January '19 Serial Reader Challenge

[Nell]

JANUARY '19 SERIAL READER CHALLENGE

Color of the Month: Caramel - Logical, Practical, Determined

Caramel promotes practicality and helps us feel stable and responsible.

TO PARTICIPATE IN THE JANUARY 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 December 20th.

♦Pairs will be posted on December 21st.

♦Select a series for your partner between December 21st and 24th...sooner is better

♦Next month, read two (or more) books from the series selected for you.

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

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

Challenge participants are advised to have their GR account set to accept personal messages so the moderator can contact you.

[Nell]

Participants/Pairs:


❄Jennifer picks for Sharon
❄Hilary picks for Gary
❄Michelle picks for Louise
❄Marina picks for Marianne
❄Pat picks for Lori
❄Louise picks for Susan
❄Nell picks for Karen
❄Meg picks for Hilary
❄Gary picks for Nell
❄Helen picks for Barbara
❄Cynthia picks for Helen
❄Vittoria picks for Linda C
❄Karen picks for Meg
❄Connie picks for Marina
❄Anne picks for Jennifer
❄Marianne picks for Cynthia
❄Linda C picks for Anne
❄Lori picks for Connie
❄Sharon picks for Vittoria
❄Barbara picks for Pat
❄Susan picks for Michelle

[Jennifer]

Series for January:

Danger Cove


Donut Shop --


Deadwood


Bakeshop Mystery


Nocturne Falls Universe

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

I'm in again!

Frances Brody's Kate Shackleton series
A Medal for Murder
Murder In The Afternoon

Lynn Cahoon's Cat Latimer series
Fatality by Firelight
Of Murder and Men

Danger Cover (various)
Death by Scones
Four-Patch of Trouble

Tonya Kappes's Killer Coffee series
Freshly Ground Murder
Cold Blooded Brew

Monica Knightley's Stratford Upon Avondale series
Come, Bitter Poison
O Happy Dagger: A Stratford Upon Avondale Mystery

[Michelle]

I’m in here are my choices...

A Bibliophile Mystery by Kate Carlisle

A Tallie Graver Mystery by Misty Simon

A Kelly Jackson Mystery by Janet Finsilver

The Cycle Path Mystery by Duffy Brown

Southern Sisters Mystery by Miranda James

[Marina]

I am in again!


Library Lover's Mystery Series by Jenn McKinlay


Relatively Dead Series by Sheila Connolly


Booktown Mystery Series by Lorna Barrett


Amish Candy Shop Mystery Series by Amanda Flower


Oceanside Cozy Mystery Series by Susan Gillard

[Pat]

I am in.

James Patterson
Women's Murder Club Series

11th Hour
12th of Never

Michael Bennett series
Step on Crack
Run for Your Life

Alex Cross series
Kiss the Girls
Jack and Jill

Carolyn Hart
Bailey Ruth series
Ghost at Work
Merry, Merry Ghost

Alex Erickson
Bookstore Cafe Mystery

Death by Tea
Death by Pumpkin Spice

[Louise]

I'm in

1. Agatha Raisin


2. Ghost In Law


3. Miss Fortune Mysteries


4. Hetta Coffey


5. A Dead Red

[Nell]

January choices:


Deborah Crombie, Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James - selected

A Share in Death
All Shall Be Well

Carola Dunn, Daisy Dalrymple

Black Ship
Sheer Folly

Dorothy Simpson, Inspector Luke Thanet

Close Her Eyes
Last Seen Alive

Sarah Caudwell, Hilary Tamar

Thus Was Adonis Murdered
The Shortest Way to Hades

Tessa Arlen, Lady Montfort

Death Sits Down to Dinner
A Death by Any Other Name

[Meg]

Here are my choices for January (time sure flies!)

Alaska Rescue:
Finding Courage
Finding Christmas

Danger Cove series:
Tree of Life and Death
Killer Closet Case

Savannah Reid:
Cooked Goose
Sugar and Spite

Deadwood:
Gone Haunting in Deadwood
Don't Let it Snow in Deadwood

Oxford Tearoom:
Another One Bites the Crust
The Dough Must Go On

[Gary]

I'm back for January

Aloha Lagoon Mysteries by Various Authors
#8 #9

Petra Paranormal Mysteries by Margaret C. Morse
#1 #2

Ivy Meadows Mystery Series by Cindy Brown
#2 #3

Sarah Winston Garage Sale Mystery Series by Sherry Harris
#3 #4

Tourist Trap Mysteries by Lynn Cahoon
#8 #9

[Helen]

I’m in for January. I’ll need some good holiday reading. I’ll start my December books once I’m on holidays later this week, unless I get called out of town, as they’re audiobooks, and I’ll listen to them while organising things ready for moving house.

Mary Daheim, Emma Lord



Tamar Myers Den of Antiquity



Sharon Short Josie Toadfern



Edie Claire Leigh Koslow



Diana Xarissa Isle of Man

[Cynthia]

Weeee! I'm in!!

1)Flavia de Luce by Alan Bradley
The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag
A Red Herring Without Mustard

2) Hercule Poirot by Agatha Christie
The Big Four
The Mystery of the Blue Train

3) No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Blue Shoes and Happiness
The Good Husband of Zebra Drive

4) Savannah Reid by G. A. McKevett
Sour Grapes
Peaches and Screams

5) Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
Maisie Dobbs
Birds of a Feather

[✨ Vittoria ✨]

I'm in, too!

1. Black Cat Bookshop Mystery -- Ali Brandon


2. A Book Collector Mystery -- Victoria Abbott


3. Library Lover's Mystery -- Jenn McKinlay


4. Lighthouse Library Mystery -- Eva Gates


5. Bibliophile Mystery -- Kate Carlisle

[Karen]

I'm in for January. Here are my picks:

[Connie N.]

Connie's picks for January:

Amelia Peabody - Elizabeth Peters (ongoing)


An Aunt Dimity Mystery - Nancy Atherton (ongoing)


Brady Coyne - William G. Tapply (ongoing)


Chief Inspector Armand Gamache - Louise Penny (ongoing)


A Chrissy McMullen Mystery - Lois Greiman (ongoing)

[Anne]

I am in

Death on Demand


Murder She Wrote


Tea Shop Mystery


Hamish Macbeth


Aurora Teagarden

[Marianne]

I'm in again here are my choices for this month:

Baker Street Cozy Mystery Series by CeeCee James and .

Hubbert & Lil Cozy Mystery Series by Gallagher Gray
and .

A Pepper Brooks Cozy Mystery Series by Eryn Scott
and .

Frosted Love Cozy Mystery Series by Summer Prescott
and .

A Ryli Sinclair Mystery Series by Jenna St. James
and .

[Linda C]

I'm in

Cat in the Stacks - Miranda James
#6 #7

Faith Fairchild Mysteries - Katherine Hall Page
#1 #2

Comfort Food Mysteries - Christine Wenger
#3 #4

TJ Jensen Mysteries - Kathi Daley
#2 #3

Tourist Trap Mysteries - Lynn Cahoon
#8 #9

[Sharon]

I'm in. These are all new to me.
Jenn McKinlay Library Lovers
Books Can Be Deceiving, Due or Die

Kathleen Bridge Hampton Home and Gardens
Better Homes and Corpses, Hearse and Gardens

Marty Wingate Birds of a Feather
The Rhyme of the Magpie, Empty Nest

Sherry Thomas Lady Sherlock
A Study in Scarlet Women, A Conspiracy in Belgravia

Harper Lin Secret Agent Granny
Granny's Got a Gun, Granny Undercover

[Barbara]

I'm in. My theme for this month is "New Year, New Series." Each of the selections below is a new (to me) series from an author whose books I have enjoyed reading. All books listed are #1 and #2 in the respective series:

Writer's Apprentice Mysteries by Julia Buckley:


Cat Latimer Mysteries by Lynn Cahoon:


Food Lover's Village Mysteries by Leslie Budewitz:


Library Lover's Mysteries by Jenn McKinlay:


Amos Decker Mysteries by David Baldacci:

[Susan]

Evening all,
I am in and here they are
Charlotte and Thomas Pitt mysteries by Anne Perry

Gaslight mysteries by Victoria Thompson

Sebastian St, Cyr mysteries by C.S.Harris

Bess Crawford mysteries by Charles Todd
]
Charles Lenox mysteries by Charles Finch

[Nell]

Welcome to the Serial Reader Challenge everyone. Pairs are posted here. Please pick a series for your partner.

Have a cozy holiday season!

[Nell]

Karen

I pick the Cookies & Chance series for you.

[Sharon]

Hi, Vittoria. What tough choices you have! But I can't find A Book Collector Mystery -- Victoria Abbott at my library, so I'm picking that series for you. Tell me if you like it and I'll recommend it for purchase.

[✨ Vittoria ✨]

Thanks, Sharon!

Linda C, for you I've picked the Tourist Trap Mysteries series, by Lynn Cahoon! Happy reading!

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

Gary wrote: "I'm back for January

Aloha Lagoon Mysteries by Various Authors
#8 #9

Petra Paranormal Mysteries by Margaret C. Mo..."

Some great choices there Gary - but as January tends to be cold and miserable I thought Aloha Lagoon could be a good place to visit - enjoy!

[Michelle]

Louise, I pick for you Ghost-in-Law series! Happy Reading and Merry Christmas!

[Louise]

Michelle wrote: "Louise, I pick for you Ghost-in-Law series! Happy Reading and Merry Christmas!"

Thank You, Merry Christmas

[Louise]

Susan I pick for you The Gaslight Mysteries. Enjoy. Merry Christmas

[Jennifer]

Sharon, I choose Hampton Homes for you. It’s on my next-up list as well!

[Connie N.]

Marina, I'm not familiar with your series so I'm picking Oceanside Cozy Mystery Series by Susan Gillard because I love the covers!

[Sharon]

Thanks, Jennifer. I'm looking forward to it.

[Barbara]

Pat wrote: "I am in.

James Patterson
Women's Murder Club Series

11th Hour
12th of Never

Michael Bennett series
Step on Crack
Run for Your Life

Alex Cross series
Kiss the Girls
Jack and Jill

Carolyn Hart
..."

Wow, Pat! You have some excellent choices here. I love James Patterson and am at least halfway through each of the series you posted! I’m going to select the Michael Bennett series for you. If I remember correctly, the first book is a great intro to the series. Hope you enjoy the books, and Happy Holidays!

[Marina]

Marianne wrote: "I'm in again here are my choices for this month:

Baker Street Cozy Mystery Series by CeeCee James and .

Hubbert & Lil ..."

Marianne,
I am not familiar with any of the series you chose but I am most interested in the Baker Street Cozy Mystery series so that is what I pick for you. Happy reading and Happy Holiday!

[Marina]

Connie N. wrote: "Marina, I'm not familiar with your series so I'm picking Oceanside Cozy Mystery Series by Susan Gillard because I love the covers!"

Connie,
Thanks for selecting that series. I am very excited to start this series! There are over 50 books in the series so I have lots to read. Happy holidays!!

[Cynthia]

Hello Helen,
I pick for you Tamar Myers' Den of Antiquity.
Enjoy and Happy Holidays!!
P.S. I wish you all the best with your move.

[Anne]

Hi Jennifer,

I pick the Donut Shop series for you. Enjoy!! Happy Holidays

[Gary]

Hilary (A Wytch's Book Review) wrote: "Gary wrote: "I'm back for January

Aloha Lagoon Mysteries by Various Authors
#8 #9

Petra Paranormal Mysteries by M..."

Always fun to visit Aloha Lagoon and its cousin Danger Cove. Thanks for the choice. Have a Merry Christmas.

[Gary]

Wow I get to choose for our fearless leader. Nell you have some really good choices. I have been looking to start the Luke Thanet series myself, but I also enjoyed the first of the Kincaid and James series. I have been meaning to get to book 2 forever.

I will pick for you the Kincaid and James series. If you want to buddy read the first Thanet novel let me know.

Merry Christmas and Happy Reading.

[Jennifer]

Thank you Anne! I need to make headway on that series.

[Nell]

Thanks Gary. I've been meaning to start the Deborah Crombie series for ages!

[Meg]

Hilary, I choose Cat Latimer for you!

Merry Christmas to you and yours!

[Helen]

Cynthia wrote: "Hello Helen,
I pick for you Tamar Myers' Den of Antiquity.
Enjoy and Happy Holidays!!
P.S. I wish you all the best with your move."
Thank you Cynthia. Move won’t happen until February, but I’ll be away most of January, so I’m doing preparatory decluttering now.
I’m looking forward to getting back to that series, as I’ve had them waiting on my shelves for a while.

[Helen]

Barbara wrote: "I'm in. My theme for this month is "New Year, New Series." Each of the selections below is a new (to me) series from an author whose books I have enjoyed reading. All books listed are #1 and #2 in ..."
Barbara, they’re all series new to me too. I’m choosing the Library Lovers mysteries for you.

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

Meg wrote: "Hilary, I choose Cat Latimer for you!

Merry Christmas to you and yours!"

Thank you Meg, I have been meaning to get back to these for a while!

Solstice Greetings back to you and yours!

[Susan]

Morning Michelle,
I pick for you the Kelly Jackson mysteries. Sounds like a nice place. Merry Christmas.

[Michelle]

Thank you Susan. This will be a new series for me! Merry Christmas!

[Pat]

Lori wrote: "I just joined this group and this challenge sounds like a lot of fun.
Here are my choices for January:

A Book Collector Mystery by Victoria Abbott:
The Christie Curse
The Sawyer’s Swindle

The..."

Very good authors you have chosen but I chose for you Victoria Abbott the Book Collector mysteries.

Merry Christmas and happy Reading!

[Pat]

Barbara wrote: "Pat wrote: "I am in.

James Patterson
Women's Murder Club Series

11th Hour
12th of Never

Michael Bennett series
Step on Crack
Run for Your Life

Alex Cross series
Kiss the Girls
Jack and Jill

Ca..."

Thanks Barbara! I have those books are audio and I cannot wait to start.

Merry Christmas!