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message 1: by Lanelle, Production Chief (last edited Apr 30, 2021 01:05PM) (new)

Lanelle | 20528 comments Mod
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It's time to find out what happens next in the series you started but haven't finished. Will they get married? Did the butler do it? What happened to the parrot?

Figure out how many series you have started and want to continue. Then make a list of 2s, 3s, 4s, 5s, etc. that you challenge yourself to fill. The only change you can make to your list is to add numbers as you decide to continue a series. You cannot delete numbers. So choose wisely :)

Rules:
* It must be a trilogy or series you have started but not finished.
* You cannot change your list except to add numbers.
* Use your sign-up post for your list.
* No page limit.
* When you've finished a book, rate & date it.

Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2021

Participants' sign-up posts:

Celia
Chelle
Connie

D.L.

Gabriella
G's Message 45

Jeanne
Jennifer

Lanelle
Lizz

Mamacita
Mave
Meg


message 2: by Lanelle, Production Chief (new)

Lanelle | 20528 comments Mod
Here's a sample post:

William has identified eight series that he would like to work on, so he needs eight 2s. He will put fewer 3s, and even fewer 4s, etc. on his list in case doesn't want to finish the series.

Twos:
2.
2.
2.
2.
2.
2.
2.
2.

Threes:
3.
3.
3.
3.
3.
3.
3.

Fours:
4.
4.
4.
4.
4.
4.

Fives:
5.
5.
5.
5.
5.

Sixes:
6.
6.
6.

Sevens:
7.

Eights:
8.


message 3: by LaurLa (new)

LaurLa | 3903 comments Do the series we want to finish have to be #2 as our next? For example, if I identify 6 series but one of them I've read book 1 and 2 in, would I still need 6 2s?


message 4: by Jennifer (new)

Jennifer (jhaltenburger) | 1166 comments I had that question too.


message 5: by Lanelle, Production Chief (new)

Lanelle | 20528 comments Mod
LaurLa wrote: "Do the series we want to finish have to be #2 as our next? For example, if I identify 6 series but one of them I've read book 1 and 2 in, would I still need 6 2s?"

No. If you have read #s 1, 2, and 3 of a series and there are 4 more, then you would indicate that on your post.

I'll post my list in a few minutes and you'll see what I mean.


message 6: by Lanelle, Production Chief (last edited Oct 26, 2021 10:00AM) (new)

Lanelle | 20528 comments Mod
I'm in.
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2021

Series to complete:
Castle Glower - 2, 3, 4, 5
Steampunk Proper Romance - 2, 3, 4
Enola Holmes Mysteries - 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Percy Jackson and the Olympians - 2, 3, 4, 5
Dido Kent Mysteries - 3, 4
The Jonquil Brothers - 4, 5, 6
Lady Darby Mysteries - 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Society for Paranormals - 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Kate Daniels - 9, 10

Numbers I'm Committing To:
Twos:
2. The Sea of Monsters 1/16/21 ****
2. The Case of the Left-Handed Lady 1/24/21 ****
2. The Automaton's Wife 1/29/21 ***
2. Wednesdays in the Tower 4/6/21 ***
2. Kiss of the Spindle 8/22/21 ****

Threes:
3. The Titan's Curse 1/23/21 ****
3. The Case of the Bizarre Bouquets 2/4/21 ****
3. Revenge of the Mantis 2/10/21 ****
3. Thursdays with the Crown 4/19/21 ***
3. The Lady in the Coppergate Tower 6/7/21 ****
3. A Woman of Consequence 8/17/21 ****

Fours:
4. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2/7/21 ****
4. The Fourth Mandate 2/10/21 ****
4. The Case of the Peculiar Pink Fan 2/8/21 ****
4. Fridays with the Wizards 4/20/21 ****
4. A Place of Confinement: The Investigations of Miss Dido Kent 9/1/21 ****
4.

Fives:
5. The Last Olympian 2/11/21 ****
5. The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline 2/25/21 ****
5. Curse of the Nandi 2/25/21 ***
5. Saturdays at Sea 5/3/21 ****
5. As Death Draws Near 8/21/21 ****

Sixes:
6. The Case of the Gypsy Good-Bye 2/27/21 ****
6. A Spider Comes Calling 3/12/21 ***
6. An Artless Demise 10/26/21 ****

Sevens:
7. Stones of Nairobi 3/17/21 ****

Eights:
8. Miss Knight and the Wedding Killer 4/1/21 ***

Nines:
9. Magic Binds (Kate Daniels #9) 1/3/21 ****
9. Miss Knight and the Throne of Death 4/18/21 ***

Tens:
10. Miss Knight and the Poacher's Catch 4/26/21 ***
10. Magic Triumphs 5/30/21 ****


message 7: by Chelle_Rydz (last edited Dec 29, 2020 10:24AM) (new)

Chelle_Rydz (chellerydz) | 621 comments Chelle's What Will Happen Next Challenge-

Series to Work on-
Stalking Jack the Ripper - 4
Crazy Rich Asians - 3
You - 3
House of Furies - 3
Kinsey Millhone Sue Grafton - 25
Jane Hawk Dean Koontz - 2, 3, 4, 5
Lighthouse Library Mystery Series Eva Gates - 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
A Knit & Nibble Mystery Series Peggy Ehrhart - 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
The Secret, Book & Scone Society Ellery Adams - 2, 3, 4
Witch City Carol J. Perry - 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Vampire Knitting Club Nancy Warren - 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
Newbury and Hobbes George Mann - 3.5, 4, 5
Coffeehouse Mysteries Cleo Coyle - 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
Sigma Force James Rollins - 13, 14, 15, 16
Agent Pendergast Douglas Preston Lincoln Child - 17, 18, 19, 20
Hercules Poirot Agatha Christie (I plan on reading out of order) -


Numbers I'm Committing To:
Twos:
2.
2.
2.

Threes:
3.
3.
3.
3.
3.

Fours:
4.
4.
4.

Fives:
5.
5.
5.

Thirteens-
13.

Seventeens-
17.

Twenty-fives-
25.


message 8: by Jennifer (new)

Jennifer (jhaltenburger) | 1166 comments I'm in, Lanelle -- just need to figure out my list. I think I'm going to focus on series that I have three or fewer left to finish.


message 9: by Meg (new)

Meg (makeli2) | 1764 comments I'm working on my list now... I keep moving things around so it may be a little bit before I post it.


message 10: by LaurLa (new)

LaurLa | 3903 comments Lanelle wrote: "I'll post my list in a few minutes and you'll see what I mean."

Okay, I think I get it. First, identify the series you want to complete and the book series #s you have left in the series - then your list of #s will be made up of those numbers - a simple example:

Series 1 - books left 2, 3, 4
Series 2 - books left 4, 5, 6

so my list would look like this

Twos
2.

Threes
3.

Fours
4.
4.

Fives
5.

Sixes
6.


message 11: by LaurLa (new)

LaurLa | 3903 comments I'm in no matter what!


message 12: by Lanelle, Production Chief (new)

Lanelle | 20528 comments Mod
LaurLa wrote: "Okay, I think I get it. First, identify the series you want to complete and the book series #s you have left in the series..."

The only thing I would caution folks is committing to a series that they may not be interested in completing down the line. Which is why I'm not committing to all the numbers possible.


message 13: by Jennifer (last edited Jan 02, 2022 09:17AM) (new)

Jennifer (jhaltenburger) | 1166 comments Ok, here are my numbers: (Any book posted here has already been read.)

Twos
1 Bookman Dead Style
2 Batter Off Dead
3 The Winter Crown
4 The Spirit is Willing
5 A Tale of Two Biddies
6 The Lion and the Rose
7 The Summer of You

Threes
1 Every Trick in the Rook
2 Comic Sans Murder
3 Dial M for Mousse
4 His Majesty's Hope
5 Floral Depravity
6 Playing With Bonbon Fire
7 Follow My Lead
8 The Legend of Sleepy Harlow
9 Giving Up the Ghost

Fours
1 Slay in Character
2 Farewell, My Cuckoo
3 The Prime Minister's Secret Agent
4 The Ransom
5 Wave Good-bye
6 That Broke Witch!
7 And Then There Were Nuns

Fives
1 Damsel in Distress
2 Sconed to Death
3 Crêpe Expectations
4 Death with a Dark Red Rose
5 The Entitled: A Nicole Graves Mystery
6 Mrs. Roosevelt’s Confidante
7 Let It Be Me
8 Gone with the Twins

Sixes
1 Dead in the Water
2 A Field Guide to Homicide
3 Return to Sullivan's Island
4 The Queen's Accomplice

Sevens
1 Styx and Stones
2 A Room with a Roux
3 Lowcountry Summer
4 The Paris Spy

Eights
1 Folly Beach
2 The Prisoner in the Castle

Nines
1 To Davy Jones Below
2 The Hurricane Sisters
3 The King's Justice


Tens
1 The Case of the Murdered Muckraker
2 The Hollywood Spy

Elevens
1 Mistletoe and Murder
2 Crunch Time
3 Same Beach, Next Year

Twelves
1 Die Laughing

Thirteens
1 The Castlemaine Murders

Fourteens
1 Queen of the Flowers
2 Sweet Revenge

Fifteens
1 Death by Water

Sixteens
1 The Bloody Tower

Seventeens
1 Black Ship

Nineteens
1 Anthem for Doomed Youth

Twentys
1 Gone West

Twenty-ones
1 Heirs of the Body

Twenty-twos
1 Superfluous Women

Twenty-threes
1 The Corpse at the Crystal Palace


message 14: by LaurLa (new)

LaurLa | 3903 comments Lanelle wrote: "LaurLa wrote: "Okay, I think I get it. First, identify the series you want to complete and the book series #s you have left in the series..."

The only thing I would caution folks is committing to ..."


Gotcha - and a good idea because I've done that to myself!


message 15: by Meg (last edited Dec 30, 2021 04:02PM) (new)

Meg (makeli2) | 1764 comments Ok, here goes nothing! I keep moving things and deleting and adding...now it's time to commit!

What will happen next?
January 1 - December 31, 2021

Cozy Corgies 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 -----> DONE
Brother Cadfael 2, 3, 4, 5 -----> DONE
Flavia de Luce 2, 3, 4, 5 -----> DONE!
Zoe Chambers 2, 3, 4, 5 -----> DONE
Peridale 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 -----> DONE
Temptation in Florence 3, 4, 5, 6 -----> DONE
Bakeshop 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 ----> DONE
Melanie Travis 4, 5, 6, 7 -------> DONE
Davis Way 6, 7, 8, 9 -----> DONE
Body Movers 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 -----> DONE, including #10
Savannah Martin 17, 18, 19, 20 -----> DONE

Twos:
2. Traitorous Toys 01/08
2. One Corpse Too Many 02/11
2. The Weed Strings the Hangman's Bag 01/12
2. Lost Legacy 02/02

Threes:
3. Bickering Birds 02/27
3. Monk's Hood 06/14
3. A Red Herring Without Mustard 02/18
3. Bridges Burned 04/05
3. Doughnuts and Deception 02/09
3. Banker's Death 01/06

Fours:
4. Savage Sourdough 06/07
4. Saint Peter's Fair 08/31
4. I Am Half-Sick of Shadows 12/08
4. With a Vengeance 04/17
4. Chocolate Cake and Chaos 03/06
4. Expected Death 02/28
4. Caught Bread Handed 02/23
4. Hair of the Dog 06/25

Fives:
5. Scornful Scones 06/08
5. The Leper of Saint Giles 09/22
5. Speaking from Among the Bones 12/17
5. No Way Home 07/27
5. Shortbread and Sorrow 05/31
5. Seaside Death 05/17
5. Fudge and Jury 03/12
5. Watchdog 07/27
5. 5 Bodies to Die For 01/22

Sixes:
6. Chaotic Corgis 09/10
6. Espresso and Evil 08/28
6. Classic Death 09/03
6. A Crime of Passion Fruit 04/15
6. Hush Puppy 09/21
6. Double Up 03/05
6. 6 Killer Bodies 01/23

Sevens:
7. Macarons and Mayhem 09/13
7. Unleashed 11/10
7. Another One Bites the Crust 08/20
7. Double Dog Dare 03/06
7. 7 Brides for 7 Bodies 02/13

Eights:
8. Till Death Do Us Tart 10/10
8. Double Agent 07/05
8. 8 Bodies is Enough 02/19

Nines:
9. book:Double Trouble|53541397] 07/06
9. 9 Bodies Rolling 02/19

Ten:
10. 10 Bodies Lying 02/20

Seventeen:
17. Conflict of Interest 02/05

Eighteen:
18. Right of Redemption 04/08

Nineteen:
19. Counterfeit Conspiracies 06/27

Twenty:
20. Survival Clause 07/14


message 16: by Jonquil (last edited Dec 02, 2021 10:02AM) (new)

Jonquil | 699 comments What Will Happen Next?!

DONE

Two:
2 Alaska Mountain Rescue Elizabeth Heiter 2/7
2 Mercy Burns Keri Arthur 1/21
2 Fractured Truth Susan Furlong 3/12

Three:
3 High-Priority Asset Juno Rushdan 1/4
3 Penumbra Keri Arthur 2/7
3 In Cold Chamomile Joy Avon 1/5
3 Shattered Justice Susan Furlong 3/23
3 K-9 Cold Case Elizabeth Heiter 5/3

Four:
4 Innocent Hostage Juno Rushdan 5/11
4 Unbroken Rachel Caine 3/20

Five:
5 Firewalk L.T. Ryan 1/5
5 Leave No Trace Sara Driscoll 3/3

5.5 Walk the Wire David Baldacci 2/8

Six:
6 The Stubborn Advocate Sarah Noffke 1/15
6 Black Tie Required Craig Schaefer 1/7
6 A Stranger in Town Kelley Armstrong 3/18
6 The Ghost and the Bogus Bestseller Cleo Coyle 2/22

Seven:
7 The Ghost and the Haunted Portrait Cleo Coyle 5/19
7 A Murderous Misconception Lorraine Bartlett 1/26
7 A Look Back Lorraine Bartlett 1/9
7 The Sixth Idea P.J. Tracy 1/31
7 The Unrelenting Fighter Sarah Noffke 1/23

Eight:
8 The Ferocious Force Sarah Noffke 1/22

Nine:
9 The Passionate Delegate Sarah Noffke 1/24
9 Shucked Apart Barbara Ross 3/6

Ten:
10 The Unlikely Heroes Sarah Noffke 1/25
10 Murder, Take Two Carol J. Perry 1/15

Eleven:
11 The Creative Strategist Sarah Noffke 1/25
11 Diamonds and Daggers Nancy Warren 1/6
11 Dead Reckoning Charlaine Harris 3/22

Twelve:
12 The Born Leader Sarah Noffke 1/25
12 Deadlocked Charlaine Harris 3/22

Hard Core Justice 3, 4
Unstoppable Liv Beaufont 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Vampire Knitting Club #11
Sookie Stackhouse 11, 12
Bone Gap Travellers 2, 3
Life On Victoria Square #7
Victoria Square Mystery Series #7
K-9 Alaska 2, 3
Maine Clambake Mystery, #9
Tea and Read # 3
Spook Squad #3
Rachel Hatch #5
Outcast #4
Will Robie Series 5.5
FBI K-9 #5)
Myth and Magic #2
Harmony Black #6
Haunted Bookshop Mystery #6, #7
Rockton #6
Witch City Mystery #10


message 17: by Jeanne (last edited Oct 30, 2021 01:38PM) (new)

Jeanne (oldemill) | 431 comments I'm in.
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2021

Series to complete:

Diana Xarissa - (Markham Sisters) 7-12
Parnell Hall - (Puzzzle Lady) 8-11
Leslie Nagel - 2-4
Lea Wait - (Mainely Needlepoint) 6-9
Dorothy Gillman (Mrs. Pollifax) 3-5

Threes:
3 - The Antique House Murders by Leslie Nagel
3 - The Advice Column Murders by Leslie Nagel
3 - The Codebook Murders by Leslie Nagel

Fours:
4 - The Right to Remain Puzzled4 - Thread the Halls by Lea Wait

Eleven:
11 - The Green Case by Diana Xarissa
11 - The Hampton Case by Diana Xarissa
11 - The Irwin Case by Diana Xarissa
11 - The Jackson Case by Diana Xarissa
11 - The Kingston Case by Diana Xarissa
11 - The Lawley Case by Diana Xarissa
11 - The Moody Case by Diana Xarissa
11 - The Norman Case by Diana Xarissa
11 - The Osborne Case by Diana Xarissa
11 - The Patrone Case by Diana Xarissa
11 - The Underwood Case by Diana Xarissa


message 18: by Gabby (last edited Jan 03, 2022 11:49AM) (new)

Gabby | 628 comments Well this is a far more permanent way to get me to finish some series that I have left way to long to finish. (am rereading a lot of the early books to remind myself of previous events)

What will happen next?
January 1 - December 31, 2021
Series Completed 57/73
Books 333/392


5 worlds 1,2,3,4,
Alienn Arkansas 1,1.5,2,2.25,2.5,2.6,3,3.5,3.6,3.7,4
American Demon hunters 2
Amelia Fang 7
Amulet 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
Argeanaeu 4,5,6
Arid Kingdom 1,2,3
Artorians Archives 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
Avon calling 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20
Babysitters Club (GN) 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,910
Baby Sitters Little Sister 1,2,3,4
Bad Mermaids 1,2,3,4
Beast Mate 5
Black Anis Origins 1,2,3,4,5
Blasphemy Online 1,2,3
Circle Opens 2,3,4
Cowboys Online 2,3,4,5
Delightfully deadly 1,2,3
Diamond Brothers 2,3,4,5,6
Discworld 8,9,10
Divine Dungeon 1,2,3,4,5
Dusky Hollows 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17
Everybody Loves Large Chests 1,2,3,4,5,6
Extreme Medical Services 0.5,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,7.5,8,9
Floods 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13
Ghosts 3.5,4,5,6,6.5
Girl from the other side 10,11
Growing Dragons 1,2,3,4,5
Half Moon Hollow 7,8
Heartstopper 2,3,4
Hexecutioner 9,10
Hard Wyred 2
Horus Heresy 1,2
Hunters 1,2,3
Innkeeper chronicles 1,2,3,4,5
Isadora Moon 10,11
It takes a thief 2,3
Ivy Granger 0.1,0.5,1,1.5,2,2.5,3,3.75,4,5,5.5,6
Jane Frost 5,6,7
Jane Yellowrock 0.4,0.5,0.6,0.7,0.751.5,
Jayden Toussaint 4,5
Kit the Wizard 1,2,3
Kitty 1,2,3,4,5,6,7
Librarian 1,2,3
Little Bird 1,2,3,4,5
Locke and Key 3,4,5,6,6.5,
Lunar Chronicles 0.5,0.6,1,1.5,2,3,3.5,4,4.5,4.6
Lunar Legend Chronicles 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
Magic Girl is a boy 2 3
Mary Poppins 1,2,3,4,5,6
Mercy 1,2,3,4,5,6
Mirabelle 2
Mom and Christy 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
Murder Bot 0.5,1,2,3,4,4.5,5,6
New Era Online 1,2,3,4,5,6
Nocturne Falls 10,11,12,13,
Parasol Protectorate 2,3,4,5
Paranormalist 2,3,4,5
Promised Neverland 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20
Rayven Choi 2,3,4
Shadow service 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
Small Medium 1,2,3
Strong Female Protagonist 1,2
Tales from Between 3
Threadbare 1,2,3,4
Traces 3,4,5,6,7
TreeHouse 7,8,9,10,11
Unnatural 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
War of Realms jtm 0,1,2,3,4,5
Warped Galaxy's 1,2,3,4,5,6
Warriors of Yedahn 1,2,3,4,5,6
Wires and Nerves 1,2
Witch Wars 1,2,3,4,5,6

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Lizz (Beer, Books and Boos) | 61 comments What Will Happen Next?!
1/1-12/31/21
Series 0
Books 0

Off to pick my series


message 20: by Mave (last edited Jan 07, 2021 03:31PM) (new)

Mave | 196 comments What will happen next?
January 1 - December 31, 2021

Bridgerton 7,8
Friday Harbor 4
Tudor Rose 3
Donovan Brothers Brewery 2
Chicago Star 6,7,8
Thursday Next 2,3,4
The Charleston Trilogy 2,3
Shopaholic 7,8,9
Don Tillman 3
MacCarrick Brothers 1,2
Essex Sisters 2,3,4
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message 21: by Connie (last edited Nov 01, 2021 10:52PM) (new)

Connie D | 328 comments What will happen next?
January 1, 2021 - December 31. 2021
My goal is 26 books
26/26
4 series completed as far as they've been written


I don't plan to finish all these series this year, but want to continue working on them. Many are still being written.


Renee Ballard 2, 3
Amos Decker 6
Armande Gamache 11, 12, 13
Will Trent 4, 9 10
Grant County 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Jude Fontaine 3
Wesley Peterson 2, 3, 4, 5
Detective P.T. Marsh 2, 3
Kinship 3,
David Sloane 1, 2, 3, 5
Jane Austen Mysteries 9, 11, 13
Ruth Galloway 2, 3, 4, 5 , 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
Ballad (Sharyn McCrumb) 2, 3, 5, 7, 10
Maisie Dobbs 3, 4, 5, 6
Joe Pickett 2, 3, 4, 5
Cassie Dewel 4, 5,
Charles Lenox: prequel 3, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Tana French Dublin Murder Squad 4, 5, 6
All Creatures 2, 3, 4
Keep the Home Fires Burning 3
Her Royal Spyness 13, 14,
Jackson Brodie 5
Marcus Didius Falco 10, 15, 16, 17, 20
Flavia Albia 2, 3, 4, 5
Cormoran Strike 4, 5
Three Rancheros 3
Harry Bosch 2, 3, 4,
Gold Seer 3
mistress in the art of death 3, 4
Inspector Banks 2, 3, 5
Mickey Haller 2, 3, 4,


Ones
1. The Jury Master by Robert Dugoni. David Sloane series. 2/5/21
2. A Beautiful Blue Death by Charles Finch. Charles Lenox series. 10/18/21

Twos
1.Dark Sacred Night Michael Connelly. Renee Ballard series. 2/7/21
2. The Janus Stone by Elly Griffiths. Ruth Galloway series. 2/5/21
3. The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter. Sharyn McCrumb. Ballad series 3/14/21
4. Kisscut Karin Slaughter. Grant County. 4/4/21
5. Savage Run C. J. Box. Joe Pickett series. 4/25/21
6. All Things Bright and Beautiful James Herriot. 5/14/21

Threes
1.Beverly, Right Here. Kate DiCamillo. Three Rancheros. 2/15/21
2. The House at Sea's End by Elly Griffiths. Ruth Galloway. 2/13/21
3. She Walks These Hills Sharyn McCrumb. Ballad series. 4/26/21
4. The Stills Jess Montgomery. 5/4/21
5. All Things Wise and Wonderful James Herriot.
6/6/21
6. Grave Goods Ariana Franklin. Mistress in the Art of Death series. 3/26/21


Fours
1.Broken. Karin Slaughter. Will Trent series. 1/13/21
2. A Room Full of Bones. Elly Griffiths. Ruth Galloway series. 2/26/21
3. Lion in the Valley Elizabeth Peters. Peabody series. 6/6/21

Fives
1. A Dying FallElly Griffiths. Ruth Galloway series. 4/4/21
2. The Bitterroots C.J. Box. Cassie Dewel. 6/12/21

Sixes
1. Thin Air by Ann Cleeves. Shetland series. 10/28/21
2. The Outcast Dead by Elly Griffiths. Ruth Galloway series. 8/21/21

Nines
1. The Last Widow Karin Slaughter. Will Trent series. 7/24/21
2. The Chalk Pit by Elly Griffiths. Ruth Galloway series. 8/31/21

Tens
1. Two for the Lions Lindsey Davis. Marcus Didius Falco series. 8/4/21

Elevens
1. Jane and the Canterbury Tale. Stephanie Barron. 3/7/21


Thirteens
1. The Night Hawks by Elly Griffiths. Ruth Galloway series. 10/23/21
2. Love and Death Among the Cheetahs by Rhys Bowen. Her Royal Spyness series.


Mamacita aka MawMaw  (mamawantsbedtimestory) | 1251 comments I have a question. So I am re-reading some of the last few books of bdb before I go further. So does rereads count?


message 23: by Lanelle, Production Chief (new)

Lanelle | 20528 comments Mod
Mamacita wrote: "I have a question. So I am re-reading some of the last few books of bdb before I go further. So do rereads count?"

If you want to count them, I don't mind.


message 24: by Mamacita aka MawMaw (last edited Jan 12, 2021 01:37PM) (new)

Mamacita aka MawMaw  (mamawantsbedtimestory) | 1251 comments Mama's What Will Happen Next
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2021

# of Series to complete: 5


KGI ~ 9,10,11,12

Black Dagger Brotherhood ~
15.5,16.5,17 17.5,18,18.5,19

Black Dagger Legacy ~
3,4,5

Fallen Angels ~
4,5,6

SEALS of Protection ~
3.5,4,5,6,6.5,7,8, 8.6,9,9.5

Delta Force Heroes ~
4,5,6,7,9.5

Immortals After Dark ~
12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19

Midnight Breed ~
13.5, 14,14.5,14.6,15,15.5,16,17

King ~ 4.5,5,6,7,8,9,9.5

Redemption Harbor ~ 6,7


Numbers I'm Committing To:
Twos:
2.
2.
2.

Threes:
3.
3.
3.

Fours:
4.
4.
4.
4.

Fives:
5.
5.
5.
5.
5.

Sixes:
6.
6.
6.

Sevens:
7.
7.

Eights:
8.
8.

Nines:
9.
9.
9.

Tens:
10.
10.

Elevens:
11.
11.

Twelves:
12.
12.
12.

Thirteens:
13.
13.
13.

Fourteens:
14.
14.
14.

Fifteens:
15.
15.
15.

Sixteens:
16.
16.


Seventeens:
17.
17.
17.

Eighteens:
18.
18.


Nineteens:
19.
19.


Mamacita aka MawMaw  (mamawantsbedtimestory) | 1251 comments Lanelle wrote: "Mamacita wrote: "I have a question. So I am re-reading some of the last few books of bdb before I go further. So do rereads count?"

If you want to count them, I don't mind."


Thx


message 26: by Lanelle, Production Chief (new)

Lanelle | 20528 comments Mod
Time to brag :) I finished my first series.

How is everyone doing?


message 27: by Meg (new)

Meg (makeli2) | 1764 comments Lanelle wrote: "Time to brag :) I finished my first series.

How is everyone doing?"


Not too badly; taking my time yet not standing still. I really do like this challenge; it's made more aware of the series I need to work on (even ones I didn't include here).


message 28: by Connie (new)

Connie D | 328 comments Lanelle wrote: "Time to brag :) I finished my first series.

How is everyone doing?"


Excellent, Lanelle.

I'm making progress!


message 29: by Connie (new)

Connie D | 328 comments Meg wrote: "Lanelle wrote: "Time to brag :) I finished my first series.

How is everyone doing?"

Not too badly; taking my time yet not standing still. I really do like this challenge; it's made more aware of..."


I absolutely agree. I didn't realize how many I'd started and didn't finish. (Some of course, kept being written, so I just didn't keep up.) It's been fun getting back into hanging out with some old friends.


message 30: by Jennifer (last edited Feb 12, 2021 12:27PM) (new)

Jennifer (jhaltenburger) | 1166 comments I've read two of the 60 books I'm committed to, and another three will be gone by the end of next week.


message 31: by Meg (new)

Meg (makeli2) | 1764 comments Congrats, Lanelle, on finishing a series!

I have a concern...on my list I have Davis Way 5, 6, 7, 8. Turns out I got the numbers wrong; I read #5 back in September. I should have listed 6, 7, 8, 9 instead. Is it okay to correct my listing? Thanks!


message 32: by Lanelle, Production Chief (new)

Lanelle | 20528 comments Mod
Meg wrote: "Congrats, Lanelle, on finishing a series!"

Thanks. Everyone feel free to post when you accomplish something significant.

Meg wrote: "I have a concern...on my list I have Davis Way 5, 6, 7, 8. Turns out I got the numbers wrong; I read #5 back in September. I should have listed 6, 7, 8, 9..."

Sure.


message 33: by Meg (new)

Meg (makeli2) | 1764 comments Lanelle wrote: "Meg wrote: "Congrats, Lanelle, on finishing a series!"

Thanks. Everyone feel free to post when you accomplish something significant.

Meg wrote: "I have a concern...on my list I have Davis Way 5, ..."


Thanks!


message 34: by Meg (new)

Meg (makeli2) | 1764 comments Finished a series! I even added the 10th one in the series since I read it right behind #9.


message 35: by Lanelle, Production Chief (new)

Lanelle | 20528 comments Mod
Meg wrote: "Finished a series! I even added the 10th one in the series since I read it right behind #9."

Way to go, Meg!


message 36: by Meg (new)

Meg (makeli2) | 1764 comments Lanelle wrote: "Meg wrote: "Finished a series! I even added the 10th one in the series since I read it right behind #9."

Way to go, Meg!"


😊


message 37: by Connie (new)

Connie D | 328 comments Meg wrote: "Congrats, Lanelle, on finishing a series!

I have a concern...on my list I have Davis Way 5, 6, 7, 8. Turns out I got the numbers wrong; I read #5 back in September. I should have listed 6, 7, 8, 9..."


Wow! Great progress, Meg!

I'm really enjoying this challenge!


message 38: by Meg (new)

Meg (makeli2) | 1764 comments Thanks! I love this challenge, too!


message 39: by Jennifer (new)

Jennifer (jhaltenburger) | 1166 comments I am totally loving this challenge! I knocked another 6 books off that I've read in the last month or so, and in looking at what is left on my spreadsheet I'm noticing four or five series I have only one book left in. Since I have more than 300 unfinished series, the idea of knocking a handful out with only one book each is really appealing!


message 40: by Lanelle, Production Chief (new)

Lanelle | 20528 comments Mod
Jennifer wrote: "I am totally loving this challenge! I knocked another 6 books off that I've read in the last month or so, and in looking at what is left on my spreadsheet I'm noticing four or five series I have on..."

I'm so glad you're loving this challenge, Jennifer. Maybe we can do it again next year.


message 41: by Gabby (new)

Gabby | 628 comments This has really got me motivated to finish some series but also has got me working far harder on some series that I know I have been stalling on so that they didn't have to end.

Please please keep it next year. I have so many series to do and am struggling to keep things off the list so that I get stuff done!


message 42: by Lanelle, Production Chief (new)

Lanelle | 20528 comments Mod
Gabriella wrote: "This has really got me motivated to finish some series but also has got me working far harder on some series that I know I have been stalling on so that they didn't have to end."

Awesome.

Gabriella wrote: "Please keep it next year. I have so many series to do and am struggling to keep things off the list so that I get stuff done!"

I definitely will. If you think of any slight changes to make it fresh, let me know.


message 43: by Celia (last edited Dec 27, 2021 12:19AM) (new)

Celia Buell (semi hiatus) (celiareadsbooks) Can I still join this one and include some series where I've already read the first book this year? If so

Series:
After the Rift by C. J. Archer (2 - 6)
Fairytales of Folkshore by Lucy Tempest (9 - ?)
For Queen and Country by Patty Jansen (6)
The Seven Realms by Cinda Williams Chima (4)
Kilenya Chronicles by Andrea Pearson (2 - 7)
Wild and Ruin by Jennifer G. Edelson (3)
Once Upon A Con by Ashley Poston (2 - 3)
Gone by Stacy Claflin (2 - 3)
Alex Mercer Thrillers by Stacy Claflin (2 - 10)
Villains by Serena Valentino (5 - 8)
Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan (2 - 3)
AESOP by Michele Packard (2 - 3)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglass Adams (5 - 6)
Scythe by Neal Shusterman
Twisted Tales by Liz Braswell, Elizabeth Lim, and Jen Calonita (4 - 11)
Simon Snow (2 - 3)
2's
2 The Exiled Queen by Cinda Williams Chima 6/10 - Seven Realms #2 - 5 stars (on par with my rating for #1)
2 The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams 6/13 - The Hitchhiker's Guide #2 - 4 stars (same as #1 but I liked it a bit more)
2 Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman 7/11 - Arc of a Scythe #2 - 5 stars (this blew my mind)
2 The Beast Within by Serena Valentino 7/18 - Villains #2 - 3.5 stars but 4 for goodreads (liked it more than book 1)
2 Willow Witch by Patty Jansen - For Queen and Country #2 - 4 stars (liked it about the same as #1)
2
2
2
2
2
2
The Exiled Queen (Seven Realms, #2) by Cinda Williams Chima The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #2) by Douglas Adams Thunderhead (Arc of a Scythe, #2) by Neal Shusterman The Beast Within (Villains, #2) by Serena Valentino Willow Witch (Ghostspeaker Chronicles #2) by Patty Jansen
3's
3 Life, the Universe and Everything by Douglas Adams 7/2 - Hitchhiker's Guide #3 - (3 stars, slightly poorer than the first 2)
3 The Toll by Neal Shusterman 7/16 - Arc of a Scythe #3 - (5+ stars, a phenomenal ending to the series)
3 Poor Unfortunate Soul by Serena Valentino 7/28 - Villains #3 - (4 stars, same rating as #2 but liked it a little more)
3 The Idiot King by Patty Jansen 8/3 - For Queen and Country #3 - (4 stars, same rating as #2 but liked it a little more)
3 The Gray Wolf Throne by Cinda Williams Chima 8/29 - The Seven Realms #3 - (5 stars - on par with rest of series, but not my favorite)
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Life, the Universe, and Everything (Hitchhiker's Guide #3) by Douglas Adams The Toll (Arc of a Scythe, #3) by Neal Shusterman Poor Unfortunate Soul (Villains, #3) by Serena Valentino The Idiot King (Ghostspeaker Chronicles #3) by Patty Jansen The Gray Wolf Throne (Seven Realms, #3) by Cinda Williams Chima
4's
4 Mistress of All Evil by Serena Valentino 7/31 - Villains #4 - (5 stars, my favorite in the series so far)
4 Fire Wizard by Patty Jansen 8/7 - For Queen and Country #4 - (5 stars, my favorite in the series so far)
4 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas Adams 8/29 - Hitchhiker's Guide #4 - (4 stars, I liked it more than I expected to)
4 The Crimson Crown by Cinda Williams Chima 12/26 - Seven Realms #4 - (5 stars, probably my favorite in the series)
4
Mistress of All Evil (Villains, #4) by Serena Valentino Fire Wizard (Ghostspeaker Chronicles #4) by Patty Jansen So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas Adams The Crimson Crown (Seven Realms, #4) by Cinda Williams Chima
5's
5 The Dragon Prince by Patty Jansen 8/21 - For Queen and Country #5 - (4 stars, on par for most of the series)
5
5
5
The Dragon Prince (Ghostspeaker Chronicles #5) by Patty Jansen
6's
6
6
6
6

7's
7
7

8's
8 The Faerie Prince by Lucy Tempest 4/18 - Fairytales of Folkshore #8 - 4 stars (instead of my usual 5 for this series)
8
8
The Faerie Prince (Fairytales of Folkshore #8) by Lucy Tempest
9's
9
9

10's
10
10


message 44: by D.L. (last edited Mar 27, 2021 02:24PM) (new)

D.L. | 1453 comments Ooh, this sounds cool! I will sign up for a small number as the year is already underway.

Series to finish:
Little House on the Prairie - 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
The Winnie Years - 3, 4, 5
Detective Harriet Blue - 3, 4
Janie Johnson - 2, 3, 4, 5
Dare to Love - 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Two
2
2

Three
3
3
3
3
3

Four
4
4
4
4
4

Five
5
5
5
5

Six
6
6

Seven
7

Eight
8

Nine
9


message 45: by Gabby (last edited Jan 03, 2022 11:44AM) (new)

Gabby | 628 comments Reserved as fully expecting to have to split the list (running out of characters :P)

Books in Series 5-20

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message 46: by Lanelle, Production Chief (last edited May 05, 2021 11:00AM) (new)

Lanelle | 20528 comments Mod
Gabriella wrote: "Reserved as fully expecting to have to split the list (running out of characters :P)"

That's good news, right?

I've made another short-cut for you in the first post. It's appropriately titled "G's Message 45".


message 47: by Gabby (new)

Gabby | 628 comments Thank you hun :). Yep as long as I can get them read but then again the TBR challenge should sort a lot of them for me nicely. :D can’t seem to stop adding series. Keep finding more I want to add.


message 48: by Shelly (new)

Shelly | 640 comments If I can start with one series with 11 books to finish out the series I’d like to join.


message 49: by Lanelle, Production Chief (new)

Lanelle | 20528 comments Mod
Shelly wrote: "If I can start with one series with 11 books to finish out the series I’d like to join."

You're more than welcome to join us, Shelly!


message 50: by Suzanne (new)

Suzanne (amethystperhaps) | 106 comments I have a question: Do we count extra books in the series (2.5, 3.6, 4.7 . . .) and how would we number them (2s, 3s, 4s . . .?)?


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