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1 The Hand That First Held Mine
2 Instructions for a Heatwave
3 The Marriage Portrait

I will read Jo Nesbø.
Prompt 3: Third time's the charm
I will read Ray Bradbury.
1. Zen in the Art of Writing
2. The Illustrated Man
3. Death is a Lonely Business
I will read Ray Bradbury.
1. Zen in the Art of Writing
2. The Illustrated Man
3. Death is a Lonely Business

I will read Stephanie Laurens
Popular series is The Cynsters. These are the next three books in the spin-off Casebook of Barnaby Adair series.
✔︎ Where the Heart Leads
✔︎ The Masterful Mr. Montague
✔︎ Loving Rose: The Redemption of Malcolm Sinclair

I think I’m going to do Alexa Aston
I bing read one of Alexa Aston's series for another prompt and wanted to read more - so going to read first in series from three of her other available ones.
1. To Heal an Earl - finished - 9/2/23
2. Portrait of the Duke
3. Duke of Renown
Oh, my! This will be so much fun, and so hard to choose. I've found 3 books not in the same series that I could be happy with from each of these authors:
Greg Iles
Natchez Burning
Cemetery Road
Dead Sleep or Third Degree
Toni Morrison
The Bluest Eye
several other possibs
Michael Koryta
multiple possibs
Lincoln Perry #3 (A Welcome Grave) plus two standalones
The Last Honest Horse Thief?
Ariana Franklin
MODTAOD + 2 stand-alones
City of Shadows|196504]
The Winter Siege|15728386]
Martha Wells
Raskura #2
City of Bones
The Element of Fire
Jason Reynolds
Long Way Down
Ain't Burned All the Bright
David Baldacci
one each in 3 different series and/or Absolute Power
Guy Gavriel Kay
Greg Iles
Natchez Burning
Cemetery Road
Dead Sleep or Third Degree
Toni Morrison
The Bluest Eye
several other possibs
Michael Koryta
multiple possibs
Lincoln Perry #3 (A Welcome Grave) plus two standalones
The Last Honest Horse Thief?
Ariana Franklin
MODTAOD + 2 stand-alones
City of Shadows|196504]
The Winter Siege|15728386]
Martha Wells
Raskura #2
City of Bones
The Element of Fire
Jason Reynolds
Long Way Down
Ain't Burned All the Bright
David Baldacci
one each in 3 different series and/or Absolute Power
Guy Gavriel Kay

Completed: 3/3 - Finished 8/20/23
Gabrielle Zevin
�Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - completed 2/17/23
�Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac - completed 8/20/23
�The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry - completed 2/19/23

Agatha Christie:
�Murder on the Orient Express 8/1/23
�Crooked House 31/1/123
�Murder at the Vicarage 30/11/23

prompt #3: Third time's a charm
Nora Roberts
Read 3 books of 1 author
� 1. Morrigan's Cross by Nora Roberts February 9, 2023 ★★★★
� 2. Captive Star by Nora Roberts May 1, 2023 ★★★★
� 3. Heart of the Sea by Nora Roberts January 29, 2023 ★★�



Series mini binge is ok but the intent behind this is to read an author's works other than their most popular/well-known series etc

Author: Karin Slaughter
� 1. Kisscut Read: 1/5/23
� 2. A Faint Cold Fear Read: 1/14/23
� 3. Indelible Read: 2/10/23

January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023
You can read for all Prompts concurrently.
Read 3 books of 1 author
The intent behind this is to read an author's works other than their most popular/well-known series etc.
Author: Alice Hoffman
1. The World That We Knew, Alice Hoffman, 22 Jan 2023 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
2. Skylight Confessions, Alice Hoffman, 28 Jan 2023⭐️⭐️⭐️
3. Practical Magic, Alice Hoffman, 29 Jan 2023⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Siren Queen completed Jan 13
The Chosen and the Beautiful completed Feb 8
Into the Riverlands completed Jan 25

Prompt 3: Third time's the charm
Read 3 books by 1 author - pref not series books
Uneasy Money by P.G. Wodehouse, 23 Mar 23
The Adventures of Sally by P.G. Wodehouse, 6 Jul 23
A Damsel in Distress by P.G. Wodehouse, 9 Jul 23

Read 3 books by 1 author.
Probably Kristen Ashley
Until the Sun Falls from the Sky 1/25/23
The Golden Dynasty 2/16/23
Rock Chick Revolution 4/6/23
My author pick will be Charlie N. Holmberg
Veins of Gold -Read 01/04
The Will and the Wilds -Read 01/06
Magic Bitter, Magic Sweet -Read 01/08
Veins of Gold -Read 01/04
The Will and the Wilds -Read 01/06
Magic Bitter, Magic Sweet -Read 01/08

3 books by one author
My author will be James Patterson
1) Cross Justice
2) Criss Cross
3) Deadly Cross

Joseph Finder
1. Power Play - Completed 2/18/23
2. Paranoia - Completed 2/18/23
3. Judgment- Completed 2/19/23

Renée Ahdieh
1. The Moth & the Flame
2. The Crown & the Arrow
3. The Mirror & the Maze

1. Persuasion
2. Northanger Abbey
3. Pride and Prejudice OR Sense and Sensibility
I have read Pride and prejudice many times so that may not be the aim of this prompt


Read 3 books of 1 author
Series mini binge is ok but the intent behind this is to read an author's works other than their most popular/well-known series etc.
Author ~ Geraldine Brooks
People of the Book
Caleb's Crossing
March

DONE: 3/3
Elizabeth Hunter
1. The Dancer and the Dark, 1/3/23, 4 stars
2. Saint's Passage, 1/22/23, 3.5 stars
3. Pearl Sky, 4/29/23, 4 stars

January - December 2023 � COMPLETE
My Prompt 3 Plan (msg 26)
Prompt🔹Read 3 books of 1 author
Series mini binge is ok but the intent behind this is to read an author's works other than their most popular/well-known series etc.
author🔹Rebecca Zanetti



Laurel Snow🔹You Can Run🔹02.11 ★★★★
Blood Brothers🔹Lethal Lies🔹01.15 ★★★★
Scorpius Syndrome🔹Shadow Falling🔹09.10 ★★★★

Excellent choice, Rosalynn, she's a great author.
I also want to read Bradbury.
1. Dandelion Wine (1/26)
2. Green Shadows, White Whale: A Novel of Ray Bradbury's Adventures Making Moby Dick with John Huston in Ireland (4/3)
3. The Halloween Tree (10/16)
1. Dandelion Wine (1/26)
2. Green Shadows, White Whale: A Novel of Ray Bradbury's Adventures Making Moby Dick with John Huston in Ireland (4/3)
3. The Halloween Tree (10/16)

Marcy Dermansky
The Red Car
Twins
Very Nice
Hurricane Girl
Other options:
Sherman Alexie
Cristina Alger
Emily Arsenault
Lucy Atkins
Margaret Atwood
Paul Auster
Jesse Ball
Julian Barnes
Belinda Bauer
Kimberly Belle
Laura van den Berg
Nickolas Butler
Harlan Coben
Michael Crummey
Rachel Cusk
Christina Dalcher
Ellis wrote: "I also want to read Ray Bradbury.
Dandelion Wine
The Martian Chronicles
The Complete Poems of Ray Bradbury"
Ellis, I really like his writing!
Dandelion Wine
The Martian Chronicles
The Complete Poems of Ray Bradbury"
Ellis, I really like his writing!

This is a nice way to discover if you like an author or read something by an author you like
Emily Childs
Don't Marry the Mechanic (Debutante Rules #1) [12-jan-2023] ★★★★
Our New Song (For Love and Rock #4) [14-jan-2023] ★★★★
The Curveball (The Vegas Kings #2) [23-jan-2023] ★★�




Read - 0/3
Since I'm trying to get back into reading, I'm wanting things this year to be simple. I'm choosing all my books from a list of 60 or so books for the year. That leaves me with a series to read since its the only option on my list.
Philip Pullman
1. The Golden Compass
2. The Subtle Knife
3. The Amber Spyglass

3 books by the same author
Aimee Nicole Walker
1. A Dye Hard Holiday 1-22-23
2. Someone to Call My Own 1-22-23
3. Unscripted Love 1-22-23

#3 3 on 3
3 books by the same author but not a seeiesRiley Sager
✔️1. The House Across the Lake
3/2 🌟🌟🌟🌟
✔️ 2.Final Girls
13/3 🌟🌟
✔️3.Home Before Dark
11/3 🌟🌟🌟🌟

Prompt #3 - Read 3 books by 1 author
Author- Agatha Christie
1.And Then There Were None 1/23/23
2.Sparkling Cyanide 2/5/23
3.4:50 from Paddington 8/12/23
Books mentioned in this topic
You Can Run (other topics)Murder at the Vicarage (other topics)
Murder on the Orient Express (other topics)
The Halloween Tree (other topics)
Portrait of the Duke (other topics)
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Alexa Aston (other topics)Stephanie Laurens (other topics)
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Alice Hoffman (other topics)
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Series mini binge is ok but the intent behind this is to read an author's works other than their most popular/well-known series etc.