November 2023 Easy As 1, 2, 3

[JoAnne]

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: November 1, 2023 - November 30, 2023

This challenge is an ongoing monthly mini-challenge to keep us all motivated to start, (and then continue), some of the many series in our TBR.

Rules:
1) You must read one of each: a 1st, a 2nd, and a 3rd book in a series. Tell us the name of the series.
2) Any genre of series is acceptable.
3) 'Half-step' short-stories (i.e., shorts in anthologies), do not count.
**For uniformity, the numbering on GR will be the judge of this.**
4) Rereads do count.
5) No more than 2 of the 3 books each month can be from the same series.
6) Please post a link to the book and the author and also the date you finished the book.
7) Please repost your entire challenge when you are finished to get your badge.

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.

[JoAnne]

Amanda A

Frankie FINISHED

Genevieve FINISHED
Grace FINISHED

Jackie FINISHED
JoAnne FINISHED

Kendra FINISHED

Melissa A FINISHED
Michele FINISHED

Olivermagnus FINISHED

Shash FINISHED
Suzanne FINISHED

Tari FINISHED
Trina FINISHED

[JoAnne]

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: November 1, 2023 - November 30, 2023

My List:
After the Night Sandra Marie 11/3/23 (Romance for all Seasons #1)
Outback Sky: The Pilot Annie Seaton 11/13/23 (The Augathella Girls #2)
Blue Ink Tess Thompson 11/16/23 (Blue Mountain #3)

A Safe Place Margaret Watson 11/5/23 (Devereux Family #1)
Blue Moon Tess Thompson 11/15/23 (Blue Mountain #2)
Waves of Time Katie Winters 11/19/23 (Coleman #3)

[Tari]

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: November 1, 2023 - November 30, 2023

#1 Elvis Purrsley Mysteries Elvis Purrsley Has Left the Building C. Love 11/11/23
#2 Maple Syrup Mysteries Syrup to No Good Catherine Bruns 11/1/23
#3 Mayhem Village Mysteries The Case of the Deceitful Dognapper Kate Jach 11/4/23

#1 Crooked Quilt Mysteries Quilty As Charged Mel Morgan 11/15/23
#2 Horse Rescue Mysteries Trotting Into Trouble Amber Camp 11/19/23
#3 Shake Shop Mysteries Spoon to Be Dead Dana Mentink 11/5/23

#1 The Misadventures of a Cat Detective Unraveling Threads of Magic Alice Stone 11/21/23
#2 Crystals & CuriosiTEAS Mysteries Murder in a Cup Lauren Elliott 11/29/23
#3 Liz Adams Mysteries A Christmas Conundrum Stacy Wilder 11/9/23

[JoAnne]

Welcome Tari!

[Frankie]

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: November 1, 2023 - November 30, 2023

6/6 Completed. Finished

1.Signal Bend #1:Move the Sun-Susan Fanetti 11/10/23
2.John Tyler #2:White Lines-Tom Fowler 11/10/23
3.Stillhouse Lake #3:Wolfhunter River-Rachel Caine 11/08/23

1.Love Explained #1:Love...It's Complicated-Jeannine Colette 11/09/23
2.Montgomery Brothers #2:Peacekeeper-Laura Pavlov 11/16/23
3.Stella Knox FBI Mystery #3:Killer Shot-Mary Stone 11/11/23

[Tari]

JoAnne wrote: "Welcome Tari!"

Thanks, JoAnne!

[Olivermagnus]

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
November 1 - 30, 2023

3 of 3 Complete

1. A Perfect Evil - Alex Kava - 11/24/23 - #1 Maggie O'Dell
2. Dreaming of You - Lisa Kleypas - 11/14/23 - #2 The Gamblers
3. The Director's Cut - Steve Higgs - 11/3/23 - # 3 Patricia Fisher Mysteries

[Genevieve]

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: November 1, 2023 - November 30, 2023

1, Hope Never Dies by Andrew Shaffer 11/8/2023
2. Clarity of Lines by N.R. Walker 11/16/2023
3. Murder at the Lobstah Shack by Maddie Day 11/28/2023

[Kendra]

November Easy As 1, 2, 3
Duration: Nov. 1st, 2023 - Nov. 30th, 2023

3/3

1. Mr. Villain's Day Off 01 by Yuu Morikawa - Nov. 16th
2. A Cup of Silver Linings by Karen Hawkins - Nov. 13th (Dove Pond)
3. Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 3 by Hiromu Arakawa - Nov. 13th

[JoAnne]

Welcome Frankie, Lynda, Genevieve and Kendra!

[Melissa A]

Finished! November Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: Nov 1, 2023 - Nov 30, 2023

This challenge is an ongoing monthly mini-challenge to keep us all motivated to start, (and then continue), some of the many series in our TBR.

Note: No more than two from any series

Rows: 5
Books: 15
Series: 12

X Campers & Criminals 1
X X Creature Feature 2 & 3
X Badlands Thriller 1
X When in Rome 1
X Getaway Girl 1
X Evie Parker Mystery 1
X Harper Connolly 2
XX A Mail Carrier Cozy Mystery 2 & 3
X Meant to Be 3
X County Kerry Mystery 2
XX Isle of Man 2 & 3
X Bright Falls 3

Row 1
1. (Campers & Criminals 1) Beaches, Bungalows & Burglaries Tonya Kappes 11/02/23
2. (Harper Connelly 2) Grave Surprise Charlaine Harris 11/06/23
3. (Meant to Be 3) Kiss the Girl Zoraida Córdova 11/06/23

Row 2
1. (Badlands Thriller 1) White Out Danielle Girard 11/02/23
2. (Creature Feature 2) Ankle Snatcher Grady Hendrix 11/01/23
3. (A Mail Carrier Cozy Mystery 3) All She Wrote Tonya Kappes 11/09/23

Row 3
1. (When in Rome 1) When in Rome Sarah Adams 11/03/23
2. (A Mail Carrier Cozy Mystery 2) Address For Murder Tonya Kappes 11/07/23
3. (Isle of Man 3) Aunt Bessie Considers Diana Xarissa 11/20/23

Row 4
1. (Getaway Girl 1) Getaway Girl Tessa Bailey 11/03/23
2. (Country Kerry Mystery 2) Some of Us Are Looking Carlene O'Connor 11/11/23
3. (Creature Feature 3) It Waits in the Woods Josh Malerman 11/21/23

Row 5
1. (Evie Parker Mystery 1) House Party Murder Rap Sonia Parin 11/04/23
2. (Isle of Man 2) Aunt Bessie Believes Diana Xarissa 11/13/23
3. (Bright Falls 3) Iris Kelly Doesn't Date Ashley Herring Blake 11/23/23

NO ROW

(Harper Connolly 1) Grave Sight by Charlaine Harris 11/05/23
(The Brothers Duncan Ranch Book 1) A Party Planner for the Cowboy by April Murdock 11/07/23
(Jackson Brodie 1) Case Histories by Kate Atkinson 11/10/23
(An Italian Village Mystery 1) Murder on the Road by Adriana Licio 11/25/23
(Love & Gelato 1) Love and Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch 11/26/23

Rules:
1) You must read one of each: a 1st, a 2nd, and a 3rd book in a series. Tell us the name of the series.
2) Any genre of series is acceptable.
3) 'Half-step' short-stories (i.e., shorts in anthologies), do not count.
**For uniformity, the numbering on GR will be the judge of this.**
4) Rereads do count.
5) No more than 2 of the 3 books each month can be from the same series.
6) Please post a link to the book and the author and also the date you finished the book.
7) Please repost your entire challenge when you are finished to get your badge.

[JoAnne]

Welcome Melissa!

[Jackie]

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: November 1, 2023 - November 30, 2023

1 Zoo Station by David Downing - 11/3/23
2 Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire - 11/2/23
3 The Well of Lost Plots by Jasper Fforde - 11/11/23

1 Story Thieves by James Riley - 11/9/23
2 The Exodus Quest by Will Adams - 11/4/23
3 Secret Honor by W.E.B. Griffin - 11/16/23

1 The Wishing Spell by Chris Colfer - 11/13/23
2 The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley - 11/6/23
3Ghost of a Potion by Heather Blake - 11/17/23

1 The Forbidden Library by Django Wexler - 11/13/23
2 The Perseus Protocol: A Cal Shepard Black-Ops Thriller by J.T. Sawyer - 11/8/23
3 The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness - 11/25/23

1 Double Jeopardy by Colin Forbes - 11/20/23
2 The Slightly Alarming Tale of the Whispering Wars by Jaclyn Moriarty - 11/16/23
3 Critical Response by J.T. Sawyer - 11/26/23

1 1st to Die by James Patterson - 11/20/23
2
3

1 Upside-Down Magic by Sarah Mlynowski - 11/21/23

[Amanda A]

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: November 1, 2023 - November 30, 2023

[Grace]

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: November 1, 2023 - November 30, 2023

1. The School for Good and Evil-Soman Chainani 11/15
2. Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead, Vol. 2-Haro Aso 11/19
3. Chainsaw Man, Vol. 3: Kill Denji-Tatsuki Fujimoto 11/24

[Michele]

Easy as 1,2,3 Monthly Challenge
Duration November 1-30, 2023

1. Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz Read 11/11/23
2.Moonflower Murders by Anthony Horowitz Read 11/22/23.
3. Forests, Fishing & Forgery by Tonya Kappes. Read 11/16/23

[JoAnne]

Welcome Jackie, Amanda, Grace and Michele!

[Trina]

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: November 1, 2023 - November 30, 2023

This challenge is an ongoing monthly mini-challenge to keep us all motivated to start, (and then continue), some of the many series in our TBR.
3/3

1. Witchin' Impossible Renee George 11/4/23 Witchin' Impossible #1
2. The Next Person You Meet in Heaven Mitch Albom 11/24/23 The Five People You Meet in Heaven #2
3. Monster Blood For Breakfast! R.L. Stine 11/27/23 Goosebumps HorrorLand #3

[Suzanne]

The Lost Challenges
November 2023 Easy As 1, 2, 3
Duration: November 1, 2023 - November 30, 2023

Progress: 3 out of 3

This challenge is an ongoing monthly mini-challenge to keep us all motivated to start, (and then continue), some of the many series in our TBR.

Rules:
(view spoiler)[1) You must read one of each: a 1st, a 2nd, and a 3rd book in a series. Tell us the name of the series.
2) Any genre of series is acceptable.
3) 'Half-step' short-stories (i.e., shorts in anthologies), do not count.
**For uniformity, the numbering on GR will be the judge of this.**
4) Rereads do count.
5) No more than 2 of the 3 books each month can be from the same series.
6) Please post a link to the book and the author and also the date you finished the book.
7) Please repost your entire challenge when you are finished to get your badge.

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. (hide spoiler)]

1. The Kiss Quotient, #1: The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang - *** - 11/3/2023 - 323 Pages

2. Junkyard Bargain by Faith Hunter - **** - 11/29/2023 - 166 Pages

3. Junkyard War by Faith Hunter - ***** - 11/30/2023 - 200 Pages

[JoAnne]

Welcome Trina and Suzanne!

[Shash]

Easy As 1, 2, 3
November 2023

1. The Thief of Blackfriars Lane by Michelle Griep (11/8/23) - Blackfriars Lane
2. Magic Redeemed by K.M. Shea (11/23/23) - Hall of Blood and Mercy
3. To Escape a Wonderland by Cece Louise (11/4/23) - The Shattered Tales

[JoAnne]

Welcome Shash!

[Frankie]

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: November 1, 2023 - November 30, 2023

6/6 Completed. Finished

1.Signal Bend #1:Move the Sun-Susan Fanetti 11/10/23
2.John Tyler #2:White Lines-Tom Fowler 11/10/23
3.Stillhouse Lake #3:Wolfhunter River-Rachel Caine 11/08/23

1.Love Explained #1:Love...It's Complicated-Jeannine Colette 11/09/23
2.Montgomery Brothers #2:Peacekeeper-Laura Pavlov 11/16/23
3.Stella Knox FBI Mystery #3:Killer Shot-Mary Stone 11/11/23

[JoAnne]

Fantastic Frankie!

[Kendra]

Finished

November Easy As 1, 2, 3
Duration: Nov. 1st, 2023 - Nov. 30th, 2023

3/3

1. Mr. Villain's Day Off 01 by Yuu Morikawa - Nov. 16th
2. A Cup of Silver Linings by Karen Hawkins - Nov. 13th (Dove Pond)
3. Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 3 by Hiromu Arakawa - Nov. 13th

[JoAnne]

Awesome Kendra!

[Michele]

Finished.
Easy as 1,2,3 Monthly Challenge
Duration November 1-30, 2023

1. Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz Read 11/11/23
2.Moonflower Murders by Anthony Horowitz Read 11/22/23.
3. Forests, Fishing & Forgery by Tonya Kappes. Read 11/16/23

HAPPY THANKSGIVING🦃🦃🦃

[JoAnne]

Well done Michele!

[Olivermagnus]

~~~ Complete ~~~

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
November 1 - 30, 2023

3 of 3 Complete

1. A Perfect Evil - Alex Kava - 11/24/23 - #1 Maggie O'Dell
2. Dreaming of You - Lisa Kleypas - 11/14/23 - #2 The Gamblers
3. The Director's Cut - Steve Higgs - 11/3/23 - # 3 Patricia Fisher Mysteries

[Grace]

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: November 1, 2023 - November 30, 2023
FINISHED

1. The School for Good and Evil-Soman Chainani 11/15
2. Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead, Vol. 2-Haro Aso 11/19
3. Chainsaw Man, Vol. 3: Kill Denji-Tatsuki Fujimoto 11/24

[JoAnne]

WOOHOO Lynda and Grace!

[Shash]

Finished! :)

Easy As 1, 2, 3
November 2023

1. The Thief of Blackfriars Lane by Michelle Griep (11/8/23) - Blackfriars Lane
2. Magic Redeemed by K.M. Shea (11/23/23) - Hall of Blood and Mercy
3. To Escape a Wonderland by Cece Louise (11/4/23) - The Shattered Tales

[Trina]

Completion Post

3/3

1. Witchin' Impossible Renee George 11/4/23 Witchin' Impossible #1
2. The Next Person You Meet in Heaven Mitch Albom 11/24/23 The Five People You Meet in Heaven #2
3. Monster Blood For Breakfast! R.L. Stine 11/27/23 Goosebumps HorrorLand #3

[Melissa A]

Finished! November Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: Nov 1, 2023 - Nov 30, 2023

This challenge is an ongoing monthly mini-challenge to keep us all motivated to start, (and then continue), some of the many series in our TBR.

Note: No more than two from any series

Rows: 5
Books: 15
Series: 12

X Campers & Criminals 1
X X Creature Feature 2 & 3
X Badlands Thriller 1
X When in Rome 1
X Getaway Girl 1
X Evie Parker Mystery 1
X Harper Connolly 2
XX A Mail Carrier Cozy Mystery 2 & 3
X Meant to Be 3
X County Kerry Mystery 2
XX Isle of Man 2 & 3
X Bright Falls 3

Row 1
1. (Campers & Criminals 1) Beaches, Bungalows & Burglaries Tonya Kappes 11/02/23
2. (Harper Connelly 2) Grave Surprise Charlaine Harris 11/06/23
3. (Meant to Be 3) Kiss the Girl Zoraida Córdova 11/06/23

Row 2
1. (Badlands Thriller 1) White Out Danielle Girard 11/02/23
2. (Creature Feature 2) Ankle Snatcher Grady Hendrix 11/01/23
3. (A Mail Carrier Cozy Mystery 3) All She Wrote Tonya Kappes 11/09/23

Row 3
1. (When in Rome 1) When in Rome Sarah Adams 11/03/23
2. (A Mail Carrier Cozy Mystery 2) Address For Murder Tonya Kappes 11/07/23
3. (Isle of Man 3) Aunt Bessie Considers Diana Xarissa 11/20/23

Row 4
1. (Getaway Girl 1) Getaway Girl Tessa Bailey 11/03/23
2. (Country Kerry Mystery 2) Some of Us Are Looking Carlene O'Connor 11/11/23
3. (Creature Feature 3) It Waits in the Woods Josh Malerman 11/21/23

Row 5
1. (Evie Parker Mystery 1) House Party Murder Rap Sonia Parin 11/04/23
2. (Isle of Man 2) Aunt Bessie Believes Diana Xarissa 11/13/23
3. (Bright Falls 3) Iris Kelly Doesn't Date Ashley Herring Blake 11/23/23

NO ROW

(Harper Connolly 1) Grave Sight by Charlaine Harris 11/05/23
(The Brothers Duncan Ranch Book 1) A Party Planner for the Cowboy by April Murdock 11/07/23
(Jackson Brodie 1) Case Histories by Kate Atkinson 11/10/23
(An Italian Village Mystery 1) Murder on the Road by Adriana Licio 11/25/23
(Love & Gelato 1) Love and Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch 11/26/23

Rules:
1) You must read one of each: a 1st, a 2nd, and a 3rd book in a series. Tell us the name of the series.
2) Any genre of series is acceptable.
3) 'Half-step' short-stories (i.e., shorts in anthologies), do not count.
**For uniformity, the numbering on GR will be the judge of this.**
4) Rereads do count.
5) No more than 2 of the 3 books each month can be from the same series.
6) Please post a link to the book and the author and also the date you finished the book.
7) Please repost your entire challenge when you are finished to get your badge.

[JoAnne]

WOOHOO Shash, Trina and Mel!

[JoAnne]

FINISHED
Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: November 1, 2023 - November 30, 2023

My List:
After the Night Sandra Marie 11/3/23 (Romance for all Seasons #1)
Outback Sky: The Pilot Annie Seaton 11/13/23 (The Augathella Girls #2)
Blue Ink Tess Thompson 11/16/23 (Blue Mountain #3)

A Safe Place Margaret Watson 11/5/23 (Devereux Family #1)
Blue Moon Tess Thompson 11/15/23 (Blue Mountain #2)
Waves of Time Katie Winters 11/19/23 (Coleman #3)

[Genevieve]

FINISHED
Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: November 1, 2023 - November 30, 2023

1, Hope Never Dies by Andrew Shaffer 11/8/2023
2. Clarity of Lines by N.R. Walker 11/16/2023
3. Murder at the Lobstah Shack by Maddie Day 11/28/2023

[Tari]

Finished

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: November 1, 2023 - November 30, 2023

#1 Elvis Purrsley Mysteries Elvis Purrsley Has Left the Building C. Love 11/11/23
#2 Maple Syrup Mysteries Syrup to No Good Catherine Bruns 11/1/23
#3 Mayhem Village Mysteries The Case of the Deceitful Dognapper Kate Jach 11/4/23

#1 Crooked Quilt Mysteries Quilty As Charged Mel Morgan 11/15/23
#2 Horse Rescue Mysteries Trotting Into Trouble Amber Camp 11/19/23
#3 Shake Shop Mysteries Spoon to Be Dead Dana Mentink 11/5/23

#1 The Misadventures of a Cat Detective Unraveling Threads of Magic Alice Stone 11/21/23
#2 Crystals & CuriosiTEAS Mysteries Murder in a Cup Lauren Elliott 11/29/23
#3 Liz Adams Mysteries A Christmas Conundrum Stacy Wilder 11/9/23

[JoAnne]

WOOHOO Genevieve and Tari!

[Suzanne]

Finished!

The Lost Challenges
November 2023 Easy As 1, 2, 3
Duration: November 1, 2023 - November 30, 2023

Progress: 3 out of 3

This challenge is an ongoing monthly mini-challenge to keep us all motivated to start, (and then continue), some of the many series in our TBR.

Rules:
(view spoiler)[1) You must read one of each: a 1st, a 2nd, and a 3rd book in a series. Tell us the name of the series.
2) Any genre of series is acceptable.
3) 'Half-step' short-stories (i.e., shorts in anthologies), do not count.
**For uniformity, the numbering on GR will be the judge of this.**
4) Rereads do count.
5) No more than 2 of the 3 books each month can be from the same series.
6) Please post a link to the book and the author and also the date you finished the book.
7) Please repost your entire challenge when you are finished to get your badge.

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. (hide spoiler)]

1. The Kiss Quotient, #1: The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang - *** - 11/3/2023 - 323 Pages

2. Junkyard Bargain by Faith Hunter - **** - 11/29/2023 - 166 Pages

3. Junkyard War by Faith Hunter - ***** - 11/30/2023 - 200 Pages

[Jackie]

Finished.

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: November 1, 2023 - November 30, 2023

1 Zoo Station by David Downing - 11/3/23
2 Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire - 11/2/23
3 The Well of Lost Plots by Jasper Fforde - 11/11/23

1 Story Thieves by James Riley - 11/9/23
2 The Exodus Quest by Will Adams - 11/4/23
3 Secret Honor by W.E.B. Griffin - 11/16/23

1 The Wishing Spell by Chris Colfer - 11/13/23
2 The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley - 11/6/23
3Ghost of a Potion by Heather Blake - 11/17/23

1 The Forbidden Library by Django Wexler - 11/13/23
2 The Perseus Protocol: A Cal Shepard Black-Ops Thriller by J.T. Sawyer - 11/8/23
3 The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness - 11/25/23

1 Double Jeopardy by Colin Forbes - 11/20/23
2 The Slightly Alarming Tale of the Whispering Wars by Jaclyn Moriarty - 11/16/23
3 Critical Response by J.T. Sawyer - 11/26/23

[JoAnne]

WOOHOO Suzanne and Jackie!