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

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May Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge

My List:
Bigfoot Boss: A Monster Office Romance Luna Cantrip 5/3/24 (Cryptid Billionaires #1)
Swoony Moon Tess Thompson 5/13/24 (Crescent Moon Ranch #2)
The Getaway Cabin Sage Parker 5/6/24 (Blue Ridge Mountains #3)

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

#1 Lady Hardcastle Mysteries-- A Quiet Life in the Country by T.E. Kinsey 5/2/24

#2 Open Book Mysteries -- A Fatal Footnote by Margaret Loudon 5/7/24

#3 Garden Squad Mysteries -- Digging Up the Remains by Julia Henry 5/3/24

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

#1 Farm Fresh Cozy Mystery Cornfield Calamity Summer Prescott 5/1/24
#2 Cookies & Schemes Mysteries Chocolate Chip Cookie Cover-Up Angela Mayble 5/2/24
#3 Julia Lives in a Van The Case of the Pernicious Parrot L.C. Richards 5/3/24

#1 Agatha Royale Mysteries One Deadly Chapter Ella Andrew 5/17/24
#2 Loon Lodge Mysteries Bloodshed at the Owl Blind Bellamy Beck 5/9/24
#3 Iron & Flame Mysteries View to a Grill Patti Benning 5/4/24

#1 Sunset Haven Cozy Mysteries Dreadful Circumstances Ana Bisset 5/18/24
#2 Tow Truck Mysteries Campfire Fatality Danielle Collins 5/15/24
#3 Norwegian Forest Cat Café Whiskers and Warrants Jinty James 5/6/24

#1 Seaside French Patisserie Mysteries Death and Dacquoise Kat Bellemore 5/19/24
#2 Cruising for Clues Mysteries Rock the Boat Emma Ainsley 5/16/24
#3 Paint by Murder Mysteries Easier Dead Than Drawn Bailee Abbott 5/7/24

#1 Sunset Lodge Mysteries The Body in the Annex Diana Xarissa 5/20/24
#2 SeaBreeze Island Murder Mystery Club Death by Art L.C. Richards 5/17/24
#3 Detective Grandma Mysteries Rocking Chairs and Rituals Corrine Winters 5/10/24

#1 Cozy New Orleans Mysteries Creole Catnip Conundrum Corrine Winters 5/22/24
#2 Cruising for Clues Mysteries Rock the Boat Emma Ainsley 5/16/24
#3 Spring Harbor Mysteries Snip Once, Die Twice Amber Crewes 5/19/24

#1 Cat Yoga Mysteries A Pose Before Dying Alex Erickson 5/23/24
#2 Longhorn Trucking Mystery Magpie Maggie Takes the Heat Katherine H. Brown 5/21/24
#3 Cat in the Stacks Mysteries File M for Murder Miranda James 5/28/24

May Easy As 1, 2, 3
Duration: May 1st, 2024 - May 31st, 2024

3/3

1. Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar - May 12th (Wayside School)
2. Instant Gratification by Jill Shalvis - May 23rd (Wilder)
3. Before Your Memory Fades by Toshikazu Kawaguchi - May 22nd (Before the Coffee Gets Cold)

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

6/6 Completed. Finished

1.Evidence: Under Fire #1:Into the Storm-Rachel Grant 5/07/24
2.Time River #2:Don't Forget Me Tomorrow-A.L. Jackson 5/05/24
3.Silver Harbor #3:Maybe We Won't-Melissa Foster 5/04/24


1.Hearts #1:Kaleidoscope Hearts-Claire Contreras 5/23/24
2.Daniela Vega #2:A Forgotten Kill-Isabella Maldonado 5/03/24
3.There's No Crying in Baseball #3:Listen, Pitch-Lani Lynn Vale 5/10/24

FINISHED! May Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: May 1, 2024 - May 31, 2024
(05/27/24)

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.
*Note: No more than two from any series

Series:
X Love, Lists and Fancy Ships 1
X Dr Zora Smyth Medical Thriller 1
X The Simple Wild 1
X If Shakespeare was an Auntie 2
X Fitzpatrick Christmas 2
X Chet & Bernie 2
X Amish Candy Shop Mystery 3
X Written in the Stars 3
X Harry Potter Hogwart’s Library Book 3

Books: 9

Set 1
(Love, Lists and Fancy Ships 1) Love, Lists, and Fancy Ships Sarah Grunder Ruiz 05/19/24
(Fitzpatrick Christmas 2) Snowed In Catherine Walsh 05/01/24
(Amish Candy Shop Mystery 3) Premeditated Peppermint Amanda Flower 05/18/24

Set 2
(Wild 1) The Simple Wild K.A. Tucker 05/23/24
(If Shakespeare was an Auntie 2) Tastes Like Shakkar Nisha Sharma 05/14/24
(Written in the Stars 3) Count Your Lucky Stars Alexandria Bellefleur 05/24/24

Set 3
(Dr Zora Smyth Medical Thriller 1) Lethal Incision Dobi Cross 05/27/24
(Chet & Bernie 2) Thereby Hangs a Tail Spencer Quinn 05/20/24
(Harry Potter Hogwart’s Library Book 3) The Tales of Beedle the Bard J.K. Rowling 05/23/24

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

1. Crimson Lake by Candice Fox 5/25/2024
2. The Castle of Adventure by Enid Blyton 5/13/2024
3. At the Drop of a Hat by Jenn McKinlay 5/4/2024

Welcome everyone!

May Easy As 1, 2, 3
Duration: May 1st, 2024 - May 31st, 2024

3/3

1. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (Hunger Games #1) May 16
2. Sinner by Sierra Simone (Priest #2) May 6
3. Kill Switch by Penelope Douglas (Devil's Night #3) May 2

Welcome Fiona!

Thank you, JoAnne!

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

#1 How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin Read 5/15/24
Castle Knoll Files #1

#2 A Fatal Winter by G.M. Malliet. Read 5/4/24. Max Tudor Mysteries #2

#3The Perfect Hope by Nora Roberts. Read 5/5/24 Book #3 of the Inn Boonsboro Trilogy

The Lost Challenges
May 2024 Easy As 1, 2, 3
Duration: May 1, 2024 - May 31, 2024

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.

1. Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade - *** - 5/30/2024 - 409 Pages
2. Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir - **** - 6/28/2024 - 510 Pages
3. Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez - ***** - 8/2/2024 - 432 Pages


Rules:
(view spoiler)[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. (hide spoiler)]

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

3 of 3 Complete

#1 Oregon Files - Golden Buddha - Clive Cussler - 5/3/24

#2 Gaslight Mysteries - Murder on Gramercy Park - Victoria Thompson - 5/11/24

#3 The Housemaid - The Housemaid's Secret - Freida McFadden - 5/19/24

Welcome Michele, Suzanne and Lynda!

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

1 Murder on Thames by Matthew Costello - 5/1/24
2 The Power of Six by Pittacus Lore - 5/4/24
3 The Hero's Guide to Being an Outlaw by Christopher Healy - 5/2/24

1 Eleven by Carolyn Arnold - 5/26/24
2 Nine's Legacy by Pittacus Lore - 5/15/24
3 The Confessor by Daniel Silva - 5/5/24

1 City of the Lost by Kelley Armstrong - 5/29/24
2 Vengeful by V.E. Schwab - 5/17/24
3 Ill Wind by Nevada Barr - 5/7/24

1
2 Green-Eyed Lady: A Mystery by Chuck Greaves - 5/23/24
3 Bloody Acquisitions by Drew Hayes - 5/24/24

1
2 The Dark Vineyard by Martin Walker - 5/25/24
3 The Fallen Legacies by Pittacus Lore - 5/25/24

1
2 Her Majesty's Necromancer by C.J. Archer - 5/27/24
3 Winner Take All by Barry Eisler - 5/28/24

Easy As 1, 2, 3
May 2024

1. Balanced Scales by Laura Greenwood (5/3/24) - Untold Tales
2. I Think He Knows by Katie Bailey (5/2/24) - Donovan Family
3. Gentle & Broken by Cami Checketts (5/8/24) - Quinn Romance Adventures

Welcome Jackie and Shash!

FINISHED

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

#1 Lady Hardcastle Mysteries-- A Quiet Life in the Country by T.E. Kinsey 5/2/24

#2 Open Book Mysteries -- A Fatal Footnote by Margaret Loudon 5/7/24

#3 Garden Squad Mysteries -- Digging Up the Remains by Julia Henry 5/3/24

WOOHOO Michelle!

Finished! :)

Easy As 1, 2, 3
May 2024

1. Balanced Scales by Laura Greenwood (5/3/24) - Untold Tales
2. I Think He Knows by Katie Bailey (5/2/24) - Donovan Family
3. Gentle & Broken by Cami Checketts (5/8/24) - Quinn Romance Adventures

WOOHOO Shash!

FINISHED
May Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge

My List:
Bigfoot Boss: A Monster Office Romance Luna Cantrip 5/3/24 (Cryptid Billionaires #1)
Swoony Moon Tess Thompson 5/13/24 (Crescent Moon Ranch #2)
The Getaway Cabin Sage Parker 5/6/24 (Blue Ridge Mountains #3)

Completion Post
Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: May 1, 2024 - May 31, 2024

#1 How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin Read 5/15/24
Castle Knoll Files #1

#2 A Fatal Winter by G.M. Malliet. Read 5/4/24. Max Tudor Mysteries #2

#3The Perfect Hope by Nora Roberts. Read 5/5/24 Book #3 of the Inn Boonsboro Trilogy

WOOHOO Michele!

Finished!

1. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (Hunger Games #1) May 16
2. Sinner by Sierra Simone (Priest #2) May 6
3. Kill Switch by Penelope Douglas (Devil's Night #3) May 2

WOOHOO Fiona!

Would you like to Start Collecting Badges?

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

6/6 Completed. Finished

1.Evidence: Under Fire #1:Into the Storm-Rachel Grant 5/07/24
2.Time River #2:Don't Forget Me Tomorrow-A.L. Jackson 5/05/24
3.Silver Harbor #3:Maybe We Won't-Melissa Foster 5/04/24


1.Hearts #1:Kaleidoscope Hearts-Claire Contreras 5/23/24
2.Daniela Vega #2:A Forgotten Kill-Isabella Maldonado 5/03/24
3.There's No Crying in Baseball #3:Listen, Pitch-Lani Lynn Vale 5/10/24

Finished

May Easy As 1, 2, 3
Duration: May 1st, 2024 - May 31st, 2024

3/3

1. Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar - May 12th (Wayside School)
2. Instant Gratification by Jill Shalvis - May 23rd (Wilder)
3. Before Your Memory Fades by Toshikazu Kawaguchi - May 22nd (Before the Coffee Gets Cold)

WOOHOO Frankie and Kendra!

FINISHED

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

1. Crimson Lake by Candice Fox 5/25/2024
2. The Castle of Adventure by Enid Blyton 5/13/2024
3. At the Drop of a Hat by Jenn McKinlay 5/4/2024

~~~ Complete ~~~

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

3 of 3 Complete

#1 Oregon Files - Golden Buddha - Clive Cussler - 5/3/24

#2 Gaslight Mysteries - Murder on Gramercy Park - Victoria Thompson - 5/11/24

#3 The Housemaid - The Housemaid's Secret - Freida McFadden - 5/19/24

WOOHOO Genevieve and Lynda!

Finished

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

#1 Farm Fresh Cozy Mystery Cornfield Calamity Summer Prescott 5/1/24
#2 Cookies & Schemes Mysteries Chocolate Chip Cookie Cover-Up Angela Mayble 5/2/24
#3 Julia Lives in a Van The Case of the Pernicious Parrot L.C. Richards 5/3/24

#1 Agatha Royale Mysteries One Deadly Chapter Ella Andrew 5/17/24
#2 Loon Lodge Mysteries Bloodshed at the Owl Blind Bellamy Beck 5/9/24
#3 Iron & Flame Mysteries View to a Grill Patti Benning 5/4/24

#1 Sunset Haven Cozy Mysteries Dreadful Circumstances Ana Bisset 5/18/24
#2 Tow Truck Mysteries Campfire Fatality Danielle Collins 5/15/24
#3 Norwegian Forest Cat Café Whiskers and Warrants Jinty James 5/6/24

#1 Seaside French Patisserie Mysteries Death and Dacquoise Kat Bellemore 5/19/24
#2 Cruising for Clues Mysteries Rock the Boat Emma Ainsley 5/16/24
#3 Paint by Murder Mysteries Easier Dead Than Drawn Bailee Abbott 5/7/24

#1 Sunset Lodge Mysteries The Body in the Annex Diana Xarissa 5/20/24
#2 SeaBreeze Island Murder Mystery Club Death by Art L.C. Richards 5/17/24
#3 Detective Grandma Mysteries Rocking Chairs and Rituals Corrine Winters 5/10/24

#1 Cozy New Orleans Mysteries Creole Catnip Conundrum Corrine Winters 5/22/24
#2 Cruising for Clues Mysteries Rock the Boat Emma Ainsley 5/16/24
#3 Spring Harbor Mysteries Snip Once, Die Twice Amber Crewes 5/19/24

#1 Cat Yoga Mysteries A Pose Before Dying Alex Erickson 5/23/24
#2 Longhorn Trucking Mystery Magpie Maggie Takes the Heat Katherine H. Brown 5/21/24
#3 Cat in the Stacks Mysteries File M for Murder Miranda James 5/28/24

WOOHOO Tari!

JoAnne wrote: "WOOHOO Tari!"

Thanks, JoAnne!

FINISHED! May Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: May 1, 2024 - May 31, 2024
(05/27/24)

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.
*Note: No more than two from any series

Series:
X Love, Lists and Fancy Ships 1
X Dr Zora Smyth Medical Thriller 1
X The Simple Wild 1
X If Shakespeare was an Auntie 2
X Fitzpatrick Christmas 2
X Chet & Bernie 2
X Amish Candy Shop Mystery 3
X Written in the Stars 3
X Harry Potter Hogwart’s Library Book 3

Books: 9

Set 1
(Love, Lists and Fancy Ships 1) Love, Lists, and Fancy Ships Sarah Grunder Ruiz 05/19/24
(Fitzpatrick Christmas 2) Snowed In Catherine Walsh 05/01/24
(Amish Candy Shop Mystery 3) Premeditated Peppermint Amanda Flower 05/18/24

Set 2
(Wild 1) The Simple Wild K.A. Tucker 05/23/24
(If Shakespeare was an Auntie 2) Tastes Like Shakkar Nisha Sharma 05/14/24
(Written in the Stars 3) Count Your Lucky Stars Alexandria Bellefleur 05/24/24

Set 3
(Dr Zora Smyth Medical Thriller 1) Lethal Incision Dobi Cross 05/27/24
(Chet & Bernie 2) Thereby Hangs a Tail Spencer Quinn 05/20/24
(Harry Potter Hogwart’s Library Book 3) The Tales of Beedle the Bard J.K. Rowling 05/23/24

Finished.

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

1 Murder on Thames by Matthew Costello - 5/1/24
2 The Power of Six by Pittacus Lore - 5/4/24
3 The Hero's Guide to Being an Outlaw by Christopher Healy - 5/2/24

1 Eleven by Carolyn Arnold - 5/26/24
2 Nine's Legacy by Pittacus Lore - 5/15/24
3 The Confessor by Daniel Silva - 5/5/24

1 City of the Lost by Kelley Armstrong - 5/29/24
2 Vengeful by V.E. Schwab - 5/17/24
3 Ill Wind by Nevada Barr - 5/7/24

WOOHOO Mel and Jackie!