The Challenge Factory discussion

🎯 MAY 2021 Finish What You've Started (Series) Challenge 🌸
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 of WHATEVER you want~C'est La Vie. 🍭

*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 TWO series from your shelf.

3) You have this month: MAY 2021 to read as many books in that series as you can.

*its the end of the year, so don't sweat it. Just have fun and be as stress-free as possible

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 23rd-27th, 2021: Participants will Post their shelves
*If you do not list a shelf, I will not pair you with anyone
***Cut off on APRIL 27th

APRIL 27th-30, 2021: Pairs will be posted & then Selection of a Series
*Again, as I said earlier, please try to select for your pair ASAP.

APRIL 30th: Re-picks for those who didn’t get the pick

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

PAIRS
Oleander picks for Ezinwanyi
Brigia picks for D.L.
D.L. picks for Jennifer
Ezinwanyi picks for ☘KathyD☘
Chelle picks for Connie N.
Jennifer picks for Avid Reader and Geek Girl
LaurLa picks for Oleander
☘KathyD☘ picks for Karen ♐
Karen ♐ picks for LaurLa
Connie N. picks for Danielle Gypsy Soul
Danielle Gypsy Soul picks for Brigia
Avid Reader and Geek Girl picks for Chelle


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PARTICIPANTS:
Ezinwanyi
Oleander
Connie N.
LaurLa
Avid Reader and Geek Girl
Danielle Gypsy Soul
Brigia
Karen ♐
Jennifer
☘KathyD☘
Chelle
D.L.


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♛ I chose for ☘KathyD’s☘: Demonica Underworld and Masters of Menage
☀️ Oleander chose for me: Love After and the Hate-Love Duet

✿ Ezinwanyi's MAY 2021 FWYS - Series List
(view spoiler)[ 1) 50 Loving States by Theodora Taylor (Books 2-50)
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2) Love After by Alexandria House (Books 2-3)
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3) The Hate-Love Duet by Lauren Rowe (Books 1-2)
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4) Wedded by Scandal by Stacey Reid (Book 3-4):

5) Fallen Royals series by S. Massery (Books 1-4)

5) Wedding Date series by Jasmine Guillory (Books 3, 5-6)



❀ Series Currently Working on: (view spoiler)[
♛January 2020♛:
Voyeur series by Fiona Cole
♛February 2020♛:
Voyeur series by Fiona Cole
♛March 2020♛:


♛April 2020♛:
♛May 2020♛:
♛June 2020♛:

❀ Series Completed:
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☀️ BOOKS READ SO FAR: ☀️
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Oleander's May 2021 FWYS

Laurla picked Moon and Midnight Breed for me.
I picked Love After and the Hate-Love Duet for Ezinwanyi.
Have a great month of reading everyone!

Noble 2-4


Mercy Thompson World


Moon 6.5-10


Kitty Norville 12-16


Ponderosa Resort 3-9


Midnight Breed 8-18

Connie N's FWYS - MAY 2021

I picked for Danielle Gypsy Soul: Criminal Intentions and Mismatched Mates

Chelle picked for me: Fast Track and Mercy Thompson

Fast Track - Erin McCarthy

Hot Finish by Erin McCarthy - 6/2/21 ♥♥

Mercy Thompson - Patricia Briggs

Storm Cursed by Patricia Briggs - 5/23/21 ♥♥♥♥

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Heart of Texas - Donna Grant


Argeneau - Lynsay Sands


The Disgraced Lords - Bronwen Evans


Harmony - Jodi Thomas

LaurLa's FWYS Series List -- May


I pick for: Oleander
Series: Midnight Breed
Series: Moon

Picked for me: Karen ♐
Series: Moreno Brothers
Series: Rose Gardener

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PAX series - Barbara Betton (4)


Montana Sky - Debra Holland (3)


Moreno Brothers - Elizabeth Reyes (3)


Once Upon a Wedding - Kelly McClymer (4)


Rose Gardener - Denise Grover Swank (12)



Krewe of Hunters - Heather Graham (10+)

Avid Reader's FWYS May 2021

I pick Hercules Poirot Agatha Christie & Jane Hawke by Dean Koontz for Chelle

Jennifer picked Bridgerton & #gaymers for me

Out of Uniform


Giant Days


Perfect Harmony


Bridgerton


Cole McGinnis


#gaymers

Danielle's May FWYS

FWYS - April
Danielle's Series for APRIL

1) Love in O'Leary


2) Beings in Love


3) Criminal Intentions: Season One


4) Mismatched Mates


5) Southern Scrimmage


I picked In Death and Chicagoland Vampires for Brigia
Connie picked Criminal Intentions and Mismatched Mates for me.

Brigia’s May FWYS

? picked for me:
I picked for ?:

1. The Raven Cycle


2. Chicagoland Vampires Series


3. In Death Series
...

4. Haunting Danielle


5. Whiskey Sharp Series


6. A Court of Thorns and Roses

Karen's May FWYS

I picked for LaurLa - Moreno Bros & Rose Gardener

Kathy D picked for me: In Death & Stark Saga

1. In Death by J.D. Robb


2. Steel Brothers Saga by Helen Hardt


3. Stark Saga by J. Kenner


4. Dollar by Pepper Winters


5. Masters & Mercenaries by Lexi Blake


6. Lingerie by Penelope Sky



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Series for May

Lowcountry


Daisy Dalrymple


Maggie Hope


Dangerous Type


Pancake House


League of Literary Ladies

☘KathyD’s☘ 2021 Finish What You Started Shelf

1. Arizona Vengeance, Sawyer Bennett


2. Delta Force Heroes, Susan Stoker


3. Demonica Underworld, Larissa Ione


4. Masters of Menage, Shayla Black & Lexi Blake


5. Rough Riders, Lorelei James


6. With Me in Seattle, Kristen Proby

Chelle's May 2021 FWYS Bookshelf -

Avid Reader and Geek Girl picks for me - Hercules Poirot Agatha Christie & Jane Hawke by Dean Koontz

I pick for Connie N the Fast Track and Mercy Thompson series.

Newsflesh by Mira Grant (author)


Coffeehouse Mysteries Cleo Coyle


Hercules Poirot Agatha Christie


Knit & Nibble Mysteries by Peggy Ehrhart-


Jane Hawke by Dean Koontz


One Book Left in the Series

The Au Pairs


Coral Cove


Dare to Love


Destiny Bay


Elsie Hawkins


First Comes Love

☘KathyD’s☘ 2021 May Finish What You Started Shelf

Hey! I chose Demonica Underworld and Masters of Menage because I enjoy both authors and their writing. So go with Option A and read from both.

Connie N. wrote: "Connie N's FWYS - MAY 2021..."

Connie N I pick for you the Fast Track and Mercy Thompson series. Have fun!

Jennifer I pick for you, Dangerous Type & Pancake House. It looks like you only have 2 books left in each series'. That's awesome. Enjoy! :)

D.L. wrote: "Jennifer I pick for you, Dangerous Type & Pancake House. It looks like you only have 2 books left in each series'. That's awesome. Enjoy! :)"

Yes, and I need both series for "What Comes Next" so THANKS!!

Avid Reader and Geek Girl wrote: "Avid Reader's FWYS May 2021

I pick & for

picked & for me

Out of Uniform
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Avid, I'm choosing Bridgerton because it's timely, what with the series and so forth, and Gaymers because of the quirky covers. I hope you enjoy!

For Chelle I pick Hercules Poirot Agatha Christie & Jane Hawke by Dean Koontz because I enjoyed both series!

Ezinwanyi, I'm choosing a month of love for you - Love After and the Hate-Love Duet. Hope you enjoy your reads. :-)

Hi D. L., I pick for you Coral Cove & Destiny Bay. I hope they’re good 😊

Chelle wrote: "Connie N. wrote: "Connie N's FWYS - MAY 2021..."

Connie N I pick for you the Fast Track and Mercy Thompson series. Have fun!"

Thanks, Chelle! I haven't read the Fast Track series for a while, so I'm glad to get back to it. And it's always fun to hang around with Mercy and Adam and the gang.

Danielle Gypsy Soul, I'm picking Criminal Intentions and Mismatched Mates. I haven't read either of them, but both sound good.

Oleander wrote: "Ezinwanyi, I'm choosing a month of love for you - Love After and the Hate-Love Duet. Hope you enjoy your reads. :-)"

Thank you Oleander

Avid Reader and Geek Girl wrote: "For Chelle I pick Hercules Poirot Agatha Christie & Jane Hawke by Dean Koontz because I enjoyed both series!"

Thank you! I love them too.

hi Karen! for May, I'm going with Option A...I never pass up an opportunity to hang with Roarke and Eve, so In Death and Damien Stark is pretty awesome too, so Stark Saga...happy reading!

Ezinwanyi wrote: "☘KathyD’s☘ 2021 May Finish What You Started Shelf

Hey! I chose Demonica Underworld and Masters of Menage because I enjoy both authors and their writing. So go with Option A and read from both."

thanks Ezi! I just finished rereading Their Virgin Princess, so I am ready to finish this series by reading the last three books...and I always love visiting the Demonica world! =)

Brigia wrote: "Hi D. L., I pick for you Coral Cove & Destiny Bay. I hope they’re good 😊"

Thanks!!

Brigia

I'm going with option A. I love Roarke and Eve's not too bad either so I pick In Death. My other pick is a series I loved the first few books of but never got past book 6 Chicagoland Vampires

☘KathyD☘ wrote: "hi Karen! for May, I'm going with Option A...I never pass up an opportunity to hang with Roarke and Eve, so In Death and Damien Stark is pretty awesome too, so Stark Saga...happy reading!"

Thanks, so much, Kathy! Love both of those series!

LaurLa, I pick for you, Option A, with Moreno Bros and Rose Gardener. Hope you enjoy!

Danielle Gypsy Soul wrote: "Brigia

I'm going with option A. I love Roarke and Eve's not too bad either so I pick In Death. My other pick is a series I loved the first few books of but never got past book 6 Chicagoland Vampires"

Great, I’m looking forward to getting back to both series! Thanks!!!

For Oleander!! I pick for you...


Midnight Breed and Moon

Happy Reading!

Karen ♐ wrote: "LaurLa, I pick for you, Option A, with Moreno Bros and Rose Gardener. Hope you enjoy!"

Thank-you!!!

Thank you LaurLa. Happy reading to you also.

Jennifer wrote: "Avid Reader and Geek Girl wrote: "Avid Reader's FWYS May 2021

I pick & for

picked & for me

Out of Uniform
[bookcover:Rough Terr..."

thanks!

D.L. wrote: "Jennifer I pick for you, Dangerous Type & Pancake House. It looks like you only have 2 books left in each series'. That's awesome. Enjoy! :)"

I finished out both series -- thanks DL!

Connie,

Thanks for the picks I finished


I am really enjoying this series!

I read the next book in the In Death series and enjoyed it just as much as all the other so far!

Hey Oleander,
I finished both series that you chose for me. THANK YOU
The Love-Hate Duet was my absolute favorite.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Thanks, Chelle, I was able to read one book from each series. Unfortunately the Fast Track series stalled on this particular book, but I will definitely continue since I've enjoyed the first 2 books in this series.

Chelle picked for me: Fast Track and Mercy Thompson

Fast Track - Erin McCarthy

Hot Finish by Erin McCarthy - 6/2/21 ♥♥

Mercy Thompson - Patricia Briggs

Storm Cursed by Patricia Briggs - 5/23/21 ♥♥♥♥

I only finished I gave it 4 stars