2-3-4 Challenge discussion

Goals for 2015

1. Finish/catch up on 8 series (11/8) ***COMPLETE***
2. Reach halfway point on at least 5 series
3. Read the 2nd book on 5 series ***COMPLETE***

The No. 1 Detectives Agency by Alexander McCall Smith ***UP TO DATE****

✔ No. 15 - The Handsome Man's Deluxe Cafe
✔ No. 16 - The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine

44 Scotland Street by Alexander McCall Smith

✔ No. 8 - Sunshine on Scotland Street
✔ No. 9 - Bertie's Guide to Life and Mothers
No. 10 - The Revolving Door of Life

A Song of Ice and Fire by George R R Martin

No. 2 - A Clash of Kings
No. 3 - A Storm of Swords
No. 4 - A Feast for Crows
No. 5 - A Dance with Dragons
No. 6 - The Winds of Winter (2015)
No. 7 - A Dream of Spring (2018)

Harry Hole by Jo Nesbo

No. 2 - Cockroaches
No. 4 - Nemesis
No. 5 - The Devil's Star
No. 6 - The Redeemer
No. 7 - The Snowman
No. 8 - The Leopard
No. 9 - Phantom
No. 10 - Police

In Death by J D Robb

✔ 15. Seduction in Death (2001)
✔ 16. Reunion in Death (2002)
✔ 17. Purity in Death (2002)
✔ 18. Portrait in Death (2003)
✔ 19. Imitation in Death (2003)
20. Big Jack (Remember When) (2003)
21. Divided in Death (2004)
22. Visions in Death (2004)
23. Survivor in Death (2005)
24. Origin in Death (2005)
25. Memory in Death (2006)
26. Haunted in Death (2006)
27. Born in Death (2006)
28. Innocent in Death (2007)
29. Eternity in Death (2007)
30. Creation in Death (2007)
31. Strangers in Death (2008)
32. Salvation in Death (2008)
33. Ritual in Death (2008)
34. Promises in Death (2009)
35. Kindred in Death (2009)
36. Missing in Death (2010)
37. Fantasy in Death (2010)
38. Indulgence in Death (2010)
39. Possession in Death (2010)
40. Treachery in Death (2011)
41. New York to Dallas (2011)
42. Chaos in Death (2011)
43. Celebrity in Death (2012)
44. Delusion in Death (2012)
45. Calculated in Death (2013)
46. Thankless in Death (2013)
47. Taken in Death (2013)
48. Concealed in Death (2014)
49. Festive in Death (2014)

Phryne Fisher by Kerry Greenwood

✔ No. 10 - Death Before Wicket
No. 11 - Away with the Fairies
No. 12 - Murder in Montparnasse
No. 13 - The Castlemaine Murders
No. 14 - Queen of the Flowers
No. 15 - Death by Water
No. 16 - Murder in the Dark
No. 17 - Murder on a Midsummer Night
No. 18 - Dead Man's Chest
No. 19 - Unnatural Habits
No. 20 - Murder and Mendelssohn

Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter By Susan Witig Albert

No. 2 - The Tale of Holly How (2005)
No. 3 - The Tale of Cuckoo Brow Wood (2006)
No. 4 - The Tale of Hawthorn House (2007)
No. 5 - The Tale of Briar Bank (2008)
No. 6 - The Tale of Applebeck Orchard (2009)
No. 7 - The Tale of Oat Cake Crag (2010)
No. 8 - The Tale of Castle Cottage (2011)

Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen. ******up to date*****

✔ No. 0.5 -Masked Ball at Broxley Manor (2012)
✔ No. 7 - Heirs and Graces (2013)
✔No. 8 - Queen of Hearts
✔ No. 9 - Malice at the Palace

Dalziel and Pascoe by Reginald Hill

✔ No. 4 - An April Shroud
No. 5 - A pinch of snuff
No. 6 - A Killing Kindness (1981)
No. 7 - Deadheads
No. 8 - Bones and Silence
No. 9 - Exit Lines
No. 10 - Child's Play (1987)
No. 11 - Underworld (1988)
No. 12 - One Small Step (1990)
No. 13 - Recalled to Life
No. 14 - Pictures of Perfection (1994)
No. 15 - Asking for the Moon (1994)
No. 16 - The Wood Beyond
No. 17 - On Beulah Height
No. 18 - Arms and the Women
No. 19 - Dialogues of the Dead
No. 20 - Death's Jest-Book
No. 21 - Good Morning, Midnight (2004)
No. 22 - Death Comes for the Fat Man (2007)
No. 23 - A Cure For All Diseases (2008)
No. 24 - Midnight Fugue (2009)

Detective Jackson by L J Sellers

✔ No. 2 - Secrets to Die for (2010)
No. 3 - Thrilled to Death (2010)
No. 4 - Passions of the Dead (2010)
No. 5 - Dying for Justice (2011)
No. 6 - Liars, Cheaters & Thieves (2011)
No. 7 - Rules of Crime (2013)
No. 8 - Crimes of Memory (2013)
No. 9 - Deadly Bonds (2014)
No. 10 - Wrongful Death (February 2015)

Gaslight Mystery by Victoria Thompson

✔ No. 7 - Murder on Lenox Hill (2005)
No. 8 - Murder in Little Italy (2006)
No. 9 - Murder In Chinatown (2007)
No. 10 - Murder on Bank Street (2008)
No. 11 - Murder on Waverly Place (2009)
No. 12 - Murder on Lexington Avenue (2010)
No. 13 - Murder on Sisters' Row (2011)
No. 14 - Murder on Fifth Avenue (2012)
No. 15 - Murder in Chelsea (Gaslight Mystery) (2013)
No. 16 - Murder in Murray Hill (Gaslight Mystery)
No. 17 - Murder on Amsterdam Avenue
No. 18 - Murder on St Nicholas Avenue

Inspector Banks by Peter Robinson

No. 4 - The Hanging Valley (1992)
No. 5 - Past Reason Hated
No. 6 - Wednesday's Child
No. 7 - Final Account
No. 8 - Innocent Graves (1996)
No. 9 - Dead Right
No. 10 - In a Dry Season (2000)
No. 11 - Cold Is the Grave (2000)
No. 12 - Aftermath (2001)
No. 13 - Close to Home (2003)
No. 14 - Playing with Fire (2004)
No. 15 - Strange Affair (2005)
No. 16 - Piece of My Heart (2006)
No. 17 - Friend of the Devil (2007)
No. 18 - All the Colors of Darkness (2009)
No. 19 - Bad Boy (2010)
No. 20 - Watching the Dark (2013)
No. 21 - Children of the Revolution (2014)
No. 22 - Abattoir Blues (2014)

Simon Serailler by Susan Hill

✔ No. 3 - The Risk of Darkness
No. 4 - The Vows of Silence
No. 5 - The Shadows in the Street
No. 6 - The Betrayal of Trust
No. 7 - A Question of Identity
No. 8 - The Soul of Discretion

Kinsey Millhone by Sue Grafton

0 - Kinsey and Me
✔ 2 - "B" Is for Burglar
3 - "C" Is for Corpse
4 - "D" is for Deadbeat
5 - "E" Is for Evidence
6 - "F" Is for Fugitive
7 - "G" Is for Gumshoe
8 - "H" Is for Homicide
9 - "I" Is for Innocent
10 - "J" Is for Judgment
11 - "K" Is for Killer
12 - "L" Is for Lawless
13 - "M" Is for Malice
14 - "N" Is for Noose
15 - "O" Is for Outlaw
16 - "P" Is for Peril
17 - "Q" is for Quarry
18 - "R" Is for Richochet
19 - "S" is for Silence
20 - "T" is for Trespass
21 - "U" is for Undertow
22 - "V" Is for Vengeance
23 - W is for Wasted

Dr David Hunter by Simon Beckett

✔ No. 3 - Whispers of the Dead (2009)
✔ No. 4 - The Calling of the Grave

****Up to date******

Romantic Suspense by Karen Rose

✔ No. 2 - Have you Seen Her?
No. 3 - I'm Watching You
No. 4 - Nothing to Fear
No. 5 - You Can't Hide
No. 6 - Count to Ten
No. 7 - Die For Me
No. 8 - Scream For Me
No. 9 - Kill for Me
No. 10 - I Can See You
No. 11 - Silent Scream
No. 12 - You Belong to Me
No. 13 - No One Left to Tell
No. 14 - Did You Miss Me

Harry Bosch by Michael Connelly

✔ No. 2 - The Black Ice
✔ No. 3 - The Concrete Blonde
✔ No. 4 - The Last Coyote
✔ No. 5 - Trunk Music
✔ No. 6 - Angels Flight
No. 7 - A Darkness More Than Night
No. 8 - City of Bones
No. 9 - Lost Light
No. 10 - The Narrows
No. 11 - The Closers
No. 12 - Echo Park
No. 13 - The Overlook
No. 14 - The Brass Verdict
No. 15 - Nine Dragons
No. 16 - The Reversal
No. 17 - The Drop
No. 18 - The Black Box
No. 18.5 - Switchblade
No. 19 - The Burning Room

The Lewis Trilogy by Peter May

✔No. 2 - The Lewis Man
✔No. 3 - The Chessmen

*****Finished*****

Pendragon's Banner Trilogy by Helen Hollick

✔ No. 2 - Pendragon's Banner
✔ No. 3 - Shadow of the King

*****finished *****

The Century Trilogy by Ken Follett

✔ No. 3 - Edge of Eternity

******finished*****

Mickey Haller by Michael Connelly

No. 2 - The Brass Verdict (2008)
No. 3 - The Reversal (2010)
No. 4 - The Fifth Witness (2011)
No. 5 - The Gods of Guilt (2013)

Lady Julia Grey by Deanna Raybourn

No. 0.5 - Midsummer Night (2013)
No. 2 - Silent in the Sanctuary (2008)
No. 3 - Silent on the Moor (2009)
No. 4 - Dark Road to Darjeeling (2010)
No. 5 - The Dark Enquiry (2011)

Maiden Lane by Elizabeth Hoyt

No. 2 - Notorious Pleasures
No. 3 - Scandalous Desires
No. 4 - Thief of Shadows
No. 5 - Lord of Darkness
No. 6 - Duke of Midnight
No. 7 - Darling Best

Hannah Vogel by Rebecca Cantrell *****COMPLETE*****

✔ No. 2 - A Night of Long Knives
✔ No. 3 - A Game of Lies
✔ No. 4 - A City of Broken Glass

Women's Murder Club by James Patterson

No. 2 - 2nd Chance
No. 3 - 3rd Degree
No. 4 - 4th of July
No. 5 - The 5th Horseman
No. 6 - The 6th Target
No. 7 - 7th Heaven
No. 8 - The 8th Confession
No. 9 - The 9th Judgment
No. 10 - 10th Anniversary
No. 11 - 11th Hour
No. 12 - 12th of Never
No. 13 - Unlucky 13

We've got a lot of series we are both reading. A quick easy win for you would be the Wade Jackson series because they are quick easy reads and good as well. Although you are missing off book 9 (Deadly Bonds) which was published this year and book 10 is also published next February (Wrongful Death).

Andrew wrote: "We've got a lot of series we are both reading. A quick easy win for you would be the Wade Jackson series because they are quick easy reads and good as well. Although you are missing off book 9 (Dea..."

Oh thanks Andrew! The Wade Jackson series is definitely one I want to get to as I have quite a few of the series on my kindle.

The Parasol Protectorate by Gail Cartiger ****FINISHED***

✔ 2. Changeless
✔ 3. Blameless
✔ 4. Heartless
✔ 5. Timeless

Empress of Rome by Kate Quinn

2. Daughters of Rome
3. Empress of the Seven Hills
4. Lady of the Eternal City

Matthew Shardlake by C J Sansom

✔ 6. Lamentation

*****up to date*****

Forgot to list the Monkeewrench series by P J Tracy

✔ 1. Monkeewrench (aka Want to Play?)
✔ 2. Live Bait
✔ 3. Dead Run
✔ 4. Snow Blind
✔ 5. Shoot to Thrill
✔ 6. Off the Grid

*****FINISHED*****

Isabel Dalhousie series by Alexander McCall Smith

✔ 5. The Comfort of Saturdays
✔ 6. The Lost Art of Gratitude
7. The Charming Quirks of Others
8. The Forgotten Affairs of Youth
8.5. The Perils of Morning Coffee
9. The Uncommon Appeals of Clouds
10. The Novel Habits of Happiness
10.5. At the Reunion Buffet

Chronicles of Narnia by C S Lewis

(I am going to read them in chronological order rather than publication order)

✔ 1. The Magician's Nephew
✔ 2. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
✔ 3. The Horse and His Boy
4. Prince Caspian
5. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
6. The Silver Chair
7. The Last Battle

Frieda Klein by Nicci French

2. Tuesday's Gone
3. Waiting for Wednesday
4. Thursday's Children

Grant County by Karin Slaughter ***FINISHED***

✔ 1. Blindsighted
✔ 2. Kisscut
✔ 3. A Faint Cold Fear
✔ 4. Indelible
✔ 5. Faithless
✔ 6. Beyond Reach

Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
No. 4 - Messenger of Truth
No. 5 - An Incomplete Revenge
No. 6 - Among the Mad
No. 7 - The Mapping of Love and Death
No. 8 - A Lesson in Secrets
No. 9 - Elegy for Eddie
No. 10 - Leaving Everything Most Loved

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
No. 2 - Dragonfly in Amber
No. 3 - Voyager
No. 4 - Drums of Autumn
No. 5 - The Fiery Cross
No. 6 - A Breath of Snow and Ashes
No. 7 - An Echo in the Bone
No. 8 - Written in My Own Heart's Blood

Matthew Bartholomew Chronicles by Susanna Gregory

✔ No. 2 - An Unholy Alliance

To be updated