The Lost Challenges discussion

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: April 1, 2024 - April 30, 2024

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.

Please use the TLC STANDARD RULES when participating in this challenge.
If you are not familiar with these rules, please click on the link and read them over.

Crystal FINISHED

Frankie FINISHED

Genevieve FINISHED

Jackie FINISHED
JoAnne FINISHED

Kendra FINISHED

Lali & Michelle FINISHED

Melissa A FINISHED
Michele FINISHED

Olivermagnus FINISHED

Shash FINISHED
Suzanne FINISHED

Tari FINISHED
Trina

April Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge

My List:
Have My Baby Taryn Quinn 4/11/24 (Crescent Cove #1)
Summer at Lakeside Leeanna Morgan 4/1/24 (Return to Sapphire Bay #2)
Sheriff's Treasured Teacher Clara Pines 4/17/24 (Trinity Falls Sweet Romance #3)

Playing House Cassie-Ann L. Miller 4/2/24 (The Playboys of Sin Valley #1)
Not Another New Year's Christie Ridgway 4/3/24 (Holiday Duets #2)
A Lakeside Thanksgiving Leeanna Morgan 4/4/24 (Return to Sapphire Bay #3)

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: April 1, 2024 - April 30, 2024

9/9 Completed. Finished

1.Lakeside Cottage #1:Living at 40-L.B. Dunbar 4/02/24
2.Skyland #2:This Could Be Us-Kennedy Ryan 4/04/24
3.Hades Hangmen #3:Souls Unfractured-Tillie Cole 4/03/24


4.Creek Canyon #1:My Way to You-Catherine Bybee 4/08/24
5.On the Ropes #2:Fighting Shadows-Aly Martinez 4/02/24
6.Ice Breaker Cold Case #3:Ice Cold Saint-Cynthia Eden 4/09/24


7.Runaway Train #1:Music of the Heart-Katie Ashley 4/08/24
8.Gold Rush Ranch #2:A Photo Finish-Elsie Silver 4/10/24
9.Young In Love #3:It's Not the Hookup, It's the Chase-Elle Wright 4/09/24

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: April 1, 2024 - April 30, 2024

#1 Magical Menagerie Mysteries Murder Most Owl Sarah Fox 4/2/24
#2 Bread & Barks Bakery Mysteries Spilling the Tea on Murder Paige H. Perry 4/4/24
#3 Cookie and Cream Mysteries Doors, Danishes & Death K.J. Emrick 4/13/24

#1 Bread & Barks Bakery Mysteries Cats, Cookies and Capers Paige H. Perry 4/3/24
#2 Spellbound Bookstore Mysteries Secrets and Psychics J.A. Whiting 4/5/24
#3 Charlie Mission Mysteries Red Velvet Droplets Rosie A. Point 4/16/24

#1 Francis Hayes Mysteries Murder at the Merci Resort Liz Turner 4/6/24
#2 Julia Lives in a Van Mysteries The Case of the Cautious Crow L.C. Richards 4/8/24
#3 Canine Cozy Mystery Fur and Felonies Sharon Michaels 4/23/24

#1 SeaBreeze Island Murder Mystery Club Death in the Wind L.C. Richards 4/7/24
#2 Eira Snow Mysteries A Word to the Witch Victoria DeLuis 4/17/24
#3 Francis Hayes Mysteries The Mystery of Little Corn Island Liz Turner 4/29/24

April Easy As 1, 2, 3
Duration: Apr. 1st, 2024 - Apr. 30th, 2024

3/3

1. What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher - Apr. 10th (Sworn Soldier)
2. The Prisoner’s Throne by Holly Black - Apr. 6th (The Stolen Heir Duology)
3. Once & Future, Vol. 3: The Parliament of Magpies by Kieron Gillen - Apr. 17th

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
April 1, 2024 - April 30, 2024

3 of 3 Complete

1. Daughter of the Moon Goddess - Sue Lynn Tan - 4/5/24 - #1 Celestial Kingdom
2. Scarlet - Marissa Meyer - 4/1/24 - #2 Lunar Chronicles
3. The Llama of Death - Betty Webb - 4/8/24 - #3 Gunn Zoo

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
April 1, 2024 - April 30, 2024

3 of 3 Complete

1. The Island of Adventure by Enid Blyton 4/20/2024 (Adventure)
2. Murder with Macaroni and Cheese by A.L. Herbert 4/12/2024 (Mahalia Watkins Soul Food)
3. Mayhem in Montana by Patti Benning 4/27/2024

Welcome Frankie, Tari, Kendra, Lynda and Genevieve!

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: April 1, 2024 - April 30, 2024

1. Assaulted Caramel (#1 in the Amish Candy Shop Mystery Series) by Amanda Flower 4/1/24
2. Phantoms and Felonies (#2 in the Haunted Mansion Mystery Series) by Lucy Ness 4/11/24
3. Murder on the Class Trip (#3 in the Maya and Sandra Mystery Series) by Lee Hollis 4/13/24

Welcome Michelle!

The Lost Challenges
April 2024 Easy As 1, 2, 3
Duration: April 1, 2024 - April 30, 2024

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.

Please use the TLC STANDARD RULES when participating in this challenge.
If you are not familiar with these rules, please click on the link and read them over.

Part of Your World #1: Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez - ***** - 4/7/2024 - 400 Pages
Midnight, Texas #2: Day Shift by Charlaine Harris - ***** - 4/2/2024 - 307 Pages
Midnight, Texas #3: Night Shift by Charlaine Harris - ***** - 4/5/2024 - 308 Pages

Welcome Suzanne!

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: April 1, 2024 - April 30, 2024

1 A Quiet Life in the Country by T.E. Kinsey - 4/1/24
2 Saint Sterling by Vanessa Gray Bartal - 4/3/24
3 Darling Duncan by Vanessa Gray Bartal - 4/9/24

1 Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater - 4/2/24
2 The Red Book by James Patterson - 4/4/24
3 Darling Dahlias and the Confederate Rose by Susan Wittig Albert - 4/19/24

1 Luck of the Witch by K.E. O'Connor - 4/16/24
2 Undeath and Taxes by Drew Hayes - 4/6/24
3 The Apothecary's Poison by C.J. Archer - 4/27/24

1 Eighteen Acres by Nicolle Wallace - 4/20/24
2 Aunty Lee's Deadly Specials by Ovidia Yu - 4/13/24
3 Book, Line and Sinker by Jenn McKinlay - 4/28/24

1 Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage - 4/20/24
2 Who's Sorry Now? by Maggie Robinson - 4/28/24
3

1 Hush Money: A Mystery by Chuck Greaves - 4/26/24

1 Vicious by V.E. Schwab - 4/27/24

1 Bruno, Chief of Police by Martin Walker - 4/28/24

1 Celebrated Cases Of Judge Dee by Robert van Gulik - 4/29/24

1 First to Kill by Andrew Peterson - 4/29/24

I AM GOING TO TRY TO AGAIN THIS MONTH. WASN'T SUCCESSFUL IN MARCH.
April Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge

My List:

1. Elementary, She Read by Vicki Delany. Read 4/5/24 #1 Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery
2. The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman Read 4/2/24. #2 in Thursday Murder Club
3. The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman Read 4/23/24 3rd in Thursday Murder Club

Welcome Jackie and Michele!

Easy As 1, 2, 3
April 2024

1. A Regrettable Proposal by Jennie Goutet (4/5/24) - Memorable Proposals
2. Mr. Fernley and the Lady by Angela Johnson (4/3/24) - Fernley Family
3. A Matchmaking Mismatch by Martha Keyes (4/2/24) - Romance Retold

FINISHED!! April Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: April 1, 2024 - April 30, 2024 (04/30/24)

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.
*Note: No more than two from any series

Series:
X Heartstopper 1
X Kansas Crossroads 1
X Amish Candy Shop Mystery 1
X Fitzpatrick Christmas 1
XX Country Store Mysteries 1 & 2
X Crochet Mystery 1
X Rebel Blue Ranch Mystery 2
X Morwenna Mutton 2
XX Paradise 2 & 3
X Nantucket 3
X Blue Heron 3
X Part of Your World 3
X Jane Austen Murder Mystery 3


Books: 15
Sets: 5

Set 1
(Crochet Mystery 1) Hooked on Murder Betty Hechtman 04/02/24
(Paradise 2) What Happens in Paradise Elin Hilderbrand 04/01/24
(Paradise 3) Troubles in Paradise Elin Hilderbrand 04/03/24

Set 2
(Kansas Crossroads 1) A New Beginning Amelia C. Adams 04/03/24
(Country Store Mysteries 2) Grilled for Murder Maddie Day 04/04/24
(Nantucket 3) The Perfect Couple Elin Hilderbrand 04/14/24

Set 3
(Country Store Mysteries 1) Flipped for Murder Maddie Day
(Amish Candy Shop Mystery 2) Lethal Licorice Amanda Flower 04/07/24
(Blue Heron 3) Waiting on You Kristan Higgins 04/19/24

Set 4
(Amish Candy Shop Mystery 1) Assaulted Caramel Amanda Flower 04/05/24
(Rebel Blue Ranch Mystery 2) Swift and Saddled Lyla Sage 04/14/24
(Part of Your World 3) Just for the Summer Abby Jimenez 04/25/24

Set 5
(Heartstopper 1) Heartstopper: Volume One Alice Oseman 04/12/24
(Morwenna Mutton 2) Bloodshed on the Boards Judy Leigh 04/17/24
(Jane Austen Murder Mystery 3) Manslaughter Park Tirzah Price 04/30/24

Welcome Shash and Melissa!

Finished! :)

Easy As 1, 2, 3
April 2024

1. A Regrettable Proposal by Jennie Goutet (4/5/24) - Memorable Proposals
2. Mr. Fernley and the Lady by Angela Johnson (4/3/24) - Fernley Family
3. A Matchmaking Mismatch by Martha Keyes (4/2/24) - Romance Retold

Finished!

The Lost Challenges
April 2024 Easy As 1, 2, 3
Duration: April 1, 2024 - April 30, 2024

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.

Please use the TLC STANDARD RULES when participating in this challenge.
If you are not familiar with these rules, please click on the link and read them over.

Part of Your World #1: Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez - ***** - 4/7/2024 - 400 Pages
Midnight, Texas #2: Day Shift by Charlaine Harris - ***** - 4/2/2024 - 307 Pages
Midnight, Texas #3: Night Shift by Charlaine Harris - ***** - 4/5/2024 - 308 Pages

I missed this one! Can I still join?

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: April 1, 2024 - April 30, 2024

1. The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey - The 5th Wave #1 - 4/16/24
2. The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley - Flavia de Luce #2 - 4/6/24
3. Topped Chef - Key West Food Critic Mystery #3 - 4/14/24

WOOHOO Shash and Suzanne!


Welcome Crystal!

~~~ Complete ~~~

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
April 1, 2024 - April 30, 2024

3 of 3 Complete

1. Daughter of the Moon Goddess - Sue Lynn Tan - 4/5/24 - #1 Celestial Kingdom
2. Scarlet - Marissa Meyer - 4/1/24 - #2 Lunar Chronicles
3. The Llama of Death - Betty Webb - 4/8/24 - #3 Gunn Zoo

WOOHOO Lynda!

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: April 1, 2024 - April 30, 2024

9/9 Completed. Finished

1.Lakeside Cottage #1:Living at 40-L.B. Dunbar 4/02/24
2.Skyland #2:This Could Be Us-Kennedy Ryan 4/04/24
3.Hades Hangmen #3:Souls Unfractured-Tillie Cole 4/03/24


4.Creek Canyon #1:My Way to You-Catherine Bybee 4/08/24
5.On the Ropes #2:Fighting Shadows-Aly Martinez 4/02/24
6.Ice Breaker Cold Case #3:Ice Cold Saint-Cynthia Eden 4/09/24


7.Runaway Train #1:Music of the Heart-Katie Ashley 4/08/24
8.Gold Rush Ranch #2:A Photo Finish-Elsie Silver 4/10/24
9.Young In Love #3:It's Not the Hookup, It's the Chase-Elle Wright 4/09/24

WOOHOO Frankie!

FINISHED

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: April 1, 2024 - April 30, 2024

1. Assaulted Caramel (#1 in the Amish Candy Shop Mystery Series) by Amanda Flower 4/1/24
2. Phantoms and Felonies (#2 in the Haunted Mansion Mystery Series) by Lucy Ness 4/11/24
3. Murder on the Class Trip (#3 in the Maya and Sandra Mystery Series) by Lee Hollis 4/13/24

WOOHOO Michelle!

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: April 1, 2024 - April 30, 2024
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.

1. Slayer (Slayer #1) 4/5/24
2.
3.

Welcome Trina!

FINISHED
April Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge

My List:
Have My Baby Taryn Quinn 4/11/24 (Crescent Cove #1)
Summer at Lakeside Leeanna Morgan 4/1/24 (Return to Sapphire Bay #2)
Sheriff's Treasured Teacher Clara Pines 4/17/24 (Trinity Falls Sweet Romance #3)

Playing House Cassie-Ann L. Miller 4/2/24 (The Playboys of Sin Valley #1)
Not Another New Year's Christie Ridgway 4/3/24 (Holiday Duets #2)
A Lakeside Thanksgiving Leeanna Morgan 4/4/24 (Return to Sapphire Bay #3)

Finished

April Easy As 1, 2, 3
Duration: Apr. 1st, 2024 - Apr. 30th, 2024

3/3

1. What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher - Apr. 10th (Sworn Soldier)
2. The Prisoner’s Throne by Holly Black - Apr. 6th (The Stolen Heir Duology)
3. Once & Future, Vol. 3: The Parliament of Magpies by Kieron Gillen - Apr. 17th

WOOHOO Kendra!

Finished!!

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: April 1, 2024 - April 30, 2024

1. The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey - The 5th Wave #1 - 4/16/24
2. The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley - Flavia de Luce #2 - 4/6/24
3. Topped Chef - Key West Food Critic Mystery #3 - 4/14/24

WOOHOO Crystal!

COMPLETION POST
April Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge

My List:

1. Elementary, She Read by Vicki Delany. Read 4/5/24 #1 Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery
2. The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman Read 4/2/24. #2 in Thursday Murder Club
3. The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman Read 4/23/24 3rd in Thursday Murder Club

WOOHOO Michele!

FINISHED

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
April 1, 2024 - April 30, 2024

3 of 3 Complete

1. The Island of Adventure by Enid Blyton 4/20/2024 (Adventure)
2. Murder with Macaroni and Cheese by A.L. Herbert 4/12/2024 (Mahalia Watkins Soul Food)
3. Mayhem in Montana by Patti Benning 4/27/2024

WOOHOO Genevieve!

Finished

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: April 1, 2024 - April 30, 2024

#1 Magical Menagerie Mysteries Murder Most Owl Sarah Fox 4/2/24
#2 Bread & Barks Bakery Mysteries Spilling the Tea on Murder Paige H. Perry 4/4/24
#3 Cookie and Cream Mysteries Doors, Danishes & Death K.J. Emrick 4/13/24

#1 Bread & Barks Bakery Mysteries Cats, Cookies and Capers Paige H. Perry 4/3/24
#2 Spellbound Bookstore Mysteries Secrets and Psychics J.A. Whiting 4/5/24
#3 Charlie Mission Mysteries Red Velvet Droplets Rosie A. Point 4/16/24

#1 Francis Hayes Mysteries Murder at the Merci Resort Liz Turner 4/6/24
#2 Julia Lives in a Van Mysteries The Case of the Cautious Crow L.C. Richards 4/8/24
#3 Canine Cozy Mystery Fur and Felonies Sharon Michaels 4/23/24

#1 SeaBreeze Island Murder Mystery Club Death in the Wind L.C. Richards 4/7/24
#2 Eira Snow Mysteries A Word to the Witch Victoria DeLuis 4/17/24
#3 Francis Hayes Mysteries The Mystery of Little Corn Island Liz Turner 4/29/24

WOOHOO Tari!

JoAnne wrote: "WOOHOO Tari!"

Thanks, JoAnne!

Finished.

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: April 1, 2024 - April 30, 2024

1 A Quiet Life in the Country by T.E. Kinsey - 4/1/24
2 Saint Sterling by Vanessa Gray Bartal - 4/3/24
3 Darling Duncan by Vanessa Gray Bartal - 4/9/24

1 Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater - 4/2/24
2 The Red Book by James Patterson - 4/4/24
3 Darling Dahlias and the Confederate Rose by Susan Wittig Albert - 4/19/24

1 Luck of the Witch by K.E. O'Connor - 4/16/24
2 Undeath and Taxes by Drew Hayes - 4/6/24
3 The Apothecary's Poison by C.J. Archer - 4/27/24

1 Eighteen Acres by Nicolle Wallace - 4/20/24
2 Aunty Lee's Deadly Specials by Ovidia Yu - 4/13/24
3 Book, Line and Sinker by Jenn McKinlay - 4/28/24

WOOHOO Jackie!

FINISHED!! April Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: April 1, 2024 - April 30, 2024 (04/30/24)

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.
*Note: No more than two from any series

Series:
X Heartstopper 1
X Kansas Crossroads 1
X Amish Candy Shop Mystery 1
X Fitzpatrick Christmas 1
XX Country Store Mysteries 1 & 2
X Crochet Mystery 1
X Rebel Blue Ranch Mystery 2
X Morwenna Mutton 2
XX Paradise 2 & 3
X Nantucket 3
X Blue Heron 3
X Part of Your World 3
X Jane Austen Murder Mystery 3


Books: 15
Sets: 5

Set 1
(Crochet Mystery 1) Hooked on Murder Betty Hechtman 04/02/24
(Paradise 2) What Happens in Paradise Elin Hilderbrand 04/01/24
(Paradise 3) Troubles in Paradise Elin Hilderbrand 04/03/24

Set 2
(Kansas Crossroads 1) A New Beginning Amelia C. Adams 04/03/24
(Country Store Mysteries 2) Grilled for Murder Maddie Day 04/04/24
(Nantucket 3) The Perfect Couple Elin Hilderbrand 04/14/24

Set 3
(Country Store Mysteries 1) Flipped for Murder Maddie Day
(Amish Candy Shop Mystery 2) Lethal Licorice Amanda Flower 04/07/24
(Blue Heron 3) Waiting on You Kristan Higgins 04/19/24

Set 4
(Amish Candy Shop Mystery 1) Assaulted Caramel Amanda Flower 04/05/24
(Rebel Blue Ranch Mystery 2) Swift and Saddled Lyla Sage 04/14/24
(Part of Your World 3) Just for the Summer Abby Jimenez 04/25/24

Set 5
(Heartstopper 1) Heartstopper: Volume One Alice Oseman 04/12/24
(Morwenna Mutton 2) Bloodshed on the Boards Judy Leigh 04/17/24
(Jane Austen Murder Mystery 3) Manslaughter Park Tirzah Price 04/30/24

WOOHOO Melissa!