Flights of Fantasy discussion

Scoring Chart:

1. Complete your monthly goal = 50 points.
If your goal is one series book/month, you will get this 50 upon completion of that book. If your goal is 2 books/month, you will get the 50 after finishing both. There aren’t partial points, so if you only finish one, you won’t get the 50.

2. Read any book in a series that isn’t the 1st = 10 points.

3. Re-read the first book in a series = 10 points.
The thought here is that you might re-read a first book in order to refresh your memory in preparation for continuing with unread series books. So no penalty for doing that. Re-reads of books beyond the first will simply score as regular series books in #2.

4. Read the 1st book in a new series = -10 points.
This isn’t to discourage new series as much as it is intended to curb obsessive series starting and not finishing. This penalty is waved when using an earned credit. Books chosen for FoF group reads are exempt from this penalty and may be read without using a credit.

5. Read the 1st book in a new series after monthly goal is reached = 10 points.
This simply cancels out the penalty from starting a new series, since you earned the right to do so.

6. Write a review of your series book = 25 points.

7. Complete a small series (3-4 books) = 20 points.

8. Complete a large series (5-9 books) = 30 points.

9. Complete a huuuge series (10 or more books) = 40 points.

10. Complete a book and its sequel (2 book series) = 10 points.

11. Begin a sub-series = 10 points.
Sub-series will be discussed below

12. Complete a sub-series (2 or more books) = 20 points.

13. Complete a big series that has 2 or more sub-series = 20 points.

14. Read a stand-alone that takes place in the same world as the main series = 10 points.

A sub-series is a series within a series. For example, I’ll use Terry Brooks to show this. His Shannara series sprawls over many books, with smaller groupings of books within a specfic arc.

Straken is #3 in the High Druid of Shannara sub-series. It is also a book in the overall Shannara big series. As it happens, this book is the conclusion to that sub-series, but not the final book in the larger one.

My 2018 Goal:
1 Series book read per month (12 for the year)

Monthly goal = 1 series books
Points so far = 445
New series credits earned = 1
Credits redeemed = 0
Credits remaining = 0

Series List

Kate Daniels Series
Magic Bites (Kate Daniels #1)
Magic Burns (Kate Daniels #2)
Magic Strikes (Kate Daniels #3)
Magic Bleeds (Kate Daniels #4)
Magic Slays (Kate Daniels #5)
Magic Rises (Kate Daniels #6)
Magic Breaks (Kate Daniels #7)

Kate Daniels Sub-Series/Short Stories
Kate Daniels (Kate Daniels #0.5)
Magic Mourns (Kate Daniels #3.5)
Magic Dreams (Kate Daniels #4.5)
Magic Gifts (Kate Daniels #5.4)
GunMetal Magic (Kate Daniels #5.5) (full novel)
Kate (Kate Daniels #5.6)

Hidden Legacy - 55 points
Burn for Me - completed + reviewed
White Hot - completed
Wildfire - completed
Diamond Fire

Innkeeper Chronicles - 95 points
Sub-series of The Edge Series
Clean Sweep - read + reviewed
Sweep in Peace - read + reviewed
One Fell Sweep - read + reviewed
Sweep of the Blade

The Books of the Raksura - Completed series 200 points
The Cloud Roads - completed + review
The Serpent Sea - completed + review
The Siren Depths - completed
The Edge of Worlds - completed
The Harbors of the Sun - completed
Stories of the Raksura, Volume 1: The Falling World & The Tale of Indigo and Cloud - completed
Stories of the Raksura, Volume 2: The Dead City & The Dark Earth Below- completed

The Murderbot Diaries - 70 points
All Systems Red - completed + review
Artificial Condition - completed + review
Rogue Protocol
Exit Strategy

Penric and Desdemona - 80 points
Penric's Demon - completed + review
Penric and the Shaman- completed + review
Penric's Fox - completed
Penric’s Mission - completed
Mira's Last Dance - completed
The Prisoner of Limnos

The Indranan War - 70 points
Behind the Throne - completed + review
After the Crown- completed + review
Beyond the Empire


The Inheritance Trilogy - 25 points
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (The Inheritance Trilogy, #1) - completed + review
The Broken Kingdoms (The Inheritance Trilogy, #2)
The Kingdom of Gods (The Inheritance Trilogy, #3)
The Awakened Kingdom (The Inheritance Trilogy, #3.5)
Shades in Shadow (The Inheritance Trilogy, #3.6)


Mercy Thompson Series - 45 points
Patricia Briggs' Mercy Thompson: Homecoming - completed
Moon Called(Mercy Thompson, #1) - completed + reviewed
Blood Bound (Mercy Thompson, #2) - completed
Iron Kissed (Mercy Thompson, #3)
Bone Crossed (Mercedes Thompson, #4)
Silver Borne (Mercy Thompson, #5)
River Marked (Mercy Thompson, #6)
Frost Burned (Mercy Thompson, #7)
Night Broken (Mercy Thompson, #8)
Fire Touched (Mercy Thompson #9)
Silence Fallen (Mercy Thompson #10)
Storm Cursed (Mercy Thompson #11) (not out yet)

The Laundry Files
The Atrocity Archives (The Laundry Files #1) - completed + reviewed
The Jennifer Morgue(The Laundry Files #2)
Overtime (The Laundry Files #2.5)
Equoid (The Laundry Files #2.9) - completed + reveiwed
The Fuller Memorandum (The Laundry Files #3)
Down on the Farm (The Laundry Files #3.5)
The Apocalypse Codex (The Laundry Files #4)
The Rhesus Chart (The Laundry Files #5)
The Annihilation Score (The Laundry Files #6)
The Nightmare Stacks (The Laundry Files #7)
The Delirium Brief (The Laundry Files #8)
The Labyrinth Index (The Laundry Files #9)


Malazan Book of the Fallen
Gardens of the Moon (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #1) Completed & Reviewed: 35 Points
Deadhouse Gates (The Malazan Book of the Fallen, #2) – in progress
Memories of Ice (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #3)
House of Chains (The Malazan Book of the Fallen, #4)
Midnight Tides (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #5)
The Bonehunters (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #6)
Reaper’s Gale (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #7)
Toll the Hounds (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #8)
Dust of Dreams (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #9)
The Crippled God (The Malazan Book of the Fallen, #10)

The Legend of Eli Monpress
The Spirit Thief (The Legend of Eli Monpress #1) – Completed & Reviewed (35 points)
The Spirit Rebellion (The Legend of Eli Monpress, #2)
The Spirit Eater (The Legend of Eli Monpress, #3)
The Spirit War (The Legend of Eli Monpress, #4)
Spirit’s End (The Legend of Eli Monpress #5)

Parasol Protectorate
Soulless (Parasol Protectorate, #1)
Changeless (Parasol Protectorate, #2)
Blameless (Parasol Protectorate, #3)
Heartless (Parasol Protectorate, #4)
Timeless (Parasol Protectorate, #5)


Alpha & Omega - 100 points
Sub-series of the Mercy Thompson series
Alpha & Omega - read + reviewed
Cry Wolf- read + reviewed
On the Prowl (story "Seeing Eye") - read
Hunting Ground
Fair Game
Dead Heat
Burn Bright

Book of the Order
Geist (Book of the Order, #1)
Spectyr (Book of the Order, #2)
Wrayth (Book of the Order, #3)
Harbinger (Book of the Order, #4)

Shadowchasers
Shadow Blade (Shadowchasers, #1) – Previously Read and Reviewed
Shadow Chase (Shadowchasers, #2)
Shadow Fall (Shadowchasers, #3)

The Iron Druid Chronicles
Hounded (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #1)
Hexed (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #2)
Hammered (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #3)

The Divine Comedy
Inferno (The Divine Comedy, #1) – in progress
Purgatorio (The Divine Comedy, #2)
Paradiso (The Divine Comedy, #3)

Kingmaker, Kingbreaker
A Blight of Mages (Kingmaker, Kingbreaker, #0.5)
The Innocent Mage (Kingmaker, Kingbreaker, #1)
The Awakened Mage (Kingmaker, Kingbreaker, #2)

Peter Grant
Midnight Riot (Peter Grant, #1) – Previously Read & Reviewed
Moon Over Soho (Peter Grant, #2)
Whispers Under Ground (Peter Grant, #3)
Broken Homes (Peter Grant, #4)



Kate Daniels World
Kate Daniels
The Iron Covenant
Innkeeper Chronicles
Hidden Legacy
Alpha and Omega
Penric and Desdemona
Valdemar: Collegium Chronicles
Mrs Jeffries
Mercedes (Mercy) Thompson
Book of the Order
Elemental Masters
Witch World
Valdemar : Vows and Honor
Diana Tregarde (Elves on the Road)
Bedlam Bard (Elves on the Road)
Halfblood Chronicles
Bardic Voices
Five Hundred Kingdoms
Valdemar
Shipscat
Martis
Bard's Tale
Heirs of Alexandria
Sword-Dancer (Tiger and Del)
SERRAted Edge (Elves on the Road)
Secret World Chronicle
Iron Druid Chronicles
Enduring Flame Trilogy (Obsidian)
World of the Five Gods
Apprivoisé
Malazan Book of the Fallen
Night Huntress
Rivers of London

June 2018 Scoring:
Read 1 series book- 50 points (Raksura)
Read 6 books in Raksura series - 60 points
re-read book 1 in a series - 10 points
2 reviews written - 50 points
Complete a large series - 30 points
Raksura-only June total: 200 points

Murderbot:
read 1st book in new series after monthly goal: 10
read other book in series: 10 points
2 reviews written: 50 points
Murderbot: 70 points

Penric and Desdemona
read 1st book in new series: -10
read other book in series: 40 points
2 reviews written: 50 points
Penric and Desdemona: 80 points

Innkeeper Chronicles:
read other book in series: 20 points
3 reviews written: 75 points
Innkeeper Chronicles: 95 points

Alpha & Omega:
Read the 1st book in a new series after monthly goal is reached - 10 points
Read any book in a series that isn't the 1st = 20 points
Re-read the first book in a series = 10 points
Write a review of your series book = 50 points
Begin a sub-series = 10 points
Alpha & Omega: 100 points

BOO!!

*scurries away*

Karma♥Bites ^.~ wrote: "BOO!!

*scurries away*"

HEY YOU!!! Where have you been???!

MrsJoseph wrote: "...HEY YOU!!! Where have you been???!"

Right?? Obviously not anywhere near GR or any other fun places :/

I was doing some cleanup when notice popped up re: your post. Hated to mess up your thread—sorry! —but just *had* to post before I got lost again, trying to figure out what everything was. Missed you so much!

BTW, your 2018 Series Explosion list is pretty awesome! I've either re-read or plan to read/re-read 6 of them.

Coincidence? I think not #greatminds

Karma♥Bites ^.~ wrote: "MrsJoseph wrote: "...HEY YOU!!! Where have you been???!"

Right?? Obviously not anywhere near GR or any other fun places :/

I was doing some cleanup when notice popped up re: your post. Hated to m..."


Not a problem. I missed you, too! Good to see you!!

Hidden Legacy:
Re-read the first book in a series = 10 points
Read any book in a series that isn’t the 1st = 20 points
Write a review of your series book = 25 points

The Indranan War:
Read the 1st book in a new series after monthly goal = 10 points
Read any book in a series that isn’t the 1st = 10 points
Write a review of your series book = 50 points
The Indranan War: 70 points

Mercy Thompson:
Read any book in a series that isn’t the 1st = 20 points
Write a review of your series book = 25 points
http://bookslifewine.com/moon-called/
Total: 45 points