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July 2025 Easy As 1, 2, 3
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Angel **Book Junkie** FINISHED
Caraina FINISHED
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Charlotte FINISHED
Frankie FINISHED
Genevieve FINISHED
Jackie FINISHED
JoAnne FINISHED
Kendra FINISHED
Lali & Michelle FINISHED
Laura Z FINISHED
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Mary FINISHED
Meghana FINISHED
Melissa A FINISHED
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Susan A FINISHED
Tari FINISHED
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My List:
Key Lime Garden Inn Annie Cabot 7/6/25 (Captiva Island Series #1)
Her Last Goodbye Melinda Leigh 7/6/25 (Morgan Dane #2)
Loving and Dying in Notchey Creek Liz S. Andrews 7/11/25 (Harley Henrickson #3)
Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly ChallengeDuration: July 1, 2025 - July 31, 2025
9/9 Completed. Finish
1.Dean Matheson #1:Who Cares If They Die-Wendy Dranfield 7/21/25
2.St. Louis Sires #2:Holding-Alexandria House 7/18/25
3.Sin City Salvation #3:Contempt-A. Zavarelli 7/02/25
1.Country Cottage Mysteries #1:Kittyzen's Arrest-Addison Moore 7/13/25
2.The Martini Club #2:The Summer Guests-Tess Gerritsen 7/09/25
3.King Family #3:Just Between Us-Lena Hendrix 7/17/25
1.Noelle Marshall #1:Her First Mistake-Kendra Elliot 7/12/25
2.Mountain Men Matchmaker #2:Seven Year Itch-Amy Daws 7/18/25
3.Carmichael Family #3:Fluke-Adriana Locke 7/03/25
Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly ChallengeDuration: July 1, 2025 - July 31, 2025
Progress: 3/3
1. The Black Star of Kingston S.D. Smith 7/5/25 - Old Natalia #1
2. The Wreck and Rise of Whitson Mariner S.D. Smith 7/9/25 - Old Natalia #2
3. Vindmakeren Maja Lunde 7/1/25 - Årtidskvartetten #3
Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly ChallengeJuly 1, 2025 - July 31, 2025
1. The Queen's Man - Sharon Kay Penman - 4 Stars - 7/9/25 - #1 Justin de Quincy
2. Valley of the Lost - Vicki Delany - 4 Stars - 7/1/25 - #2 Constable Molly Smith
3. Transfer of Power - Vince Flynn - 5 Stars - 7/25/25 - #3 Mitch Rapp
July Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly ChallengeFINISHED!!
6/6
My List:
1. (Gray Man, #1) The Gray ManMark Greaney07/01
2. (Jack Reacher, #2) Die TryingLee Child 07/21
3. The Driver (John Milton #3) The DriverMark Dawson 07/03
1. (Omegas of Animals #1)Papa Bear for DariusLorelei M. Hart 07/09
2. (His Alpha Desires #2) Such a lovely OmegaLorelei M. Hart 07/12
3. (Jack Reacher, #3)TripwireLee Child07/22 #3
Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly ChallengeJuly 1, 2025 - July 31, 2025
COMPLETE
#1 Bull Mountain, Bull Mountain by Brian PanowichJuly 1 ★★★★★.
#2 Delaney Pace, Her Hidden Grave by Pamela Fagan Hutchins July 2 ★★★★
#3 Midwinter, Midwinter Music by KL Noone July 5 ★★★
#1 Noelle Marshall, Her First Mistake by Kendra Elliot July 1 ★★★★
#2 Improper Agreements, An Improper Gentleman by Audra Wells July 3 ★★★
#3 Tate and Bell Mysteries, Murder at the Foundling Hospital by Irina Shapiro July 8 ★★★
#1 Dr. Evan Wilding, At First Light by Barbara Nickless July 9 ★★★
#2 Love's Almac, The Geographer's Map to Romance by India Holton July 11 ★★★
#3 West Coast Forensics, Real Risk by Elle Keaton July 14 ★★★★
#1 Vulture Hollow MC Enemy by KA Merikan July 12 ★★★
#2 The Lincoln Lawyer, The Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly July 13 ★★★★
#3 Kate Burkholder, Breaking Silence by Linda Castillo July 16 ★★★★
#1 Not So Savage Barbarians #1, The Barbarian's Tribute by Amy Padilla July 20 ★★★
#2 Fated Mated, Fated Mates and Where to Find Them by AJ Sherwood July 17 ★★★
#3 Improper Agreements, An Improper Scheme by Audra Wells July 20 ★★★
#1 Fated Mates, Fated Mates and How to Woo Them by AJ Sherwood July 17 ★★★
#2 Opal FIelds, Her Broken Bones by FIona Tarr July 22 ★★★
#3 New Orleans Nocturnes, Life's a Witch by Carrie Pulkinen July 27 ★★★
FINISHED! July Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly ChallengeDuration: July 1, 2025 - July 31, 2025
(First Trio 7/11/25)
Series: 7
X Tory Bauer Mystery 1
X The Housemaid 1
X The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy 2
X Kate Shugak 1 & 2
XX The Body Farm 2 & 3
X An American in Paris 3
X Alibis Collection 3
Trios: 3
Books: 9
Trio 1
(Tory Bauer Mystery 1) Funeral Food Kathleen Taylor 07/01/25
(Kate Shugak 2) A Fatal Thaw Dana Stabenow 07/05/25
(An American in Paris 3) A Fashionably French Murder Colleen Cambridge 07/11/25
Trio 2
(Kate Shugak 1) A Cold Day for Murder Dana Stabenow 07/02/25
(The Body Farm 2) Flesh and Bone Jefferson Bass 07/05/25
(The Body Farm 3) The Devil's Bones Jefferson Bass 07/27/25
TRIO 3
(The Housemaid 1) The Housemaid Freida McFadden 07/06/25
(The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy 2) The Restaurant at the End of the Universe Douglas Adams 07/21/25
(Alibis Collection 3) False Note David Lagercrantz07/29/25
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Duration: July 1, 2025 - July 31, 2025
1. His Coffee Shop Crush by Elle Waters 7/7/2025 (His Ever After)
2. The Monet Murders by Josh Lanyon 7/14/2025 (The Art Of Murder)
3. A Necessary End by Peter Robinson 7/27/2025 (Inspector Banks)
Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly ChallengeDuration: July 1, 2025 - July 31, 2025
1. Ask for Andrea #1 | Ask for Andrea | Noelle W. Ihli | 07.02
2. Off-Campus #2 | The Mistake | Elle Kennedy | 07.11
3. Off-Campus #3 | The Score | Elle Kennedy | 07.12
July Easy As 1, 2, 3Duration: July 1st, 2025 - July 31st, 2025
3/3
1. The Cat Who Saved Books by Sōsuke Natsukawa - July 5th (The Cat Who...)
2. The Dallergut Dream-Making District by Mi-ye Lee - July 2nd (Dallergut Dream Department Store)
3. Ever After Always by Chloe Liese - July 3rd (Bergman Brothers)
Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly ChallengeDuration: July 1, 2025 - July 31, 2025
1.Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries|Heather Fawcett|29/07/25
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Easy as 1, 2, 3July 2025
1️⃣ Alaska Wild #1 - Thin Ice by Paige Shelton 7/2/25
2️⃣ Amish Candy Shop Mystery #2 - Lethal Licorice by Amanda Flower 7/7/25
3️⃣ Vintage Cookbook Mystery #3 - French Quarter Fright Night by Ellen Byron 7/5/25
Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly ChallengeDuration: July 1, 2025 - July 31, 2025
#1 Cozy Bookshop Mysteries Murder on the Books T.C. LoTempio 7/2/25
#2 Dress Designer Mysteries Buttons and Burglary Lucinda Race 7/4/25
#3 Island Whodunnit Death by Deep Dive Tess Marlowe 7/12/25
Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly ChallengeDuration: July 1, 2025 - July 31, 2025
1 Phoenix Rising by Pip Ballantine - 7/6/25
2 The Last Mile by David Baldacci - 7/2/25
3 Murder at Bray Manor by Lee Strauss - 7/10/25
1 Witch King by Martha Wells - 7/9/25
2 Murder at Hartigan House by Lee Strauss - 7/7/25
3 Nomad Unleashed: A Kurtherian Gambit Series by Craig Martelle - 7/17/25
1 Secret Agent Mom by Martha Carr - 7/15/25
2 Private London by James Patterson - 7/10/25
3 Just Make Believe by Maggie Robinson - 7/20/25
1 The Circle by Peter Lovesey - 7/18/25
2 Heaven's Prisoners by James Lee Burke - 7/17/25
3 Seven Days by Deon Meyer - 7/29/25
1 Jackaby by William Ritter - 7/23/25
2 The Intrigue by Marion Chesney - 7/21/25
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1 Arsenic in the Azaleas by Dale Mayer - 7/24/25
2 The Janus Affair by Pip Ballantine - 7/28/25
1 The Windsor Knot by S.J. Bennett - 7/25/25
1 Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman - 7/31/25
Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly ChallengeJuly 1, 2025 - July 31, 2025
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July 2025 Easy As 1, 2, 3
July 2025
My Easy As 1, 2, 3 Challenge (msg 21)
Books Read ❱❱ 5
🥇Grace Medical #1 ❱❱ Trauma Plan ❱❱ 07.31 ★★★
🥈Jackson: Girls' Night Out #2 ❱❱ Flirting with Disaster ❱❱ 07.05 ★★★★
🥉Magnus Pack #3 ❱❱ Here Kitty, Kitty ❱❱ 07.02 ★★★★
🥇Wounded #1 ❱❱ Wounded ❱❱ 07.04 ★★★★
🥈Mary O'Reilly #2 ❱❱ Good Tidings ❱❱ 07.17 ★★★★
🥉Maverick Billionaires #3 ❱❱ Fearless In Love
July Easy As 1, 2, 3 - COMPLETED=======================
Duration: July 1st, 2025 - July 31st, 2025
3/3
✔ 1. Zoo by James Patterson 7/10/25 3★ - Zoo #1
✔ 2. The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie 7/15/25 3★ - Hercule Poirot #2
✔ 3. Joy to the Duke by Darcy Burke 7/2/25 2★ - Love is All Around #3
FinishedJuly Easy As 1, 2, 3
Duration: July 1st, 2025 - July 31st, 2025
3/3
1. The Cat Who Saved Books by Sōsuke Natsukawa - July 5th (The Cat Who...)
2. The Dallergut Dream-Making District by Mi-ye Lee - July 2nd (Dallergut Dream Department Store)
3. Ever After Always by Chloe Liese - July 3rd (Bergman Brothers)
FINISHEDEasy as 1, 2, 3
July 2025
1️⃣ Alaska Wild #1 - Thin Ice by Paige Shelton 7/2/25
2️⃣ Amish Candy Shop Mystery #2 - Lethal Licorice by Amanda Flower 7/7/25
3️⃣ Vintage Cookbook Mystery #3 - French Quarter Fright Night by Ellen Byron 7/5/25
Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly ChallengeDuration: July 1, 2025 - July 31, 2025
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.
Completed: 3/3
1. Esther: Royal Beauty - Angela Elwell Hunt 7/2/25 (#1, Dangerous Beauty Series)
2. Beautifully Broken Spirit - Catherine Cowles 7/6/25 (#3, Sutter Lake Series)
3. Honour Bound - Helen Harper 7/8/25 (#2, Highland Magic Series)
CompletedProgress: 3/3
1. The Black Star of Kingston S.D. Smith 7/5/25 - Old Natalia #1
2. The Wreck and Rise of Whitson Mariner S.D. Smith 7/9/25 - Old Natalia #2
3. Vindmakeren Maja Lunde 7/1/25 - Årtidskvartetten #3
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July Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
My List:
Key Lime Garden Inn Annie Cabot 7/6/25 (Captiva Island Series #1)
Her Last Goodbye Melinda Leigh 7/6/25 (Morgan Dane #2)
Loving and Dying in Notchey Creek Liz S. Andrews 7/11/25 (Harley Henrickson #3)
FINISHEDEasy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: July 1, 2025 - July 31, 2025
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.
Completed: 3/3
1. Esther: Royal Beauty - Angela Elwell Hunt 7/2/25 (#1, Dangerous Beauty Series)
2. Beautifully Broken Spirit - Catherine Cowles 7/6/25 (#3, Sutter Lake Series)
3. Honour Bound - Helen Harper 7/8/25 (#2, Highland Magic Series)
Completed 07.14.2025Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: July 1, 2025 - July 31, 2025
1. Ask for Andrea #1 | Ask for Andrea | Noelle W. Ihli | 07.02
2. Off-Campus #2 | The Mistake | Elle Kennedy | 07.11
3. Off-Campus #3 | The Score | Elle Kennedy | 07.12
Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly ChallengeDuration: July 1, 2025 - July 31, 2025
9/9 Completed. Finish
1.Dean Matheson #1:Who Cares If They Die-Wendy Dranfield 7/21/25
2.St. Louis Sires #2:Holding-Alexandria House 7/18/25
3.Sin City Salvation #3:Contempt-A. Zavarelli 7/02/25
1.Country Cottage Mysteries #1:Kittyzen's Arrest-Addison Moore 7/13/25
2.The Martini Club #2:The Summer Guests-Tess Gerritsen 7/09/25
3.King Family #3:Just Between Us-Lena Hendrix 7/17/25
1.Noelle Marshall #1:Her First Mistake-Kendra Elliot 7/12/25
2.Mountain Men Matchmaker #2:Seven Year Itch-Amy Daws 7/18/25
3.Carmichael Family #3:Fluke-Adriana Locke 7/03/25
~~~ Complete ~~~Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
July 1, 2025 - July 31, 2025
1. The Queen's Man - Sharon Kay Penman - 4 Stars - 7/9/25 - #1 Justin de Quincy
2. Valley of the Lost - Vicki Delany - 4 Stars - 7/1/25 - #2 Constable Molly Smith
3. Transfer of Power - Vince Flynn - 5 Stars - 7/25/25 - #3 Mitch Rapp
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Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: July 1, 2025 - July 31, 2025
1. His Coffee Shop Crush by Elle Waters 7/7/2025 (His Ever After)
2. The Monet Murders by Josh Lanyon 7/14/2025 (The Art Of Murder)
3. A Necessary End by Peter Robinson 7/27/2025 (Inspector Banks)
Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly ChallengeJuly 1, 2025 - July 31, 2025
COMPLETE
#1 Bull Mountain, Bull Mountain by Brian PanowichJuly 1 ★★★★★.
#2 Delaney Pace, Her Hidden Grave by Pamela Fagan Hutchins July 2 ★★★★
#3 Midwinter, Midwinter Music by KL Noone July 5 ★★★
#1 Noelle Marshall, Her First Mistake by Kendra Elliot July 1 ★★★★
#2 Improper Agreements, An Improper Gentleman by Audra Wells July 3 ★★★
#3 Tate and Bell Mysteries, Murder at the Foundling Hospital by Irina Shapiro July 8 ★★★
#1 Dr. Evan Wilding, At First Light by Barbara Nickless July 9 ★★★
#2 Love's Almac, The Geographer's Map to Romance by India Holton July 11 ★★★
#3 West Coast Forensics, Real Risk by Elle Keaton July 14 ★★★★
#1 Vulture Hollow MC Enemy by KA Merikan July 12 ★★★
#2 The Lincoln Lawyer, The Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly July 13 ★★★★
#3 Kate Burkholder, Breaking Silence by Linda Castillo July 16 ★★★★
#1 Not So Savage Barbarians #1, The Barbarian's Tribute by Amy Padilla July 20 ★★★
#2 Fated Mated, Fated Mates and Where to Find Them by AJ Sherwood July 17 ★★★
#3 Improper Agreements, An Improper Scheme by Audra Wells July 20 ★★★
#1 Fated Mates, Fated Mates and How to Woo Them by AJ Sherwood July 17 ★★★
#2 Opal FIelds, Her Broken Bones by FIona Tarr July 22 ★★★
#3 New Orleans Nocturnes, Life's a Witch by Carrie Pulkinen July 27 ★★★
FinishedEasy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: July 1, 2025 - July 31, 2025
#1 Cozy Bookshop Mysteries Murder on the Books T.C. LoTempio 7/2/25
#2 Dress Designer Mysteries Buttons and Burglary Lucinda Race 7/4/25
#3 Island Whodunnit Death by Deep Dive Tess Marlowe 7/12/25
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WOOHOO Susan and Tari!
COMPLETED 07.30.25Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge: 3/3
Duration: July 1, 2025 - July 31, 2025
✅1. The Three-Body Problem | Liu Cixin | 07.24.25 | Remembrance of Earth's Past, #1
✅2. Yours Truly | Abby Jimenez | 07.18.25 | Part of Your World, #2
✅3. Can't Get Enough | Kennedy Ryan | 07.11.25 | Skyland, #3
July Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly ChallengeFINISHED!!
6/6
My List:
1. (Gray Man, #1) The Gray ManMark Greaney07/01
2. (Jack Reacher, #2) Die TryingLee Child 07/21
3. The Driver (John Milton #3) The DriverMark Dawson 07/03
1. (Omegas of Animals #1)Papa Bear for DariusLorelei M. Hart 07/09
2. (His Alpha Desires #2) Such a lovely OmegaLorelei M. Hart 07/12
3. (Jack Reacher, #3)TripwireLee Child07/22 #3
CHALLENGE COMPLETE -- somehow only read one book 3... so only 1 full set this monthJuly 2025 Easy As 1, 2, 3
July 2025
My Easy As 1, 2, 3 Challenge (msg 21)
Books Read ❱❱ 5
🥇Grace Medical #1 ❱❱ Trauma Plan ❱❱ 07.31 ★★★
🥈Jackson: Girls' Night Out #2 ❱❱ Flirting with Disaster ❱❱ 07.05 ★★★★
🥉Magnus Pack #3 ❱❱ Here Kitty, Kitty ❱❱ 07.02 ★★★★
🥇Wounded #1 ❱❱ Wounded ❱❱ 07.04 ★★★★
🥈Mary O'Reilly #2 ❱❱ Good Tidings ❱❱ 07.17 ★★★★
🥉Maverick Billionaires #3 ❱❱ Fearless In Love
Finished.Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: July 1, 2025 - July 31, 2025
1 Phoenix Rising by Pip Ballantine - 7/6/25
2 The Last Mile by David Baldacci - 7/2/25
3 Murder at Bray Manor by Lee Strauss - 7/10/25
1 Witch King by Martha Wells - 7/9/25
2 Murder at Hartigan House by Lee Strauss - 7/7/25
3 Nomad Unleashed: A Kurtherian Gambit Series by Craig Martelle - 7/17/25
1 Secret Agent Mom by Martha Carr - 7/15/25
2 Private London by James Patterson - 7/10/25
3 Just Make Believe by Maggie Robinson - 7/20/25
1 The Circle by Peter Lovesey - 7/18/25
2 Heaven's Prisoners by James Lee Burke - 7/17/25
3 Seven Days by Deon Meyer - 7/29/25
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Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: July 1, 2025 - July 31, 2025
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.