You'll love this one...!! A book club & more discussion

CHALLENGE RULES
Completion of a level requires 100 points + one finished series. Each level resets at 0 points.

BASE PTS (OF FINISHED SERIES)
Trilogy = 30 pts base
Four book series = 40 pts
Five book series = 50 pts
Six book series = 60 pts
Seven book series = 70 pts
Eight book series = 80 pts
Nine book series = 90 pts
Ten or more book series = 100 pts

Each series has an assigned point value based on the number of books in the series. In addition, 5 points will be awarded for every book started and finished in the level.

The Chronicles of Narnia series 1/7
The Magician's Nephew
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
The Horse and His Boy
Prince Caspian
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
The Silver Chair
The Last Battle

The Scarlet Pimpernel series 1/12 Emmuska Orczy

1Q84 0/3 Haruki Murakami

The Divine Comedy #1-3 0/3 Dante Alighieri

*Anne of Green Gables series o/9 L. M. Montgomery completed 4/3

*Kurt Wallender series 4/10 Henning Mankell completed 2/25

The Birchbark House series 0/4 Louise Erdrich

Inspector Rebus series 6/19 Ian Rankin

*Adam Dalgliesh series 12/14 P.D. James completed 1/15

Inspector Alan Grant series 0/6 Josephine Tey

*Department Q 3/3 Jussi Adler-Olsen5/15

*Charles Lenox Mysteries series 0/8 Charles Finch completed 1/12

Roderick Alleyn series 6/32 Ngaio Marsh

*Gilead 0/3 Marilynne Robinson completed 1/12

Roald Dahl Autobiography 0/4 Roald Dahl

*Chocolat Trilogy
Chocolat completed 2/14
The Girl with No Shadow completed 2/8
Peaches for Father Francis completed 2/22

Hercule Poirot series 10/42 Agatha Christie

Miss Marple series 0/15 Agatha Christie

*Jackson Brodie series 0/4 Kate Atkinson completed 1/24
Case Histories 1/18
One Good Turn 1/21
When Will There Be Good News? 1/23
Started Early, Took My Dog 1/24

The Midwife Trilogy 0/3
Call the Midwife Boxed Set: Call the Midwife, Shadows of the Workhouse, Farewell to the East End

House of Earth series 1/3 Pearl S. Buck

Sherlock Holmes series 0/9
A Study in Scarlet
The Sign of Four
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
The Hound of the Baskervilles 1/17
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
The Valley of Fear
His Last Bow
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

Ibis Trilogy 1/3
Sea of Poppies
River of Smoke
Flood of Fire

Thomas Cromwell Trilogy 0/3
Wolf Hall
Bring Up the Bodies
The Mirror and the Light

Level 1
Charles Lenox Mysteries by Charles Finch
80+40=120 pts.

1. A Beautiful Blue Death 1/3
2. The September Society 1/5
3. The Fleet Street Murders 1/8
4. A Stranger in Mayfair 1/10
5. A Burial at Sea 1/11
6. A Death in the Small Hours 1/11
7. An Old Betrayal 1/12
8. The Laws of Murder 1/12

Level 3
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
30+15=45 pts

1. Gilead 1/9
2. Home 1/11
3. Lila 1/12

Jackson Brodie series
40+20
1. Case Histories 1/18
2. One Good Turn 1/21
3. When Will There Be Good News? 1/23
4. Started Early, Took My Dog1/24
Total points=105

Level 2
Adam Dalgliesh series by P.D. James
100+10=110

1. Cover Her Face
2. A Mind to Murder
3. Unnatural Causes
4. Shroud For A Nightingale
5. The Black Tower
6. Death of an Expert Witness
7. A Taste For Death
8. Devices And Desires
9. Original Sin 1/13
10. A Certain Justice
11. Death In Holy Orders
12. The Murder Room
13. The Lighthouse
14. The Private Patient 1/15

Level 4


Chocolat Trilogy by Joanne Harris
30+15=45 pts.
1. Chocolat 2/14
2. The Girl with No Shadow 2/8
3. Peaches for Monsieur le Curé 2/22

The Giver Quartet by Lois Lowry
40+20=60 pts.
1. The Giver 2/17
2. Gathering Blue 2/12
3. Messenger 2/22
4. Son 2/22
45+60=105 pts.

Level 6

Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
90+45=135 pts.

1. Anne of Green Gables 1/2
2. Anne of Avonlea 1/4
3. Anne of the Island 3/8
4. Anne of Windy Poplars: 3/14
5. Anne's House of Dreams 3/23
6. Anne of Ingleside 3/31
7. Rainbow Valley 3/26
8. Rilla of Ingleside 4/3
9. The Road to Yesterday4/3

Level 5
Kurt Wallender Series by Henning Mankell
100+25=125 pts

1. Faceless Killers 2/25
2. The Dogs of Riga 2/19
3. The White Lioness
4. The Man Who Smiled
5. Sidetracked 2/13
6. The Fifth Woman 2/8
7. One Step Behind
8. Firewall 2/24
9. The Pyramid: And Four Other Kurt Wallander Mysteries
10. The Troubled Man

Level 7

The Grantchester Mysteries
30+15=45 points
45+45=90 points
90+45=135 points

1. Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death 2/24
2. Sidney Chambers and the Perils of the Night 4/10
3. Sidney Chambers and the Problem of Evil 4/13

Department Q 3/3 Jussi Adler-Olsen 30+15=45 points
1. The Keeper of Lost Causes 2/26
2. The Absent One 4/26
3. A Conspiracy of Faith 5/16

Nora Gavin series 3/4 Erin Hart 30+15=45
1. Haunted Ground
2. Lake of Sorrows 11/2
3. False Mermaid 11/15
4. The Book of Killowen 11/18

Hercule Poirot by Agatha Christie

1. Murder on the Orient Express 3/14

Rizzoli & Isles Tess Gerritsen


1. Body Double 4/13
2. The Mephisto Club 4/15
3. Vanish 4/12
4. The Sinner4/10
5. The Apprentice 4/8
6. The Surgeon 4/5

reserve

I have Narnia in my list too. And you remind me about Call the midwife... I should stop looking at the threads.

Welcome to the fray, Connie! :) The Ibis trilogy looks like something I'd enjoy.

Janice wrote: "Welcome to the fray, Connie! :) The Ibis trilogy looks like something I'd enjoy."

I read Sea of Poppies and River of Smoke and gave them both 3 stars.

Their value is in the well told history of India and China, and the mostly British involvement in opium production. A complicated economic and philosophical maze that is unraveled well.

Now I've been reminded to add an other series to my list!☻

Hi, girls! I am looking forward this new challenge. I read Sea of Poppies years ago, but I don't think I remember enough to complete a series. I may need to re-read it because there are so many characters, and it is pretty complicated; however, I remember loving the book.

Sandra, I need to get over to some other threads and get some inspiration, too. Hehe

Totally want the last Cromwell book. Wish it was already available....

Hi Connie,
I see you have the Pearl S. Buck series. I wasn't sure I wanted to read the other two. I loved the first story but I didn't like their children at the end. I will be interested to hear how you feel about them.

I hope you enjoy the Charles Lenox Mysteries.

Connie, great list! I love Narnia - enjoy.

Cherie, I agree that the first book was sort of depressing, but I am hopeful things will improve in the sequels.

I am looking forward to Charles Lenox as a lighter read to break up some of the heavier books. Have you read his books?

Anne, I love Narnia, too, and have wanted to read the entire series for ages. Maybe I'll actually make it this year!
Beth, I haven't started any of the Cromwell books, but I have had them since they were first published. I hope this last one makes the May publication date! I am looking forward to getting into them, but I'll wait to see if the third one actually makes the 2015 publication date before starting the series.

Yes, Connie, I've read (actually listened to them all on audio) of the Charles Lenox books. I have the last one ,on CD, on my kitchen counter. I have been waiting to savor it for over a week now. As soon as I finish my current read, to kill off my second series, the first disk will go into my CD Player.

Thanks for the recommendation, Cherie. I saw it on someone's list this past year and thought it looked interesting. Having your rec definitely moves it to the top of my list!

Did you enjoy The Charles Lennox series? I have the first book on my wishlist. Every time I see the cover, I think that I have to get it.

Janice, the Charles Lennox series is great. The characters are so lovely and true to the Victorian Age, and I love the way the author works interesting little historical tidbits into the story. Great detective novels. Very well rounded characters and excellent plot structure. Each book left me with a lovely warm feeling at the end.

Sounds like something I would enjoy. Thanks, Connie.

You've got some great series picked out! I've been meaning to start the Charles Lennox series, I'll probably have to now :)