SOS: Serious Overload of Series discussion
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I've Started, So I'll Finish (or at least catchup)


1st January - 31st December
0/5 Series but might increase to 10
1 - Black Dagger Brotherhood
Lover Mine
Lover Unleashed
Lover Reborn
The Black Dagger Brotherhood: An Insider's Guide
2 - Jazz Parks
Bitten in Two
The Deadliest Bite
3 - Vampire Academy
Shadow Kiss
Blood Promise
Spirit Bound
Last Sacrifice
4 - Georgina Kincaid
Succubus Shadows
Succubus Revealed
5 - Chicagoland Vampires
Drink Deep
Biting Cold
Also considering Night Huntress, Lords of the Underworld, The Iron Fey and Wicked Lovely

Danielle's SOS I've Started So I'll Finish Challenge
Duration: 1st January to 31st December 2012
Goal: Get caught up or finish full-length (I'm excluding short stories for now) books in these series-
Kresley Cole's Immortals After Dark series:
Dreams of a Dark Warrior
Lothaire
Nalini Singh's Psy/Changelings series:
Play of Passion
Kiss of Snow
Shannon K. Butcher's Sentinels series:
Running Scared
Living Nightmare
Blood Hunt
JR Ward's Fallen Angels:
Crave
Envy
Kristina Douglas Fallen Series:
Demon
Warrior

Sure, Fantasy is fine.

2/20 books completed - 1/5 series completed
Narnia:
The Silver Chair
The Magician's Nephew
The Horse and His Boy
The Last Battle
Maximum Ride:
The Final Warning
Max
Fang
Angel
Vampire Diaries and Connected Series
Midnight
Origins
Bloodlust
The Craving
The Ripper
Phantom
Moonsong
Stories from her site
Night World
Night World, No. 3: Huntress, Black Dawn, Witchlight (bind up)
Sookie Stackhouse
Dead Reckoning
Deadlocked
I may add more if I finish these. :)

Duration: January 1st, 2012-December 31st, 2012
Goal: 10/11 Books Completed; 3/4 Series Completed
1st Series~The Edge
1.
2. Fate's Edge by Ilona Andrews
2nd Series~The Guardians
1.
2.
3.
3rd Series~Elder Races
1.
2.
3.
4.
4th Series~Lords of the Underworld
1.
2.












SOS Challenge - I've Started So I'll Finish
Duration: 1st January to 31st December 2012
1 of 6 series - 8 of 16 books (to start, I have a couple of chunky ones listed)
1st Series - Jaz Parks by Jennifer Rardin
7 -
8 - The Deadliest Bite
2nd Series - Carpathians by Christine Feehan
10 - Dark Symphony
13 - Dark Destiny
22 - Dark Predator
3rd Series - Nightwalkers by Jacquelyn Frank
4 -
5 -
6 -
4th Series - Greywalkers by Kat Richardson
2 -
3 - Underground
4 - Vanished
5 - Labyrinth
6 - Downpour
5th Series - A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin
3 - A Storm of Swords
4 - A Feast for Crows
5 - A Dance With Dragons
6th Series - Weather Warden by
3 -
4 -
5 -
6 - Thin Air Currently Reading
7 - Gale Force
8 - Cape Storm
9 - Total Eclipse
Read:







TO READ:

















Chicagoland Vampires
Biting Cold
Demonica
Passion Unleashed
Desire Unchained
Ecstasy Unveiled
Sin Undone
Psy-Changling
Archangel's Consort
Mine to Possess
Branded by Fire
Hostage to Pleasure
House of Night
Hunted
Tempted
Burned
Awakened
Destined
Kitty Norville
Kitty and the Dead Man's Hand
Kitty Raises Hell
Kitty's House of Horrors
Kitty Goes to War
Kate Daniels
Magic Strikes
Magic Bleeds
Magic Slays


Duration: Jan 1 2012 - Dec 31 2012
Progress: 0/25
1st Series: Kushiel's Legacy
1. Kushiel's Justice
2. Kushiel's Mercy


2nd Series: Night Angel
1. Shadow's Edge
2. Beyond the Shadows
3. Perfect Shadow: A Night Angel Novella



3rd Series: Elder Races
1. Serpent's Kiss
2. True Colors
3. Oracle's Moon*



4th Series: The Guardians
1. Demon Forged
2. Demon Blood
3. Demon Marked



5th Series: A Song of Ice and Fire
1. A Clash of Kings
2. A Storm of Swords


6th Series: The Dresden Files
1. Summer Knight
2. Death Masks
3. Blood Rites
4. Dead Beat
5. Proven Guilty
6. White Night
7. Small Favor






7th Series: The Edge
1. Bayou Moon
2. Fate's Edge


8th Series: The Iron Druid Chronicles
1. Hexed
2. Hammered
3. Tricked*



*Upcoming
Also considering: Mercy Thompson (BR), The BDB, Night Huntress, The Inheritance Trilogy, Stormwalker, Percy Jackson, Thursday Next, Stormwalker.
I can't contemplate more. I'll stop here. And this list does not even include series I'm about to start.

Enabler: Charlotte
Duration: 1st January to 31st December 2012
Kara Gillian
1. Blood of the Demon
2. Secrets of the Demon
3. Sins of the Demon



Mageverse
4. Master of Fire
5. Master of Smoke
6. Master of Shadows
7. Master of Darkness




The Edge
8. Bayou Moon
9. Fate's Edge


Talions
10. Dark Warrior Unbroken
11. Dark Warrior Untamed


Breeds
12. Tanner's Scheme
13. Styx's Storm
14. Navarro's Promise
15. Lawe's Justice
16. Stygian's Honor





And Maybe -
Guardians of Eternity
17. Embrace the Darkness
18. Darkness Everlasting
19. Darkness Revealed
20. Darkness Unleashed
21. Beyond The Darkness
22. Devoured by Darkness
23. Bound By Darkness








SOS: I've Started so I'll Finish or at Least Catchup
0/6 Series; 0/22 Books Read
Duration: January 1~December 31, 2012
1. Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
Vampire Academy Read





2. Lords of the Underworld by Gena Showalter
The Darkest Fire 5/31/11
The Darkest Night 5/25/11
The Darkest Kiss 6/6/11
The Darkest Pleasure 6/28/11






3. Dark Swan by Richelle Mead
Storm Born read



4. Sabina Kane by Jaye Wells
Red-Headed Stepchild read
The Mage in Black read



5. Elemental Assassin by Jennifer Estep
Spider's Bite read
Web of Lies read





6. Shifters by Rachel Vincent
Stray read






I've started so I'll finish...
#1. Katherine "Kitty" Katt by Gini Koch
Touched by an Alien read
Alien Tango read



#2. Shifters by Rachel Vincent
Stray read
Rogue read
Pride read



#3.Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan
The Lightning Thief read
The Sea of Monsters read
The Titan's Curse read
✔The Battle of the Labyrinth 3/09
✔The Last Olympian 4/09
#4. Glass by Maria V. Snyder
Storm Glass read


#5. Psy-Changeling by Nalini Singh
Slave to Sensation read
Visions of Heat read
Caressed By Ice read
Mine to Possess read
✔Hostage to Pleasure 25/01
✔Branded by Fire 27/01
✔Blaze of Memory 20/02
✔Bonds of Justice 1/04
✔Play of Passion 2/04
✔Kiss of Snow 4/04

I'll add people to the list of participants as/when people post their lists (which you don't have to do up front).
Would you prefer a count of books or series?
Originally I put numbers of series - but I've noticed some people have listed number of books instead?

#3 Soul Magic
#4 Sinful Magic


2nd Series: Weather Wardens - Rachel Caine
#2 Heat Stroke
#3 Chill Factor
#4 Windfall
#5 Firestorm
#6 Thin Air
#7 Gale Force
#8 Cape Storm
#9 Total Eclipse








3rd Series: The Keys to the Kingdom - Garth Nix
#3
#4
#5 Lady Friday
#6 Superior Saturday
#7 Lord Sunday





4th Series: The Dark Forgotten - Sharon Ashwood
#2 Scorched
#3 Unchained
#4 Frostbound



5th Series: Carpathians - Christine Feehan
#21 Dark Peril
#22 Dark Predator


6th Series: Dark-Hunters - Sherrilyn Kenyon
#18
#19 No Mercy
#20 Retribution




I'll add people to the list of participants as/when people post their lists (which you don't have to do up front).
Would you prefer a count of books or series? ..."
Charlotte, I put the numbers besides the books, just for me, cause it helps my minor OCDemoness. Ignore me if you want to go the series way.
Feel free to do whatever suits you :)

This is a year long challenge, for those of us that need to finish some series - or get up to date!
Great Idea Charlotte, I too have loads of series I have yest to finish. Either because I get bored of the same characters or usually I have to wait months for a new installment and by the time I have caught up in my TBR pile another 3 books have been published :)

1st Jan 2012 - 31st Dec 2012
House of Night


Vampire Academy





Vampire Kisses





Morganville Vampires




I'm reading a published "series" that has 7 books. I put series in quotation marks because the author has them as two separate series in her website. The thing is that the last book in both series is the same one so in most places the series is combined as one, even though books #1 & #2 of series #2, don't have anything to do with the 4 books of series #1.
Now the famous last book is really hard to find (one of those that sells for $45 at Amazon). Could I just read the books that I can find and leave it at that? (The rest of the series I have yet to read is available at my library.) I'm really not up to paying that amount of money for an old regency.

SOS: Serious Overload of Series
I've Started So I'll Finish
Duration: January 1st to 31st December, 2012
Rules:
* There has to be at least 2 books that you need to read to get up to date/finish the series.
* If you're getting up to the current release in a series, then it should be current as at 30th November (that way if it has a book coming out in December it's your call whether or not to include it).
* You can include the short stories/novellas between books if you wish.
* Add series as you go along if you want to.
* Go for 5, 10, 15, 20+ series.
Progress: 7 out of 10 series
Psy-Changeling
Visions of Heat by Nalini Singh - 2/19/2012 - ****
Caressed By Ice by Nalini Singh - 7/24/2012 - ***
Mine to Possess by Nalini Singh - 9/13/2012 - ***
Hostage to Pleasure by Nalini Singh - 11/29/2012 - ***
Branded by Fire by Nalini Singh - 12/20/2012 - ***
Blaze of Memory (Psy-Changeling, #7)
Bonds of Justice (Psy-Changeling, #8)
Play of Passion (Psy-Changeling, #9)
Kiss of Snow (Psy-Changeling, #10)
Tangle of Need (Psy-Changeling, #11)





Dead Beautiful
Dead Beautiful by Yvonne Woon - 2/21/2012 - ****
Life Eternal (Dead Beautiful, #2)

Need Series:
Captivate by Carrie Jones - 1/3/2012
Entice by Carrie Jones

McCabe Trilogy:
In Bed with a Highlander by Maya Banks - 1/22/2012
Seduction of a Highland Lass
Never Love a Highlander

The Hathaways:
Mine Till Midnight by Lisa Kleypas - 1/23/2012
Seduce Me at Sunrise
A Hathaway Wedding
Tempt Me at Twilight
Married By Morning
Love in the Afternoon

Iron Kissed - 2/10/2012 - *****
Bone Crossed - 8/2/2012 - *****
Silver Borne - 10/9/2012 - ****
River Marked - 10/11/2012 - ****




Heist Society by Ally Carter - 6/26/2012 - *****
Uncommon Criminals by Ally Carter - 8/20/2012 - *****


If I Stay by Gayle Forman - 3/1/2012 - *****
Where She Went by Gayle Forman - 8/6/2012 - **


Divergent by Veronica Roth - 9/17/2012 - *****
Insurgent by Veronica Roth - 10/23/2012 - *****


Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews - 1/26/2012
Magic Burns by Ilona Andrews - 9/1/2012
Magic Strikes by Ilona Andrews - 10/3/2012
Magic Bleeds by Ilona Andrews - 11/27/2012
Magic Slays by Ilona Andrews - 12/6/2012





Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs - 9/4/2012 - *****
Hunting Ground by Patricia Briggs - 11/16/2012 - *****
Fair Game by Patricia Briggs - 12/9/2012 - *****



The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner by Stephenie Meyer - ** - 12/11/2012
Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer - ** - 3/20/2012



I'll add people to the list of participants as/when people post their lists (which you don't have to do up front).
Would you prefer a count of books or series? ..."
Couldn't you do both? In my list (which I'm posting in a moment) I've got 10 series with a total of 29 books. So I'm posting as: "0/10 series, 0/29 books completed". Just a suggestion.

The Hollows by Kim Harrison ~ 2 books
Pale Demon
A Perfect Blood
Persephone Alcmedi by Linda Robertson ~ 2 books
Arcane Circle
Wicked Circle
The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher ~ 3 books
Turn Coat
Changes
Ghost Story
Midnight Breed by Lara Adrian ~ 2 books
Deeper Than Midnight
Darker After Midnight
Allie Beckstrom by Devon Monk ~ 4 books
Magic at the Gate
Magic on the Hunt
Magic on the Line
Magic Without Mercy
Warriors of Poseidon by Alyssa Day ~ 2 books
Vampire in Atlantis
Heart of Atlantis
Dante Valentine by Lilith Saintcrow ~ 4 books
Dead Man Rising
The Devil’s Right Hand
Saint City Sinners
To Hell and Back
Shifters by Rachel Vincent ~5 books
Rogue
Pride
Prey
Shift
Alpha
KGI by Maya Banks ~ 3 books
No Place to Run
Hidden Away
Whispers in the Dark
McCabe Trilogy by Maya Banks ~ 2 books
Seduction of a Highland Lass
Never Love a Highlander

@D.G. Lol, what a strange situation! What is the "series"?"
It's the Dark Angel+Ideal Wife series by Mary Balogh. So here's the breakdown of the books according to the author's website:
Dark Angel Series
Dark Angel
Lord Carew's Bride
The Famous Heroine
The Plumed Bonnet
Ideal Wife Series
The Ideal Wife
A Precious Jewel
Then, the last book in both series is Dark Angel #5 and Ideal Wife #3: A Christmas Bride
But I guess to simplify matters, GR and Fict Fact has the Ideal Wife books as just continuation of the Dark Angel series as #5 and #6 and then Christmas Bride as #7.

Duration: 1st January to 31st December 2012
0/10 Series Completed: 0/26 Books Read
I. Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
#6 -Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
#7 - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
II. Matthew Shardlake by C.J. Sansom
#4 - Revelation
#5 - Heartstone
III. Sylph by L.J. McDonald
#2 - The Shattered Sylph
#3 - Queen of the Sylphs
IV. Turner by Courney Milan
#2 - Unclaimed
#3 - Unraveled
V. Iron Druid Chronicles by Kevin Hearne
#3 - Hammered
#4 - Tricked
VI. Alpha & Omega by Patricia Briggs
#2 - Hunting Ground
#3 - Fair Game
VII. Faith, Love & Devotion by Tere Michaels
#2 - Love & Loyalty
#3 - Duty & Devotion
VIII. BDB by J.R. Ward
#7 - Lover Avenged
#8 - Lover Mine
#9 - Lover Unleashed
#10 - Lover Reborn
IX. Cyberevolution by Kaitlyn O'Connor
#3 - Cyborg Nation
#4 - Rules of Engagement
#5 - Illumination
#6 - Total Recall
X. Dark Angel by Mary Balogh
#3 - The Famous Heroine
#4 - The Plumed Bonnet
#5 - The Ideal Wife
#6 - A Precious Jewel

I'm reading a published "series" that has 7 books. I put series in quotation marks because the author has them as two separate series in her website. The thing is that the la..."
$45, that's a lot for a book!!!
I'd say get as far as you can. I almost amended this last night when I saw how much the new Sookie hardback was going to be £14 is a lot for me.
I'll amend the guidelines.

The funny thing is that they are asking $45 for a small regency and it's not even new (no matter what they say...the book hasn't been reprinted in who knows how long so I know it can't be new.)
The author has been re-printing her old backlist so I may get my hands on the book some day but I'm not sure it will happen this year. :)

Even so, I wish you all good luck and happy reading!

I like that idea (it's actually what I usually do on my "get-series-read" types of challenges).

I'll go for 15 books... and maybe for 5 series.

49/20 books - 4/5 series complete/updated
Kresley Cole - Immortals after dark
1.
2.




Carragh O'Brien - Birthmarked
1.

E.L. James - Fifty Shades
1.
2.


Elisabeth Naughton - Eternal Guardians
1. Marked
2. Entwined




2.
Gena Showalter - Lords of the Underworld
1.
2.



Ilona Andrews - The Edge
1.
2.




Jeaniene Frost
1.
2.

J.R. Ward - Black Dagger
german Edition --> 2 books=1 english book :(
1.
2.


Kim Harrison - The Hollows
1. The Hollows 6


Lara Adrian - Midnight Breed
1.


Larissa Ione - Demonica
1.
2.



Leslie Parrish - Black Cats
1.

✓
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.






Melissa Marr - Wicked Lovely
1.
2.


P.C. Cast - Mythica
1.
2.


Rachel Vincent - Soul Screamers
1.

Rebecca Lim - Mercy
1.
2.


Richelle Mead
1.
2.


✓
1.
2.
3.
4.





Sherrilyn Kenyon - Dark Hunter
1. Unleash the night #9


✓
1.
2.
3.



Susan Mallery
1.

Suzanne Collins - Panem
1.

✓
1.
2.
3.




What's the Rush: I've Started, So I'll Finish (or at least catchup)
January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012
16 / 35
#1 The Otherworld Series / Sisters of the Moon - Yasmine Galenorn (still need to read)
✓ 1.
2. Night Huntress #4
3. Demon Mistress #5
4. Bone Magic #6
5. Harvest Hunting #7
8. Blood Wyne #8
9. Courting Darkness #9
10. Shaded Vision #10








#2 Dark Hunters - Sherrilyn Kenyon (still need to read)
✓ 1.
2. Retribution #20
3. The Guardian #21



#3 In Death - J. D. Robb (still need to read)
✓ 1.
✓ 2.
3. Indulgence in Death #31
4. Treachery in Death #32
5. New York to Dallas #33





#4. Women of the Other World - Kelley Armstrong (still need to read)
✓ 1.
2. Waking the Witch #11
3. Spellbound #12



#5. Night Tracker - Cheyenne McCray (still need to read)
1. Vampires Not Invited #3
2. Zombies Sold Separately #4
3. Vampires Dead Ahead #5



#6 Cassie Palmer - Karen Chance (still need to read)
2. Hunt the Moon #5


#7 Dark Magick - Anya Bast (still need to read)
1. Cruel Enchantment #2
2. Dark Enchantment #3
3. Midnight Enchantment #4



✔ #8 A Night Huntress Novel - Jeaniene Frost
✓ 1.
✓ 2.
✓ 3.
✓ 4.
✓ 5.
✓ 6.
✓ 7.
✓ 8.









Federation Chronicles / Phantom Corps - Lauren Dane
✓ 1.
✓ 2.
3. Insatiable
4. Mesmerized
5. Captivated






Status: 6/7 books | 2/3 series
(1) Downside Ghosts by S. Kane (#3-5)
FINISHED:
#0.5: Finding Magic ~ 6/10/12 5★
#3: City of Ghosts ~ 4/4/12 4★
#4: Sacrificial Magic ~ 4/6/12 5★
#5: Chasing Magic ~ 7/18/12 4.5★




(2) Kitty Norville by C. Vaughn (#9-10)

READ:
#9: Kitty's Big Trouble ~ 3/15/12 3.5★

(3) Moonlight/Shadows by N. Gideon (#5-6)
FINISHED:
#5: Hunter of Shadows ~ 5/4/12 4★
#6: Seeker of Shadows ~ 10/3/12 4★



I will post when I know which series I need to finish.

Duration: 1st January to 31st December 2012
1/10 Series Completed: 2/24 Books Read
I. Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
#6 -Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - 1/21 ★★★★★
#7 - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - 1/26 ★★★★★


II. Matthew Shardlake by C.J. Sansom
#4 - Revelation
#5 - Heartstone
III. Sylph by L.J. McDonald
#2 - The Shattered Sylph
#3 - Queen of the Sylphs
IV. Turner by Courney Milan
#2 - Unclaimed
#3 - Unraveled
V. Iron Druid Chronicles by Kevin Hearne
#3 - Hammered
#4 - Tricked
VI. Alpha & Omega by Patricia Briggs
#2 - Hunting Ground
#3 - Fair Game
VII. Faith, Love & Devotion by Tere Michaels
#2 - Love & Loyalty
#3 - Duty & Devotion
VIII. BDB by J.R. Ward
#7 - Lover Avenged
#8 - Lover Mine
#9 - Lover Unleashed
#10 - Lover Reborn
IX. Cyberevolution by Kaitlyn O'Connor
#3 - Cyborg Nation
#4 - Rules of Engagement
#5 - Illumination
#6 - Total Recall
X. Dark Angel by Mary Balogh
#3 - The Famous Heroine
#4 - The Plumed Bonnet
#5 - The Ideal Wife
#6 - A Precious Jewel
Books mentioned in this topic
Waking the Witch (other topics)Biting Bad (other topics)
Blood Trade (other topics)
Spell Bound (other topics)
Death's Rival (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Jaye Wells (other topics)Jennifer Estep (other topics)
Rachel Vincent (other topics)
Richelle Mead (other topics)
Nalini Singh (other topics)
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1st January to 31st December 2012
This is a year long challenge, for those of us that need to finish some series - or get up to date!
Looking at my list of series on FictFact, I was struck by the sheer number of series that i've started. I want to get some of these finished, or at least get up to date to the current release. So I wondered if anyone was interested in joining me?
The Rules
* There has to be at least 2 books that you need to read to get up to date/finish the series.
* If you're getting up to the current release in a series, then it should be current as at 30th November (that way if it has a book coming out in December it's your call whether or not to include it).
If cost or availability is a problem, then just get as far as you can.
You can include the short stories/novellas between books if you wish.
Audiobooks and re-reads are fine (as long as you read it properly - no skimming.
Add series as you go along if you want to.
Go for 5, 10, 15, 20+ series or 15, 20, 25, 30+ books
Anyone interested?
Participants
Charlotte (Buried in Books)
LethalLovely
Lady Danielle
AwesomeVegan
Lis
Vi
Sandra
Judithe
Jade
Suzanne
Christine
DG Shameless Hussy
Bookcrazy
Jenny
Steph - COMPLETE
Wan~DragonsWan~
Jeann
Audrey
Christal
Valerie ~ Val Hall
Ashley - COMPLETE
Belinda
*Please re-post your list with updates*