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

Anne FINISHED

Caraina FINISHED
Crystal FINISHED

Frankie FINISHED

Genevieve

Jackie FINISHED
JoAnne FINISHED

Kendra FINISHED

Lali & Michelle FINISHED

Mave
Meghana
Melissa A FINISHED
Michele FINISHED

Natasha FINISHED

Olivermagnus FINISHED

RaeRae

Shash FINISHED
Suzanne FINISHED

Tari

August Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge

My List:
Death by Committee Alexis Morgan 8/6/24 (Abby McCree Mystery #1)
Last Rites Sharon Sala 8/8/24 (Jubilee, Kentucky #2)
Wildest Dreams Kristen Proby 8/3/24 (The Wilds of Montana #3)

August Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge

1. 1979 by Val McDermid Book 1-Allie Burns

2 The Family Remains by Lisa Jewell Read 8/13/24 Family Upstairs #2

3. The Wilds by Sarah Pearse. Book 3 Dectective Elin Warner

FINISHED! Aug Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: Aug 1, 2024 - Aug 31, 2024
(08/15/24)

Rows: 1
Series: 3
X Colorado Ice 1
X Rowan and Neil 2
X The Witches of Thistle Grove 3

Row - 1
(Colorado Ice 1) Maybe This Time Jennifer Snow 08/05/24
(Rowan and Neil 2) Past Present Future Rachel Lynn Solomon 08/02/24
(The Witches of Thistle Grove 3) Back in a Spell Lana Harper 08/15/24

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

9/9 Completed. Finished

1.Special Agent Beth Katz #1:Dark Angel-D.K. Hood 8/03/24
2.Sunshine Vicram #2:A Good Day for Chardonnay-Darynda Jones 8/05/24
3.Rockwell and Decker #3:One Child Alive-Ellery A. Kane 8/18/24


1.Detective Billie Ann Wilde #1:Don't Let Her Go-Willow Rose 8/06/24
2.Hell's Handlers MC #2:Maverick-Lilly Atlas 8/08/24
3.Rizzoli and Iles #3:The Sinner-Tess Gerritsen 8/15/24


1.Battle Crows MC #1:Always Someone's Monster-Lani Lynn Vale 8/10/24
2.Dating in Dallas#2:On the Hustle-Adriana Herrera 8/21/24
3.Detective Virgil Jones #3:State of Control-Thomas L. Scott 8/14/24

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

#1 Island Cozy Mystery Antiques to Die For Peyton Stone 8/12/24
#2 Spies & Food Truck Mysteries Mint Freeze Murder Rosie A. Point 8/8/24
#3 Green Oaks Bookbinding Mysteries Murder in the Alley Penny Brooke 8/1/24

#1 Irish Bed & Breakfast Mysteries The Jig Is Up Lisa Q. Mathews 8/22/24
#2 Bed & Breakfast Cozy Mystery Mischief, Murder & Monkey Mayhem Peyton Stone 8/11/24
#3 Loon Lodge Mysteries Mayhem at Migration Bellamy Beck 8/5/24

#1 Knick-Knack Boutique Mysteries Peonies, Petit Point and Death Constance Barker 8/23/24
#2 Millie the Miracle Cat Stacked Against Us Courtney McFarlin 8/17/24
#3 Search & Rescue Mysteries Rocking It Patti Benning 8/7/24

#1 Food & Spirits Mysteries A Fatal Feast at Bramsford Manor Darci Hannah 8/26/24
#2 Paint & Sip Mysteries A Bid for Murder Donna Clancy 8/19/24
#3 Spellbound Bookshop Mysteries Myths and Magic J.A. Whiting 8/7/24

#1 Small Town Cozy Mystery AND THEN: There Were Feathers Peyton Stone 8/27/24
#2 Starlit Bookshop Mysteries In the Event of Murder Cynthia Kuhn 8/23/24
#3 Kitty McCray Mysteries Music and Murder at the Castle Avery Kent 8/10/24

#1 Aunt Alice’s Bookshop Mysteries Murder in the Marginalia Julie Ecker 8/31/24
#2 Measure Twice Sewing Mysteries Quilty As Charged Maggie Bailey 8/24/24
#3 Magpie Maggie Mysteries Magpie Maggie on Thin Ice Katherine H. Brown 8/18/24

Easy As 1, 2, 3
August 2024

🥇The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce 8/1/24 (Harold Fry #1)

🥈Guilty as Cinnamon by Leslie Budewitz 8/6/24 (Spice Shop Mystery #2)

🥉 On Thin Icing by Ellie Alexander 8/2/24 (Bakeshop Mystery #3)

Welcome Michele, Melissa, Frankie, Tari and Michelle!

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge

1. The Kill Artist - Daniel Silva - 8/8/24 - #1 Gabriel.Allon

2. After You - Jojo Moyes - 8/4/24 - #2 Me Before You

3. Law Man - Kristen Ashley - 8/16/24 - #3 Dream Man

Welcome Lynda!

Finished 2 books

August Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge

1. The Accidental Werewolf
2.
3. There's No Business Like Mage Business

Welcome RaeRae!

August Easy As 1, 2, 3
Duration: Aug. 1st, 2024 - Aug. 31st, 2024

3/3

1. The Grandest Game by Jennifer Lynn Barnes - Aug. 8th (The Grandest Game)
2. The Wonder Engine by T. Kingfisher - Aug. 4th (Clocktaur Wars)
3. Dune: The Graphic Novel, Book 3: The Prophet by Frank Herbert - Aug. 13th

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

1 The Palace of Lost Memories by C.J. Archer - 8/3/24
2 A Darkness Absolute by Kelley Armstrong - 8/8/24
3 Swamp Sniper by Jana Deleon - 8/1/24

1 Sharpe's Tiger by Bernard Cornwell - 8/5/24
2 Finders Keepers by Stephen King - 8/19/24
3 The Last Heir: A Mystery by Chuck Greaves - 8/2/24

1 Thieves' Gambit by Kayvion Lewis - 8/7/24
2
3 The Fire Witness by Lars Kepler - 8/2/24

1 The Magic of Recluce by L.E. Modesitt Jr. - 8/11/24
2
3 An Artificial Night by Seanan McGuire - 8/8/24

1 Killing Floor by Lee Child - 8/13/24
2
3 Camino Ghosts by John Grisham - 8/28/24

1 Dark is Her Nature by Judith Berens - 8/15/24

1 A Great Deliverance by Elizabeth George - 8/15/24

1 Falling Kingdoms by Morgan Rhodes - 8/16/24

1 Guardian by Martha Carr - 8/19/24

1 Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson - 8/25/24

1 Running with the Demon by Terry Brooks - 8/27/24

1 An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten - 8/29/24

1 The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie - 8/29/24

1 The Anatomist's Wife by Anna Lee Huber - 8/30/24

Welcome Kendra and Jackie!

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

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

Completed: 3/3

1. It Happened One Summer - Tessa Bailey 8/3/24 (Bellinger Sisters Series)
2. Undead and Unemployed - MaryJanice Davidson 8/8/24 (Undead Series)
3. The Doll - Taylor Stevens 8/14/24 (Vanessa Michael Munroe Series)

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge

1. The Accidental Guardian by Mary Connealy (High Sierra Sweethearts #1) - 8/5
2. Day of the Predator by Alex Scarrow (TimeRiders #2) - 8/6
3. The Last Star by Rick Yancey (The 5th Wave #3) - 8/13

Welcome Meghana, Caraina and Crystal!

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: August 1, 2024 - August 31, 2024
0/3
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2.
3.

Welcome Mave!

The Lost Challenges
August 2024 Easy As 1, 2, 3
Duration: August 1, 2024 - August 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.

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)]

Maisie Dobbs #1: Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear - - 8/5/2024 - 321 Pages
The Empyrean, #2: Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros - - 8/21/2024 - 640 Pages
Part of Your World, #3: Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez - - 8/2/2024 - 432 Pages

Welcome Suzanne!

FINISHED

Easy As 1, 2, 3
August 2024

🥇The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce 8/1/24 (Harold Fry #1)

🥈Guilty as Cinnamon by Leslie Budewitz 8/6/24 (Spice Shop Mystery #2)

🥉 On Thin Icing by Ellie Alexander 8/2/24 (Bakeshop Mystery #3)

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

1. Spencer Cohen, Book One by N.R. Walker 8/13/2024 (Spencer Cohen)
2. Final Test by Aron Lewes 8/22/2024 (Spirit School)
3. Murder for the Halibut by Liz Lipperman 8/30/2024 ( Jordan McAlister)

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge

Duration: August 1, 2024 - August 31, 2024

Completed

3/3 books

1. The Sword Defiant by Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan 8/20/24 (Lands of the Firstborn #1)
2. What Feasts at Night by T. Kingfisher 8/29/24 (Sworn Soldier #2)
3. Calamity by Brandon Sanderson 8/31/24 (The Reckoners #3)

August Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge

COMPLETED!

My List:
1.)Poppy Harmon Investigates by Lee Hollis 8/14/2024
Poppy Harmon Mysteries #1

2.) Evidence of Murder by Lisa Black 8/21/2024
Theresa MacLean #2

3.) Stormy Weather by Carl Hiaasen 8/13/2024
Skink series

WOOHOO Michelle!


Welcome Genevieve, Natasha and Anne!

Easy As 1, 2, 3
August 2024

1. Miss Hilversham and the Pesky Duke by Sofi Laporte (8/5/24) - Wishing Well Seminary
2. Beachy Keen by Kasey Stockton (8/13/24) - Falling for Summer
3. Birdie and the Beastly Duke by Sofi Laporte (8/3/24) - The Wishing Well

Welcome Shash!

FINISHED
August Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge

My List:
Death by Committee Alexis Morgan 8/6/24 (Abby McCree Mystery #1)
Last Rites Sharon Sala 8/8/24 (Jubilee, Kentucky #2)
Wildest Dreams Kristen Proby 8/3/24 (The Wilds of Montana #3)

Finished

August Easy As 1, 2, 3
Duration: Aug. 1st, 2024 - Aug. 31st, 2024

3/3

1. The Grandest Game by Jennifer Lynn Barnes - Aug. 8th (The Grandest Game)
2. The Wonder Engine by T. Kingfisher - Aug. 4th (Clocktaur Wars)
3. Dune: The Graphic Novel, Book 3: The Prophet by Frank Herbert - Aug. 13th

Finished! :)

Easy As 1, 2, 3
August 2024

1. Miss Hilversham and the Pesky Duke by Sofi Laporte (8/5/24) - Wishing Well Seminary
2. Beachy Keen by Kasey Stockton (8/13/24) - Falling for Summer
3. Birdie and the Beastly Duke by Sofi Laporte (8/3/24) - The Wishing Well

WOOHOO Kendra and Shash!

~~~ Complete ~~~

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge

1. The Kill Artist - Daniel Silva - 8/8/24 - #1 Gabriel.Allon

2. After You - Jojo Moyes - 8/4/24 - #2 Me Before You

3. Law Man - Kristen Ashley - 8/16/24 - #3 Dream Man

WOOHOO Lynda!

August Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge

COMPLETED!

My List:
1.)Poppy Harmon Investigates by Lee Hollis 8/14/2024
Poppy Harmon Mysteries #1

2.) Evidence of Murder by Lisa Black 8/21/2024
Theresa MacLean #2

3.) Stormy Weather by Carl Hiaasen 8/13/2024
Skink series

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

9/9 Completed. Finished

1.Special Agent Beth Katz #1:Dark Angel-D.K. Hood 8/03/24
2.Sunshine Vicram #2:A Good Day for Chardonnay-Darynda Jones 8/05/24
3.Rockwell and Decker #3:One Child Alive-Ellery A. Kane 8/18/24


1.Detective Billie Ann Wilde #1:Don't Let Her Go-Willow Rose 8/06/24
2.Hell's Handlers MC #2:Maverick-Lilly Atlas 8/08/24
3.Rizzoli and Iles #3:The Sinner-Tess Gerritsen 8/15/24


1.Battle Crows MC #1:Always Someone's Monster-Lani Lynn Vale 8/10/24
2.Dating in Dallas#2:On the Hustle-Adriana Herrera 8/21/24
3.Detective Virgil Jones #3:State of Control-Thomas L. Scott 8/14/24

Finished!

Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge

1. The Accidental Guardian by Mary Connealy (High Sierra Sweethearts #1) - 8/5
2. Day of the Predator by Alex Scarrow (TimeRiders #2) - 8/6
3. The Last Star by Rick Yancey (The 5th Wave #3) - 8/13

Finished!

The Lost Challenges
August 2024 Easy As 1, 2, 3
Duration: August 1, 2024 - August 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.

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)]

Maisie Dobbs #1: Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear - - 8/5/2024 - 321 Pages
The Empyrean, #2: Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros - - 8/21/2024 - 640 Pages
Part of Your World, #3: Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez - - 8/2/2024 - 432 Pages

WOOHOO Anne, Frankie, Crystal and Suzanne!

Completion Post
August Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge

1. The Family Remains by Lisa Jewell Read 8/13/24 Family Upstairs #2

2. The Wilds by Sarah Pearse. Book 3 Dectective Elin Warner

3.The Hanging Valley by Peter
Robinson Book 4 Inspector Banks 8/24/24

Michele wrote: "Completion Post
August Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge

1. The Family Remains by Lisa Jewell Read 8/13/24 Family Upstairs #2

2. The Wilds by [auth..."

You need a 1, 2 and 3 in this challenge. Perhaps this is your finish for Ducks?? :)

JoAnne wrote: "Michele wrote: "Completion Post
August Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge

1. The Family Remains by Lisa Jewell Read 8/13/24 Family Upstairs #2

2. [book:The Wilds|200..."

I wasa thinking it just had to to be 3 in order. Sorry about that.

Completion post-again. I read the first in a series!
August Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge

1. 1979 by Val McDermid Book 1-Allie Burns 8/27/24

2 The Family Remains by Lisa Jewell Read 8/13/24 Family Upstairs #2

3. The Wilds by Sarah Pearse. Book 3 Dectective Elin Warner. 8/02/24

I am hoping I have everything now. I need to get my brain back on track.

Michele wrote: "Completion post-again. I read the first in a series!
August Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge"


The rules say: 6) Please post a link to the book and the author and also the date you finished the book.

Please add the dates and I will mark you finished and award the badge. :)

FINISHED! Aug Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: Aug 1, 2024 - Aug 31, 2024
(08/15/24)

Rows: 1
Series: 3
X Colorado Ice 1
X Rowan and Neil 2
X The Witches of Thistle Grove 3

Row - 1
(Colorado Ice 1) Maybe This Time Jennifer Snow 08/05/24
(Rowan and Neil 2) Past Present Future Rachel Lynn Solomon 08/02/24
(The Witches of Thistle Grove 3) Back in a Spell Lana Harper 08/15/24

WOOHOO Mel!

JoAnne wrote: "Michele wrote: "Completion post-again. I read the first in a series!
August Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge"


The rules say: 6) Please post a link to the book and the author and also the date yo..."

Completion post-again. I read the first in a series!
August Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge

1. 1979 by Val McDermid Book 1-Allie Burns 8/27/24

2 The Family Remains by Lisa Jewell Read 8/13/24 Family Upstairs #2

3. The Wilds by Sarah Pearse. Book 3 Dectective Elin Warner. 8/02/24

I am hoping I have everything now. I need to get my brain back on track.