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Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: August 1, 2022 - August 31, 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.

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Frankie FINISHED

Genevieve FINISHED
Grace FINISHED

Jackie FINISHED
Jennifer FINISHED
JoAnne FINISHED

Kendra FINISHED

Olivermagnus FINISHED

Shash FINISHED
Shelly FINISHED
Suzanne FINISHED

Tari FINISHED

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge

My List:
Blue Hawaiian Carla Luna 8/3/22 (Blackwood Cellars #1)
Always You Roxie Noir 8/7/22 (Dirtshine #2)
Gage Sawyer Bennett 8/1/22 (Pittsburgh Titans #3)


From This Moment On Debra Clopton 8/5/22 (Windswept Bay #1)
Tempting Boundaries Carrie Ann Ryan 8/17/22 (Montgomery Ink #2)
All the Best Lies Joanna Schaffhausen 8/8/22 (Ellery Hathaway #3)


The Blessing Way Tony Hillerman 8/16/22 (Leaphorn & Chee #1)
Only For A Moment Elena Aitken 8/21/22 (The McCormicks #2)
Harder than Words Carrie Ann Ryan 8/20/22 (Montgomery Ink #3)


Delicate Ink Carrie Ann Ryan 8/13/22 (Montgomery Ink #1)
Sweet Love Lauren Accardo 8/25/22 (Forever Adirondacks #2)
One More Moment Elena Aitken 8/22/22 (The McCormicks #3)


Fake Fiancée (For Now) Penny Wylder 8/10/22 (Big Men of Blue Mountain #1)
Beastly Book of Spells Nyx Halliwell 8/26/22 (Once Upon a Witch #2)
Summer on Lovers' Island Donna Alward 8/23/22 (Jewell Cove #3)

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: August 1, 2022 - August 31, 2022

6/6 Completed. Finished

1.She Can #1:She Can Run-Melinda Leigh 8/17
2.The Cordoba Agency #2:Until Death-Delaney Diamond 8/07
3.The Edens #3:Garnet Flats-Devney Perry 8/01

1.The Friend Zone #1:The Friend Zone-Abby Jimenez 8/14
2.Deep Ops #2:Fallen-Rebecca Zanetti 8/12
3.Evil Dead MC #3:Shades-Nicole James 8/03

Welcome Frankie!

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: August 1, 2022 - August 31, 2022

#1 - Simply Irresistible by Jill Shalvis 8/1 Lucky Harbor
#2 - Onyx by Jennifer L. Armentrout 8/11 Lux
#3 - Magic Strikes by Ilona Andrews 8/5 Kate Daniels

In! Finished 08/26 and wasn't sure I would....


1 Inherit the Shoes (Jersey Girls)
2 Anne Boleyn: A King's Obsession (Six tudor queens)
3 The Detachment (Ben Treven 3)

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
August 1, 2022 - August 31, 2022

3 of 3 Complete

1. A Riesling to Die - J.C. Eaton - 8/9/22 - #1 Wine Trail Mysteries
2. Lethal Bayou Beauty - Jana Deleon - 8/6/22 - #2 Miss Fortune
3. The Ice Queen - Nele Neuhaus - 8/2/22 - #3 Bodenstein & Kirchhoff Series

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: August 1, 2022 - August 31, 2022

#1 Temp Job Cozy Mysteries Death Behind the Dumpster K.B. Blake 8/4/22
#2 Misty Bay Tearoom Mysteries In Too Steep Kate Kingsbury 8/7/22
#3 Pizza Parlor Mysteries Hold the Murder Rosie A. Point 8/3/22

#1 The Accidental Ghost Detective Scents and a Suspect Emmie Lyn 8/2/22
#2 Temp Jobs Mysteries Attacked in the Aisles K.B. Blake 8/19/22
#3 Secondhand Sleuth Mysteries The Kitsch Killer Mel Morgan 8/10/22

#1 Gone to the Dogs Off the Chain Janice Thompson 8/1/22
#2 Cambridge Bookshop Mysteries A Treacherous Tale Elizabeth Penney 8/22/22
#3 33rd Street Roastery Mysteries An Intention Most Bitter Summer Prescott 8/12/22

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: August 1, 2022 - August 31, 2022

1. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer-Lamar Giles 8/8
2. Witch Hat Atelier, Vol. 2-Kamome Shirahama 8/28
3. Girls: Survival-Joshua Luna 8/15

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: August 1, 2022 - August 31, 2022

1. Cutie Pies and Deadly Lies by Addison Moore 8/4/2022
2. Death by Baguette: A Valentine's Day Murder in Paris 8/5/2022
3. Book, Line and Sinker by Jenn McKinlay 8/4/2022

Welcome Bonita, Jennifer, Lynda, Tari, Grace and Genevieve!

FINISHED 08/18/22

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: August 1, 2022 - August 31, 2022

3/3 Completed

1. Bundle of Trouble - Diana Orgain 08/08/22


2. The Walled Flower - Lorraine Bartlett 08/11/22


3. Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener - M.C. Beaton 08/18/22

August 2022 Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge

Completed 6/6

✔️1 - Until You're Mine by Cindi Madsen - 03/08/2022
✔️2 - Until We're More by Cindi Madsen - 04/08/2022
✔️3 - Bear Meets Girl by Bianca D'Arc - 01/08/2022



✔️1 - Dark Witch by Nora Roberts - 07/08/2022
✔️2 - His Virgin Bride by Grace Goodwin - 03/08/2022
✔️3 - The Warrior King by Abigail Owen - 05/08/2022

Welcome Shelly and Christine!

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: August 1, 2022 - August 31, 2022

1 Confessions of a Murder Suspect by James Patterson - 8/3/22
2 Thirty-Three Teeth by Colin Cotterill - 8/2/22
3 Disco For The Departed by Colin Cotterill - 8/8/22

1 Step on a Crack by James Patterson - 8/4/22
2 The Hawthorne Legacy by Jennifer Lynn Barnes - 8/4/22
3 Redemption by Jean Rabe - 8/20/22

1 Texas Ranger by James Patterson - 8/6/22
2 A Ghostly Grave by Tonya Kappes - 8/8/22
3 The Antiquary by Walter Scott - 8/28/22

1 The Black Book by David Ellis - 8/7/22
2 A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers - 8/10/22

1 A False Dawn by Tom Lowe - 8/11/22
2 Dark Passage by M J Putney - 8/15/22

1 Murder in the Morning Edition by Peter Bartram - 8/14/22
2 Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie - 8/22/22

1 Magic Lessons by Alice Hoffman - 8/19/22

1 The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling - 8/20/22

1 The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan - 8/21/22

1 The Mystery of Ireland's Eye by Shane Peacock - 8/23/22

1 Freckles by Gene Stratton-Porter - 8/25/22

1 Holes by Louis Sachar - 8/27/22

1 The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz - 8/31/22

Welcome Jackie!

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: August 1, 2022 - August 31, 2022

3/3 Completed

1. Marfil by Mercedes Ron (Enfrentados #1) - 09/08/22
2. The Wicked King by Holly Black (The Folk of the Air #2) - 31/08/2022
3. Covet by Tracy Wolff (Crave #3) - 29/08/2022

Welcome Eva!

Easy As 1, 2, 3
August 2022

1. The Day We Met by Ash Keller (8/7/22) - The Men of Engine 17
2. The Neighbor War by Katie Bailey (8/2/22) - Only in Atlanta
3. Cassie's Cowboy Crave by Kimberly Krey (8/8/22) - Sweet Montana Bride

Easy As 1, 2, 3
August 2022

3/3 completed

1. Ringworld by Larry Niven (Ringworld #1) - 8/7 ★★★★
2. Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler (Earthseed #2) - 8/4 ★★★★
3. Apex by Ramez Naam (Nexus #3) - 8/20 ★★★★

Welcome Shash and Beth!

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: August 1, 2022 - August 31, 2022

1. Always Be My Duchess by Amalie Howard (Taming of the Dukes #1) 8/3
2. Murder Always Barks Twice by Jennifer Hawkins (A Chatty Corgi Mystery #2) 8/9
3. Murder at the Blueberry Festival by Darci Hannah 8/16

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
August 1, 2022 - August 31, 2022

0 of 3 Complete

1. Red Queen
2. The Dark One
3 The Atonement

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: Aug. 1st, 2022 - Aug. 31st, 2022

3/3

1. The Case of the Girl Who Took Her Shampoo (But Left her Mini) by Greg Rucka - Aug. 9th (Stumptown)
2. Eclipse the Moon by Jessie Mihalik - Aug. 5th (Starlight's Shadow)
3. Demons by Kurtis J. Wiebe - Aug. 14th (Rat Queens)

Welcome Amanda, Christene and Kendra!

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: August 1, 2022 - August 31, 2022
COMPLETED

1.) Dear Mrs. Bird by A J Pearce 8/9/2022
The Emmy Lake Chronicles
2.) Death Wears a Mask by Ashley Weaver 8/21/2022
Avery Ames Mysteries
3.) Crosshairs by Patricia Bradley 8/12/2022
Natchez Trace Park Rangers
4.) Return to Tradd Street by Karen White 8/17/2022
Tradd Street
5.) Second Vespers by Ralph McInerny 8/13/2022
Father Dowling Mysteries.

Welcome Anne!

FINISHED

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: August 1, 2022 - August 31, 2022

1. Cutie Pies and Deadly Lies by Addison Moore 8/4/2022
2. Death by Baguette: A Valentine's Day Murder in Paris 8/5/2022
3. Book, Line and Sinker by Jenn McKinlay 8/4/2022

WOOHOO Genevieve!

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: August 1, 2022 - August 31, 2022

Finished!

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. Bleach, Vol. 1: Strawberry and the Soul Reapers - 14/08/2022
2. Inu-Yasha, Tome 2 - 20/08/2022
3. Fire Force Vol. 3 - 25/08/2022

1. Inu-Yasha, Tome 1 - 18/08/2022
2. Fire Force Vol. 2 - 22/08/2022
3. Enticed By The Corsair - 19/08/2022

1. When She's Ready - 19/08/2022
2. Blue Exorcist, Vol. 2 - 27/08/2022
3. So I'm a Spider, So What?, Vol. 3 - 26/08/2022

The Lost Challenges
August 2022 Easy As 1, 2, 3
Duration: August 1, 2022 - August 31, 2022

Progress: 3 out of 3

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.

1. Irish Thoroughbred by Nora Roberts - *** - 8/4/2022 - 208 Pages
2. Irish Rose by Nora Roberts - *** - 8/4/2022 - 250 Pages
3. When Life Gives You Lululemons by Lauren Weisberger - ***** - 8/10/2022 - 343 Pages

Welcome Ana and Suzanne!

Finished! :)

Easy As 1, 2, 3
August 2022

1. The Day We Met by Ash Keller (8/7/22) - The Men of Engine 17
2. The Neighbor War by Katie Bailey (8/2/22) - Only in Atlanta
3. Cassie's Cowboy Crave by Kimberly Krey (8/8/22) - Sweet Montana Bride

Completed!

August 2022 Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge

Completed 6/6

✔️1 - Until You're Mine by Cindi Madsen - 03/08/2022
✔️2 - Until We're More by Cindi Madsen - 04/08/2022
✔️3 - Bear Meets Girl by Bianca D'Arc - 01/08/2022



✔️1 - Dark Witch by Nora Roberts - 07/08/2022
✔️2 - His Virgin Bride by Grace Goodwin - 03/08/2022
✔️3 - The Warrior King by Abigail Owen - 05/08/2022

WOOHOO Shash and Christine!

~~~ Complete ~~~

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
August 1, 2022 - August 31, 2022

3 of 3 Complete

1. A Riesling to Die - J.C. Eaton - 8/9/22 - #1 Wine Trail Mysteries
2. Lethal Bayou Beauty - Jana Deleon - 8/6/22 - #2 Miss Fortune
3. The Ice Queen - Nele Neuhaus - 8/2/22 - #3 Bodenstein & Kirchhoff Series

WOOHOO Lynda!

Finished!

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: August 1, 2022 - August 31, 2022

#1 - Simply Irresistible by Jill Shalvis 8/1 Lucky Harbor
#2 - Onyx by Jennifer L. Armentrout 8/11 Lux
#3 - Magic Strikes by Ilona Andrews 8/5 Kate Daniels

WOOHOO Bonita!

Finished.

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: Aug. 1st, 2022 - Aug. 31st, 2022

3/3

1. The Case of the Girl Who Took Her Shampoo (But Left her Mini) by Greg Rucka - Aug. 9th (Stumptown)
2. Eclipse the Moon by Jessie Mihalik - Aug. 5th (Starlight's Shadow)
3. Demons by Kurtis J. Wiebe - Aug. 14th (Rat Queens)

WOOHOO Kendra!

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: August 1, 2022 - August 31, 2022

6/6 Completed. Finished

1.She Can #1:She Can Run-Melinda Leigh 8/17
2.The Cordoba Agency #2:Until Death-Delaney Diamond 8/07
3.The Edens #3:Garnet Flats-Devney Perry 8/01

1.The Friend Zone #1:The Friend Zone-Abby Jimenez 8/14
2.Deep Ops #2:Fallen-Rebecca Zanetti 8/12
3.Evil Dead MC #3:Shades-Nicole James 8/03

WOOHOO Frankie!

Finished. Three good ones!

Easy As 1, 2, 3
August 2022

3/3 completed

1. Ringworld by Larry Niven (Ringworld #1) - 8/7 ★★★★
2. Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler (Earthseed #2) - 8/4 ★★★★
3. Apex by Ramez Naam (Nexus #3) - 8/20 ★★★★

WOOHOO Beth!

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge (& since I had a 4 and 5, I threw them in for good measure.)
Duration: August 1, 2022 - August 31, 2022
COMPLETED

1.) Dear Mrs. Bird by A J Pearce 8/9/2022
The Emmy Lake Chronicles
2.) Death Wears a Mask by Ashley Weaver 8/21/2022
Avery Ames Mysteries
3.) Crosshairs by Patricia Bradley 8/12/2022
Natchez Trace Park Rangers
4.) Return to Tradd Street by Karen White 8/17/2022
Tradd Street
5.) Second Vespers by Ralph McInerny 8/13/2022
Father Dowling Mysteries.

WOOHOO Anne!

You've got Ducks!!

Finished

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: August 1, 2022 - August 31, 2022

#1 Temp Job Cozy Mysteries Death Behind the Dumpster K.B. Blake 8/4/22
#2 Misty Bay Tearoom Mysteries In Too Steep Kate Kingsbury 8/7/22
#3 Pizza Parlor Mysteries Hold the Murder Rosie A. Point 8/3/22

#1 The Accidental Ghost Detective Scents and a Suspect Emmie Lyn 8/2/22
#2 Temp Jobs Mysteries Attacked in the Aisles K.B. Blake 8/19/22
#3 Secondhand Sleuth Mysteries The Kitsch Killer Mel Morgan 8/10/22

#1 Gone to the Dogs Off the Chain Janice Thompson 8/1/22
#2 Cambridge Bookshop Mysteries A Treacherous Tale Elizabeth Penney 8/22/22
#3 33rd Street Roastery Mysteries An Intention Most Bitter Summer Prescott 8/12/22

Finished

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: August 1, 2022 - August 31, 2022

3/3 Completed

1. Marfil by Mercedes Ron (Enfrentados #1) - 09/08/22
2. The Wicked King by Holly Black (The Folk of the Air #2) - 31/08/2022
3. Covet by Tracy Wolff (Crave #3) - 29/08/2022