September '22 Serial Reader Challenge

[Nell]

SEPTEMBER '22 SERIAL READER CHALLENGE

Swan Celtic Zodiac (Sep 2 to Sep 29): Honorable - Intense - Faithful

https://www.buildingbeautifulsouls.co...

TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SEPTEMBER 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 August 20th.

♦Pairs will be posted on August 21st.

♦Select a series for your partner between August 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


🚸Cheryl A picks for Linda C
🚸Jennifer picks for Linda R
🚸Hilary picks for Jennifer
🚸Linda C picks for Pat
🚸Pat picks for Hilary
🚸Meg picks for Zermeena
🚸Helen picks for Meg
🚸Zermeena picks for Helen
🚸writer picks for Marianne
🚸Marianne picks for Cheryl A
🚸Linda R picks for writer

[Cheryl A.]

September '22

I am continuing to clear out my TBR mountain!


I picked the "WYSE Enquiries Agency" for Linda C.
Marianne picked "Good Girls Don't Come Last" for me.

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Cozy Corgi Mysteries by Mildred Abbott (ongoing)
Lethal Lace
Pesky Puppies

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

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

Good Girls Don't Come Last by Jennifer Youngblood (new)
Cold Feet completed 09-02-2022
Practically Perfect: A Sweet Romcom Novel completed 09-05-2022
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[Jennifer]

Dear heart, is it September already? (Oh wait, it took me 20 minutes to navigate a school zone yesterday that I've been zipping through all summer.... yeah, it's just about September...)

In!

Merry Wrath


Greatest hits (Langtry)


Savannah Reid


John Ceepak


Jersey Girl

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

In again!

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

Anne Canadeo's Black Sheep Knitting series
Hounds of the Basket Stitch
Strangers on a Skein

Leslie Budewitz's Spice Shop series
The Solace of Bay Leaves
Peppermint Barked

[Linda C]

I'm in

WYSE Enquiries Agency - Cathy Ace
#1 #3 #4

Lily Bard Mysteries - Charlaine Harris
#3 #4 #5

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

[Pat]

I have decided to start reading from my TBR pile.

Allison Brook
Checked out for Murder
Death on the Shelf

Elle Alexander
Fudge and Jury
A Crime of Passion Fruit

Sofie Kelly
Paws and Effect
A Tale of Two Kitties

Lorna Barrett
A Killer Edition
Handbook for Homicide

Kate Kingbury
In Hot Water
In Too Steep

[Meg]

It's about time to jump into a new series! Here are some that have been on the tbr waiting patiently to be read!

Maui Mayhem
Something's Rotten in Paradise
A Killing in KulaA Killing in Kula

Callahan Garrity
Every Crooked Nanny
To Live and Die in Dixie

Kate Hamilton
A Dream of Death
A Legacy of Murder

Cookies & Chance
Tastes Like Murder
Baked to Death

Cat Cafe
Cat About Town
Purrder She Wrote

[Helen]

My choices for September.

Kristen Painter Jayne Frost.


Carola Dunn Daisy Dalrymple


Joan Hess Claire Malloy


Dorothy Gilman Mrs Pollifax
The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax


Monica Ferris Needlecraft

[Zermeena]

My choices are:

Poppy McAllister - Libby Klein


Irish Village Mysteries - Carlene O'Connor


Key West Food Critic - Lucy Burdette


Her Royal Spyness - Rhys Bowen


Lady Eleanor Swift - Verity Bright

[writer...]

In for September and happily familiar with each series ;))

Flowers can be Fatal Clare Revell


Jacklyn Brady Piece of Cake series


Lynn Cahoon Any of Tourist Trap series


Culinary Mystery Series by Josi Kilpack



Electra McDonnell series by Ashley Weaver

[Marianne]

I'm in again for September and here are my choices cleaning out my tbr list:

A Knitting Mystery by Maggie Sefton
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A Decoupage Mystery by Lucy Lawrence
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A White House Chef Mystery by Julie Hyzy
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Manor House Mystery by Julie Hyzy
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Cats in the Stacks Mystery by Miranda James
&

[Linda]

Back in for September. The sign up snuck up on me this month!

Jessie Arnold by Sue Henry (ongoing)


Writer's Apprentice by Julia Buckley (new to me)


Search and Rescue by M.L. Rowland (ongoing)


Della Cooks by Melinda Wells (ongoing)


Body Movers by Stephanie Bond (ongoing)

[Nell]

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

[Cheryl A.]

Linda C wrote: "I'm in

WYSE Enquiries Agency - Cathy Ace
#1 #3 [bookcover:The Case of the Unsuitable Suitor|559..."

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I picked the "WYSE Enquiries Agency" for your reads of this month. Enjoy!
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[Zermeena]

Helen - it was difficult to choose, because I love Joan Hess and Dorothy Gilman. I'm decided on Dorothy Gilman's Mrs. Pollifax. Enjoy!

[Linda]

writer... wrote: "In for September and happily familiar with each series ;))

Flowers can be Fatal Clare Revell
[bookcover:Forget-Me-Nots in September|30291603..."

Hi writer,

I’ve read book one in 2 of your series and the entire piece of cake series and it is my pick for you. Enjoy the gang at Zydeco. Happy reading!

[Meg]

Zermeena, you made this hard; you had so many good ones listed! Hmm, I think I will go with one of my long time favorites, Her Royal Spyness!

[Linda C]

Pat wrote: "I have decided to start reading from my TBR pile."

Pat,
I pick for you:

Lorna Barrett
A Killer Edition
Handbook for Homicide

[Linda C]

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

WYSE Enquiries Agency - Cathy Ace
#1 #3 [bookcover:The Case of the Unsui..."

thanks, Cheryl A.
I picked up and read #2 and it was pretty good, so I decided to go back and find #1 and then continue. Good to get this underway.

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

Jennifer wrote: "Dear heart, is it September already? (Oh wait, it took me 20 minutes to navigate a school zone yesterday that I've been zipping through all summer.... yeah, it's just about September...)

In!

Merr..."

I think for this month I will pick the Savannah Reid books for you Jennifer, enjoy!

[writer...]

Linda wrote:. piece of cake series and it is my pick for you. ..."

Thanks Linda.. happy September reading ;) !

[writer...]

HapPy September cozy cleanout reading, Marianne!

Marianne wrote: "I'm in again for September and here are my choices cleaning out my tbr list..."

Manor House Mystery series

[Zermeena]

Meg wrote: "Zermeena, you made this hard; you had so many good ones listed! Hmm, I think I will go with one of my long time favorites, Her Royal Spyness!"

Thank you, Meg! Enjoy your September reads!

[Jennifer]

Linda R, I'm picking Writer's Apprentice for you -- I really enjoy it and hope you do too.

[Jennifer]

Hilary (A Wytch's Book Review) wrote: "Jennifer wrote: "Dear heart, is it September already? (Oh wait, it took me 20 minutes to navigate a school zone yesterday that I've been zipping through all summer.... yeah, it's just about Septemb..."

YES! SCORE! I just read two and want a reason to keep going.

[Linda]

Jennifer wrote: "Linda R, I'm picking Writer's Apprentice for you -- I really enjoy it and hope you do too."

Thank you Jennifer! Looking forward to trying a new series by an author I enjoy.

[Pat]

Thanks Linda C. I love Lorna Barrett books. I have them downloaded on my Kindle.

[Pat]

Hillary I pick for you the Lynn Cahoon Farm to Fork series. I love all of her series. Happy reading!

[Helen]

Zermeena wrote: "Helen - it was difficult to choose, because I love Joan Hess and Dorothy Gilman. I'm decided on Dorothy Gilman's Mrs. Pollifax. Enjoy!"

Thank you Zermeena. I discovered her recently and loved the first one in the series.

[Helen]

Meg wrote: "It's about time to jump into a new series! Here are some that have been on the tbr waiting patiently to be read!

Maui Mayhem
[book:Something's Ro..."
Hi Meg,
All your series are unfamiliar to me, but I’m choosing the Cat Cafe for you, because my cat is sitting on my lap as I type.

[Meg]

Thanks, Helen! And hugs to your furry friend; lost the last of our cats about a year ago and I still miss purrs.

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

Pat wrote: "Hillary I pick for you the Lynn Cahoon Farm to Fork series. I love all of her series. Happy reading!"

Oooh wonderful - thank you Pat!!

[Marianne]

Hi Cheryl A. I pick for you the Good Girls Don't Come Last. No familiar with your choices hope you enjoy. Happy reading!!
Marianne

[Cheryl A.]

Thanks, Marianne!

[Pat]

Finished both books by Lorna Barrett. Started reading more books off my list. Now that I am renting a room I have less things to do. So I read and crochet.

[Linda]

Finished my first, A Dark and Stormy Murder this weekend. Loved the start to this series and am glad I get to continue it later this month.

[Marianne]

Finished my first book Grace Under Pressure by Julie Hyzy, really enjoyed it hopefully book 2 doesn’t disappoint!

[Zermeena]

I finished both my books Queen of Hearts and Malice at the Palace. They were both fun am I'm looking forward to the rest of the series.

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

I am now all caught up with Lynn Cahoon's farm to table series with , and read in quick succession!

[Cheryl A.]

I forgot to update:

I completed on 09-02-2022 and on 09-05-2022.

[Helen]

I’ve finished my first. I love this series. They are fast paced and quite short, so quick reads, set in amazing places.

[Marianne]

Started my 2nd book today hopefully I enjoy it like the last one.

[Helen]

I’ve finished my second
I think this is the best so far.

[Linda]

Finished my second, Death in Dark Blue over the weekend. I really like this series but then I seem to really like all the series by this author.