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30.2 - Sheila's task: One Author – Two Series
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Aneeqah wrote: "Sheila wrote: "Aneeqah wrote: "So does the series have to have 3 already published books, or can it be a planned trilogy, with just 2 books out currently?"Yes a series is defined for this task as..."
Scott Westerfield - The Uglies series and the Leviathan series. I may do that one.
Sassafrass wrote: "Sheila,Can I read a book by one author for book one and then read another book that she's written with someone else for book 2?
For example:
Razor's Edge by Jane Rylon for book 1 ..."
Sorry Sassafrass I will have to say no to that. I wanted to keep the task as straight forward as possible. So no psuedonyms and no co authors.
No worries! I just wanted to ask. I can use another author.
I just found a cool site that lists a very wide variety of historical fiction series - and often includes whether the author has more than one series.http://www.1mpages.com/HistoricalFict...
Some suggestions from my read list - mostly mysteries, but a few other genres tossed in:M.C. Beaton - Agatha Raisin and Hamish MacBeth
Rhys Bowen - Her Royal Spyness, Molly Murphy, and Constable Evans
Meg Cabot - Queen of Babble and Heather Wells
Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple
Michael Connelly - Harry Bosch and Mickey Haller
Loren Estleman - Amos Walker, Valentino, Detroit Crime, etc.
Diana Gabaldon - Outlander and Lord John Grey
Charlaine Harris - Sookie Stackhouse, Aurora Teagarden, Lily Bard, Harper Connelly
Laurie R. King - Mary Russell and Kate Martinelli
Denise Mina - Garnethill and Paddy Meehan
Gosh, I am loving my own task here and thanks to you all I am getting a lot of great ideas for new series. Thanks everyone!Not that I am modest or anything. haha
I would like to read Twisted and The Lying Game, both separate series by Sara Shepard. The third in The Lying Game is not yet published, but is released on Feb 7. If I don't do this task until after Feb 7 will this be fine?
Should be fine Katrina as long as you don't post until after that third book is published. Enjoy
Sheila wrote: "Should be fine Katrina as long as you don't post until after that third book is published. Enjoy"thank you, and don't worry, I'll have plenty of books to read before then! :)
Charlaine Harris has four series that would count: Southern Vampire (Sookie Stackhouse), Lily Bard Mystery, Harper Connelly, and Aurora Teagarden. The last three series sound like mystery series to me, but I haven't read them yet.
For some reason I'm having a really hard time with the series one. A lot of the ones I'd like to try don't have another series with at least three titles. I've read all of Sookie and the first of the Aurora Teagarden and Harper Connelly series. Lily Bard doesn't really interest me. I like the Caster Chronicles series but most of the other paranormal/vampire/werewolf series don't interest me. Right now my two choices appear to be Scott Westerfield's Behemoth (#2 in the Leviathan steampunk series) and the first in the Uglies series --- or finishing off the last of the Percy Jackson and reading the first of Rick Riordan's adult series (can't even think of the name right now). No interest in trying to Son of Neptune series. Any other ideas?
Some suggestions:Juliet Marillier (fantasy/fairy-tale)
Ursula K. LeGuin (The Earthsea Cycle / Annals of the Western Shore - YA)
Cynthia Voigt (YA - Tillerman family / YA - Kingdom - but I haven't read the latter)
I am reading Dorothy Dunnett for this task but as this is my first time reading her historical fiction - which looks quite daunting - I can't commit to recommending her yet. Another author I found for a different task, who has written at least two series, is the female sci-fi writer C.J. Cherryh.
♥Meagan♥ wrote: "It's called Gregor the Overlander and is a middle grade series. She actually wrote it before THG."I loved the Gregor the Overlander series. They are younger than the Hungers Games, but I wouldn't consider them children's.
Thanks. I thought about Dunnett. I've had her series on my radar for years - but yes, they are rather daunting. I also want to read Gregor the Overlander, but since I've already read all the Hunger Games....
I went from planning on reading Charlaine Harris to Tamora Pierce and now am thinking about Diana Gabaldon.I was thinking of reading Outlander and Lord John and the Private Matter, BUT I haven't read any of Gabaldon's books and was wondering if anyone else here had read both series..? I wasn't sure if I should find something else for this task so I could read the entire Outlander series before the Lord John Grey series or if it will still make sense to me reading the first from each series. Advice? :)
@RandiI have read Outlander and it is excellent. Can't say about the others though.
I have the 2nd book in the Outlander series picked for task 5.2. That bugs me! which requires the name of a bug in the title and Dragonfly in Amber fits nicely.
(I love when things fit so nicely) and it is one I have wanted to read for a while now.
I hope that helps.
the Lord John books are stand-alone mysteries - in fact while you meet John briefly in Outlander, he doesn't play a significant role until Voyager (bk 3). I haven't actually read them but there are good and bad reviews. I don't know if it will bug you, but LJ is gay and I know one of the reviews I read, really highlighted that as an issue that reader had
Dee wrote: "the Lord John books are stand-alone mysteries - in fact while you meet John briefly in Outlander, he doesn't play a significant role until Voyager (bk 3). I haven't actually read them but there ar..."Oooh, yay stand-alone! :) I read a few of the reviews last night trying to get a sense of whether it mattered if you read it before Outlander, and did happen to see one about LJ being a gay lead. I'm actually a little bit more excited to read it for that, I think, because I don't recall ever having read a book with a gay main character! Good to mention that though, as I could see it being quite a shock for some. ^.^ Thanks so much!
Sheila wrote: "@Randi
I have read Outlander and it is excellent. Can't say about the others though.
I have the 2nd book in the Outlander series picked for task 5.2. That bugs me! which requires the name of a..."
Thanks, Sheila! I do love when things fall into place! :) I will have to keep that one in mind if I like the series as much as I think I will. For the fall challenge, I read the first in a series of six, and ended up loving it so much that I fit the rest of the series into other tasks. :)
IIRC someone mentioned that a character in book 8 of the outlander series shows up in these ones, but yeah - you should be good...if I hadn't read all the outlander ones, i'd totally join you in this series
Would R. L. Stine work? He has a bunch of series of books that work as standalone (which is great for me, I dislike picking up new series...), or is he too young reader? He's more middle grade, but his books are short and have bigger fonts, as far as I can't remember. Help?
As far as series go Marina Stine would work. I'm checking with the moderators to see if they qualify as age appropriate. As soon as I hear back from the moderators I will post the answer here Marina.
Marina After researching your question I will have to say no to R.L. Stine. I looked up several books from several different series such as Goosebumps, Fear Street and others and they all showed up as Juvenile which won't work. The only series that I found that would work is the Fear Street - Seniors which showed up as Youth or Young Adult. Sorry.
Is it okay if the three books that are published are labeled as #1, #1.5 and #2 instead of 1, 2, 3?See Mountain Masters Series: http://www.goodreads.com/series/55662...
Joanna - I would accept 1.5 as in a series, however this series seems to be written by 2 different authors. You will need to find 2 series of at least 3 published books each by the same author for this task.
Sheila wrote: "Marina After researching your question I will have to say no to R.L. Stine. I looked up several books from several different series such as Goosebumps, Fear Street and others and they all showed ..."That's OK. Thanks so much for going through the trouble of checking all that. I'll find something else that fits.
Sheila wrote: "Joanna - I would accept 1.5 as in a series, however this series seems to be written by 2 different authors. You will need to find 2 series of at least 3 published books each by the same author for..."Cherise Sinclair is one of the three authors listed for the book marked as #1.5 (http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/80...)
and the only author for books #1 and #2.
Does she have to be the only author for all three?
Joanna - Nope I'll approve of Cherise Sinclair. So you must be planning on reading a Masters of the Shadowlands book and a Mountain Masters book. Right? Sounds good, enjoy!
Sheila wrote: "Joanna - Nope I'll approve of Cherise Sinclair. So you must be planning on reading a Masters of the Shadowlands book and a Mountain Masters book. Right? Sounds good, enjoy!"That's what I was thinking. I've read one of the Masters of the Shadowlands books and enjoyed it okay, so thought I'd slot in another of those plus the first of the Mountain series.
I'm pretty confident Evermore would be ok, but would Radiance from Alyson Noëls other Series work too or is that too young?
Just a few suggestions of people I've read, or am planning to read:Richard Stark: noir-esque crime - Parker (18 books) + Grofield (4 books)
Anne Rice: dark, historical vampire fiction - The Vampire Chronicles (10 books) + Lives of the Mayfair Witches (3 books)
Robin Hobb: fantasy - Farseer (3 books) + Tawny Man (3 books) + Liveship Traders (3 books) + Solider Son (3 books) + Rain Wild Chronicles (3 books)
Karin Slaughter: crime - Grant County (6 books) + Georgia (3 books)
You can also try Boris Akunin, Catherine Fisher and William Horwood!
I've read books by all but the last list of three, and I can recommend them all as authors :)
Sarah wrote: "I'm pretty confident Evermore would be ok, but would Radiance from Alyson Noëls other Series work too or is that too young?"I'm afraid the Riley Bloom series is too young for this task. In the general rules of the SRC #6 it states:
6. The use of ’Young Reader Books’ aimed at the emerging elementary school reader is limited to the 5, 10, and 15 point tasks.
Sorry.
Sheila wrote: "Sarah wrote: "I'm pretty confident Evermore would be ok, but would Radiance from Alyson Noëls other Series work too or is that too young?"I'm afraid the Riley Bloom ..."
I know that part, I just wasn't sure what age group Riley Bloom is aimed at, as in one bookshop it was shelved on the Teen shelf, and in another on the 10-12 shelf :)
Anyways, I figured it might be too young, so my other options for this task would be a) (not sure about this one, as it may not count as a series, there only being 2 books) Outside In and Storm Glass, both by Maria V. Snyder, or b) the first book in Night World, No. 2: Dark Angel; The Chosen; Soulmate (4th in the Series) and the first book in The Awakening and The Struggle, both by L.J. Smith (1st of the series) or c) The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency and The Sunday Philosophy Club, both by Alexander McCall Smith.
*crosses fingers that one of those options will work*
I want to read Alyson Noel for this task however she has two goodreads author accounts for some reason. Alyson Noel and Alyson Noel (Goodreads Author). The two series I want to read are the Immortals and Riley Bloom. Will this work, since the series are each listed under different names?
Sorry Keltie Lee but I have already turned down another person for the Riley Bloom series (see post 84)I'm afraid the Riley Bloom series is too young for this task. In the general rules of the SRC #6 it states:
6. The use of ’Young Reader Books’ aimed at the emerging elementary school reader is limited to the 5, 10, and 15 point tasks.
Sorry.
@Sarah, First off I apologize for taking so long to answer your query. Somehow I missed the notification of your posting.Maria Snyder would be OK if you read a book from her study series and her Opal Cowan series as long as one of the books is the first in those series.
No to the Inside Out series as it states in the task that a series is defined as 3 published books.
Yes to the L.J. Smith or Alexander McCall Smith books that you mentioned.
Happy reading
Hoping I can read two seris by James DashnerThe Journal of Curious Letters (The 13th Reality Series)
and
The Scorch Trials (The Maze Runner series)
Thanks! :)
Meghanly wrote: "Hoping I can read two seris by James DashnerThe Journal of Curious Letters (The 13th Reality Series)
and
The Scorch Trials (The Maze Runner s..."
Those look fine to me. Enjoy
Sounds fine mstan. Enjoy. I never realized how many books Terry Prachett had written.
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Can I read a book by one author for book one and then read another book that she's written with someone else for book 2?
For example:
Razor's Edge by Jane Rylon for book 1 and then for book 2 Northern Exposure by Jane Rylon and Mari Carr for book 2 (Jane Rylon is listed as first author on GR).
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