The Challenge Factory discussion

📚MAY 2023 FWYS Challenge:💈

Please post your shelves. NO COMMENTS in this thread please. After I post the pair, it will add a link to the shelf, and then you can add discussion comments.

🍭1) Please only post a list of 6 series of WHATEVER you want~C'est La Vie. 🍭

*When listing your series, please only list the bookcovers you have NOT read yet.
**Novellas are optional.

🎯2) An assigned person will pick ONE series from your shelf.

3) You have one month: MAY 2023 to try to read at least one book of the chosen series. The goal is to finish that series (*if you don't read your book this month, it's okay because this challenge is for YOUR ENJOYMENT)

5) Please try to select for your pair ASAP as we all get excited and waiting is torture to some.


TIMELINE
APRIL 20th-25th, 2022: Participants will Post their shelves
*If you do not list a shelf, I will not pair you with anyone
***Cut off on APRIL 25th @ 9am

APRIL 25th -28th: Pairs will be posted & then Selection of the books and posting it for the person you are choosing for
*Again, as I said earlier, please try to select for your pair ASAP.

**APRIL 28th: Re-picks for those who didn’t get the pick

**MOD ASSIST: In addition to myself (Ezi), the TCF Mods are also around for assistance.

WE WILL KEEP THE SAME SERIES UNTIL COMPLETED.
Raffle for Prizes for completed series. Mid Year and End of the Year drawing.
*Exception:you are allowed to dump one series per month IF you decide you don't wish to continue with that series

Must have completed at least 3 series to be eligible for mid year prize. At least six series for end of year prizes.

PARTICIPANTS
Ezinwanyi
Jennifer
☘KathyD’☘
Elaine
Mouse333
Susan A.
Jammin Jenny
Danielle Gypsy Soul
Karen♐
D.L.
Cathy
Michelle
Oleander
Severina
Mamacita aka MawMaw
Erica
LaurLa
Trina
Louise
Connie

PAIRS
Connie picks for D.L.
Elaine picks for Louise
Karen♐ picks for Severina
Ezinwanyi picks for Elaine
Cathy picks for Mamacita aka MawMaw
Danielle Gypsy Soul picks for LaurLa
LaurLa picks for Ezinwanyi
Jennifer picks for Michelle
☘KathyD’☘ picks for Trina
Severina picks for Jammin Jenny
Jammin Jenny picks for ☘KathyD’☘
Louise picks for Cathy
Michelle picks for Mouse333
Trina picks for Connie
D.L. picks for Oleander
Mouse333 picks for Erica
Susan A. picks for Jennifer
Oleander picks for Karen♐
Mamacita aka MawMaw picks for Susan A.
Erica picks for Danielle Gypsy Soul

IN

May series

Wisteria Tearoom


Torrent Witches


Beechwood Harbor Magic


Spellbound


Starry Hollow


Ozark Ghost Hunter

☘KathyD’s☘ 2023 Finish What You Started Shelf

1. The Baileys, Piper Rayne


2. Dark World, Donna Grant


3. Guardians of Eternity, Alexandra Ivy


4. Immortal Guardians, Dianne Duvall


5. Masters and Mercenaries, Lexi Blake


6. With Me in Seattle, Kristen Proby

Ezi's FWYS series Shelf MAY 2023

♛ 🛸I picked for Elaine: the Kincaid Pack series
☀️🔶 LaurLa picked for me: The Crowne Legacy by Sherelle Green

✿ Ezi's MAY 2023 FWYS - Series List (view spoiler)[
1) Salacious Players Club by Sara Cate (Books 4-5)

2) Compass Series by Brittainy C. Cherry (Book 2-4)

3) Mount Trilogy by Meghan March (Books 1-3)
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4) The Crowne Legacy by Sherelle Green (Books 1-6)
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5) The Eisenberg Effect Book by Grey Huffington (Books 1-4)

6) Knockemout Series by Lucy Score (Books 1-2)

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❀ Series Currently Working on: (view spoiler)[
1) The Salacious Players Club by Sara Cate (Books 4,5)
2) Twisted by Ana Huang (Books 4)
2) Compass Series by Brittainy C. Cherry (Book 2-4)


♛January 2023 Series Completed♛:
✅❀ 1. Slow Burn Series by JT Geissinger


♛February 2023 Series Completed♛:
♛March 2023 Series Completed♛:
♛April 2023 Series Completed♛:

☀️ BOOKS in SERIES THAT I READ SO FAR: ☀️ (view spoiler)[
❤️❤️❤️½
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ½ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½ ⭐️⭐️⭐️
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
⭐️⭐️½ ⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️⭐️½
⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️½ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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2) Dominion series by Juliette Cross (Books 1-3)

1) Blame it on the Alcohol by Fiona Cole (Books 1-4)

5) Hamiltown series by Tia Louise (Books 1-4)

5) The Crave series by Tracy Wolf (Books 4-6)

3) Spark of Hope by Nicole Dykes (Books 1-3)

3) The Sun by Rae Lyse (Books 2-3)

4) The Prince’s Bride series by J.J. McAvoy (Books 1-3)

1) The Unexpected by Cora Rose (Books 1-5)

5) Luke Brother series by K.C. Mills (Books 1-3)


3) Brigs Ferry Bay by K. Webster (Books 1-4)


❀ SERIES THAT I'M Currently Working on: (hide spoiler)] (hide spoiler)] (hide spoiler)]

May Finish What You Started

Kincaid Pack:


Delicious:


My Kinky Housemate:


Roll for Love:


Puckboys:


The Foster Brothers:


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Completed Series:
Uncertain Sanctuary:

2-1-23 2-1-23

March’s Pick: Elite Protection Series:

3-3-23 4-22-23 DNF DNF

April Pick:
The Reckless Damned:

4-13-23 DNF (hide spoiler)]

Hellfire Riders MC (books 7-11)


New Species (books 7-15)


Hearts of the Anemoi (books 2-4)


Bewitched and Bewildered (books 6-13)


Vawdrey Brothers (books 2 and 3)


Steamwork Chronicles (books 2 and 3) Finished


Finished series:
(view spoiler)[January: The Others - books 4 & 5

February: Psy-Changeling Trinity - books 4-6

March: The Hathaways - books 3-5

April: The Unwanted Dukes - books 3-5

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Susan A's FWYS 2023
May

I pick for Jennifer: Starry Hollow
Picked for Me by Mamacita aka MawMaw: Kay Scarpetta by Patricia Cornwell

1. Barker & Llewelyn by Will Thomas #2-14



2. Kay Scarpetta by Patricia Cornwell # 3 -26



3. Lincoln Rhyme #3 -15 by Jeffery Deaver

(Nov 23)

4. Hercule Poirot by Agatha Christie





5. Gideon Crew #3-5 by Lincoln Child and Douglas Preston


6. Lucas Davenport by John Sandford #11 - 32

(#33 Oct 2023)
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COMPLETED
1. Will Trent by Karin Slaughter, (#11 expected Aug 2023) COMPLETE! January 2023

2. Veronica Speedwell by Deanna Raybourn (#8 expected March 2023) -- COMPLETE FEB 2023, COMPLETE MARCH 2023

3. Aloysius Pendergast series by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child -- COMPLETE April 2023

4. Rizzoli & Isles by Tess Gerritsen - COMPLETE April 2023


(view spoiler)[
Ghost Hunter - confused about how arcane society fits in

Lady Darby, Hercule Poirot, Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus, Temperence Brennan, Jeremy Logan by Lincoln Child
Note: trying Stephani Plum and Sue Grafton

Temporary Hold (view spoiler)[
4. Amelia Peabody by Elizabeth Peters, #9 - 20

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Temperance Brennan by Kathy Reichs #2 - 22

(Aug 2023)

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Jammin Jenny's May FWYS


I pick for KathyD: Dark World series by Donna Grant
Severina picks for me: The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells


Kate Daniels - Ilona Andrews


The Selection - Kiera Cass


Amelia Peabody - Elizabeth Peters


Hamish Macbeth - M.C. Beaton


Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells


Villains- Serena Valentino

FWYS - May

1. How I Stole the Princess's White Knight and Turned Him to Villainy by A.J. Sherwood


2. Monstrous by Lily Mayne


3. Death Before Dragons by Lindsay Buroker


4. Necromancer by Kaje Harper


5. Roman and Jude: Monster Hunters


6. Scales N Spells by A.J. Sherwood


For LaurLa I pick Line of Duty
Erica picked Roman and Jude: Monster Hunters for me

Karen♐'s May FWYS

I picked for Severina-Spellbound

Oleander picked Steel Brothers Saga for me

1. Richer Than Sin by Meghan March


2. Steel Brothers Saga by Helen Hardt


3. Stark Saga by J. Kenner


4. Texas Sirens/Nights in Bliss by Sophie Oak/Lexi Blake


5. Dark & Dirty Sinners MC by Serena Akeroyd


6. Blueberry Lane by Katy Regnery

Animal Magnetism


Bakery Detectives


Cupcake Diaries


Heather Wells


Ivy Malone Mysteries


Juniper Grove

Cathy's FWYS - May 2023

Doomsday Brethren by Shayla Black


Celta's Heartmates by Robin Owens


Federation Chronicles by Lauren Dane


Dream Man by Kristin Ashley


Stormwalker by Allyson James


Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear

📚MAY 2023 FWYS Challenge:💈

Temperance Brennan Series by Kathy Reichs



Soulwood Series by Faith Hunter



The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher



Boundary Magic Series by Melissa F. Olson



Vicarious by Paula Stokes



Georgina Kincaid Series by Richelle Mead

Oleander's May FWYS 2023

Girl Meets Duke


Heiress Brides


Love By the Numbers


The Duke's Men


Magic at Midnight


Davis Way Crime Caper

Severina's Finish What You Started Shelves - May 2023

The Dumplin' Series (Books 2 to 3)


Last Book in Series


Button Box Series (Books 2 to 3)


The Kingston Cycle Series (Books 1 to 3)


The Heartland Trilogy (Books 1 to 3)


The Half Bad Trilogy (Book 1 to 3)

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I picked for Jammin Jenny:
The Murderbot series

Karen picked for me:
The Spellbound series. The last Spellbound book is listed in the Last Book in Series above. My link originally went to my April listing so I think that's why she said Spellbound specifically. I'll read both this month.

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Update 05-06-23 Read the last books in the Spellbound and Skyhunter series, yay!

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Completed Series

01. Guild Hunter series


02. Road to Nowhere series


03. Elderly Lady series


04. Wanderers series


05. Spellbound Series


06. Skyhunter series


No Longer Reading
Land Fit for Heroes series: I started the first book and gave up after about 100 pages. It just wasn't for me. So I'm taking that one off my list.

Dumplin' series: I started book 2 in the series and just didn't like where it was going, so I've dropped that one.
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Mama's 2023 FWYS Series Challenge
May 2023

***I picked for ~ Susan A Kay Scarpetta Series
post #50


***Cathy picked #6 for me Demonica / LoD
by Larissa Ione




May 2023 Completed:

READ SO FAR:


1. Dark Protectors / Realm Enforcers
by Rebecca Zanetti


2. The Phoenix Club



3. Texas Sirens / Nights in Bliss
by Lexi Blake



4. Treasure Hunter Security By



5. Delta Team Two Series
By Susan Stoker



6. Demonica / LoD
by Larissa Ione

Erica's May FWYS

I pick Roman and Jude: Monster Hunters for Danielle Gypsy Soul.
Mouse333 picks The Mysterious Benedict Society for me.

Harry Hole


Maisie Dobbs


The Loyal League
(5/12) 4 stars

Mrs. Pollifax


The Mysterious Benedict Society


Lily Bard

LaurLa's FWYS Series List✳️May


Whiskey Creek🔹Brenda Novak (6)


One Week Girlfriend🔹Monica Murphy (5)


Line of Duty🔹Tessa Bailey (3)


Serendipity🔹Carly Phillips (4)


James Bay🔹Kathleen Irene Paterka (3)


Midnight🔹Lisa Marie Rice (3)


✳️✳️✳️✳️✳️✳️✳️✳️✳️✳️✳️✳️✳️✳️✳️✳️✳️✳️✳️✳️

I pick for🔹Ezi
Series🔹The Crowne Legacy by Sherelle Green

Picked for me🔹Danielle Gypsy Soul
Series🔹Line of Duty

Trina's FWYS May 2023
I pick for Connie Cinderella Sisterhood - Olivia Drake
☘KathyD’☘ Picked for Me: Jade Calhoun

Academy of the Elites


Cupcake Crimes


Jade Calhoun


Red Havoc Panthers


Brimstone Witch Mystery


Saw Bears


Books Completed


Series Completed in February
Majorie's Cozy Kitten Cafe

Series Completed in April

Dropping
May: Kylie Berry Mysteries

May FWYS

• Haunted Mystery



• Viola Valentine


• Lucky Harbor



• Made


• Diaries of an Urban Panther


• Shadow and Bone Trilogy


Books Read
(view spoiler)[ 1/7
2/28 (hide spoiler)]

Connie N's FWYS - MAY 2023

I picked for D.L.: Animal Magnetism

Trina picked for me: Cinderella Sisterhood

✔ Cinderella Sisterhood - Olivia Drake

Bella and the Beast by Olivia Drake - 5/7/23 ♥♥♥♥
The Scandalous Flirt by Olivia Drake - 5/17/23 ♥♥♥♥

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Cottonbloom - Laura Trentham


Victorian Rebels - Kerrigan Byrne


Love Story - Tracy Ewens


Sweetwater Springs - Annie Rains


Hannah Swensen - Joanne Fluke

Elaine,
I chose for your May Finish What You Started series
the Kincaid Pack:

Enjoy ☺️

Hi Oleander I pick for you the Girl Meets Duke series. I have heard good things about Tessa Dare's books & you only have 2 left to read in the series so hopefully you can finish up soon. Happy May! :)

hi Trina...for May, I choose Jade Calhoun...I really enjoy Deanna Chase, so hopefully you'll have fun with whichever books you can fit in! 😊

Jennifer

Starry Hollow -- because of the NJ connection

Thank you D.L. I do like Tessa Dare a lot.

Hey Karen♐
I'm picking the Steel Brothers Saga for you because the next book looks interesting and you're pretty far along in that series.

Ezi wrote: "Elaine,
I chose for your May Finish What You Started series
the Kincaid Pack:

Enjoy ☺️"

I'm excited for this one! Thanks!!

Louise I am selecting The Haunted Mysteries for your May series. Happy Reading!

Hi Erica,

I'm picking The Mysterious Benedict Society for you, because the scavenger hunt sounds interesting.

Hi Jammin Jenny

For you I picked The Murderbot Diaries because I loved that series soooo much. Hope you enjoy!

Hi Mamacita aka MawMaw

For you I pick The Demonica series. I have really enjoyed that one.

Ezi!!! For you I pick...

The Crowne Legacy by Sherelle Green

Enjoy!!

D.L., I've got to go with Animal Magnetism. Jill Shalvis is always a winner for me, and that's a great series.

Connie N. wrote: "D.L., I've got to go with Animal Magnetism. Jill Shalvis is always a winner for me, and that's a great series."

TY! I appreciate the pick.

Michelle, I'm picking Temperance Brennan for you, because I have a funny feeling one of them is on your list for this next month anyway. :)

Susan A wrote: "Jennifer

Starry Hollow -- because of the NJ connection"

Perfect!

For Danielle Gypsy Soul I pick Roman and Jude: Monster Hunters. It looks really good - enjoy!!

Mouse333 wrote: "Hi Erica,

I'm picking The Mysterious Benedict Society for you, because the scavenger hunt sounds interesting."

These are such fun books - thanks!

LaurLa

I pick Line of Duty for you

For Mouse 333

I'm gonna go with The Steamwork Chronicles for you!

Jennifer wrote: "Michelle, I'm picking Temperance Brennan for you, because I have a funny feeling one of them is on your list for this next month anyway. :)"

That is awesome..Thanks so much!

Michelle wrote: "For Mouse 333

I'm gonna go with The Steamwork Chronicles for you!"

Thank you!

LaurLa wrote: "Ezi!!! For you I pick...
The Crowne Legacy by Sherelle Green
Enjoy!!"

Thank you. I haven’t tried it so I’m excited to.

Oleander wrote: "Hey Karen♐
I'm picking the Steel Brothers Saga for you because the next book looks interesting and you're pretty far along in that series."

Thanks...I keep trying to finish it but she keeps adding more books! Lol

Severina, I'll pick the Spellbound series for you so you can finish it. Hope you enjoy.

Susan A, I loved Sidney Sheldon when I was younger,ao I pick Patricia Cornwall's Kay Scarpetta Series