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SERIAL
Duration: 1/1/2019 - 12/31/2019
COMPLETED: 30/30
1) Jack the Page Ripper (15 books):
5 :
1/17 
4/15 
8/10 
9/23 
12/12 4 :
2/26 
3/2 
3/17 
4/93 :
1/19 
4/29 
6/192 :
1/6 
5/241 :
1/92) Una-book-bomber (5 books):
Read one book from each of the genres. It does not have to be the first book in the series, but it must be a series book, not a stand-alone:
Chick-lit:
1/8Romance:
1/2Mystery:
1/3PNR:
1/13young adult:
1/113) Spree Series Killer (1+ book):
2/114) Author-ican Psycho (1 book)
12/24 Still didn't like it.5) Dr. Hannibal Lecturer (1 book):
1/156) The Book Strangler (1+ books):
2/12
5/31
6/15
7/24
8/87) 3rd Degree (3 books):
Read a trilogy.
1/25
8/23
9/21BONUS: Bloody Mary (1 book):
1/30
Shut Up & Read 2019 Serial Reader ChallengeSERIAL KILLER READER CHALLENGE
Duration: 1/1/2019 - 12/31/2019
COMPLETED: 0/30
1) Jack the Page Ripper (15 books):
5 :
4 :
3 :
2 :
1 :
2) Una-book-bomber (5 books):
Read one book from each of the genres. It does not have to be the first book in the series, but it must be a series book, not a stand-alone:
Chick-lit:
Romance:
Mystery:
PNR:
young adult:
3) Spree Series Killer (1+ book):
Try out a totally new author. If the book turns out to be a stinker, you have to TRY AGAIN. Repeat until you find a series that you like and are willing to keep on reading in the future.
4) Author-ican Psycho (1 book)
Try a book from the author you've "given up" on - call it one more try. It can be the same series you previously found only so-so, or a totally different series by the same author. It's up to you.
5) Dr. Hannibal Lecturer (1 book):
Start on that series that everybody is praising so much but you keep postponing it for later.
Just read it already. Go on!
6) The Book Strangler (1+ books):
Read a whole series from the beginning to the end (or to the last published book). You choose whether it's going to be a 15-book-long-monster or a 1-book-long-freshly-started-baby series...
7) 3rd Degree (3 books):
Read a trilogy.
BONUS: Bloody Mary (1 book):
A series with a strong female kick-ass protagonist, something like: police detective, body builder, warrior.
Mod
Sounds like fun!Shut Up & Read 2019 Serial Reader Challenge (0/38)
Jack the Page Ripper (15 books)
Take 5 series, read: 5 from 1st, 4 from 2nd, 3 from 3rd, 2 from 4th, 1 from 5th
Margaret Peterson Haddix
Found (The Missing #1)
Sent (The Missing #2)
Sabotaged (The Missing #3)
Torn (The Missing #4)
Caught (The Missing #5)
Maggie Steifvater
The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle #1)
The Dream Thieves (The Raven Cycle #2)
Blue Lily, Lily Blue (The Raven Cycle #3)
The Raven King (The Raven Cycle #4)
Chloe Neill
Some Girls Bite (Chicagoland Vampires #1)
Friday Night Bites (Chicagoland Vampires #2)
Twice Bitten (Chicagoland Vampires #3)
Derek Landy
The Faceless Ones (Skulduggery Pleasant #3)
Dark Days (Skulduggery Pleasant #4)
Ally Carter
All Fall Down (Embassy Row #1)
Una-book-bomber (5 books)
chick-lit, romance, mystery, pnr/urban-fantasy/fantasy/sci-fi, young adult
The Selection (The Selection #1) by Kiera Cass
To All The Boys I've Loved Before (To All The Boys I've Loved Before #1) by Jenny Han
The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike #1) by Robert Galbraith
Dead Witch Walking (The Hollows #1) by Kim Harrison
Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles #1) by Marissa Meyer
Spree Series Killer (1+ book)
Try out a totally new author. If the book turns out to be a stinker, you have to TRY AGAIN. Repeat until you find a series that you like and are willing to keep on reading in the future
Pretend You're Safe (The Agency #1) by Alexandra Ivy
Author-ican Psycho (1 book)
Try a book from the author you've "given up" on - call it one more try. It can be the same series you previously found only so-so, or a totally different series by the same author. It's up to you.
Wicked Lovely (Wicked Lovely #1) by Melissa Marr
Dr. Hannibal Lecturer (1 book)
Start on that series that everybody is praising so much but you keep postponing it for later
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games #1) by Suzanne Collins
The Book Strangler (1+ books)
Read a whole series from the beginning to the end (or to the last published book)
Patricia Briggs
Moon Called (Mercy Thompson #1)
Blood Bound (Mercy Thompson #2)
Iron Kissed (Mercy Thompson #3)
Bone Crossed (Mercy Thompson #4)
Silver Borne (Mercy Thompson #5)
River Marked (Mercy Thompson #6)
Frost Burned (Mercy Thompson #7)
Night Broken (Mercy Thompson #8)
Fire Touched (Mercy Thompson #9)
SIlence Fallen (Mercy Thompson #10)
Storm Cursed (Mercy Thompson #11)
3rd Degree (3 books)
Read a trilogy
Laini Taylor
Daughter of Smoke and Bone (Daughter of Smoke and Bone #1)
Days of Blood and Starlight (Daughter of Smoke and Bone #2)
Dreams of Gods and Monsters (Daughter of Smoke and Bone #3)
BONUS: Bloody Mary (1 book):
series with a strong female kick-ass protagonist, something like: police detective, body builder, warrior
Shadow and Bone (Grisha Verse #1) by Leigh Bardugo
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I cant do all of it. I'm just not completely crazy about series! I'll give most of this a miss but I'm in for Jack the Page Ripper (I have never thought of reading a series out of order before, I LOVE this idea so hard) and a Bloody Mary to the third degree. I'm going to find one trilogy with a kickbutt female protagonist, a different one with a kickbutt female villian and a trilogy that makes me wish these books were written sooner. I'm in but modified. What a fab idea.
Mod
I am in. I need to read. I didn't read at all last year. I'll look at this later though✔ 1. Jack the Page Ripper:
✔5 From the First Series (Lucas Davenport)
1: Mind Prey (Finished 4/29/19)
2: Sudden Prey (Finished 5/10/19)
3: Secret Prey (Finished 5/13/19)
4: Certain Prey (Finished 5/31/19)
5: Easy Prey (Finished 8/15/19)
✔4 From the First Series
1. Undead and Undermined (Finished 5/5/19)
2. Undead and Unstable (Finished 5/7/19)
3. Undead and Unsure (Finished 8/3/19)
4. Undead and Unwary (Finished 8/27/19)
✔3 From the First Series (Finishing School)
1. Curtsies & Conspiracies (Finished 5/22/19)
2. Waistcoats & Weaponry (Finished 6/3/19)
3. Mutiny & Manners (Finished 6/4/19)
✔2 From the First Series (Parasol Protectorate)
1. Heartless (Finished 5/15/19)
2. Timeless (Finished 6/1/19)
✔ 1 From the First Series
1. Dead Witch Walking (Finished 4/28/19)
2. Una-book-bomber:
Chick-lit:
✔Romance: The Queen of Zombie Hearts (Finished 11/8/19)
✔ Mystery: Chosen Prey (Finished 8/17/19)
✔ PNR: White Trash Zombie Gone Wild (Finished 3/12/19)
✔young adult: Gilded Cage (Dark Gifts #1) (8/16/19)
Gilded Cage✔ 3) Spree Series Killer (1+ book):
The Gospel of Loki (Loki #1) (Finished 5/27/19)
✔ 4) Author-ican Psycho (1 book)
Crimson Death (Finished 8//19)
5) Dr. Hannibal Lecturer (1 book):
6) The Book Strangler (1+ books):
1. Prudence (Finished 6/11/19)
2. Imprudence (Finished 6/30/19)
3. Competence (Finished 7/4/19)
4. Reticence (Finished //19)
✔ 7) 3rd Degree (3 books):
1. The Medium (Finished 8/3/19)
2. Possession(Finished 8/12/19)
3. Evermore (Finished 8/23/19)
✔ BONUS: Bloody Mary (1 book):
Second Grave on the Left (Finished 5/9/19)
1) Jack the Page Ripper (15 books):Take 5 series, read:
5 books from 1st series:
Witch Glitch
A Witch in Time
Magically Delicious
A Tale of Two Witches
Three's A Charm
4 from 2nd:
✔A Breath of Snow and Ashes
✔An Echo in the Bone
✔The Space Between
✔Written in My Own Heart's Blood
3 from 3rd:
✔The Black Witch
✔Light Mage
✔The Iron Flower
2 from 4th:
✔The Year of the Flood
✔MaddAddam
1 from the last one:
✔ The House with a Clock in Its Walls
2) Una-book-bomber (5 books):
✔chick-lit: Love the One You're With
✔romance: Beauty's Kingdom
✔mystery: Hope Never Dies
✔pnr/urban-fantasy/fantasy/sci-fi: The Ballad of Ballard and Sandrine
✔young adult: Forbidden
3) Spree Series Killer (1+ book):
✔Switching Hour
4) Author-ican Psycho (1 book):
✔Looking for Alaska
5) Dr. Hannibal Lecturer (1 book):
✔Oryx and Crake
6) The Book Strangler (1+ books):
✔Ignite the Stars
Eclipse the Skies
7) 3rd Degree (3 books):
✔Binti
✔Home
✔The Night Masquerade
BONUS: Bloody Mary (1 book):
✔Every Heart a Doorway
✔Down Among the Sticks and Bones
✔Beneath the Sugar Sky
✔In an Absent Dream
26/32
Mod
Please, can I back date this to January 1st, 2019?1) JACK THE PAGE RIPPER (15 books):
Saga
1. ✓ Saga, Vol. 2 by Brian K. Vaughan 30/01 - 30/01
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3.
4.
5.
Detective Erika Foster
1.
2.
3.
4.
Scott Pilgrim
1. ✓ Scott Pilgrim Una vita niente male by Bryan Lee O'Malley 06/02 - 07/02
2. ✓ Scott Pilgrim contro il mondo by Bryan Lee O'Malley
3.
Strange the Dreamer
✓ Il sognatore by Laini Taylor
2. Muse of Nightmares
Hercule Poirot
✓ Poirot a Styles Court by Agatha Christie 22/01 - 23/01
2) UNA-BOOK-BOMBER (5 books):
chick-lit »
romance »
mystery » ✓ L'ora di punta. Un'indagine al volante by Nora Venturini 23/01 - 29/01
pnr/urban-fantasy/fantasy/sci-fi » ✓ La messa nera by L.J. Smith
young adult »
3) SPREE SERIES KILLER (1+ book):
[NEW AUTHOR SERIES]
1.
2.
3.
Try out a totally new author. If the book turns out to be a stinker, you have to TRY AGAIN. Repeat until you find a series that you like and are willing to keep on reading in the future.
1. ✓ Frăţia Inelului by J.R.R. Tolkien 01/02 - 25/02
5) DR. HANNIBAL LECTURER (1 book):
1. La saga dei Cazalet
6) THE BOOK STRANGLER (1+ books):
Complete Death Note
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7) 3RD DEGREE (3 books):
Divergent Trilogy
1.
2.
3.
BONUS: Bloody Mary (1 book):
1. Miss Marple
Mod
easiest serial to be a series done is The Murderbot Series by Martha Wells. I'm using this as the Murberbot Diaries as my bloody Mary because it has a host of strong female characters and Murderbot doesn't need a sex.
I've done at least 3 sprees one punch man, I am hero, invader zim
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SERIAL
KILLERREADER CHALLENGEDuration: 1/1/2019 - 12/31/2019
This challenge was created by Katarzyna Pohl and used with her permission.
You can cross challenge with other challenges, but within Serial Reader the books you list cannot repeat.
This one is monstrous, not for the faint of heart!!! In order to complete it officially, you'll have to read: 27+ books and 15+ different series. Yup, you're reading it right. But fear not, I'm willing to compromise: if you omit some of the subcategories and then call it quits - fine by me - you just won't be all that notorious then. Of course, you can post as you go, but be sure to sing up to set the start date. (note: it's ok to back date if you wish to do so)
So Serial Readers, are you up for the challenge?!
1) Jack the Page Ripper (15 books):
Take 5 series, read:
5 books from 1st series (of your choice)
4 from 2nd
3 from 3rd
2 from 4th
1 from the last one (and you don't have to be starting with 1st book each time)
2) Una-book-bomber (5 books):
Read one book from each of the genres. It does not have to be the first book in the series, but it must be a series book, not a stand-alone:
chick-lit
romance
mystery
pnr/urban-fantasy/fantasy/sci-fi
young adult
3) Spree Series Killer (1+ book):
Try out a totally new author. If the book turns out to be a stinker, you have to TRY AGAIN. Repeat until you find a series that you like and are willing to keep on reading in the future.
4) Author-ican Psycho (1 book)
Try a book from the author you've "given up" on - call it one more try. It can be the same series you previously found only so-so, or a totally different series by the same author. It's up to you.
5) Dr. Hannibal Lecturer (1 book):
Start on that series that everybody is praising so much but you keep postponing it for later.
Just read it already. Go on!
6) The Book Strangler (1+ books):
Read a whole series from the beginning to the end (or to the last published book). You choose whether it's going to be a 15-book-long-monster or a 1-book-long-freshly-started-baby series...
7) 3rd Degree (3 books):
Read a trilogy. An old fashioned trilogy that wraps up at book 3.
BONUS: Bloody Mary (1 book):
A series with a strong female kick-ass protagonist, something like: police detective, body builder, warrior. So for example LKH Anita Blake would work.
EVERYONE TO FINISH THIS CHALLENGE WILL RECEIVE THIS BADGE.