The Challenge Factory discussion

📚JUNE 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: JUNE 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
MAY 23th-28th, 2023 Participants will Post their shelves
*If you do not list a shelf, I will not pair you with anyone
***Cut off on MAY 28th @ 9am

MAY 28th-30th: 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.

**MAY 31st: 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
Elaine
Susan A.
Erica
Mamacita aka MawMaw
Mouse333
D.L.
Jennifer
Oleander
Severina
Cathy
Danielle Gypsy Soul
Michelle
Karen♐
Jammin Jenny
Connie
LaurLa

PAIRS

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

Ezi's FWYS series Shelf JUNE 2023

♛ I chose for Jammin Jenny: Night Huntress by Jeaniene Frost🛸
☀️LaurLa chose for me: Interstellar Brides: The Colony by Grace Goodwin🔶

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

2) Society of Sirens Series by Scarlett Peckham (Book 1-2)

3) Mount Trilogy by Meghan March (Books 1-3)

4) Ruthless Royals by Amanda Richardson (Books 1-2)

5) The Eisenberg Effect Book by Grey Huffington (Books 1-4)
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6) Interstellar Brides: The Colony by Grace Goodwin (Books 1-23)



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

♛April 2023 Series Completed♛:
2. Compass Series by Brittainy C. Cherry

♛May 2023 Series Completed♛:
3. Dark Olympus Series by Katee Robert

♛June 2023 Series Completed♛: (view spoiler)[
☀️ BOOKS in SERIES THAT I READ SO FAR: ☀️ (view spoiler)[
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ½ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½ ⭐️⭐️⭐️
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⭐️⭐️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) 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)

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

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


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

June Finish What You Started

One More to Get Caught Up:

6-7-23/6-10-23

Delicious:

DNF

📚📚📚My Kinky Housemate: 📚📚📚

6-2-23/6-3-23/6-4-23/6-4-23/6-4-23

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

May Pick:
Kincaid Pack:
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Susan A's FWYS 2023
June

I pick for Cathy: Federation Chronicles by Lauren Dane
Picked for Me by Jammin' Jenny: Lincoln Rhyme

1. Barker & Llewelyn by Will Thomas #3-14



2. 2. Kay Scarpetta by Patricia Cornwell # 8 -26



3. Lincoln Rhyme #5 -15 by Jeffery Deaver

(Nov 23)

4. Bree Taggert by Melinda Leigh #2 -6



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


6. Lucas Davenport by John Sandford #12 - 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

(hide spoiler)]

Temperance Brennan by Kathy Reichs #2 - 22

(Aug 2023)

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Erica's June FWYS

I pick The Button Box series for Severina.

Danielle Gypsy Soul picks The Thursday Murder Club for me.

Harry Hole


Maisie Dobbs


Mrs. Pollifax


The Mysterious Benedict Society


Lily Bard


The Thursday Murder Club

Mama's 2023 FWYS Series Challenge
JUNE 2023

I picked for ~ MichelleBoundary Magic Series by Melissa F. Olson
post #42


***Oleander picked #5 for me Delta Team Two Series
By Susan Stoker



June 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. Scorpius Syndrome Series
by Rebecca Zanetti

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)


Fireblood Dragon (book 10) 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

May: Steamwork Chronicles - books 2 and 3

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Bakery Detectives


Cupcake Diaries


Ghost & Abby Mysteries


Heather Wells


Ivy Malone Mysteries


Juniper Grove

In for June and changing out my series:

Haunted Home Renovation


Southern Sewing Circle


Embroidery


Odelia Gray


Retired Witches


Deadwood Undertaker

Series completed in 2023
Regency Magic by Jill Barnett, Black Cape Case Files by Matt Abraham, Hidden Legacy by Ilona Andrews

June FWYS
Heiress Brides


Love by the Numbers


Magic at Midnight


The Duke's Men


Davis Way Crime Caper


Rose Gardner Mystery

Severina's Finish What You Started Shelves - June 2023

The Maze Runner Series (Books 2 to 3)


Dreams and Shadows Series (Books 1 to 2)


Button Box Series (Books 2 to 3)


The Kingston Cycle Series (Books 1 to 3)


The Heartland Trilogy (Books 2 to 3)


The Half Bad Trilogy (Book 1 to 3)

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I picked for Moose333:
Fireblood Dragon series

Erica picked for me:
Button Box series

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ETA 06-06-23: Finished both books in the Button Box series. :)

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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


07. Button Box 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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Cathy's FWYS - June 2023

Doomsday Brethren by Shayla Black


Celta's Heartmates by Robin Owens


Federation Chronicles by Lauren Dane


Stormwalker by Allyson James


Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear


On Dublin Street by Samantha Young


Completed series:
Dream Man by Kristin Ashley

June FWYS

1. The ABC's of Spellcraft by Jordan Castillo Price


2. Monstrous by Lily Mayne


3. Death Before Dragons by Lindsay Buroker


4. Necromancer by Kaje Harper


5. San Amaro Investigations By Kai Butler


6. White House Men by Nora Phoenix


For Erica I pick The Thursday Murder Club
Elaine picked San Amaro Investigations for me

Michelle's FWYS

Newsflesh Series by Mira Grant



Darklight Series by Bella Forest



Paranormal House Flippers Series by Lidiya Foxglove



Boundary Magic Series by Melissa F. Olson



Kate Burkholder Series by Linda Castillo



Grave Talker Series by Annie Anderson

Karen♐'s June FWYS

I picked for Connie-Victorian Rebels

D.L. picked Dark & Dirty Sinners MC 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

Jammin Jenny's June FWYS


I pick for Susan A: Lincoln Rhyme series
Ezi picks for me: Night Huntress series


Amelia Peabody - Elizabeth Peters


Hamish Macbeth - M.C. Beaton


Villains- Serena Valentino


Alex Cross - James Patterson


Stalking Jack the Ripper - Kerri Maniscalco


**The Night Huntress - Jeanine Frost

Connie N's FWYS - JUNE 2023

I picked for Jennifer: Odelia Gray by Sue Ann Jaffarian

Karen♐ picked for me: Victorian Rebels - Kerrigan Byrne

A Dark and Stormy Knight by Kerrigan Byrne - 6/18/23 ♥♥♥♥
The Earl on the Train by Kerrigan Byrne - 6/28/23 ♥♥♥


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Cottonbloom - Laura Trentham


Love Story - Tracy Ewens


Sweetwater Springs - Annie Rains


The Cat Who - Lilian Jackson Braun


Kowalski Family - Shannon Stacey

LaurLa's FWYS Series List✳️June


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)


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I pick for🔹Ezi
Series🔹Interstellar Brides: The Colony by Grace Goodwin

Picked for me🔹Jennifer
Series🔹James Bay

Hi Severina - I pick The Button Box series for you. It looks really interesting. Enjoy!

Hi Oleander,

I'm picking the Love By Numbers series for you. I've been meaning to get to it too. Hope you enjoy!

For Cathy

Federation Chronicles by Lauren Dane

@Jammin Jenny
For your June FWYS, I choose Night Huntress by Jeaniene Frost. Its a series that I love and I hope you get to finish it out this year. Happy Memorial Day

Hi Susan A.
For you I pick the Lincoln Rhyme series. That's one of the series I'm trying to finish as well. I hope you enjoy!

Ezi wrote: "@Jammin Jenny
For your June FWYS, I choose Night Huntress by Jeaniene Frost. Its a series that I love and I hope you get to finish it out this year. Happy Memorial Day"

Thanks Ezi!

Jammin Jenny wrote: "Hi Susan A.
For you I pick the Lincoln Rhyme series. That's one of the series I'm trying to finish as well. I hope you enjoy!"

Thank you!

LaurLa, I'm picking James Bay for you. Enjoy!

Erica wrote: "Hi Severina - I pick The Button Box series for you. It looks really interesting. Enjoy!"

Thanks, Erica. Looking forward to finishing that one off. :)

Hi Mouse333

I'm picking the Fireblood Dragon series for you so that you finish that one off, and also because I used to be addicted to Ruby Dixon's big blue aliens in her other series. :D

Hello Karen♐ For you, I pick the Dark & Dirty Sinners MC by Serena Akeroyd

I hope you can make a dent in the series or maybe even finish it during the month. Happy reading :)

D.L. I choose Ivy Malone Mysteries for you. Enjoy!

Elaine..

I'm going with The "My Kinky Housemate" series for you.

Cathy wrote: "D.L. I choose Ivy Malone Mysteries for you. Enjoy!"

Thanks :)

Ezi!! I pick for you...


Interstellar Brides: The Colony by Grace Goodwin

Looks interesting!! Happy Reading!!

Jennifer wrote: "LaurLa, I'm picking James Bay for you. Enjoy!"


Thank-you much! I need to get back on that series!

Severina wrote: "Hi Mouse333

I'm picking the Fireblood Dragon series for you so that you finish that one off, and also because I used to be addicted to Ruby Dixon's big blue aliens in her other series. :D"

Thank you!

I can't wait to see how the series is going to end.

Danielle Gypsy Soul, you have some great series to choose from but I have to go with the San Amaro Investigations. With book 7 coming out this month, the timing was too good to pass up. I hope you enjoy it!

Michelle wrote: "Elaine..

I'm going with The "My Kinky Housemate" series for you."

Perfect, thanks so much!

LaurLa wrote: "Ezi!! I pick for you...

Interstellar Brides: The Colony by Grace Goodwin

Looks interesting!! Happy Reading!!"

Thank you. It does look interesting, so I hope it is good.

Michelle wrote: "Michelle's FWYS

Newsflesh Series by Mira Grant



Darklight Series by Bella Forest

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Michelle,

I pick Boundary Magic Series by Melissa F. Olson

Hi Mamacita. Today is Memorial Day so a military romance seems appropriate. I'm choosing Delta Team Two for you. :-)

Oleander wrote: "Hi Mamacita. Today is Memorial Day so a military romance seems appropriate. I'm choosing Delta Team Two for you. :-)"

Thank you!

Thank you for the pick Mouse333. I just finished the first Love by the Numbers so looking forward to continuing the series :-)

Jennifer, I've heard good things about Odelia Gray, so that's my pick for you.

Connie, I pick Victorian Rebels for you. I love this author's books.

Erica

I haven't read your series but this one sounds interesting so I picked: The Thursday Murder Club for you.

Connie N. wrote: "Jennifer, I've heard good things about Odelia Gray, so that's my pick for you."

Thank you ma'am, it's been way too long since I picked any of these up.

Danielle Gypsy Soul wrote: "Erica

I haven't read your series but this one sounds interesting so I picked: The Thursday Murder Club for you."

Oh this is awesome! It's definitely a fun series. Thanks!