Lynch 1/3 2/3 3/3 KILLED

[Lori Z]

SERIAL KILLER CHALLENGE (continued from 2015)
* - read additional books in this series since January 1, 2018

POTENTIAL HIT LIST: M - R
Blossom Street Series Macomber 1/10
Tomorrow Series Marsden 1/7
Local Foods Mysteries Maxwell 1/4
*No 1 Ladies Detective Agency Series McCall Smith 1/16 2/19
Savannah Reid Mysteries McKevett 2/22
Cupcake Bakery Mysteries McKinlay 5/8
Library Lover's Mysteries McKinlay 4/6
Lucy Stone Mysteries Meier 19/22
Captive Series Michaels 2/4
Zamonia Series Moers 1/8 (translated ?)
Anne Of Green Gables Series Montgomery 3/9
Warrior Series Moore 1/15
Ashfall Series Mullin 1/4
Pennsylvania Dutch Mysteries Myers 14/20
*Frannie Shoemaker Campground Mysteries Nortman 1/6 2/8
Temeraire Series Novik 1/9
Savage Seasons Series O'Banyon 1/4
Texas Heat Wave Trilogy Ortolon 1/3
Rose Trilogy Parker 1/3
Masqueraders Series Parker 1/5
Alex Cross Series Patterson 18/23
Private Series Patterson 1/11
*Women's Murder Club Series Patterson 11/15 12/16
Kingdom Keepers Series Pearson 3/8
Westward Dreams Series Peart 1/6
Angie Amalfi Series Pence 1/16
*Chief Inspector Armand Gamache Series Penny 2/11 3/14
*Amelia Peabody Mysteries Peters 1/19 2/20
Chicago Stars Series Phillips 1/7
Wynette Texas Phillips 2/7
Southern Fried Mysteries Pickens 3/5
Werner Family Series Plain 1/5
Book Of Time Trilogy Prevost 1/3
Vanza Series Quick 1/4
Eugenia Potter Series Rich 3/6
Ministry Is Murder Series Richards 1/5
Dandridge Trilogy Riefe 1/3
*Percy Jackson & The Olympians Series Riordan 1/5 2/5
Aspen Valley Inn Series Robbins 1/3
Calhoun Women Series Roberts 3/5
Morgan-Challenger Series Rogers 1/6
Mom Zone Mysteries Rosett 5/8

[Lori Z]

SERIAL KILLER CHALLENGE (continued from 2015)
* - read additional books in this series since January 1, 2018

POTENTIAL HIT LIST: S - Z
Knitting Mysteries Sefton 7/13
Mike Daley Mysteries Siegel 1/7
Sky's Legacy Series Small 4/6
Aftershock Series Sorenson 2/4
Thoroughly Southern Mysteries Sprinkle 3/10
Hope Street Church Mysteries Stanley 2/5
Collectible Mysteries Stanley 1/5
Devereaux Dime Store Mysteries Swanson 2/5
Scumble River Mysteries Swanson 3/18
Yellow Rose Mysteries Sweeney 2/5
Enchanted, Inc Series Swendson 1/7
Saar Series Taylor 1/4
Southern Historical Trilogy Taylor 1/3
Betsy Livingston/Pecan Bayou Mysteries Trent 1/5
Welcome To Tyler Series Varied Authors 4/12
Dead End Job Mysteries Viets 1/15
Goldtein & Cruz Trilogy Wallace 1/3
Fresh Baked Mysteries Washburn 4/10
Delilah Dickinson Literary Tour Mysteries Washburn 2/4
Nina Quinn Mysteries Webber 2/7
Ya Yas Series Wells 1/3
Night Trilogy Wiesel 1/3
Verity Long Mysteries Wilcox 1/6
*Twilight Texas Series Wilde 5/8 6/8
Maisie Dobbs Series Winspear 2/12
Last Policeman Series Winters 1/3
Birmingham Series Woodiwiss 2/5
Chesapeake Shores Series Woods 1/13
Trinity Harbor Trilogy Woods 1/3
Cemetery of Forgotten Books Trilogy Zafon 1/3

[Lori Z]

SERIAL KILLER CHALLENGE (continued from 2015)

New Series Added Since January 1, 2018

Adventures of Tom and Huck Twain 1/4
Chronos Files Walker 1/3
Roderick Alleyn Series Marsh 1/32
Brides of the West Series Copeland 1/6
Hercule Poirot Mystery Series Christie 1/45 2/45
Mickey Haller Series Connelly 1/6
Royal Diaries varied authors 2/20
My Name Is America Series varied authors 1/19
Mary Magruder Katz Series Levenson 1/3
Walt Longmire Series Johnson 1/14
Butternut Lake Series McNear 1/6
Spice Shop Mysteries Budewitz 1/3
Big Sky Dreams Series Wick 1/3
Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys Super Mysteries Keene 1/36
Three Sisters Island Roberts 1/3
Cue Ball Mystery Series Blackburn 1/6
Shakespeare Stealer Blackwood 1/3
Magical Bakery Mystery Series Cates 1/7
Mrs Pollifax Series Gilman 1/14
Ghost-In-Law Mystery Series Deleon 1/6
Old Man's War Series Scalzi 1/6
Kendra Donovan Series McElwain 1/4
Samantha Rialto Series Katy 1/4
Greek Island Mysteries Christodoulou 1/5

[Lori Z]

January 2018 Reads


YLTO January 2018 Group Reads:
Theme: 2017 Best Sellers
Options:
Little Fires Everywhere
✔ Into the Water 1/13/18
YLTO January 2018 Group Read: COMPLETED

YLTO January 2018 Challenge Options:
Jonathan Kellerman
John Sandford
Melanie Rawn
✔MaryJanice Davidson Undead and Unwed 1/18/18
YLTO January 2018 Challenge: COMPLETED

YLTO 2018 Yearly Challenge:
12th of Never (Cancer/Stone) 1/5/18
Into the Water (Pisces/Element) 1/13/18
The Book of Lost Things (Aries/Element) 1/23/18
Fourth of July Creek (Leo/Month) 1/31/18

YLTO Serial Killer Challenge (2015)
12th of Never 1/5/18
Red Seas Under Red Skies 1/26/18

[Lori Z]

February 2018 Reads


YLTO February 2018 Group Reads:
Theme: Fairy tales/retelling fairy tales
Options:
Cinder
Alice

YLTO February 2018 Toppler Option:
✔Blue Jeans and Coffee Beans 2/16/18
YLTO February 2018 Toppler: COMPLETED

YLTO February 2018 Challenge Option:
✔The Curse of the Pharaohs 2/28/18
YLTO February 2018 Challenge: COMPLETED

YLTO 2018 Yearly Challenge:
Snow in April (Taurus/Month) 2/6/18
Blue Jeans and Coffee Beans (Aquarius/Symbol) 2/16/18

YLTO Serial Killer Challenge (2015)
The Curse of the Pharaohs 2/28/18

[Lori Z]

March 2018 Reads


YLTO March 2018 Group Reads:
Theme: Historical Fiction
Options:
The Essex Serpent
The Black Tulip

YLTO 2018 Yearly Challenge:
The Chase (Gemini/Stone) 3/10/18
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Scorpio/Actor) 3/17/18
Paper and Fire (Sagittarius/Element) 3/22/18
Timebound 3/30/18

YLTO Serial Killer Challenge (2015)
The Chase 3/10/18
Paper and Fire 3/22/18
Hardcore Twenty-Four (orphan) 3/24/18
The Republic of Thieves (series killed) 3/30/18

[Lori Z]

April 2018 Reads


YLTO April 2018 Group Reads:
Theme: Medical Theme
Options:
Never Let Me Go
Frankenstein
Sickened: The Memoir of a Munchausen by Proxy Childhood

YLTO April 2018 Toppler:
Three to Get Lei'd 4/8/18
COMPLETED

YLTO 2018 Yearly Challenge:
I'll Be Home for Christmas (Capricorn/North American Zodiac) 4/6/18
A Man Lay Dead (Libra/North American Zodiac) 4/7/18
Three to Get Lei'd (Sagittarius/Stone) 4/8/18
Ash and Quill (Gemini/Superhero) 4/15/18
March of Crime (Aries/Month) 4/21/18
June (Cancer/Month) 4/25/18
Thirteen At Dinner (Gemini/Symbol) 4/30/18

YLTO Serial Killer Challenge (2015)
I'll Be Home for Christmas 4/6/18
Three to Get Lei'd 4/6/18
Ash and Quill 4/15/18
March of Crime (orphan) 4/21/18

[Lori Z]

May 2018 Reads


YLTO May 2018 Group Reads:
Theme: Characters Pretending to be Someone Else
Options:
The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse
The Talented Mr. Ripley

YLTO 2018 Yearly Challenge:
Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nile - 57 B.C. (Virgo/Stone) 5/3/18
The Lincoln Lawyer (Libra/Symbol) 5/5/18
Schindler's List (Sagittarius/Actor) 5/12/18
They Came to Baghdad (Aries/North American Zodiac) 5/18/18
As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride (Scorpio/Stone) 5/19/18
Anastasia: The Last Grand Duchess, Russia, 1914 (Virgo/North American Zodiac) 5/20/18
The Journal of Jesse Smoke : A Cherokee Boy, Trail of Tears, 1838 (Sagittarius/Symbol) 5/24/18
Roses of May (Gemini/Month) 5/29/18

[Lori Z]

June 2018 Reads


YLTO June 2018 Group Reads:
Theme: Books with title and subtitle
Options:
Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche
Imperium: A Novel of Ancient Rome
✔A Street Cat Named Bob: And How He Saved My Life 6/19/18
YLTO June 2018 Theme Read COMPLETED

YLTO June 2018 Toppler:
Options:
✔Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon 6/5/18
✔Fatal February 6/8/18
✔Postcards from the Edge 6/3/18
✔Here on Earth 6/7/18
A Street Cat Named Bob: And How He Saved My Life
Mimosas, Mischief, and Murder
Finger Lickin' Dead
✔'The Witch Tree Symbol 6/9/18
YLTO June 2018 Toppler: COMPLETED

YLTO 2018 Yearly Challenge:
End of Watch (Cancer/Superhero) 6/1/18
Postcards from the Edge (Cancer/Actor) 6/3/18
Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon (Virgo/Superhero) 6/5/18
Here on Earth (Capricorn/Element) 6/7/18
Fatal February (Pisces/Month) 6/8/18
Daughter of Fortune (Cancer/North American Zodiac) 6/13/18
Tears of the Giraffe (Leo/Symbol) 6/15/18
The Cold Dish (Pisces/North American Zodiac) 6/17/18
Up at Butternut Lake (Pisces/Symbol) 6/18/18
Nefertiti (Leo/Stone) 6/23/18
Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter (Capricorn/Actor) 6/24/18
A Man Called Ove (Capricorn/Symbol) 6/26/18
Assault and Pepper (Leo/North American Zodiac) 6/30/18

YLTO Serial Killer Challenge (2015)
End of Watch (Series Killed) 6/1/18
Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon 6/5/18
The Witch Tree Symbol 6/9/18
Tears of the Giraffe 6/15/18

[Cherie]

I have wanted to read A Street Cat Named Bob for a long time. I did not have any good cat covers. I might have to see if my library has it now. I looked at all of your topper covers. I had a different cover in my TBR for the Carrie Fisher book. hmm.

[Lori Z]

Cherie wrote: "I have wanted to read A Street Cat Named Bob for a long time. I did not have any good cat covers. I might have to see if my library has it now. I looked at all of your topper covers. I had a differ..."

I've had A street cat named Bob on my list for a couple years too. I just found out its a movie, I'll have to check it out after I read the book.

The Carrie Fisher book was a complete accident for the toppler. I checked it out for the Zodiac Challenge before the toppler rules were announced and it just so happened that my library had the cover with the glasses on it. Luckily I was able to renew it and hold off reading it till toppler time. Love it when a plan comes together.

[Lori Z]

July 2018 Reads


YLTO July 2018 Group Reads:
Theme: books with a place name in the title
Options:
Brooklyn
The Boston Girl
✔Evil in Amsterdam 7/14/18
YLTO July 2018 Group Read: COMPLETED

YLTO July 2018 Monthly Challenge Options:
The Cross and the Switchblade
Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series
Time Cat
I Escaped from Auschwitz

YLTO 2018 Yearly Challenge
The Thirteen Problems (Leo/Superhero) 7/3/18
Sabrina (Taurus/Actor) 7/3/18
The Cruelest Month (Taurus/North American Zodiac) 7/7/18
The Sea of Monsters (Aries/Superhero) 7/11/18
People of the Book (Scorpio/North American Zodiac) 7/12/18
Evil in Amsterdam (Aquarius/North American Zodiac) 7/14/18
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid (Libra/Element) 7/19/18
Dance Upon the Air ( Aquarius/Element) 7/21/18
The Atlantis Gene (Aquarius/Superhero) 7/26/18
77 Days in September (Libra/Month) 7/28/18

YLTO Serial Killer Challenge (2015)
The Thirteen Problems 7/3/18
The Cruelest Month 7/7/18
The Sea of Monsters 7/11/18

[Lori Z]

August 2018 Reads


YLTO August 2018 Group Reads:
Theme: Set in a Mediterranean Country
Options:
Beautiful Ruins
The Gabriel Hounds

YLTO August 2018 Monthly Challenge:
Options:
'Til Dirt Do Us Part

YLTO August 2018 Toppler:
Options:
✔The Siren 8/12/18
Shipwreck on the Beach
YLTO August 2018 Toppler: COMPLETED

YLTO 2018 Yearly Challenge:
Doc (Taurus/Symbol) 8/1/18
Playing With Poison (Scorpio/Symbol) 8/4/18
The Little White Horse (Aries/Actor) 8/11/18
The Siren (Pisces/Superhero) 8/12/18
The Passenger (Taurus/Element) 8/19/18
Death of a Lovable Geek (Gemini/North American Zodiac) 8/19/18
The Shakespeare Stealer (Libra/Stone) 8/26/18

YLTO Serial Killer Challenge (2015)
Death of a Lovable Geek 8/19/18

[Lori Z]

September 2018 Reads


YLTO September 2018 Group Reads:
Theme: Digits in the title
Options:
4:50 from Paddington
22 Britannia Road

YLTO 2018 Yearly Challenge:
Eight Days in August (Virgo/Month) 9/1/18
The October List (Scorpio/Month) 9/5/18
A Wedding in December (Capricorn/Month) 9/7/18
Smoke and Iron (Sagittarius/Superhero) 9/11/18
Brownies and Broomsticks (Aquarius/Stone) 9/18/18
Love Not a Rebel (Aries/Stone) 9/22/18
Titanic Victims and Villains: Villians and Victims (Taurus/Superhero) 9/29/18
Those Who Wish Me Dead (Leo/Element) 9/30/18

YLTO Serial Killer Challenge (2015)
Smoke and Iron 9/11/18
Love Not a Rebel (Series Killed) 9/22/18

[Lori Z]

October 2018 Reads


YLTO October 2018 Group Reads:
Theme: City, Town or Village in the title
Options:
The City & the City
The Lost City of the Monkey God

YLTO October 2018 Toppler:
Options:
✔Murder on the Orient Express 10/10/18
Trouble in Mudbug not finished in time
YLTO October 2018 Toppler: COMPLETED

YLTO 2018 Yearly Challenge:
Mrs. Pollifax on the China Station (Pisces/Stone) 10/5/18
Murder on the Orient Express (Gemini/Actor) 10/10/18
Trouble in Mudbug (Aries/Symbol) 10/14/18
Old Man's War (Virgo/Element) 10/22/18
A Murder in Time (Capricorn/Stone) 10/24/18
The Hiding Place: A Thriller (Cancer/Element) 10/29/18

[Lori Z]

November 2018 Reads


YLTO November 2018 Group Reads:
Theme: Feminist Fiction
Options:
Who Fears Death
The Handmaid's Tale

YLTO 2018 Yearly Challenge:
Kindred (Scorpio/Superhero) 11/4/18
Midnight Express (Aquarius/Actor) 11/8/18
The Woman in the Window (Sagittarius/Month) 11/8/18
The Blue Coyote (Cancer/Symbol) 11/11/18
Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea (Libra/Superhero) 11/18/18
The Boys from Brazil (Virgo/Actor) 11/20/18
Crooked House (Pisces/Actor) 11/21/18
Mystic River (Leo/Actor) 11/25/18

YLTO Serial Killer Challenge (2015):
The Blue Coyote 11/11/18

[Lori Z]

December 2018 Reads


YLTO December 2018 Group Reads:
Theme: Human Rights
Options:
Sugar Money
The Hate U Give

YLTO December 2018 Toppler: COMPLETED
Options:
✔The Road 12/2/18

YLTO 2018 Yearly Challenge:
The Road (Libra/Actor) 12/2/18
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics (Scorpio/Element) 12/8/18
January Kills Me (Aquarius/Month) 12/14/18
Sickened: The Memoir of a Munchausen by Proxy Childhood (Taurus/Stone) 12/16/18
My Name Is Mary Sutter (Capricorn/Superhero) 12/24/18
Room (Gemini/Element) 12/26/18
The Olympus Killer (Sagittarius/North American Zodiac) 12/28/18