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Serial Reader - 2021

books read = 35 / 35
series started= 6 / 3
series continued = 25/29
series finished = 4/ 3

books read = 35 / 35
series started= 6 / 3
series continued = 25/29
series finished = 4/ 3"
Gail
Congrats on reaching your challenge goal, Gail!

PROGRESS: 148/105
October
I started 4 series
1. Chinook Hockey Team: Simply Irresistible
2. El Mar: Las Inquietudes de Shanti Andía
3. The Bride Trilogy: Uncommon Vows
4. Kendra Chronicles: Beastly
I ended 2 series
1. Claudius: Claudius the God and His Wife Messalina
2. Nayir Sharqi & Katya Hijazi: Kingdom of Strangers
I read 12 books that are part of a series
1. Mrs. Pollifax: The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax
2. Hercule Poirot: Hickory Dickory Dock
3. Kay Scarpetta: All That Remains
4. Chrestomancy: The Magicians of Caprona
5. Friday Night Knitting Club: Knit Two
6. China Bayles: Witches' Bane
7. Easy Rawlins: Black Betty
8. The Bride Trilogy: The Wild Child
9. Miss Silver: Eternity Ring
10. FBI/US Attorney: A Lot Like Love
11. Oxford Time Travel: To Say Nothing of the Dog
12. Detective Jude Fontaine Mystries: The Body Counter

Progress: Books 121/100 | Continued Series Completed: 7 | New Series Completed: 11

52/50 as of October 31!
DONE!! But I'll keeping adding to the total through December 31!
Excited to see just how many there will be!

Bess
Welcome to the group!
I suggest that you read the first post in this thread which explains the challenge rules and how to update your progress.
Since you're new to the group, you would greatly benefit from that post's link to the "Yearly, Quarterly, Monthly Challenges - Start Here" thread as well.
My suggestions above apply to all our group's challenges: monthly, quarterly, and yearly.
Happy reading

52/50 as of October 31!
DONE!! But I'll keeping adding to the total through December 31!
Excited to see just how many there will be!"
Lynn
Congratulations on exceeding your Serial Reader goal!
I've moved your entry to the Satisfied Serialists roster. :)

Duration: January 1 through October 31, 2021
The rosters on page 1 of this thread now reflects the progress of everyone who has posted an update comment since my last update. Great job, everyone!
Here's how we're doing as a group.
Books pledged: 4,022
Books finished: 2,794 (69.5% of books pledged)
Challenges begun: 78 (out of 116 total sign-ups)
Challenges done: 27 (34.6% of all active/finished participants)
Crossing my fingers that at least half of us will achieve our respective challenge goals over the next two months.

51/50 as of October 31!
And there should be at least another 4-5 before year's end! :)

I'm posting this message in case any Serial Reader participants weren't aware that we are running a poll to choose our 2022 yearly theme. The poll closes on November 14th.
Goodreads' recent flub in changing our privacy settings without our consent means that folks who have yet to change them backi to allow our monthly messages might not be voting.
So please, if you haven't done so already, cast a vote in the 2022 Yearly Theme Poll (simply click on this link).
Warmly,
oshizu 🖖

I completed my challnege today. Yay!
Still have a few more serial books I plan to read before the year's out, though.
Progress: 75/75
Current tier: Serial Slayer

I completed my challnege today. Yay!
Still have a few more serial books I plan to read before the year's out, though.
Progress: 75/75
Current tier: Serial Slayer"
Congrats, oshizu!!

@Woman Reading
Thanks so much! I wasn't sure I'd reach my goal this year.

Congratulations to Janine and NuNu, who each reached their Serial Reader goal during this period. Hurray!
I'm looking forward to the 2022 yearly challenges that will start being posted from December 1st. Are you excited as I am?

Congratulations to Janine and NuNu, who each reached their Serial Reader goal during this period. Hurray!
I'm looking forward to the 2022 yearly challenges that will start being posted from December 1st. Are you excited as I am?..."
Ecstatically happy! is the best description for how I feel about the coming 2022 yearly challenges 😵

Goal: 41/25, 164.00%
Finishing - 19/10
09. The Steerswoman [4/4]
#1: The Steerswoman - 09 Nov 2021, 4/5
#2: The Outskirter's Secret - 10 Nov 2021, 4/5
#3: The Lost Steersman - 12 Nov 2021, 4/5
#4: The Language of Power - 13 Nov 2021, 4/5
Continuing - 16/10
03. Hercule Poirot [16/47]
#9: Lord Edgware Dies - 21 Nov 2021, 4/5
#11: Three Act Tragedy - 23 Nov 2021, 4/5
#12: Death in the Clouds - 25 Nov 2021, 3/5
#13: The ABC Murders - 26 Nov 2021, 4/5
#14: Murder in Mesopotamia - 29 Nov 2021, 4/5

SERIAL READER
Duration: January 1 to December 31, 2021
Progress: 50/50 (Completed)

Duration: January 1 through November 30, 2021
The rosters on page 1 of this thread will soon reflect the progress of everyone who posted an update comment since my last update. Great job, everyone!
Congratulations to those who completed their challenge during this period: Karen (#132), Rachael, SarahKat, and Rina.
Here's how we're doing as a group.
Books pledged: 4,073
Books finished: 2,984 (73.3% of books pledged)
Challenges begun: 79 (out of 116 total sign-ups)
Challenges done: 34 (43% of all active/finished participants)
Will half of us meet our Serial Reader goal by the end of he year?
Warm wishes for a wonderful last month of reading in 2021.

PROGRESS: 155/105
November
I started 1 series
1. The Farseer Trilogy: Assassin's Apprentice
I ended 1 series
1. To Kill a Mockingbird: Go Set a Watchman
I read 1 series from start to finish
1. The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956 #1-7: The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956
I read 4 books that are part of a series
1. Hercule Poirot: Dead Man's Folly
2. Desert Cursed: Dragon's Ground
3. Oxford Time Travel: Blackout (All Clear #1)
4. The Danzig Trilogy: Cat and Mouse
Books mentioned in this topic
Children of Ruin (other topics)The Mysterious Island (other topics)
Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World (other topics)
Across the Green Grass Fields (other topics)
The Amber Spyglass (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Alice Oseman (other topics)Marissa Meyer (other topics)
Ivy Asher (other topics)
Helen Hoang (other topics)
Danielle Paige (other topics)
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Tally to Date 84/51
Thanks, oshizu!