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

Caraina FINISHED
Crystal FINISHED

Frankie FINISHED

Genevieve

Jackie FINISHED
JoAnne FINISHED

Kendra FINISHED

Lali & Michelle FINISHED

Meghana FINISHED
Melissa A FINISHED

Olivermagnus FINISHED

RaeRae

Shash FINISHED
Suzanne

Tari FINISHED

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

My List:
Heart of Curiosities Karice Bolton 7/1/24 (Curiosity Bay #1)
Melt for Him Lauren Blakely 7/14/24 (Fighting Fire #2)
Dare Me Tonight Carly Phillips 7/6/24 (The Knight Brothers #3)

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

12/12 Completed. Finished

1.FBI Task Force S.W.O.R.D. #1:The Fifth Victim-D.D. Black 7/12/24
2.Before #2:Before This Ends-Aurora Rose Reynolds 7/12/24
3.KPD Motorcycle Patrol #3:I'd Rather Not-Lani Lynn Vale 7/01/24


1.Jim McGill #1:The President's Henchman-Joseph Flynn 7/06/24
2.Detective Amanda Steele #2:Stolen Daughters-Carolyn Arnold 7/06/24
3.Bennett Boys Ranch #3:Racing Hearts-Lauren Landish 7/10/24


1.Keera Duggan #1:Her Deadly Game-Robert Dugoni 7/14/24
2.Agent Tori Hunter #2:The Winter Girls-Roger Stelljes 7/19/24
Qq3.The Devil's Dust #3:The Fear That Divides Us-M.N. Forgy 7/11/24

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

#1 Josephina & Peach Mysteries A Baker's Body Dee May 7/3/24
#2 Bekki the Beautician Mysteries A Dyed Blonde and a Dead Body Cindy Bell 7/1/24
#3 Farm Fresh Cozy Mystery Produce Perpatrator Summer Prescott 7/3/24

#1 Lily Sprayberry Mysteries Escrowbar Holder Carolyn Ridder Aspenson 7/6/24
#2 Copper Ridge Mysteries Murder on the Mountain Amy Grundy 7/10/24
#3 Josephina and Peach Mysteries A Peril in the Pines Dee May 7/13/24

#1 Hummingbird Hollow B&B Murder on Devil's Pond Ayla Rose 7/9/24
#2 Josephina and Peach Mysteries A Disappearing Girl Dee May 7/12/24
#3 Copper Ridge Mysteries Murder in the Square Amy Grundy 7/14/24

#1 Copper Ridge Mysteries Murder Down the Hill Amy Grundy 7/9/24
#2 Ruby Tate Mysteries Shear Lies Ashleigh Quinn 7/18/24
#3 Baker Street Mysteries A Cup of Flour, A Pinch of Death Valerie Burns 7/22/24

#1 Buenaventura Beach Mysteries Marshmallow Milkshakes and Missing Persons Mindy Killgrove 7/16/24
#2 Tiny House Mysteries Caper Goes Missing Cynthia Hickey 7/24/24
#3 Small Town, Big Magic Mysteries Library Conundrum Ileana Munoz Renfroe 7/22/24

#1 Search and Rescue Cozies Sniffed Out Patti Benning 7/18/24
#2 Christie’s Flower Shoppe Mysteries Killer Wedding PJ Peterson 7/27/24
#3 Criminal Confections Mysteries A Game of Cake and Mousse Angela Mayble 7/25/24

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

3 of 3 Complete

1. Until Proven Guilty - J.A. Jance - 7/14/24 - #1 J. P. Beaumont
2. The Belle of Belgrave Square - Mimi Matthews - 7/3/24 - #2 Belles of London
3. Drown Her Sorrows - Melinda Leigh - 7/21/24 - #3 Bree Taggert

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

1. Knot My Type All Access #1
2.
3. There's No Business Like Mage Business Casino Witch Mysteries #3

Welcome Frankie, Tari, Lynda and RaeRae!

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

1. Sophie Kimball Mystery #1 Booked 4 Murder by J.C. Eaton 7/6/24

2. Writer's Apprentice #2 Death in Dark Blue by Julia Buckley 7/3/24

3. Lady Hardcastle #3 Death Around the Bend by T.E. Kinsey 7/11/24

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

1. Dare You by Ella Frank 7/3/2024 (Dare To Try)
2. Dizzy Spells by Morgana Best 7/1/2024 (The Kitchen Witch)
3,

Welcome Michelle and Genevieve!

FINISHED!!! JULY Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: July 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024
(07/17/24)

Series: 7
Books: 9
X The Expectant Detectives 1
X The Queen and I 1
XX Eilis Lacey 1 & 2
X The Guncle 2
XX Scottish Shire Mystery 2 & 3
X Country Store Mystery 3
X Library Lovers� Mystery 3

Set 1
(The Expectant Detectives 1) The Expectant Detectives Kat Ailes 07/01/24
(The Guncle 2) The Guncle Abroad Steven Rowley 07/11/24
(Scottish Shire Mystery 3) Murder at a Scottish Social Traci Hall 07/17/24

Set
(Eilis Lacey 1) Brooklyn Colm Tóibín 07/19/24
(Scottish Shire Mystery 2) Murder in a Scottish Garden Traci Hall 07/09/24
(Country Store Mystery 3) When the Grits Hit the Fan Maddie Day 07/21/24

Set
(The Queen and I 1) The Queen and I Sue Townsend 07/20/24
(Eilis Lacey 2) Long Island Colm Tóibín 07/20/24
(A Library Lovers� Mystery 3) Book, Line and Sinker Jenn McKinlay 07/22/24

Welcome Mel!

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

3/3

1. The Kamogawa Food Detectives by Hisashi Kashiwai - July 5th (The Kamogawa Food Detectives)
2. Xeni by Rebekah Weatherspoon - July 10th (Loose Ends)
3. Tidal Creatures by Seanan McGuire - July 20th (Alchemical Journeys)

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

1 Slow Dance in Purgatory by Amy Harmon - 7/4/24
2 Fairest by Chanda Hahn - 7/16/24
3 Taken at Dusk by C.C. Hunter - 7/8/24

1 Valor's Choice by Tanya Huff - 7/7/24
2 The Brothers of Baker Street by Michael Robertson - 7/23/24
3 Mission Hurricane by Jenny Goebel - 7/8/24

1 Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King - 7/9/24
2 What She Never Said by Catharine Riggs - 7/27/24
3 Silvertongue by Charlie Fletcher - 7/20/24

1 Death in the Memorial Garden by Kathie Deviny - 7/11/24
2 Lethal Bayou Beauty by Jana Deleon - 7/29/24

1 Death by a Honeybee by Abigail Keam - 7/11/24

1 Starboard Secrets by Hope Callaghan - 7/13/24

1 Maya and the Rising Dark by Rena Barron - 7/14/24

1 Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper by J.L. Bryan - 7/19/24

1 What She Gave Away by Catharine Riggs - 7/24/24

1 Louisiana Longshot by Jana Deleon - 7/25/24

1 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling - 7/25/24

1 Chasing Lady Midnight by C.L. Ragsdale - 7/27/24

Welcome Kendra and Jackie!

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

1. Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo by Obert Skye Leven Thumps #1 - 7/2
2. If Mashed Potatoes Could Dance by Paige Shelton Gram's Country Cooking School Mystery #2 - 7/13
3. The Unseen Guest by Maryrose Wood The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place #3 - 7/4

1. TimeRiders by Alex Scarrow TimeRiders #1 - 7/16
2.
3. The Pet and the Pendulum by Gordon McAlpine The Misadventures of Edgar & Allan Poe #3 - 7/17

1. A World Without Heroes by Brandon Mull Beyonders #1 - 7/23
2.
3. Fire and Ice by Mary Connealy Wild at Heart #3 - 7/28

Welcome Crystal!

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

Evenfall Witches B&B #1: In the Company of Witches by Auralee Wallace - **** - 7/25/2024 - 336 Pages
Coffeehouse Mystery, #2: Through the Grinder by Cleo Coyle - - 7/5/2024 - 270 Pages
Part of Your World, #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)]

Welcome Suzanne!

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

*You must read one of each: a 1st, a 2nd, and a 3rd book in a series. Tell us the name of the series.
*No more than 2 of the 3 books each month can be from the same series.

1. Undead and Unwed - MaryJanice Davidson 7/22/24 (Undead Series)
2. Curtsies & Conspiracies - Gail Carriger 7/5/24 (Finishing School Series)
3. Lightning in a Mirror - Jayne Ann Krentz 7/12/24 (Fogg Lake Series)

Easy As 1, 2, 3
July 2024

1. The Lying Game by Sara Jane Woodley (7/25/24) - The Brighton Brothers
2. The Mysterious Mr. Oliver by Emma Melbourne (7/17/24) - Miss Fleming
3. Of Sea and Song by Chanda Hahn (7/8/24) - Daughters of Eville

Welcome Caraina and Shash!

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

� 1. The Bullet That Missed - Thursday Murder Club #3 7/8/24
� 2. Everyone on this Train is a Suspect - Ernest Cunningham #2 7/12/24
� 3. Death and the Conjuror - A Spector Locked-Room Mystery #1 7/6/24

Welcome Meghana!

FINISHED

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

1. Sophie Kimball Mystery #1 Booked 4 Murder by J.C. Eaton 7/6/24

2. Writer's Apprentice #2 Death in Dark Blue by Julia Buckley 7/3/24

3. Lady Hardcastle #3 Death Around the Bend by T.E. Kinsey 7/11/24

WOOHOO Michelle!

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

My List:
Heart of Curiosities Karice Bolton 7/1/24 (Curiosity Bay #1)
Melt for Him Lauren Blakely 7/14/24 (Fighting Fire #2)
Dare Me Tonight Carly Phillips 7/6/24 (The Knight Brothers #3)

Finished

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

3/3

1. The Kamogawa Food Detectives by Hisashi Kashiwai - July 5th (The Kamogawa Food Detectives)
2. Xeni by Rebekah Weatherspoon - July 10th (Loose Ends)
3. Tidal Creatures by Seanan McGuire - July 20th (Alchemical Journeys)

WOOHOO Kendra!

FINISHED!!! JULY Easy As 1, 2, 3 Monthly Challenge
Duration: July 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024
(07/17/24)

Series: 7
Books: 9
X The Expectant Detectives 1
X The Queen and I 1
XX Eilis Lacey 1 & 2
X The Guncle 2
XX Scottish Shire Mystery 2 & 3
X Country Store Mystery 3
X Library Lovers� Mystery 3

Set 1
(The Expectant Detectives 1) The Expectant Detectives Kat Ailes 07/01/24
(The Guncle 2) The Guncle Abroad Steven Rowley 07/11/24
(Scottish Shire Mystery 3) Murder at a Scottish Social Traci Hall 07/17/24

Set
(Eilis Lacey 1) Brooklyn Colm Tóibín 07/19/24
(Scottish Shire Mystery 2) Murder in a Scottish Garden Traci Hall 07/09/24
(Country Store Mystery 3) When the Grits Hit the Fan Maddie Day 07/21/24

Set
(The Queen and I 1) The Queen and I Sue Townsend 07/20/24
(Eilis Lacey 2) Long Island Colm Tóibín 07/20/24
(A Library Lovers� Mystery 3) Book, Line and Sinker Jenn McKinlay 07/22/24

WOOHOO Mel!

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

12/12 Completed. Finished

1.FBI Task Force S.W.O.R.D. #1:The Fifth Victim-D.D. Black 7/12/24
2.Before #2:Before This Ends-Aurora Rose Reynolds 7/12/24
3.KPD Motorcycle Patrol #3:I'd Rather Not-Lani Lynn Vale 7/01/24


1.Jim McGill #1:The President's Henchman-Joseph Flynn 7/06/24
2.Detective Amanda Steele #2:Stolen Daughters-Carolyn Arnold 7/06/24
3.Bennett Boys Ranch #3:Racing Hearts-Lauren Landish 7/10/24


1.Keera Duggan #1:Her Deadly Game-Robert Dugoni 7/14/24
2.Agent Tori Hunter #2:The Winter Girls-Roger Stelljes 7/19/24
Qq3.The Devil's Dust #3:The Fear That Divides Us-M.N. Forgy 7/11/24

WOOHOO Frankie!

~~~ Complete ~~~

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

3 of 3 Complete

1. Until Proven Guilty - J.A. Jance - 7/14/24 - #1 J. P. Beaumont
2. The Belle of Belgrave Square - Mimi Matthews - 7/3/24 - #2 Belles of London
3. Drown Her Sorrows - Melinda Leigh - 7/21/24 - #3 Bree Taggert

WOOHOO Lynda!

Finished

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

#1 Josephina & Peach Mysteries A Baker's Body Dee May 7/3/24
#2 Bekki the Beautician Mysteries A Dyed Blonde and a Dead Body Cindy Bell 7/1/24
#3 Farm Fresh Cozy Mystery Produce Perpatrator Summer Prescott 7/3/24

#1 Lily Sprayberry Mysteries Escrowbar Holder Carolyn Ridder Aspenson 7/6/24
#2 Copper Ridge Mysteries Murder on the Mountain Amy Grundy 7/10/24
#3 Josephina and Peach Mysteries A Peril in the Pines Dee May 7/13/24

#1 Hummingbird Hollow B&B Murder on Devil's Pond Ayla Rose 7/9/24
#2 Josephina and Peach Mysteries A Disappearing Girl Dee May 7/12/24
#3 Copper Ridge Mysteries Murder in the Square Amy Grundy 7/14/24

#1 Copper Ridge Mysteries Murder Down the Hill Amy Grundy 7/9/24
#2 Ruby Tate Mysteries Shear Lies Ashleigh Quinn 7/18/24
#3 Baker Street Mysteries A Cup of Flour, A Pinch of Death Valerie Burns 7/22/24

#1 Buenaventura Beach Mysteries Marshmallow Milkshakes and Missing Persons Mindy Killgrove 7/16/24
#2 Tiny House Mysteries Caper Goes Missing Cynthia Hickey 7/24/24
#3 Small Town, Big Magic Mysteries Library Conundrum Ileana Munoz Renfroe 7/22/24

#1 Search and Rescue Cozies Sniffed Out Patti Benning 7/18/24
#2 Christie’s Flower Shoppe Mysteries Killer Wedding PJ Peterson 7/27/24
#3 Criminal Confections Mysteries A Game of Cake and Mousse Angela Mayble 7/25/24

WOOHOO Tari!

JoAnne wrote: "WOOHOO Tari!"

Thanks, JoAnne!

Finished.

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

1 Slow Dance in Purgatory by Amy Harmon - 7/4/24
2 Fairest by Chanda Hahn - 7/16/24
3 Taken at Dusk by C.C. Hunter - 7/8/24

1 Valor's Choice by Tanya Huff - 7/7/24
2 The Brothers of Baker Street by Michael Robertson - 7/23/24
3 Mission Hurricane by Jenny Goebel - 7/8/24

1 Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King - 7/9/24
2 What She Never Said by Catharine Riggs - 7/27/24
3 Silvertongue by Charlie Fletcher - 7/20/24

WOOHOO Jackie!

Finished

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

� 1. The Bullet That Missed - Thursday Murder Club #3 7/8/24
� 2. Everyone on this Train is a Suspect - Ernest Cunningham #2 7/12/24
� 3. Death and the Conjuror - A Spector Locked-Room Mystery #1 7/6/24

FINISHED!!

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

1. Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo by Obert Skye Leven Thumps #1 - 7/2
2. If Mashed Potatoes Could Dance by Paige Shelton Gram's Country Cooking School Mystery #2 - 7/13
3. The Unseen Guest by Maryrose Wood The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place #3 - 7/4

1. TimeRiders by Alex Scarrow TimeRiders #1 - 7/16
2.
3. The Pet and the Pendulum by Gordon McAlpine The Misadventures of Edgar & Allan Poe #3 - 7/17

1. A World Without Heroes by Brandon Mull Beyonders #1 - 7/23
2.
3. Fire and Ice by Mary Connealy Wild at Heart #3 - 7/28

WOOHOO Meghana and Crystal!

Finished! :)

Easy As 1, 2, 3
July 2024

1. The Lying Game by Sara Jane Woodley (7/25/24) - The Brighton Brothers
2. The Mysterious Mr. Oliver by Emma Melbourne (7/17/24) - Miss Fleming
3. Of Sea and Song by Chanda Hahn (7/8/24) - Daughters of Eville

WOOHOO Shash!

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

*You must read one of each: a 1st, a 2nd, and a 3rd book in a series. Tell us the name of the series.
*No more than 2 of the 3 books each month can be from the same series.

1. Undead and Unwed - MaryJanice Davidson 7/22/24 (Undead Series)
2. Curtsies & Conspiracies - Gail Carriger 7/5/24 (Finishing School Series)
3. Lightning in a Mirror - Jayne Ann Krentz 7/12/24 (Fogg Lake Series)

WOOHOO Caraina!