January - June 2023 Serial Killer Challenge

[Carolien]

Time for a serial read!

This challenge runs from January 01, 2023 - June 30, 2023.

All tasks must relate to books in a series.
You may use books you read for other challenges. Any format is acceptable - paper, audio and ebooks.
Rereads are allowed.
A book may only be used once, minimum 120 pages.

This challenge consists of 4 levels with 5 tasks for each level.
To complete the challenge you would have to complete one task from each level - 10 books in total.

Choose 1 task from each level:

Level 1
1. Read a book that is part of the official series of books, but written by a different author to the one who started the series.
2. Read the final book to complete a series. It doesn't have to be the last book in the series, just the only one you haven't read in the series.
3. Read the first book of a different series by an author you have already read.
4. Read any 1 book in a series that already has more than 8 books in the series.
5. Read the first book in a series by an author new to you.

Level 2
1. Read a book from two series/ sub-series that interconnects (read one book from each series).
2. Read a duology.
3. Read 2 books that forms part of the same series, but are not the first or last books in the series.
4. Read 1 book from two different series where the original publication date of the first book in both series is after 2000. (You can read any book in the series, it doesn't have to be the first one, but the first one must be published after 2000).
5. Read two books from two different series set on two different continents.

Level 3
1. Read three third books from three different series.
2. Read three books set in fictional places.
3. Read a trilogy.
4. Read 3 books with 3-word titles.
5. Read three book from three different genres.

Level 4
1. Read 4 books that have author(s) using pseudonyms that are part of a series. All 4 don't have to be the same author, but they all need to use their pseudonym for the particular books you read.
2. Read 4 books that form part of the same series.
3. Read four books that form part of a series that has been made into a movie or television series (does not have to be four different series, nor do all four books have to part of the same series).
4. Read 4 books published in the same decade.
5. Read 4 books from 4 different series where the original publication date of the first book in each series is before 2000. (You can read any book in the series, it doesn't have to be the first one).

Optional: If you want to extend this to 15 books, you may do so by choosing one extra task from here
1. Read 5 books with 5 or more words in the title.
2. Read 5 books from 5 different series where the author's name or surname starts with the same letter.
3. Read 5 books where the authors all share the current mortal state - they are either all dead or all still alive at the start of this challenge.
4. Read 5 books from the same genre.
5. Read 5 books that are all uneven numbers in a series (e.g. books 3 or 5 in the series, but no books 2 or 4).

[Carolien]

My spot - 5/5 levels complete

Level 1
5. Read the first book in a series by an author new to you.
Diary of a Provincial Lady (#1 Provincial Lady) (1930)

Level 2:
4. Read 1 book from two different series where the original publication date of the first book in both series is after 2000.
The Man Who Died Twice (Thursday Murder Club #2) (2021)
A Change of Circumstance (Simon Serrailler #11) (2021)

Level 3:
1. Read three third books from three different series.
Murder on the Minnesota (Ocean Liner #3) (2002)
Girls in Their Married Bliss (Country Girls #3) (1964)
The Bullet That Missed (Thursday Murder Club #3)

Level 4:
5. Read 4 books from 4 different series where the original publication date of the first book in each series is before 2000.
A Blunt Instrument (#7 Country House Mysteries/#4 Hannayside/Hemingway) (1938)
Ten Star Clues (#15 Bobby Owen) (1941)
The Lonely Girl (Country Girls #2) (1962)
Death Walks the Woods (Francis Pettigrew #4) (1954)

Level 5
3. Read 5 books where the authors all share the current mortal state - they are either all dead or all still alive at the start of this challenge.

Donkerdrif (#7 Bennie Griessel) (2020)
Adoring Stacey (#4 Unexpected Love) (2023)
Holiday Death (#9 Temptation in Florence) (2023)
Slough House (#7 Slough House) (2020)
Just Say Yes (#10 Escape to New Zealand) (2017)

[Jennifer]

Total: 10/10

Level 1
1. Read a book that is part of the official series of books, but written by a different author to the one who started the series.
Skinny Dipping Dare (Camp Firefly Falls, started by Gwen Hayes)

Level 2
5. Read two books from two different series set on two different continents.
The Aussie Next Door - set in Australia
Diamonds in the Dust - set in SA and Europe

Level 3
2. Read three books set in fictional places.
Wizard's Chance (The Realm)
The Power Of Persuasion (Pavlona)
Operation Fury (The Drift space station)

Level 4
2. Read 4 books that form part of the same series.
Series: Wild Irish
Sweet Thursday
Friday I'm in Love
Saturday Night Special
Any Given Sunday

[Nadine]

Level 1:
5. Read the first book in a series by an author new to you.
The Midnight Man - Caroline Mitchell

Level 2:
3. Read 2 books that forms part of the same series, but are not the first or last books in the series.
Pride of Walworth, Adams Family, Book 8 by Mary Jane Staples
and The Young Ones, Adams Family, Book 9 by Mary Jane Staples

Level 3:
4. Read 3 books with 3-word titles.
i) Stone Cold Heart by Caz Frear
ii) Safe with Me by K. L. Slater
iii) The Dressmaker's Secret by Karen Dickson

Level 4:
2. Read 4 books that form part of the same series.
i) A Darker Domain (Karen Pirie #2) by Val McDermid
ii) The Skeleton Road (Karen Pirie #3)
iii) Out Of Bounds (Karen Pirie #4)
iv) Broken Ground (Karen Pirie #5)

[Jennifer]

Done
Might still extend this to 15 books

[Carolien]

Congrats, Jennifer!

I'm done with 5 levels.