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2014 Duncan Kincaid / Gemma James Challenge

Goal: Primer (1-4) - Accomplished!

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

I'll take the TBR Triple Dog Dare...
from January 1 - April 1, read only books on my TBR pile or library reserve list as of January 1 ...Accomplished!

Goal: complete 14 challenges - Accomplished!

Goal: Super Sleuth (13-20) - Accomplished!

The Chocolate Puppy Puzzle (Chocoholic Mystery #4) by JoAnna Carl
Murder at the Belmar (Kay Francis Mystery #1) by B. C. Stone
Holiday Buzz (Coffeehouse Mystery #12) by Cleo Coyle
Repair to Her Grave (Home Repair is Homicide #4) by Sarah Graves
Fall into Death (Booked for Travel #3) by Emily Toll
Quilt or Innocence (Southern Quilting Mystery #1) by Elizabeth Craig
Off Season (Martha's Vineyard Mystery #5) by Philip R. Craig
Keys to Death (Booked for Travel #4) by Emily Toll
A Case of Vineyard Poison (Martha's Vineyard Mystery #6) by Philip R. Craig
A Royal Pain (Royal Spyness #2) by Rhys Bowen
The Viognier Vendetta (Wine Country Mystery #5) by Ellen Crosby
The Importance of Being Ernestine (Ellie Haskell #10) by Dorothy Cannell
Death at Daisy's Folly (Victorian Mystery #3) by Robin Paige
Ghost Ship (Port Chatham #2) by P.J. Alderman
Claire and Present Danger (Amanda Pepper #11) by Gillian Roberts
Carrot Cake Murder (Hannah Swensen Mysteries #10) by Joanne Fluke
Crimson Snow (Hilda Johansson #5) by Jeanne M Dams
Aunt Dimity's Death (Aunt Dimity #1) by Nancy Atherton
Glazed Murder (Donut Shop Mystery #1) by Jessica Beck
A Peach of a Murder (Fresh-Baked Mystery #1) by Livia J. Washburn
Death at Devil's Bridge (Victorian Mystery #4) by Robin Paige
Death at Rottingdean (Victorian Mystery #5) by Robin Paige
For the Love of Mike (Molly Murphy #3) by Rhys Bowen
Blooming Murder (Iris House B&B Mystery #1) by Jean Hager

2014 Monthly Key Word Challenge

Goal: 12 - Accomplished!

Jan - Angel, Secret, Clock, Black, Day, Wild: The Angels Will Not Care (Cecil Younger #5) by John Straley
Feb - Her, Life, Night, Red, Dark, Island: Plum Island (John Corey #1) by Nelson DeMille
Mar - Forever, Inside, Storm, Sky, Flower, Stay: Best Friends Forever by Jennifer Weiner
Apr - Star, Light, Never, Princess, Break, Clear: The Light Years (Cazalet Chronicles #1) by Elizabeth Jane Howard
May - Dawn, Death, End, Lost, Beautiful, And: To Darkness and to Death (Reverend Clare Fergusson #4) by Julia Spencer-Fleming
Jun - Color, Beyond, Found, Place, Grave, Road: Standing in Another Man's Grave (Inspector Rebus #18) by Ian Rankin
Jul - Crash, Ship, Prince, Whisper, Sun, Of: The Importance of Being Ernestine (Ellie Haskell #10) by Dorothy Cannell
Aug - Forgotten, Down, True, Run, Danger, Me: Claire and Present Danger (Amanda Pepper #11) by Gillian Roberts
Sep - Number, Take, Shadow, Ice, Who, After: The Man Who Smiled (Kurt Wallander #4) by Henning Mankell
Oct - Ocean, Blood, Still, Out, The, Fate: The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Nov - Into, Sound, Blue, House, My, Last: The House at Sea's End (Ruth Galloway Mystery #3) by Elly Griffiths
Dec - Kiss, Fire, Ruin, White, Promise, Infinity: The Fire Ship (Richard Mariner #2) by Peter Tonkin

2014 Finishing the Series Reading Challenge

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

Booked for Travel series by Emily Toll (100%)

Fall into Death (#3)
Keys to Death (#4)

Inspector Rebus series by Ian Rankin (100%)

Standing in Another Man's Grave (#18)

Port Chatham series by P.J. Alderman (100%)

Ghost Ship (#2)

Winston Garano series by Patricia Cornwell (100%)

The Front (#2)

Thomas Pitt series by Anne Perry (100%)

Midnight at Marble Arch (#28)

William Monk series by Anne Perry (18/19 - 95%)

Blind Justice (#19) {iTunes}

Anna Pigeon series by Nevada Barr (17/18 - 94%)

Destroyer Angel (#18) {iTunes}

Coffeehouse series by Cleo Coyle (12/13 - 92%)

Holiday Buzz (#12)
Billionaire Blend (#13)

Kinsey Millhone series by Sue Grafton (22/24 - 92%)

Kinsey and Me: Stories (#22.5) {iTunes}
W is for Wasted (#23) {iTunes}

Christmas novella series by Anne Perry (10/11 - 91%)

A Christmas Hope (#11)

Lucas Davenport series by John Sandford (21/23 - 91%)
- Stolen Prey (#22) {iTunes}
- Silken Prey (#23) {iTunes}
O'Malley Family series by Andrew M Greeley (6/7 - 86%)

Second Spring: A Love Story (#6)
Golden Years (#7)

Cecil Younger series by John Straley (5/6 - 83%)

The Angels Will Not Care (#5)
Cold Water Burning (#6) {lib}

Wine Country series by Ellen Crosby (5/6 - 83%)

The Viognier Vendetta (#5)
The Sauvignon Secret (#6) {lib}

Harry Bosch series by Michael Connelly (15/18 - 83%)

Nine Dragons (#15)
The Reversal (#16) {iTunes}
The Drop (#17) {iTunes}
The Black Box (#18) {iTunes}

Ellie Haskell series by Dorothy Cannell (11/14 - 79%)

The Importance of Being Ernestine (#11)
Withering Heights (#12)
Goodbye, Ms. Chips (#13)
She Shoots to Conquer (#14)

Amanda Pepper series by Gillian Roberts (11/14 - 79%)

Claire and Present Danger (#11)
Till the End of Tom (#12)
A Hole in Juan (#13)
All's Well That Ends (#14)

2014 What An Animal Reading Challenge VII

Goal: 6 - Accomplished!

City of Dragons (Miranda Corbie #1) by Kelli Stanley
The Chocolate Puppy Puzzle (Chocoholic Mystery #4) by JoAnna Carl
Appaloosa (Virgil Cole & Everett Hitch #1) by Robert B. Parker
The Bat (Harry Hole #1) by Jo Nesbø
Nine Dragons (Harry Bosch #15) by Michael Connelly
He Who Fears the Wolf (Inspector Sejer #3) by Karin Fossum

2014 Color Coded Reading Challenge

Goal: 9 - Accomplished!

Death in a Mood Indigo (Nantucket Island #3) by Francine Mathews
Crimson Snow (Hilda Johansson #5) by Jeanne M Dams
The Black-Eyed Blonde (Philip Marlowe #10) by Benjamin Black
Anne of Green Gables (Anne Shirley #1) by L. M. Montgomery
The Chocolate Puppy Puzzle (Chocoholic Mystery #4) by JoAnna Carl
Coda in Black (Peter Warlock #1) by B.C. Stone
Helsinki White (Inspector Kari Vaara #3) by James Thompson
Plum Island (John Corey #1) by Nelson DeMille
Carrot Cake Murder (Hannah Swensen #10) by Joanne Fluke

2014 Read It Again, Sam

Goal: Déjà vu: Reread 4 books

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke

Anne of Green Gables (Anne Shirley #1) by L.M. Montgomery

Anne of Avonlea (Anne Shirley #2) by L.M. Montgomery

Anne of the Island (Anne Shirley #3) by L.M. Montgomery

2014 Read Scotland

Goal: Just a Keek (1-4) - Accomplished!

The World According to Bertie (44 Scotland Street #4) by Alexander McCall Smith
Standing in Another Man's Grave (Inspector Rebus #18) by Ian Rankin

2014 Mount TBR Reading Challenge

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

City of Dragons (Miranda Corbie #1) by Kelli Stanley
A Beautiful Place to Die (Martha's Vineyard Mystery #1) by Philip R. Craig
Murder at the Belmar (Kay Francis Mystery #1) by B. C. Stone
Death in Vineyard Waters (Martha's Vineyard Mystery #2) by Philip R. Craig
Vineyard Deceit (Martha's Vineyard Mystery #3) by Philip R. Craig
The Haunted Hotel by Wilkie Collins
Death at Daisy's Folly (Victorian Mystery #3) by Robin Paige
Bruno, Chief of Police (Bruno, Chief of Police #1) by Martin Walker
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Julius by Daphne du Maurier
Death at Devil's Bridge (Victorian Mystery #4) by Robin Paige
Death at Rottingdean (Victorian Mystery #5) by Robin Paige
He Who Fears the Wolf (Inspector Sejer #3) by Karin Fossum
Coda in Black (Peter Warlock #1) by B. C. Stone

2013 Christmas Spirit Reading Challenge

Goal: Mistletoe (2-4) - Accomplished!

Goal: Chubby Chunkster (4) - Accomplished!

Goal: A Dark and Stormy Night (1-7) - Accomplished!

Goal: 3 - Accomplished!

Goal: Never stop reading (15+) - Accomplished!

Goal: Walrus (3) - Accomplished!

Goal: Curious About It (1-3) - Accomplished!

Goal: Postcard (4) - Accomplished!

Goal: A Friendly Hug (11-20) - Accomplished!

Goal: Bronze (12) - Accomplished!

Goal: Paperclips (10) - Accomplished!

Goal: The Obsessive (16-20+) - Accomplished!

Goal: Level 1 (10 books or less) – Bronze Medal – Accomplished!

Goal: Bronze (3)

The Sixes by Kate White

2013 Feminist Reads Challenge

Goal: Hard (13) - Accomplished!

Goal: 13 - Accomplished!

Goal: 3 - Accomplished!

Goal: A Few More Bites (10) - Accomplished!

Goal: Series Expert (20) - Accomplished!

Goal: Dilettante (1-5) - Accomplished!

Goal: Beginner (1-3) - Accomplished!

Goal: Pull up a seat and stay a while! (2) - Accomplished!

Goal: 6

Novel with an animal in the title: The White Lioness (Kurt Wallander #3) by Henning Mankell
Two short stories written by two different authors who are new to me: Orange County Noir edited by Gary Phillips
Book written by more than one person: Watchers of Time (Ian Rutledge #5) by Charles Todd
A YA crime novel
A book from a series optioned for television: The Keepsake (Rizzoli & Isles #7) by Tess Gerritsen
A novel that's been nominated for an Edgar in the last 5 years: Mr. Churchill's Secretary (Maggie Hope #1) by Susan Elia MacNeal

2013 Immigrant Stories Challenge

Goal: Just off the boat (1-3 books) - Accomplished!

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)