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Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: December 1, 2024 - December 31, 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.

Caraina
CassieCruel
Crystal

Frankie FINISHED

Genevieve FINISHED

Jackie FINISHED
JoAnne FINISHED

Kendra FINISHED

Lali & Michelle FINISHED

Melissa A FINISHED
Michele

Olivermagnus FINISHED

Shash FINISHED

Tari FINISHED

December | Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge

My List:
Little Girl Lost Cheryl Bradshaw 12/5/24 (Georgiana Germaine #1)
Riley Thorn and the Corpse in the Closet Lucy Score 12/1/24 (Riley Thorn #2)
Exposing Truths L.A. Dobbs 12/2/24 (Sam Mason Mysteries #3)

December | Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge

1. Miss Percy's Pocket Guide to the Care and Feeding of British Dragons - 1/12
2. Glimmer of Hope - 20/12
3.

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: December 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024

#1 Old Juniper Bookstore Mysteries Booked for MurdAer P.J. Nelson 12/16/24
#2 Mistletoe Falls Mysteries Maisie's Christmas Carousel Julie Ecker 12/24/24
#3 Christmas Shop Mysteries Fatal Frosty Kathleen Suzette 12/25/24

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: December 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024

6/6 Completed. Finish

1.Murder by Month #1:May Day-Jess Lourey 12/08
2.Larry Macklin Mysteries #2:December's Secrets-A.E. Howe 12/01
3.Welcome to the Circus #3:Show Off-Lani Lynn Vale 12/04


1.Touch of Evil #1:Thirst for Sin-Kennedy Layne 12/12
2.Eve Ronan #2:Bone Canyon-Lee Goldberg 12/13
3.After We Fall #3:If You Were Mine-Melanie Harlow 12/20

December | Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge

1. Love & Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch Read 12/8/24 Love and Gelato #1
2. The Hope Chest by Viola Shipman. Heirloom #2. Read 12/15/24
3.

FINISHED! December 2024 Easy as 1-2-3
Duration: December 1-31, 2024
(1st Row Finished 12/08/24)

Rows: 8
Series: 3
X Brookhollow Story 1
X The Cheat Sheet 1
X Ohio Amish Mystery 1
X Strawberry Hollow 2
X A Beacon Bakeshop Mystery 2
XX Joe Pickett 2 & 3
X Under the Mistletoe 3
X Busybodies Collection 3

Row - 1
(Brookhollow Story 1) The Trouble With Mistletoe Jennifer Snow 12/02/24
(A Beacon Bakeshop Mystery 2) Murder at the Christmas Cookie Bake-Off Darci Hannah 12/08/24
(Under the Mistletoe 3) All by My Elf Olivia Dade 12/02/24

Row - 2
(The Cheat Sheet 1) The Cheat Sheet Sarah Adams 12/03/24
(Strawberry Hollow 2) A Festive Feud A Festive Feud 12/10/24
(Joe Pickett 3) Winterkill C.J. Box 12/16/24

Row - 3
(Ohio Amish Mystery 1) Blood of the Prodigal P.L. Gaus 12/07/24
(Joe Pickett 2) Savage Run C.J. Boxb12/12/24
(Busybodies Collection 3) Crime of Fashion Emma Rosenblum 12/16/24

Welcome Cassie, Tari, Frankie, Michele and Melissa!

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: December 1, 2024 - December 31, 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.
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.

Completed: 0/3

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December | Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge

1. Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies by Catherine Mack 12/10/2024 (Vacation Mysteries)
2. Classified as Murder by Miranda James (Cat In The Stacks)
3. A Crafter Quilts a Crime by Holly Quinn 12/25/2024 ( A Handcrafted Mystery)

Welcome Caraina and Genevieve!

Easy as 1,2,3
December 2024

#1 - Flavia de Luce #1: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley 12/10/24

#2 - Christmas Tree Farm #2: 'Twas the Knife Before Christmas by Jacqueline Frost 12/8/24

#3 - Chatty Corgi Mystery #3: A Cold Nose for Murder by Jennifer Hawkins 12/5/24

December Easy As 1, 2, 3
Duration: Dec. 1st, 2024 - Dec. 31st, 2024

3/3

1. Magic Bites Dramatized Adaptation by Ilona Andrews - Dec. 11th (Kate Daniels)
2. The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan - Dec. 31st (Heroes of Olympus)
3. An Offer From a Gentleman by Julia Quinn - Dec. 2nd (Bridgertons)

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: December 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024

1 The Ritual Bath by Faye Kellerman - 12/6/24
2 Compete by Vera Nazarian - 12/4/24
3 The Crawling Darkness by J.L. Bryan - 12/7/24

1 The Dying Hour by Rick Mofina - 12/9/24
2 Boiled Over by Barbara Ross - 12/5/24
3 Queen of Air and Darkness by Cassandra Clare - 12/19/24

1 A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas - 12/16/24
2 Prom Night in Purgatory by Amy Harmon - 12/13/24
3 The Queen of Poisons by Robert Thorogood - 12/27/24

1 Armageddon's Children by Terry Brooks - 12/22/24
2 Avalanche by Patrick F. McManus - 12/16/24
3

1 Memory Man by David Baldacci - 12/30/24
2 If It Bleeds by Stephen King - 12/31/24

Welcome Michelle, Kendra and Jackie!

Easy As 1, 2, 3
December 2024

1. Just a Date by Jenessa Fayeth (12/7/24) - Just a Bentley Christmas
2. Secrets of a Duke by Martha Keyes (12/9/24) - A Chronicle of Misadventures
3. Protecting Her Heart by Nancy Campbell Allen (12/2/24) - Matchmakers

Welcome Shash!

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: December 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
December 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024

3 of 3 Complete

1. The Dark Lake - Sarah Bailey - 12/11/24 - #1 Gemma Woodstock
2. The Nowhere Man - Gregg Hurwitz - 12/8/24 - #2 Orphan X
3. The Trap - Ava Glass - 12/21/24 - #3 Alias Emma

Welcome Crystal and Lynda!

Finished! :)

Easy As 1, 2, 3
December 2024

1. Just a Date by Jenessa Fayeth (12/7/24) - Just a Bentley Christmas
2. Secrets of a Duke by Martha Keyes (12/9/24) - A Chronicle of Misadventures
3. Protecting Her Heart by Nancy Campbell Allen (12/2/24) - Matchmakers

WOOHOO Shash!

FINISHED
December | Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge

My List:
Little Girl Lost Cheryl Bradshaw 12/5/24 (Georgiana Germaine #1)
Riley Thorn and the Corpse in the Closet Lucy Score 12/1/24 (Riley Thorn #2)
Exposing Truths L.A. Dobbs 12/2/24 (Sam Mason Mysteries #3)

FINISHED

Easy as 1,2,3
December 2024

#1 - Flavia de Luce #1: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley 12/10/24

#2 - Christmas Tree Farm #2: 'Twas the Knife Before Christmas by Jacqueline Frost 12/8/24

#3 - Chatty Corgi Mystery #3: A Cold Nose for Murder by Jennifer Hawkins 12/5/24

WOOHOO Michelle!

FINISHED! December 2024 Easy as 1-2-3
Duration: December 1-31, 2024
(1st Row Finished 12/08/24)

Rows: 8
Series: 3
X Brookhollow Story 1
X The Cheat Sheet 1
X Ohio Amish Mystery 1
X Strawberry Hollow 2
X A Beacon Bakeshop Mystery 2
XX Joe Pickett 2 & 3
X Under the Mistletoe 3
X Busybodies Collection 3

Row - 1
(Brookhollow Story 1) The Trouble With Mistletoe Jennifer Snow 12/02/24
(A Beacon Bakeshop Mystery 2) Murder at the Christmas Cookie Bake-Off Darci Hannah 12/08/24
(Under the Mistletoe 3) All by My Elf Olivia Dade 12/02/24

Row - 2
(The Cheat Sheet 1) The Cheat Sheet Sarah Adams 12/03/24
(Strawberry Hollow 2) A Festive Feud A Festive Feud 12/10/24
(Joe Pickett 3) Winterkill C.J. Box 12/16/24

Row - 3
(Ohio Amish Mystery 1) Blood of the Prodigal P.L. Gaus 12/07/24
(Joe Pickett 2) Savage Run C.J. Boxb12/12/24
(Busybodies Collection 3) Crime of Fashion Emma Rosenblum 12/16/24

WOOHOO Melissa!

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: December 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024

6/6 Completed. Finish

1.Murder by Month #1:May Day-Jess Lourey 12/08
2.Larry Macklin Mysteries #2:December's Secrets-A.E. Howe 12/01
3.Welcome to the Circus #3:Show Off-Lani Lynn Vale 12/04


1.Touch of Evil #1:Thirst for Sin-Kennedy Layne 12/12
2.Eve Ronan #2:Bone Canyon-Lee Goldberg 12/13
3.After We Fall #3:If You Were Mine-Melanie Harlow 12/20

WOOHOO Frankie!

~~~Complete ~~~

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
December 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024

3 of 3 Complete

1. The Dark Lake - Sarah Bailey - 12/11/24 - #1 Gemma Woodstock
2. The Nowhere Man - Gregg Hurwitz - 12/8/24 - #2 Orphan X
3. The Trap - Ava Glass - 12/21/24 - #3 Alias Emma

Finished

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: December 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024

#1 Old Juniper Bookstore Mysteries Booked for MurdAer P.J. Nelson 12/16/24
#2 Mistletoe Falls Mysteries Maisie's Christmas Carousel Julie Ecker 12/24/24
#3 Christmas Shop Mysteries Fatal Frosty Kathleen Suzette 12/25/24

WOOHOO Lynda and Tari!

FINISHED

December | Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge

1. Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies by Catherine Mack 12/10/2024 (Vacation Mysteries)
2. Classified as Murder by Miranda James (Cat In The Stacks)
3. A Crafter Quilts a Crime by Holly Quinn 12/25/2024 ( A Handcrafted Mystery)

WOOHOO Genevieve!

I haven’t managed a #3 this month

FINISHED!

I guess mark me off this month. I was trying so hard to finally read some stand alones that I never got past #1 in a series!

Finished.

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: December 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024

1 The Ritual Bath by Faye Kellerman - 12/6/24
2 Compete by Vera Nazarian - 12/4/24
3 The Crawling Darkness by J.L. Bryan - 12/7/24

1 The Dying Hour by Rick Mofina - 12/9/24
2 Boiled Over by Barbara Ross - 12/5/24
3 Queen of Air and Darkness by Cassandra Clare - 12/19/24

1 A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas - 12/16/24
2 Prom Night in Purgatory by Amy Harmon - 12/13/24
3 The Queen of Poisons by Robert Thorogood - 12/27/24

Too bad Cassie and Crystal!

WOOHOO Jackie!

Completion Post:

December Easy As 1, 2, 3
Duration: Dec. 1st, 2024 - Dec. 31st, 2024

3/3

1. Magic Bites Dramatized Adaptation by Ilona Andrews - Dec. 11th (Kate Daniels)
2. The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan - Dec. 31st (Heroes of Olympus)
3. An Offer From a Gentleman by Julia Quinn - Dec. 2nd (Bridgertons)

WOOHOO Kendra!

Just got in there with #2! :)

I started listening to a Dramatized Adaptation of a book by Devon Monk. They are very cool!