June 2024 Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge

[JoAnne]

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: June 1, 2024 - June 30, 2024

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]

Christina (AKA Babbling)
Crystal FINISHED

Fiona
Frankie FINISHED

Genevieve FINISHED

Jackie FINISHED
JoAnne FINISHED

Kendra FINISHED

Lali & Michelle FINISHED

Melissa A FINISHED

Olivermagnus FINISHED

Shash FINISHED
Suzanne

Tari FINISHED

[JoAnne]

June Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge


Hold on Tight Serena Bell 6/4/24 (Returning Home #1)
Fatal Justice Marie Force 6/14/24 (Fatal #2)
The Restaurant on Plum Island Amy Rafferty 6/3/24 (Cobble Beach #3)

[Melissa A]

FINISHED! June Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: June 1, 2024 - June 30, 2024

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

Series:
X A Maine Clambake Mystery 1
XX Rivers of London 1 & 2
XX The Simple Wild 2 & 3
X Aunties 3

Sets: 2
Books: 6

Set 1
(A Maine Clambake Mystery 1) Clammed Up Barbara Ross 06/06/24
(The Simple Wild 2) Wild at Heart K.A. Tucker 05/06/24
(Aunties 3) The Good, the Bad, and the Aunties Jesse Q. Sutanto 06/04/24

Set 2
(Rivers of London 1) Rivers of London Ben Aaronovitch 06/07/24
(Rivers of London 2) Moon Over Soho Ben Aaronovitch 06/08/24
(The Simple Wild 3) Running Wild K.A. Tucker 06/05/24

[Lali & Michelle]

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: June 1, 2024 - June 30, 2024

#1 Liver Let Die (#1 in Clueless Cook) by Liz Lipperman 6/1/24

#2 Practice Makes Perfect (#2 in When in Rome) by Sarah Adams 6/3/24

#3 Fatal Fudge Swirl (#3 in Ice Cream Shop) by Meri Allen 6/7/24

[Frankie]

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: June 1, 2024 - June 30, 2024

6/6 Completed. Finished

1.Morgan Men #1:Love On the Run-Zuri Day 6/13/24
2.Wrecked and Ruined #2:Stolen Course-Aly Martinez 6/15/24
3.Storyville FBI Mystery Thriller #3:Whispers of the Dead-Elle Gray 6/21/24


1.Magnolia Falls #1:Loving Romeo-Laura Pavlov 6/13/24
2.Jubilee, Kentucky #2:Last Rites-Sharon Sala 6/19/24
3.Whitlock Family #3:Tempting Promises-Corinne Michaels 6/19/24

[Tari]

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: June 1, 2024 - June 30, 2024

#1 Atlantic Cozy Mystery A Novel Murder Case Tabitha Knight 6/3/24
#2 Melody Scott Snapshot Mysteries Murder in the Masai Mara Victoria DeLuis 6/4/24
#3 Cruising for Clues High and Dry Emma Ainsley 6/11/24

#1 Small Town, Big Magic Mysteries Deadly Bakery Ileana Munoz Renfroe 6/5/24
#2 Bee Keeping Mysteries Kill or Bee Killed Jennie Marts 6/5/24
#3 Lucille Pfiffer Mysteries Blind Justice Tanya R. Taylor 6/13/24

#1 Drunken Pie Café Mysteries Peach Cobbler Poison Diana Dumont 6/9/24
#2 Farm Fresh Cozy Farm Table Felonies Summer Prescott 6/7/24
#3 Dead & Breakfast Mysteries Homicide for the Holidays Sara Bourgeois 6/18/24

#1 Pine Cove Mysteries Framed for Murder Marla A. White 6/10/24
#2 Lucille Pfiffer Mysteries Blind Escape Tanya R. Taylor 6/11/24
#3 Bread & Barks Bakery Mystery Murder in Bloom Paige H. Perry 6/23/24

#1 Pebble Cove Teahouse Mysteries Steeped in Suspicion Eryn Scott 6/12/24
#2 Secret Bookcase Mysteries A Murder at the Movies Ellie Alexander 6/16/24
#3 Haunted Haven Mysteries Haunting License Carol J. Perry 6/25/24

#1 Pebble Cove Bed-and-Breakfast-Mysteries Breakfast in Dead Eryn Scott 6/12/24
#2 Kitty McCray Mysteries Digging Up Death at the Castle Avery Kent 6/17/24
#3 Sunshine Café Mysteries #2 Kitty McCray Mysteries Digging Up Death at the Castle Avery Kent 6/17/24

#1 Secret Bookcase Mysteries Body in the Bookstore Ellie Alexander 6/13/24
#2 Small Town, Big Magic Mysteries Schoolyard Shadows Sharon Michaels 6/25/24
#3 Spot of Spice Bakery Mysteries Murky Meat Kate Jach 6/27/24

[Fiona]

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: June 1, 2024 - June 30, 2024

#1 Six Cloves Under by Gin Jones June 1 - A Garlic Farm Mystery 1

#2 Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins June 19 - Hunger Games 2

#3

[Christina (AKA Babbling)]

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: June 1, 2024 - June 30, 2024

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.
1.
2.
3.

[JoAnne]

Welcome everyone!

[Genevieve]

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: June 1, 2024 - June 30, 2024

1. Miss Spelled by Morgana Best 6/15/2024 (The Kitchen Witch)
2. Beef Stolen-Off by Liz Lipperman 6/7/2024 (Clueless Cook)
3. Arsenic and Old Lies by S.C. Wynne 6/26/2024 (Dr. Maxwell Thornton Murder Mysteries)

[Kendra]

June Easy As 1, 2, 3
Duration: June 1st, 2024 - June 30th, 2024

3/3

1. Five Broken Blades by Mai Corland - June 5th (The Broken Blades)
2. The Kingdom of Copper by S.A. Chakraborty - June 2nd (Daevabad)
3. Firefly: Return to Earth That Was Vol. 3 by Greg Pak - June 13th

[Olivermagnus]

June Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
June 1 - 30, 2024

3 of 3 Complete

1. A Curious Beginning - Deanna Raybourn - 6/9/24 - #1 Veronica Speedwell
2. The Taken - Alice Clark-Platts - 6/20/24 - #2 DI Erica Martin
3. Red Bones - Ann Cleeves - 6/28/24 - #3 Shetland Island

[JoAnne]

Welcome Genevieve, Kendra and Lynda!

[Crystal]

June Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge

Read:

1. Tried and True by Mary Connealy Wild at Heart #1 - 6/1/24
2.Theodosia and the Staff of Osiris by R.L. LaFevers Theodosia Throckmorton #2 - 6/15/24
3. Thrice Upon a Marigold by Jean Ferris Upon a Marigold #3 - 6/14/24

1. Fairest of All by Serena Valentino Villains #1 - 6/7/24
2. Now and Forever by Mary Connealy Wild at Heart #2 - 6/25/24
3. Carry On, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse Jeeves #3 - 6/17/24

1. The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris The Tattooist of Auschwitz #1 - 6/19/24

[JoAnne]

Welcome Crystal!

[Jackie]

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: June 1, 2024 - June 30, 2024

1 Bullet for a Star by Stuart M. Kaminsky - 6/6/24
2 The Black Cauldron by Lloyd Alexander - 6/6/24
3 Can't Wait to Get to Heaven by Fannie Flagg - 6/13/24

1 The Blight Way by Patrick F. McManus - 6/12/24
2 The Northern Cross by Hendrik Falkenberg - 6/7/24
3 The Rise of Nine by Pittacus Lore - 6/16/24

1 Sharp Shooter by Marianne Delacourt - 6/14/24
2
3 The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy - 6/18/24

1 The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm: Eragon by Christopher Paolini - 6/17/24
2
3 Prey on Patmos by Jeffrey Siger - 6/22/24

1 Simply Lies by David Baldacci - 6/20/24
2
3 The Target by David Baldacci - 6/26/24

1 A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson - 6/20/24

1 Plainsong by Kent Haruf - 6/21/24

1 Maids of Misfortune by M. Louisa Locke - 6/24/24

[JoAnne]

Welcome Jackie!

[Shash]

Easy As 1, 2, 3
June 2024

1. The Captive by Julie Coulter Bellon (6/6/24) - Griffin Force
2. The Crushing Depths by Dani Pettrey (6/3/24) - Coastal Guardians
3. A Crown of Snow and Ice by Melanie Cellier (6/7/24) - Beyond the Four Kingdoms

[JoAnne]

Welcome Shash!

[Lali & Michelle]

FINISHED

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: June 1, 2024 - June 30, 2024

#1 Liver Let Die (#1 in Clueless Cook) by Liz Lipperman 6/1/24

#2 Practice Makes Perfect (#2 in When in Rome) by Sarah Adams 6/3/24

#3 Fatal Fudge Swirl (#3 in Ice Cream Shop) by Meri Allen 6/7/24

[JoAnne]

WOOHOO Michelle!

[Shash]

Finished! :)

Easy As 1, 2, 3
June 2024

1. The Captive by Julie Coulter Bellon (6/6/24) - Griffin Force
2. The Crushing Depths by Dani Pettrey (6/3/24) - Coastal Guardians
3. A Crown of Snow and Ice by Melanie Cellier (6/7/24) - Beyond the Four Kingdoms

[Kendra]

Finished

June Easy As 1, 2, 3
Duration: June 1st, 2024 - June 30th, 2024

3/3

1. Five Broken Blades by Mai Corland - June 5th (The Broken Blades)
2. The Kingdom of Copper by S.A. Chakraborty - June 2nd (Daevabad)
3. Firefly: Return to Earth That Was Vol. 3 by Greg Pak - June 13th

[JoAnne]

WOOHOO Shash and Kendra!

[Suzanne]

The Lost Challenges
June 2024 Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: June 1, 2024 - June 30, 2024

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. Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring Blake - ***** - 6/7/2024 - 375 Pages
2. Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir - **** - 6/28/2024 - 510 Pages
3. Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez - ***** - 8/2/2024 - 432 Pages

[JoAnne]

Welcome Suzanne!

[JoAnne]

FINISHED
June Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge


Hold on Tight Serena Bell 6/4/24 (Returning Home #1)
Fatal Justice Marie Force 6/14/24 (Fatal #2)
The Restaurant on Plum Island Amy Rafferty 6/3/24 (Cobble Beach #3)

[Frankie]

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: June 1, 2024 - June 30, 2024

6/6 Completed. Finished

1.Morgan Men #1:Love On the Run-Zuri Day 6/13/24
2.Wrecked and Ruined #2:Stolen Course-Aly Martinez 6/15/24
3.Storyville FBI Mystery Thriller #3:Whispers of the Dead-Elle Gray 6/21/24


1.Magnolia Falls #1:Loving Romeo-Laura Pavlov 6/13/24
2.Jubilee, Kentucky #2:Last Rites-Sharon Sala 6/19/24
3.Whitlock Family #3:Tempting Promises-Corinne Michaels 6/19/24

[JoAnne]

WOOHOO Frankie!

[Genevieve]

FINISHED

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: June 1, 2024 - June 30, 2024

1. Miss Spelled by Morgana Best 6/15/2024 (The Kitchen Witch)
2. Beef Stolen-Off by Liz Lipperman 6/7/2024 (Clueless Cook)
3. Arsenic and Old Lies by S.C. Wynne 6/26/2024 (Dr. Maxwell Thornton Murder Mysteries)

[Tari]

Finished

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: June 1, 2024 - June 30, 2024

#1 Atlantic Cozy Mystery A Novel Murder Case Tabitha Knight 6/3/24
#2 Melody Scott Snapshot Mysteries Murder in the Masai Mara Victoria DeLuis 6/4/24
#3 Cruising for Clues High and Dry Emma Ainsley 6/11/24

#1 Small Town, Big Magic Mysteries Deadly Bakery Ileana Munoz Renfroe 6/5/24
#2 Bee Keeping Mysteries Kill or Bee Killed Jennie Marts 6/5/24
#3 Lucille Pfiffer Mysteries Blind Justice Tanya R. Taylor 6/13/24

#1 Drunken Pie Café Mysteries Peach Cobbler Poison Diana Dumont 6/9/24
#2 Farm Fresh Cozy Farm Table Felonies Summer Prescott 6/7/24
#3 Dead & Breakfast Mysteries Homicide for the Holidays Sara Bourgeois 6/18/24

#1 Pine Cove Mysteries Framed for Murder Marla A. White 6/10/24
#2 Lucille Pfiffer Mysteries Blind Escape Tanya R. Taylor 6/11/24
#3 Bread & Barks Bakery Mystery Murder in Bloom Paige H. Perry 6/23/24

#1 Pebble Cove Teahouse Mysteries Steeped in Suspicion Eryn Scott 6/12/24
#2 Secret Bookcase Mysteries A Murder at the Movies Ellie Alexander 6/16/24
#3 Haunted Haven Mysteries Haunting License Carol J. Perry 6/25/24

#1 Pebble Cove Bed-and-Breakfast-Mysteries Breakfast in Dead Eryn Scott 6/12/24
#2 Kitty McCray Mysteries Digging Up Death at the Castle Avery Kent 6/17/24
#3 Sunshine Café Mysteries #2 Kitty McCray Mysteries Digging Up Death at the Castle Avery Kent 6/17/24

#1 Secret Bookcase Mysteries Body in the Bookstore Ellie Alexander 6/13/24
#2 Small Town, Big Magic Mysteries Schoolyard Shadows Sharon Michaels 6/25/24
#3 Spot of Spice Bakery Mysteries Murky Meat Kate Jach 6/27/24

[JoAnne]

WOOHOO Genevieve and Tari!

[Olivermagnus]

~~~ Complete ~~~

June Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
June 1 - 30, 2024

3 of 3 Complete

1. A Curious Beginning - Deanna Raybourn - 6/9/24 - #1 Veronica Speedwell
2. The Taken - Alice Clark-Platts - 6/20/24 - #2 DI Erica Martin
3. Red Bones - Ann Cleeves - 6/28/24 - #3 Shetland Island

[JoAnne]

WOOHOO Lynda!

[Jackie]

Finished.

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: June 1, 2024 - June 30, 2024

1 Bullet for a Star by Stuart M. Kaminsky - 6/6/24
2 The Black Cauldron by Lloyd Alexander - 6/6/24
3 Can't Wait to Get to Heaven by Fannie Flagg - 6/13/24

1 The Blight Way by Patrick F. McManus - 6/12/24
2 The Northern Cross by Hendrik Falkenberg - 6/7/24
3 The Rise of Nine by Pittacus Lore - 6/16/24

[Crystal]

FINISHED!

June Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge

Read:

1. Tried and True by Mary Connealy Wild at Heart #1 - 6/1/24
2.Theodosia and the Staff of Osiris by R.L. LaFevers Theodosia Throckmorton #2 - 6/15/24
3. Thrice Upon a Marigold by Jean Ferris Upon a Marigold #3 - 6/14/24

1. Fairest of All by Serena Valentino Villains #1 - 6/7/24
2. Now and Forever by Mary Connealy Wild at Heart #2 - 6/25/24
3. Carry On, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse Jeeves #3 - 6/17/24

1. The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris The Tattooist of Auschwitz #1 - 6/19/24

[JoAnne]

WOOHOO Jackie and Crystal!

[Melissa A]

FINISHED! June Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: June 1, 2024 - June 30, 2024

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

Series:
X A Maine Clambake Mystery 1
XX Rivers of London 1 & 2
XX The Simple Wild 2 & 3
X Aunties 3

Sets: 2
Books: 6

Set 1
(A Maine Clambake Mystery 1) Clammed Up Barbara Ross 06/06/24
(The Simple Wild 2) Wild at Heart K.A. Tucker 05/06/24
(Aunties 3) The Good, the Bad, and the Aunties Jesse Q. Sutanto 06/04/24

Set 2
(Rivers of London 1) Rivers of London Ben Aaronovitch 06/07/24
(Rivers of London 2) Moon Over Soho Ben Aaronovitch 06/08/24
(The Simple Wild 3) Running Wild K.A. Tucker 06/05/24

[JoAnne]

WOOHOO Mel!