Lori Z's 2021 Reading Plans

[Lori Z]

Links for 2021


2021 YLTO Yearly Challenge
Color Profiles
Goodreads List Of Settings
Mappit
Index Of Mysteries
YLTO Wall

Stats as of January 1, 2021:
Want to Read Shelf - 760
Books Owned Shelf - 329
TBR Series Books - 795

[Lori Z]

SERIAL KILLER CHALLENGE (continued from 2015)
* - read additional books in this series since January 1, 2021

POTENTIAL HIT LIST: A - F
Cheese Shop Mysteries Aames 1/7
Charmed Pie Shoppe Mysteries Adams 3/5
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 4/20
Franki Amato Series Andrighetti 1/3
Rose Strickland Mysteries Austin 1/4
Gertie Johnson Mystery Series Baker 1/4
Tales of the Frog Princess Baker 1/9
Reckless Series Baker 1/4
Murder 101 Mystery Series Barbieri 1/7
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
Cue Ball Mysteries Blackburn 1/6
Intervention Series Blackstock 1/3
Sun Coast Chronicles Blackstock 2/4
Shakespeare Stealer Series Blackwood 1/3
*Granville Island Mysteries Blair 1/3 2/3
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 5/29 (1 out of order)
Lucy Kincaid Series Brennan 1/12
Mrs. Murphy Series Brown 3/25
Food Lovers' Village Mysteries Budewitz 1/3
Spice Shop Mysteries Budewitz 1/3
Louisiana Series Busbee 6/8
The Dresden Files Butcher 1/17
*Stillhouse Lake Series Caine 2/5 3/5 4/5 5/5 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
Magical Bakery Mysteries Cates 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 3/13
Greek Island Mysteries Christodoulou 1/5
Key News Series Clark 1/10
Wedding Cake Mysteries Clark 1/4
Mercy Falls Coble 1/3
Hollywood Series Collins 2/5
Mickey Haller Series Connelly 1/6
County Cork Mysteries Connelly 1/5
Orchard Mystery Series Connolly 3/12
Jack Stapleton/Laurie Montgomery Series Cook 3/10
Granite Cove Mysteries Cook 1/3
Brides of the West Series Copeland 1/6
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
Domestic Diva Series Davis 1/9
Lincoln Rhyme Series Deaver 2/13
Ghost-In-Law Mystery Series Deleon 1/6
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 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 2/6

[Lori Z]

SERIAL KILLER CHALLENGE (continued from 2015)
* - read additional books in this series since January 1, 2021

POTENTIAL HIT LIST: G - L
Missouri Series Garlock 1/3
Crown Spies Series Garwood 1/4
Lighthouse Library Mystery Gates 1/6
Southern Sisters Mysteries George 2/8
Mountain Trilogy George 1/3
Rizzoli And Isles Gerritsen 2/12
Ruby Red or Precious Stone Trilogy Gier 2/3
Mrs. Pollifax Series Gilman 1/14
Queen Bees Quilt Mystery Goldenbaum 1/4
Seaside Knitters Mysteries Goldenbaum 8/11
Dennehy Sisters Series Goodman 1/5
Kinsey Millhone Series Grafton 8/24
Cameron saga Civil War Trilogy Graham 1/3
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
Christmas Street Series Horrocks 2/4
Dotsy Lamb Mysteries Hudgins 2/5
Passport To Peril Mysteries Hunter 6/10
The Collector Series Hutchison 2/3
Yada Yada Prayer Group Series Jackson 4/7
Kent Family Chronicles Jakes 4/8
Wind Dancer Series Johansen 1/4
Walt Longmire Series Johnson 1/14
Sweet Bites Mystery Series Justesen 1/4
Iron Fey Series Kagawa 1/8
Ruby, The Rabbi's Wife Series Kahn 3/6
Forensic Instincts Kane 2/4
Samantha Rialto Katy 1/4
Glass Slipper, Inc Series Kauffman 1/4
Nancy Drew Mysteries Keene 6/175
Kinship & Courage Series Kirkpatrick 1/3
Scruples Series Krantz 1/3
Kisses Series Lakes 1/10
Tiki Goddess Mysteries Landis 4/5
Time Quintet L'Engle 2/5
Embroidery Mysteries Lee 1/9
Cherry Cola Book Club Series Lee 1/4
Mary Magruder Katz Series Levenson 1/3
Jaine Austen Mysteries Levine 14/16
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
Nick and Nora Mysteries LoTempio 1/3
Cookie Cutter Shop Mysteries Lowell 2/6

[Lori Z]

SERIAL KILLER CHALLENGE (continued from 2015)
* - read additional books in this series since January 1, 2021

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 2/19 3/21
Kendra Donovan Series McElwain 1/4
Savannah Reid Mysteries McKevett 2/22
Cupcake Bakery Mysteries McKinlay 5/8
Library Lover's Mysteries McKinlay 4/6
Butternut Lake Series McNear 1/6
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 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 14/20
Kingdom Keepers Series Pearson 3/8
Westward Dreams Series Peart 1/6
Angie Amalfi Series Pence 1/16
*Chief Inspector Armand Gamache Series Penny 3/14 4/17
Amelia Peabody Mysteries Peters 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 4/5
Aspen Valley Inn Series Robbins 1/3
Calhoun Women Series Roberts 3/5
Three Sisters Island Trilogy Roberts 2/3
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, 2021

POTENTIAL HIT LIST: S - Z
Old Man's War Series Scalzi 3/6 (also subseries)
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 4/19
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
Chronos Files Series Walker 1/3
Goldtein & Cruz Trilogy Wallace 1/3
Fresh Baked Mysteries Washburn 4/10
Delilah Dickinson Literary Tour Mysteries Washburn 2/4
Nina Quinn Mysteries Webber 3/7
Ya Yas Series Wells 1/3
Night Trilogy Wiesel 1/3
Verity Long Mysteries Wilcox 1/6
*Big Sky Dreams Series Wick 1/3 2/3
Twilight Texas Series Wilde 7/8
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, 2021

Rex Graves Mystery Series Challinor 1/10
Danger Cove Series Ashby 1/24
Pages & Co Series James 1/4
White House Chef Mystery Series Hyzy 1/9
Mr. Lemoncello's Library Series Grabenstein 1/5

[Lori Z]

January 2021 Reads

January YLTO Group Reads
Theme: Rose/s on cover or in title
Options:
Song of a Captive Bird
Blackberry & Wild Rose

Just Because:
The 13th Gift: A True Story of a Christmas Miracle 1/2/21
Agent 355 1/12/21
A Great and Terrible Beauty 1/17/21
The Minuteman: The Forgotten Legacy of Nat Arno and the Fight Against Newark's Nazis 1/17/21

YLTO 2021 Yearly Challenge:
Badge 1/Museum 1/Interactive - The Lifeboat Clique 1/29/21

[Lori Z]

February 2021 Reads


February YLTO Group Reads:
Theme: There's a number in the title
Options:
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
The One-in-a-Million Boy

Toppler Options:
✔Sisters First: Stories from Our Wild and Wonderful Life 2/17/21
✔Christmas is Murder 2/17/21
✔Murder on the First Day of Christmas 2/20/21

YLTO 2021 Yearly Challenge:
Badge 1/Museum 1/Location - Morality for Beautiful Girls 2/14/21
Badge 2/Museum 24/Collection - Curious Minds 2/14/21

[Lori Z]

March 2021 Reads


March YLTO Group Reads:
Theme: Set in Ireland
Options:
Holding
The Pull of the Stars

YLTO 2021 Yearly Challenge:
Badge 1/Museum 15/Collection - My Lucky Life in and Out of Show Business 3/15/21
Badge 1/Museum 1/About - The Bookish Life of Nina Hill 3/31/21

[Lori Z]

April 2021 Reads


April YLTO Group Reads:
Theme: Book about witches
Options:
The Mercies
The Year of the Witching

YLTO 2021 Yearly Cahllenge:
Badge 1/Museum 7/Interactive - Wolfhunter River 4/17/21

YLTO 2015 Yearly Challenge (Continued):
Wolfhunter River 4/17/21

[Lori Z]

May 2021 Reads


May YLTO Group Reads:
Theme: Titles starting with "M", "A" or "Y"
Options:
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Americanah

YLTO 2021 Yearly Challenge
Badge 1/Museum1/Collection - Secret of the Painted Lady 5/9/21

[Lori Z]

June 2021 Reads


June YLTO Group Reads:
Theme: Body of water in title
Options:
Frenchman's Creek
The House in the Cerulean Sea

YLTO 2021 Yearly Challenge:
Badge 1/Museum 7/About - Bitter Falls 6/2/21
Badge 1/Museum 7/Location - A Rule Against Murder 6/10/21
Badge 1/Museum 5/About - The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 6/28/21

YLTO 2015 Yearly Challenge (continued)
Bitter Falls 6/2/21
A Rule Against Murder 6/10/21

[Lori Z]

July 2021 Reads


July 2021 YLTO Group Reads:
Theme: Thriller
Options:
Find Me
My Sister, the Serial Killer

YLTO 2021 Yearly Challenge:
Badge 2/Museum 4/Collection - Heartbreak Bay
Badge 1/Museum 7/Collection - Cassidy 7/9/21
Badge 1/Museum 5/Collection - Miss Spitfire: Reaching Helen Keller 7/19/21
Badge 1/Museum 15/Interactive - Tilly and the Bookwanderers 7/29/21

YLTO 2015 Yearly Challenge (continued)
Heartbreak Bay 7/7/21 (killed series)
Cassidy 7/9/21

[Lori Z]

August 2021 Reads


August 2021 YLTO Group Reads:
Theme: Books with a beach setting or beach scene on the cover
Options:
Allie and Bea
Remarkable Creatures

YLTO 2021 Yearly Challenge:
Badge 1/Museum 5/Location - State of the Onion 8/6/21
Badge 1/Museum 5/Interactive - A Mighty Long Way: My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High School 8/29/21

[Lori Z]

September 2021 Reads


September 2021 YLTO Group Reads:
Theme: 1st book in a fantasy series
Options:
Ink and Bone
The Shadow of What Was Lost

YLTO 2021 Yearly Challenge:
Badge 1/Museum 15/Location - The Black Echo 9/9/21

Just Because:
Why Not Me? 9/26/21

[Lori Z]

October 2021 Reads


October 2021 YLTO Group Reads:
Theme: Paranormal
Options:
Under the Whispering Door
The Silent Companions

Just Because:
Buried Deep 10/2/21
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 10/21/21
Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics 10/25/21

YLTO 2021 Yearly Challenge:
Badge 1/Museum 15/About - Overexposed 10/9/21

[Lori Z]

November 2021 Reads


November 2021 YLTO Group Reads:
Theme: Dual timelines
Options:
The Thirteenth Tale
The Lost Apothecary

YLTO Monthly Challenge:
Beware, Princess Elizabeth 11/22/21

Just because:
Love from Giraffes Can't Dance 11/11/21
Brave Jane Austen: Reader, Writer, Author, Rebel 11/11/21
You Can Thank Me Later 11/17/21
Viva Durant and The Secret of the Silver Buttons 11/27/21

[Lori Z]

December 2021 Reads


December 2021 YLTO Group Reads:
Theme: Classic on main page
Options:
A Christmas Carol
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

YLTO Monthly Challenge:
✔The Switch 12/30/21

YLTO 2015 Yearly Challenge:
Fortune and Glory: Tantalizing Twenty-Seven(orphan) 12/9/21

Just because:
Escape from Virtual Island 12/12/21
Body Of Proof 12/27/21
Snow Day 12/27/21

[Lori Z]

Wrapping up 2021:


Want to read shelf - 760 as of 1/1/21 - 773 as of 1/1/22
Books owned shelf - 329 as of 1/1/21 - 354 as of 1/1/22
TBR series books - 795 as of 1/1/21 - 803 as of 1/1/22

YLTO Serial Killer Challenge (2015)
Only killed off 1 series but only added 5 so not too bad.

Well, it looks like I kept myself a little under control this year.

[Janice, Moderator]

I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one who didn't put a dent in the ever growing pile.

[Lori Z]

I am right there with you. Read 60 books this year and the pile just gets bigger, lol.