Laura's Incomplete Series

[Laura]

Here is the list of series I'd like to complete. And to make my challenge viable, I'll try not to open a new series before I finish an already opened one.

Total Open Series: 18 (Those I remember for now that is - there are probably a few more in the back of my shelves and I'll pull them out once I remember them.)

Codex Alera
✔ ✔

Samaria
✔

His Dark Materials


The Dagger and the Coin
✔ ✔ ✔

Black Dagger Brotherhood
✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
The Savior

Greatcoats


Wayfarer Redemption


Dragon Prince


Legends of the First Empire


Nightrunner


Green Rider


Kushiel's Universe


Sword of Truth
✔

Outlander


Night World
✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

The Nevernight Chronicle


The Metaframe War


Fablehaven
✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

[Laura]

Completed Series:


Mistborn
Mistborn - Alloy Era
Farseer
The Wheel of Time
Dragonriders of Pern
A Song of Ice and Fire
The Inheritance Cycle
Chronicles of Narnia
The Hobbit
Lord of the Rings
Asian Saga (Shogun)
The Riftwar Saga
The Mortal Instruments
The Infernal Devices
Abhorsen
Harry Potter
The Hunger Games
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
The Maze Runner
Twilight
The Magister Trilogy
Hush, Hush
Master of Crows
The Wraith Kings
Soulbearer
Ephemera
Gathering of Blackbirds
Septimus Heap
The Sign of Seven
The Key Trilogy
Scott Lynch - Gentleman Bastards
Leigh Bardugo - Six of Crows
Brent Weeks - Night Angel
Tad Williams - Memory of Sorrow and Thorn
Robin Hobb - Liveship Traders
Robin Hobb - Tawny Man
The Sarantine Mosaic – Guy Gavriel Kay
The Dark Elf Trilogy – R.A. Salvatore
Angelfall – Susan E.E.
The Order of the Sanguines – James Rollins
The Summoner – Taran Matharu
The Raven Cycle – Maggie Stiefvater
Long Price Quartet – Daniel Abraham
The Hawk Queen – David Gemmell
First Law - Joe Abercrombie
Enchanted Forest Chronicles – Patricia C. Wrede
Twins of Petaybee – Anna McCaffrey
The Fionavar Tapestry - Guy G. Kay
Dragonlance Chronicles - Margaret Weis
Chronicles of Ancient Darkness - Michelle Paver
Raven's Shadow - Anthony Ryan
Phedre's Trilogy - Jacqueline Carey
Tiger and Del - Jennifer Roberson
Icewind Dale - R.A. Salvatore
Sevenwaters - Juliet Marillier
Legend - Marie Lu
Soldier Son - Robin Hobb
Seven Realms
An Ember in the Ashes
The Books of the Raksura
First Law World
Earthsea Cycle
Riddlemaster
The Wars of Light and Shadow
Valdemar Mage Wars

[Laura]

Abandoned Series:


Nora Roberts - Once Upon (read 3/6)
Robin McKinley - Damar (read 1/2)
Rick Riordan – Heroes of Olimpus (read 2/5)
Nikki Jefford – Aurora Sky: Vampire Hunter (read 2/6)
Trudi Canavan – The Black Magician (read 1/4)
Morgan Rice – The Sorcerer’s Ring (read 3/17)
Morgan Rice – The Vampire Journals (read 1/12) – one of the worst books I ever read!

Even though I read 99.9 percent of the series I start, these I had to abandon either from "lack of funds for purchase" or because they were utterly boring or incredibly bad.

New Titles added to the Abandoned Series:

The Vagrant – Peter Newman (read 1/3)
Vlad Taltos – Steven Brust (read 1/15)
The Conqueror’s Saga – Kiersten White (read 1/3)
Book of the New Sun - Gene Wolfe
Shadow Chronicles - Paula Brackston
Schades of Magic - V.E. Schwab
Young Wizards - Diane Duane

[Laura]

Incomplete Series:


Jennifer Blackstream - Blood Prince (read 1/5)
Cinda Williams Chima - Seven Realms (read 1/4)
Lauren Kate – Fallen (read 4/5)
Anne Bishop – The Black Jewels (read 6/9)
Ursula LeGuinn – Earthsea Cycle (read 4/6)

I would like to finish these as soon as possible. Some of these books again I do not have but hope to get this year.

New Series started and progressed since my last post:

Temeraire – Naomi Novik (read 3/9)
An Ember in the Ashes – Sabaa Tahir (read 2/4)
Enchanted Forest Chronicles – Patricia C. Wrede (read 2/4)
Chronicles of Ancient Darkness – Michelle Paver (read 5/6)
Broken Earth – N.K. Jemisin (read 2/3)
Twins of Petaybee – Anna McCaffrey (read 2/3)
The Witchlands – Susan Dennard (read 2/5)
Lauren Kate – Fallen (read 4/5)
L. J. Smith - Night World (read 2/9)


New Series Started since my last post:

Sevenwaters – Juliet Marillier (read 1/6)
The Vagrant – Peter Newman (read 1/3)
The Hawk Queen – David Gemmell (read 1/2)
Codex Alera – Jim Butcher (read 1/6)
The Divine Cities – Robert Jackson Bennett (read 1/3)
Dragonmaster – Chris Bunch (read 1/3)
The Queens Thief – Megan Turner Whalen (read 1/6)
Tiger and Del – Jennifer Roberson (read 1/7)
Legends of Dimmingwood – C. Greenwood (read 1/6)
The Wayfarer Redmption – Sara Douglass (read 1/6)
Wolfwalker – Tara K. Harper (read 1/8)
Melanie Rawn - Dragon Prince (read 1/3)
First Law - Joe Abercrombie (read 1/3)
World of the 5 Gods – Lois McMaster Bujold (read 1/3)
The Nevernight Chronicle – Jay Kristoff (read 1/3)
Vlad Taltos – Steven Brust (read 1/15)
The Conqueror’s Saga – Kiersten White (read 1/3)
Green Rider – Kristen Britain (read 1/6)
The Rithmatist – Brandon Sanderson (read 1/2)
Greatcoats – Sebastien de Castell (read 1/4)
Robin Hobb - Soldier Son (read 1/3)

[Laura]

Series I am planning to read this year as part of my reading challenge:


Nora Roberts – Circle (read 0/3)
Brent Weeks – Lightbringer (read 0/4)
Philip Pullman - His Dark Materials (read 0/3)
Diana Gabaldon – Outlander (read 0/8)

[Laura]

Series I am planning to read after my reading challenge is completed:


Empire - Raymond E. Feist (read 0/3)
Serpentwar Saga - Raymond E. Feist (read 0/4)
Three Sister’s Island - Nora Roberts (read 0/3)
The Others – Anne Bishop (read 0/6)
Phedre’s Trilogy – Jaqueline Carey (read 0/3)
Moirin’s Trilogy – Jaqueline Carey (read 0/3)
Imriel’s Trilogy – Jaqueline Carey (read 0/3)
Coldfire Trilogy – C.S. Friedman (read 0/3)
Sword of Truth – Terry Goodkind (read 0/11)
Deverry – Katharine Kerr (read 0/11)
Kingkiller Chronicle – Patrick Rothfuss (read 0/3)
Vampire Diaries – L.J. Smith (read 0/7)
Raine Benares – Lisa Shearin (read 0/8)
The Cleric Quintet – R.A. Salvatore (read 0/5)
The Demon Wars Saga – R.A. Salvatore (read 0/7)
Chaos Walking – Patrick Ness (read 0/6)
The Book of the New Sun – Gene Wolfe (read 0/5)
Malazan Book of the Fallen – Steven Erikson (read 0/10)

[Laura]

Series I might read:


A Modern Fairy Tale – Holly Black (read 0/3)
Chronicles of the Raven – James Barclay (read 0/3)
Legends of the Raven – James Barclay (read 0/4)
The Sharing Knife - Lois McMaster Bujold (read 0/4)
Shannara Trilogy – Terry Brooks (read 0/3)
Word and Void – Terry Brooks (read 0/3)
The Chronicle of the Black Company – Glen Cook (read 0/9)
Bound – Cynthia Eden (read 0/5)
The Belgrariad – David Eddings (read 0/5)
Inkworld – Cornelia Funke (read 0/3)
Unearthly – Cynthia Hand (read 0/3)
Rogue Mage – Faith Hunter (read 0/3)
Hex Hall – Rachel Hawkins (read 0/3)
Tales of Einarin – Juliet E. McKenna (read 0/3)
Vampire Academy – Richele Mead (read 0/6)
The Darkangel Trilogy – Meredith Ann Pierce (read 0/3)
Firebringer – Meredith Ann Pierce (read 0/3)
Kindred – Erica Stevens (read 0/5)
Bartimaeus Trilogy – Jonathan Shroud (read 0/3)
Tairen Soul – C.L. Wilson (read 0/5)
Dragonlance Chronicles – Hickman Tracy and Margaret Weis (read 0/3)
Fallen Angels – J.R. Ward

[Laura]

Not sure if I should:


Counselors and Kings – Elaine Cunningham (read 0/3)
Chicks in Chainmail – Esther M. Friesner (read 0/5)
All Souls Trilogy – Deborah Harkness (read 0/3)
Valdemar – Last Herald Mage – Mercedes Lackey (read 0/3)
Acorna – Anne McCaffrey (read 0/7)
Pyte/Sentinel – R.L Mathewson (read 0/4)
Delirium – Lauren Oliver (read 0/3)
Psy-Changeling – Nalini Singh (read 0/7)
Samaria – Sharon Shinn (read 0/5)
Angel – L.A. Weatherly (read 0/3)
Fire Spirits – Samantha Young (read 0/4)

[Laura]

The lists are made based on my personal book collection. I have all of the above so I can read them anytime without the need to go to the library or look for them in the shops. Of course there are also several newer series in which I am very interested but I will only go for a few of them this year as I think it would be better to finish reading at least a little part of what i have first.
I haven't included the pure romance and action series on my list. Only the romance-fantasy mixed series. Hope it is ok.

[Bill]

Nice lists Laura. Welcome to the challenge.

[Laura]

thank you Bill. If you have any recommendations or think some of my "not sure if I should" series are nice, or some of the "series I might read" are not nice, please let me know.

[Hacen]

You should definitely read Black Company, Dark Angel and Angelfall

I've only read the first book of Sevenwaters but I loved it.

I read Firebringer years ago and remember liking it.

I plan on reading Acorna this year if you want to do a buddy read :)

[Laura]

thanks Hacen. I'll up Darkangel and Angelfall on my list. But I don't know if I can for Black Company sooner cause it's big, unless I replace Malazan. I might do that.
I can't go for Acorna this year:). Overbooked :).

[Hacen]

Yea I haven't finished the black company. I read 5 books and stopped.

[Angela, I'm Silverfox lost]

Great list Laura and as Bill said welcome to the challenge.

Angelfall – Susan E.E. - I really enjoyed this series. YA and I don't normally tend to like each other, so I can recommended Angelfall.

[Bill]

I listened to the Belgariad a few months back and really enjoyed it. It is a classic adventure with pretty standard characters but it worked really well for me.

[Laura]

There are a lot of changes to my incomplete series challenge since my last post.

Series Completed: 13

Scott Lynch - Gentleman Bastards
Leigh Bardugo - Six of Crows
Brent Weeks - Night Angel
Tad Williams - Memory of Sorrow and Thorn
Robin Hobb - Liveship Traders
Robin Hobb - Tawny Man
The Sarantine Mosaic – Guy Gavriel Kay
The Dark Elf Trilogy – R.A. Salvatore
Angelfall – Susan E.E.
The Order of the Sanguines – James Rollins
The Summoner – Taran Matharu
The Raven Cycle – Maggie Stiefvater
Long Price Quartet – Daniel Abraham


Series Started and Progressed: 9

Lauren Kate – Fallen (read 4/5)
L. J. Smith - Night World (read 2/9)
Temeraire – Naomi Novik (read 3/9)
An Ember in the Ashes – Sabaa Tahir (read 2/4)
Enchanted Forest Chronicles – Patricia C. Wrede (read 2/4)
Chronicles of Ancient Darkness – Michelle Paver (read 5/6)
Broken Earth – N.K. Jemisin (read 2/3)
Twins of Petaybee – Anna McCaffrey (read 2/3)
The Witchlands – Susan Dennard (read 2/5)

out of which UTD Series: 2
An Ember in the Ashes
The Witchlands

Series Just Started: 21

Sevenwaters – Juliet Marillier (read 1/6)
The Vagrant – Peter Newman (read 1/3)
The Hawk Queen – David Gemmell (read 1/2)
Codex Alera – Jim Butcher (read 1/6)
The Divine Cities – Robert Jackson Bennett (read 1/3)
Dragonmaster – Chris Bunch (read 1/3)
The Queens Thief – Megan Turner Whalen (read 1/6)
Tiger and Del – Jennifer Roberson (read 1/7)
Legends of Dimmingwood – C. Greenwood (read 1/6)
The Wayfarer Redmption – Sara Douglass (read 1/6)
Wolfwalker – Tara K. Harper (read 1/8)
Melanie Rawn - Dragon Prince (read 1/3)
First Law - Joe Abercrombie (read 1/3)
World of the 5 Gods – Lois McMaster Bujold (read 1/3)
The Nevernight Chronicle – Jay Kristoff (read 1/3)
Vlad Taltos – Steven Brust (read 1/15)
The Conqueror’s Saga – Kiersten White (read 1/3)
Green Rider – Kristen Britain (read 1/6)
The Rithmatist – Brandon Sanderson (read 1/2)
Greatcoats – Sebastien de Castell (read 1/4)
Robin Hobb - Soldier Son (read 1/3)

out of which Abandoned Series: 3
The Vagrant
Vlad Taltos
The Conqueror’s Saga

and UTD Series: 1
The Rithmatist

[Siobhan]

Oooh are you not abandoning Dragonmaster? XD

Also, that looks like pretty awesome progress to me! You have completed and progressed loads.

[Laura]

Thank you dear. :)

And I'm not abandoning Dragonmaster either. I bought that big fat tome so I might as well read it full. Are you also continuing the series?

[Ahdam]

Great work Laura still need to finish summoner but I'll get there eventually 😐😐😂😂👍🏽😊😊

[Laura]

Thanks Ahdam!
And you should really get there! The 3rd book in Summoner is great. 😁

[Tammie]

Good progress!

[Laura]

Thank you Tammie. :)

[Bill]

That quite the update. Great progress Laura.

[Laura]

Thank you Bill! :)

[Siobhan]

Laura wrote: "Thank you dear. :)

And I'm not abandoning Dragonmaster either. I bought that big fat tome so I might as well read it full. Are you also continuing the series?"

Yes I'm going to continue! Not sure when I'll have time for the next one though, so many buddy reads scheduled. Should we try and read it together though?

[Laura]

I would like that. :)

[Laura]

My last update for 2017. Fingers crossed I'll be able to close some of these series next year. From November 9 till today:

Series Started and Progressed: 1

Fionavar Tapestry - Guy Gavriel Kay (read 2/3)


Series Progressed: 3

Tiger and Del – Jennifer Roberson (read 4/7)
Temeraire – Naomi Novik (read 4/9)
Sevenwaters – Juliet Marillier (read 2/6)


Series completed: 2

First Law - Joe Abercrombie (read 3/3)
The Hawk Queen – David Gemmell (read 2/2)


New Series Started: 7

Book of the New Sun - Gene Wolfe (read 1/5)
Dragonlance Chronicles - Margaret Weis (read 1/3)
Dragon Knight - Gordon R. Dickson (read 1/9)
Expanse - James Corey (read 1/7)
Alternative Detective - Hartley A.J. (read 1/3)
Legends of the First Empire - Michael J. Sullivan (read 1/6)
His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman (read 1/3)

[Tammie]

Good job on the progress.

[Laura]

Thank you Tammie. :) I have to try to finish more of them before starting new ones.

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

I go in phases as well... sometimes I'll make tons of progress on catching up on things... other months I'll start 5-10 new series trying to find something that catches my attention...

[Tammie]

I do the same thing Recently I decided not to read anything new until I've made more progress. with the exception of a couple of buddy reads, of course.

[Miche]

Really good job, Laura!

[Bill]

Tammie wrote: "I do the same thing Recently I decided not to read anything new until I've made more progress. with the exception of a couple of buddy reads, of course."

Good luck. I have made that decision a few times already. :)

Nice Month Laura. If you are going to start a bunch of new series at least you picked good ones.

[Laura]

Thank you everyone. :)

At least I'm not the only one in the particular predicament of starting way more than being able to finish! Makes me sort of take it a little easy on myself.😁

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Have you SEEN my sheets?... I think they are 2x as long and they don't include anything I haven't started yet... most of progress comes from officially abandoning a bunch of romance and urban fantasy

[Laura]

Update for January 2018

Series Completed: 3

Enchanted Forest Chronicles – Patricia C. Wrede (read 4/4)
Twins of Petaybee – Anna McCaffrey (read 3/3)
The Fionavar Tapestry - Guy G. Kay (read 3/3)


Series Started: 8

Raven's Shadow - Anthony Ryan (read 1/3)
Earth's Children - Jean M. Auel (read 1/6)
Malazan Book of the Fallen - Steven Erikson (read 1/10)
Phedre's Trilogy - Jacqueline Carey (read 1/3)
The Drenai Saga - David Gemmell (read 1/11)
Legend - Marie Lu (read 1/3)
Sword of Truth - Terry Goodkind (read 1/15)
Shadow Chronicles - Paula Brackston (read 1/4)

Series Progressed: 5

Sevenwaters - Juliet Marillier (read 3/6)
Temeraire – Naomi Novik (read 5/9)
Tiger and Del - Jennifer Roberson (read 5/7)
Dragonlance Chronicles - Margaret Weis (read 2/3)
World of the Five Gods - Lois McMaster Bujold (read 2/3)

[Scott , Karsa Orlong]

WTG!

[Laura]

Thank you Scott! 😊

[Siobhan]

3 completed and 5 progressed!! Just the fact that you've read that much is mad impressive... :D Go you! 😘

[Samir]

WOW! Well done, Laura!

[Laura]

Thank you Samir and Siobhan!!!

I've been having a bit more time to read these past few weeks. :) :)

[Miche]

Great job, Laura!

[Laura]

Thank you Miche! :)

[Virginie]

Whoa, great job!

[Laura]

Thanks Virginie!!! :)

[Mayim]

Oh wow, you are my role model. Very diligent reader. :D

[Laura]

Thank you Mayim. 😘

Actually the series started were 9.
I forgot to include Outlander - read 1/8

[Mayim]

oh, did you like it?? It's been on my radar forever!

[Laura]

It was good Mayim but not great. I may have had too high expectations when starting it. Claire is a nurse but she is able to perform like a doctor which makes her a tad oversmart. I don't really like the "I know everything type". There are also lots of small things that the story could have done without and a lot of repetitions. A bit like Marillier at times if I think about it.
Jamie is awesome though!!!😍