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🎯 NEW YEAR, NEW YOU, NEW CHALLENGE

JANUARY 2022 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: JANUARY 2022 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
DECEMBER 21st-27th, 2021: Participants will Post their shelves
*If you do not list a shelf, I will not pair you with anyone
***Cut off on DECEMBER 27th

DECEMBER 27th-29th, 2021: Pairs will be posted & then Selection of a Series
*Again, as I said earlier, please try to select for your pair ASAP.

DECEMBER 29th: Re-picks for those who didn’t get the pick

**MOD ASSIST: In addition to ME (Ezi),
TCF Mods Trea, Denise & Lanelle are also around for assistance.

PAIRS 🎯
*1. Jess picks for LaurLa
2. Danielle Gypsy Soul picks for Oleander
*3. Karen ♐ picks for Severina
*4. Ezinwanyi picks for Danielle Gypsy Soul
*5. Connie picks for Jennifer
*6. LaurLa picks for Connie
*7. Severina picks for Karen ♐
*8. Oleander picks for Jess
*9. Jennifer picks for Ezinwanyi

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PARTICIPANTS
Ezinwanyi
Jennifer
Oleander
Jess
Connie
Karen ♐
Severina
LaurLa
Danielle Gypsy Soul



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♛I chose for Danielle Gypsy Soul: Alien Blood Wars and Criminal Intentions
☀️ Jennifer chose for me:

✿ Ezinwanyi's JANUARY 2022 FWYS - Series List (view spoiler)[
1) Roses & Thorns, Book 1 by Christina C. Jones (Books 1-3)

2) Game Changers Series by Rachel Reid (Books 4-6)

3) Queens & Monsters series by J.T. Geissinger (Books 1-3)

4) The Prince’s Bride series by J.J. McAvoy (Books 1-3)
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5) St. Louis Cyclones series by Alexandria House (Books 1-2)

6) Sinful Sunflower series by Stacy Reid (Books 1,3)


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2) Charleston Heat Series by Jessica Peterson (Books 1-4)

1) Getting Lucky by Meghan Quinn (Books 2-4)

3) Brigs Ferry Bay by K. Webster (Books 1-4)

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❀ Series Completed:

☀️ BOOKS READ SO FAR: ☀️
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Series for January

Maine Clambake


Hannah Swensen


Leveling Up


Tara Holloway


Witch PI


Farm-to-fork

January Series List

Hidden Legacy


Gambling Ghosts


Kitty Norville


Chance Sisters


Moon


Ghost-In-Law

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I picked for __ -

Jess FWYS Shelf
1. Drag Queen Detective


2. Immemorial Years


3. The Weavers Circle


4. Ward Securities


5. Soulbound Series


6. Seven of Spades Series


7. Psycop Series

Connie N's FWYS - JANUARY 2022

I picked for Jennifer: Hannah Swensen and Leveling Up

LaurLa picked for me: Reality Star and The Heroes of Chance Creek

Reality Star - Laura Heffernan


The Heroes of Chance Creek - Cora Seton


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Contours of the Heart - Tammara Webber


Andy Carpenter - David Rosenfelt


Whiskey and Weddings - Nicole McLaughlin


The Cat Who - Lilian Jackson Braun

Karen's January FWYS

I picked for Severina - Resident Evil & Demon Cycle

Severina picked for me: Masters & Mercenaries and Dollar

1. Beneath by Meghan March


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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Severina's Finish What You Started Shelves -- January 2022

Demon Cycle Series (Books 4 to 5)


V-Wars (Books 2 to 4)


Surviving the Evacuation Series (Books 3 to 18)


Resident Evil Series (Books 2 to 5)


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I picked Masters and Mercenaries & Dollar for Karen.
Karen picked Demon Cycle and Resident Evil for me.

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Update: January 19, 2022 -- Well, so far this has been a VERY successful month. I finished the Demon Cycle series and I read 2 of the 4 books of the Resident Evil series. I'm not sure if I'll be able to get to the last two REs, but I'm pleased with how much I tackled on this challenge so far.

Update: January 26, 2022 -- finished the rest of the Resident Evil books, which means I completed this challenge in full. Woot! (Not gonna expect that ever again, but it feels pretty good!)

LaurLa's FWYS Series List -- January


I pick for: Connie
Series: Reality Star
Series: The Heroes of Chance Creek

Picked for me: Jess
Series: Betrayed
Series: Once Upon a Wedding

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Once Upon A Romance ➺ Jessica Woodward (2)


Once Upon a Wedding ➺ Kelly McClymer (3)


Protector Superhero ➺ Julie Kenner (4)


Betrayed ➺ Carolyn McCray (5)


T-FLAC ➺ Cherry Adair (7)


Jack Daniels ➺ J.A. Konrath (12)

Danielle's FWYS (January)

1. Dragon Ridden Chronicles


2. Mountain Springs Omegas


3. Criminal Intentions


4. Alien Blood Wars


5. Familiar Mates


Ezi picked Alien Blood Wars and Criminal Intentions for me
I picked Hidden Legacy and Moon for Oleander

Happy Holidays Danielle Gypsy Soul!
I chose Option A: Alien Blood Wars and Criminal Intentions for you. I hope you start off the new year with a bang

Severina, I choose Resident Evil & Demon Cycle for you. Hope you enjoy!

LaurLa wrote: "LaurLa's FWYS Series List -- January"

Hi Laurla, My picks for you are Betrayed and Once Upon a Wedding.

Jess, I'm choosing Drag Queen Detective and Ward Securities for you. Happy New Year!

Ezi, I'm choosing St. Louis Cyclones and Sinful Sunflower for you so maybe you can knock one or both completely out in January. Happy reading!

Connie - my picks for you...


Reality Star

and

The Heroes of Chance Creek

Happy Reading!

Karen ♐ wrote: "Severina, I choose Resident Evil & Demon Cycle for you. Hope you enjoy!"

Thanks, Karen. For you, I'm going with Masters and Mercenaries & Dollar. Happy New Year and happy reading!

Jess wrote: "LaurLa wrote: "LaurLa's FWYS Series List -- January"

Hi Laurla, My picks for you are Betrayed and Once Upon a Wedding."

Thanks, Jess - this will be the push I need on these 😀

Jennifer, for you I'm picking an old favorite Hannah Swensen and an interesting-sounding new-to-me series Leveling Up. Have fun!

Severina wrote: "Karen ♐ wrote: "Severina, I choose Resident Evil & Demon Cycle for you. Hope you enjoy!"

Thanks, Karen. For you, I'm going with Masters and Mercenaries & Dollar. Happy New Year and happy reading!"

Thanks!

Jennifer wrote: "Ezi, I'm choosing St. Louis Cyclones and Sinful Sunflower for you so maybe you can knock one or both completely out in January. Happy reading!"

Thanks Jennifer! I want to work on finishing smaller series this new year

Oleander

I pick Hidden Legacy and Moon for you!

Ezinwanyi wrote: "Happy Holidays Danielle Gypsy Soul!
I chose Option A: Alien Blood Wars and Criminal Intentions for you. I hope you start off the new year with a bang"

Thanks Ezi looking forward to reading books in these series.

Danielle Gypsy Soul wrote: "Oleander

I pick Hidden Legacy and Moon for you!"
Thanks! Great choices to get the year off to a good start

I know I'm late, but is there any way I can join in for January?

If Ezi doesn't mind you joining, I'd be happy to pick for you.

Connie N. wrote: "Jennifer, for you I'm picking an old favorite Hannah Swensen and an interesting-sounding new-to-me series Leveling Up. Have fun!"

Connie, confession time -- I finished all my December reads early and started on Hannah Swensen early because I didn't want to wait. I have six outstanding on audio and I'm already in the middle of number 5! Thank you for this pick. I think other than a couple of the Christmas specials I'll be totally caught up in this series by the end of the day.

Connie, I listened to the first two from the "Leveling up" series this weekend. They're not mysteries so much as they're paranormal adventures, kind of reminiscent of Deanna Chase's Pyper Raine and Jade Calhoun series. Fun.

Finished one from each series. Slowly but surely making headway