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Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2023 - January 31, 2023

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.

Beth FINISHED

Caraina FINISHED
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Elaine

Ferenc FINISHED
Frankie FINISHED

Genevieve FINISHED
Grace FINISHED

Jackie FINISHED
JoAnne FINISHED

Kendra FINISHED
Kimberly

Laila Jane FINISHED

Mandy FINISHED

Olivermagnus FINISHED

Ricka FINISHED

Shannon FINISHED
Shash FINISHED
Suzanne FINISHED

Tari FINISHED
Trina FINISHED

✨ Vittoria ✨

Zuza FINISHED

January Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge

My List:
Second Chance on the Corner of Main Street Meg Easton 1/7/23 (Nestled Hollow #1)
Sweet Spot Susan Mallery 1/6/23 (Bakery Sisters #2)
Beautiful Forevers Jessie Gussman 1/2/23 (Blueberry Beach #3)

Edge of Dusk Colleen Coble 1/9/23 (Annie Pederson #1)
Welcome Me to Willoughby Close Kate Hewitt 1/16/23 (Return to Willoughby Close #2)
A Hard Day for a Hangover Darynda Jones 1/15/23 (Sunshine Vicram #3)

January Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
January 1 - 31, 2023

6 of 3 Complete

1. #1 Virgil Flowers - Dark of the Moon - John Sandford
2. #2 Highway Quartet - The Highway - C.J. Box - 1/1/23
3. #3 Alex Carter - A Ghost of Caribou - Alice Henderson - 1/14/23

1. #1 Balls in Play - Anything but Minor - Kate Stewart - 1/6/23
2. #2 Quinn Colson - The Lost Ones - Ace Atkins - 1/2/23
3. #2 Highway Quartet - Badlands - C.J. Box - 1/12/23

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2023 - January 31, 2023

6/6 Completed. Finished

1.The Colemans' Legacy #1:FIREWALKER-Jamie Begley 1/10/23
2.Blue Beech #2:Just One Night-Charity Ferrell 1/08/23
3.Slaughter Creek #3:Worth Dying For-Rita Herron 1/08/23

1.Nikki Hunt #1:The Girls in the Snow-Stacy Green 1/11/23
2.Not Quite #2:Not Quite Mine-Catherine Bybee 1/14/23
3.Arrington Mysteries #3:Woman in the Water-Elle Gray 1/15/23

January Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge

Completed 6/6

✔️1 - Dance Upon the Air by Nora Roberts - 01/01/2023
✔️2 - An Unexpected Earl by Anna Harrington - 01/01/2023
✔️3 - An Extraordinary Lord by Anna Harrington - 05/01/2023



✔️1 - Dragon Fever by Elsa Jade - 05/01/2023
✔️2 - Heaven and Earth by Nora Roberts - 02/01/2023
✔️3 - Face the Fire by Nora Roberts - 04/01/2023

January 2023 Easy As 1, 2, 3
Duration: Jan. 1st, 2023 to Jan. 31st, 2023

3/3

1. The Stolen Heir by Holly Black - Jan. 24th (Stolen Heir)
2. Sweep in Peace by Ilona Andrews - Jan. 8th (Innkeeper)
3. The Backup Plan by Jill Shalvis - Jan. 27th (Sunrise Cove)

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2023 - January 31, 2023

Completed: 3/3

1. Brownies and Broomsticks - Bailey Cates 1/5/23 (A Magical Bakery Series)
2. Girl, Forgotten - Karin Slaughter 1/2/23 (Andrea Oliver Series)
3. To Marry and to Meddle - Martha Waters 1/30/23 (The Regency Vows Series)

Easy As 1, 2, 3
January 2023

1. The Masked Fae by Shari L. Tapscott (1/3/23) - Royal Fae of Rose Briar Woods
2. Beguiled by Jody Hedlund (1/13/23) - The Fairest Maidens
3. The Innkeeper and the Fugitive by Martha Keyes (1/6/23) - Tales From the Highlands

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2023 - January 31, 2023

#1 Mattie & Mo Mysteries Flea Market Felony Tricia L. Sanders 1/5/23
#2 A Haunted Life A Medium Homecoming Lynn Cahoon 1/7/23
#3 Bee’s Bakery Mysteries Devil's Food Cake and Death Rosie A. Point 1/13/23

#1 Janie Bruce Cozy Mystery Macchiatos and Mystery Millie Briggs 1/19/23
#2 Mystic Mutts Mysteries Any Way You Haunt It Ellen Riggs 1/11/23
#3 Coffee Truck Mysteries Larceny and Gingerbread Lattes Justine Maxwell 1/20/23

#1 Maid Ivy Mysteries Mystery Maid Hazel Smith 1/6/23
#2 Crystal Beach Paranormal Cozy Claw of Attraction Karen McSpade 1/20/23
#3 Street Food Cozies Boared Stiff Gretchen Allen 1/22/23

#1 Undertown Paranormal Mysteries Gossip Ghost Tabatha Gray 1/16/23
#2 Maid Ivy Mysteries Deadly Diva Hazel Smith 1/30/23
#3 Crystal Beach Paranormal Mysteries Feline Like a Suspect Karen McSpade 1/28/23

Welcome Lynda, Frankie, Christine, Kendra, Caraina, Shash and Tari!

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
January 2023

3/3 completed

1. The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler (Philip Marlowe #1) - 1/21 ★★★★
2. A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #2) - 1/25 ★★★
3. Holy Terror in the Hebrides by Jeanne M. Dams (Dorothy Martin #3) - 1/4 ★★★★

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2023 - January 31, 2023

1. Some Luck by Jane Smiley 1/4/23 (Last Hundred Years: A Family Saga)
2. Moonflower MurdersAnthony Horowitz 1/20/23 (Susan Ryeland)
3. Something Wicked by Carolyn G. Hart 1/5/23 (Death on Demand)

Welcome Beth and Shannon!

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2023 - January 31, 2023

1. Funeral Food by Kathleen Taylor 1/7/2023
2. The House at Pooh Corner by A.A. Milne 1/3/2023
3. Lollipop by Amy Lane1/28/2023

Welcome Genevieve!

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2023 - January 31, 2023

Goal: 3/3

1. Emma's Dream - M. Lee Prescott - 01/05/23 - Morgan's Run Romances #1
2. Quantum and Woody Vol. 2: In Security (Quantum and Woody - James Asmus - 01/06/23 - Quantum and Woody (2013) #2
3. Quantum and Woody Vol. 3: Crooked Pasts, Present Tense (Quantum and Woody - James Asmus - 01/12/23 - Quantum and Woody (2013) #3

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2023 - January 31, 2023

1. Blood Sector-Lexi C. Foss 1/3
2. New Avengers, Vol. 2-Brian Michael Bendis 1/7
3. tower of God Tome 3-SIU 1/3

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2023 - January 31, 2023

1 The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie - 1/4/23
2 Etheric Researcher by S.R. Russell - 1/2/23
3 The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie - 1/6/23

1 The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch - 1/16/23
2 Super Powereds: Year 2 by Drew Hayes - 1/3/22
3 Super Powereds: Year 3 by Drew Hayes - 1/9/23

1 Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster - 1/21/23
2 Mad as Helen: A River Road Mystery by Susan McBride - 1/4/23
3 Etheric Explorer by S.R. Russell - 1/18/23

1 Nomad Found by Craig Martelle - 1/27/23
2 Bury The Past, But Shoot It First by Martha Carr - 1/7/23
3 A Hard Day for a Hangover by Darynda Jones - 1/19/23

1 The Grub-And-Stakers Move a Mountain by Alisa Craig - 1/26/23
2 Run for Your Life by James Patterson - 1/17/23
3

1 The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes - 1/30/23
2 Assassins of Athens by Jeffrey Siger - 1/20/23
3

1
2 Shadow Prey by John Sandford - 1/23/23
3

1
2 Lost Empire by Clive Cussler - 1/24/23
3

1
2 Relics by Mary Anna Evans - 1/26/23
3

1
2 The Grub-And-Stakers Quilt a Bee by Alisa Craig - 1/27/23

2 Claimed by Shadow by Karen Chance - 1/29/23

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2023 - January 31, 2023

1.
2. Mossflower - Brian Jacques
3. The Bungalow Mystery - Caroyln Keene

"Easy As 1, 2, 3" Monthly Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2023 - January 31, 2023



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Welcome Ferenc, Grace, Jackie, Kimberly and Vittoria!

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Jan. 1-31

3/3 Completed

1. A Hellhound Called Derek by Michelle Frost 1-1-23
2. Ride or Die 1-3-23
3. The Deputy and His Enforcer 1-8-23

Welcome Elaine!

Easy As 1, 2, 3 January
Duration: Jan 1 - Jan 31, 2023
Progress: 5/3 books
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1.) Amalia von Flatter (1) | Amalia von Flatter: Vampire tanzen nicht mit Feen | Laura Ellen Anderson | 1/5/23
2.) Miss Peregrine 0.5 | Die Legenden der besonderen Kinder | Ransom Riggs | 1/9/23
3.) Miss Peregrine 1 | Die Insel der besonderen Kinder | Ransom Riggs | 1/15/23

4.) Miss Peregrine 2 | Die Stadt der besonderen Kinder | Ransom Riggs | 1/20/23
5.) Miss Peregrine 3 | Die Bibliothek der besonderen Kinder | Ransom Riggs | 1/28/23

January 2023 Easy as 1, 2, 3

Goal: 3/3

1. Neon Gods by Katee Robert (01/06/23) - Dark Olympus #1
2. Pause by Kylie Scott (01/14/23) - Larsen Bros #2
3. Portrait of a Scotsman by Evie Dunmore (01/31/23), A League of Extraordinary Women #3

Welcome Mandy and Laila Jane!

The Lost Challenges
January 2023 Easy As 1, 2, 3
Duration: January 1, 2023 - January 31, 2023

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.

1. Junkyard Cats by Faith Hunter - **** - 1/4/2023 - 141 Pages
2. Daughter of Moloka'i by Alan Brennert - ***** - 1/21/2023 - 309 Pages
3. Unfinished Symphony by V.C. Andrews - **** - 1/14/2023 - 268 Pages

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2023 - January 31, 2023

3/3 Completed

1.The Stolen Heir by Holly Black (The Stolen Heir Duology #1) - 01/07/2023
2.New Moon by Stephenie Meyer (The Twilight Saga #2) - 01/04/2023
3.Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer(The Twilight Saga #3) - 01/06/2023

Welcome Suzanne and Ricka!

Finished quickly this month

January Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge

Completed 6/6

✔️1 - Dance Upon the Air by Nora Roberts - 01/01/2023
✔️2 - An Unexpected Earl by Anna Harrington - 01/01/2023
✔️3 - An Extraordinary Lord by Anna Harrington - 05/01/2023



✔️1 - Dragon Fever by Elsa Jade - 05/01/2023
✔️2 - Heaven and Earth by Nora Roberts - 02/01/2023
✔️3 - Face the Fire by Nora Roberts - 04/01/2023

Finished - Thank you for the Challenge

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2023 - January 31, 2023

3/3 Completed

1.The Stolen Heir by Holly Black (The Stolen Heir Duology #1) - 01/07/2023
2.New Moon by Stephenie Meyer (The Twilight Saga #2) - 01/04/2023
3.Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer(The Twilight Saga #3) - 01/06/2023

WOOHOO Cristine and Ricka!

@Ricka, do you want to collect badges?? Start Collecting Badges

Finished! :)

Easy As 1, 2, 3
January 2023

1. The Masked Fae by Shari L. Tapscott (1/3/23) - Royal Fae of Rose Briar Woods
2. Beguiled by Jody Hedlund (1/13/23) - The Fairest Maidens
3. The Innkeeper and the Fugitive by Martha Keyes (1/6/23) - Tales From the Highlands

Awesome Shash!

Completed
3/3
1. Poetry and Mayhem Lizzie Lewis (Abi Button Cozy Mystery Romance #2) 1/8/23
2. A Murder in Paris Blake Pierce (A Year in Europe #1) 1/13/23
3. Read to Death at the Lakeside Library (A Lakeside Library Mystery #3) 1/4/23

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2023 - January 31, 2023

1. The Mystery of Black Hollow Lane by Julia Nobel - Black Hollow Lane #1 ✔ Jan 31, 2023 ★★★★
2. The Happy Ever After Playlist by Abby Jimenez - The Friend Zone #2 ✔ Jan 27, 2023 ★★★★
3. Obsidio by Amie Kaufman - The Illuminae Files #3 ✔ Jan 16, 2023 ★★★

Welcome Trina and Zuza!

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2023 - January 31, 2023

6/6 Completed. Finished

1.The Colemans' Legacy #1:FIREWALKER-Jamie Begley 1/10/23
2.Blue Beech #2:Just One Night-Charity Ferrell 1/08/23
3.Slaughter Creek #3:Worth Dying For-Rita Herron 1/08/23

1.Nikki Hunt #1:The Girls in the Snow-Stacy Green 1/11/23
2.Not Quite #2:Not Quite Mine-Catherine Bybee 1/14/23
3.Arrington Mysteries #3:Woman in the Water-Elle Gray 1/15/23

Mandy wrote: "Easy As 1, 2, 3 January
Duration: Jan 1 - Jan 31, 2023
Progress: 3/3 books
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1.) Amalia von Flatter (1) | Amalia von Flatter: Vampire tanzen nicht mit Feen | Laura Ellen Anderson | 1/5/23
2.) Miss Peregrine 0.5 | Die Legenden der besonderen Kinder | Ransom Riggs | 1/9/23
3.) Miss Peregrine 1 | Die Insel der besonderen Kinder | Ransom Riggs | 1/15/23"

COMPLETED

~~~ Complete ~~~

January Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
January 1 - 31, 2023

6 of 3 Complete

1. #1 Virgil Flowers - Dark of the Moon - John Sandford
2. #2 Highway Quartet - The Highway - C.J. Box - 1/1/23
3. #3 Alex Carter - A Ghost of Caribou - Alice Henderson - 1/14/23

1. #1 Balls in Play - Anything but Minor - Kate Stewart - 1/6/23
2. #2 Quinn Colson - The Lost Ones - Ace Atkins - 1/2/23
3. #2 Highway Quartet - Badlands - C.J. Box - 1/12/23

Great job Frankie, Mandy and Lynda!

FINISHED
January Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge

My List:
Second Chance on the Corner of Main Street Meg Easton 1/7/23 (Nestled Hollow #1)
Sweet Spot Susan Mallery 1/6/23 (Bakery Sisters #2)
Beautiful Forevers Jessie Gussman 1/2/23 (Blueberry Beach #3)

Edge of Dusk Colleen Coble 1/9/23 (Annie Pederson #1)
Welcome Me to Willoughby Close Kate Hewitt 1/16/23 (Return to Willoughby Close #2)
A Hard Day for a Hangover Darynda Jones 1/15/23 (Sunshine Vicram #3)

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2023 - January 31, 2023
FINISHED

1. Blood Sector-Lexi C. Foss 1/3
2. New Avengers, Vol. 2-Brian Michael Bendis 1/7
3. tower of God Tome 3-SIU 1/3

Fantastic Grace!

FINISHED!
Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2023 - January 31, 2023

1. Some Luck by Jane Smiley 1/4/23 (Last Hundred Years: A Family Saga)
2. Moonflower Murders by Anthony Horowitz 1/20/23 (Susan Ryeland)
3. Something Wicked by Carolyn G. Hart 1/5/23 (Death on Demand)

Completed
3/3
1. Poetry and Mayhem Lizzie Lewis (Abi Button Cozy Mystery Romance #2) 1/8/23
2. A Murder in Paris Blake Pierce (A Year in Europe #1) 1/13/23
3. Read to Death at the Lakeside Library (A Lakeside Library Mystery #3) 1/4/23

Marvelous Shannon and Trina!

Trina wrote: "Completed
3/3
1. Poetry and Mayhem Lizzie Lewis (Abi Button Cozy Mystery Romance #2) 1/8/23
2. A Murder in Paris Blake Pierce (A ..."

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JoAnne wrote: "Trina wrote: "Completed
3/3
1. Poetry and Mayhem Lizzie Lewis (Abi Button Cozy Mystery Romance #2) 1/8/23
2. A Murder in Paris [author:Blake Pierce..."

Yes please I would love to