Fantasy Buddy Reads discussion

Incomplete (13 series)

The Band (1/2) - Bloody Rose
The Divine Cities (1/3) - City of Blades
The Draconis Memoria (2/3) - The Empire of Ashes
The Faithful and the Fallen (3/4) - Wrath
Gods of Blood and Powder (1/2) - Wrath of Empire
The Iron Druid Chronicles (8/9) - Scourged
Kate Daniels (9/10) - Magic Triumphs
Legends of the First Empire (2/3) - Age of War
Liveship Traders (2/3) - Ship of Destiny
Riyria Chronicles (3/4) - The Disappearance of Winter's Daughter
Shadow Campaigns (4/5) - The Infernal Battalion
The Song of the Shattered Sands (2/3) - A Veil of Spears
Temeraire (5/9) - Tongues of Serpents

Up to date (9 series)

The Dresden Files (15/15) - Peace Talks
Gentleman Bastard (3/3) - The Thorn of Emberlain
The Kharkanas Trilogy (2/2) - Walk in Shadow
Kingkiller Chronicle (2/2) - Doors of Stone
Mistborn (era two 3/3) - The Lost Metal
Path to Ascendancy (2/2) - Kellanved's Reach
The Rithmatist (1/1) - The Aztlanian
A Song of Ice and Fire (5/5) - The Winds of Winter
Stormlight Archives (3/3) - Untitled

Finished (20 series)

Bloodsounder's Arc - Jeff Salyards
Broken Empire - Mark Lawrence
Codex Alera - Jim Butcher
Farseer Trilogy - Robin Hobb
Harry Potter - J.K. Rowling
Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
Inheritance Cycle - Christopher Paolini
Lord of the Rings (and The Hobbit) - J.R.R. Tolkien
Malazan Empire - Ian C. Esslemont
Malazan Book of the Fallen - Steven Erikson
Manifest Delusions - Michael Fletcher
Mistborn (era one) - Brandon Sanderson
Night Angel - Brent Weeks
Poison Study - Maria V. Snyder
Powder Mage - Brian McClellan
Raven's Shadow - Anthony Ryan
Reckoners - Brandon Sanderson
Red Queen's War - Mark Lawrence
Riyria Revelations - Michael J. Sullivan
The Tales of Bauchelain and Korbal Broach - Steven Erikson

Abandoned

I've decided not to track my abandoned series anymore. The list was getting long and it's not something I want to be proud of. ;)

2018 YTD Totals:

Finished Series: 5
Up To Date Series: 3
Series Progressed: 7
New Series Started: 21
Abandoned: 12
(updated Nov 8 - Ruin)

2017 Totals:

Finished Series: 4
Up To Date Series: 6
Series Progressed: 3
New Series Started: 17
Abandoned: 12

5 for 1 Challenge Log [1]:
1. The Blood Mirror [UTD]
2. The Bear and the Nightingale [Abandoned]
3. The Crippled God [Finished]
4. The Fifth Season [Abandoned]
5. Calamity [Finished]

New Series: Forge of Darkness

5 for 1 Challenge Log [2]:
1. Age of Swords [UTD]
2. The Blood Mirror [Abandoned]
3. Assail [Finished]
4. Fall of Light [UTD]
5. Dancer's Lament [UTD]

New Series: Beyond Redemption

5 for 1 Challenge Log [3]:
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3.
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5.

New Series:

Reserved

Great lists. Looking at your abandoned list makes me feel a little better about my own. Good luck completing your series!

Tosh wrote: "Great lists. Looking at your abandoned list makes me feel a little better about my own. Good luck completing your series!"

Thank you! I'm looking forward to seeing your list - maybe we can try to tackle some books together. :)

Great list! You've finished a lot of series I really need to start ASAP.

Jenna wrote: "Tosh wrote: "Great lists. Looking at your abandoned list makes me feel a little better about my own. Good luck completing your series!"

Thank you! I'm looking forward to seeing your list - maybe w..."

I don't see any common incompleted series except Malazan and I'm quite a bit behind you.

Tosh wrote: "Jenna wrote: "Tosh wrote: "Great lists. Looking at your abandoned list makes me feel a little better about my own. Good luck completing your series!"

Thank you! I'm looking forward to seeing your ..."

Too bad, but I'm sure that will change as both of us start new series. :)

Updated Malazan and hopefully I'll finish/bring up to date two or three series this month with The Guns of Empire, Chains of the Heretic, The Rose and the Thorn and The Death of Dulgath. Might be too ambitious though.

Updated Riyria Chronicles and only have one left until the series is up to date.

Awesome job, Jenaa. You should be proud of your shame.

Very nice!! It's so satisfying to bring big series up to date. You're close!!

Good job!

Well done Jenna.

Thanks everyone! :)

Riyria Chronicles moved to up to date. Wow - they were just fantastic.

Are you going to read Age of Myth in the near future?

Chris wrote: "Are you going to read Age of Myth in the near future?"

I'm going to try to finish up a couple more series and some of the scheduled buddy reads, but I hope to get to it pretty soon.

Jenna wrote: "Riyria Chronicles moved to up to date. Wow - they were just fantastic."

Congrats on finishing it!

Finished up the Bloodsounder's Arc and I must say the third book really elevated the whole series. What was great in book one and two became epic in book three.

Jenna wrote: "Finished up the Bloodsounder's Arc and I must say the third book really elevated the whole series. What was great in book one and two became epic in book three."

I agree, awesome series!

Well done Jenna, another series completed!

Angela wrote: "Well done Jenna, another series completed!"

Thanks! And you too, soon.

Added books 3 and 4 of Codex Alera to *almost* finish this series.

That was fast.

Scott wrote: "That was fast."

Book 3 really is an improvement on the first two. If you have time, you should try it. The first half is much like the first two books, but half-way through, suddenly Tavi's character development vastly improves.

That's good to hear. Tavi was a bit too snively for me.

Yeah that series hits another level with book 3.

Bill wrote: "Yeah that series hits another level with book 3."

I do remember you telling me that before which is the main reason I didn't give up on the series.

Added Codex Alera to my finished series. :) This challenge is such a great motivator!

Decided to jump on the bandwagon of doing a progress update - good idea to whoever started it (Niki, I think?).

Monthly Totals:

Finished series: 1 (kind of)
The Witcher - Read The Lady of the Lake and it's the last in the series, but I didn't read the others yet....so this doesn't really count

Brought up to date: 3 (all first in a series that the second book hasn't been published yet)
The Bear and the Nightingale
The Forgotten Heirs Trilogy
Legends of the First Empire

Series progressed: 1
Malazan

New series started: 6
The Bear and the Nightingale
Sunsurge Quartet
The Witcher
The Forgotten Heirs Trilogy
Legends of the First Empire
The Crusaders (Piercing the Veil)

Abandoned: 2
Sunsurge Quartet
The Crusaders (Piercing the Veil)

Kind of disappointing when I look at the stats, but I did read a couple good books this month so I don't mind the list being like this.

What made you start The Witcher series with the last book?

Bill wrote: "What made you start The Witcher series with the last book?"

I got a copy from Netgalley and didn't realize it was the last one...

Ah that makes sense. Hope it was good. I'm just about to finish book 4.

It was Niki. I think it's nice to see how everyone is going. You are doing great Jenna. Seriously I only moved forward in one series this month.

So I'm pulling a Chris move and putting Malazan on pause after book 9. I love the series and want to give the final book the attention it deserves.

Love the name change

Bill wrote: "Love the name change"

Thought I would copy you guys - you can't hoard all the fun ;)

YESSS love that title

Margret wrote: "YESSS love that title"

:)

I love the new title Jenna.

Luckily you changed yours before Scott decided to beat you to it. Now it looks like I go all Buffalo Bill in front of the mirror every night picturing myself as Cersei

"All Buffalo Bill" hahahaha haven't heard that one before.

Really? I must hang with the wrong crowd

You need to finish The Crippled God

As good as DHG, MOI and TBH and then throw in that it's not just a book climax but the series one as well. So epic.

Angela wrote: "I love the new title Jenna."

Thank you!