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Time for a serial read!

This challenge runs from July 01, 2023 - December 31, 2023.

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.

1. Read 3 books by the same author (could be multiple series)
Anglesey Blue
Doll Face
Shadow Soul

2. Read 3 books set on three different continents.
Gold of Our Fathers (Africa)
Fourth Day (USA - North America)
The Venetian Game (Europe)

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).
Untimely Death (1958)
Moord op Kroonbaai (1945)
Diabolic Candelabra (1942)

6. Read 3 books from three different series set in the same country. (Wales)
Lines of Inquiry
A Body at the Farmhouse
Unholy Island

Going for Goldilocks...

Total 15/15

1. Read 3 books by the same author (could be multiple series)
Author: Nikki Haverstock
* Death on the Range
* Death at the Summit
* Of Murders and Mages

6. Read 3 books from three different series set in the same country.
* Fix You
* One Tequila
* Snow Magic

7. Read 3 books with a 3 word title including the words A, An or The.
* Winner Takes All
* Captured In Ink
* Ménage My Bosses: A MFM Menage Romance

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)
* Only for Her Dragon / Julia Mills
* Gathering Tinder / Julie Wetzel
* Billionaire's Bun in the Oven / Jenna Gunn

9. Read 3 third books from 3 different series
* Break My Fall
* The Pit List Murder
* Fiona's Homecoming

15/15
Goldilocks Done! (Thank goodness for summer hols!)

1. Read 3 books by the same author (could be multiple series)Mildred Abbott
Cruel Candy
Traitorous Toys
Bickering Birds

2. Read 3 books set on three different continents.
UK: Born in a Burial Gown
Australia: Outback
US: A Sharp Solitude

6. Read 3 books from three different series set in the same country.
England : The Nothing Girl Jodi Taylor (Nothing Girl #1)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
No More Lies (Tom Douglas #11)

Scotland: Like a Curse Elle McNicoll (Like a Charm #2)
The Redemption of Alexander Seaton (Alexander Seaton #1) Shona MacLean

7. Read 3 books with a 3 word title including the words A, An or The.
These Honored Dead
Witches on Parole
Murder in Chianti

9. Read 3 third books from 3 different series
A Harvest Murder Frances Evesham
The Weight of Night Christine Carbo
An Ice Cold Grave Charlaine Harris

1. Read 3 books by the same author (could be multiple series)
*Dark Lover

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.

Done

Congrats, Jennifer!

Well done, Nadine!

Papa Bear done!

Excellent Carolien ;-)

Well done

Goldilocks done!

2. Read 3 books set on three different continents.
ASIA Russia: To the Centre of the Earth [Centre of the Earth #1] by Greig Beck
EUROPE: The Flood by Kristina Ohlsson, Marlaine Delargy [translator] - Frederika Bergman and Alex Recht #6
NORTH AMERICA: Partials [Partials Sequence #1] by Dan Wells

3. Read 3 books by 3 different authors born in the same decade.
70s: The Flood by Kristina Ohlsson, Marlaine Delargy [translator] - Frederika Bergman and Alex Recht #6
70s: Partials [Partials Sequence #1] by Dan Wells
70s: The Secret Hours by Santa Montefiore [Deverill Chronicles #4]

7. Read 3 books with a 3 word title including the words A, An or The.
The Flood by Kristina Ohlsson, Marlaine Delargy [translator] - Frederika Bergman and Alex Recht #6
The Engine House [DCI Evan Warlow #1] by Rhys Dylan
The Secret Hours by Santa Montefiore [Deverill Chronicles #4]
A Court of Frost and Starlight {ACOTAR #3.5] by Sarah J. Maas
The Stolen Hours [Wild Isles #2] by Karen Swan

9. Read 3 third books from 3 different series
Ice Cold Malice [DCI Evan Warlow # 3] by Rhys Dylan
A Court of Winds and Ruin ACORAR # 3 by Sarah J. Maas
Judgement Prey [Lucas Davenport #33] by John Sandford

10. Read 3 books set in the same season.
Summer: To the Centre of the Earth [Centre of the Earth #1] by Greig Beck
Summer: The Flood by Kristina Ohlsson, Marlaine Delargy [translator] - Frederika Bergman and Alex Recht #6
Summer: Caution Death at Work by Rhys Dylan [DCI Evan Warlow #2]
Summer: 70s: The Secret Hours by Santa Montefiore [Deverill Chronicles #4]

Well done, Diane! What do you think of the Evan Warlow series by Rhys Dylan?

Carolien wrote: "Well done, Diane! What do you think of the Evan Warlow series by Rhys Dylan?"

I really enjoy his books, they're refreshing for the genre. Thanks for the recommendation.