Series Catch-Up 2023

 

Series Catch-Up
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Dates: Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2023

Summary of details/rules:

Read a book that is part of a series. Earn points. 
Point system:
+1 point if book is a continuation of a series
+3 points if book is the latest volume of an incomplete series
+5 points if a book is the final volume of a complete series
+1 point if you RE-READ a book in order to continue a series (i.e. you decide to read #5 again to refresh your memory before reading #6)
-0.5 point for a Re-Read just for the fun of it 
-1 point for a new series you start in 2023 (if you continue the series, it earns points the same way as any pre-2023 series)

I do NOT have an Instagram account so I am just doing this challenge for myself and will not be reporting it anywhere except here.

My Year End Goal: 20 
My Score: +57.5

• Ellery Adams ~ Charmed Pie Shoppe series +5
• +1 Pecan Pies and Homicides (#3 cont.)
• +1 Lemon Pies and Little White Lies (#4 cont.)
• +3 Breach Of Crust (#5 latest)
• Ellery Adams ~ Secret, Book, & Scone Society series +6
• +1 The Whispering Word (#2 cont.)
• +1 The Book Of Candlelight (#3 cont.) 
• +1 Ink & Shadows (#4 cont.)
• +3 The Vanishing Type (#5 latest)
• Esme Addison ~ Enchanted Bay series 0
• -1 A Spell For Trouble (#1 1st read) 
• +1 A Hex For Danger (#2 cont.)
• Susan Wittig Albert ~ Darling Dahlias series +4
• +1 The Darling Dahlias and the Naked Ladies (#2 cont.) 
• +1 The Darling Dahlias and the Confederate Rose (#3 cont.)
• +1 The Darling Dahlias and the Texas Star (#4 cont.)
• +1 The Darling Dahlias and the Silver Dollar Bush (#5 cont.)
• Katherine Arden ~ Small Spaces series +1
• +1 Dead Voices (#2 cont.)
• Bree Baker ~ Seaside Cafe series +8
• +1 A Call For Kelp (#4 cont.)
• +1 Closely Harbored Secrets (#5 cont.) 
• +1 Partners In Lime (#6 cont.) 
• +5 Pleading The Fish (#7 final) 
• David Baldacci ~ Camel Club series -1 
• -1 The Camel Club (#1 1st read)
• M.C. Beaton ~ Agatha Raisin series +2
• +1 Down The Hatch (#32 cont.)
• +1 Agatha Raisin and the Day The Floods Came (#12 cont.)
• Heather Blake ~ Wishcraft series +6
• +1 To Catch A Witch (#8 cont.) 
• +5 A Witch To Remember (#9 final) 
• Alan Bradley ~ Flavia deLuce series +5
• +5 The Curious Case of the Copper Corpse (#6.5 last to read)
• Ellie Brannigan ~ Irish Castle -1
• -1 Murder at an Irish Castle (#1 1st read)
• Christin Brecher ~ Nantucket Candle Maker -1
• -1 Murder's No Votive Confidence (#1 1st read)
• Lynn Cahoon ~ Kitchen Witch series +0
• -1 One Poison Pie (#1 1st read)
• +1 Murder 101 (#1.5 cont.)
• Agatha Christie ~ Hercule Poirot series  +4
• +1 Three Act Tragedy (#11 cont.) 
• +1 Cards On The Table (#15 cont.)
• +1 Appointment With Death (#19 cont.)
• +1 Three Blind Mice and Other Stories (ss cont.)
• Agatha Christie ~ Miss Marple series -1
• -1 The Tuesday Night Club (ss 1st read)
• Agatha Christie ~ Parker Pyne series -1
• -1 The Case of the Middle-Aged Wife (ss 1st read)
• Mary Higgins Clark ~ Where Are The Children? series -1
• -1 Where Are The Children? (#1 1st read)
• Ann Cleeves ~ Shetland Island series +1
  
• +1 Blue Lightning (#4 cont.)
• C.J. Connor ~ Board Game Shop series +2
• +2 Board to Death (#1 1st read -1 and latest +3)
• Tania del Rio ~ Warren the 13th series -1
• -1 Warren The 13th and the All-Seeing Eye (#1 1st read)
• Carrie Doyle ~ Trouble In Paradise series -1
• -1 It Takes Two To Mango (#1 1st read) 
• Janet Evanovich ~ Fox & O'Hare +1
• +1 The Scam (#4 cont.)
• R.D. Ferguson ~ Possible Magic series -1
• -1 The Princess, The Knight, & The Knave (#1 1st read) 
• Amanda Flower ~ Magical Bookshop series +1
• -1 Crime And Poetry (#1 1st read)
• +1 Prose and Cons (#2 cont.)
• +1 Murders and Metaphors (#3 cont.)
• Joanne Fluke ~ Hannah Swenson/Cookie Jar series +2
• +1 Fudge Cupcake Murder (#5 cont.)
• +1 Christmas Caramel Murder (#20 cont.)
• Eva Gates ~ Lighthouse Library series +1
• +1 The Spook In The Stacks (#4 cont.)
• Neil Gaiman ~ The Graveyard Book series +4
• -1 The Graveyard Book Vol. 1 (#1 1st read)
• +5 The Graveyard Book Vol. 2 (#2 last)
• Darci Hannah ~ Beacon Bakeshop series +6 
• -1 Murder At The Beacon Bakeshop (#1 1st read)
• +1 Murder At The Christmas Cookie Bake-Off (#2 cont.)
• +3 Murder At The Blueberry Festival (#3 latest)
• +3 Murder At The Pumpkin Pageant (#4 latest)
• Nicole Helm ~ Big Sky Cowboy series -1
• -1 True-Blue Cowboy Christmas (#3 1st read)
• Bobbi Holmes ~ Haunting Danielle (1-10 read) +3
• +1 The Ghost and The Muse (#10 reread)
• +1 The Ghost Who Stayed Home (#11 cont.)
• +1 The Ghost and the Leprechaun (#12 cont.)
• Anthony Horowitz ~ Hawthorne & Holowitz series -1
• -1 The Word Is Murder (#1 1st read)
• Joe Ide ~ IQ series -1
• -1 IQ (#1 1st read)
• Holly Jackson ~ A Good Girl's Guide to Murder series +0
• -1 Kill Joy (#0.5 1st read)
• +1 A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (#1 cont.)
• Eloisa James ~ Pleasures series -1
• -1 Midnight Pleasures (#2 1st read)
• Tonya Kappes ~ Campers & Criminals series +1
• +1 Jackets, Jack-O-Lanterns, and Justice (#22 cont.) 
• Jeff Kinney ~ Diary of a Wimpy Kid series 0
• -1 Diary of A Wimpy Kid (#1 1st read)
• +1 Rodrick Rules (#2 cont.)
• William Kent Krueger ~ Cork O'Connor series -1
• -1 Lightning Strike (#18/prequel 1st read)
• Zara Lisbon ~ Fake Plastic Girl +5
• +5 Fake Plastic World (#2 final)
• Elizabeth Logan ~ Alaskan Diner series +2
• +2 Mousse and Murder (#1 1st read -1 but also latest +3)
• Will Mabbitt ~ Mabel Jones series -1
• -1 The Unlikely Adventures of Mabel Jones (#1 1st read)
• G.M. Malliet ~ Max Tudor series -1
• -1 Wicked Autumn (#1 1st read)  
• Mia P. Manansala ~ Tita Rosie's Kitchen series -1
• -1 Arsenic and Adobo (#1 1st read)
• Jenn McKinlay ~ Hat Shop series +1
• +1 Assault and Beret (#5 cont.) 
• Leslie Meier ~ Lucy Stone series -1
• -1 Birthday Party Murder (#9 1st read)
• Meg Muldoon ~ Christmas River series -1
• -1 Murder in Christmas River (#1 1st read)
• Carlene O'Connor ~ Irish Village series +1
• +1 Murder In An Irish Village (#1 cont.)
• Gregg Olsen ~ Waterman & Stark series -1
• -1 The Bone Box (#1 1st read)
• Alice Oseman ~ Heartstopper series +0
• -1 Heartstopper Vol. 1 (#1 1st read)
• +1 Heartstopper Vol. 2 (#2 cont.)
• Gigi Pandian ~ Secret Staircase series +3
• +3 The Raven Thief (#2 latest release)
• James Patterson ~ Caleb Rooney series -1
• -1 Killer Chef (#0.5 1st read)
• James Patterson ~ Middle School series -1
• -1 The Worst Years of My Life (#1 1st read)
• James Patterson ~ Mitchum Story series -1
  
• -1 Hidden (#1 1st read)
• Carol J. Perry ~ Witch City series -1
• -1 Bells, Spells, and Murders (#7 1st read)
• Robert Pobi ~ Lucas Page series -1
• -1 City of Windows (#1 1st read)
• Tirzah Price ~ Jane Austen Murder series -1
• -1 Pride and Premonition (#1 1st read)
• Cherie Priest ~ Borden Dispatch series -1
• -1 Maplecroft (#1 1st read)
• Spencer Quinn ~ Chet & Bernie series -1
• -1 A Cat Was Involved (#0.5 1st read)
• Mallory Reaves ~ Kilala Princess - Rescue the Village with Mulan series +6
• -1 Vol. 1 (1st read)
• +1 Vol. 2 (cont.)
• +1 Vol. 3 (cont.)
• +5 Vol. 4 (final)
• Ransom Riggs ~ Peculiar Children series +5
• +5 Tales of the Peculiar (#0.5 last to read)
• Maggie Sefton ~ Knitting series +2
• +0.5 Needled To Death (#2 reread buddy) 
• +0.5 A Deadly Yarn (#3 reread buddy) 
• +1 Fleece Navidad (#6 cont.) 
• K.M. Shea ~ Entwined Tales -1
• -1 A Goose Girl (#1 1st read)
• Karin Slaughter ~ The Good Daughter series -1
• -1 Last Breath (#0.5 1st read)
• Karin Slaughter ~ Grant County -1
• -1 Blindsighted (#1 1st read)
• Karin Slaughter ~ Pretty Girls +1.5
• +1 Pretty Girls  
• +0.5 Blonde Hair, Blue Eyes (PQ reread) 
• Erin Sterling ~ The Ex Hex series -1
• -1 The Ex Hex (#1 1st read)
• Lisa Unger ~ The Hallows series (read in any order) +1
• +1 Fragile (#1 cont.) 
• +1 Darkness, My Old Friend (#2 cont.)
• -1 Crazy Love You (#4 1st read) 
• Nghi Vo ~ Singing Hills Cycle series -1
• -1 The Empress of Salt and Fortune (#1 1st read)
• Nancy Warren ~ Vampire Knitting series -1
• -1 Tangles and Treason (#0.5 1st read)
• Qiu Xiaolong ~ Inspector Chen series +1
• +1 The Mao Case (#6 cont.) 
• Various Authors, Mason Falls series -1
• -1 The House by Raelyn Drake (#1 1st read)
• Various Authors, Twisted Tale series +0
• -1 Unbirthday by Liz Braswell (1st read any order)
• +1 So This Is Love by Elizabeth Lim

Series started prior to Jan 2023, need to continue

• Victoria Abbot ~ Book Collector series (1-2 read)
• Boris Akunin ~ Erast Fandorin (1 read)
• Liz S. Andrews ~ Harley Hendricks (1-2 read)
• David Baldacci ~ Amos Decker (1-6 read  7 just released)
• A.G. Barnett ~ Brock & Poole (1 read)
• Lorna Barrett ~ Booktown (1 read)
• Laura Gail Black ~ Antique Bookshop (1 read)
• Juliet Blackwell ~ Haunted Home (1-2 read)
• Lawrence Block ~ Chip Harrison (#4 read)
• Stephanie Bond ~ Body Movers (0.5-2 read)
• Laura Bradford ~ Friend For Hire (1 read, 2 just released)
• Julia Buckley ~ Witness Apprentice (1 read)
• Bailey Cates ~ Magical Bakery (1 read)
• Michael Connelly ~ (#14.5 read out of order)
• Patricia Cornwell ~ Kay Scarpetta (#4 read out of order)
• Mary Daheim ~ Emma Lord (#24 out of order)
• Kenley Davidson ~ Andari Chronicles (#2-3 read)
• Maddie Day ~ (1 read out of order)
• Vicki Delany ~ Sherlock Holmes Bookshop (1 read)
• Leighann Dobbs ~ Blackmoore Sisters (1 read)
• Alex Erickson ~ (1 read out of order)
• Amanda Flower ~ Amish Candy Shop (1 read)
• Chanda Hahn ~ Daughters of Eville (1 read)
• Charlaine Harris ~ Harper Connelly (1 read)
• Thomas Harris ~ Hannibal Lecter (1 read)
• Louise R. Innes ~ Daisy Thorne (1 read)
• Stuart M. Kaminsky ~ Toby Peters (1-3 read)
• Karen MacInerney ~ Gray Whale Inn (1 read)
• Jenn McKinlay ~ Cupcake Bakery (1 read)
• Karen McManus ~ One of Us Is Lying (1-2 read 3rd ??)
• Kate Alice Marshall ~ Thirteens (1 read)
• Ann M. Martin ~ Doll People (1 read)
• Nancy Mehl ~ Kealy Quinn Profiler (#2 read out of order)
• James Patterson ~ When the Wind Blows (1 read)
• Carol J. Perry ~ Haunted Haven (1 read, 2 just released)
• Ellery Queen ~ Jack Vance (1 read)
• Nora Roberts ~ In The Garden (1 read)
• Annelise Ryan ~ Mattie Winston (1 read 2 just released)
• Karin Slaughter ~ Andrea Oliver (#2 read)
• Karin Slaughter ~ Will Trent (2 read out of order)
• Lemony Snicket ~ Suspicious Incidents (1 read)
• Fran Stewart ~ ScotShop (1-3 read)
• Eleanor Updale ~ Montmorency (1 read)
• Alaina Urquhart ~ The Butcher and the Wren (1 read 2 CS)
• Judith Van Gieson ~ Neil Hamel (1 read)
• Gertrude Chandler Warner ~ Boxcar Children (1 read)
• Lilian Watts ~ Theatrical Cozy (1 read)
• Tina Whittle ~ Tai Randolph (1-2 read)