The Series Read Challenge

[Sumit]

No reason to stop reading series in 2015 eh?

Quick, sign up! https://www.goodreads.com/challenges/...

[Srividya]

Okay - so last year I was too ambitious and planned, which never works! So this year, I shall NOT plan but put up my series as they come up and lets see how many I get to finish!

Series continued from 2014 and before

1. The Sullivans

✔ Let Me Be the One - 7/1/15
✔ I Only Have Eyes for You - 21/1/15

Blossom Street
✔ Blossom Street Brides - 22/1/15


New Series


1. The Lord of the Rings

✔ The Fellowship of the Ring - 11/1/15
The Two Towers
The Return of the King

2. Flavia de Luce

✔ The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie - 4/1/15
The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag
A Red Herring Without Mustard

3. Amelia Peabody

✔ Crocodile on the Sandbank- 6/1/15
The Curse of the Pharaohs
The Mummy Case

4. Black Dagger Brotherhood

✔ Dark Lover
Lover Eternal
Lover Awakened

5. Blackberry Island

✔ Barefoot Season - 21/1/15

[Purvika]

Goal for 2015


Percy Jackson and the last Olympians

The Lightning Thief
The Sea of Monsters
The Titan's Curse
The Battle of the Labyrinth
Percy Jackson and the Sword of Hades
The Last Olympian
Percy Jackson and the Singer of Apollo
The Demigod Files

The heros of Olympus

The Lost Hero
The Son of Neptune
The Mark of Athena
The House of Hades
The Blood of Olympus
The Demigod Diaries

The Inheritance Cycle

Eragon
Eldest
Brisingr
Inheritance

The Giver Quartet

✔The Giver
✔Gathering Blue
Messenger
Son

The Kingkiller Chronicle

The Name of the Wind
The Wise Man's Fear
Doors of Stone

Pax Arcana

Charmed I'm Sure
Charming
Daring
Fearless

The Darkest Minds

The Darkest Minds
In Time
Never Fade
Sparks Rise
In The Afterlight

Farseer Trilogy

Assassin's Apprentice
Royal Assassin
Assassin's Quest

[Em Lost In Books]

I don't which series I am going to read except a song of Ice and fire.

will update my series as i read them. :)

[Akshay]

Okay then

Series continued from 2014 and before

1 The Riyria Revelations

✔The Emerald Storm
Wintertide
Percepliquis

2 American Vampire

✔American Vampire, Vol. 4
✔American Vampire, Vol. 5
American Vampire, Vol. 6
American Vampire, Vol. 7

3 Pendergast

✔Blue Labyrinth

4 Shadow Ops

✔Breach Zone

5 Hyperion Cantos

The Fall of Hyperion

6 The Secret History of the World

✔Black Wind
✔The Tomb (Adversary Cycle, #2)

7 Farseer Trilogy

Assassin's Quest

8 Dresden Files

✔Fool Moon

9 Peter Grant

Broken Homes
Foxglove Summer

9 Tales of the Ketty Jay

✔The Black Lung Captain

10 Charlie Parker

✔Dark Hollow

11 Old Man's War

✔The Ghost Brigades
The Last Colony

12 Lucas Davenport

Hidden Prey
Broken Prey

New Series

Age of Apocalypse

✔X-Men: Age of Apocalypse - The Complete Epic, Book 1
✔X-Men: Age of Apocalypse – The Complete Epic, Book 2
✔X-Men: Age of Apocalypse – The Complete Epic, Book 3

Discworld

✔Guards! Guards!

Raven's Shadow

✔Blood Song

Expanse

✔Leviathan Wakes

Matthew Corbett

✔Speaks the Nightbird

[Zaara]

Do duologies count as series?

[Sumit]

Nope.

[Zaara]

Argh sorry, this WAS mentioned in the sign up page!

[Sumit]

No worries, perhaps it'll be a good idea for us to include challenge rules on the threads too. Makes it simpler for everyone if it's all in one place.

Thanks!

[Thorbjorn]

So Srividya's idea sound quite good especially as i HATE to plan too much ahead when reading books.

Just casting a glans at what people have planned for this year i think i will start out with reading:

Black dagger brotherhood (As i think i only got to book 3 last time i read it)
Dark Lover
Lover Eternal
Lover Awakened
Lover Revealed
Lover Unbound
Lover Enshrined
Lover Avenged
Lover Mine
Lover Unleashed
Lover Reborn
Lover at Last
The King

Demon cycle (After a lot of recommendations from a friend)
The Warded Man
The Desert Spear
The Daylight War

And Earthsea cycle
A Wizard of Earthsea
The Tombs of Atuan
The Farthest Shore
Tehanu

And the magic theif
The Magic Thief
Lost
Found
The Magic Thief: Home

Gentelman bastards
The Lies of Locke Lamora
Red Seas Under Red Skies
The Republic of Thieves

The seven realms
The Demon King
The Exiled Queen
The Gray Wolf Throne
The Crimson Crown

[Anoop]

Only 3 series which I am certain to be touching upon.
1. Greg Mandel Series
Mindstar Rising completed
A Quantum Murder
The Nano Flower

2. The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox
Bridge of Birds: A Novel of an Ancient China That Never Was completed last year
The Story of the Stone: A Master Li Novel completed
Eight Skilled Gentlemen

3- The Dark Tower Series (3 books completed last year)

[Zaara]

Uhhhhh...
I plan to start Rothfuss, continue Lynch and read the five book series of memoirs by Maya Angelou...

[Em Lost In Books]

@Zaara: but Rothfuss has written only two books in his Kingkiller Chronicles, sadly they're his only books except a novella in the series.

go with some other author for this challenge.

[Zaara]

@Manju...OK...but I will read the books this yea anyway even if they don't count towards the tally...and you and Ishi are joining me, don't forget ;-)

[Em Lost In Books]

Zaara wrote: "@Manju...OK...but I will read the books this yea anyway even if they don't count towards the tally...and you and Ishi are joining me, don't forget ;-)"

yes ma'am, we'll read it and then discuss it too. btw when are you reading this?

[Ishi]

Not planning much, but will take it all as I go!

Duration: 1st Jan to 31st Dec 2015

Series Continued from previous years
1. Fever series
✔


2. Vampire Academy




3. Boy series



4. Gentlemen Bastards



5. Mistborn


New series
1. Millenium series

[Zaara]

Ishi isnt free for the next couple of months and even u wanted some time na? Suits me. In fact it's great. Gives me time to concentrate on Mistborn with Deej. Have been neglecting that for the last two weeks...

[Zaara]

Thabks for reminding me...Mistborn will count for this challenge na?

[Em Lost In Books]

Zaara wrote: "Ishi isnt free for the next couple of months and even u wanted some time na? Suits me. In fact it's great. Gives me time to concentrate on Mistborn with Deej. Have been neglecting that for the last..."

Okay.:)

[Em Lost In Books]

Zaara wrote: "Thabks for reminding me...Mistborn will count for this challenge na?"

yes.:)

[Amritha]

Series Read 2015 Challenge
Will continue Dresden Files, Inspector Van Veeteren and Inspector Sejer series from last year.

1. Dresden Files
3.Grave Peril 22/02/15

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Series Reader 2015 Challenge
Duration: Jan. 01st 2015 to Dec. 31st, 2015

Divergent
1.Divergent
2. Allegiant
3. Insurgent

Alex Cross
1. Along Came a Spider (fninshed on Dec. 24th, 2014)
2. Kiss the Girls Mar. 06th, 2015
3. Jack & Jill
4. Cat and Mouse
5. Pop Goes the Weasel
6. Roses are Red
7. Violets Are Blue
8. Four Blind Mice
9. The Big Bad Wolf
10. Mary, Mary
11. London Bridges
12. Cross
13. Double Cross
14. Cross Country
15. Alex Cross's Trial
16. I, Alex Cross
17. Cross Fire
18. Kill Alex Cross
19. Merry Christmas, Alex Cross
20. Alex Cross, Run
21. Cross My Heart
22. Hope To Die

Rizzoli & Isles
1.The Surgeon Jan. 08th, 2015
2. The Apprentice Feb. 25th, 2015
3.The Sinner
4.Body Double
5.Vanish
6.The Mephisto Club
6.5 The Bone Garden
7.The Keepsake
8.Ice Cold
9.The Silent Girl
10.Last to Die

Gossip Girl
1. Gossip Girl, Jan. 17th, 2015
2. You Know You Love Me, Jan. 20th, 2015
3. All I Want is Everything, Feb. 22nd, 2015
4. Because I'm Worth It, Mar. 14th, 2015
5. I Like It Like That
6. You're the One That I Want
7. Nobody Does It Better
8. Nothing Can Keep Us Together
9. Only in Your Dreams
10. Would I Lie to You
11. Don't You Forget About Me
12. It Had to Be You
13. I Will Always Love You

Wings of Fire
1. The Dragonet Prophecy Feb. 20th, 2015
2. The Lost Heir Mar. 06th, 2015
3. The Hidden Kingdom
4. The Dark Secret
5. The Brightest Night
6. Moon Rising
7. Winter Turning

[Bec]

Series Reader 2015 Challenge
Duration:01/01/2015 to 31/12/2015
Completed: 3/18

A Song of Ice & Fire
1. ✔A Game of Thrones
2. A Clash of Kings
3. A Storm of Swords: Steel and Snow
4. A Storm of Swords: Blood and Gold
5. A Feast for Crows
6. A Dance with Dragons: Dreams and Dust
7. A Dance with Dragons: After the Feast

Delirium
1. ✔Annabel
2. ✔Delirium
3. ✔Hana
4. Pandemonium
5. Raven
6. Requiem
7. Alex

The Inheritance Cycle
1. ✔Eragon [completed 2014]
2. Eldest
3. Brisingr
4. Inheritance

Evernight
1. ✔Evernight
2. Stargazer
3. Hourglass
4. Afterlife
5. Balthazar

[Em*Greedy* (Iniya)]

Series Read challenge

Don Tillman:
The Rosie Project

[Anoop]

Just finished the 2nd book from The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox.

[Anoop]

One series down- finished with 'The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox'

[Em Lost In Books]

finished first series for this challenge:

The Mysterious Affair at Styles
The Murder on the Links
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

[Ahtims]

Congrats Anoop, Manju

[Em Lost In Books]

Thanks Smitha.:)

[Bec]

I have started more series than I have made progress on I think....

[Srividya]

Same here Becca! I have started a total of some 15-20 series this year, instead of making progress with the existing ones!!

[Kabrada]

I signed up for this a few days ago and set myself a goal of 20 books to be read.
And then I went and created a shelf for it and began to tag my read books accordingly - only to find I already read 27 books.
But it cannot hurt to keep track of my serial reading anyway, so I'm going to list my books here.


Series started in previous years:

Peter "Mad Max" Maxwell - M.J. Trow
Maxwell's Chain
Maxwell's Revenge
Maxwell's Retirement
Maxwell's Island
Maxwell's Crossing
left to read: Maxwell's Return

Hamish Macbeth - M.C. Beaton
Death of a Chimney Sweep
Death of a Kingfisher
Death of Yesterday
Death of a Policeman
Death of a Liar
all released books of the series read

Agatha Raisin - M.C. Beaton
The Blood of an Englishman
Agatha's First Case
all released books of the series read

Irish Country - Patrick Taylor
An Irish Country Courtship
A Dublin Student Doctor
An Irish Country Wedding
Home Is the Sailor
Fingal O'Reilly, Irish Doctor
An Irish Doctor in Peace and at War
The Wily O'Reilly: Irish Country Stories
all released books of the series read

Isabel Dalhousie - Alexander McCall Smith
The Forgotten Affairs of Youth
The Uncommon Appeal of Clouds
The Perils of Morning Coffee
At the Reunion Buffet
The Novel Habits of Happiness
all released books of the series read

County Cork - Sheila Connolly
An Early Wake
all released books of the series read

44 Scotland Street - Alexander McCall Smith
Bertie's Guide to Life and Mothers
all released books of the series read

Roy Grace - Peter James
You Are Dead
all released books of the series read

Cormoran Strike - Robert Galbraith
The Silkworm
all released books of the series read

Bernie & Chet - Spencer Quinn
Tail of Vengeance
Scents and Sensibility
all released books of the series read

Gabriel Allon - Daniel Silva
The English Spy
all released books of the series read

Rafferty & Llewellyn - Geraldine Evans
Bad Blood

New series for 2015:

The Karla Trilogy - John Le Carré
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
The Honourable Schoolboy
Smiley's People
finished

Daisy Dalrymple - Carola Dunn
Death at Wentwater Court

Jack Taylor - Ken Bruen
The Guards
- won't continue reading this series -

Adam Dalgliesh - P.D. James
Cover Her Face

Inspector Samuel Tay - Jake Needham
The Ambassador's Wife

Hannah Swensen - Joanne Fluke
Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder
- won't continue reading this series -

Cooper & Fry - Stephen Booth
Black Dog
Dancing With The Virgins
Blood On The Tongue
Blind To The Bones
One Last Breath
The Dead Place
Scared To Live
Dying to Sin
The Kill Call
Lost River

Hermes Diaktoros - Anne Zouroudi
The Messenger of Athens
The Taint of Midas
The Doctor of Thessaly

Grantchester Mysteries - James Runcie
Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death

Penny Nichols - C.A. Belmond
A Rather Lovely Inheritance
- won't continue reading this series -

Fethering - Simon Brett
The Body on the Beach

[Em Lost In Books]

Finished first trilogy for this challenge:

The Mysterious Affair at Styles
The Murder on the Links
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

[Vinit]

Series Reader 2015 Challenge
Duration:01/01/2015 to 31/12/2015

The Inheritance Cycle
1. ✔Eragon
2. ✔Eldest
3. ✔Brisingr
4. ✔Inheritance

[Aritri]

I'm in.

start date : 01.01.2015
end date : 31.12.2015

Daughters of Zeus
Persephone ✔
Daughter of the Earth and Sky ✔
The Iron Queen ✔



Throne of Glass
Throne of Glass ✔
Crown of Midnight ✔



The Selection
The Selection ✔
The Elite ✔
The One ✔



School of Fear
School of Fear ✔
Class is Not Dismissed! ✔
The Final Exam ✔



Secret
The Name of This Book Is Secret ✔
If You Are Reading This, It's Too Late ✔






Harry Potter
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone ✔
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ✔






Suddenly Royal
Suddenly Royal ✔





The Assassin's Curse
The Assassin's Curse ✔