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Challenges: Year Long Main 2021
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Lisa Knocks Those Series Into Shape 2015
LEVEL 1Books:
✔Heir of Novron by Michael J. Sullivan - The Riyria Revelations #5 and #6 (omnibus edition) - Finished 11/01/15
✔Inferno by Dan Brown - Robert Langdon #4 - Finished 21/02/15
Series Completed:
The Riyria Revelations
Robert Langdon
Points (Series Base + Individual):
60 + 10 = 70
40 + 5 = 45
TOTAL POINTS FOR LEVEL 1 = 115 points
LEVEL 2Books:
✔Lamentation by C.J. Sansom - Matthew Shardlake #6 - Finished 18/04/15
✔The Boy I Love by Marion Husband - The Boy I Love Trilogy #1 - Finished 08/03/15
✔All the Beauty of the Sun by Marion Husband - The Boy I Love Trilogy #2 - Finished 28/08/15
✔Paper Moon by Marion Husband - The Boy I Love Trilogy #3 - Finished 31/08/15
Series Completed:
Matthew Shardlake
The Boy I Love Trilogy
Points (Series Base + Individual):
60 + 5 = 65
30 + 15 = 45
TOTAL POINTS FOR LEVEL 2 = 110 points
LEVEL 3Books:
✔Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb - The Liveship Traders #1 - Finished 23/09/15
The Mad Ship by Robin Hobb - The Liveship Traders #2
Ship of Destiny by Robin Hobb - The Liveship Traders #3
The Dragon Keeper by Robin Hobb - The Rain Wild Chronicles #1
Dragon Haven by Robin Hobb - The Rain Wild Chronicles #2
City of Dragons by Robin Hobb - The Rain Wild Chronicles #3
Blood of Dragons by Robin Hobb - The Rain Wild Chronicles #4
Series Completed:
The Liveship Traders
The Rain Wild Chronicles
Points (Series Base + Individual):
30 + 15 = 45
40 + 20 = 60
TOTAL POINTS FOR LEVEL 3 = 105 points
LEVEL 4Books:
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LEVEL 5Books:
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I highly recommend starting soon with those last two books of The Riyria Revelations Lisa! :)
They will probably be the first books I read for this challenge Peggy :D
Peggy wrote: "I highly recommend starting soon with those last two books of The Riyria Revelations Lisa! :)"I agree with Peggy, and then you can join me with the Riyria Chronicles. :)
Oh yes, I forgot about 'The Riyria Chronicles'! Whoops! I would love to join you Janice :)
Ooh Matthew Shardlake I'd really like to read at some point =]How about any Sharon Kay Penman books?
Are you planning on buddy reading the chronicles? I would love to join too!
Sarah wrote: "Ooh Matthew Shardlake I'd really like to read at some point =]How about any Sharon Kay Penman books?"
I would highly recommend the 'Shardlake' books Sarah. They are brilliant!
I may well add some Sharon Kay Penman into my 'series that I want to start' list ;)
Peggy wrote: "Are you planning on buddy reading the chronicles? I would love to join too!"I reckon a buddy read may well pop up at some point Peggy ;)
I shall defo read them. Maybe it'll be a series I can start next year =PKewlio, let me know as I'm planning on reading the Welsh Princes series. Well actually I'm planning on reading all her books next year for another challenge in another group, so if you decide to read any we can do a buddy read perhaps =D
Sarah wrote: "I shall defo read them. Maybe it'll be a series I can start next year =PKewlio, let me know as I'm planning on reading the Welsh Princes series. Well actually I'm planning on reading all her book..."
I have just added the Welsh Princes series into my possibles list so I will let you know if I decide to read any of them and then we can definitely do a buddy read :)
Ooh awesome =D hehe yay. Just made my thread, nothing on there yet though.
Lisa wrote: "Oh yes, I forgot about 'The Riyria Chronicles'! Whoops! I would love to join you Janice :)"I just realized that the Chronicles won't fit the challenge because it's only 2 books. There's 3 with the short story, but the addons don't count.
Janice wrote: "Lisa wrote: "Oh yes, I forgot about 'The Riyria Chronicles'! Whoops! I would love to join you Janice :)"I just realized that the Chronicles won't fit the challenge because it's only 2 books. The..."
That's a shame. Oh well, I guess we will just have to read them outside of the challenge ;)
Ok, I have my first level planned out which will allow me to complete 2 series and hit 100 points. I am going to plan everything else as I go along.
Sounds like a good first level! I have the Bronze Horseman also on my tbr, but not started yet.
I really enjoyed 'The Bronze Horseman' Peggy. Hopefully books 2 and 3 will be just as good.
It's going to take a while to get my head around the new challenge - I was just looking at your level 1 choices and wracking my brains at how you connected the last Riyria with the first Bronze Horseman - that's the 2014 challenge! *slaps forehead*
Haha, I keep thinking in number of pages and for one book I was relieved that it had just over 500 pages, only to realize that it doesn't matter if it's shorter ;-)
Sarah wrote: "It's going to take a while to get my head around the new challenge - I was just looking at your level 1 choices and wracking my brains at how you connected the last Riyria with the first Bronze Hor..."Lol, I keep doing that too! Although I would have been able to connect them if we needed to - authors surnames both begin with the letter S ;)
Sarah wrote: "It's going to take a while to get my head around the new challenge - I was just looking at your level 1 choices and wracking my brains at how you connected the last Riyria with the first Bronze Hor..."LOL! They can all be connected by the fact that they are all series. But then, that's a moot point.
I still haven't tried Michael Sullivan. Where do you ladies recommend I start?Your lists look great, Lisa!
Laura wrote: "I still haven't tried Michael Sullivan. Where do you ladies recommend I start?Your lists look great, Lisa!"
I would recommend starting with 'The Riyria Revelations' Laura. They are fantastic! You can get all 6 books individually but I would recommend getting them in the omnibus editions which each contain 2 books. They are Theft of Swords, Rise of Empire and Heir of Novron.
Lisa wrote: "Laura wrote: "I still haven't tried Michael Sullivan. Where do you ladies..."I would recommend starting with 'The Riyria Revelations' Laura. They ar..."
I'm thinking of giving this series a go, too. Maybe we can buddy read, Laura? I think there are others probably interested, too.
Sarah wrote: "Yay, Level 1 all ready =]"Yep, all ready for January now! :D That is the only level that I am planning ahead for. I am going to wing it the rest of the way.
The bronze horseman is a series I plan to start (and hopefully finished) this year. Those are three chunksters!
Sandra wrote: "The bronze horseman is a series I plan to start (and hopefully finished) this year. Those are three chunksters!"I hope you enjoy them too Sandra! :)
The Riyria Revelations is a great series to start off your challenge with.
I finished my first book for this challenge which was Heir of Novron which also means that I have killed off my first series, 'The Riyria Revelations'. This was a fantastic book and series and one that I would really recommend checking out. Here is my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...I still need to finish one more series before I complete Level 1 but it's a start :)
What a great way to kick off the challenge.
WOO! Awesome, finished Level 1 =D *dances*
Thanks Sarah. I haven't actually completed Level 1 yet though. Hehe. I finished 'The Riyria Revelations' but I still need to kill off one more series before I level up ;)
Oh, oops sorry ahah! Yes I just noticed the tick, whoops. But you're doing well though =] I'm still on my first book. Getting there though.
I have started my next book for this challenge, Inferno, which will complete the 'Robert Langdon' series and kill off Level 1.
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Although I have started a lot of series and have numerous others that I want to start, I have only included a small(ish) selection to pick from on my lists. These are the series that I am the most interested in.
Current Series:
The Riyria Revelations - 4 books read, 2 to go
The Bronze Horseman - 1 book read, 2 to go
A Song of Ice and Fire - 2 books read, 5 to go
The Broken Empire - 1 book read, 2 to go
Matthew Shardlake - 5 books read, 1 to go
Robert Langdon - 3 books read, 1 to go
The Cousins War - 1 book read, 5 to go
Tales from the Kingdoms - 1 book read, 2 to go
Bridget Jones - 2 books read, 1 to go
Outlander - 1 book read, 7 to go
Comanche - 1 book read, 3 to go
The Kingkiller Chronicles - 2 books read, 1 to go (fingers crossed for the last book in 2015)
Thomas Cromwell Trilogy - 2 books read, 1 to go (fingers crossed for the last book in 2015)
Series That I Want To Start:
Mistborn Trilogy
Farseer Trilogy
The Liveship Traders
The Rainwild Chronicles
Empress of Rome
Gentleman Bastards Trilogy
Mistress of the Art of Death
The Boy I Love Trilogy
Raven's Shadow
Thomas Hill
Wars of the Roses
William Shakespeare's Star Wars
Welsh Princes
The Iron Druid Chronicles
Thursday Next
All Souls Trilogy
The Magicians
Lord John Grey
Child 44 Trilogy
SCORING:
Each series has an assigned point value based on the number of books in the series. In addition, 5 points will be awarded for every book started and finished in the level.
Trilogy = 30 pts
Four book series = 40 pts
Five book series = 50 pts
Six book series = 60 pts
Seven book series = 70 pts
Eight book series = 80 pts
Nine book series = 90 pts
Ten or more book series = 100 pts