2nd Quarter Challenge: Finish Those Series!

[Jodi]

Way to go everyone! You are all doing so well. Keep reading. There is still time.

[Karma]

I'm wait-listed at the library for my final book of the Selection series so I may or may not get it done in time. I want to go ahead and leave it though because I will finish it even if it is a little late.

[Sarah]

I don't think I'll get anymore series done now. I'm pleased with knocking a few of my shelf. Here what I managed:

Completed series:

1. Daughter of Smoke & Bone Series by Laini Taylor - Dreams of Gods and Monsters COMPLETE

2. Divergent series by Veronica Roth - Allegiant COMPLETE

3. Jessica Daniels series by Kerry Wilkinson - Behind Closed Doors COMPLETE

4. The Lotus War series by Jay Kristoff - Kinslayer COMPLETE

5. Frankenstein series by Dean Koontz - The Dead Town COMPLETE

I also read a couple towards two other series but I am not going to get around to finishing them now:

The Cemetery of Forgotten Books series by Carlos Ruiz Zafón - The Shadow of the Wind COMPLETE The Angel's Game COMPLETE TO READ STILL The Prisoner of Heaven

The Demon Cycle series by Peter V. Brett - The Desert Spear COMPLETE TO READ STILL The Daylight War

[[deleted user]]

I finished the Ender's Shadow series today, so that makes 3/5 series completed.

Ender's Shadow (5/5) - Finished on 06/22/14



I have two more books to read to finish my last two series this month.

The Selection (2/3)


The Mortal Instruments (4/5)

[Jodi]

Updated everyone. Way to go! There is still time. Let me know if I have missed an update.

[Michelle L.]

Finished my second series with reading the last in the Divergent Series. Allegiant

[Cathy]

2014 SECOND QUARTER CHALLENGE: FINISH THOSE SERIES!
Duration: April 1 - June 30, 2014
Completed 6/6 Series

Eternal Prey 4/27/14

Highlander in Disguise 5/12/14
Highlander in Love 6/23/14

Colters' Gift 4/15/14

Everything for Us 4/20/14

Drawn Together 4/5/14

Queen of Babble Gets Hitched 6/10/14

[Melissa]

Okay, I have only completed 1/4 of my series but I'm well on my way with two others!

Completed:

[Melissa]

Michelle L. wrote: "Finished my second series with reading the last in the Divergent Series. Allegiant"

What did you think of Allegiant? I just finished it also. I was a bit disappointed.

[Erika]

3/3! Challenge Complete

I finished The Chronicles of Narnia today. I'm glad I finally got around to reading this series, as I missed out on it when I was younger.

[Jodi]

You are updated Melissa and Erika. Congratulations Erika for finishing your goal.

[[deleted user]]

Finished up both of my final series!

Chronicles of Narnia and Vampire Academy on audiobook :)
I am 4/4 now.

[Claire]

A quick update, I have completed two of the three series I had planned:





My third series was supposed to have the final book published in May, but that date was pushed back until July. I have it preordered for my kindle, to be delivered on July 8th, so I'll have that series completed shortly after that date.

[Helen]

I'm finished!

3/3 Series Completed, 7/7 Books Completed

The Dresden Files

5/5


The Heir Chronicles

1/1


Inkworld

1/1

[Amanda]

Challenge completed!! My 3rd and final series has been:

Frieda Klein Series by Nicci French

1 Blue Monday ✓
2 Tuesday’s Gone ✓ 21/06/2014
3 Waiting for Wednesday ✓ 27/06/2014


The 4th book in the series was published in 2014, so I will read that later in the year. Good luck everyone still reading towards this challenge. It’s been a good one!

[Karma]

I was able to get The One and finish it time!

I just completed the Selection Series my final series for this challenge.

3/3

[Sarah]

I managed to finish another series. I really thought I wouldn't get it done.

The Murder Squad series by Alex Grecian - The Black Country (Book 2). So that's 6 series I've completed.

[Karena]

I really thought I'd updated this.

Done! 3/3

The Cousins' War

Charley Davidson

The Iron Druid Chronicles

[Sarah]

COMPLETED: 3/3 series

The Lord of The Rings 3/3
The Fellowship of the Ring
The Two Towers
The Return of the King



The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 3/3
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Girl Who Played With Fire
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest



Divergent 3/3
Divergent
Insurgent
Allegiant

[Jodi]

Hi Everyone,

You are all doing so well! I think I have you all updated. Congratulations to those who have completed the challenge. There are still a few days left. Keep reading. I have just not been able to focus on reading lately. Hopefully I can turn that around. Enjoy your last few days of June.

[Natalie]

Apparently I haven't updated in a while, but I did finish 6/7 of my series. Considering the seventh was one I decided to add later, and I read 6 out of the 7 books I hadn't read yet, I am content with how I finished. Also three of the series were ones I had started over 10 years ago and finally finished :)

Also updated in post #32.

Completed 6 out of 7 series

Witches of Elieanan
6/29 6/29

Percy Jackson
4/5 6/15

Sky Chasers
4/5 4/29

The Giver
6/9 6/11 6/26

Pit Dragon Chronicles
6/28

Dragon Diaries
5/24

Black Dagger Brotherhood
4/2 4/6 4/23 5/18 5/24 6/5

[Merja]

I did it! Just finished the Pendergast series! Yay! Meaning I'm completed my challenge!

[[deleted user]]

I finished my 4th series, so that's 4/5:

The Selection (3/3)

[Clare L]

Done! Finished The Chaos Walking series Saturday and caught up on the Odd Thomas series just now. So that is 3/3!

[Jodi]

Congratulations to everyone who finished their challenge. I have updated everyone up to this point. If people update in the next few days I will add to the list. I hope you all were able to complete many of your series you started but never finished. Now I bet you are going to start a whole bunch of new series and will need this challenge again some time.

[Sharon]

SECOND QUARTER CHALLENGE: FINISH THOSE SERIES!
Duration: April 1 - June 30, 2014

This challenge focuses on finishing series you've started. They can be series you started as a child and want to know what happened to your favorite childhood characters (for example, Lowry's The Giver or L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time), they can be series you would like to start and finish within the span of the quarter, or they can just be any series you started but never finished.

Goal to finish 4? 2/4 - only able to finish 2
Finishing Hannah Swensen Joanne Fluke
Completed 17/17 (17 just came out!)
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Reading lots of different series but too many books left to finish :( in 3 months (Morganville Vampires, Sookie Stackhouse, Stephanie Plum)

Going to read and finish The Maze Runner Series - unless I hate it!
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I'll eventually finish this series, it is just very popular summer reading - hard to get the books from the library since he is a local author

Finish the Inkworld Trilogy currently reading - will finish just waiting to get it back from the library again - another popular summer reading book


Maybe finish the House of Night Series (I got tired of it)
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finished until October when this one comes out - maybe I'll read it if it really is the last one!

[Lilac]

All done, or least until the next book in the Unwind Dystology comes out anyway. It feels so good to be finished with so many series' although I'll miss the worlds and characters.

✓Touching Juliette
Shatter Me
Unravel Me
Ignite Me - ★★★★☆ - 07/04/14

✓Under the Never Sky
Under the Never Sky
Through the Ever Night
Into the Still Blue - ★★★☆☆ - 24/04/14

✓Partials
Partials
Fragments - ★★★☆☆ - 06/05/14
Ruins - ★★★☆☆ - 13/05/14

✓Daughter of Smoke and Bone
Daughter of Smoke & Bone
Days of Blood & Starlight
Dreams of Gods and Monsters - ★★★★☆ - 23/06/14

✓Unwind
Unwind
UnWholly
UnSouled - ★★★★★ - 30/06/14


Completed Series - 5/5

[Melissa]

COMPLETED 2/4

COMPLETED:


COMPLETED:


I put a pretty big dent in the Pretty Little Liars series though (read 9 of 16)

[Jodi]

Congratulations everyone for finishing your series or for making a big dent in the ones you are working on.

I only finished a measly one series. I am on holidays now so I am going to spend the summer trying to make a dent in the rest of mine. Thanks to all of the participants. Good luck in the rest of your challenges.

[Claire]

I got the fourth book in Evan Currie's Odyssey One series delivered to my kindle overnight, and am already well on my way with it. I'll probably have it finished by Thursday night, which will complete my challenge!

[Jodi]

Excellent Claire! Let me know when you are done :)

[Jennifer]

I was only able to finish 3/6 (message 255) but I am definitely going to continue with this challenge.

[Jodi]

You did better than I did Jennifer! I too am going to keep focusing on this challenge. I have too many series on the go.

[Claire]

Well, it took a bit longer to finish this last book than I had expected, but I did finish

This completes my last series, and the challenge.

I really liked all of these series, so I'm glad I decided to participate in this challenge to get them done!

[Jodi]

Well done Claire! It must feel good to get some series out of the way.

[Claire]

Thanks, Jodi. I had been wanting to read the Divergent trilogy for some time, and I'm really glad I did. I would rate it up there with The Hunger Games.

The Odyssey One series is excellent science fiction about our first faster-than-light space exploration and the rather unpleasant consequences that result from it. It's very exciting, and even though I think the author dropped a rather important point, I can honestly see it getting picked up for a movie series. If it does, the special effects are going to be amazing!

The Lore Valley series by Kris Kramer is also interesting, but hard to describe in a few words. I don't often read books that rely on magic, but this one doesn't use it too heavily, and I've come to really like Kramer's style. The very first book I won from goodreads was another of his, and I really liked it, despite some pretty graphic descriptions of a Viking attack on an English village. So I became a bit of a fan.

So this was an excellent challenge for me to do!