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Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: April 1, 2022 - April 30, 2022

This challenge is an ongoing monthly mini-challenge to keep us all motivated to start, (and then continue), some of the many series in our TBR.

Rules:
1) You must read one of each: a 1st, a 2nd, and a 3rd book in a series. Tell us the name of the series.
2) Any genre of series is acceptable.
3) 'Half-step' short-stories (i.e., shorts in anthologies), do not count.
**For uniformity, the numbering on GR will be the judge of this.**
4) Rereads do count.
5) No more than 2 of the 3 books each month can be from the same series.
6) Please post a link to the book and the author and also the date you finished the book.
7) Please repost your entire challenge when you are finished to get your badge.

Ana FINISHED

Anne FINISHED

.•*¨`*•✿ ✿•*¨`*•. Christine .•*¨`*•✿ ✿•*¨`*• FINISHED

Delitealex

Ferenc FINISHED

Flying Snow

Frankie FINISHED

Genevieve FINISHED

Grace FINISHED

Jackie FINISHED

Jennifer FINISHED

JoAnne FINISHED

Julia FINISHED

Kendra FINISHED

Laila Jane

Olivermagnus FINISHED

Shash FINISHED

Shelly FINISHED

Tari FINISHED

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: April 1, 2022 - April 30, 2022

My List:
Stealing Home Tara Wyatt 4/6/22 (Dallas Longhorns #1)
Full Texas Throttle Katherine Garbera 4/5/22 (Dangerous Delaneys #2)
Cakewalk Claire Hastings 4/7/22 (Busy Bean #3)

Someone Like You Marie Force 4/9/22 (Wild Widows #1)
Spring Tide Tess Shepherd 4/13/22 (Dungeness Hollow #2)
Things We Never Said Samantha Young 4/20/22 (Hart's Boardwalk #3)

Featherbed Annabeth Albert 4/8/22 (Vino & Veritas #1)
Every Little Thing Samantha Young 4/18/22 (Hart's Boardwalk #2)
Texas Christmas Tycoon Katherine Garbera 4/22/22 (Dangerous Delaneys #3)

Mystic Falls Vickie McKeehan 4/12/22 (Coyote Wells #1)
Heartscape Garrett Leigh 4/19/22 (Vino & Veritas #2)
Colorado Cabin in the Pines Jill Haymaker 4/23/22 (Peakview, Colorado #3)

In! Finished 4/15

1 Dead Certain (Broden Legal)
2 Bones in the Begonias (Lovely Lethal Garden)
3 A Murder Like No Author (main st book club)

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: April 1, 2022 - April 30, 2022

#1 Cheese Shop Mysteries Cheddar Off Dead Korina Moss 4/4/22
#2 Dickens & Christie Mysteries Pumpkins, Paws & Murder Kathy Manos Penn 4/8/22
#3 Razzy Cat Cozy Mysteries The Crime at the Lake Courtney McFarlin 4/1/22

#1 Gluten-Free Mysteries Murder as Sticky as Jam Diana Orgain 4/11/22
#2 Beagle Diner Mysteries Beagles Love Steak Secrets C.A. Phipps 4/12/22
#3 Happy Camper Mysteries Mining for Murder Mary Angela 4/6/22

#1 Dickens & Christie Mysteries Bells, Tails and Murder Kathy Manos Penn 4/7/22
#2 Cooking is Murder Mysteries Murder as Sweet as Honey Diana Orgain 4/14/22
#3 Seabreeze Bookshop Mysteries A Photo of Murder Penny Brooke 4/9/22

#1 Persephone Pringle Mysteries Mind Your Own Murder Patti Larsen 4/18/22
#2 Snow Falls, Alaska Cozy Mysteries Fritters and Fatality Wendy Meadows 4/15/22
#3 Spirits of Tempest Peril and Paws Penny Brooke 4/10/22

#1 Life’s a Beach Mysteries Sun, Sand and Slaughter Emerald Finn 4/20/22
#2 Ground Rules Mysteries Double Shot Death Emmaline Duncan 4/22/22
#3 Kitchen Witch Mysteries Three Tainted Teas Lynn Cahoon 4/22/22

Welcome Jennifer and Tari!

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: April 1, 2022 - April 30, 2022

3/3 Completed. Finished

1.Hawkins Brothers #1:A Hero to Keep-Susan Gable 4/01
2.St. Louis Cyclones #2:Technical-Alexandria House 4/10
3.Battle Crows MC #3:Rattle Some Cages-Lani Lynn Vale 4/21

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2022 April Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge

Completed 6/6

✔️1 - Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost - 01/04/2022
✔️2 - All the Colors of Night by Jayne Ann Krentz - 05/04/2022
✔️3 - Lightning in a Mirror by Jayne Ann Krentz - 06/04/2022



✔️1 - The Vanishing by Jayne Ann Krentz - 04/04/2022
✔️2 - Hook, Line, and Sinker by Tessa Bailey - 09/04/2022
✔️3 - Cyborg Seduction by Grace Goodwin - 21/04/2022

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: April 1, 2022 - April 30, 2022

Goal: 3/3

1. Flowers in the Snow - Danielle Stewart - 04/03/22 - The Edenville Series #1
2. Tell Me - Anne Frasier - 04/03/22 - Inland Empire #2
3. Three Sisters - Heather Morris - 04/08/22 - The Tattooist of Auschwitz #3

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: April 1, 2022 - April 30, 2022

1. Marcus Didius Falco, #1: The Silver Pigs by Lindsey Davis (Xth April)
2. Wallflowers, #2: It Happened One Autumn by Lisa Kleypas (9th April)
3. The Barrytown Trilogy, #3: The Van by Roddy Doyle (Xth April)

Easy as 1, 2, 3 - April 2022

1. A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow (04/07/22) - Fractured Fables #1
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Welcome Frankie, Delitealex, Christine, Ferenc, Flying Snow and Laila Jane!!

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: April 1, 2022 - April 30, 2022

My List
1. Dragon Mountain-Katie Tsang 4/4
2. Please Send Help-Gaby Dunn 4/17
3. Demons-Kurtis J. Wiebe 4/23

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: April 1, 2022 - April 30, 2022

1 The Starless Crown by James Rollins - 4/1/22
2 Skybreaker by Kenneth Oppel - 4/5/22
3 Shoot Don't Shoot by J.A. Jance - 4/7/22

1 Independence Hall by Roland Smith - 4/6/22
2 The Valentine Mystery by Kathi Daley - 4/8/22
3 The Betrayal of Renegade X by Chelsea M. Campbell - 4/19/22

1 Weekend Warriors by Fern Michaels - 4/9/22
2 The Ghost War by Alex Berenson - 4/12/22
3 Angel Fire East by Terry Brooks - 4/23/22

1 Artifacts by Mary Anna Evans - 4/14/22
2 The Chocolate Bear Burglary by JoAnna Carl - 4/24/22
3 The Waste Lands by Stephen King - 4/29/22

1 Rules of Prey by John Sandford - 4/26/22
2 Gemina by Amie Kaufman - 4/24/22
3

1 Redwall by Brian Jacques - 4/27/22
2 Swimming Without a Net by MaryJanice Davidson - 4/27/22

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Welcome Grace and Jackie!

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
April 2022

1. Her Dream Cowboy by Laura Ann (4/15/22) - Sagebrush Ranch
2. Summer Nights At The Homestead Inn by Kimberly Krey (4/7/22) - Billionaires in Hiding
3. Never Fall for Your Fake Fiancé by Kate O'Keeffe (4/5/22) - It's Complicated

FINISHED 04/21/22

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: April 1, 2022 - April 30, 2022

1. Deadly Summer Nights - Vicki Delany 04/17/22


2. A Glimmer of a Clue - Daryl Wood Gerber 04/19/22


3. Beating the Wrap - Julie Anne Lindsey 04/21/22

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
April 1, 2022 - April 30, 2022

3 of 3 Complete

1. #1 Red Princess - Flower Net - Lisa See - 4/12/22
2. #2 Cordelia Gray - The Skull Beneath the Skin - P.D. James - 4/2/22
3. # 3 Crimson Lake - Gone by Midnight - Candice Fox - 4/8/22

Welcome Shash, Shelly and Lynda!

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: April 1, 2022 - April 30, 2022

1. Lye in Wait by Cricket McRae 4/9/2022
2. Outlaws by Jen Calonita 4/1/2022
3. Heroes by Jen Calonita 4/12/2022

Welcome Genevieve!

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: April 1, 2022 - April 30, 2022

This challenge is an ongoing monthly mini-challenge to keep us all motivated to start, (and then continue), some of the many series in our TBR.

Completed!

1. Arcadia Bell, #1 - Kindling the Moon - 04/04/2022
2. Mercy Thompson, #2 - Blood Bound - 13/04/2022
3. Attack on Titan, Vol. 3 - 24/04/2022

1. Mindf*ck, #1 - The Risk - 22/04/2022
2. Lords of the Underworld, #2 - The Darkest Kiss - 18/04/2022
3. Monkey High!, #2 - Monkey High!, Vol. 3 - 12/05/2022

1. Monkey High!, #1 - Monkey High!, Vol. 1 - 09/05/2022
2. Mo Dao Zu Shi, #2 - 魔道祖師 二 Mo Dao Zu Shi Vol. 2 - 02/05/2022
3. Scott Pilgrim, #3 - Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness - 29/05/2022

Welcome Ana!

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: April 1, 2022 - April 30, 2022

COMPLETED

This challenge is an ongoing monthly mini-challenge to keep us all motivated to start, (and then continue), some of the many series in our TBR.

1.) Linda Walheim Mysteries
The Bishop’s Wife by Mette Ivie Harrison 4/8/2022

2.) The Thursday Murder Club
The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman 4/14/2022

3.) Mahalia Watkins Soul Food Mysteries
Murder with Collard Greens and Hot Sauce by A. L. Herbert 4/4/2022

Welcome Anne!

FINISHED

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: April 1, 2022 - April 30, 2022

1. Lye in Wait by Cricket McRae 4/9/2022
2. Outlaws by Jen Calonita 4/1/2022
3. Heroes by Jen Calonita 4/12/2022

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge FINISHED!!!
Duration: April 1, 2022 - April 30, 2022

COMPLETED

This challenge is an ongoing monthly mini-challenge to keep us all motivated to start, (and then continue), some of the many series in our TBR.

✔1. Spoiler Alert Olivia Dade (Spoiler Alert 1) (4/1)
✔2. All the Feels Olivia Dade (Spoiler Alert 2) (4/3)
✔3. Ready to Roll Suzanne Brockmann (Izzy Novellas 3) (4/3)

✔1. Broken Resolutions Olivia Dade (Lovestruck Librarians 1) (4/4)
✔2. Home Fire Inferno Suzanne Brockmann (Izzy Novellas 2) (4/7)
✔3. Destroy All Monsters (Ed Brubaker (Reckless 3) (4/14)

✔1. Free FallSuzanne Brockmann (Izzy Novellas 1) (4/2)
✔2. 40-Love Olivia Dade (Something About Marysville 2) (4/13)
✔3. Sweetest in the Gale Olivia Dade (Something about Marysville 3) (4/27)

✔1. Reckless Ed Brubaker (Reckless 1) (4/5)
✔2. Friend of the Devil Ed Brubaker (Reckless 2) (4/12)
3. UnSouled Neal Shusterman (UnWind 3) (maybe finally in May?)

✔1. Teach Me Olivia Dade (Something about Marysville 1) (4/24)
2. My Reckless Valentine Olivia Dade (Lovestruck Librarians 2) (5/6) (I'll use in May)
3. Shadowshaper Legacy Daniel José Older (Shadowshaper Cypher 3) (maybe finally in May?)

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: April 1, 2022 - April 30, 2022

COMPLETED

This challenge is an ongoing monthly mini-challenge to keep us all motivated to start, (and then continue), some of the many series in our TBR.

1.) Linda Walheim Mysteries
The Bishop’s Wife by Mette Ivie Harrison 4/8/2022

2.) The Thursday Murder Club
The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman 4/14/2022

3.) Mahalia Watkins Soul Food Mysteries
Murder with Collard Greens and Hot Sauce by A. L. Herbert 4/4/2022

question: if you do more than 1 set of 3 for any given month, is it okay to have the 3rd of a series on 1 of the other lists? for example:

1. series A #1
2. series A #2
3. series B #3

1. series C #1
2. series C #2
3. series A #3

thanks!

Julia wrote: "question: if you do more than 1 set of 3 for any given month, is it okay to have the 3rd of a series on 1 of the other lists? for example:

1. series A #1
2. series A #2
3. series B #3

1. series C..."

Yes! Just no more than 2 from the same series in each set. :)

WOOHOO Genevieve and Anne!

Welcome Julia!

JoAnne wrote: "Julia wrote: "question: if you do more than 1 set of 3 for any given month, is it okay to have the 3rd of a series on 1 of the other lists? for example:

1. series A #1
2. series A #2
3. series B #..."

Thanks!

Finished!

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
April 2022

1. Her Dream Cowboy by Laura Ann (4/15/22) - Sagebrush Ranch
2. Summer Nights At The Homestead Inn by Kimberly Krey (4/7/22) - Billionaires in Hiding
3. Never Fall for Your Fake Fiancé by Kate O'Keeffe (4/5/22) - It's Complicated

WOOHOO Shash!

Completed

2022 April Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge

Completed 6/6

✔️1 - Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost - 01/04/2022
✔️2 - All the Colors of Night by Jayne Ann Krentz - 05/04/2022
✔️3 - Lightning in a Mirror by Jayne Ann Krentz - 06/04/2022



✔️1 - The Vanishing by Jayne Ann Krentz - 04/04/2022
✔️2 - Hook, Line, and Sinker by Tessa Bailey - 09/04/2022
✔️3 - Cyborg Seduction by Grace Goodwin - 21/04/2022

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: April 1, 2022 - April 30, 2022

3/3 Completed. Finished

1.Hawkins Brothers #1:A Hero to Keep-Susan Gable 4/01
2.St. Louis Cyclones #2:Technical-Alexandria House 4/10
3.Battle Crows MC #3:Rattle Some Cages-Lani Lynn Vale 4/21

WOOHOO Christine and Frankie!

FINISHED 04/21/22

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: April 1, 2022 - April 30, 2022

1. Deadly Summer Nights - Vicki Delany 04/17/22


2. A Glimmer of a Clue - Daryl Wood Gerber 04/19/22


3. Beating the Wrap - Julie Anne Lindsey 04/21/22

WOOHOO Shelly!

Signing up late. I didn't think I was going to read any low series books this month. I was wrong. So this is also my completion post. Sorry for not signing up sooner.

April Easy As 1, 2, 3
Duration: Apr 1st, 2022 - Apr. 30th, 2022

3/3

1. A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik - Apr. 23rd (Scholomance)
2. Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo - Apr. 8th (Six of Crows)
3. To Marry and to Meddle by Martha Waters - Apr. 20th (Regency Vows)

WOOHOO Kendra!

You never know what will take your fancy each month!! :)

~~~ Complete ~~~

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
April 1, 2022 - April 30, 2022

3 of 3 Complete

1. #1 Red Princess - Flower Net - Lisa See - 4/12/22
2. #2 Cordelia Gray - The Skull Beneath the Skin - P.D. James - 4/2/22
3. # 3 Crimson Lake - Gone by Midnight - Candice Fox - 4/8/22

WOOHOO Lynda!

FINISHED
Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: April 1, 2022 - April 30, 2022

My List:
Stealing Home Tara Wyatt 4/6/22 (Dallas Longhorns #1)
Full Texas Throttle Katherine Garbera 4/5/22 (Dangerous Delaneys #2)
Cakewalk Claire Hastings 4/7/22 (Busy Bean #3)

Someone Like You Marie Force 4/9/22 (Wild Widows #1)
Spring Tide Tess Shepherd 4/13/22 (Dungeness Hollow #2)
Things We Never Said Samantha Young 4/20/22 (Hart's Boardwalk #3)

Featherbed Annabeth Albert 4/8/22 (Vino & Veritas #1)
Every Little Thing Samantha Young 4/18/22 (Hart's Boardwalk #2)
Texas Christmas Tycoon Katherine Garbera 4/22/22 (Dangerous Delaneys #3)

Mystic Falls Vickie McKeehan 4/12/22 (Coyote Wells #1)
Heartscape Garrett Leigh 4/19/22 (Vino & Veritas #2)
Colorado Cabin in the Pines Jill Haymaker 4/23/22 (Peakview, Colorado #3)

Finished

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: April 1, 2022 - April 30, 2022

#1 Cheese Shop Mysteries Cheddar Off Dead Korina Moss 4/4/22
#2 Dickens & Christie Mysteries Pumpkins, Paws & Murder Kathy Manos Penn 4/8/22
#3 Razzy Cat Cozy Mysteries The Crime at the Lake Courtney McFarlin 4/1/22

#1 Gluten-Free Mysteries Murder as Sticky as Jam Diana Orgain 4/11/22
#2 Beagle Diner Mysteries Beagles Love Steak Secrets C.A. Phipps 4/12/22
#3 Happy Camper Mysteries Mining for Murder Mary Angela 4/6/22

#1 Dickens & Christie Mysteries Bells, Tails and Murder Kathy Manos Penn 4/7/22
#2 Cooking is Murder Mysteries Murder as Sweet as Honey Diana Orgain 4/14/22
#3 Seabreeze Bookshop Mysteries A Photo of Murder Penny Brooke 4/9/22

#1 Persephone Pringle Mysteries Mind Your Own Murder Patti Larsen 4/18/22
#2 Snow Falls, Alaska Cozy Mysteries Fritters and Fatality Wendy Meadows 4/15/22
#3 Spirits of Tempest Peril and Paws Penny Brooke 4/10/22

#1 Life’s a Beach Mysteries Sun, Sand and Slaughter Emerald Finn 4/20/22
#2 Ground Rules Mysteries Double Shot Death Emmaline Duncan 4/22/22
#3 Kitchen Witch Mysteries Three Tainted Teas Lynn Cahoon 4/22/22

WOOHOO Tari!

JoAnne wrote: "WOOHOO Tari!"

Thanks, JoAnne!

Finished.

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: April 1, 2022 - April 30, 2022

1 The Starless Crown by James Rollins - 4/1/22
2 Skybreaker by Kenneth Oppel - 4/5/22
3 Shoot Don't Shoot by J.A. Jance - 4/7/22

1 Independence Hall by Roland Smith - 4/6/22
2 The Valentine Mystery by Kathi Daley - 4/8/22
3 The Betrayal of Renegade X by Chelsea M. Campbell - 4/19/22

1 Weekend Warriors by Fern Michaels - 4/9/22
2 The Ghost War by Alex Berenson - 4/12/22
3 Angel Fire East by Terry Brooks - 4/23/22

1 Artifacts by Mary Anna Evans - 4/14/22
2 The Chocolate Bear Burglary by JoAnna Carl - 4/24/22
3 The Waste Lands by Stephen King - 4/29/22

Completed!

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: April 1, 2022 - April 30, 2022

Goal: 3/3

1. Flowers in the Snow - Danielle Stewart - 04/03/22 - The Edenville Series #1
2. Tell Me - Anne Frasier - 04/03/22 - Inland Empire #2
3. Three Sisters - Heather Morris - 04/08/22 - The Tattooist of Auschwitz #3