2021 Series Madness Challenge

[Lu]

This challenge is all about reading book series. This challenge runs from January 01, 2021 - December 31, 2021. All books read during this period will count towards the challenge.

There are no tasks to complete but points will be gathered. You gather points by reading books that are a part of a series. For every book that is first in a series you will get 1 point, for every book that is second you will get 2 points etc. If a series like Discworld has 40 books you can get 40 points for the last book in the series.

The catch is that you have to read the books in order. If you first read book 3 and then book 6 and then book 1 you will not get full points. For every book read out of order you will get one point.

You don't have to read all the books during the challenge. So if you have already read books 1-5 in a series last year or before and read book 6 in 2015 you will get 6 points as long as you have read them.

Series filler books also count (e.g. Book 1.5 in a series) as long as they are 150 pages or more. Each series filler book gets points that are the same as its position in the series (e.g. Book 3.5 counts for 3.5 points) However, they need to be read in order of the series. Any filler books that are read out of sequence count for only 1 point. Please note: Reading filler books is optional, they will not affect the main sequence of books in a series, so if you read book 4 but move on to book 5 instead of reading book 4.5, you will still get the 5 points.

Re-reads:
Re-reads only count as 1 point unless you are re-reading the entire series in sequence. Example: Book 40 of Discworld only counts as 1 point when re-reading, unless you are also re-reading from book 1 to 39 in sequence.

You can keep track of your challenge in this thread.

[Lu]

My Spot:

Book 1:
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Dash & Lily's Book of Dares, The Wren Hunt, Leviathan Wakes, Miss Frost Solves a Cold Case, V-Wars: Blood and Fire, Unearthed, Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold, Origin, A is for Alibi, Who Fears Death, Dreadnought, Gameboard of the Gods

Book 2:
Miss Frost Ices The Imp : A Nocturne Falls Mystery, The Immortal Crown

Book 3:
An Offer From a Gentleman, Miss Frost Saves The Sandman: A Nocturne Falls Mystery

Book 4:
The Fall of Five, Romancing Mister Bridgerton, Miss Frost Cracks A Caper by Kristen Painter

Book 5:
The Revenge of Seven, Miss Frost Braves the Blizzard

Book 6:
The Fate of Ten, Miss Frost Chills The Cheater

Book 7:
Miss Frost Says I Do

Total Points: 64

[Carolien]

I haven't done this in ages, so let's see how it goes:

Total points: 211
The Lighthouse (13)
The Wren Hunt (1)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (1)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2)
The Bromance Book Club (1)
Buried Strangers (2)
Crossword Mystery (3)
The Case Is Closed (2)
Death Comes to Cambers (6)
Undercover Bromance (2)
East of Hounslow (1)
The Warden (1)
The Private Patient (14)
The Devil's Cave (5)
Barchester Towers (2)
One Corpse Too Many (2)
A Husband's Regret (2)
Second Time Around (1)
A Test of Wills (1)
RomeAntically Challenged (1)
The Virgin in the Ice (6)
Doctor Thorne (3)
All Four Stars (1)
The Bridges of Constantine (1)
Ella Enchanted (1)
The Bath Mysteries (7)
Children of the Street (2)
Music In The Hills (2)
Framley Parsonage (4)
Murder in Mykonos (1)
Death on the Limpopo (3)
Just for Fun (4)
Just My Luck (5)
Just Not Mine (6)
Just Once More (7)
Just This Once (1)
The Suspect (1)
The Cold Dish (1)
The Proposal (2)
The Good Earth (1)
Shadow and Bone (1)
Snowspelled (1)
Summer Half (1)
The Resistance Man (6)
The Sanctuary Sparrow (7)
Imprudence (2)
Winter and Rough Weather (3)
A Wizard of Earthsea (1)
Checkmate to Murder (1)
The Hero and the Crown (1)
Père Goriot (1)
Palace of Desire (2)
The Beautiful Mystery (8)
Mystery of Mr. Jessop (8)
Sleep While I Sing (2)
Sugar Street (3)
Captain Blood (1)
Almost a Bride (2)
The Devil's Novice (8)
The Duke and I (1)
The Lives of Christopher Chant (1)
The Mystwick School of Musicraft (1)
The Layton Court Mystery (1)
The Tombs of Atuan (2)
The Dusky Hour (9)
Changing the Rules (1)
Thus Was Adonis Murdered (1)
Zululand Gold (2)
One by One They Disappeared (1)
Half Magic (1)
Just in Time (8)
High Rising (1)
The Night of Fear (2)

[Wayne]

Wayne's Spot
Total Points: 241.5
1. The Unbearable Lightness Of Scones: 5 (44Scotland Street #5)
2. The Wren Hunt: 1 (The Wren Hunt #1)
3. The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts: 1 (South American Trilogy #1)
4. Wrongful Death: 1 (Anna Travis #9)
5. 13 Uur: 2 (Bennie Griesel #2)
6. The Good Husband of Zebra Drive: 8 (The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #8)
7. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Volume the Fourth: 4 (The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire #4)
8. Señor Vivo and the Coca Lord: 2 (South American Trilogy #2)
9. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: 2 (Harry Potter #2)
10. The Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzmán: 3 (South American Trilogy #3)
11. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest: 3 (The Millennium Trilogy #3)
12. The Miracle at Speedy Motors : 9 (No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency #9)
13. Dark Of The Moon: 1 (Louis Kincaid #1)
14. Dune Messiah: 2 (Dune #2)
15. The Importance of Being Seven: 6 (44 Scotland Street #6)
16. Little House in the Big Woods: 1 (Little House, #1)
17. Recipes for Love and Murder: 1 (Tannie Maria Mystery #1)
18. Children of Dune: 3 (Dune Chronicles #3)
19. Farmer Boy: 2 (Little House, #2)
20. Tea Time For The Traditionally Built: 10 (No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency #10)
21. Little House on the Prairie: 3 (Little House #3)
22. Spoor: 3 (Matt Joubert #3)
23. Who Fears Death: 1 (Who Fears Death #1)
24. On the Banks of Plum Creek: 4 (Little House #4)
25. Call for the Dead: 1 (George Smiley #1)
26. A Rare Benedictine: 0.5 (Brother Cadfael Chronicles #0.5)
27. The Salaryman's Wife: 1 (Rei Shimura #1)
28.A Murder of Quality: 2 (George Smiley #2)
29. This Mournable Body:1 (Nervous Conditions #3)
30. By the Shores of Silver Lake: 5 (Little House #5)
31: The Spy Who Came In from the Cold: 3 (George Smiley #3)
32. The Color of Magic: 1 (Discworld #1)
33. Bertie Plays the Blues: 7 (44 Scotland Street #7)
34. A Game of Thrones: 1 (A Song Of Ice And Fire #1)
35. The Boy in the Suitcase: 1 (Nina Borg #1)
36. The Looking Glass War: 4 (George Smiley #4)
37. March Violets: 1 (Bernie Gunther #1)
38. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: 3 (Harry Potter #3)
39. Murder in the Marais: 1 (Aimee Leduc #1)
40. The Book of Lost Tales, Part One: 1 (The History of Middle-Earth #1)
41. Stones from the River: 1 (Burgdorf Cycle #1)
42. The Bridal Wreath: 1 (Kristin Lavransdatter Vol.1)
43. 7 dae: 3 (Bennie Griesel #3)
44. The Man of Property: 1 (Forsyte Saga #1)
45. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: 1 (Alice's Adventures In Wonderland #1)
46. Kobra: 4 (Bennie Griesel #4)
47: Shadow and Bone: 1 (Grishaverse #1)
48. A Clash Of Kings: 2 (A Song Of Fire And Ice #2)
49. Things Fall Apart: 1 (African Trilogy #1)
50. Anne of Green Gables: 1 (Anne of Green Gable #1)
51. The Long Winter: 6 (Little House #6)
52. A Morbid Taste for Bones: 1 (Brother Cadfael #1)
53. Pietr the Latvian: 1 (Maigret #1)
54. A Corpse in the Koryo: 1 (Inspector O #1)
55. The Warden: 1 (Chronicles of Barsetshire #1)
56. Deadlock (V.I. Warshawski, #2): 2 (V.I. Warshawski #2)
57. A Man of the People: 1 (Heinemann African Series #31)
58. First Daughter: 1 (Jack McClure #1)
59. Ikarus: 5 (Bennie Griesel #5)
60. The Light Fantastic: 2 (Discworld #2)
61. The Double Comfort Safari Club: 11 (No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency #11)
62. Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There: 2 (Alice's Adventures In Wonderland #2)
63. The Handmaid's Tale: 1 (The Handmaid's Tale #1)
64. Zen Attitude: 2 (Rei Shimura #2)
65. Equal Rites: 3 (Discworld #3)
66. XVI: 1 (XVI #1)
67. Toujours Provence: 2 (Provence Trilogy #2)
68. The Mysterious Affair at Styles: 1 (Poirot #1)
69. Wife of the Gods: 1 (Darko Dawson #1)
70. A Storm of Swords: Steel and Snow: 3 (A Song of Ice and Fire #3a)
71, Prooi: 6 (Bennie Griesel #6)
72. Ghost Month: 1 (Tapei Night Market #1)
73. A Storm of Swords: Blood and Gold: 3 (A Game of Thrones #3b)
74. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Volume the Fifth :5 (The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire #5)
75. Last Snow: 2 (Jack McClure #2)
76. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: 4 (Harry Potter #4)
77. The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party: 12 (No.1 Ladies Detective Agency#12)
78. The Carter of 'La Providence': 2 (Maigret #2)
79. A Feast for Crows: 4 (A Song Of Ice And Fire #4)
80. Barchester Towers: 2 (Chronicles of Barsetshire #2)
81. Aunty Lee's Delights: 1 (Singaporean Mystery #1)
82. Murder on the Links: 2 (Hercule Poirot #2)
83. Sarah, Plain and Tall: 1 (Sarah, Plain and Tall #1)
84. Little Town on the Prairie: 7 (Little House #7)
85. Palace Walk: 1 (Cairo Trilogy #1)
86. A Dance with Dragons: 5 (A Song of Ice and Fire #5)
87. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: 5 (Harry Potter #5)
88. Tannie Maria & the Satanic Mechanic: A Tannie Maria Mystery: 2 (Tannie Maria #2)
89. The Cat Who Could Read Backwards: 1 (Cat who...#1)







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[Robert]

Book 2 - 2 books x 2 points = 4 points
Hidden in Plain Sight (William Warwick #2)
The Goodbye Man (Colter Shaw #2)

Book 5 - 1 book x 5 points = 5 points
Troubled Blood (Cormoran Strike #5)

Book 25 - 1 book x 25 points = 25 points
The Sentinel (Jack Reacher #25)

Total = 34 points

[Crusader]

Gardens of the Moon - 1
Edgedancer - 2.5
Deadhouse Gates - 2
The Calculating Stars + The Fated Sky = 3
Tiamat's Wrath = 8
Proxima + Ultima = 3
Safehold (1-3) = 1+2+3 = 6
Absolution Gap = 3
Shards of Earth - 1
Dune + Dune Messiah - 1 +2 = 3
Alphabet Squadron - 1
Reviver - 1
The Human - 3
The Relentless Moon - 3
Thousand Deaths of Ardor Benn - 1
Leviathan Falls - 9

TOTAL: 50.5

[Liezel]

My spot

[Monique]

Total points:

1 Point each:

[Marina]

January Total Points: 3 Points

1. Darkwalker On Moonshae by Douglas Niles -Forgotten Realms: The Moonshae Trilogy #1 - 1 point
2. Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris - Sookie Stackhouse #1 - 1 point
3. The Girl Who Called The Stars by Heather Hildenbrand - The Starlight Duology Series #1 - 1 point

February Total Points: xx Points

1. Unguarded by Noelle Adams - One Fairy Tale Wedding #1 - 1 point
2. Always and Forever, Lara Jean by Jenny Han - To all the boys I've loved before #3 - 3 points
3. Parched by Z.L. Arkadie - Parched #1 - 1 point
4. Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold by Stephen Fry - Stephen Fry's Great Mythology #1 - 1 point
5. The Wren Hunt by Mary Watson - The Wren Hunt #1 - 1 point
6. If she knew by Blake Pierce - Kate Wise #1 - 1 point

[Jax]

2021 Total: 18

1 Point [6]


2 Points [6]


3 Points [6]

4 Points

[Marlese]

Points = 28+16+12+3.5+12+5+6+7+8+9+17= 123.5 points

1p: Body of Evidence (Scarpetta no 2)
1p: Blindsighted (Grant County no 1)
1p: The girl with the dragon tattoo (Millennium no 1)
1p: The unlovely bride (Brides of Karadok #2)
1p: Postmortem (Kay Scarpetta #1)
1p: The Night Stalker (Robert Hunter #3)
1p: Greywalker (Greywalker #1)
1p: Fated (Alex Versus #1)
1p: Last to die (Rizzoli & Isles # 10)
1p: The Hollow (Hercule Poirot #25)
1p: 44 Scotland Street (44 Scotland Street #1)
1p: The last sister (Columbia river #1)
1p: Midnight Crossroads (Midnight, Texas #1)
1p: Corduroy Mansions (Corduroy Mansions #1)
1p: Halloween Party (Hercule Poiriot #39)
1p: Rogue Lawyer (Rogue lawyer #1)
1p: Whiskey Rebellion (Addison Holmes #1)
1p: Cunning devil (Lost falls #1)
1p: Villa of Mysteries (Nic Costa #2)
1p: The Julius House (Aurora Teagarden #4)
1p: The body reader (Det Jude Fontaine #1)
1p: Burn for me (Hidden Legacies #1)
1p: Stone Song (Isle of Destiny #1)
1p: Quantum (Captain Chase #1)
1p: Zigzag (Inspector Peckover #1)
1p: Provoked (Dark protectors #5)
1p: The mighty hunter (Lords of the Abyss #1)
1p: Wicked wish (Dragon’s gift: The storm #1)

2p: Fractured (Will Trent #2)
2p: A bone to pick (Aurora Teagarden #2)
2p: Glory in death (In death #2)
2p: a Desperate place for dying (Garrison Gage #2)
2p: Day shift (Midnight Texas #2)
2p: The English Assassin (Gabriel Allon #2)
2p: The dog who came in from the cold (Corduroy Mansions #2)
2p: White hot (Hidden Legacies #2)

3p: One Fell sweep (InnKeeper Chronicles #3)
3p: Immortal in death (In death #3)
3p: Night shift (Midnight Texas #3)
3p: Wildfire (Hidden legacies #3)

3.5p: Diamond Fire (Hidden legacies #3.5)

4p: Sweep of the blade (InnKeeper Chronicles #4)
4p: Cruel & unusual (Kay Scarpetta # 4)
4p: Sapphire flames (Hidden Legacies #4)

5p: The Body Farm (Kay Scarpetta #5)

6p: From Potter's Field (Kay Scarpetta #6)

7p: Cause of death (Kay Scarpetta #7)

8p: Unnatural exposure ( Kay Scarpetta #8)

9p: Point of origin (Kay Scarpetta #9)

17p: Bones never lie (Temperance Brennan #17)

[Jennifer]

Total: 50

0.5 Points
* The Lone Wolf's Wish (Sedona Pack #0.5)
* Desert Hunt (The wolves of Twin Moon Ranch #0.5)

1 Point
* A Wanton Woman (Mail order bride of Slate Springs #1)
* Lila's Loves (Haven, Texas #1)
* Dating a Cougar (Never too late #1)
* Her Perfect Mate (X-Ops #1)
* His Best Friend's Little Sister (His n Hers #1)
* Marcus (Hell Squad #1)
* The Third Circle (The Arcane Society #4)
* Cassidy (Big sky dreams #1)
* March Of The Cowboys (Menage a cowboy #5)
* Undiscovered (Treasure hunter security #1)
* Double Down (The Drift #1)
* Vanishing Dream: Shandra Higheagle Mystery (Shandra Higheagle #16)
* Dial P For Poison (Movie club mysteries #1)
* Kash (Star-crossed Alien Mail Order Brides #3)
* Once a Thief (Protector sweethearts #1)
* The Submissive Suffragette (Lone Star Love #1)
* The Cowboy Way (Men of the Sprawling A Ranch #1)
* Burn For You (Into the fire #9)

2 Points
* Operation Cobalt (The Drift : Nova Force #2)
*Sabrina (Big sky dreams #2)
* Evers & Afters (Dare with me #2)
* All In (The Drift #2)
* Cruz (Hell Squad #2)
* Fierce at Heart (Kincaids of Pine harbour #2)
* Craving the Cowboy (Grapeseed Falls Romance #2)
* Follow Love Diamond Creek Alaska #2)



3 Points
* Jessie (Big sky dreams #3)
* Pleasure's Fury (Masters' Admiralty #3)
* Wild Card (The Drift, #3)

6 points
* The Rescuer (O'Malley #6)

[Bibliogothica]

Total: 232 Points

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[Diane]

My Spot:

1 Point
Pines Book 1 of Wayward Pines by Blake Crouch
Once [Once series] by Morris Glietzman
Jade City Book 1 of the Green Bone Saga by Fonda Lee
Virgin River [Virgin River #1] by Robyn Carr
The Distant Shores - Deverill Chronicles #5 - by Santa Montefiore
The Lincoln Myth by Steve Berry [Cotton Malone Book 9]
The Viking [Viking #1 by Marti Talbot]
Beloved [Beloved #1] by Toni Morrison
Pendragon [Dark Age #1] by James Wilde
Remains of Innocence by JA Jance [Joanna Brady #16]
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green [Carls #1]
X by Sue Grafton [Kinsey Mallhone #24]
The Girl Beneath the Sea UIU #1 by Andrew Mayne

2 Points
Wayward Book 2 of Wayward Pines by Blake Crouch
Hidden in Plain Sight [William Warwick Book 2] by Jeffrey Archer
A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor by Hank Green [The Carls #2]
Downfall by JA Jance [Joanna Brady # 17]

2.5 Points

Edgedancer by Bandon Sanderson Stormlight Archive 2.5

3 Points
The Last Town Book 3 of Wayward Pines by Blake Crouch
Oathbringer [Stormlight Archive 3] by Brandon Sanderson
Troubles in Paradise [Paradise 3] by Erin Hildebrand
Turn a Blind Eye [William Warwick Book 3] by Jeffrey Archer
The Night Fire [Ballard and Bosch] by Michael Connelly [1 point only]
Field of Bones by JA Jance [Joanna Brady #18]

4 Points
Rhythm of War [Stormlight Archive #4] by Brandon Sanderson
The Dark Hours by Michael Connelly [Ballard # 4]

6 Points
The Law of Innocence by Michael Connelly [Mickey Haller #6]

7 Points
The Missing Sister [The Seven Sisters #7] by Lucinda Riley

[Bibliogothica]

Hello!
Just a matter of interest - would manga count for this challenge?

[Carolien]

There's normally a 150 page count limit, so if it makes the page count, go ahead!

If you think we should change the rules to incorporate other book formats, please let us know!

[Wayne]

I have completed 86 books in this challenge, and have just started Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Tannie Maria & the Satanic Mechanic: A Tannie Maria Mystery, but it is touch and go whether I will finish any of it before the end of the year.I am immobolised at the moment so the odds are good.

[Carolien]

I hope your immobilisation is by choice and not circumstance! We were in isolation, went back into the world and then my eldest started coughing this morning....

Well done on 83 books. I have 2 left for the end of the year, but I'm trying to finish up challenges, so may also only get to them in January.

[Wayne]

Unfortunately it is circumstance Carolien, trying to keep my weight off my ankle. On a different challenge related tack - I have two countries left in the ATW Random Challenge, and was on track to finish it comfortably. Only to find yesterday that Paul Theroux in his Mediterranean Grand Tour could not visit Montenegro because of the dissolution and wars.. Luckily I discovered it in time and manage to salvage the situation.

[Carolien]

Wayne wrote: "Unfortunately it is circumstance Carolien, trying to keep my weight off my ankle. On a different challenge related tack - I have two countries left in the ATW Random Challenge, and was on track to ..."

Good news that you discovered it in time! Look after your ankle.