July '22 Serial Reader Challenge

[Nell]

JULY '22 SERIAL READER CHALLENGE

THE POWER OF IMAGINATION
The ability to conceptualize and envision a different future



TO PARTICIPATE IN THE JULY 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 June 20th.

♦Pairs will be posted on June 21st.

♦Select a series for your partner between June 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.

[Nell]

Players


⚾Hilary picks for Pat
⚾Cheryl picks for Linda C
⚾Linda R picks for Cheryl
⚾writer picks for Linda R
⚾Linda C picks for Nell
⚾Oleander picks for Meg
⚾Zermeena picks for Marianne
⚾Jennifer picks for Karen
⚾Nell picks for Jennifer
⚾Marianne picks for Hilary
⚾Meg picks for Oleander
⚾Karen picks for Zermeena
⚾Helen picks for writer
⚾Pat picks for Helen

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

In for July!

Alison Goldon's Inspector Graham series
The Case of the Broken Doll
The Case of the Missing Letter

Paige Shelton's Farmer's Market series
Farm Fresh Murder
Fruit of All Evil

Lynn Cahoon's Farm to Fork series
Killer Comfort Food
A Fatal Family Feast

B R Snow's Thousand Island Doggy Inn series
The Case of the Hurricane Hounds
The Case of the Itinerant Ibizan

Sarah Fox's Literary Pub series
An Ale of Two Cities
The Malt in Our Stars

[Cheryl A.]

July '22

Continuing to clear out my TBR mountain!


I picked Aurora Teagarden Mysteries for Linda C.
Linda R picked An Angela Morton Campground Mystery for me.

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Mail Carrier Cozy Mystery by Tonya Kappes (new)
Stamped Out
Address For Murder

Magical Cures Mystery by Tonya Kappes (new)
A Charming Crime
A Charming Cure

Fern Grove Cozy Mystery by Abby Reede (new)
Carnations and Deadly Fixations
One Daisy and Two Crazy Funerals

Trouble Cat Mysteries Series by Carolyn Haines et al (new)
Familiar Trouble
Trouble in Dixie

An Angela Morton Campground Mystery by Lucinda D. Davis (new)
Murder and Marshmallows
The Sinister Secrets of Hanover Farm
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[Linda]

July picks!

Nikki Heat by Richard Castle (ongoing)


Bad Hair Day by Nancy J. Cohen (ongoing)


Charlotte Graham by Stefanie Matteson (ongoing)


Candle making by Tim Myers (ongoing)


Della Cooks by Melinda Wells (ongoing)

[writer...]

In for July..


Culinary Mystery Series by Josi Kilpack

Katherine Hayton Tea Shop Cozy Mysteries - Books 1-6


T.E. Kinsey Lady Hardcastle series


Lynn Cahoon Tourist Trap series


Kate Parker Deadly series

[Linda C]

I'm in

Knitting Mysteries - Maggie Sefton
#5 #7

Home Repair is Homicide Mysteries - Sarah Graves
#8 #9

Patience Price Mysteries - Julie Anne Lindsey
#1 #2 #3

Do It Yourself Mysteries - Jennie Bentley
#5 #6 #7

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries - Charlaine Harris
#9 #10

[Oleander]

I'd like to join in.

Black Cape Case Files by Matt Abraham
#1 #2

Davis Way Crime Caper by Gretchen Archer *Picked by Meg
#3 #4

Ghost-in-Law by Jana Deleon
#5 #6

Miss Fortune Mystery by Jana Deleon
#5 #6

Rose Gardner Mystery by Denise Grover Swank
#5.5 #6

I picked for Meg

[Zermeena]

I'm in for July!

Inspector Gamache - Louise Penny


Poppy McAllister - Libby Klein


Irish Village - Carlene O'Connor


Haunted Home Renovations - Juliet Blackwell


Peridale Cafe - Agatha Frost

[Jennifer]

In!

Merry Wrath


Greatest hits (Langtry)


Savannah Reid


Bakeshop Mystery


John Ceepak

[Nell]

Nell's Tourist-ey picks


Manor House Mystery by Julie Hyzy


Bed & Breakfast by Mary Daheim


Art Lover's by Hailey Lind


Benni Harper by Earlene Fowler


Cajun Country Mystery by Ellen Byron

[Marianne]

I’m in again will update with my choices later on my laptop
Here are my choices:
Beachfront Bakery Series by Fiona Grace
&
Barkside of the Moon Series by Renee George
&
Movie Club Mysteries by Zara Keane
&
Cassie Coburn Mystery by Samantha Silver
&
Tea & Tarot Cozy Mystery by Kirsten Weiss
&

[Meg]

July 2022

A couple of tributes to July 4th, and other goodies!

Death on Demand
Yankee Doodle Dead
White Elephant Dead

Mainly Needlepoint
Thread and Gone
Dangling by a Thread

Travel Can Be Murder
Death by Flamenco
Death by Gondola

Josie Marcus Mystery Shopper
The Fashion Hound Murders
An Uplifting Murder

Body Movers
11 Bodies Moving On
12 Bodies and a Wedding

[Karen]

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

[Helen]

My picks for July. I’ll be on a road trip for the first two weeks with a friend, so will take something from my TBR mountain.

Joan Hess Claire Malloy



Simon Brett Fethering



Mary Daheim Alpine



Veronica Black Sister Joan



Abigail Keam Mona Moon

[Pat]

Sorry I am late. Been a rough week.

Lauren Elliott
Murder by the Book
Prologue to Murder

Kate Kingsbury
In Hot Water
In Too Steep

Sandra Brown
Smash Cut
Tough Customer

Alice Kimberly, Cleo Coyle
The Ghost and Mrs. McClure
The Ghost and the Dead Deb

Janet Evanovich
Four to Score
High Five

[Nell]

Welcome to Serial Reader challenge! A great way to read all those series in your tbr!

Pairs are posted at msg 2. Please pick a series for your partner.

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

Pat wrote: "Sorry I am late. Been a rough week.

Lauren Elliott
Murder by the Book
Prologue to Murder

Kate Kingsbury
In Hot Water
In Too Steep

Sandra Brown
Smash Cut
Tough Customer

Alice Kimberly, Cleo ..."

Some nice choices here Pat! But as I am currently working my way through the Lauren Elliott books they are my pick for you, happy reading!

[Linda]

Cheryl wrote: "July '22

Continuing to clear out my TBR mountain!


I pick for XXX.
XXX picks for me.

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Mail Carrier Cozy Mystery by Tonya Kappes (new)
[book:Sta..."

Hi Cheryl!

I haven't read any of your series but since it is vacation season I am going with the campground series for you. Happy reading!

[Jennifer]

Karen wrote: "I'm in for July. Here are my picks:

[bookcover:As..."

Karen, I’m choosing Phryne Fisher for you- I hope you enjoy!

[Oleander]

Hi Meg, both of your Fourth of July choices looked appealing, so I'm choosing Mainly Needlepoint for you. I hope you have a splendid holiday and Happy Reading!

[Cheryl A.]

Linda C wrote: "I'm in

Knitting Mysteries - Maggie Sefton
#5 #7

Home Repair is Homicide Mysteries - Sarah Graves
[bookcover:Tool and ..."

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I love Hallmark Movies & Mysteries! So, naturally, I chose the Aurora Teagarden Mysteries for this month. Enjoy!
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[Cheryl A.]

Linda wrote: "Cheryl wrote: "July '22

Continuing to clear out my TBR mountain!


I pick for XXX.
XXX picks for me.

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Mail Carrier Cozy Mystery by Tonya Kappes (new)
[bookcover:Stamped Out|4869..."

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The 2 eBooks of An Angela Morton Campground Mystery have been on my TBR mountain for a long, long time. I am so glad to finally have a reason the push them to the top! Thank you for picking them!
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[Meg]

Oleander, it was kind of tough to choose. You had four series listed that I love. I did a blind pick and the fun Davis Way Crime Caper won.

Thanks for choosing Mainly Needlepoint for me. One of the books encompasses the 4th of July so it worked out great.

[Pat]

Helen I recommend Mary Daheim the Alpine series. I love this series. Happy reading!

[Pat]

Thank you Hillary! I love the Lauren Elliott books. I have downloaded them on eReader

[Oleander]

Thank you Meg. I've been enjoying the zaniness of Davis Way.

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

Pat wrote: "Thank you Hillary! I love the Lauren Elliott books. I have downloaded them on eReader"

Likewise! They are a good hunker down with a mug of tea and just escape book :D

[Zermeena]

Hi Marianne - I'm not familiar with any of your series. So I'm randomly picking the Beachfront Bakery series. I hope you enjoy them!

[writer...]

Linda wrote: "July picks!

Bad Hair Day by Nancy J. Cohen (ongoing)
[bookc..."

Hi Linda.. EnJoy your ‘Bad Hair Day’ for July ‘s Fun Reading Pick!!

[Linda]

writer... wrote: "Linda wrote: "July picks!

Bad Hair Day by Nancy J. Cohen (ongoing)
[bookc..."

Hi Linda.. EnJoy your ‘Bad Hair Day’ for July ‘s Fun Reading Pick!!"

Thank you! Looking forward to getting back to it! Also I think it will really help my summer spell it out challenge.

[Nell]

Jennifer

I pick the Bakeshop mysteries for you. Looks like you are almost caught up with that one.

[Jennifer]

I am— good choice. Thanks!

[Helen]

writer... wrote: "In for July..

[book..."

Hi writer,
The only one of your series I know are the Lady Hardcastle books, so I’m choosing those for you.

[Helen]

Pat wrote: "Helen I recommend Mary Daheim the Alpine series. I love this series. Happy reading!"

Thank you Pat. They’re one of my favourites.

[writer...]

Helen wrote: "writer... wrote:
"In for July..

..."

Thanks, Helen.. looking forward to July reading!

[Karen]

Hi Zermeena,
You have some interesting choices there. I'm picking the Haunted Home Renovations series for you. Happy Reading!
Karen
Zermeena wrote: "I'm in for July!

Inspector Gamache - Louise Penny


Poppy McAllister - Libby Klein
[bookco..."

[Marianne]

Hi Hillary,
I choose for you the Paige Shelton's Farmer's Market series
Farm Fresh Murder Farm Fresh Murder (A Farmers' Market Mystery, #1) by Paige Shelton
Fruit of All Evil Fruit of All Evil (A Farmers' Market Mystery, #2) by Paige Shelton. Happy reading hope you enjoy this series, I have this on my tbr list too.
Marianne

[Linda C]

Hi Nell,
I pick for you

Cajun Country Mysteries by Ellen Byron - looks like you've read quite a few, so you must like them
enjoy

[Linda C]

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

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I love Hallmark Movies & Mysteries! So, naturally, I chose the Aurora Teagarden Mysteries for this month. Enjoy!
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Great this will finish the series - a sense of accomplishment!
thanks

[Nell]

Linda C wrote: "Hi Nell,
I pick for you

Cajun Country Mysteries by Ellen Byron - looks like you've read quite a few, so you must like them
enjoy"

You're right. It is a favorite series. Thanks for the pick.

[Zermeena]

Karen wrote: "Hi Zermeena,
You have some interesting choices there. I'm picking the Haunted Home Renovations series for you. Happy Reading!
Karen
Zermeena wrote: "I'm in for July!

Inspector Gamache - [author:Lo..."

Thank you, Karen! I'm looking forward to them.

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

Marianne wrote: "Hi Hillary,
I choose for you the Paige Shelton's Farmer's Market series
Farm Fresh Murder Farm Fresh Murder (A Farmers' Market Mystery, #1) by Paige Shelton
Fruit of All Evil Fruit of All Evil (A F..."

Thank you Marianne, it will be good to pick this back up!

[Pat]

I finished the first book Murder by the Book by Lauren Elliott. it was awesome.

[Linda]

Finished my first, Perish by Pedicure over the weekend. It was fun getting back to this series.

[Pat]

just finished reading Prologue to Murder. awesome series. downloaded series on my kindle.

[Pat]

this will be my last challenge for awhile. my veteran that I was living with has passed away on Monday. so I am looking for another place to live and get myself straiggt.

[Helen]

So sorry, Pat. Hoping that things work out well for you.

[Helen]

I’ve finished my first a few days ago, but was on a long road trip, so unable to update.

[Cheryl A.]

Pat wrote: "this will be my last challenge for awhile. my veteran that I was living with has passed away on Monday. so I am looking for another place to live and get myself straiggt."

My deepest condolences, Pat. 🙏🏻
Thanking y'all for your service! 🎖️
You take all the time you need, we will be here when you return. 🤗💖