April '24 Serial Reader Challenge

[Nell]

APRIL '24 SERIAL READER CHALLENGE



TO PARTICIPATE IN THE APRIL 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 March 20th.

♦Pairs will be posted on March 21st.

♦Select a series for your partner between March 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:


🌷Linda picks for Jennifer
🌷Jennifer picks for Meg
🌷Conni picks for Helen
🌷Meg picks for Linda
🌷Helen picks for Karen
🌷Hilary picks for Conni
🌷Karen picks for Hilary

[Linda]

In for April

Writer's Apprentice by Julia Buckley


Hemlock Falls by Claudia Bishop


Savannah Reid by G.A. McKevett


Sudoku Mystery by Kaye Morgan


Torie O'Shea by Rett MacPherson

[Jennifer]

In!

April series

American Royals


Wine & Dine


Odelia Gray


Caprice De Luca


Tea Shop

[Conni]

I'm in for April. My books are:
Peridale Cafe Mysteries
and
Donut Hole Mysteries
and
Sweet Tea Mysteries
and
Cats and Curios Mysteries
and
Magical Renovation Mysteries
and

[Meg]

🎈🎂 April 🎂🎈

Bought the Farm
Till the Cat Lady Sings
Alpaca Lies

Medlar
A Forgotten Murder
A Relative Murder

Poppy Fields
Fields' Guide to Pharaohs
Fields' Guide to Dirty Money

Florida Keys Bed & Breakfast
The Hunt for Hemingway
A Memoir of Mystery

Julia Byrd
Murder in the Library
A Village Fete Murder

[Helen]

I’m in for April.
Donna Leon Commissario Brunetti


Diana Xarissa Aunt Bessie



Jeanne GlidewellLexie Starr



Shirley Rousseau Murphy Joe Grey



Louise Penny Chief Inspector Gamache

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

In for April

Ellie Alexander's Sloan Krause series
The Cure for What Ales You
Beer and Loathing

Erin Johnson's Vampire Tea Room series
Spelling the Tea
With Scream and Sugar

Daryl Wood Gerber's Cookbook Nook series
Simmering with Resentment
Poaching Is Puzzling

Millie Ravensworth's Cozy Craft Mysteries
The Sequinned Cape Murders
The Swan Dress Murders

Monica Knightly's Stratford Upon Avondale series
The Lady Doth Protest: A Stratford Upon Avondale Mystery
Much Ado: A Stratford Upon Avondale Mystery

[Karen]

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

[Nell]

Welcome to the challenge! Here ae the pairs - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Please pick a series for your partner. Happy reading. 😊

[Linda]

Jennifer wrote: "In!

April series

American Royals


Wine & Dine
[bookcover:Death ..."

Hi Jennifer,

The only one of your series I have read is the tea shop so I am going to pick them for you. Have fun with Theo and the gang! Happy Reading!

[Meg]

Hello, Linda! I'm going with Savannah Reid for you. One of my favorites.

[Linda]

Thanks Meg! I was reading these out of order and this is finally going to get me all caught up, so I can read the rest of the series in order.

[Meg]

Linda wrote: "Thanks Meg! I was reading these out of order and this is finally going to get me all caught up, so I can read the rest of the series in order."

I'm finally on Killer Honeymoon, #18. With so many books to read I find that I'm only managing a couple or so a year with a lot of my series. 😑 I'm chuffed that I'm up to date with some at least, feels like a major accomplishment!

[Conni]

I am supposed to pick for Helen.
I am picking the Joe Grey books by Shirley Rousseau Murphy
I have a cat myself. And they look interesting.

[Karen]

Hi Hilary,
I pick the Stratford Upon Avon series for you.
Happy Reading!

Hilary (A Wytch's Book Review) wrote: "In for April

Ellie Alexander's Sloan Krause series
The Cure for What Ales You
Beer and Loathing [bookcover:Beer and..."

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

Conni wrote: "I'm in for April. My books are:
Peridale Cafe Mysteries
and
Donut Hole Mysteries
[bookcover:Strawberry Cream Murde..."

Conni the Cats and Curios sound interesting and so those are my picks for you - happy reading!

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

Karen wrote: "Hi Hilary,
I pick the Stratford Upon Avon series for you.
Happy Reading!

Hilary (A Wytch's Book Review) wrote: "In for April

Ellie Alexander's Sloan Krause series
[book:The Cure for What Ales Yo..."

Wonderful - thank you Karen!

[Jennifer]

Meg wrote: "🎈🎂 April 🎂🎈

Bought the Farm
Till the Cat Lady Sings
Alpaca Lies

Medlar
[bookcover:A For..."

I’m picking Poppy Fields, Meg— I just started that series myself.

[Jennifer]

Linda wrote: "Jennifer wrote: "In!

April series

American Royals


Wine & Dine
..."

I have a bunch of these ready to go on audible so thanks for the excellent pick!

[Meg]

Jennifer wrote: "Meg wrote: "🎈🎂 April 🎂🎈

"

Thanks, Jennifer, I really needed to get back to this one.

[Helen]

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

[bookcove..."

Hi Karen,
I haven’t read any of your series, but I think I’d enjoy the Booktown mysteries, so I’m picking those for you.

[Helen]

Conni wrote: "I am supposed to pick for Helen.
I am picking the Joe Grey books by Shirley Rousseau Murphy
I have a cat myself. And they look interesting."

Thank you Conni. It’s ages since I’ve read any of that series, so it will be nice to get back to them.

[Conni]

We are Both reading books about cats! (Helen)

[Linda]

Finished my first - Murder à la Mode and really enjoyed the story in this one.

[Conni]

I finished "how to wash a cat' Cat and curios mystery, I am now starting 9 lives last forever.

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

I read both of mine on Friday and started the next in the series - they are nice quick reads lol.

[Meg]

I should have posted much earlier than this. I read both of mine on the 1st of the month. I love the mix of excess and gritty action in this series. Plus the international settings. I only see two more books, the last one from Jan 31, 2023. Maybe more will be forthcoming...

[Conni]

9 lives last forever.Cat and Curios Mystery,
second book, I finished it!

[Helen]

Finished my first.

[Helen]

Finally finished my second,
It’s an audiobook, and circumstances affected the amount of time I had available to listen.