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💈 MAY Corona-Edition 2020 Finish What You've Started (Series) Challenge
🌸 FIFTH Shelf for 2020
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 6 series STARTED OR NOT STARTED.
🍭 3 of the oldest series on your shelf and 3 series of your choice.

*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 each set of your series. (one series from the old set, and one series from your choice set)
OPTION B: An assigned person will pick TWO series from one set of your series. (two series from your old set OR two series from your choice set)

3) You have one month: MAY 2020 to try to read as many books in that series as you can

*if you don't read your chosen series, it's okay because this challenge is for YOUR ENJOYMENT and to clear them off your shelf.

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
APRIL 19th-23rd, 2020: Participants will Post their shelves
*If you do not list a shelf, I will not pair you with anyone
***Cut off on MARCH 23rd

APRIL 23rd-27th, 2020: 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.

APRIL 27th: Re-picks for those who didn’t get the pick

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

PAIRS
☑ 1. Christina T picks for Connie N.
☑ 2. LaurLa picks for Ezinwanyi
☑ 3. Louise picks for EnglishElle
☑ 4. Jennifer picks for Theo
☑ 5. Suzanne picks for Christina T
☑ 6. ☘KathyD☘ picks for Jennifer
☑ 7. Danielle Gypsy Soul picks for Suzanne
☑ 8. Ezinwanyi picks for Danielle Gypsy Soul
☑ 9. Theo picks for LaurLa
☑ 10. Karen ♐ picks for ☘KathyD☘
☑11. EnglishElle picks for Louise
☑ 12. Connie N. picks for Karen ♐

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PARTICIPANTS
Ezinwanyi
Jennifer
Danielle Gypsy Soul
EnglishElle
Christina T
Connie N.
☘KathyD☘
Karen ♐
Suzanne
LaurLa
Theo
Louise

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✿ Ezinwanyi's MAY 2020 FWYS - Series List (view spoiler)[
1) Bad in Baltimore series by K.A. Mitchell (Books 2-5)

2) Her Russian Protector by Roxie Rivera (Book 7-9):
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3) Underdogs series by Kate Stewart (Book 2-3):
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My Choice list
1) Royal Highlander Series by May McGoldrick (Books 1-3)
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2) McClain Brothers series by Alexandria House (Book 1-5):
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3) All In series by Helena Hunting (Books 1-3)



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1) Protector series by Sloane Kennedy (Books 7-13)

1) The Sentinels by Shannon K. Butcher (Book 2-9):

2) Kindred by Lynn Viehl (Books 1-4)

3) The Administration series by Manna Francis (Book 1-8):


❀ Series Completed/Current:
♛January 2020♛:
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♛February 2020♛:
❀ Series Completed/Current:

☀️ BOOKS READ SO FAR: ☀️
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(view spoiler)[ 1) Rogue Files Series by Sophie Jordan (Books 1-5)

3)The River's Wilde by Dylan Allen (Book 1-2):

2) The Legacy Trilogy by Dylan Allen (Book 1-3):

1) The Sons of Gregor McLeod by Alyson McLayne (Book 2-6):

2) Hoops by Kennedy Ryan (Books 2-3)



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3) The Forever Trilogy by Dylan Allen (Book 1-3):

2) Harris Brothers by Amy Daws (Books 2-5)

4) Briar U Series by Elle Kennedy (Books 2-3)

2) Clashing Colors by Elin Peer (Books 3-5)

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

3) Seven of Spades Series by Cordelia Kingsbridge (Books 3-6)

2) Fog City by Layla Reyne (Books 1-3)

3) Irin Chronicles Series by Elizabeth Hunter (Books 5-7)
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May Series

Oldest:

William Marshall


Phryne Fisher


Morland



My Choice:

Alix London


Lowcountry


Jade Calhoun

Danielle's May FWYS Series

1) The Adrien English Mysteries


2) SPECTR, Series 2


3) Straight Guys


My Choice List

1) Death and Destruction


2) Shifters and Partners


3) Boys of Lake Cliff


I pick Outlander and The Black Jewels for Suzanne
Ezi picks Straight Guys and Shifters and Partners for me

1) To All The Boys I Loved Before Trilogy by Jenny Han


2) One of Us Is Lying Duology by Karen M. McManus


3) Red Queen Series by Victoria Aveyard


4) Georgina Kincaid Series by Richelle Mead


5) Dumplin' Series by Julie Murphy


6) Slayer by Kiersten White


I choose NYPD Red and Detective DD Warren for Louise.
Louise chose the Red Queen series and the Slayer series for me.

Suzanne chose for me
Oldest:
1)Trouble Shooters series by Suzanne Brockmann (Books 1-17)

and
My Choice list:
✔4)Charley Davidson series by Darynda Jones (Books 8-13)


Finished...

Connie N's FWYS - MAY 2020

I pick for Karen ♐: Gansett Island AND Coyote Ridge

Christina T picked for me:
✔ Red-Hot SEALS - Trish McCallan

Forged in Smoke by Trish McCallan - 5/20/20 ♥♥♥

✔ Bevelstoke - Julia Quinn

What Happens in London by Julia Quinn - 5/10/20 ♥♥♥♥♥

Oldest:
Sisterhood - Ann Brashares


Thursday Next - Jasper Fforde


My Choice:
Cinderella Sisterhood - Olivia Drake


In Death - J.D. Robb

☘KathyD’s☘ 2020 May Finish What You Started Shelf


Boudreaux, Kristen Proby


Montgomery Ink, Carrie Ann Ryan


Rough Riders, Lorelei James


Stark Saga, Julie Kenner


With Me in Seattle, Kristen Proby

Karen's May FWYS

I picked Rough Riders and Stark Saga for Kathy D
Connie N. picked Gansett Island and Coyote Ridge for me

Oldest:

Gansett Island by Marie Force


Steel Brothers Saga by Helen Hardt


Submissive by Tara Sue Me


My Choice

First Wives by Catherine Bybee


Buttons by Penelope Sky


Coyote Ridge by Nicole Edwards

Read this Month:

Picked for me: Outlander and Black Jewels

I picked for Christina T Trouble Shooters and Charley Davidson

***Oldest series *** ******************************************
1. Outlander


2. Sookie Stackhouse 10-13


3. Agatha Raisin


***Newer TBR Series ****************************************

4. The Black Jewels 4 - 10


5. Rivers of London 3 - 8


6. Hannah Swenson


FWYS Series with only One Book left
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Dead Ever After
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FWYS Series that are completely done

LaurLa's FWYS Series List -- May


I pick for: Ezi
Series: Underdogs
Series: McClain Brothers

Picked for me: Theo
Series: Spindle Cove
Series: Return to Redemption

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Oldest Series Started

DeMarco Family ~ Janes Graves


River City ~ E. Ayers


Spindle Cove ~ Tessa Dare


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My Choice Series ~ Oldest with 5+ to Read

Lone Star Cowboys ~ Tori Scott


Return to Redemption ~ Laurie Kellogg


T-FLAC ~ Cherry Adair

Theo's May 2020 FWYS

I picked for LaurLa: Spindle Cove and Return to Redemption
Jennifer picked for me: Gaither Sisters and A Series of Unfortunate Events

Gaither Sisters

A Series of Unfortunate Events


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Confessions of Georgia Nicolson

Gaither Sisters

Lords of the Underworld


My Choice:
The Queen's Thief

Damar

A Series of Unfortunate Events
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May FWYS 2020
I chose for xx:



Oldest Series List
1. Private



2. When Girlfriends


3. NYPD Red


Choice Series List
1. Ivy Nash Thrillers


2. Hetta Coffey


3. Detective D D Warren




Books Read
(view spoiler)[January 2020
Lions and the Living Dead
The Peacock's Poison

February 2020
A Memory for Murder
Whales and a Watery Grave
Private L.A.

March 2020
Chameleons and a Corpse
Foxes and Fatal Attraction
Monday's Murderer

April 2020
When Girlfriends Break Hearts (hide spoiler)]

Hey Danielle Gypsy Soul
I am choosing Option B for you: Straight Guys and Shifters & Partners

I hope you are doing okay during this stay-at-home quarantine time. Happy Reading

Theo wrote: "Theo's May 2020 FWYS

I picked for ??: ?? and ??
?? picked for me: ?? and ??

Oldest:
Confessions of Georgia Nicolson
[bookcover:Then He Ate My Boy ..."

Theo, I'm picking Gaither Sisters and A Series of Unfortunate Events for you -- maybe you'll be able to knock one or both of them totally out!

Hi Karen ♐, for you I pick authors I know and love: Gansett Island and Coyote Ridge.

LaurLa

I'll pick Spindle Cove and Return to Redemption for you.

Suzanne

I pick Outlander and The Black Jewels for you.

Connie N. wrote: "Hi Karen ♐, for you I pick authors I know and love: Gansett Island and Coyote Ridge."

Great, love them both! Thanks, Connie

Kathy D, for you, I pick Rough Riders and Stark Saga by two of my favorite authors.

Hi Connie...for you I'm picking one off each of your list

Red Hot SEALs
and
The Bevelstoke series

Thanks so much, Christina. I'm looking forward to continuing both.

EnglishElle wrote: "1) To All The Boys I Loved Before Trilogy by Jenny Han


2) One of Us Is Lying Duology by Karen M. McManus


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I choose for you

Red Queen and Slayer

Hi Jennifer. . .for May I choose William Marshall and Alix London. . .hopefully you can knock one out! =) Happy reading!

Karen ♐ wrote: "Kathy D, for you, I pick Rough Riders and Stark Saga by two of my favorite authors."

Thanks Karen!

☘KathyD☘ wrote: "Hi Jennifer. . .for May I choose William Marshall and Alix London. . .hopefully you can knock one out! =) Happy reading!"

Good picks! Thank you.

Louise wrote: "EnglishElle wrote: "1) To All The Boys I Loved Before Trilogy by Jenny Han


2) One of Us Is Lying Duology by Karen M. McManus
[bookcover:One of Us..."

I can't wait to (hopefully) finish Red Queen! I am obsessed with this series. I'm also excited to try out the Slayer series. Thank you so much for the great picks!

Louise wrote: "May FWYS 2020
Hi Louise!

I picked a series from each of your lists. I choose NYPD Red and Detective DD Warren for you. I'm hopeful you'll be able to finish NYPD Red this month and have some time to make a dent in your DD Warren reads. Happy Reading!

EnglishElle wrote: "Louise wrote: "May FWYS 2020
Hi Louise!

I picked a series from each of your lists. I choose NYPD Red and Detective DD Warren for you. I'm hopeful you'll be able to finish NYPD Red this month and h..."

Thank you

Christina T

I picked Trouble Shooters because of the Authors First name :)

And Charley Davidson because it makes me laugh and I hope you feel the same!

Danielle Gypsy Soul wrote: "Suzanne

I pick Outlander and The Black Jewels for you."

I feel like those are the perfect May books for me - thank you!

Suzanne wrote: "Christina T

I picked Trouble Shooters because of the Authors First name :)

And Charley Davidson because it makes me laugh and I hope you feel the same!"

Thanks Suzanne! I love the Charley Davidson series and have been chipping away at the series this year but have put them on the back burner for other books recently.

I've been wanting to start the TroubleShooters series forever now. Just needed an excuse to start it!

Hey Ezi... I pick for you

FWYS - Series List
Underdogs series by Kate Stewart (maybe you can finish it!)

Choice list
McClain Brothers series by Alexandria House (make a dent in in!)

Happy Reading!

Theo wrote: "LaurLa

I'll pick Spindle Cove and Return to Redemption for you."

Yay! Thanks, Theo!!

LaurLa wrote: "Hey Ezi... I pick for you

FWYS - Series List
Underdogs series by Kate Stewart (maybe you can finish it!)

Choice list
McClain Brothers series by Alexandria House (make a dent in in!)

Happy Reading!"

Thank you. I am excited to try Alexandria and get back to Kate Stewart

Finished the first two picks from my first series: , both good solid historicals.

Ezi,

Finished

They weren't my favorite from the series I enjoyed a few of the others a lot more but I'm still planning to read a couple more so hopefully they will go back to being books I really like.

I still plan to read a book or two from the other series you picked as well.

Finished off my second series -- enjoyable adventurous mysteries -- -- on to June!

I've been able to finished one from each series picked for me. Thanks, Christina T, for such good picks--I enjoyed them both very much:

✔ Red-Hot SEALS - Trish McCallan

Forged in Smoke by Trish McCallan - 5/20/20 ♥♥♥

✔ Bevelstoke - Julia Quinn

What Happens in London by Julia Quinn - 5/10/20 ♥♥♥♥♥

Thanks, Connie! I finished (or UTD) Coyote Ridge with and - I loved them both.

Also read which I really enjoyed.

I'm glad you liked the picks, Karen!