Last year was the first time I participated in this challenge and I did very well. I was able to catch up and/or finish 9 series. I decided that I needed to participate again. There are so many series that I am in the middle of or started late and need to go back and read the books I missed.

Levels: There are 3 different “Celebrity” levels of achievement for this reading challenge:

  • C-LIST SERIES FINISHER ⇒ COMPLETE 1-4 SERIES.
  • B-LIST SERIES FINISHER ⇒ COMPLETE 5-8 SERIES.
  • A-LIST SERIES FINISHER ⇒ COMPLETE 9+ SERIES.

I am going to start at the B-List level and try to finish more series, but only time will tell. Head on over the Celebrity Readers to get all the details and link up your sign up post as well as reviews throughout the year.

As of December 31, 2023 I have completed 8 series, reading 28 books, I was successful in my quest to reach the B-List Series Finisher

✔✔✔✔ DI Kim Stone by Angela Marsons (Police Procedurals, Crime Thrillers with a great team approach and a damaged protagonist) – #16 Six Graves (2023/01/22), #17 Hidden Scars (2023/01/29), #18 Deadly Fate (2023/08/08), #19 Bad Blood (2023/12/12)

✔✔✔✔✔ Glass Bead Mysteries by Janice Peacock (Cozy Mysteries featuring a glass bead artist) #2 A Bead in the Hand (2023/01/24), #2.5 Be Still My Beading Heart (2023/02/14), #3 Off the Beadin’ Path (2023/01/31), #4 To Bead or Not To Bead (2023/02/14), #5 Born to Bead Wild (2023/02/16)

✔✔ Harold Fry Series by Rachel Joyce (A Story of how three lives connected and the heartbreak and love of those lives) #2 The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy (2023/03/10), #3 Maureen (2023/03/11)

✔✔✔✔✔ Daisy’s Tea Garden Mystery Series by Karen Rose Smith (Cozy Mystery series featuring Daisy Swanson who runs a Tea Garden Cafe with her aunt Iris. We also learn about her family along the way.) #6 Murder With Oolong Tea (2023-09-04), #7 Murder With Orange Pekoe Tea (2023-09-12), #8 Murder With Darjeeling Tea (2023-11-26), #9 Murder with Earl Grey Tea (2023-12-20), #10 Murder with Chocolate Tea (2023-12-21)

✔✔✔✔✔Bree Taggert Series: Bree Taggart a Philadelphia homicide detective had returned home to her small town to take care of her nieces and nephew after the death of her sister. She is now the Sheriff. #3 Drown Her Sorrows (2023-04-15) #4 Right Behind Her (2023-05-04), #5 Dead Against Her (2023-05-08), #6 Lie To Her (2023-07-30), #7 Catch Her Breath (2023-10-25)

✔✔✔John Mills Amish Romance: A family was devastated when their parents were killed by a stalker. Each book is the story of one of the siblings. #1 Shelter in the Storm (2023-05-28), #3 Courage in the Storm (2023-08-28), #4 Home From the Storm (2023-12-)

✔✔✔✔A Five-Ingredient Mystery Series: Val Deniston has moved to Bayport near the Chesapeake Bay after a car accident ended her career as a cookbook publicist in New York. She has moved in with her grandfather to help him save his home. She operates a cafe and does catering on the side. Her grandfather is the codger cook, publishing five-ingredient recipes in his newspaper column adapting them from Val’s recipes. Together they solve murders. #2 Scam Chowder (2023-09-29), #7 Gingerdead Man (2023-10-21), #8 Bake-Offed (2023-11-09), #8 A Parfait Crime (2023-11-01)

✔✔Butterfly Bayou: This is a series of romance stories connected by the setting of Louisiana’s Butterfly Bayou. #4 Bayou Beauty (2023-05-17), #5 Bayou Sweetheart (2023-04-18), #Bayou Beloved

✔✔Irish Village Mysteries: Each and every book of this mystery series is set in a small village called Kilbane in County Cork, Ireland. Siobhan is the eldest among the six O’Sullivan children and the owner of Naomi’s bistro. After the death of her parents in a car accident, Siobhan has looked after her 5 siblings and keeps getting involved in murder mysteries and uses her sleuthing skills to get to solve them before time runs out, eventually becoming a garda. #7 Murder in an Irish Bookshop (2023-04-21), #8 Murder on an Irish Farm (2023-04-22), #9 Murder at an Irish Bakery, #9.5 Halloween Cupcake Murder

True Colors by various authors (Historical Fiction Stories of True American Crime, Christian): #7 Black Midnight, #9 The Gold Digger, #10 The Purple Nightgown, #11 The Silver Shadow, #12 The Scarlet Pen ( 5 to go)

Mattie Winston Mysteries by Annelise Ryan (Cozy Mystery with protagonist Mattie Winston, a nurse turned deputy coroner, in the fictional small town of Sorenson, Wisconsin): #6 Stiff Penalty, #8 Dead in The Water, #9 Dead Calm, #10 Dead of Winter, #11 Dead Ringer, #12 Dead Even (6 to go)

DI Helen Grace by M.J. Arlidge (Crime Thrillers: Helen Grace, a detective inspector in the south of England): #4 Liar, Liar, #5 Little Boy Blue, #6 Hide and Seek, #7 Love Me Not, #8 Down To The Woods, #9 All Fall Down, #10 Truth or Dare, #11 Cat and Mouse (8 to go)

✔Rescue Me by Debbie Burns (Romance set in a small town, all books involve rescue animals): #2 Sit, Stay, Love (2023-10-14) #5 Head Over Paws, #6 To Be Loved By You, #7 You’re My Home (3 to go)

A Life Without by Marci Bolden (Women’s Fiction, Romance, Family, Drama): #2 A Life Without Flowers #3 A Life Without Regrets (2 to go)

How about you? Do you have series you want to finish? Join in!