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2015 Year Long Challenge - Serial Killers
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Anne (Booklady)
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Dec 26, 2014 09:40PM
Dead People! So I can read Jesse Stone written by Robert Parker and don't read the icky ones written after Parker died? Awesome if true!
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Or Charles Lenox. The first book is A Beautiful Blue Death and I know Cherie agrees about what an awesome series this is!
If you like mysteries, Ann, with a bit of romance, Nora Roberts has a trilogy that I really liked. The first book is Blue Dahlia. It is a very easy book to read, as well :-)
Oh, I loved the Jessie Stone books. Someone else is writing them now? The Sunny Russle series were good ones too. And, yes, the Charles Lenox books are wonderful. Do them in audio if you can. The narrator's voice makes them especially pleasing. Charles Lenox is much more "cozy mystery" than Jessie Stone and it is not the mystery I read them for, but the characters. The mystery is a bonus. :)
I apologize of this has been asked already but I'm considering reading Theft of Swords series and the books are broken down into omnibuses (?, a new bookish term to me) so the books are broken down into 2 series reads per book book.https://www.goodreads.com/series/9646...
Do I count this as a 6 books series or a 3 book series?
thanks!
Wait. Anne you don't already have an over abundance of series? Either A. You prefer a standalone or B. You just get serious and attack an entire series instead of starting 40 different ones like the rest of us
Tasha wrote: "I apologize of this has been asked already but I'm considering reading Theft of Swords series and the books are broken down into omnibuses (?, a new bookish term to me) so the books..."Count them as individual books, Tasha. That would be 6 books. And enjoy! Michael Sullivan is a wonderful story teller and you'll be in love with Royce and Hadrian like the rest of his.
Anne (Booklady) wrote: "Dead People! So I can read Jesse Stone written by Robert Parker and don't read the icky ones written after Parker died? Awesome if true!"Jesse Stone ends with Robert Parker's books for the purposes of this challenge.
thanks, Janice. I'm looking forward to it.
I find I've read the first book of many series. Now to figure out which are worth completing...
Travis of NNY wrote: "Wait. Anne you don't already have an over abundance of series? Either A. You prefer a standalone or B. You just get serious and attack an entire series instead of starting 40 different ones like t..."Eek! I have 53 started. A few of them I just need 1-2 books to finish. I just finished two series this week. Good grief!
Travis of NNY wrote: "Wait. Anne you don't already have an over abundance of series? Either A. You prefer a standalone or B. You just get serious and attack an entire series instead of starting 40 different ones like t..."LOL, Travis - you know me well. I do both A and B. When I get a hold of a series, I tend to read them all. The ones on my thread are the ones, I held back on or haven't started yet.
Yeehaw! Thanks Janice!!!!!3< Jesse Stone it is and Alex Cooper too.
Penn Cage too!
I do not have an overabundance an Series either (Series I would pursue). I tend to read them complet (if I like them).Because of that (and the long commitment) I m still hesitant about join the challenge
The structure is like 2014's Chunkster challenge in that THE challenge is only 1 level. If you have a 10 book series and have only 1 book to read to complete it, you could be finished this challenge with only the one book. You can make the challenge as short or as long as you want.
Ok Janice You have convinced me. I m in
Awesome! Glad to hear it Mariab. :)
Sorry this may have been asked but do we need to list all the series we may potentially read in our first reporting thread or can we add as we go? Love a good series!
I just added The Original Shannara Trilogy to my TBR, which starts with The Sword of Shannara, and which were published between 1977 and 1985. The series title made me believe it's a trilogy, but when looking further into it, there's a fourth book published in 1996 First King of Shannara which is named #0. I know we don't count novella's (like book 2.5), but this is a full-length book. Should I regard this series as 3 or 4 books?https://www.goodreads.com/series/4952...
I sometimes go back to back attacking a series. What I like about that method is the abikity to keep track of characters and events easier. The downfall is if it is a really good series it gets over too quick. Sonetimes I like to drag out a series to savor it. Other times you know you should be savoring them but choose to devour instead.
Carolyn wrote: "Sorry this may have been asked but do we need to list all the series we may potentially read in our first reporting thread or can we add as we go? Love a good series!"I'm pretty sure you just can add them as you go, Carolyn.
Carolyn wrote: "Sorry this may have been asked but do we need to list all the series we may potentially read in our first reporting thread or can we add as we go? Love a good series!"No, it's just a starting point to help you see what you've got and what your priorities may be. It's fun to see what series everyone else is reading.
Peggy wrote: "I just added The Original Shannara Trilogy to my TBR, which starts with The Sword of Shannara, and which were published between 1977 and 1985. The series title made me believe it's a t..."A couple of years back, a town in my area was burned down in a forest fire. Many libraries across the country donated books for the rebuilt library. Any that couldn't be used were sold and the money applied to where it was needed. I picked up the second book in the series. Now I need to acquire the first book! So, I may join you in reading that series.
ETA. There was a question with this.... sorry Peggy, got carried away. Let's stick with whole numbers and exclude this from the series. It is a prequel, so not a part of the original trilogy.
Thanks Janice!And I like the story, it's nice how all the libraries worked together and raised money :)
I don't know if anyone is interested, but as I was going through my read books looking for series I may have missed, I came across a series that I just loved when I read it many years ago. It might be considered YA now, but maybe not. The author won a Newberry Award for her 2nd novel called Dicey's Song, which was the first one I read. The four book series is called The Tillerman Cycle. The first one is Homecoming. The author is Cynthia Voigt.
I liked the library story too, Janice and I think you will like the Shannara books. I never got into the later series after these three, but I am pretty sure I read The First King too - after. I just never followed them into the next "generations" ie: The Herritage cycle or series.I just visited the author's page and I think it is interesting that he has a suggested reading order for "new readers" and for "re-visiting readers".
I notice that a lot now that I'm adding all my series. There's publication order, chronological order, author's suggested order. There are series that are simple trilogies, but also series that have many subseries (like Shannara, but also Pern for example). I'm a bit confused! How do I know the best way to go? I think I'll have to google every serie I want to start.
Cherie wrote: "I don't know if anyone is interested, but as I was going through my read books looking for series I may have missed, I came across a series that I just loved when I read it many years ago. It migh..."Thanks for the suggestion Cherie. You and another GR friend of mine are the only ones who read it, but with high ratings!
It seems the series has 7 books though, at least according to the GR page.
You are right about The Tillerman books Peggy. I am sorry that I didn't look far enough. I just added the other three books to my TBR. Looks like I will be adding them to my challenge list. So much for thinking I was done again. I found so many others as I was looking. I am mostly interested in adding the ones that I already have books for but is hard to leave off others that have already been started. I think I need a third catagory and to redo my list again. I have two more Indian in the Closet books to finish too.
It's nice too, isn't it? Only 3 more books to read in a series you know you'll love, a bit of nostalgia going back after all this time, and then one more challenge level almost finished!
Cherie wrote: "I liked the library story too, Janice and I think you will like the Shannara books. I never got into the later series after these three, but I am pretty sure I read The First King too - after. I ..."I'm pretty sure I've read some of Terry Brook's books around the same time I read David Edding's books.
Peggy wrote: "I notice that a lot now that I'm adding all my series. There's publication order, chronological order, author's suggested order. There are series that are simple trilogies, but also series that hav..."It makes my head spin! Of course, I want to read series in the best possible order so I drive myself crazy. I guess the best way to go is author recommended order.
That happened to me yesterday when I debated whether or not to get the audible daily deal, Cold City. It's book 1 of the Repairman Jack: The Early Years series. I went to the author's website and he listed all the books set in that world in chronological order. I'm not sure if that was his recommended reading order or not. I finally had to decide to get the book and jump into the fray at that point.
I am spending waaaaay to much time strategizing about this challenge. I have other things I need to do!
So weird, but NONE of the David Eddings books have ever appealed to me. Even now, I look at the titles and covers and say "meh". There are a few others along the same lines that I have never been able to get into...
I don't remember much about them since I read them way back in the 80's, but I read the Belgariad and Mallorean books back to back. I remember bits and pieces. Maybe some day, I'll read them again.
Lara wrote: "I am spending waaaaay to much time strategizing about this challenge. I have other things I need to do!"I'm surprised I'm not strategizing too! The only planning I've really done so far isn't really planning because I was going to do it anyway... I'm going to read Shadowfever starting on the 1st, then Iced so I'll be caught up and ready for the release of Burned. Which will just so happen to "kill" the Fever Series for my challenge. But, I'll still need more points to beat the first level of this challenge and I have no idea what else I will read. I haven't much thought about it.
Oh, I'll read the third and final book in the Muirwood trilogy in January as well. So I guess I'll be "killing" two series in one level... And I think that will give me enough points to advance to level two! I'm off to recheck how the scoring works for sure....
Lara wrote: "I am spending waaaaay to much time strategizing about this challenge. I have other things I need to do!"I'm just starting to go down this particular rabbit hole, but I can feel the crazy building....
But the planning and strategizing (which go out the window once I actually start reading) is so much more fun than most other things, besides reading of course. The main problem is that it makes me want to start on a book now, and I still have to wait a day and a half.
Cherie wrote: "So weird, but NONE of the David Eddings books have ever appealed to me. Even now, I look at the titles and covers and say "meh". There are a few others along the same lines that I have never bee..."Cherie, I loved the first series and liked the second almost as much. They are definitely lighter with the journey, the boy having to grow up, and some really fun characters. Plus, the fantasy world is pretty consistent within itself. It's not deep, but it's a great comfort read for me.
Lara wrote: "But the planning and strategizing (which go out the window once I actually start reading) is so much more fun than most other things, besides reading of course. The main problem is that it makes me..."Welll - you can start a book now if you don't need the 5 points for your level.
Beth wrote: "I'm just starting to go down this particular rabbit hole, but I can feel the crazy building."Bring on the crazy.
Ok series question. Les Misérables was originally released as a series and even now can be purchased in that format. Can I count it?
Carolyn wrote: "Ok series question. Les Misérables was originally released as a series and even now can be purchased in that format. Can I count it?"The decision was that we will use Goodreads, in all it's good and warts, would be the deciding factor. The book(s) must be shown as a series on Goodreads. Les Mis is not, so the answer is no.
Sorry, but I'm just trying to keep things as simple as possible.
Janice wrote: "Carolyn wrote: "Ok series question. Les Misérables was originally released as a series and even now can be purchased in that format. Can I count it?"The decision was that we will use..."
That's cool. I've plenty of others to read
This is perfect, I have at least 5 series each with ridiculous amount of books waiting to be read. This is a good way to tackle them! Maybe this year I'll actually finish 'Game of Thrones'
Lara wrote: "But the planning and strategizing (which go out the window once I actually start reading) is so much more fun than most other things, besides reading of course. The main problem is that it makes me..."I know, I love gophering too! That is why I'm so surprised I'm not doing more of that than I am. Part of it is I don't think I have a whole lot of unfinished series. Usually if I really like the first book in a series, I devour the entire thing back-to-back until it is finished.
So many series... So little time, just saw this. But I love it!!!
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