November 19 Serial Readers Challenge

[Nell]

NOVEMBER '19 SERIAL READER CHALLENGE

Book Lover's Day is the first Saturday in November


TO PARTICIPATE:

♦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 22nd.

♦Pairs will be posted on October 23rd.

♦Select a series for your partner between October 23rd and 25th.

♦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 22nd. 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:


🦃Linda R picks for Meg
🦃Jessica picks for Sharon
🦃Sharon picks for Michelle
🦃Jennifer picks for Hilary
🦃Hilary picks for Jennifer
🦃Michelle picks for Gary
🦃Helen picks for Linda C
🦃Meg picks for Linda R
🦃Linda C picks for Barbara
🦃Barbara picks for Helen
🦃Gary picks for Susan
🦃Susan picks for Jessica

[Linda]

Linda's picks for November!

Library Lover's Mysteries by Jenn McKinlay (ongoing)


Talk Radio Mysteries by Mary Kennedy (ongoing)


Emergency Dessert Squad by Laura Bradford
(ongoing)


Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear (ongoing)


Mad for Mod Mysteries by Diane Vallere (new to me)

[Jessica]

First one for me!

Enchanted Garden Mysteries by Bailey Cattrell (ongoing, will be caught up)


Clock Shop Mysteries by Julianne Holmes (ongoing, will be caught up)


Berry Basket Mysteries by Sharon Farrow (ongoing, will be caught up)


Hamptons Home and Garden Mysteries by Kathleen Bridge (ongoing, will be caught up)


Cypress Cove Mysteries by Carlene O'Neil (ongoing, will be caught up)

[Sharon]

I love Book Lovers Day! Never heard of it before, but I'm willing to celebrate all month. So here are my November picks.
Continuing:
Sherry Harris' Sarah Winston
All Murders Final! and A Good Day to Buy

Mary Feliz's Maggie McDonald
Disorderly Conduct and Cliff Hanger

Harper Lin's Secret Agent Granny
Granny Strikes Back and Granny Bares It All

New to me:
Victoria Gilbert's Blue Ridge Library mysteries
A Murder for the Books
Past Due for Murder

Annette Dashofy's Zoe Chambers mysteries
Circle of Influence
Lost Legacy

[Jennifer]

In!!

Series for November:

Donut Shop --


Nocturne Falls Universe


Rat Pack


Her Royal Spyness


Phryne Fisher

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

I'm in again :D ... Hilary's picks

Aloha Lagoon by various
Bikinis Bloodshed
Death of the Kona Man

Ritter Ames's Organization series
Organized for S'more Death
Organized for Masked Motives

Winnie Archer's bread shop series
The Walking Bread
Flour in the Attic

Danger Cove by various
Killer Colada: a Danger Cove Cocktail Mystery
Passion, Poison & Puppy Dogs

Peggy Erhart's Knit and Nibble series
Died in the Wool
Knit One, Die Two

[Michelle]

My November picks are....

Candy-Coated Mystery by Nancy CoCo
3.5 All I Want For Christmas is Fudge
4 All You Need Is Fudge


A Bibliophile Mystery by Kate Carlisle
11 Once Upon A Spine
12 Buried in Books


A-Year-Round Christmas Mystery by Vicki Delaney
3 Hark the Herald Angels Slay
4 Sikent Night, Deadly Night


Beyond thePage Bookstore by Lauren Elliot
1 Murder By the Book
2 Prologue to Murder


A Jazzi Zander’s Mystery by Judi Lynn
2 The Body in the Wetlands
3. the Body in the Gravel

[Meg]

Here are mine!


Lexi Graves
Trigger Snappy
A Few Good Women

Lexie Starr
The Extinguished Guest
Haunted

Madigan Amos
Chameleons and a Corpse
Foxes and Fatal Attraction

Lucky O'Toole
Wanna Get Lucky?
Lucky Stiff

Sweet's Sweets
Sweet Payback
Sweet Somethings

[Helen]

I’m in again for November.

Kerry Greenwood, Corinna Chapman.


Louise Penny, Chief Inspector Gamache


Mary Daheim Bed and Breakfast mysteries.


Diana Xarissa Isle of Man Mysteries.


Edie Claire Leigh Koslow.

[Linda C]

I'm in.

Faith Fairchild Mysteries - Katherine Hall Page
#1 #2

Seaside Knitters Mysteries - Sally Goldenbaum
#2 #3

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries - Charlaine Harris
#5 #6

Aunt Dimity Mysteries - Nancy Atherton
#11 #12

Do It Yourself Mysteries - Jennie Bentley
#3 #4

[Barbara]

Count me in! Another group of choices from Hoopla:

Sarah Winston Garage Sale Mysteries by Sherry Harris (ongoing):


Cape Bay Café Mysteries by Harper Lin (ongoing - will be up-to-date):


Cat Latimer by Lynn Cahoon (ongoing):


Zoe Chambers by Annette Dashofy (ongoing):


Webb's Glass Shop by Cheryl Hollon (ongoing - will be up to date):

[Gary]

I'm back for another month.

Berry Basket Mysteries by Sharon Darrow
#1 #2

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

Proverbial Crime Mysteries by Dane McCaslin
#2 #3

Barb Jackson Mysteries by Anna Snow
#2 #3

Merry Wrath Mysteries by Leslie Langtry
#10 #11

[Susan]

Some great series choices for cool November nights
Inspector Lynley by Elizabeth George
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William Monk be Anne Perry

Hercule Poirot by Agatha Christie

Inspector Gamache by Louise Penny

Inspector Alleyn by Ngaio Marsh

[Nell]

Welcome to the challenge everyone. Pairs are posted in msg 2. Please pick a series for your partner.

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

Jennifer wrote: "In!!

Series for November:

Donut Shop --
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I don't really know any of your series Jennifer - but you seem to have a fair few of the Nocture Universe ones to go at - so those are my pick for you for November!

[Gary]

Susan

All good selections to pick from. Hard to pick one though. However, I pick the series by the Ngaio Marsh, hard to go wrong with Inspector Alleyn. My only hesitation on the Poor or series is you have The Big Four, which has tons of mixed reviews.

Happy reading

[Michelle]

Hey Gary, how about something new! So I pick Berry Basket Mysteries. Happy Halloween and Happy Reading to You!!

[Gary]

Michelle wrote: "Hey Gary, how about something new! So I pick Berry Basket Mysteries. Happy Halloween and Happy Reading to You!!"

Looking forward to starting that series. Thanks for the choice.

[Jessica]

Sharon wrote: "I love Book Lovers Day! Never heard of it before, but I'm willing to celebrate all month. So here are my November picks.
Continuing:
Sherry Harris' Sarah Winston
All Murders Final! and A Good Day t..."

Hi, Sharon! The one I'm choosing Victoria Gilbert's Blue Ridge Library mysteries for you! I hope you enjoy!

[Linda]

Meg wrote: "Here are mine!


Lexi Graves
Trigger Snappy
A Few Good Women

Lexie Starr
[bookcover:The Exti..."

Meg,
I've only read one of your series and that's the one I'm picking for you. Enjoy visiting with Samantha and the rest of the characters from Sweet's Sweets (and try not to drool on your book over all the goodies they will be cooking up). Happy reading!

[Linda C]

Linda C picks for Barbara

Cape Bay Café Mysteries by Harper Lin (ongoing - will be up-to-date)

It's great to be up to date on a series. Happy reading.

[Helen]

Linda C wrote: "I'm in.

Faith Fairchild Mysteries - Katherine Hall Page
#1 #2

Seaside Knitters Mysteries - Sally Goldenbaum
[boo..."

Hi Linda, you have a couple of series I like in your list, so the choice is difficult.
I think I’ll pick my old friend Aunt Dimity for you.

[Linda C]

Helen wrote: "Linda C wrote: "I'm in.

Faith Fairchild Mysteries - Katherine Hall Page
#1 #2

Seaside Knitters Mysteries - Sally..."

thank you. it's truly time to revisit Aunt Dimity

[Jennifer]

Hilary (A Wytch's Book Review) wrote: "I'm in again :D ... Hilary's picks

Aloha Lagoon by various
Bikinis Bloodshed
Death of the Kona Man[bookcover:Death of the Kona..."

Hilary, I'm picking Knit and Nibble for you --I've been eyeing that series for awhile now. Thanks for Nocturne Falls Universe -- that's definitely a series I want to get finished!

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

Jennifer wrote: "Hilary, I'm picking Knit and Nibble for you --I've been eyeing that series for awhile now. Thanks for Nocturne Falls Universe -- that's definitely a series I want to get finished! "

Thank you Jennifer - I have been eyeing the Knit and Nibbles for a couple of months now!

[Sharon]

Michelle, the Bibliophile Mysteries are among my favorites, so I pick them for you. Enjoy!

[Sharon]

Thanks, Jessica. I just discovered them and I'm looking forward to reading them!

[Meg]

Linda wrote: "Linda's picks for November!

..."

Hi, Linda: I've only read of your series picks, as well. lol. So I'll choose that one...Mad for Mod by Diane Vallere.

Edited to say that, oops, I've read one book from one of your other series. But it's been awhile so I kind of forgot...

[Meg]

Linda wrote:

Meg,
I've only read one of your series and that's the one I'm picking for you. Enjoy visiting with Samantha and the rest of the characters from Sweet's Sweets (and try not to drool on your book over all the goodies they will be cooking up). Happy reading!

Thanks, Linda! I've read Connie Shelton for a long time now, so happy to get to the next two of this series.

P. S. Yea, it's hard to get through Sweet's Sweets without getting a serious sugar craving. 😋

[Linda]

Meg wrote: "Linda wrote: "Linda's picks for November!

..."

Hi, Linda: I've only read of your series picks, as well. lol. So I'll choose that one...Mad for Mod by Diane Vallere.

Edited to say that, oops, I'..."

Thanks Meg! I’m excited to try this series!

[Barbara]

Helen wrote: "I’m in again for November.

Kerry Greenwood, Corinna Chapman.


Louise Penny, Chief Inspec..."

Hi, Helen,

This is a really easy choice for me. Because I like the Inspector Gamache books so much, I am choosing them for you. If you listen to them on audio, you'll get an added bonus as Ralph Cosham is an excellent narrator! Happy reading!

[Barbara]

Linda C wrote: "Linda C picks for Barbara

Cape Bay Café Mysteries by Harper Lin (ongoing - will be up-to-date)

It's great to be up to date on a series. Happy reading."

Ooh, Thank you, Linda! I really enjoy visiting Cape Bay and I will be happy to be (finally) caught up with a series. Thank you!

[Nell]

Kate wrote: "First time for me
..."

Kate - I'm glad to see that you are interested in participating. Because this challenge works by pairing participants, you have to post your choices by the deadline. Sorry that you missed the date. We do this each month usually starting on the 15th. I hope you will re-post your choices when we open the thread next month.

[Michelle]

Thanks Sharon, I love that series!

[Susan]

Jessica wrote: "First one for me!

Enchanted Garden Mysteries by Bailey Cattrell (ongoing, will be caught up)


Clock Shop Myste..."
Among my favourite things are clocks. So the Clock shop mysteries sound really interesting Enjoy.

[Jessica]

Susan wrote: "Jessica wrote: "First one for me!

Enchanted Garden Mysteries by Bailey Cattrell (ongoing, will be caught up)


..."

Thanks, Susan! I loved the first book and am looking forward to finishing the ones that are out now!

[Helen]

Barbara wrote: "Helen wrote: "I’m in again for November.

Kerry Greenwood, Corinna Chapman.


Louise Penny..."

Thank you Barbara. I agree, the audiobooks are great.

[Jennifer]

Finished my first pick: and started my second: which I will finish sometime today. I hope to knock out a couple more this month as well.

[Linda]

Finished my first book, Pillow Stalk last night and really enjoyed it. Now I want to watch a ton of Doris Day movies. Looking forward to seeing what happens next!

[Jennifer]

Knocked out a third (this series has some short works) -

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

Wow read my two books in quick succession (Died in the Wool and Knit One, Die Two by Peggy Ehrhart) so thank you for the pick Jennifer!

[Barbara]

I finished my first book Double Shots, Donuts, and Dead Dudes by Harper Lin. I really enjoy the Cape Bay Café Mysteries! In case you're interested, my review can be found here.

[Linda]

Just finished #2 for the month - That Touch of Ink. Really enjoyed my introduction to the series. Thanks for the great pick Meg!

[Gary]

I thought I was having an off month reading. I have only finished 1 book this month, which was mostly read in October. I am only at 47% on my first book in this challenge, some two weeks into reading it. Then I looked at what else I was reading, 36% through Killer's Wedge, an 87th Precinct novel. Then I am 54% through the 3rd Tarzan Novel and have so far knocked out 20% more of the 6th Wheel of Time door-stopper and have listened on audio book format to part of The Return of Sherlock Holmes.

[Helen]

Ive finally finished my first, . It is an audiobook, which I usually listen to while driving, and a long road trip last week was cancelled.
Hopefully I’ll get through the second close to the end of the month, as I’m loving this series.

[Gary]

Finished my first, , what a fun read. On to book 2.

[Jessica]

Finished my first-

[Jessica]

And finished the second last night-

[Gary]

I will not get my second done this month as I am finishing off 2 other books first. 28 pages left in one of the books and 102 in the other. The second of those books is about 1000 pages long and I have been working on it off and on since last year. I may just grab the head phones fire up my Kindle and listen to the conclusion on the Audible copy.

I am 17 percent into my second book for this challenge. So far an enjoyable read.