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💈AUGUST 2019 Finish What You've Started (Series) Challenge
🌸 EIGHTH Shelf for 2019
Please post your shelves. NO COMMENTS in this thread please. After I post the pair, it will add a link to the shelf, and then you can add discussion comments.

🍭1) 🍭Please only post a list of 5 series STARTED OR NOT STARTED

*When listing your series, please only list the bookcovers you have NOT read yet.
**Novellas are optional.

🎯It is the Picker's option to chose Option A or Option B!!
2) OPTION A: An assigned person will pick ONE series from your post series.
OPTION B: An assigned person will pick TWO series from your post series.

3) You have one month: AUGUST 2019
OPTION A: to try to read as many books in that series as you can—minimum two books in that series.
OPTION B: try to read as many books in the two series as you can—minimum one book per series.

*if you don't read your chosen series, it's okay because this challenge is for YOUR ENJOYMENT.

4) Please try to select for your pair ASAP as we all get excited and waiting is torture to some.

5) After you have made your selections, please return to your original bookshelf and update that shelf with the books your chose and the ones chosen for you.

TIMELINE
JULY 23rd-29th, 2019: Participants will Post their shelves
*If you do not list a shelf, I will not pair you with anyone
***Cut off on JULY 29th

JULY 29th-31st, 2019: Pairs will be posted & then Selection of a Series (Specify Option A or B)
*Again, as I said earlier, please try to select for your pair ASAP.

JULY 31st: Re-picks for those who didn’t get the pick

**MOD ASSIST: TCF Mods Trea, Denise & Lanelle are also around for assistance.

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PARTICIPANTS

Jennifer
Cathy
Karen
Suzanne
LaurLa
☘KathyD☘
Theo
Karen ♐
Chelle
Joyce
Jammin Jenny
Danielle Gypsy Soul
Ezinwanyi

PAIRS
☑ made a pick

☑ Cathy picks for Karen ♐
☑ Joyce picks for Theo
☑ Karen picks for LaurLa
☑ Chelle picks for Suzanne
☑ Danielle Gypsy Soul picks for Ezinwanyi
☑ Karen ♐ picks for Cathy
☑ Ezinwanyi picks for Jennifer
☑ Theo picks for Karen
☑ Suzanne picks for ☘KathyD☘
☑ LaurLa picks for Jammin Jenny
☑ Jennifer picks for Danielle Gypsy Soul
☑ Jammin Jenny picks for Chelle
☑ ☘KathyD☘ picks for Joyce

Series for August:

Danger Cove


Donut Shop --


Passport to Peril


Rat Pack


Paranormal Museum

Cathy's Finish What You Started August 2019

Dark Ones


The Elder Races


Magnus Pack


Night Tales


Amelia Peabody

Karen's series:

I pick Forged of Steele and Damaged Heroes for LaurLa
Theo picks The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels for me

Temperance Brennan


The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels


Ellery Hathaway


Detective Kay Hunter


Plainsong

Suzanne's FWYS List for 2019

Picked for me: Chelle picked Magister and Until the End of the World - that'd be two series finished!!

I picked: Option A Montgomery Ink for KathyD

1. Kate Burkholder


2. Elemental Assassin


3. Spindle Cove


4. Grant County



5. Domestic Diva Mysteries



Series Finished
The Murderbot Diaries
Until the End of the World

FWS Series with one book left
1. Magister:
2. Until the End of the World

I finished and loved it. I didn't get to Magister - life :/ I did read [bookcover
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LaurLa's FWYS Series List ~~ August


🔹I pick for: Jammin Jenny
🔹Series: Shatter Me and Hannah Swensen

🔹Picked for me: Karen
🔹Series: Forged of Steele and Damaged Heroes

MacKenzie Family ~ Liliana Hart


Maggie O'Dell ~ Alex Kava


Bagram Special Ops ~ Kaylea Cross


Forged of Steele ~ Brenda Jackson


Damaged Heroes ~ Sandy James

Kathy’s August Finish What You Started List

Boudreaux, Kristen Proby


In Death, J.D. Robb


Montgomery Ink, Carrie Ann Ryan


Stark Saga, Julie Kenner


For Joyce, I chose In Death (Option A)
For me, Suzanne chose Montgomery Ink (Option A)

2019 Series Status
(view spoiler)[in progress — Boudreaux, Kristen Proby
in progress — In Death, J.D. Robb
on hold — Masters and Mercenaries, Lexi Blake
in progress — Montgomery Ink, Carrie Ann Ryan
in progress — Stark Saga, Julie Kenner
✔complete — Bourbon Kings, J.R. Ward
✔complete — SEAL of Protection, Susan Stoker (hide spoiler)]

Theo's FWYS List

I pick for Karen: The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels
Joyce picks for me: Undead

Undead (Books 13-15)


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2) Sarah, Plain and Tall (Books 2-5)

3) Savvy (Books 2-3)

4) A Series of Unfortunate Events (Books 10-13)

5) Undead (Books 13-15)
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Karen's FWYS - August

I picked Magnus Pack and Amelia Peabody for Cathy
Cathy picked Rocky Mountain House & Blacktop Cowboys for me

Rocky Mountain House by Vivian Arend


I-Team by Pamela Clare


Billionaire Bachelors by Melody Anne


Sweet Magnolias by Sherryl Woods


Blacktop Cowboys by Lorelei James




2019 Series Finished/UTD/1 Book Left
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MacKade Brothers - Finished
Night Horde SoCal - 1 Book Left
The Proposition - 1 Book Left

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Chelle's FWYS List for August 2019

Jammin Jenny Picked Option B for me with Jane Hawke and The Loch/Meg series.

I picked Option B for Suzanne with the Magister and Until the End of the World series


1) Newbury & Hobbes by George Mann


2) Jane Hawke by Dean Koontz


3) Agent Pendergast by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child


4) Sigma Force by James Rollins


5) The Loch/Meg Steve Alten




ONE BOOK LEFT IN SERIES
by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
Bishop Files Kay Hooper
Kinsey Milhone
Order of the Sanguine
Sleeping Beauty


Series I Finished (Or With One Book Left) But With New Books Being Published -
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Rockton by Kelley Armstrong
Stalking Jack The Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco
Miracle Springs, NC by Ellery Adams
Wayward Children by Seanan McGuire
Three Dark Crowns
You Caroline Kepnes
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Series I Want to Start (view spoiler)[
The Villains by Serena Valentino

The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club Series by Theodora Goss

Custard Protocol by Gail Carriger

A Writer's Apprentice Mystery by Julia Buckley

Oxford Tearoom Mysteries
Bookmobile Cat Mystery Series
Bewitched by Chocolate
Book Retreat Mysteries
Cainsville Series by Kelley Armstrong
Booktown Mystery Series
The Paper Magician
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Other Series I've Started (view spoiler)[
House of Furies by Madeleine Roux

Jackaby by William Ritter

Pluto's Snitch by Carolyn Haines

Roaring Twenties Mysteries by Mary Miley

Parasol Protectorate Gail Carriger


Witch City Mystery by Carol J. Perry

Asylum Madeleine Roux

Magical Bakery Mysteries Bailey Cates

Lighthouse Library Mysteries Eva Gates

Harper Connelly by Charlaine Harris

Heroine Complex Sarah Kuhn

Warm Bodies Isaac Marion

Coffeehouse Mysteries Cleo Coyle
Not Yet Released-
The Hollows Kim Harrison

Hercules Poirot Agatha Christie

Wicked Years Gregory Maguire

Bewitching Mysteries Madelyn Alt
Walking Dead Robert Kirkman
Injustice: Gods Among Us
Bibliophile Mysteries Kate Carlisle
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Series I Finished -
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Joe Tesla Rebecca Cantrell
Odd Thomas Dean Koontz (hide spoiler)]

FWYS 2019 August

I pick option A for Theo and the Undead Series.
KathyD picked option A for me and the In Death series

1: In Death series by J.D. Robb (25-47 current end of series)


2: Stephanie Plum by Janet Evanovich (18-25 current end of series)


3. Ghosts and Reincarination by Kristen Ashley (1,4,5)


4. Aisling Grey (Books 3-4)


5. Mercy Thompson (Books 5-11)

Jammin Jenny's August 2019 FWYS List

I pick for Chelle: Option B - Jane Hawk series and Loch/Meg series.
LaurLa picks for me: Option B - Hannah Swensen and Shatter Me

1. Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter


2. Hannah Swensen


3. Amelia Peabody Series


4. The Oxford Tearoom Mysteries


5. Shatter Me


Series with one book left
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Danielle Gypsy Soul's FWYS List

I pick Seven of Spades for Ezi
Jennifer picks The Rowan Harbor Cycle for me

1. A Matter of Time by Mary Calmes


2. The Beacon Hill's Sorcerer by S.J. Himes


3. The Rowan Harbor Cycle by Sam Burns


4. Badlands by Morgan Brice


5. Whyborne & Griffin by Jordan L. Hawk



Possible Upcoming Series:(view spoiler)[
Cole McGinnis Mysteries by Rhys Ford


The Protectors/Escort/Barretti by Sloane Kennedy
(M/F) (M/F) (M/M/M) (M/F) (M/M/M) (M/M/M) (M/M/M) (M/M/F) (M/M/M)

The Rebuilding Year by Kaje Harper


SPECTR by Jordan Hawk


Shadow of the Templar by M. Chandler


Ward Security by Jocelynn Drake


Hexworld by Jordan L. Hawk


Shifters and Partners by Hollis Shiloh


Psycop by Jordan Castillo Price
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Series Caught Up on or One Book Left

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Duncan Andrews Thrillers by Stephen Osborne


Sinner's Gin by Rhys Ford


Completed or Caught Up On:
Agents Irish and Whiskey by Layla Reyne
Seven of Spades by Cordelia Kingsbridge
Roads by Garrett Leigh
Metahuman Files by Hailey Turner
Offbeat Crimes by Angel Martinez
Texas by R.J. Scott
Life Lessons by Kaje Harper
Unbreakable Bonds by Jocelynn Drake
THIRDS by Charlie Cochet
Marshals by Mary Calmes
Scorpius Syndrome by Rebecca Zanetti
Bear Otter and the Kid by T.J. Klune (hide spoiler)]

♛ I chose for Jennifer ~ The Donut Shop Mystery (Option A)
☀️ Danielle Gypsy Soul chose for me ~ Seven of Spades (Option A)

✿ Ezinwanyi's AUGUST 2019 FWYS - Series List (view spoiler)[
1) l by A.E. Via (Book 4-6):

2) Clashing Colors by Elin Peer (Books 3-5)
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3) Seven of Spades Series by Cordelia Kingsbridge (Books 2-6)
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4) Men of the North by Elin Peer (Book 7-10):

5) How to Date a Douchebag by Sara Ney (Books 3-5)


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2) Man Hands by Sarina Bowen (Books 2-3)

2) Lark Cove by Devney Perry (Book 2-4):

❀ Series Completed/Current:
♛January 2019♛:
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♛February 2019♛:
❀ Series Completed/Current:




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@Jennifer:
I Chose Option A: The Donut Shop -- the covers make me hungry!

Danielle Gypsy Soul wrote: "Danielle Gypsy Soul's FWYS List

I pick XXXXX for XXXXX
XXXXX picks XXXXX for me

1. A Matter of Time by Mary Calmes
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Danielle, I choose option A and Rowan Harbor for you— I like the covers!

Ezinwanyi wrote: "@Jennifer:
I Chose Option A: The Donut Shop -- the covers make me hungry!"

Me too! Thanks!

KathyD - I pick OptionA - Montgomery Ink for you. I haven't read that series, but I like the covers!

Hi Chelle!

I choose Option B for you with Jane Hawk series and Loch/Meg series.

Enjoy!

Hi LaurLa! I pick option B for you, with Forged of Steele and Damaged Heroes. You’re so close to finishing both, hopefully this helps you get there with at least one!

Suzanne wrote: "KathyD - I pick OptionA - Montgomery Ink for you. I haven't read that series, but I like the covers!"

Perfect! Thanks Suzanne!

Hi Joyce. . .for August I'm going with Option A with the In Death series. Happy Reading!

Karen

I'll go with Option A and pick The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels for you. Enjoy!

Suzanne wrote: "Suzanne's FWYS List for 2019 ..."

Suzanne, if you don't mind, I'm going to go a little rogue and pick Option B for you; BUT using your FWS Series with one book left list
1. Magister: by C.S. Friedman
2. Until the End of the World by Sarah Lyons Fleming

Enjoy

Chelle

Jammin Jenny wrote: "Hi Chelle!

I choose Option B for you with Jane Hawk series and Loch/Meg series.

Enjoy!"

Thank you! I will have to read a Meg book while at the beach next month.

Ezi,

I pick option A and Seven of Spades because you won't want to stop at just reading one!

Chelle wrote: "Jammin Jenny wrote: "Hi Chelle!

I choose Option B for you with Jane Hawk series and Loch/Meg series.

Enjoy!"

Thank you! I will have to read a Meg book while at the beach next month."

That's the best place to do it!! I like watching Jaws before I go to the beach :)

Theo wrote: "Karen

I'll go with Option A and pick The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels for you. Enjoy!"

Thanks! Excited to finally make some progress in these :)

Cathy, for you I chose Option A and picked Magnus Pack and Amelia Peabody series.

Hope you enjoy!

Thanks Karen!
For you I choose Option B : Rocky Mountain House and Blacktop Cowboys. (going with the western theme:-)

Hi Jenny! I pick for you...


Option B: Shatter Me and Hannah Swensen

Hope you enjoy and make some progress!!

Karen wrote: "Hi LaurLa! I pick option B for you, with Forged of Steele and Damaged Heroes. You’re so close to finishing both, hopefully this helps you get there with at least one!"

Thank-you!!!

LaurLa wrote: "Hi Jenny! I pick for you...


Option B: Shatter Me and Hannah Swensen

Hope you enjoy and make some progress!!"

Thanks LaurLa!

Hi Theo,

I pick option A for you and the Undead Series. I love that series.

Joyce wrote: "Hi Theo,

I pick option A for you and the Undead Series. I love that series."

Thanks Joyce!

Danielle Gypsy Soul wrote: "Ezi,

I pick option A and Seven of Spades because you won't want to stop at just reading one!"

Thank you :D
I have been trying to find that new series that made me feel what I felt with Ty and Zane. Cross your fingers.

Everyone should have a pick...IS THERE ANYONE who was accidentally forgotten?

Finished my two "donut shop" mysteries for the month -- don't know if i'll get to a third or not. . This far along in the series, the books are getting shorter -- I may get through this series sooner than I thought! Looking forward to September!

I've gotten through two for my series:



(and hoping to get through a third!)

Cathy, really enjoyed your picks for me - & Thanks!

I only finished one book in the series this month Fox and Birch but I really enjoyed it and will read a couple more next month.