The Challenge Factory discussion

📚NOVEMBER 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: NOVEMBER 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
OCTOBER 23rd-26th, 2023 Participants will Post their shelves
*If you do not list a shelf, I will not pair you with anyone
***Cut off on OCTOBER 26th

OCTOBER 26th-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.

**OCTOBER 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. 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
Oleander
Christene Paula✨
Ela (Mouse333)
Severina
Jennifer
Elaine.
Susan A.
Rebecca
Sadie
Danielle Gypsy Soul
Erica
Connie
Robin (Saturndoo)
Michelle
Karen♐
Mamacita aka MawMaw
☘KathyD☘
Cathy
Jammin Jenny

PAIRS
Rebecca picks for Cathy
Jennifer picks for Sadie
Christene Paula✨ picks for Robin (Saturndoo)
Cathy picks for ☘KathyD☘
Robin (Saturndoo) picks for Mamacita aka MawMaw
Michelle picks for Connie
Susan A. picks for Ela (Mouse333)
Mamacita aka MawMaw picks for Rebecca
Danielle Gypsy Soul picks for Susan A.
Oleander picks for Severina
Jammin Jenny picks for Christene Paula✨
Elaine picks for Karen♐
Ezinwanyi picks for Michelle
Sadie picks for Danielle Gypsy Soul
Karen♐ picks for Oleander
Connie picks for Jennifer
Severina picks for Ezinwanyi
☘KathyD☘ picks for Erica
Ela (Mouse333) picks for Jammin Jenny
Erica picks for Elaine

Ezi's FWYS series Shelf NOVEMBER 2023

♛ I chose for Michelle: Soulwood Series by Faith Hunter
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✿ Ezi's NOVEMBER 2023 FWYS - Series List
1) Salacious Players Club by Sara Cate (Books 4-5)

2) Starlight's Shadow Series by Jessie Mihalik (Book 1-3)

3) Xiveri Mates by Elizabeth Stephen (Books 3-8)

4) New Haven series by JL Seegar (Books 2-5)

5) Because series by Claire Contreras (Books 1-2)

6) Sin City Tales by M.Jay Grandberry (Books 1-3)


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

6) Vicious Cycle by Katie Ashley (Books 1-3)



SERIES COMPLETED
♛January 2023 Series Completed♛: (view spoiler)[
✅❀ 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♛:
☀️ BOOKS in SERIES THAT I READ SO FAR: ☀️ (view spoiler)[
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⭐️⭐️½ ⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️⭐️½
⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️½ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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6) Nashville Neighborhood by Nikki Sloane (Books 2-5)

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

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)] (hide spoiler)]

Oleander's FWYS November shelf.
End of the year, all series listed have only two left. I'd pat myself on the back if most of them weren't trilogies.

An American Heiress in London


Dog Club Mysteries


Heiress Brides


McCarrick Brothers


The Montgomerys and Armstrongs


The Regency Romp Trilogy

NOVEMBER 2023 FWYS CHALLENGE

Hannah Swensen Series


Flavia de Luce Series


Miss Marple Series


No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Series


In Death

Hellfire Riders MC (books 7-11)


Bluewater Billionaires (book 4) Finished


Hearts of the Anemoi (books 2-4)


Bewitched and Bewildered (books 6-13)


Real (books 4-7)


Time Served (books 2 and 3)


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

June: Fireblood Dragon - book 10

July: The Other Realm - books 3-7

August: New Species - books 7-15

September: Vawdrey Brothers - books 2 & 3

October: Montgomery Justice - books 2 & 3

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Severina's Finish What You Started Shelves - November 2023

Unwind series (Books 2 to 5)


Last Book in Series


The Monstrous series (Books 3.5 to 7)


Shady Hollow series (Books 3 to 5)


Mistborn Trilogy (Books 1 to 3)


Dreams and Shadows Series (Books 1 to 2)


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I picked for Ezi:
The Salacious Players series

Oleander picked for me:
Shady Hollow series


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ETA 11-03-23: Finished Mirror Lake. :)
ETA 11-05-23 And now finished Evergreen Chase: A Shady Hollow Mystery Short Story. If I'm lucky I'll get to the last book later in the month :)

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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


08. The Heartland Trilogy
Under the Empyrean Sky

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.

The Maze Runner series. I got 29% into book 2 before I DNF.

The Kingston Cycle. I read the first two books but DNF on the third.

The Robocalypse series. The first one was not very good and I have no interest in continuing.

Rot & Ruin series - love the series, but I can't find the next few books. :(
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November series:

American Royals


Wine & Dine


Odelia Gray


Retired Witches


Wisteria Tearoom


Addison Holmes

November Finish What You Started

Four Bears Construction:


Stay a Spell:


Missing Pieces:


Memento Mori:


Puckboy:


*****Perfect Pixie:*****


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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:

10-4-23| DNF

June Pick:
My Kinky Housemate:

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

July Pick:
Pine Cove:

7-8-23|7-8-23 |7-9-23|7-10-23|7-10-23

August Pick:
Heather Bay:


September Pick:
Rogue Queen:


October Pick:
The Foster Brothers:

10-1-23|10-7|10-7-23

Not a pick, but also finished:
Billionaire’s Heist:

10-6-23|10-6-23 (hide spoiler)]

Susan A's FWYS 2023
November

I pick for
Picked for Me by

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




(view spoiler)[ 2. skipping again...I don't know if I want to continue...one the one hand I want to finish this, on the other hand I hate every single main character
Kay Scarpetta by Patricia Cornwell # 16-26

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2. Deep Ops #3-5 by Rebecca Zanetti

(#6 Dec 2023)

3. Lincoln Rhyme #10 -15 by Jeffery Deaver

(Nov 23)

4. Mercy Kilpatrick Series by Kendra Elliot



5. Witchless in Seattle#9 -15 by Dakota Cassidy




6. Lucas Davenport by John Sandford #12 - 33



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COMPLETED (in the month selected)
1. January pick
Will Trent by Karin Slaughter, (#11 expected Aug 2023) COMPLETE! January 2023

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

3 April pick
. Rizzoli & Isles by Tess Gerritsen - COMPLETE April 2023

4. July pick
Bree Taggert by Melinda Leigh Complete July 2023

5 September Pick
Laurel Snow by Rebecca Zanetti
Complete Sept 2023

October - The Murderbot Diaries Martha Wells Complete Oct 2023 (new book in NOv 23)


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Late Completions
5. March pick
Aloysius Pendergast series by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child -- COMPLETE April 2023

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Still working on
May - Kay Scarpetta
June - Lincoln Rhyme
Aug - Kay Scarpetta



Melinda Leigh Widow's Island
Kendra Elliot - Mercy KIlpatrick
Dakota Cassidy -Accidental
enola holmes, Alex Delaware, Lady Darby, Hercule Poirot, Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus, Temperence Brennan, Jeremy Logan by Lincoln Child


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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Rebecca's FWYS 2023
November

I pick for
Picked for Me by

Bakeshop Mysteries


Noodle Shop


No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #1


Lady Sherlock


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August - COMPLETE


September - working on


October - FINISHED!
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Finish What You Started
Duration: November 11/01-11/30

I picked for Danielle Gypsy Soul: The Adam Binder series

Jennifer picked for me: Shades of Magic series

Series Shelves

1) Gemma Doyle by Libba Bray


2) Gallagher Girls by Ally Carter


3) Kendra Chronicles series by Alex Flinn


4) Shades of Magic by V.E. Schwab


5) Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs



Completed series: 0

Finish What You Started
Duration: Nov 1 - 30

1. SPI Files by Lisa Shearin


2. Monstrous by Lily Mayne


3. Adam Binder by Daviid R. Slayton


4. Perilous Courts by Tavia Lark


5. Unfinished Business by Barbara Elsborg


6. Last Book from Series from previous months FWYS Challenge


Series Completed so far: 10

I pick Mercy Kilpatrick for Susan A
Sadie picks Adam Binder

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Completed Series
Death Before Dragons by Lindsay Buroker

Necromancer by Kaje Harper

Here Be Dragons

How I Stole the Princess's White Knight and Turned Him to Villainy

Roman and Jade: Monster Hunters

The ABC's of Spellcraft

San Amaro Investigations

Aileen Travers

Stick Side

Scales N Spells


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Erica's November FWYS

Harry Hole


Maisie Dobbs>


Mrs. Pollifax


The Mysterious Benedict Society


Lily Bard


The Thursday Murder Club

Connie N's FWYS - NOVEMBER 2023

I picked for Jennifer: Retired Witches

Michelle picked for me: Sweetwater Springs - Annie Rains


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One Left in Series


Love Story - Tracy Ewens


Neighbor from Hell - R.L. Mathewson


The Cat Who - Lilian Jackson Braun


Contours of the Heart - Tammara Webber (Replaces Kowalski Family, which has only one book left.)

November

Hannah Swenson


Gaslight Mystery Series


Miss Marple


Kinsey Millhone


3. Bone Witch


Custard Protocol

Michelle November FWYS

Gunnie Rose Series by Charlaine Harris


The Cousins O'Dwyer Trilogy by Nora Roberts by Nora Roberts


Bloodlines Series by Richelle Mead


Soulwood Series by Faith Hunter


Frank Harper Mysteries Series by Frank Enslen


Light as a Feather Series by zoe aarsen

Karen♐'s November FWYS

I picked for Oleander-The Montgomerys and Armstrongs

Elaine 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

Mama's 2023 FWYS Series Challenge
NOVEMBER 2023

I picked for ~ ??
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picked # ??
by


NOVEMBER 2023 Completed:

READ SO FAR: Hades 3.5* ✔️ 11/25
Striker 3* ✔️ 12/1
Excalibur 3* ✔️ 12/ 17
Hex 3.75* ✔️ 12/18


1. Dark Protectors / Realm Enforcers
by Rebecca Zanetti


2. Sentinel Security Series by Anna Hackett


3. Texas Sirens / Nights in Bliss
by Lexi Blake



4. Galactic Gladiators by Anna Hackett



5. Delta Team Two Series
By Susan Stoker



6. Scorpius Syndrome Series
by Rebecca Zanetti






SERIES COMPLETED 2023
August
Treasure Hunter Security By Anna Hackett

November
Sentinel Security Series by Anna Hackett

☘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

Cathy's FWYS November 2023
Doomsday Brethren by Shayla Black


Celta's Heartmates by Robin Owens


Federation Chronicles by Lauren Dane


Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear


On Dublin Street by Samantha Young


Prison Healer


Completed series:
Dream Man by Kristin Ashley
Stormwalker by Allyson James

Jammin Jenny's FWYS - November 2023

I picked for Christene Paula: the Hannah Swensen series
Ela picked for me: The Night Huntress series

No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency


Modern Faerie Tales


Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter


The Night Huntress


Chronicles of Narnia


Villains

Michelle
For your November series,
I chose Soulwood Series by Faith Hunter for you. I have read a couple of books by this author and enjoyed them. So I hope you like this series

Hi Robin,

I'm picking the Gaslight Mystery! :)

Hi Mamacita aka MawMaw

I'm picking Sentinel Security Series for you! I hope you enjoy them and have a great November! Happy Reading!

Christene Paula✨ wrote: "Hi Robin,

I'm picking the Gaslight Mystery! :)"

Thank you Christene Paula!!! I really enjoy this series and am excited to keep reading from it!

Severina,
I'm choosing the Shady Hollow series for you. It looks really good. I had to check my library to see if they had it. They don't but I hope you enjoy it.

KathyD

I'm choosing Masters and Mercenaries. Enjoy!

Hi Elaine -
I'm choosing Perfect Pixie for you. Looks fun - enjoy!

Hi Jammin Jenny

I'm picking The Night Huntress series for you.

I loved that series, and I hope you enjoy it too.

Hi Jennifer,

I think Retired Witches is the appropriate choice for Halloween!

Cathy wrote: "KathyD

I'm choosing Masters and Mercenaries. Enjoy!"

thanks, Cathy!

Hi Erica...for November, I am choosing Mrs. Pollifax for you...happy reading!

For Ela(Mouse333)

blue water billionaires

(If you need more, Time Served)

Cathy for you I choose On Dublin Street by Samantha Young!

Enjoy :)

Susan A wrote: "For Ela(Mouse333)

blue water billionaires

(If you need more, Time Served)"

Thank you! It'll be good to finish that series off.

Karen♐, My pick for you is the Steel Brothers Saga. Enjoy!

@KathyD fantastic! I love this series but always have to request through the library so I forget.

Oleander wrote: "Severina,
I'm choosing the Shady Hollow series for you. It looks really good. I had to check my library to see if they had it. They don't but I hope you enjoy it."

Thanks so much. Those books are so charming! Eager to read at least one more this month :)

Ezi, for you I picked the Salacious Players club. Maybe you'll be able to finish it off this month!

Happy reading!

For Connie:

I'm going with this series for you.

Sweetwater Springs - Annie Rains

Ezi wrote: "Michelle
For your November series,
I chose Soulwood Series by Faith Hunter for you. I have read a couple of books by this author and enjoyed them. So I hope you like this series"

Thanks!

Michelle wrote: "For Connie:

I'm going with this series for you.

Sweetwater Springs - Annie Rains"

Thanks so much, Michelle. It's definitely time to get back to this series.

Rebecca wrote: "Cathy for you I choose On Dublin Street by Samantha Young!

Enjoy :)"

Thanks!

Rebecca,

I pick Bakeshop Mysteries for you because...

Robin (Saturndoo) wrote: "Hi Mamacita aka MawMaw

I'm picking Sentinel Security Series for you! I hope you enjoy them and have a great November! Happy Reading!"

Thx! Love Anna Hackett!

Sadie wrote: "Finish What You Started
Duration: November 11/01-11/30..."

Sadie, I'm picking "Shades of Magic" for you.

Connie N. wrote: "Hi Jennifer,

I think Retired Witches is the appropriate choice for Halloween!"

I completely agree. Thank you!