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I'm going to lower mine to 5. Most of the series I read, I can complete.
I’m keeping mine at 1, but I might change it when I have completed my plan for the year.
I'm hoping to get up to date in 5 series. I'm way behind in many series so I didn't make this any more difficult than 5. There are too many series I've started with more than 20 books in them.
Hey do you guys mark up to date if you read the last book but the next one comes out later this year? I'm currently up to date on the Legacy series by Ilona Andrews but the next one comes out in August at which point I will no longer be up to date.
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Clear as fog?
I just increased my goal. I've actually gone beyond 12 already! And I think I might be over 20 if I continue with the one author has this interwoven series that will be 3 to add to up to date pretty soon.The only thing I don't like was that I had to transfer the books from the already established shelf to the one that I didn't know would be created when I upped the goal number. Did I do something wrong and not knownitborbisbthisbthe way that works. You can't just up the number and everything else stays the same.
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You shouldn’t have had to change the shelf. All you needed to do was update the number.
Thanx Jonetta. Thought it must have been me doing something wrong.
I need to up my count too. I forgot a couple series I'm reading. I will when I get home.
sorry something happened with my phone. I'll delete the duplicates when I get home
Jonetta wrote: "If I’m aware another book is scheduled for release in the same year, I don’t count it as being up to date. It’s those pesky ones that get announced after I’ve counted the last book as being up to d..."I'm not doing great with this challenge because there are books coming out later this year for several of my series I'm currently caught up on. 🐼 (sad panda)
But at the moment you are caught up. And besides you might read those before the year is over.That's how I work my list. I just make sure that my list is correct every few months. Remove something if a newer one has been released.
Here's how it works.
1. You can find the challenge here or on our group home page.
2. After selecting the challenge, complete the information requested, including the number of series where you plan to get up to date in 2020 (it says books here but for this challenge, think series). Where it asks for a shelf name, type in your profile name. Save the information.
3. Go to your shelf and edit "bookshelves." Type in "200 utd" (without the quotes) and then select "Add." This will be the shelf you'll use to track your progress (more to come). You can select another name for your shelf if you prefer.
4. Return to the group home page and select "update my entry" and add the shelf name exactly as follows: 200-utd (or, whatever shelf name you created) but remember to use all lowercase.
5. Click "Save."
6. You've now entered the challenge!
Now, how do you track your series progress?
Whenever you read the last book in a series that you now consider up to date, add that book to your 200-utd shelf (or other shelf name you created). It will be included in the challenge results.
If the series appears to be complete (last book released some time ago, the story feels final, no word from the author about continuing the series, etc.), consider it complete. Otherwise, if there's some doubt, mark it up to date.
Last year, a few I'd tagged as up to date ended up being finished and vice versa. No need to change a previous year but if things change in the current year, you can always adjust.
I've also used the GR "Ask the Author" feature with some success.
(If an author of one of your series releases another book during the year and you don't read the new book by December 31, 2020, you'll need to remove the last book you read from the 200 up to date shelf.)
We hope everyone will join again!