Serial Reader Challenge

[Marla]

2021 Serial Killer Reader Challenge
Duration: 1/1/21 - 12/31/21
Progress: 23 of 27

* FAILED *

This challenge was created by Katarzyna Pohl and used with her permission.
You can cross challenge with other challenges, but within Serial Reader the books you list cannot repeat.
This one is monstrous, not for the faint of heart!!! In order to complete it officially, you'll have to read: 27+ books and 15+ different series. Yup, you're reading it right.
So Serial Readers, are you up for the challenge?!

1) Jack the Page Ripper: (0/15)
5 from 1st series
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📚 4 from 2nd series
Highlander by Karen Marie Moning
#1 Beyond the Highland Mist (7/20/21)
#2 To Tame a Highland Warrior (9/27/1)
#3 The Highlander's Touch (11/25/21)
#4 Kiss of the Highlander (12/9/21)


📚 3 from 3rd series
Soul Screamers by Rachel Vincent
#2 My Soul to Save (4/15/21)
#3 My Soul to Keep (5/19/21)
#4 My Soul to Steal (10/24/21)


📚 2 from 4th series
DI Ruth Hunter by Simon McCleave
#1 The Snowdonia Killings (3/30/21)
#2 The Harlech Beach Killings (12/8/21)


📚 1 from 5th series
Amanda Jaffe; Dana Cutler by Phillip Margolin
#3 The Associate (8/7/21)


📚 2) Una-book-bomber: (5/5)
Read one series book from each of the genres. Not necessarily the 1st.
♥ Chick-lit -
Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert (6/16/21) ~ The Brown Sisters #1
♥ Romance -
The Governess Game by Tessa Dare (3/27/21) ~ Girl Meets Duke #2
♥ Mystery -
A Superior Death by Nevada Barr (1/1/21) ~ Anna Pidgeon #2
♥ PNR/Urban-Fantasy/Fantasy/Sci-fi -
Taken by Midnight by Lara Adrian (1/22/21) ~ Midnight Breed #8
♥ Young Adult -
Voodoo Butterfly by Camille Faye (1/6/21) ~ Voodoo Butterfly #1

📚 3) Spree Series Killer: (1/1+)
Try out a totally new author. If the book turns out to be a stinker, you have to TRY AGAIN. Repeat until you find a series that you like and are willing to keep on reading in the future.
24690 by A.A. Dark
#1 24690 (2/2/21)


📚 4) Author-ican Psycho: (1/1)
Try a book from the author you've "given up" on - call it one more try. It can be the same series you previously found only so-so, or a totally different series by the same author. It's up to you.
Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch
#2 Moon Over Soho (2/21/21)


📚 5) Dr. Hannibal Lecturer: (1/1)
Start on that series that everybody is praising so much but you keep postponing it for later.
Beartown by Fredrik Backman
#1 Beartown (1/16/21)


📚 6) The Book Strangler: (1/1+)
Read a whole series from the beginning to the end (or to the last published book). You choose whether it's going to be a 15-book-long-monster or a 1-book-long-freshly-started-baby series...
Emily Voss by Nick Lavitz ~ caught up
Episodes 1-3 (2/13/21)


📚 7) 3rd Degree: (3/3)
Read a trilogy. An old fashioned trilogy that wraps up at book 3.
The Last Vampire by Christopher Pike
#1 The Last Vampire (5/28/21)
#2 Black Blood| (5/30/21)
#3 Red Dice (6/5/21)


📚 BONUS: Bloody Mary (1/1)
A series with a strong female kick-ass protagonist, something like: police detective, body builder, warrior.
Kate Daniels by Ilona Andrews
#9 Kate Daniels (1/13/21)

[Marla]

2024 Serial KILLER Reader Challenge
Duration: 1/1/2024 - 12/31/2024
Progress: 27 of 30

* FAILED *

1) Jack the Page Ripper (15 books):

Take 5 series, read:
5 books from 1st series (of your choice)
Hidden Legacy by Ilona Andrews


4 from 2nd
Beautiful Bastard by Christina Lauren


3 from 3rd
The Women's Murder Club by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro


2 from 4th
Virgil Flowers by John Sanford


1 from the last one (and you don't have to be starting with 1st book each time)
The Collector by Dot Hutchinson ~ Finished


2) Una-book-bomber (5 books):

Read one book from each of the genres. It does not have to be the first book in the series, but it must be a series book, not a stand-alone:

chick-lit ~ #2 Rock Chick Rescue (5/26/24) ★★★.5
romance ~ #5 Echoes at Dawn (8/5/24) ★★★.5
mystery ~ #5 Endangered Species (5/3/24) ★★★.5
pnr/urban-fantasy/fantasy/sci-fi ~ #10 Silence Fallen (6/20/24) ★★★★.5
young adult ~ #1 Airhead (7/29/24) ★★★.5

3) Spree Series Killer (1+ book):

Try out a totally new author. If the book turns out to be a stinker, you have to TRY AGAIN. Repeat until you find a series that you like and are willing to keep on reading in the future.
The Lost Stars by Jack Campbell


4) Author-ican Psycho (1 book)

Try a book from the author you've "given up" on - call it one more try. It can be the same series you previously found only so-so, or a totally different series by the same author. It's up to you.
Mr. Monk by Lee Goldberg


5) Dr. Hannibal Lecturer (1 book):

Start on that series that everybody is praising so much but you keep postponing it for later.
Just read it already. Go on!
Starboard by Amie Kaufman


6) The Book Strangler (1+ books):

Read a whole series from the beginning to the end (or to the last published book). You choose whether it's going to be a 15-book-long-monster or a 1-book-long-freshly-started-baby series...
Letters of Enchantment by Rebecca Ross ~ Finished


7) 3rd Degree (3 books):

Read a trilogy. An old fashioned trilogy that wraps up at book 3.
Hidden Legacy by Ilona Andrews


BONUS: Bloody Mary (1 book):

A series with a strong female kick-ass protagonist, something like: police detective, body builder, warrior. So for example LKH Anita Blake would work.
#10 Witness in Death (6/30/24) ★★★★ ~ Eve Dallas