2016 Series Madness Challenge

[Janice]

We are having another Series Madness Challenge.

We are reading from 1 January 2016 until 31 December 2016.

All books read during this period will count towards the challenge.

There are no tasks to complete but points will be gathered. You gather points by reading books that are a part of a series. For every book that is first in a series you will get one point, for every book that is second you will get two points etc. If a series like Discworld has 40 books you can get 40 points for the last book in the series.

The catch is that you have to read the books in order. If you first read book 3 and then book 6 and then book 1 you will not get full points. For every book read out of order you will get one point.

You don't have to read all the books during the challenge. So if you have already read books 1-5 in a series last year or before and read book 6 in 2015 you will get 6 points as long as you have read them.

Series filler books also count (e.g. Book 1.5 in a series) as long as they are 150 pages or more. Each series filler book gets points that are the same as its position in the series (e.g. Book 3.5 counts for 3.5 points) However, they need to be read in order of the series. Any filler books that are read out of sequence count for only 1 point. Please note: Reading filler books is optional, they will not affect the main sequence of books in a series, so if you read book 4 but move on to book 5 instead of reading book 4.5, you will still get the 5 points.

[Janice]

Participants:

Points
Jax - 240
Lindie - 160
Jennifer - 137.5
Janice - 126
Dheeran - 125
Robert - 89
Crusader - 71
Vernice - 66
Monique - 40
Naz - 20
Marlese - 9
Lu - 5
Zuleka -
Angelique -

[Zuleka]

my spot

[Lu]

Total: 5

1 Point:


2 Point:


3 Point:

4 Point:

5 Point:

[Jax]

Total Points = 240

1 Point [26pts]

2 Points [34pts]

3 Points [30pts]

4 Points [28pts]

5 Points [20pts]

6 Points [12pts]

7 Points [7pts]

8 Points [8pts]

9 Points [9pts]

10 Points [20pts]

11 Points [22pts]

12 Points [24pts]

[Janice]

Total Points = 126
Total Books = 53
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2015 Challenge
Total Points = 90
Total Books = 44

2014 Challenge
Total Points = 132
Total Books = 72

2013 Challenge
Total Points = 215
Total Books = 73
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1 point: 1x27=27


2 points: 2x9=18


3 points: 3x6=18


4 points: 4x3=12


5 points: 5x3=15


6 points: 6x1=6


8 points: 8x1=8


9 points: 9x1=9


11 points: 11x1=11

[Crusader]

Total: 71

Updraft: 1
Cibola Burn: 4
Parasite: 1
Mindstar Rising: 1
A Quantum Murder: 2
The Passage: 1
The Shepherd's Crown 41
The Broken Eye 3
The Spellwright Series - 1 + 2 + 3 = 6
Nemesis Games - 5
Forsaken Skies - 1
The Long Cosmos - 5

[Monique]

Total Points: 40

Books:
1 point/book


2 points/book


3 points/book


4 points/book


5 points/book

[Angelique]

Can anyone participate?

[Crusader]

Angelique wrote: "Can anyone participate?"

Yes. Everyone is welcome to participate. The only requirement is that you stick to the simple reals. That's it.

[Janice]

Angelique wrote: "Can anyone participate?"

Yes Angelique. Reserve a spot. I've added your name to the participants in the second post which will be keeping track of the points.

[Robert]

2016 Series Madness Challenge

1 Point x 6 = 6 Points
Spartan Gold Fargo Adventures #1
A Game of Thrones Song of Ice and Fire #1
Orphan X Evan Smoak #1
Throne of Glass Throne of Glass #1
The Cinderella Murder Under Suspicion #1
Who Could That Be at This Hour? All the Wrong Questions #1

2 points x 3 = 6 points
A Clash of Kings Song of Ice and Fire #2
Crown of Midnight Throne of Glass #2
When Did You See Her Last? All the Wrong Questions #2

3 points x 2 = 6 points
Heir of Fire Throne of Glass #3
Shouldn't You Be in School? All the Wrong Questions #3

4 points x 4 = 16 points
NYPD Red 4 NYPD Red #4
Private #1 Suspect Private #4
Mort Discworld #4
Why Is This Night Different from All Other Nights? All the Wrong Questions #4

5 points x 1 = 5 points
Private Berlin Private #5

6 points x 1 = 6 points
Cometh the Hour Clifton Chronicles #6

8 points x 1 = 8 points
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two Harry Potter #8

9 points x 1 = 9 Points
Point of Origin Kay Scarpetta #9

12 points x 1 = 12 points
The Steel Kiss Lincoln Rhyme #12

15 points x 1 = 15 points
15th Affair Women's Murder Club #15

TOTAL POINTS = 89

[Jennifer]

Total = 137.5

0.5 points
Masters at Arms & Nobody's Angel (Rescue Me saga #.05 & #1)
The Cowboy Inherits a Bride (Cowboys of Chance Creek 0.5)
Jennifer: An O'Malley Love Story (O'Malley series 0.5)
Love on the Range: A Christian Western Romance (Looking Glass Lake #0,5)
The Viscount's Christmas Temptation (Dukes of War #0.5)


1 point
Dead Before Morning (Rafferty & Llewellyn police procedure #1)
Flash and Bones (Temperance Brennan #14)
Reckless Rescue (Barren planet romance #1)
Love Me Anyway (Passions in the park #1)
Betting on You (Always a bridesmaid #1)
Lost in Temptation (Regency Chase Family series #1)
Spring Serendipity (Romancing Wisconsin #8)
The Iron Locket (The risen king #1)
Bootscootin' Blahniks (The Bootscootin' Books #1)
Too Wilde to Tame (Wilde series #3)
The Key to Annie's Heart (Fall River Ranch #1)
Love and Shenanigans (Ballybeg #1)
Masters at Arms & Nobody's Angel (Rescue Me Saga #.05 & 1)
In Too Deep (Due South #1)
Hot Pursuit (Hostile Operations Team #1)
What Love Can Do (Home to Green Valley #1)
Nowhere to Hide (Delos #1)
Aloha Texas (Aloha #1)
Protecting Caroline (SEAL of Protection #1)
Cocoa and Chanel (Chanel #1)
Vivian's List (The List #1)
Louisiana Longshot (Miss Fortune Mystery #1)
Sister's Revenge: A Michelle Angelique Urban Action Adventure Thriller Series Book #1 (Michelle Angelique #1)
Ghosts of Tsavo (Society for paranormals #1)
Ageless Sea (Ageless #1)
Kiss a Girl in the Rain (Take a chance #1)
Fabian (Lords of the Dark Fall #1)
The Werewolf Cowboy (Von Brandt Family #4, Moonbound #1)
Winter Solstice Menage: Winter Solstice Run 4 (Black Hills Wolves #34)
White Lion's Lady (Warrior #1)
Grif (Redstone Clan #1, Tales of the Were #5)
On the Accidental Wings of Dragons (The Dragons of Eternity #1)
Underneath It All (The Walshes #1)
Saved by the Dragon (Loved by the dragon #1)
Shadows of the Past (Logan Point #1)
Traces of Guilt (Evie Blackwell cold cases #1)
No Ifs, Ands, or Bears About It (Grayslake #1)
Promises of Mercy (Montana promises #1)
Liam's Bride (Clan Conroy brides #1)
An Unexpected Diversion (Hidden Hills shifters #1)
Trapped Under Ice (Rocking romance #1)
Highlander's Kiss (Clan Matheson #1)
Her Dragon To Slay (Dragon guards #1)
Nora Roberts Land (Dare Valley #1)
Vow of Trust (Colorado trust #6)
Evidence of Trust (Colorado trust #1)
Strictly Murder (Verity Long mysteries #1)
Can't Get Enough (River Bend #2)
Laurie's Time (Fairfield #2)
My Only: Alex & Jamie (Crossroads #3)
Danny's War (Rolling Thunder #3)
Laugh Like You've Never Cried (Summer Lake #5)
Not My Romeo (Clover Park #6)
Third Time's the Charm (Three Rivers Ranch #2)
Her Alien Savior (Ultimate Passage #1)
Dragon Maid (Dragon Lore #3)
Friends With Partial Benefits (Friends with benefits #1)
Cop of the Year (Bayview Heights #1)
From This Moment On (Windswept Bay #1)
Prelude to a Wedding (Wedding #1)
An Igniting Attraction (To protect and serve, Heroes in uniform #1)
Doctor Bad Boy (Frisky Beavers #2)
The Mark on the Door (Hardy Boys #13)
Love's True Home: A Christian Western Romance (Looking Glass Lake #1)
The Hidden Oracle (The trials of Apollo #1)
Eric (Discworld #9)
Almost in Love (Clover Park Studs #1)
The Duchess War (The Brothers' Sinister #1)
Spring Dreams (Romancing Wisconsin #9)
Second Chance Ranch (Three Rivers Ranch #1)


2 points
The Arctic Incident (Artemis Fowl #2)
Melting into You (Due South #2)
Love in a Snow Storm (Pine Harbour #2)
The Soldier's Email Order Bride (The Heroes of Chance Creek #2)
I Thee Wed (Vanza #2)
One Gold Knot (Dominant Cord #2)

3 points
The Eternity Code (Artemis Fowl #3)
Ready to Burn (Due South #3)

4 points
The Opal Deception (Artemis Fowl #4)
The Plains of Passage (Earth's children #4)

5 points
The Lost Colony (Artemis Fowl #5)

6 points
The Heart of the Matter (Welcome to Redemption #6)

7 points
Keeper of the Flame

8 points
Hidden Dragons

11 points
Blake's Pursuit (Scanguards #11)

12 points
Gathering

[Vernice]

2016 Series Madness Challenge
Duration: 1 January 2016 - 31 December 2016

Bloodlines

1. Bloodlines ✔
2. The Golden Lily ✔
3. The Indigo Spell ✔
4. The Fiery Heart ✔
5. Silver Shadows ✔
6. The Ruby Circle ✔

= 21 Points

Supernatural Graphic Novel Series

3. Beginning's End ✔
4. The Dogs of Edinburgh ✔

= 7 Points

Fever

1. Darkfever ✔
2. Bloodfever ✔
3. Faefever ✔
4. Dreamfever ✔
5. Shadowfever ✔
6. Iced ✔

= 21 Points

The Memoirs of Lady Trent

1. A Natural History of Dragons ✔
2. The Tropic of Serpents ✔
3. The Voyage of the Basilisk

= 3 Points

1. A Kingdom of Dreams ✔
1. White Sand ✔
8. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 & 2 ✔
1. The Magicians ✔
1. The Fellowship of the Ring ✔
1. The Substitute ✔
1. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ✔

= 14 Points

Total = 66 Points

[Janice]

Vernice, could you please add your points just so that it's easier for me to put it in the points section at the top of this thread.

[Vernice]

Bloodlines

1. Bloodlines ✔
2. The Golden Lily ✔
3. The Indigo Spell ✔
4. The Fiery Heart ✔
5. Silver Shadows ✔

Total = 15 Points (If I'm understanding the process correctly here... )

[Janice]

Vernice wrote: "Bloodlines

1. Bloodlines ✔
2. The Golden Lily ✔
3. The Indigo Spell ✔
4. The Fiery Heart ✔
5. Silver Shadows ✔

Total = 1..."

Perfect Vernice. You can just keep updating that post and every now and then I'll be checking this thread and updating everybody's points.

[Lindie]

Books worth 1 point: 11
Diana Rowland: Mark of the Demon
Seanan McGuire: Rosemary and Rue | Discount Armageddon
Rachel Aaron: Nice Dragons Finish Last
Elliott James: Charming
Benedict Jacka: Fated
Helena Hunting: Pucked
M.L. Brennan: Generation V
Mark Tufo: Lycan Fallout
John Dixon: Phoenix Island
Justin Cronin: The Passage

Books worth 2 points: 16
Diana Rowland: Blood of the Demon
Seanan McGuire: A Local Habitation
Elliott James: Daring
Rachel Aaron: One Good Dragon Deserves Another
Benedict Jacka: Cursed
Helena Hunting: Pucked Up
M.L. Brennan: Iron Night
Justin Cronin: The Twelve

Books worth 3 points: 18
Diana Rowland: Secrets of the Demon
Seanan McGuire: An Artificial Night
Elliott James: Fearless
Helena Hunting: Pucked Over
Benedict Jacka: Taken
M.L. Brennan: Tainted Blood

Books worth 4 points: 16
Diana Rowland: Sins of the Demon
Seanan McGuire: Late Eclipses
Benedict Jacka: Chosen
M.L. Brennan: Dark Ascension

Books worth 5 points: 15
Diana Rowland: Touch of the Demon
Seanan McGuire: One Salt Sea
Benedict Jacka: Hidden

Books worth 6 points: 18
Diana Rowland: Fury of the Demon
Seanan McGuire: Ashes of Honor
Benedict Jacka: Veiled

Books worth 7 points: 21
Kevin Hearne: Shattered
Diana Rowland: Vengeance of the Demon
Seanan McGuire: Chimes at Midnight

Books worth 8 points: 8
Seanan McGuire: The Winter Long

Books worth 9 points: 27
Rob Thurman: Downfall
Seanan McGuire: A Red-Rose Chain
Patricia Briggs: Fire Touched

Books worth 10 points: 10
Rob Thurman: Nevermore

TOTAL: 160

[Marlese]

Total: 9

Faithful unto death - (DC Barnaby #5) - 1pt
Divine misdemeanors - (Merry Gentry #8) - 8pt

[Naz]

2016 Series Madness Challenge

1 Point x 5 = 5 Points
Legion
Steelheart
Night of Knives
The Way of Kings
The Painted Man

2 Point x 3 = 6 Points
Skin Deep
Firefight
Words of Radiance

9 Point x 1 = 9 Points
Eric

Total Points = 20

[Vernice]

Updated Message 14
New Total Points = 31

[Dheeran]

Total Points - 125


0.5 Points * 3 books = 1.5 points

Island 731
1000 Yards
Perfect Shadow

1 Point * 28 books = 28 points

Fortune's Pawn
Wolfsangel
The Curse of the Mistwraith
The Hunter
Retribution Falls
The Hostage
The Strain
Sten
Star Risk Ltd.
The Silver Bear
Sandman Slim
Theft of Swords
Full Moon Rising
The Red: First Light
Absorption
Vicious Circle
Charming
Ghost
Omega Rising
Burden of Sisyphus
Ice Station
The Spirit Thief
Kitty and the Midnight Hour
Magic Bites
Project Nemesis
The Cleaner
Created, the Destroyer
Heist Society

2 Points * 14 books = 28 points

The Black Lung Captain
The Wolf Worlds
Area 7
Kill the Dead
Rise of Empire
Hallowed Circle
Daring
Kildar
Soldiers of Fortune
The Spirit Rebellion
Magic Burns
Project Maigo
Saint Death
Death Check

3 Points * 12 books = 36 points

Scarecrow
Aloha from Hell
Heir of Novron
Fearless
Choosers of the Slain
Savage Homecoming
The Spirit Eater
Magic Strikes
Project 731
The Driver
Chinese Puzzle
The Court of a Thousand Suns

3.5 Points * 1 book = 3.5 points

Devil in the Dollhouse

4 Points * 7 books = 28 points

Hell Island
Devil Said Bang
Unto the Breach
The Enemy Within
The Spirit War
Ghosts
Mafia Fix

[Jax]

You should join our Epic Challenge too Dheeran - you have a couple of 500+ page novels in there!!

2016 Epic Challenge

[Janice]

Half year update: Lindie is in the lead with a staggering 128 points.

Don't forget to update every time you finish a book that is part of a series... You can do it!

[Vernice]

Updated message 14. New total points = 59

[Vernice]

Updated message 14. New Total = 64 Points

[Janice]

Well done to everybody who took part in the 2016 series madness challenge!

Jax led the way with an astounding 240 points!!

Join us in the 2017 challenge:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...