Avid Series Reader: 2012

2013 New Year's Resolution Reading Challenge

Goal: Determined (2) - Accomplished!

Goal: Wonder Woman (16+) - Accomplished!

Goal: Sherlock Holmes (30+) - Accomplished!

Goal: Shamrock (4) - Accomplished!

Goals:
Series Started Before 2013: Seriously Serious (7-12) - Accomplished!

Emma Graham series by Martha Grimes (Fadeaway Girl)
Adam Dalgliesh series by P.D. James (The Lighthouse, The Private Patient)
Charlotte & Thomas Pitt series by Anne Perry (Dorchester Terrace)
Detective John Rebus series by Ian Rankin (Exit Music)
William Monk series by Anne Perry (A Sunless Sea)
Anna Pigeon series by Nevada Barr (Burn, The Rope)
Andy Brazil series by Patricia Cornwell (Isle of Dogs)
Christmas mystery series by Anne Perry (A Christmas Grace, A Christmas Garland)
Lucas Davenport series by John Sandford (Wicked Prey, Storm Prey, Buried Prey, Stolen Prey)
Coffeehouse series by Cleo Coyle (A Brew to a Kill, Holiday Buzz)
Rizzoli & Isles series by Tess Gerritsen (The Keepsake, Ice Cold, The Silent Girl)

Series Started In 2013: Semi-Serious (1-6) - Accomplished!

Gray Whale Inn series by Karen MacInerney (Murder on the Rocks, Dead and Berried, Murder Most Maine, Berried to the Hilt)
Troy Chance series by Sara J. Henry (Learning to Swim, A Cold and Lonely Place)
Dr. Thomas Silkstone series by Tessa Harris (The Anatomist's Apprentice, The Dead Shall Not Rest)
Melanie Middleton series by Karen White (The House on Tradd Street, The Girl on Legare Street, The Strangers on Montagu Street)
Port Chatham series by P.J. Alderman (Haunting Jordan, Ghost Ship)
Maria Kallio series by Leena Lehtolainen (My First Murder, Her Enemy)
Booked for Travel series by Emily Toll (Murder Will Travel, Murder Pans Out, Fall into Death, Keys to Death)
Good Thief's Guide series by Chris Ewan (The Good Thief's Guide to Amsterdam, The Good Thief's Guide to Paris, The Good Thief's Guide to Vegas, The Good Thief's Guide to Venice)
DI Peter Shaw & DS George Valentine series by Jim Kelly (Death Wore White, Death Watch, Death Toll, Death's Door)
Jack Lennon Investigations series by Stuart Neville (The Ghosts of Belfast, Collusion, Stolen Souls)
Andreas Kaldis series by Jeffrey Siger (Murder in Mykonos, Assassins of Athens, An Aegean Prophecy, Target Tinos)

2013 Read 52 Books in 52 Weeks

Goal: 52 - Accomplished!

Goal: Dip (1-3) - Accomplished!

Goal: It's not so bad out here! (5 categories) - Accomplished!

Goal: 12

Murder on the Rocks (Gray Whale Inn #1) by Karen MacInerney
The Good Thief's Guide to Amsterdam (The Good Thief's Guide #1) by Chris Ewan
Death Wore White (DI Peter Shaw & DS George Valentine #1) by Jim Kelly
The Ghosts of Belfast (Jack Lennon Investigations #1) by Stuart Neville
Murder in Mykonos (Andreas Kaldis #1) by Jeffrey Siger
Death in a Serene City (Urbino Macintyre #1) by Edward Sklepowich
Murphy's Law (Molly Murphy #1) by Rhys Bowen
Evans Above (Constable Evans #1) by Rhys Bowen
In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad #1) by Tana French
Mr. Churchill's Secretary (Maggie Hope #1) by Susan Elia MacNeal
The Complaints (Malcom Fox #1) by Ian Rankin {Overdrive}
Plum Island (John Corey #1) by Nelson DeMille {library}

2013 Why Buy the Cow? Reading Challenge

Goal: Coupon Clipper (12)

Still Life With Murder (Gilded Age #1) by P.B.Ryan
Black Diamond Death (Sloane Monroe #1) by Cheryl Bradshaw
The Amersham Rubies (Molly Murphy #0.5) by Rhys Bowen
If You Can't Stand the Heat (Poppy Markham: Culinary Cop #1) by Robin Allen

2013 European Reading Challenge

Goal: Five Star (Deluxe Entourage) - Accomplished!

Goal: In Flight (13) - Accomplished!

Goal: Tourist (3)

Heavenly Pleasures (Corinna Chapman #2) by Kerry Greenwood
The House at Riverton by Kate Morton

2013 Historical Fiction Reading Challenge

Goal: Ancient History (25+) - Accomplished!

Photo credit: Jeff Golden

Goal: Going Steady (12) - Accomplished!

Goal: Pike's Peak (12) - Accomplished!

Goal: Level 3 (finish 3 or more series) - Accomplished!

Goal: 12

Death at Gallows Green (Victorian/Edwardian #2) by Robin Paige
The Hanover Square Affair (Captain Lacey #1) by Ashley Gardner
The Last Kashmiri Rose (Joe Sandilands #1) by Barbara Cleverly
Skinner's Round (Bob Skinner #4) by Quintin Jardine
Silent in the Grave (Lady Julia Grey #1) by Deanna Raybourn
Orange County Noir edited by Gary Phillips
The House on Tradd Street (Tradd Street #1) by Karen White
A Small Death in Lisbon by Robert Wilson
Watchers of Time (Ian Rutledge #5) by Charles Todd
City of Dragons (Miranda Corbie #1) by Kelli Stanley
East of the Sun by Julia Gregson
Painted Women (Warbonnet #2) by Robert Kresge

Alternates:

Guilt by Association (Rachel Knight #1) by Marcia Clark
Bruno, Chief of Police (Bruno, Chief of Police #1) by Martin Walker

2013 Foodies Read Challenge

Goal: Pastry Chef (4-8) - Accomplished!

Goal: Investigator (7) - Accomplished!

Goal: 6

Books with an animal in the title, on the cover, or in a significant role

The White Lioness (Kurt Wallander #3) by Henning Mankell
Isle of Dogs (Andy Brazil #3) by Patricia Cornwell

2013 Ebook Challenge

Goal: CD (10) - Accomplished!

Goal: 12

January {winter, snow, silver, white, cold, shiver, smoke, fire, freeze, breath}: Death Wore White (DI Peter Shaw & DS George Valentine #1) by Jim Kelly
February {love, heart, sweet, family, grace, animal, diamond, life, drink, beautiful}: Still Life With Murder (Gilded Age #1) by P.B.Ryan
March {luck, wish, gold, rainbow, green, mountain, valley, magic, farm, treasure}: Death at Gallows Green (Victorian/Edwardian #2) by Robin Paige
April {secret, flower, garden, friend, light, shadow, whisper, home, gentle, little}: The Man Who Cast Two Shadows (Kathleen Mallory #2) by Carol O'Connell
May {bird, shine, laugh, clothing, name, run, shatter, lost, wings, world}: Lost in Translation by Nicole Mones
June {sand, sun, beach, island, country, sea, fly, away, never, far}: A Sunless Sea (William Monk #18) by Anne Perry
July {high, control, take, candle, night, spark, dreams, soul, beat, spy}: Night Soldiers (Night Soldiers #1) by Alan Furst
August {come, look, gift, cloud, food, clear, tree, orange, test, broken}: Orange County Noir edited by Gary Phillips
September {shade, cry, blow, memory, kiss, space, fast, storm, blue, club}: Storm Prey (Lucas Davenport #20) by John Sandford
October {witch, haunt, murder, death, phantom, inside, fear, weapon, trapped, ghost}: Death of a Tart (Peggy Jean Turner #1) by Kate Borden
November {brave, forever, last, right, cave, work, window, number, thief, under}: Last Car to Elysian Fields (Dave Robicheaux #13) by James Lee Burke
December {princess, ring, road, midnight, fountain, time, hope, together, star, throne}: The Deception of the Emerald Ring (Pink Carnation #3) by Lauren Willig

2013 Colorful Reading Challenge

Goal: 9

Death at Gallows Green (Victorian/Edwardian #2) by Robin Paige
The Last Kashmiri Rose (Joe Sandilands #1) by Barbara Cleverly
Black Diamond Death (Sloane Monroe #1) by Cheryl Bradshaw
Key Lime Pie Murder (Hannah Swensen #9) by Joanne Fluke
The White Lioness (Kurt Wallander #3) by Henning Mankell
Buttercream Bump-Off (Cupcake Bakery #2) by Jenn McKinlay
Orange County Noir edited by Gary Phillips
The Deception of the Emerald Ring (Pink Carnation #3) by Lauren Willig
Plum Island (John Corey #1) by Nelson DeMille

2013 What's in a Name 6

Goal: 6 - Accomplished!

I'll take the full double dog dare...I pledge to read only from my TBR stack from January 1, 2013 to April Fool's Day. TBR stack: books owned or requested from the library as of January 1, 2013.