Serial Reader - 2018

[Chalmation]

Updated message #7

61/62

[Alison]

Update to post 31 - 12/22 books completed for this challenge.

I will be moving anything not completed into my 2019 TBR reading list :-)

Alison

[Chalmation]

Updated message #7

62/62
Complete!

[Greg]

I have read King of Ashes, book 1 of the Firemane series by Raymond E. Feist. This is the 16th of 16 new series I said I would start in 2018.

71/75

[Gary]

Updated message 133. Now at 51/53. Completed the one series on my list from start to finish.

[oshizu]

Gary wrote: "oshizu wrote: "Update to msg #748

Progress: 42/41
My Serial Reader Challenge is now finished! ;D"

Congrats. I have at least 3 left, maybe 4. I am about a quarter of the way through [book:Camber t..."

Thanks Gary!
I won't be continuing Witch World in 2019 but I'll eventually finish it. I will definitely NOT be continuing Discworld.

[GailW]

Update message 53: I've read 31 of 25 books...and I'm not finished...

[Gary]

oshizu wrote: "Gary wrote: "oshizu wrote: "Update to msg #748

Progress: 42/41
My Serial Reader Challenge is now finished! ;D"

Congrats. I have at least 3 left, maybe 4. I am about a quarter of the way through [..."

I will be getting back to Discworld next year. Will also start Witch World.

[Kristel]

Update to post #46: 53/50
Done!!!!

[Arielle]

update to post 64

38/42

[Arielle]

Update to post 64

39/42

[Gary]

Updated message 133 now at 52/53. May increase the total to 54 as I have 2 books on the list I should finish before year's end.

[Greg]

I have finished The Last Assassin the fifth book of the John Rain series by Barry Eisler. This is the 30th of the 30 books to continue series already started I said I would read.

73/75

[Ilona]

Congratulations on your progress everyone! The year has flown by so quickly, there is only one week left to complete this challenge!

I'll post the final list in the second week of January to give you all some time to update the challenge.

[oshizu]

Gary wrote: "I will be getting back to Discworld next year. Will also start Witch World. "

@Gary
I'm putting Witch World on hold next year to join Buddy Reads for Stephen KIng's Dark Tower series and Sanderson's Mistborn series.
I'll be looking forward to hearing what you think of Witch World!

[Arielle]

Update to post 64:

40/42

Gotta power through the final 2 books to meet my goal! I probably should have focused on these 42 books before getting distracted throughout the year by other books. I feel like quite a procrastinator now !!

[Lindsay]

Update msg 10

33/16 completed

[Janine]

Update: 39/35

I completed 13 series, and got up to date on 2.
I started 12 series.

[Gary]

One book left updated message 133. Currently at 53/54.

[Laura]

UPDATE TO
Message#28

Chief Inspector Gamache Series by Louise Penny (#s 12 & 13)
(COMPLETED 1/2)

✔️A Great Reckoning
Glass Houses

Friday Harbor by Lisa Kleypas
(COMPLETED 1/1)
✔️Crystal Cove

I will read 1 series from start to finish this year.
(COMPLETED 2/2)
If I Stay Series by Gayle Forman
✔️1. If I Stay
✔️ 2. Where She Went

I will read 2 books that are part of a series.
(# books to complete 2/2)

Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon
✔️Dragonfly in Amber
✔️Voyager

COMPETED 6 books that are a part of a series.

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[Greg]

King and Emperor book 3 of the Hammer and the Cross Trilogy by Harry Harrison. This is number 11 out of the 11 series I said I would complete this year.

74/75

[Nicole]

Update to Message 709 (oh, wait, now it reads as 701? Guess some people deleted their posts or something):

Naruto, Vol. 17: Itachi's Power
Gangsta., Vol. 3
Naruto, Vol. 18: Tsunade's Choice
The Demon Prince of Momochi House, Vol. 3
The Demon Prince of Momochi House, Vol. 4
Happiness, Vol. 1
The Demon Prince of Momochi House, Vol. 5
Blue Exorcist, Vol. 3
My Hero Academia, Vol. 8: Yaoyorozu Rising
Kiss of the Rose Princess, Vol. 1
X

99/60

[Nadine]

I read 41/50 serie books. I wish a happy new year.

[GailW]

Update to message 53: I have completed the challenge with a total of 33 books against a goal of 25.

books read = 33 | 25
series started= 9
series continued = 23
series finished =1

[Eggp]

Final update of 2018, happy new year!

December update:
Goal: 41/20, 205.00%

Continuing - 12/8
 01. Lucia [3/8] - #3: Lucia in London - 13 Dec 2018, 4/5

Starting - 10/4
 10. Easy Rawlins [1/14] - #1: Devil in a Blue Dress - 05 Dec 2018, 4/5

[Greg]

I have finished The Two Swords the third book of the Hunter's Blades trilogy by R.A. Salvatore which completes the fifth complete series I said I would read this year. This also completes my challenge for 2018:

75/75!!!

Will start 16 Series (16/16):
Trail Drive by Ralph Compton Read 24 Feb.
Starfist by David Sherman Read 29 April.
The Great War by Stewart Binn Read 29 Oct.
Ender's Saga by Orson Scott Card Read 10 August
Camel Club by David Baldacci Read 10 Feb.
The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher Read 10 October.
Revolution by Simon Scarrow Read 25 August.
The Bandy Papers by Donald Jack Read 10 August.
Firemane by Raymond E. Feist Read 15 December.
The Norsemen Saga by James L. Nelson Read 4 December.
The Forever War by Joe Haldeman Read 22 October.
Daniel X by James Patterson Read 6 October.
World of the Five Gods by Louis MacMaster Bujold read 6 June.
Locke and Key by Joe Hill read 8 July.
Shadowspawn by S.M. Sterling read 15 September.
John Corey by Nelson DeMille Read 15 June.

I will finish the following (11/11) series (16/16 books):
Trail of the Gunfighter by Ralph Compton (2 books) Finished.
Obsidian Chronicles by Lawrence Watt-Evans (1 book) Finished.
Paths of Darkness by R. A. Salvator (1 book) Finished.
Demon War Saga by R. A. Salvator (1 books) Finished.
Winterlands by Barbara Hambley (2 books) Finished.
Thomas Marlowe by James L. Nelson (2 books) Finished.
Hammer and the Cross by Harry Harrison (2 books) Finished.
The Change (Emberverse 1) by S. M. Sterling (1 book) Finished.
Mickey Haller by Michael Connelly (1 book) Finished.
The Empire Trilogy by Raymond E. Fiest (2 books) Finished.
Safehold by David Weber (1 book) Finished.

Series I will read (5/5) series from start to finish (13/13 books):
Hunter's Blades by R. A. Salvator (3 books) 3 books read. Finished.
Deathworld by Harry Harrison (3 books) 3 books read. Finished.
Maus: A Survivors Tale (2 books) Finished.
The Legacy Trilogy by Ian Douglas (3 books) Finished.
Ben Treven by Bary Eisler (2 books) 2 books read. Finished

I will read 30 books in series I started prior to 2018 but will not finish. 30 read:
The Bloom County Library, Vol. 3: 1984-1986
Invader
The Highway
The Cat Who Wasn't There
Pay Dirt
Full Black
The Ghost Brigades
Blue on Black
Sudden Prey
The Drop
Brother Odd
Kings of the North
Arctic Drift
Secret Honor
Crisis
Iced
The Black Box
Split Image
The French Admiral
Suicide Run: Three Harry Bosch Stories
A Crown of Swords
Ax
The Betrayal Game
The Last Colony
The Continental Risque
Born of Shadows
Paper Doll
Blood Test
The Robots of Dawn
The Last Assassin

There it is in its entirety.

[Gary]

Updated message 133. Completed 54/54.

[Nicole]

Final Update to Message 701:

Naruto, Vol. 19: Successor
Batman, Vol. 5: Zero Year - Dark City
Welcome to Night Vale

Total: 102/60

(So, uh, on one hand, went over my goal! Yay! On the other, I started many diff. series that I hadn't planned on starting this year and as a result, I actually didn't finish all the series that I did plan.

All in all, I: Read 102 Books; Finished 3 Series; Started 22 Series.)

[Clare]

Update to message 172
Completed 19/18 books read

[Sheryl_at_Ubookquitous]

updated post 251

met / exceeded goal! 38 of 36 planned books

[Debra H]

Updated message #131

69/10

[Amanda]

updated message 61

18/25

[Arielle]

Update to post 64

As of 12-31-18, I completed 41/42 . Fell 1 book shy of my overall goal. Currently reading the final book but for 2018, I completed 41 books belonging to a series

[Ilona]

Hi everyone,

Here is the final list for this challenge:

Abby - 0 / 21
Alison (m. 31) - 12 / 22
Alison G (m. 433) - 0 / 5
Amanda (m. 19) - 18 / 28
Amanda (m. 61) - 18 / 25
Amanda (m. 74) - 7 / 36
Amber - 38 / 47
Arielle - 41 / 42
Ashley - 30 / 20 Shelf Stacker!
Becky - 66 / 55 Serial Reader!
Blagica - 12 / 82
BMAD_addicts - 38 / 55
Brianna - 0 / 24
Brittany - 12 / 15
Cat - 0 / 19
Catherine - 75 / 75 Serial Reader!
Chalmation - 61 / 62
Charity - 34 / 20 Under the Covers Reader!
Cindy III - 2 / 8
Claire - 7 / 8
Clare - 19 / 18 More than a Vacation Reader!
D.G. - 4 / 37
Daph - 0 / 13
Debra H - 69 / 10 Serial Reader!
Delitealex - 0 / 50
Dlyn - 16 / 20
Eggp - 41 / 20 Under the Covers Reader!
Elaine - 0 / 50
Elina - 69 / 45 Serial Reader!
Erica - 7 / 60
Esther - 2 / 16
Gail W - 33 / 25 Under the Covers Reader!
Gary - 54 / 54 Serial Reader!
Gem - 0 / 5
Glam_Gramma - 0 / 23
Greg - 75 / 75 Serial Reader!
Harini - 58 / 60
Heather Codename: Dutchess - 0 / 67
Heidi - 0 / 13
Jackie - 0 / 16
Janine - 39 / 35 Under the Covers Reader!
Jayden - 117 / 100 Serial Reader!
Jeana - 0 / 28
Jenn - 10 / 18
Jennifer (m. 36) - 33 / 43
Jennifer (m. 9) - 0 / 6
Jessica - 0 / 50
Jill - 3 / 30
Jinx - 0 / 17
Joe - 2 / 13
Kadijah Michelle - 17 / 30
Kaleigh - 0 / 5
Kate - 10 / 10 Series Dabbler!
Katee - 11 / 10 More than a Vacation Reader!
Katherine - 26 / 60
Kayleigh - 0 / 8
Kelly - 17 / 30
Kerry - 0 / 24
Krishna - 6 / 12
Kristel - 54 / 50 Serial Reader!
Kylie - 9 / 15
Lady - 0 / 15
Lara - 0 / 12
Laura (m. 263) - 25 / 21 Shelf Stacker!
Laura (m. 28) - 6 / 12
Lauri - 0 / 12
LeeAnn - 0 / 39
Leona - 2 / 6
Letitzia - 10 / 15
Lindsay - 33 / 16 Under the Covers Reader!
Lindsey - 0 / 16
Lois - 0 / tbd
Luisa - 4 / 16
Maca - 4 / 26
Maria - 45 / 45 Book-Bosomed!
Mary - 19 / tbd
Mary Pat - 0 / 25
Mary-Ann - 2 / 20
Megan - 35 / 15 Under the Covers Reader!
Melanie - 27 / 90
Michaela - 16 / 8 More than a Vacation Reader!
Mie - 52 / 51 Serial Reader!
Mikayla - 3 / 20
Naddel212 - 41 / 50
Natalie - 151 / tbd
Nicole - 102 / 60 Serial Reader!
Nienora - 1 / 37
Nina - 24 / 22 Shelf Stacker!
Octothorpe Reader Leora K - 11 / 12
Oshizu - 44 / 41 Book-Bosomed!
Pamela - 0 / tbd
Pooja - 5 / 20
Rachel (m. 203) - 90 / 100
Rachel (m. 87) - 12 / 19
Rina - 67 / 50 Serial Reader!
Robin - 6 / 11
Sahira - 17 / 29
Samantha - 6 / 37
Sarah - 0 / 20
Savannah - 14 / 25
Scott - 25 / 25 Shelf Stacker!
Sherry - 9 / 20
Sheryl_at_Ubookquitous - 38 / 36 Under the Covers Reader!
Stephanie - 0 / 20
Susan - 0 / 39
Tahera - 3 / 6
Talia - 22 / 34
Tammy - 31 / 50
Taylor R - 0 / 20
Tina - 0 / 25
Tom - 0 / 22
Vicki - 13 / 50
Waco - 1 / 12
Weaverannie - 16 / tbd
Wolf (Alpha) - 0 / 56

And some statistics:
We has 115 participants for this challenge, and 26 if you reached or surpassed their goal! Congratulations!

In total you read 2304 books out of 3368 pledged, that is 68%!

Thanks to all of you for participating and I hope you enjoyed it has much as I did! :)