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Serial Reader - 2022

New series
I. Wollstonecraft Detective Agency
1.the Case of the Missing Moonstone
2. The Case of the Girl in Grey
3. The case of the Counterfeit Criminals
4. The Case of the Perilous Palace
II. Thursday Next
1. The Eyre Affair
2. Lost in a Good Book
3. The Well of Lost Plots
4. something Rotten
III. Memoirs of Lady Trent
1. A Natural History of Dragons
2. The Tropic of Serpents
3. The Labyrinth of Drakes
4. The Voyage of the Basilisk
5. In the Sanctuary of Wings
IV. Barbara Buncle
1. Miss Buncle’s Book
2. Miss Buncle Married
3. The Two Mrs. Abbotts
V. Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James
1. A Share in Death
2. All Shall be Well
3. Mourn Not Your Dead
4. Leave the Grave Green
5. Dreaming if the Bones
6. Kissed a sad Goodbye
7. A Finer End
8. And Justice there is none
9. And Now You may Weep
10. In a Dark House
11. water Like A Stone
12. Where Memories Lie
13. Necessary as Blood
14. No mark upon Her
15. The Sound of Broken Glass
16. To Dwell in Darkness
17. Garden of Lamentations
18. A Bitter Feast
VI. Green Ember
1. The Green Ember
2. Ember Falls
3. Ember Rising
One Reread Series
Mrs. Pollifax
1. The Unexpected Mrs Pollifax
2. The Amazing Mrs Pollifax
3. The Elusive Mrs Pollifax
4. A Palm for Mrs Pollifax
5. Mrs Pollifax on Safari
6. Mrs Pollifax on the China Station
7. Mrs Pollifax and the Hong Kong Buddha
8. Mrs Pollifax and the Golden Triangle
9. Mrs Pollifax and the Whirling Dervish
10. Mrs Pollifax and the Second Thief
11. Mrs Pollifax Pursued
12. Mrs Pollifax and the Lion Killer
13. Mrs Pollifax, innocent Tourist
14. Mrs Pollifax Unveiled
Continued series
Inspector Gamache
1. The Madness of Crowds
2. All the Devils are Here
Ladies #1 Detective Agency
1. The Double Comfort Safari Club
2. The Saturday Big Tent Wdding
3. Limpopo academy of Private Detection
4. Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon
5. Handsome Man’s Deluxe Cafe
6. The Woman Who Walked I. sunshine
7. Precious and Grace
8. House of Unexpected Sisters
9. The Colors of all the Cattle
10. Land of Long Lost Friends
11. How to Raise an Elephant

Thank you all.

TOTAL books 42/35
Started 22 series this year.
Finished 0 series I have started before this year.
Read 20 books that are part of a series I started before this year.
ONGOING
* Aaron Falk (#1): Force of Nature
* Armand Gamache (#1-15): All the Devils Are Here (#16); The Madness of Crowds (#17)
* Beryl & Edwina (#1-5): Murder Through the English Post (#6)
* Brother Cadfael (#1): One Corpse Too Many (#2)
* Canongate's The Myths: The Penelopiad; A Short History of Myth; Weight: The Myth of Atlas and Heracles
* Cherringham Shorts:(#1-39): Cherringham - Cold Case: A Cosy Crime Series (#40); Cherringham - No Place to Hide: A Cosy Crime Series (#41); Cherringham - In the Frame: A Cosy Crime Series (#42)
* Chet and Bernie (#1-9): A Cat Was Involved (#0.1)
* Hogarth Shakespeare Project (Vinegar Girl): The Gap of Time
* Hugo Marsten (#1): The Crypt Thief (#2)
* Josephine Tey (#1-2, 4-6,8): Nine Lessons (#7); The Secrets of Winter (#9); Dear Little Corpses (#10)
* Lady Hardcastle Mystery(#1-7): Rotten To The Core (#8)
* Laetitia Rodd (#1-2): The Mystery of the Sorrowful Maiden (#3)
* Maggie Hope (#1-10): The Hollywood Spy (#11)
* Maisie Dobbs (#1-15): The Consequences of Fear (#16); A Sunlit Weapon (#17)
* Rosalind Thorne (#1-4): A Counterfeit Suitor (#5)
* Thursday Murder Club (#1): The Man Who Died Twice (#2)
* Zoe Chambers (#1-2): Bridges Burned (#3); With a Vengeance; (also have 5&6)
STARTED
* Aunt Bessie (Isle of Man): Aunt Bessie Assumes (#1)
* Aunties: Dial A for Aunties (#1)
* Before the Coffee Gets Cold: Before the Coffee Gets Cold (#1)
* Canongate's The Myths: The Penelopiad
* Cash Blackbear Mysteries: Murder on the Red River (#1)
* Commissario Brunetti: Death at La Fenice (#1)
* Dr Siri Paiboun: The Coroner's Lunch
* Ellis Porter: Free Reign
* Genevieve Lenard: The Gauguin Connection
* Highway 59: Bluebird, Bluebird
* Libby Sarjeant: Murder in Steeple Martin
* Lord and Lady Hetheridge: Ice Blue
* Lord Edgington Investigates: Murder at the Spring Ball: A 1920s Mystery
* Martin Beck: The Laughing Policeman(#4)
* Miss Marple: Murder at the Vicarage
* Moon Mystery Series: Moon Signs
* Oakwood Mysteries: The Book Club Murders
* Rachel Getty and Esa Khattak: The Unquiet Dead
* Rare Book Mysteries: The Dirty Book Murder: A Rare Book Mystery -- Volume I
* WPC Billie Harkness: Death in a Blackout
FINISHED - NONE
NOT PURSUING FURTHER
Aunt Bessie (#1)
Chet and Bernie (#1-9)
Evan Evans (#1-2)
Lord Edgington Investigates (#1)
Lord and Lady Hetheridge (#1)
Rare Book Mysteries (#1)
Moon Mystery Series (#1)

Congratulations to everyone who finished since the last update! Well done!
Sheila, your number is 419 if you need it for the future!
Gwen, I haven't yet added you as I was wondering if you had a goal you were working towards?


Goal: 29/25, 116.00%
Continuing - 9/10
05. John Cleaver [3/6]
#3: I Don't Want to Kill You - 03 Oct 2022, 4/5
Starting - 10/5
10. The Lake Witch Trilogy [1/2]
#1: My Heart Is a Chainsaw - 02 Oct 2022, 3/5

15/13
I finished for the year and read two extra series books!
Thank you for running this.

Start 6/10 new series:
Highlander by Karen Marie Moning Beyond the Highland Mist
21/40

Start 7/10 books:
The Crimson Shadow by R.A/ Salvatore The Sword of Bedwyr red Niovember 28, 2022.
22/40

Goal: 31/25, 124.00%
Continuing - 10/10
03. Miss Marple [12/16]
#10: A Caribbean Mystery - 07 Nov 2022, 3/5
Starting - 11/5
11. The Elric Saga [1/12]
#1: Elric of Melniboné - 21 Nov 2022, 2/5

69/75
The Missing Piece - John Lescroart - Dismas D-Hardy #19
Deadly Ever After - Eva Gates - Lighthouse Mystery #8
Book plate Special - Lorna Barrett - Booktown Mystery #3

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