Edwina's New Year's Resolution Reading Challenge 2025: Still Serious

[Edwina]

I'm still serious about getting my series books read so we are repeating this challenge in 2025.

Your mission, should you choose to accept, is to read at least one book per month from the list below. (You do not have to read 1 book per list item, just one book from the choices below.)

Book and sequel (already read the book, then just read the sequel.)

Complete a trilogy. (You can read all 3 in a month or read 1 per month.)

The next book in a series you are currently reading.

Start a new series consisting of 4 or more books.

This challenge runs from Jan. 1, 2025 - Dec. 31, 2025.

Happy reading & Happy New Year!

[Nancy]

I'm in again.

January-Random in Death by J.D. Robb (READ)
February-Passions in Death by J.D. Robb (READ)
March-4th of July by James Patterson (READ)
April-Bonded in Death by J.D. Robb (READ)
May-5th Horseman by James Patterson
June-Framed in Death by J.D. Robb
July-Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins (READ)*
August-The 6th Target by James Patterson
September-
October-
November-
December-

* have read the four previous novels in the series some time ago, the last one a year or two ago so I hope this counts.

[Rebecca]

Seems like fun!
January - Wayward by Blake Crouch (Wayward Pines Trilogy #2) (audiobook) - DONE Jan. 17
February - Dancing with Demons by Peter Tremayne (Sister Fidelma #18) - DONE Feb. 2; Bones of Echo Lake by Declan James (Jake Cashen #3) DONE Feb. 19.
March -The Council of the Cursed by Peter Tremayne (Sister Fidelma #19) - DONE March 9.
April - The Last Town by Blake Crouch (The Wayward Pines Trilogy #3) DONE April 15; Red Sky Hill: Jake Cashen Crime Thriller Series, Book 4 by Declan James (Jake Cashen #4) DONE Apr. 22
May - The Burning Island by Hester Young (Charlie Cates #3) DONE May 12. -- didn't know it was part of a trilogy. We shall see if I get to the others before the end of the year; Her Last Moment by Declan James (Jake Cashen #5) DONE May 14; Saint Peter's Fair by Ellis Peters (Brother Cadfael #4) DONE May 15.; The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection by Alexander McCall Smith (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #13) DONE May 31.
June-Children of Anguish and Anarchy by Tomi Adeyemi (Legacy of Orïsha, #3 - end of trilogy) DONE June 13
July-Espresso Tales by Alexander McCall Smith (44 Scotland Street #2) DONE July 30
August- Cocaine Blues by Kerry Greenwood (Phryne Fisher #1) DONE August 16
September -
October-
November-
December -

[Deb]

I'm serious too. Serious about making room on my bookshelf (for more books).

January- A Conspiracy of Kings by Megan Whalen Turner (#4 of the Queen's Thief series)

February- Entangled: The Homecoming by Barbara Bretton (#6 of the Sugar Maple series)
March- Enraptured: The Discovery by Barbara Bretton (#7 of the Sugar Maple Series)
April- Musky Run: A Northern Lakes Mystery #4 by Jeff Nania
May- Return of the Thief by Megan Whalen Turner (#6 of the Queen's Thief series)
June- Blue Adept by Piers Anthony (#2 of The Apprentice Adept)
July- Juxtaposition by Piers Anthony (#3 of The Apprentice Adept)
August- Blue Christmas by Mary Kay Andrews (#3 of Weezie and Bebe Mysteries)
September-
October-
November-
December-

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[Cindy (BKind2Books)]

I'm going to try this one!

Book and sequel (already read the book, then just read the sequel.) - Bad Monkey

Complete a trilogy. (You can read all 3 in a month or read 1 per month.) - Get a Life, Chloe Brown

The next book in a series you are currently reading: The Mirror ; Wildfire ; Face-Off at the Altar ; The Sweetest Chirp ; Bonded in Death ; Cross ; Blessing of the Lost Girls ; A Stranger in Town ; Living with the Dead ; Artificial Condition ; Starting Over with You

Start a new series consisting of 4 or more books - The Life We Bury ; The Widows’ Guide to Murder ; The Girls in the Snow

Tracking for the months:

January- The Mirror ; Wildfire ; The Life We Bury
February- Face-Off at the Altar ; The Sweetest Chirp ; Bonded in Death
March- The Widows’ Guide to Murder ; Cross ; Blessing of the Lost Girls
April- Bad Monkey ; Get a Life, Chloe Brown
May- A Stranger in Town
June- Living with the Dead
July- Artificial Condition
August- The Girls in the Snow ; Starting Over with You
September-
October-
November-
December-

[Lisa]

Your mission, should you choose to accept, is to read at least one book per month from the list below. (You do not have to read 1 book per list item, just one book from the choices below.)

Book and sequel (already read the book, then just read the sequel.)
Complete a trilogy. (You can read all 3 in a month or read 1 per month.)
The next book in a series you are currently reading.
Start a new series consisting of 4 or more books.

January-Murder Gets a Life, Imitation in Death
February-
March-
April-Murder Shoots the Bull, Remember When, Yasmin the Superhero, Divided in Death
May-Before the Coffee Gets Cold--Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Front Desk--Kelly Wang. Visions in Death--JD Robb, Survivor in Death--JD Robb
June-Origin in Death--JD Robb, Memory in Death--JD Robb, Night of Miracles--Elizabeth Berg. Born in Death--JD Robb
July-
August-
September-
October-
November-
December-

[Edwina]

Edwina's List

January

The Strain by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan - Book 1 of Trilogy - Finished

The Fall by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan - Book 2 of Trilogy - Finished

The Night Eternal by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan - Book 3 of Trilogy - Finished

February

Criss Cross by James Patterson (Alex Cross: Book #27) - Finished

March

Visions in Death by J.D. Robb (Book #19 in series.) - Finished

April

Shadow Prey by John Sandford (Book #2 in series.) - Finished

Before Evil by Alex Kava (Prequel) - Finished

Payback by Fern Michaels (Sisterhood: Book #2) - Finished

Deadly Cross by James Patterson (Alex Cross: Book #28) - Finished

Split Second by Alex Kava (Maggie O'Dell: Book #2) - Finished

May

Fear No Evil by James Patterson (Alex Cross: Book #29) - Finished

Contagious by Scott Sigler (Infected Trilogy: Book #2) - Finished

June

Mine Till Midnight by Lisa Kleypas (The Hathaways Book #1) - Finished

The Soul Catcher by Alex Kava (Maggie O'Dell: Book #3) - Finished

Triple Cross by James Patterson (Alex Cross #30) - Finished

July

Seduce Me at Sunrise by Lisa Kleypas (The Hathaways Book #2) - Finished

The Poet by Michael Connelly (Jack McEvoy #1) - Finished

The Jury by Fern Michaels (Sisterhood #4) - Finished

The Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen (Rizzoli & Isles #1) - Finished

Tempt Me at Twilight by Lisa Kleypas (The Hathaways Book #4) - Finished

August

The Devil You Know by Mike Carey (Felix Castor Book #1) - Finished

Cross Down by James Patterson (Alex Cross #31) - Finished

At The Stroke Of Madness by Alex Kava (Maggie O'Dell: Book #4) - Finished

Alex Cross Must Die by James Patterson (Alex Cross #32) - Finished

The House of Cross by James Patterson (Alex Cross #33) Finished