Ducks In A Row (DEC 22/JAN 23)

[JoAnne]

Ducks In A Row Two Month Mini Challenge
Duration: December 1, 2022 - January 31, 2023

Rules: Read books from the same series or ‘mix-n-match’ – as long as it is at least three in a row. Like 3, 4, 5? Or 11, 12, 13? 17, 18, 19?
(You do NOT have to read them in that order.)
As long as you keep it all in a row.
There can NOT be more than three from the same series in the same grouping...
Tell us the name of the series.
Post a link to the book and the author, and the date you finished the book.
Please use the TLC STANDARD RULES when participating in this challenge.
If you are not familiar with these rules, please click on the link and read them over.

Please repost your entire challenge when finished to get your badge.

[JoAnne]

Barb FINISHED
Bonita

Caraina

Elle
Emma R.

Frankie FINISHED

Genevieve FINISHED

Jackie FINISHED
JoAnne FINISHED

Kendra FINISHED

Melissa A FINISHED

Nell FINISHED

Olivermagnus FINISHED

Shash FINISHED
Shelly
Suzanne FINISHED

Tari FINISHED

✨ Vittoria ✨ FINISHED

[JoAnne]

Ducks In A Row Two Month Mini Challenge
Duration: December 1, 2022 - January 31, 2023

Rules: Read books from the same series or ‘mix-n-match’ – as long as it is at least three in a row. Like 3, 4, 5? Or 11, 12, 13? 17, 18, 19?

My List:
The Innkeeper's House Elizabeth Bromke 12/3/22 (Hickory Grove #4)
Christmas Dreams Ev Bishop 12/16/22 (Soul Sisters at Cedar Mountain Lodge #5)
A Real Cowboy for Christmas Stephanie Rowe 1/1/23 (Wyoming Rebels #6)
Wild Iris Ridge RaeAnne Thayne 12/30/22 (Hope's Crossing #7)
Mistletoe With a Pink Bow Vella Day 12/8/22 (A Witch's Cove Mystery #8)

Long Shadows David Baldacci 1/5/23 (Amos Decker #7)
Till Death Do Us Tart Ellie Alexander 1/17/23 (A Bakeshop Mystery #8)
My Brother's Forbidden Friend Piper Rayne 12/27/22 (The Greene Family #9)
A Greene Family Christmas Piper Rayne 12/27/22 (The Greene Family #9.5)
Christmas Castles Judith Keim 1/16/23 (Soul Sisters at Cedar Mountain Lodge #10)

[Frankie]

Ducks In A Row Two Month Mini Challenge
Duration: December 1, 2022 - January 31, 2023

40/40 Completed. Finished

01.Falcon Falls Security #1:The Hunted One-Brittney Sahin 12/11/22
02.Linear Tactical #2:Eagle-Janie Crouch 12/04/22
03.One and Only #3:Only Love-Melanie Harlow 12/07/22
04.Jack Daniels Mystery #4:Dirty Martini-J.A. Konrath 12/15/22
05.Deep Ops #5:Unforgiven-Rebecca Zanetti 12/07/22


06.Vancouver Wolves Hockey #1:Puck Me Secretly-Odette Stone 12/10/22
07.All In #2:A Favor for a Favor-Helena Hunting 12/09/22
08.Pittsburgh Titans #3:Gage-Sawyer Bennett 12/02/22
09.She Can #4:She Can Hide-Melinda Leigh 12/15/22


10.Blake Wilder FBI Mystery Thriller #5:The Secret She Kept-Elle Gray 12/17/22
11.Emma Griffin #6:The Girl and the Hunt-A.J. Rivers 1/06/23
12.Henchmen MC-Next Generation #7:Dezi-Jessica Gadziala 12/04/22
13.Lost Kings #8:Beyond Reckless-Autumn Jones Lake 12/16/22


14.Gator Bait MC #1:Nobody Cares Unless You're Pretty-Lani Lynn Vale 12/08/22
15.Morgans of Nashville #2:Be Afraid-Mary Burton 12/01/22
16.Jack Daniels Mystery #3:Rusty Nail-J.A. Konrath 12/01/22
17.Faces of Evil #4:Rage-Debra Webb 12/02/22
18.Faces of Evil #5:Revenge-Debra Webb 12/09/22
19.Faces of Evil #6:Ruthless-Debra Webb 12/16/22


20.Detective McDaniel Thriller #1:Hold Back the Night-Axel Blackwell 12/08/22
21.Midnight #2:Midnight Sacrifice-Melinda Leigh 12/22/22
22.Blue Moon #3:The Last Second Chance-Lucy Score 12/24/22
23.Detective Josie Quinn #4:Her Final Confession-Lisa Regan 12/18/22


24.First Family #4:State of Shock-Marie Force 1/07/23
25.Jack Daniels Mystery #5:Fuzzy Navel-J.A. Konrath 12/22/22
26.Jack Daniels Mystery #6:Cherry Bomb-J.A. Konrath 1/04/23
27.Faces of Evil #7:Vicious-Debra Webb 1/05/23
28.Faces of Evil #8:Vile-Debra Webb 1/11/23


29.Compass #4:Northern Stars-Brittainy C. Cherry 1/22/23
30.Detective Josie Quinn #5:The Bones She Buried-Lisa Regan 1/12/23
31.The Kingmaker Saga #6:Alpha Omega-London Miller 1/13/23
32.Jack Daniels Mystery #7:Shaken-J.A. Konrath 1/04/23
33.Jack Daniels Mystery #8:Stirred-J.A. Konrath 1/05/23


34.On the Edge #1:Buried Deception-Amanda McKinney 12/03/22
35.Slaughter Creek #2:Her Dying Breath-Rita Herron 12/22/22
36.Slaughter Creek #3:Worth Dying For-Rita Herron 1/08/23
37.Kate Fox #4:Easy Mark-Shannon Baker 1/13/23


38.Nikki Hunt #1:The Girls in the Snow-Stacy Green 1/11/23
39.Unraveled Destiny #2:Ironvine-Cat Porter 1/09/23
40.Adair Family #3:Always You-Samantha Young 1/13/23

[Tari]

Ducks In A Row Two Month Mini Challenge
Duration: December 1, 2022 - January 31, 2023

#2 Bee’s Bakery Mysteries Death by Cookie Dough Rosie A. Point 12/2/22
#3 Garden Cove Mysteries Chilling a Murder Penny Brooke 12/11/22
#4 Christmas Cozy Mysteries Mistletoe Murder Mona Marple 12/5/22

#5 Treehouse Hotel Mysteries Crocuses and Corpses Sue Hollowell 12/15/22
#6 Razzy Cat Mysteries The Girl Who Disappeared Courtney McFarlin12/23/22
#7 Blue Ridge Library Mysteries Death in the Margins Victoria Gilbert 12/1/22

#7 Secondhand Sleuth Mysteries The Bargain Blackmail Mel Morgan 12/10/22
#8 Mystery Bookshop Mysteries Bookclubbed to Death V.M. Burns 12/17/22
#9 Black Cat Café Mysteries JingleBuried Cookies Lyndsey Cole 12/27/22

#3 Rambling RV Mysteries Mayhem in Montana Patti Benning 12/19/22
#4 Chloe Jackson, Sea Glass Saloon Mysteries Rum and Choke Sherry Harris 12/27/22
#5 Resale Boutique Mysteries Sleuthing in Stilettos Debra Sennefelder 12/3/22

#3 Holiday Corner Mysteries Slay Ride D.B. McNicol 12/18/22
#4 Life’s a Beach Mysteries Santa, Surf and Sapphires Emerald Finn 1/2/23
#5 Cookie’s Creamery Mysteries Merry Murder Kathleen Suzette 12/9/22

#23 Freshly Baked Mysteries Christmas Cake Caper Kathleen Suzette 12/8/22
#24 Raised & Glazed Mysteries Glaze of Glory Emma Ainsley 12/30/22
#25 Raised & Glazed Mysteries Baking Matters Worse Emma Ainsley 1/10/23

#3 Olivia Morgan Cruise Ship Mystery Overboard at Christmas Wendy Neugent 1/3/23
#4 Rambling RV Cozies Offed in Oregon Patti Benning 1/8/23
#5 Rambling RV Cozies Croaked in California Patti Benning 1/17/23

#5 Jelly Shop Mysteries Sleigh Bells Ring, Jelly's Cooking Donna Clancy 1/18/23
#6 Belle Harbor Mysteries Pies and Pandemonium Sue Hollowell 1/18/23
#7 Pumpkin Hollow Mysteries Hard Candy and a Killer Kathleen Suzette 12/6/22

[Bonita]

Ducks In A Row Two Month Mini Challenge
Duration: December 1, 2022 - January 31, 2023

[Genevieve]

Ducks In A Row Two Month Mini Challenge
Duration: December 1, 2022 - January 31, 2023

1. Candy Man by Amy Lane12/9/2022
2. The House at Pooh Corner by A.A. Milne 1/3/2023
3. A Few Good Fish by Amy Lane 12/1/2022
4. Read It and Weep by Jenn McKinlay 12/12/2022

1.Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne 12/12/2022
2. A Crafter Hooks a Killer by Holly Quinn 12/14/2022
3. Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder 12/30/2022
4. Hiding the Moon by Amy Lane 1/23/2023

12. Southern Wands by Amy Boyles 12/11/2022
13. Fatal, Family, Album by Joanna Campbell Slan 12/24/2022
14. The Diva Serves Forbidden Fruit by Krista Davis 12/27/2022

[Barb]

DUCKS IN A ROW, 12/1/22 - 1/31/23

SET #1
#1 – Fields’ Guide to Abduction (Poppy Fields Adventures #1), by Julie Mulhern, finished 12/2/22 ★★★.5
#2 – Whiskey Kills (Top Shelf #2), by Lolli Powell, finished 12/12/22 ★★★★
#3 – A Bias for Murder (Queen Bees Quilt Shop #3), by Sally Goldenbaum, finished 12/4/22 ★★★★
#4 – Unraveled Sleeve (Needlecraft #4), by Monica Ferris, finished 12/2/22 ★★★.5
#5 – They Do It with Mirrors (Miss Marple #5), by Agatha Christie, finished 12/1/22 ★★★.5
#6 – A Crime of Passion Fruit (Bakeshop #6), by Ellie Alexander, finished 1/15/23 ★★★★


SET #2
#1 – Christmas in Evergreen (Christmas in Evergreen #1), by Nancy Naigle, finished 12/3/22 ★★★.5
#2 – The September Society (Charles Lenox #2), by Charles Finch, finished 1/2/23 ★★★★
#3 – Strangulation & Strawberry Cake (Comfort Cakes #3), by Nancy McGovern, finished 12/18/22 ★★★.5
#4 – Murder One (David Sloane #4), by Robert Dugoni, finished 12/6/22 ★★★★
#5 – So Then There Were None (Flower Shop #5), by Annie Adams, finished 12/8/22 ★★★.5


SET #3
#1 – All Systems Red (Murderbot Diaries #1), by Martha Wells, finished 12/11/22 ★★★★
#2 – Wined and Died in New Orleans (Vintage Cookbook #2), by Ellen Byron, finished 1/7/23 ★★★★
#3 – Lana’i of the Tiger (Islands of Aloha #3), by JoAnn Bassett, finished 12/19/22 ★★★.5
#4 – Trophy Hunt (Joe Pickett #4), by C.J. Box, finished 12/25/22 ★★★★
#5 – Americanos, Apple Pies & Art Thieves (Cape Bay Café #5), by Harper Lin, finished 1/11/23 ★★★.5


SET #4
#1 – Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham #1), by Benjamin Stevenson, finished 12/16/22 ★★★.5
#2 – Fatal Frost (Dewberry Farm #2), by Karen MacInerney, finished 1/14/23 ★★★.5
#3 – The Cider Shop Rules (Cider Shop #3), by Julie Anne Lindsey, finished 12/29/22 ★★★★
#4 – Sentenced to Death (Writer for Hire #4), by Betty Hechtman, finished 1/5/23 ★★★.5


***** CHALLENGE COMPLETE 1/16/23 *****

[Olivermagnus]

Ducks In A Row Two Month Mini Challenge
December 1, 2022 - January 31, 2023

#1 DC Morgan - The Last Party - Clare Mackintosh - 1/24/23
#2 Firefighters of Station 5 - Under Fire - Jo Davis - 12/10/22
#3 Highway Quartet - Badlands - C.J. Box - 1/12/23
#4 Southern Storms - Christmas Blizzard - Lexie Nicholas - 12/21/22
#5 Gold Valley - Unbroken Cowboy - Maisey Yates - 12/29/22
#6 Chief Inspector Max Camara - Fatal Sunset - Jason Webster - 1/10/23

#1 Virgil Flowers - Dark of the Moon - John Sandford - 1/11/23
#2 Highway Quartet - The Highway - C.J. Box - 1/1/23
#3 Tall, Dark & Dangerous - Frisco's Kid - Suzanne Brockmann - 12/19/22

#1 Texas Rangers - The Seventh Victim - Mary Burton - 1/16/23
#2 Quinn Colson - The Lost Ones - Ace Atkins - 1/2/23
#3 Alex Carter - A Ghost of Caribou - Alice Henderson - 1/14/23

#5 Rizzoli & Isles - Vanish - Tess Gerritsen - 12/3/22
#6 Hannah Swensen- Sugar Cookie Murder - Joanne Fluke - 1/26/23
#7 Rizzoli & Isles - The Keepsake - Tess Gerritsen - 1/4/23
#8 Campers & Criminals - Assailants, Asphalt & Alibis - Tonya Kappes - 12/8/22

[JoAnne]

Welcome Frankie, Tari, Bonita, Genevieve, Barb, and Lynda!

[Kendra]

Ducks In A Row (Dec/Jan)
Duration: Dec. 1st, 2022 to Jan. 31st, 2023

3/3

1. Clean Sweep by Ilona Andrews - Jan. 3rd (Innkeeper)

1. The Stolen Heir by Holly Black - Jan. 24th (Stolen Heir)
2. Tales from the Café by Toshikazu Kawaguchi - Dec. 8th (Before the Coffee Gets Cold)
3. One Fell Sweep by Ilona Andrews - Jan. 9th (Innkeeper)

1. Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell - Dec. 24th (Winter's Orbit)
2. Sweep in Peace by Ilona Andrews - Jan. 8th (Innkeeper)
3. Head Over Heels by Jill Shalvis - Dec. 21st (Lucky Harbor)

3. The Backup Plan by Jill Shalvis - Jan. 27th (Sunrise Cove)
4. Sweep of the Blade by Ilona Andrews - Jan. 14th (Innkeeper)
5. The Summer Deal by Jill Shalvis - Dec. 7th (Wildstone)

1. The Night Eaters, Vol. 1: She Eats the Night by Marjorie M. Liu - Dec. 11th
2. Ocean's Echo by Everina Maxwell - Dec. 2nd (Winter's Orbit)
3. Before Your Memory Fades by Toshikazu Kawaguchi - Dec. 12th (Before the Coffee Gets Cold)
4. Well Traveled by Jen DeLuca - Dec. 14th (Well Met)
5. Sweep of the Heart by Ilona Andrews - Dec. 19th (Innkeeper)

5. About That Kiss by Jill Shalvis - Jan. 28th (Heartbreaker Bay)

7. Monstress, Vol. 7: Devourer by Marjorie M. Liu - Dec. 1st
8. Lost in the Moment and Found by Seanan McGuire - Jan. 11th (Wayward Children)

10. Once Broken Faith by Seanan McGuire - Dec. 4th (October Daye)
11. The Brightest Fell by Seanan McGuire - Dec. 29th (October Daye)
12. Night and Silence by Seanan McGuire - Dec. 30th (October Daye)
13. The Unkindest Tide by Seanan McGuire - Dec. 31st (October Daye)
14. A Killing Frost by Seanan McGuire - Jan. 22nd (October Daye)
15. When Sorrows Come by Seanan McGuire - Jan. 30th (October Daye)

[JoAnne]

Welcome Kendra!

[Melissa A]

FINISHED!!! Dec/Jan Ducks in a Row
Two Month Mini Challenge
Duration: December 1, 2022 - January 31, 2023
Rules: Read books from the same series or ‘mix-n-match’ – as long as it is at least three in a row. Like 3, 4, 5? Or 11, 12, 13? 17, 18, 19?
(You do NOT have to read them in that order.)

Rows: 13
Books in Rows: 54

Row #1 - 8
(Christmas River 1) Murder in Christmas River Meg Muldoon 12/03/22
(Getaway 2) His Happy Place Zakiya Dalila Harris 12/02/22
(Moose Springs, Alaska 2.5) A Christmas Bun for Ulysses Sarah Morgenthaler 01/15/23
(Getaway Collection 3) Stockholm Catherine Steadman 12/02/22
(Christmas River 4) Malice in Christmas River Meg Muldoon 12/07/22
(Christmas River 4.5) Roasted in Christmas River Meg Muldoon 12/08/22
(Christmas River 5) Mischief in Christmas River Meg Muldoon 12/20/22
(Sookie Stackhouse 6) Definitely Dead Charlaine Harris 01/05/23

Row #2 - 4
(Jo’s Scrapbook 6) An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving Louisa May Alcott 12/13/22
(Sookie Stackhouse 7) All Together Dead Charlaine Harris 01/07/23
(Sookie Stackhouse 8) From Dead to Worse Charlaine Harris 01/07/23
(The Sacketts 8.5) War Party Louis L'Amour 12/10/22

Row #3- 6
(Sookie Stackhouse 9) Dead and Gone Charlaine Harris 01/08/23
(Sookie Stackhouse 10) Dead in the Family Charlaine Harris 01/10/23
(Sookie Stackhouse 10.5) The Sookie Stackhouse Companion: A Complete Guide to the True Blood Mystery Series Charlaine Harris 01/20/23
(Coffeehouse Mystery 11) A Brew to a Kill Cleo Coyle 12/07/22
(Coffeehouse Mystery 12) Holiday Buzz Cleo Coyle 12/10/22

Row #4 - 5
(Sookie Stackhouse 11) Dead Reckoning Charlaine Harris 01/15/23
(Sookie Stackhouse 12) Deadlocked Charlaine Harris 01/15/23
(Coffeehouse Mystery 13) Billionaire Blend Cleo Coyle 12/13/22
(Coffeehouse Mystery 14) Once Upon a Grind Cleo Coyle 12/19/22
(Coffeehouse Mystery 15) Dead to the Last Drop Cleo Coyle 12/31/22

Row #5- 6
(Moon Mystery 1) Moon Signs Helen Haught Fanick 12/06/22
(Christmas River 2) Mayhem in Christmas River Meg Muldoon 12/04/22
(Christmas River 3) Madness in Christmas River Meg Muldoon 12/06/22
(Getaway Collection 4) Belle Mer Luanne Rice 12/14/22
(Hercule Poirot SS-5) The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim: a Hercule Poirot Short Story Agatha Christie 12/31/22
(Getaway 6) Shell Game Rumaan Alam 12/14/22

Row #6- 5
(Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 1) Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Ian Fleming 12/11/22
(Tokyo Ever After 2) Tokyo Dreaming Emiko Jean 12/17/22
(Getaway Collection 3) Stockholm Catherine Steadman 12/02/22
(Sookie Stackhouse 4) Dead to the World Charlaine Harris 01/04/23
(Sookie Stackhouse 5) Dead as a Doornail Charlaine Harris 01/04/23

Row #7- 4
(Opposites Attract 1) Opposites Attract Camilla Isley 12/13/22
(Papa Pacelli’s Pizzeria 2) Bacon Cheddar Murder Patti Benning 12/18/22
(Fairy Senses 3) Fairy Earmuffs Emily Martha Sorensen 12/06/22
(Well Met 4) Well Traveled Jen DeLuca 01/24/23

Row #8- 3
(Lily Bard mystery 1) Shakespeare's Landlord Charlaine Harris 12/15/22
(Bright Falls 2) Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail Ashley Herring Blake 01/01/23
(A Five-Ingredient Mystery 3) Final Fondue Maya Corrigan 12/08/22

Row #9 - 3
(Santa Fe Cafe Mystery 1) Bread of the Dead Ann Myers 12/17/22
(Sookie Stackhouse 2) Living Dead in Dallas Charlaine Harris 01/02/23
(A Knitting Mystery 3) A Deadly Yarn Maggie Sefton 12/21/22

Row #10 - 3
(Papa Pacelli’s Pizzeria 1) Pall Bearers and Pepperoni Patti Benning 12/18/22
(Santa Fe Cafe Mystery 2) Cinco de Mayhem Ann Myers 01/02/23
(Sookie Stackhouse 3) Club Dead Charlaine Harris 01/03/23

Row # 11 - 5
(Kiki Lowenstein 14) Grand, Death, Auto Joanna Campbell Slan 12/20/22
(Kiki Lowenstein 15) Law, Fully, Dead: A Cozy Mystery with Tons of Female Friendship, Family Drama, and Heart! Joanna Campbell Slan 01/29/23
(Coffeehouse Mystery 16) Dead Cold Brew Cleo Coyle 01/26/23
(Coffeehouse Mystery 17) Shot in the Dark Cleo Coyle 01/29/23
(Chief Inspector Armand Gamache 18) A World of Curiosities Louise Penny 12/28/22

Row# 12 - 3
(Sookie Stackhouse #1) Dead Until Dark Charlaine Harris 12/29/22
(Love Hypothesis 2) Love on the Brain Ali Hazelwood 01/03/23
(Santa Fe Mystery 3) Feliz Navidead Ann Myers 01/15/23

Row #13 - 3
(Darcy & Rachel 1) Something Borrowed Emily Giffin 01/02/23
(Darcy & Rachel 2) Something Blue Emily Giffin 01/05/23
(Aurora Teagarden 3) Three Bedrooms, One Corpse Charlaine Harris 12/15/23

No Row -

(Aurora Teagarden #1) Real Murders Charlaine Harris 01/11/23
(Mad Egg Cozy Diner 2) Pastries and Peril Constance Barker (KU) 01/11/23

(Mad Egg Cozy Diner #1) Toast and Treachery Constance Barker (KU) 01/11/23
(Moonbright, Maine 2) The Bakeshop at Pumpkin and Spice Donna Kauffman 01/20/23

(The Sisters Grimm Mystery 1) The Fairy-Tale Detectives Michael Buckley 01/13/23
(Aurora Teagarden 2) A Bone to Pick

(Homeswappers 1) The Watchman of Rothenburg Dies Adriana Licio 01/14/23

(Life of a Cactus 1) Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus Dusti Bowling 01/14/23

(A Fanny Doyle Cozy Ghost Mystery #1) Bath Bombs & Beyond: A Fanny Doyle Cozy Ghost Mystery Violet Patton 01/20/23

(A Literary Pub Mystery 1) Wine and Punishment Sarah Fox 01/24/23

[JoAnne]

Welcome Melissa!

[Jackie]

Ducks In A Row Two Month Mini Challenge
Duration: December 1, 2022 - January 31, 2023

1 The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis - 12/4/22
2 Thanksgiving Past by Kathi Daley - 12/3/22
3 Noel Street by Richard Paul Evans - 12/1/22
4 The Final Warning by James Patterson - 12/11/22
5 The Cat Who Played Brahms by Lilian Jackson Braun - 12/15/22
6 Darke by Angie Sage - 12/14/22
7 The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog by Elizabeth Peters - 12/3/22
8 The Inside Story by Michael Buckley - 12/19/22
9 Obsidian Butterfly by Laurell K. Hamilton - 12/2/22

12 Battle Magic by Martha Carr - 1/15/23
13 Undead and Unwary by MaryJanice Davidson - 1/12/23

15 Dumb Witness by Agatha Christie - 1/15/23
16 Never Surrender by Michael Anderle - 12/24/22

18 Mrs. Jeffries Sweeps the Chimney by Emily Brightwell - 12/12/22

20 One, Two, Buckle My Shoe by Agatha Christie - 1/14/23

45 The Spider Sapphire Mystery by Carolyn Keene - 1/21/23

1 The Hypnotist by Lars Kepler - 12/6/22
2 Blade Breaker by Victoria Aveyard - 12/10/22
3 Aurora's End by Amie Kaufman - 12/4/22
4 Secrets by Emma Carrie - 12/17/22
5 The Pale Horse by Agatha Christie - 1/5/23
6 Death Bringer by Derek Landy - 12/19/22
7 The Woodshed Mystery by Gertrude Chandler Warner - 12/7/22
8 The Lighthouse Mystery by Gertrude Chandler Warner - 1/31/23
9 The Gladstone Bag by Charlotte MacLeod - 1/31/23

1 The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett - 12/9/22
2 Fatal Frost by Karen MacInerney - 12/17/22
3 Brisingr by Christopher Paolini - 12/6/22
4 Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas - 12/21/22
5 Kindred by Steve Robinson - 1/27/23

7 The Everafter War by Michael Buckley - 12/9/22

1 The Noel Diary by Richard Paul Evans - 12/11/22
2 The Poison Belt by Arthur Conan Doyle - 12/21/22
3 Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports by James Patterson - 12/8/22
4 Super Powereds: Year 4 by Drew Hayes - 1/14/23

7 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling - 12/11/22

1 Hatchet by Gary Paulsen - 12/19/22
2 Dark of Night by Barbara Nickless - 12/22/22
3 The Last Ever After by Soman Chainani - 12/13/22

7 Violets Are Blue by James Patterson - 12/15/22

1 Water Viper by R.J. Blain - 12/23/22
2 Wildcard by Marie Lu - 12/27/22
3 The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie - 1/6/23

1 The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie - 1/4/23
2 Rejected by Heaven by Michael Anderle - 12/30/22
3 Super Powereds: Year 3 by Drew Hayes - 1/9/23

1 The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch - 1/16/23
2 Etheric Researcher by S.R. Russell - 1/2/23
3 Etheric Explorer by S.R. Russell - 1/18/23

1 Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster - 1/21/23
2 Super Powereds: Year 2 by Drew Hayes - 1/3/22
3 A Hard Day for a Hangover by Darynda Jones - 1/19/23

1 The Grub-And-Stakers Move a Mountain by Alisa Craig - 1/26/23
2 Mad as Helen: A River Road Mystery by Susan McBride - 1/4/23

1 Nomad Found by Craig Martelle - 1/27/23
2 Bury The Past, But Shoot It First by Martha Carr - 1/7/23
3

1 The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes - 1/30/23
2 Run for Your Life by James Patterson - 1/17/23
3

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2 Assassins of Athens by Jeffrey Siger - 1/20/23
3

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2 Shadow Prey by John Sandford - 1/23/23
3

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2 Lost Empire by Clive Cussler - 1/24/23
3

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2 Relics by Mary Anna Evans - 1/26/23
3

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2 The Grub-And-Stakers Quilt a Bee by Alisa Craig - 1/27/23

2 Claimed by Shadow by Karen Chance - 1/29/23

[Emma R.]

Ducks In A Row Two Month Mini Challenge
Duration: December 1, 2022 - January 31, 2023

[JoAnne]

Welcome Jackie and Emma!

[Shelly]

Ducks In A Row Two Month Mini Challenge
Duration: December 1, 2022 - January 31, 2023

#1. Twisted Threads - Lea Wait 12/08/22


#2. Pop Goes the Murder - Kristi Abbott 12/17/22


#3. Hexes and Hemlines - Juliet Blackwell 12/22/22


#7. Steamed Open - Barbara Ross 01/13/23


#8. Twelve Angry Librarians - Miranda James 12/03/22


#12. Killer Research - Jenn McKinlay 01/07/23

[JoAnne]

Welcome Shelly!

[Elle]

Ducks In A Row Two Month Mini Challenge
December 1, 2022 - January 31, 2023

My List:

[JoAnne]

Welcome Elle!

[Caraina]

Ducks In A Row Two Month Mini Challenge
Duration: December 1, 2022 - January 31, 2023

Rules: Read books from the same series or ‘mix-n-match’ – as long as it is at least three in a row. Like 3, 4, 5? Or 11, 12, 13? 17, 18, 19?

Set #1:
1. Panic - Lauren Oliver 12/6/22 (Panic Series)
2. The Mistletoe Inn - Richard Paul Evans 12/18/22 (Mistletoe Series)
3. The Confessor - Daniel Silva 12/22/22 (Gabriel Allon Series)

Set #2:

[Shash]

Ducks In A Row Two Month Mini Challenge
December 2022/January 2023

1. The Valentine Inn by Jennifer Peel (12/7/22) - A Valentine Inn Novel
2. Dating Dru by Ranee S. Clark (12/9/22) - Love in Little River
3. A Christmas Date by Camilla Isley (12/2/22) - First Comes Love
4. Scrooge and the Girls Next Door by Melanie Jacobson (12/7/22) - Creekville Kisses
5. Snowed in at Silver Lake by Stephanie Fowers (12/19/22) - Snowed in for Christmas
6. The Oil Tycoon Rescue by Ginny Sterling (12/31/22) - Disaster City Search and Rescue
7. Cotswolds Holiday by Kasey Stockton (12/2/22) - Christmas Escape
8. Snowed In at Jingle Falls by Kaylee Baldwin (12/28/22) - Snowed In for Christmas
9. Beacon by Camille Peters (1/10/22) - The Kingdom Chronicles
10. Snowed In at Harper's Inn by Catelyn Meadows (12/16/22) - Snowed In for Christmas

12. Soldier Under the Mistletoe by Lacy Williams (12/14/22) - Hometown Sweethearts
13. Yours By Christmas by Jennifer Youngblood (12/20/22) - Park City Firefighter Romance
14. The Rancher's Unexpected Gift by Lacy Williams (12/15/22) - Hometown Sweethearts


1. The Stand-in Christmas Date by Rachel John (12/13/22) - Matched by Mistake
2. Christmas at Valentine Inn by Jennifer Peel (12/15/22) - A Valentine Inn Novel
3. A Yorkshire Carol by Jennie Goutet (12/11/22) - A Christmas Match
4. A Mistletoe Mismatch by Sally Britton (12/8/22) - A Christmas Match


1. An Unexpected Kiss by Cindy Roland Anderson (12/14/22) - Christmas in Snow Valley
2. The Christmas Bachelor Auction by Rachel John (12/22/22) - Matched by Mistake
3. Romancing Daphne by Sarah M. Eden (12/30/22) - The Lancaster Family
4. The Accidental Christmas Match Up by Rachel John (12/24/22) - Matched by Mistake


1. Manor for Sale, Baron Included by Esther Hatch (12/19/22) - A Romance of Rank
2. Courting Miss Lancaster by Sarah M. Eden (12/28/22) - The Lancaster Family
3. The Innkeeper and the Fugitive by Martha Keyes (1/6/23) - Tales from the Highlands
4. The Gentleman and the Maid by Martha Keyes (1/9/23) - Tales from the Highlands


1. Seeking Persephone by Sarah M. Eden (12/27/22) - The Lancaster Family
2. The Enemy and Miss Innes by Martha Keyes (1/5/22) - Tales from the Highlands
3. Pretending I Love Lucy by Julie Christianson (1/13/23) - Apple Valley Love Stories
4. Loving Lieutenant Lancaster by Sarah M. Eden (1/11/23) - The Lancaster Family


1. The Widow and the Highlander by Martha Keyes (1/2/23) - Tales from the Highlands
2. The Gilded Fae by Shari L. Tapscott (1/6/23) - Royal Fae of Rose Briar Woods
3. Besotted by Jody Hedlund (1/18/23) - The Fairest Maidens


1. The Masked Fae by Shari L. Tapscott (1/3/23) - Royal Fae of Rose Briar Woods
2. Beguiled by Jody Hedlund (1/13/23) - The Fairest Maidens
3. Sir Andrew and the Authoress by Sally Britton (1/31/23) - Clairvoir Castle Romances

[JoAnne]

Welcome Caraina and Shash!

[Nell]

Lost Challenges Ducks in a Row
Dec - Jan

#1 Marygene Brown: Southern Sass and Killer Cravings by Kate Young 12/19/22
#2 Gethsemane Brown: Death in D Minor by Alexia Gordon 12/25/22
#3 Gethsemane Brown: Killing in C Sharp by Alexia Gordon 12/28/22
#4 Beryl & Edwina: Murder Comes to Call by Jessica Ellicott 12/03/22
#5 Zoe Chambers: No Way Home by Annette Dashofy 1/02/22
#6 Cajun Country: Murder in the Bayou Boneyard by Ellen Byron 1/08/23
#7 Cajun Country: Cajun Kiss of Death by Ellen Byron 1/11/23
#8 Sarah Winston Garage Sale: Sell Low, Sweet Harriet by Sherry Harris 12/11/22
#9 Sarah Winston Garage Sale: Absence of Alice by Sherry Harris 12/12/22
#10 Maine Clambake: Muddled Through by Barbara Ross 1/05/23




#15 Domestic Diva: The Diva Says Cheesecake! by Krista Davis 12/08/22



#1 Taste of Love: Digging Up Love by Chandra Blumberg 12/21/22
#2 Jane Wunderly: Murder at Wedgefield Manor by Erica Ruth Neubauer 1/30/23



#1 Odessa Jones: A Glimmer of Death by Valerie Wilson Wesley 12/24/22
#2 Chloe Jackson, Sea Glass Saloon: A Time to Swill by Sherry Harris 1/18/23
#3 Chloe Jackson, Sea Glass Saloon: Three Shots to the Wind by Sherry Harris 1/21/23

[JoAnne]

Welcome Nell!

[✨ Vittoria ✨]

"Ducks In A Row" Two Month Mini Challenge
Duration: December 1, 2022 - January 31, 2023

Read books from the same series or ‘mix-n-match’ – as long as it was at least three in a row.
There can NOT be more than three from the same series.

📚 #1
2. Torn by Jennifer L. Armentrout - 4 Dec 22
3. Brave by Jennifer L. Armentrout - 11 Dec 22
4. Murder at Queen's Landing by Andrea Penrose - 11 Jan 23
5. The Sinner by Amanda Stevens - 16 Jan 23
6. Murder in the Storybook Cottage by Ellery Adams - 8 Jan 23

📚 #2
13. Soul Taken by Patricia Briggs - 25 Dec 22
14. Bitter Bite by Jennifer Estep - 26 Dec 22
15. Unraveled by Jennifer Estep - 27 Dec 22

📚 #3
16. Snared by Jennifer Estep - 28 Dec 22
17. Venom in the Veins by Jennifer Estep - 3 Jan 23
18. Divided in Death by J.D. Robb - 5 Jan 23

📚 #4
4. Dark Magick by Cate Tiernan - 19 Jan 23
5. Awakening by Cate Tiernan - 22 Jan 23
6. Spellbound by Cate Tiernan - 25 Jan 23

📚 #5
6. The Awakening by Amanda Stevens - 2 Feb 23
7. The Calling by Cate Tiernan - 28 Jan 23
8. Changeling by Cate Tiernan - 31 Jan 23

➜➜ ?
2. Il libro dei Baltimore by Joël Dicker - 31 Dec 22

[JoAnne]

Welcome Vittoria!

[Suzanne]

The Lost Challenges
Ducks In A Row (DEC 22/JAN 23)
Duration: December 1, 2022 - January 31, 2023

Progress: 3 out of 3

Rules: Read books from the same series or ‘mix-n-match’ – as long as it is at least three in a row. Like 3, 4, 5? Or 11, 12, 13? 17, 18, 19?
(You do NOT have to read them in that order.)
As long as you keep it all in a row.
There can NOT be more than three from the same series in the same grouping...
Tell us the name of the series.
Post a link to the book and the author, and the date you finished the book.
Please use the TLC STANDARD RULES when participating in this challenge.
If you are not familiar with these rules, please click on the link and read them over.

Please repost your entire challenge when finished to get your badge.

3. Unfinished Symphony by V.C. Andrews - **** - 1/14/2023 - 268 Pages
4. Steel's Edge by Ilona Andrews - ***** - 12/26/2022 - 388 Pages
5. The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon - ***** - 1/8/2023 - 979 Pages

[JoAnne]

Welcome Suzanne!

[Barb]

Calling this one done

DUCKS IN A ROW, 12/1/22 - 1/31/23

SET #1
#1 – Fields’ Guide to Abduction (Poppy Fields Adventures #1), by Julie Mulhern, finished 12/2/22 ★★★.5
#2 – Whiskey Kills (Top Shelf #2), by Lolli Powell, finished 12/12/22 ★★★★
#3 – A Bias for Murder (Queen Bees Quilt Shop #3), by Sally Goldenbaum, finished 12/4/22 ★★★★
#4 – Unraveled Sleeve (Needlecraft #4), by Monica Ferris, finished 12/2/22 ★★★.5
#5 – They Do It with Mirrors (Miss Marple #5), by Agatha Christie, finished 12/1/22 ★★★.5
#6 – A Crime of Passion Fruit (Bakeshop #6), by Ellie Alexander, finished 1/15/23 ★★★★


SET #2
#1 – Christmas in Evergreen (Christmas in Evergreen #1), by Nancy Naigle, finished 12/3/22 ★★★.5
#2 – The September Society (Charles Lenox #2), by Charles Finch, finished 1/2/23 ★★★★
#3 – Strangulation & Strawberry Cake (Comfort Cakes #3), by Nancy McGovern, finished 12/18/22 ★★★.5
#4 – Murder One (David Sloane #4), by Robert Dugoni, finished 12/6/22 ★★★★
#5 – So Then There Were None (Flower Shop #5), by Annie Adams, finished 12/8/22 ★★★.5


SET #3
#1 – All Systems Red (Murderbot Diaries #1), by Martha Wells, finished 12/11/22 ★★★★
#2 – Wined and Died in New Orleans (Vintage Cookbook #2), by Ellen Byron, finished 1/7/23 ★★★★
#3 – Lana’i of the Tiger (Islands of Aloha #3), by JoAnn Bassett, finished 12/19/22 ★★★.5
#4 – Trophy Hunt (Joe Pickett #4), by C.J. Box, finished 12/25/22 ★★★★
#5 – Americanos, Apple Pies & Art Thieves (Cape Bay Café #5), by Harper Lin, finished 1/11/23 ★★★.5


SET #4
#1 – Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham #1), by Benjamin Stevenson, finished 12/16/22 ★★★.5
#2 – Fatal Frost (Dewberry Farm #2), by Karen MacInerney, finished 1/14/23 ★★★.5
#3 – The Cider Shop Rules (Cider Shop #3), by Julie Anne Lindsey, finished 12/29/22 ★★★★
#4 – Sentenced to Death (Writer for Hire #4), by Betty Hechtman, finished 1/5/23 ★★★.5


***** CHALLENGE COMPLETE 1/16/23 *****

[JoAnne]

Marvelous Barb!

[Barb]

Thanks, JoAnne!

[Frankie]

Ducks In A Row Two Month Mini Challenge
Duration: December 1, 2022 - January 31, 2023

40/40 Completed. Finished

01.Falcon Falls Security #1:The Hunted One-Brittney Sahin 12/11/22
02.Linear Tactical #2:Eagle-Janie Crouch 12/04/22
03.One and Only #3:Only Love-Melanie Harlow 12/07/22
04.Jack Daniels Mystery #4:Dirty Martini-J.A. Konrath 12/15/22
05.Deep Ops #5:Unforgiven-Rebecca Zanetti 12/07/22


06.Vancouver Wolves Hockey #1:Puck Me Secretly-Odette Stone 12/10/22
07.All In #2:A Favor for a Favor-Helena Hunting 12/09/22
08.Pittsburgh Titans #3:Gage-Sawyer Bennett 12/02/22
09.She Can #4:She Can Hide-Melinda Leigh 12/15/22


10.Blake Wilder FBI Mystery Thriller #5:The Secret She Kept-Elle Gray 12/17/22
11.Emma Griffin #6:The Girl and the Hunt-A.J. Rivers 1/06/23
12.Henchmen MC-Next Generation #7:Dezi-Jessica Gadziala 12/04/22
13.Lost Kings #8:Beyond Reckless-Autumn Jones Lake 12/16/22


14.Gator Bait MC #1:Nobody Cares Unless You're Pretty-Lani Lynn Vale 12/08/22
15.Morgans of Nashville #2:Be Afraid-Mary Burton 12/01/22
16.Jack Daniels Mystery #3:Rusty Nail-J.A. Konrath 12/01/22
17.Faces of Evil #4:Rage-Debra Webb 12/02/22
18.Faces of Evil #5:Revenge-Debra Webb 12/09/22
19.Faces of Evil #6:Ruthless-Debra Webb 12/16/22


20.Detective McDaniel Thriller #1:Hold Back the Night-Axel Blackwell 12/08/22
21.Midnight #2:Midnight Sacrifice-Melinda Leigh 12/22/22
22.Blue Moon #3:The Last Second Chance-Lucy Score 12/24/22
23.Detective Josie Quinn #4:Her Final Confession-Lisa Regan 12/18/22


24.First Family #4:State of Shock-Marie Force 1/07/23
25.Jack Daniels Mystery #5:Fuzzy Navel-J.A. Konrath 12/22/22
26.Jack Daniels Mystery #6:Cherry Bomb-J.A. Konrath 1/04/23
27.Faces of Evil #7:Vicious-Debra Webb 1/05/23
28.Faces of Evil #8:Vile-Debra Webb 1/11/23


29.Compass #4:Northern Stars-Brittainy C. Cherry 1/22/23
30.Detective Josie Quinn #5:The Bones She Buried-Lisa Regan 1/12/23
31.The Kingmaker Saga #6:Alpha Omega-London Miller 1/13/23
32.Jack Daniels Mystery #7:Shaken-J.A. Konrath 1/04/23
33.Jack Daniels Mystery #8:Stirred-J.A. Konrath 1/05/23


34.On the Edge #1:Buried Deception-Amanda McKinney 12/03/22
35.Slaughter Creek #2:Her Dying Breath-Rita Herron 12/22/22
36.Slaughter Creek #3:Worth Dying For-Rita Herron 1/08/23
37.Kate Fox #4:Easy Mark-Shannon Baker 1/13/23


38.Nikki Hunt #1:The Girls in the Snow-Stacy Green 1/11/23
39.Unraveled Destiny #2:Ironvine-Cat Porter 1/09/23
40.Adair Family #3:Always You-Samantha Young 1/13/23

[JoAnne]

Fabulous Frankie!

[Genevieve]

FINISHED
Ducks In A Row Two Month Mini Challenge
Duration: December 1, 2022 - January 31, 2023

1. Candy Man by Amy Lane12/9/2022
2. The House at Pooh Corner by A.A. Milne 1/3/2023
3. A Few Good Fish by Amy Lane 12/1/2022
4. Read It and Weep by Jenn McKinlay 12/12/2022

1.Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne 12/12/2022
2. A Crafter Hooks a Killer by Holly Quinn 12/14/2022
3. Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder 12/30/2022
4. Hiding the Moon by Amy Lane 1/23/2023

12. Southern Wands by Amy Boyles 12/11/2022
13. Fatal, Family, Album by Joanna Campbell Slan 12/24/2022
14. The Diva Serves Forbidden Fruit by Krista Davis 12/27/2022

[JoAnne]

Well done Genevieve!

[Olivermagnus]

~~~ Complete ~~~

Ducks In A Row Two Month Mini Challenge
December 1, 2022 - January 31, 2023

#1 DC Morgan - The Last Party - Clare Mackintosh - 1/24/23
#2 Firefighters of Station 5 - Under Fire - Jo Davis - 12/10/22
#3 Highway Quartet - Badlands - C.J. Box - 1/12/23
#4 Southern Storms - Christmas Blizzard - Lexie Nicholas - 12/21/22
#5 Gold Valley - Unbroken Cowboy - Maisey Yates - 12/29/22
#6 Chief Inspector Max Camara - Fatal Sunset - Jason Webster - 1/10/23

#1 Virgil Flowers - Dark of the Moon - John Sandford - 1/11/23
#2 Highway Quartet - The Highway - C.J. Box - 1/1/23
#3 Tall, Dark & Dangerous - Frisco's Kid - Suzanne Brockmann - 12/19/22

#1 Texas Rangers - The Seventh Victim - Mary Burton - 1/16/23
#2 Quinn Colson - The Lost Ones - Ace Atkins - 1/2/23
#3 Alex Carter - A Ghost of Caribou - Alice Henderson - 1/14/23

#5 Rizzoli & Isles - Vanish - Tess Gerritsen - 12/3/22
#6 Hannah Swensen- Sugar Cookie Murder - Joanne Fluke - 1/26/23
#7 Rizzoli & Isles - The Keepsake - Tess Gerritsen - 1/4/23
#8 Campers & Criminals - Assailants, Asphalt & Alibis - Tonya Kappes - 12/8/22

[Nell]

Lost Challenges Ducks in a Row - Finished
Dec - Jan


#1 Marygene Brown: Southern Sass and Killer Cravings by Kate Young 12/19/22
#2 Gethsemane Brown: Death in D Minor by Alexia Gordon 12/25/22
#3 Gethsemane Brown: Killing in C Sharp by Alexia Gordon 12/28/22
#4 Beryl & Edwina: Murder Comes to Call by Jessica Ellicott 12/03/22
#5 Zoe Chambers: No Way Home by Annette Dashofy 1/02/23
#6 Cajun Country: Murder in the Bayou Boneyard by Ellen Byron 1/08/23
#7 Cajun Country: Cajun Kiss of Death by Ellen Byron 1/11/23
#8 Sarah Winston Garage Sale: Sell Low, Sweet Harriet by Sherry Harris 12/11/22
#9 Sarah Winston Garage Sale: Absence of Alice by Sherry Harris 12/12/22
#10 Maine Clambake: Muddled Through by Barbara Ross 1/05/23



#1 Taste of Love: Digging Up Love by Chandra Blumberg 12/21/22
#2 Jane Wunderly: Murder at Wedgefield Manor by Erica Ruth Neubauer 1/30/23



#1 Odessa Jones: A Glimmer of Death by Valerie Wilson Wesley 12/24/22
#2 Chloe Jackson, Sea Glass Saloon: A Time to Swill by Sherry Harris 1/18/23
#3 Chloe Jackson, Sea Glass Saloon: Three Shots to the Wind by Sherry Harris 1/21/23

[JoAnne]

Fantastic Lynda and Nell!

[Tari]

Finished

Ducks In A Row Two Month Mini Challenge
Duration: December 1, 2022 - January 31, 2023

#2 Bee’s Bakery Mysteries Death by Cookie Dough Rosie A. Point 12/2/22
#3 Garden Cove Mysteries Chilling a Murder Penny Brooke 12/11/22
#4 Christmas Cozy Mysteries Mistletoe Murder Mona Marple 12/5/22

#5 Treehouse Hotel Mysteries Crocuses and Corpses Sue Hollowell 12/15/22
#6 Razzy Cat Mysteries The Girl Who Disappeared Courtney McFarlin12/23/22
#7 Blue Ridge Library Mysteries Death in the Margins Victoria Gilbert 12/1/22

#7 Secondhand Sleuth Mysteries The Bargain Blackmail Mel Morgan 12/10/22
#8 Mystery Bookshop Mysteries Bookclubbed to Death V.M. Burns 12/17/22
#9 Black Cat Café Mysteries JingleBuried Cookies Lyndsey Cole 12/27/22

#3 Rambling RV Mysteries Mayhem in Montana Patti Benning 12/19/22
#4 Chloe Jackson, Sea Glass Saloon Mysteries Rum and Choke Sherry Harris 12/27/22
#5 Resale Boutique Mysteries Sleuthing in Stilettos Debra Sennefelder 12/3/22

#3 Holiday Corner Mysteries Slay Ride D.B. McNicol 12/18/22
#4 Life’s a Beach Mysteries Santa, Surf and Sapphires Emerald Finn 1/2/23
#5 Cookie’s Creamery Mysteries Merry Murder Kathleen Suzette 12/9/22

#23 Freshly Baked Mysteries Christmas Cake Caper Kathleen Suzette 12/8/22
#24 Raised & Glazed Mysteries Glaze of Glory Emma Ainsley 12/30/22
#25 Raised & Glazed Mysteries Baking Matters Worse Emma Ainsley 1/10/23

#3 Olivia Morgan Cruise Ship Mystery Overboard at Christmas Wendy Neugent 1/3/23
#4 Rambling RV Cozies Offed in Oregon Patti Benning 1/8/23
#5 Rambling RV Cozies Croaked in California Patti Benning 1/17/23

#5 Jelly Shop Mysteries Sleigh Bells Ring, Jelly's Cooking Donna Clancy 1/18/23
#6 Belle Harbor Mysteries Pies and Pandemonium Sue Hollowell 1/18/23
#7 Pumpkin Hollow Mysteries Hard Candy and a Killer Kathleen Suzette 12/6/22

[JoAnne]

Fantastic Tari!

[JoAnne]

FINISHED
Ducks In A Row Two Month Mini Challenge
Duration: December 1, 2022 - January 31, 2023

Rules: Read books from the same series or ‘mix-n-match’ – as long as it is at least three in a row. Like 3, 4, 5? Or 11, 12, 13? 17, 18, 19?

My List:
The Innkeeper's House Elizabeth Bromke 12/3/22 (Hickory Grove #4)
Christmas Dreams Ev Bishop 12/16/22 (Soul Sisters at Cedar Mountain Lodge #5)
A Real Cowboy for Christmas Stephanie Rowe 1/1/23 (Wyoming Rebels #6)
Wild Iris Ridge RaeAnne Thayne 12/30/22 (Hope's Crossing #7)
Mistletoe With a Pink Bow Vella Day 12/8/22 (A Witch's Cove Mystery #8)

Long Shadows David Baldacci 1/5/23 (Amos Decker #7)
Till Death Do Us Tart Ellie Alexander 1/17/23 (A Bakeshop Mystery #8)
My Brother's Forbidden Friend Piper Rayne 12/27/22 (The Greene Family #9)
A Greene Family Christmas Piper Rayne 12/27/22 (The Greene Family #9.5)
Christmas Castles Judith Keim 1/16/23 (Soul Sisters at Cedar Mountain Lodge #10)

[Melissa A]

FINISHED!!! Dec/Jan Ducks in a Row
Two Month Mini Challenge
Duration: December 1, 2022 - January 31, 2023
Rules: Read books from the same series or ‘mix-n-match’ – as long as it is at least three in a row. Like 3, 4, 5? Or 11, 12, 13? 17, 18, 19?
(You do NOT have to read them in that order.)

Rows: 13
Books in Rows: 54

Row #1 - 8
(Christmas River 1) Murder in Christmas River Meg Muldoon 12/03/22
(Getaway 2) His Happy Place Zakiya Dalila Harris 12/02/22
(Moose Springs, Alaska 2.5) A Christmas Bun for Ulysses Sarah Morgenthaler 01/15/23
(Getaway Collection 3) Stockholm Catherine Steadman 12/02/22
(Christmas River 4) Malice in Christmas River Meg Muldoon 12/07/22
(Christmas River 4.5) Roasted in Christmas River Meg Muldoon 12/08/22
(Christmas River 5) Mischief in Christmas River Meg Muldoon 12/20/22
(Sookie Stackhouse 6) Definitely Dead Charlaine Harris 01/05/23

Row #2 - 4
(Jo’s Scrapbook 6) An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving Louisa May Alcott 12/13/22
(Sookie Stackhouse 7) All Together Dead Charlaine Harris 01/07/23
(Sookie Stackhouse 8) From Dead to Worse Charlaine Harris 01/07/23
(The Sacketts 8.5) War Party Louis L'Amour 12/10/22

Row #3- 6
(Sookie Stackhouse 9) Dead and Gone Charlaine Harris 01/08/23
(Sookie Stackhouse 10) Dead in the Family Charlaine Harris 01/10/23
(Sookie Stackhouse 10.5) The Sookie Stackhouse Companion: A Complete Guide to the True Blood Mystery Series Charlaine Harris 01/20/23
(Coffeehouse Mystery 11) A Brew to a Kill Cleo Coyle 12/07/22
(Coffeehouse Mystery 12) Holiday Buzz Cleo Coyle 12/10/22

Row #4 - 5
(Sookie Stackhouse 11) Dead Reckoning Charlaine Harris 01/15/23
(Sookie Stackhouse 12) Deadlocked Charlaine Harris 01/15/23
(Coffeehouse Mystery 13) Billionaire Blend Cleo Coyle 12/13/22
(Coffeehouse Mystery 14) Once Upon a Grind Cleo Coyle 12/19/22
(Coffeehouse Mystery 15) Dead to the Last Drop Cleo Coyle 12/31/22

Row #5- 6
(Moon Mystery 1) Moon Signs Helen Haught Fanick 12/06/22
(Christmas River 2) Mayhem in Christmas River Meg Muldoon 12/04/22
(Christmas River 3) Madness in Christmas River Meg Muldoon 12/06/22
(Getaway Collection 4) Belle Mer Luanne Rice 12/14/22
(Hercule Poirot SS-5) The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim: a Hercule Poirot Short Story Agatha Christie 12/31/22
(Getaway 6) Shell Game Rumaan Alam 12/14/22

Row #6- 5
(Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 1) Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Ian Fleming 12/11/22
(Tokyo Ever After 2) Tokyo Dreaming Emiko Jean 12/17/22
(Getaway Collection 3) Stockholm Catherine Steadman 12/02/22
(Sookie Stackhouse 4) Dead to the World Charlaine Harris 01/04/23
(Sookie Stackhouse 5) Dead as a Doornail Charlaine Harris 01/04/23

Row #7- 4
(Opposites Attract 1) Opposites Attract Camilla Isley 12/13/22
(Papa Pacelli’s Pizzeria 2) Bacon Cheddar Murder Patti Benning 12/18/22
(Fairy Senses 3) Fairy Earmuffs Emily Martha Sorensen 12/06/22
(Well Met 4) Well Traveled Jen DeLuca 01/24/23

Row #8- 3
(Lily Bard mystery 1) Shakespeare's Landlord Charlaine Harris 12/15/22
(Bright Falls 2) Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail Ashley Herring Blake 01/01/23
(A Five-Ingredient Mystery 3) Final Fondue Maya Corrigan 12/08/22

Row #9 - 3
(Santa Fe Cafe Mystery 1) Bread of the Dead Ann Myers 12/17/22
(Sookie Stackhouse 2) Living Dead in Dallas Charlaine Harris 01/02/23
(A Knitting Mystery 3) A Deadly Yarn Maggie Sefton 12/21/22

Row #10 - 3
(Papa Pacelli’s Pizzeria 1) Pall Bearers and Pepperoni Patti Benning 12/18/22
(Santa Fe Cafe Mystery 2) Cinco de Mayhem Ann Myers 01/02/23
(Sookie Stackhouse 3) Club Dead Charlaine Harris 01/03/23

Row # 11 - 5
(Kiki Lowenstein 14) Grand, Death, Auto Joanna Campbell Slan 12/20/22
(Kiki Lowenstein 15) Law, Fully, Dead: A Cozy Mystery with Tons of Female Friendship, Family Drama, and Heart! Joanna Campbell Slan 01/29/23
(Coffeehouse Mystery 16) Dead Cold Brew Cleo Coyle 01/26/23
(Coffeehouse Mystery 17) Shot in the Dark Cleo Coyle 01/29/23
(Chief Inspector Armand Gamache 18) A World of Curiosities Louise Penny 12/28/22

Row# 12 - 3
(Sookie Stackhouse #1) Dead Until Dark Charlaine Harris 12/29/22
(Love Hypothesis 2) Love on the Brain Ali Hazelwood 01/03/23
(Santa Fe Mystery 3) Feliz Navidead Ann Myers 01/15/23

Row #13 - 3
(Darcy & Rachel 1) Something Borrowed Emily Giffin 01/02/23
(Darcy & Rachel 2) Something Blue Emily Giffin 01/05/23
(Aurora Teagarden 3) Three Bedrooms, One Corpse Charlaine Harris 12/15/23

No Row -

(Aurora Teagarden #1) Real Murders Charlaine Harris 01/11/23
(Mad Egg Cozy Diner 2) Pastries and Peril Constance Barker (KU) 01/11/23

(Mad Egg Cozy Diner #1) Toast and Treachery Constance Barker (KU) 01/11/23
(Moonbright, Maine 2) The Bakeshop at Pumpkin and Spice Donna Kauffman 01/20/23

(The Sisters Grimm Mystery 1) The Fairy-Tale Detectives Michael Buckley 01/13/23
(Aurora Teagarden 2) A Bone to Pick

(Homeswappers 1) The Watchman of Rothenburg Dies Adriana Licio 01/14/23

(Life of a Cactus 1) Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus Dusti Bowling 01/14/23

(A Fanny Doyle Cozy Ghost Mystery #1) Bath Bombs & Beyond: A Fanny Doyle Cozy Ghost Mystery Violet Patton 01/20/23

(A Literary Pub Mystery 1) Wine and Punishment Sarah Fox 01/24/23

[JoAnne]

Awesome Melissa!

[Shash]

Finished! :)

Ducks In A Row Two Month Mini Challenge
December 2022/January 2023

1. The Valentine Inn by Jennifer Peel (12/7/22) - A Valentine Inn Novel
2. Dating Dru by Ranee S. Clark (12/9/22) - Love in Little River
3. A Christmas Date by Camilla Isley (12/2/22) - First Comes Love
4. Scrooge and the Girls Next Door by Melanie Jacobson (12/7/22) - Creekville Kisses
5. Snowed in at Silver Lake by Stephanie Fowers (12/19/22) - Snowed in for Christmas
6. The Oil Tycoon Rescue by Ginny Sterling (12/31/22) - Disaster City Search and Rescue
7. Cotswolds Holiday by Kasey Stockton (12/2/22) - Christmas Escape
8. Snowed In at Jingle Falls by Kaylee Baldwin (12/28/22) - Snowed In for Christmas
9. Beacon by Camille Peters (1/10/22) - The Kingdom Chronicles
10. Snowed In at Harper's Inn by Catelyn Meadows (12/16/22) - Snowed In for Christmas

12. Soldier Under the Mistletoe by Lacy Williams (12/14/22) - Hometown Sweethearts
13. Yours By Christmas by Jennifer Youngblood (12/20/22) - Park City Firefighter Romance
14. The Rancher's Unexpected Gift by Lacy Williams (12/15/22) - Hometown Sweethearts

1. The Stand-in Christmas Date by Rachel John (12/13/22) - Matched by Mistake
2. Christmas at Valentine Inn by Jennifer Peel (12/15/22) - A Valentine Inn Novel
3. A Yorkshire Carol by Jennie Goutet (12/11/22) - A Christmas Match
4. A Mistletoe Mismatch by Sally Britton (12/8/22) - A Christmas Match

1. An Unexpected Kiss by Cindy Roland Anderson (12/14/22) - Christmas in Snow Valley
2. The Christmas Bachelor Auction by Rachel John (12/22/22) - Matched by Mistake
3. Romancing Daphne by Sarah M. Eden (12/30/22) - The Lancaster Family
4. The Accidental Christmas Match Up by Rachel John (12/24/22) - Matched by Mistake

1. Manor for Sale, Baron Included by Esther Hatch (12/19/22) - A Romance of Rank
2. Courting Miss Lancaster by Sarah M. Eden (12/28/22) - The Lancaster Family
3. The Innkeeper and the Fugitive by Martha Keyes (1/6/23) - Tales from the Highlands
4. The Gentleman and the Maid by Martha Keyes (1/9/23) - Tales from the Highlands

1. Seeking Persephone by Sarah M. Eden (12/27/22) - The Lancaster Family
2. The Enemy and Miss Innes by Martha Keyes (1/5/22) - Tales from the Highlands
3. Pretending I Love Lucy by Julie Christianson (1/13/23) - Apple Valley Love Stories
4. Loving Lieutenant Lancaster by Sarah M. Eden (1/11/23) - The Lancaster Family

1. The Widow and the Highlander by Martha Keyes (1/2/23) - Tales from the Highlands
2. The Gilded Fae by Shari L. Tapscott (1/6/23) - Royal Fae of Rose Briar Woods
3. Besotted by Jody Hedlund (1/18/23) - The Fairest Maidens

1. The Masked Fae by Shari L. Tapscott (1/3/23) - Royal Fae of Rose Briar Woods
2. Beguiled by Jody Hedlund (1/13/23) - The Fairest Maidens
3. Sir Andrew and the Authoress by Sally Britton (1/31/23) - Clairvoir Castle Romances

[JoAnne]

Congrats Shash!

[Kendra]

Finished

Ducks In A Row (Dec/Jan)
Duration: Dec. 1st, 2022 to Jan. 31st, 2023

3/3

1. The Stolen Heir by Holly Black - Jan. 24th (Stolen Heir)
2. Tales from the Café by Toshikazu Kawaguchi - Dec. 8th (Before the Coffee Gets Cold)
3. One Fell Sweep by Ilona Andrews - Jan. 9th (Innkeeper)

1. Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell - Dec. 24th (Winter's Orbit)
2. Sweep in Peace by Ilona Andrews - Jan. 8th (Innkeeper)
3. Head Over Heels by Jill Shalvis - Dec. 21st (Lucky Harbor)

3. The Backup Plan by Jill Shalvis - Jan. 27th (Sunrise Cove)
4. Sweep of the Blade by Ilona Andrews - Jan. 14th (Innkeeper)
5. The Summer Deal by Jill Shalvis - Dec. 7th (Wildstone)

1. The Night Eaters, Vol. 1: She Eats the Night by Marjorie M. Liu - Dec. 11th
2. Ocean's Echo by Everina Maxwell - Dec. 2nd (Winter's Orbit)
3. Before Your Memory Fades by Toshikazu Kawaguchi - Dec. 12th (Before the Coffee Gets Cold)
4. Well Traveled by Jen DeLuca - Dec. 14th (Well Met)
5. Sweep of the Heart by Ilona Andrews - Dec. 19th (Innkeeper)

[JoAnne]

Awesome Kendra!

[Jackie]

Finished.

Ducks In A Row Two Month Mini Challenge
Duration: December 1, 2022 - January 31, 2023

1 The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis - 12/4/22
2 Thanksgiving Past by Kathi Daley - 12/3/22
3 Noel Street by Richard Paul Evans - 12/1/22
4 The Final Warning by James Patterson - 12/11/22
5 The Cat Who Played Brahms by Lilian Jackson Braun - 12/15/22
6 Darke by Angie Sage - 12/14/22
7 The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog by Elizabeth Peters - 12/3/22
8 The Inside Story by Michael Buckley - 12/19/22
9 Obsidian Butterfly by Laurell K. Hamilton - 12/2/22

1 The Hypnotist by Lars Kepler - 12/6/22
2 Blade Breaker by Victoria Aveyard - 12/10/22
3 Aurora's End by Amie Kaufman - 12/4/22
4 Secrets by Emma Carrie - 12/17/22
5 The Pale Horse by Agatha Christie - 1/5/23
6 Death Bringer by Derek Landy - 12/19/22
7 The Woodshed Mystery by Gertrude Chandler Warner - 12/7/22
8 The Lighthouse Mystery by Gertrude Chandler Warner - 1/31/23
9 The Gladstone Bag by Charlotte MacLeod - 1/31/23

1 The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett - 12/9/22
2 Fatal Frost by Karen MacInerney - 12/17/22
3 Brisingr by Christopher Paolini - 12/6/22
4 Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas - 12/21/22
5 Kindred by Steve Robinson - 1/27/23

1 The Noel Diary by Richard Paul Evans - 12/11/22
2 The Poison Belt by Arthur Conan Doyle - 12/21/22
3 Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports by James Patterson - 12/8/22
4 Super Powereds: Year 4 by Drew Hayes - 1/14/23

1 Hatchet by Gary Paulsen - 12/19/22
2 Dark of Night by Barbara Nickless - 12/22/22
3 The Last Ever After by Soman Chainani - 12/13/22

1 Water Viper by R.J. Blain - 12/23/22
2 Wildcard by Marie Lu - 12/27/22
3 The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie - 1/6/23

1 The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie - 1/4/23
2 Rejected by Heaven by Michael Anderle - 12/30/22
3 Super Powereds: Year 3 by Drew Hayes - 1/9/23

1 The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch - 1/16/23
2 Etheric Researcher by S.R. Russell - 1/2/23
3 Etheric Explorer by S.R. Russell - 1/18/23

1 Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster - 1/21/23
2 Super Powereds: Year 2 by Drew Hayes - 1/3/22
3 A Hard Day for a Hangover by Darynda Jones - 1/19/23