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Time for a serial read!

This challenge runs from July 01, 2024 - December 31, 2024.

All tasks must relate to books in a series.
You may use books you read for other challenges. Any format is acceptable - paper, audio and ebooks.
Rereads are allowed.
A book may only be used once, minimum 120 pages.

This is a Goldilocks version, so choose your level and then choose the number of tasks from the list below:

Baby Bear Choose 2 tasks from the list below - 6 books to complete the challenge
Mama Bear Choose 3 tasks from the list below - 9 books to complete the challenge
Papa Bear Choose 4 tasks from the list below - 12 books to complete the challenge
Goldilocks Choose 5 tasks from the list below - 15 books to complete the challenge

1. Read 3 books by the same author (could be multiple series)
2. Read 3 books set on three different continents.
3. Read 3 books by 3 different authors born in the same decade.
4. Read 3 books from series that started prior to 2000. (You can read any book in the series but the original publication date of the first book in the series must be prior to 2000).
5. Read 3 books set in three different centuries.
6. Read 3 books from three different series set in the same country.
7. Read 3 books with a 3 word title including the words A, An or The.
8. Read 3 books from three different series where the authors first or last names start with the same letter (you must choose either first or last name for the task)
9. Read 3 third books from 3 different series
10. Read 3 books set in the same season.

Papa Bear:

1. Read 3 books by the same author
DI Rob Marshall #2: Where the Bodies Lie
DI Rob Marshall #4: A Shadow on the Door
DI Rob Marshall #5: With Soul So Dead

2. Read 3 books set on different continents
Europe: Blake #2 Play the Game by G.B. Williams
North America: Charlie Fox #9: Fifth Victim by Zoë Sharp
Australasia: Hana Westerman #1: Better the Blood by Michael Bennett

3. Read 3 books by 3 different authors born in the same decade.
1960s
Mark Billingham (1961): Tom Thorne #12: The Bones Beneath
Leena Lehtolainen (1964): Copper Heart
Elly Griffiths (1963): Brighton Mysteries #2: Smoke and Mirrors

4. Read 3 books from series that started prior to 2000.

6. read 3 books from three different series set in the same country
England:
Elaine Blake #1: Breaking Free by G.B. Williams
Brighton Mysteries #1: The Zig Zag Girl
Tom Thorne #1: Sleepyhead

7. Read 3 books with a 3 word title including the words A, An or The.
Detective Miller #1: The Last Dance
DCI Evan Warlow #13: The Last Throw: A Black Beacons Murder Mystery
Shetland Mystery #5: The Shetland Poisonings: The Shetland Sailing Mysteries

8. Read 3 books from three different series where the authors first or last names start with the same letter (you must choose either first or last name for the task)
Surname with J
Nathan Sutherland #4: Venetian Gothic by Philip Gwynne Jones
Skelfs #5: Living is A Problem by Doug Johnstone
DI Rob Marshall #6: His Path of Darkness by Ed James


9. Read 3 third books from 3 different series
DI Rob Marshall #3: A Lonely Place of Dying
Logan McRae #3: Broken Skin
Harsinder Kaur #3: Bleeding Heart Yard

10. Read 3 books set in the same season.
Love in Bloom: Seaside Summers #1: Seaside Dreams by Melissa Foster
Love in Bloom: Seaside Summers #2: Seaside Hearts by Melissa Foster
Love in Bloom: Seaside Summers #3: Seaside Sunsets by Melissa Foster

Goldilocks

Total: 15/15
1. Read 3 books by the same author (could be multiple series)
* Mari Carr
* Forbidden Legacy
* Hidden Devotion
* Bravery's Sin

2. Read 3 books set on three different continents.
3. Read 3 books by 3 different authors born in the same decade.
4. Read 3 books from series that started prior to 2000. (You can read any book in the series but the original publication date of the first book in the series must be prior to 2000).
5. Read 3 books set in three different centuries.

6. Read 3 books from three different series set in the same country.
Country - USA
* Bittersweet Promises
* Aaron's Second Chance
* Beauty & the Lumberjacks

7. Read 3 books with a 3 word title including the words A, An or The.
* Left for Wild
* The Nanny Crisis
* In His Silks

8. Read 3 books from three different series where the authors first or last names start with the same letter (you must choose either first or last name for the task)
B - First name
* Texas Temptation / Barbara McMahon
* Noah Drake And The Dragon Killer / Ben Russell
* Dragon of Her Dreams / Bianca D'Arc

9. Read 3 third books from 3 different series
* Wolf Games
* Made for Us
* Teach Your Heart

10. Read 3 books set in the same season.

Done

Well done!

I seem to have managed Papa Bear twice. done!