Fantasy Buddy Reads discussion

"I don't actually have that many incomplete series," I say to myself as I buy yet another first-in-a-series book.

Though, for real, it's not too bad – yet. But I've got a bunch of BR's planned for 2019 that are new series so I feel like it's probably time to get track of my incomplete series.

TOTAL INCOMPLETE SERIES: 22
(view spoiler)[February 2019: 23
March 2019: 21
April 2019: 21
May 2019: 22
June 2019: 23
July 2019: 25
August 2019: 23
September: 24
October: 24
November:
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Overview 2019
Series completed: 9
Series started: 13
Series brought UTD: 3
Series abandoned: 4

I'll also track the books I need to buy to bring series UTD, and the series I'm planning to read in 2019.

Incomplete series:
1. Temeraire, Naomi Novik – 7/9
2. Middle-Earth books illustrated, J.R.R. Tolkien – 8/10
3. Books of the Raksura, Martha Wells – 6/7
4. Runes, Joanne M. Harris – 2/4
5. Witchlands, Susan Dennard – 2/3 (2 more planned)
6. The Invisible Library, Genevieve Cogman – 1/5
7. Red Queen, Victoria Aveyard – 2/4
8. The Midnight Queen, Sylvia Hunter – 0/3
9. Dune Chronicles, Frank Herbert – 1/6
10. The History of Middle-Earth, Tolkien – 0/13
11. The Band, Nicholas Eames – 1/2
12. The First Law, Joe Abercrombie – 1/3
13. The Nevernight Chronicle, Jay Kristoff – 2/3
14. Dragonriders of Pern, Anne McCaffrey – 1/3
15. The Powder Made Trilogy, Brian McCellan – 1/3
16. Tawny Man, Robin Hobb – 2/3

All UTD series:
1. Gentleman Bastards, Scott Lynch – 3/3 (7 planned)
2. A Song of Ice and Fire, George R.R. Martin – 5/5 (7 planned)
3. The Kingkiller Chronicles, Patrick Rothfuss – 2/2 (3 planned)
4. Simon Snow, Rainbow Rowell – 2/2 (3 planned)
5. The Stormlight Archive, Brandon Sanderson – 3/3 (10 planned)
6. Murderbot Diaries, Martha Wells – 4/4 (5 planned)

Completed series 2019:
1. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman – January 15
2. The Farseer Trilogy, Robin Hobb – March 30
3. Daughter of Smoke and Bone, Laini Taylor – April 13
4. Mistborn Era 1, Brandon Sanderson – June 29
5. Wayfarers, Becky Chambers – July 15
6. The Winternight Trilogy, Katherine Arden – July 27
7. The Liveship Traders, Robin Hobb – August 2
8. The Montague Siblings, Mackenzi Lee – August 30
9. Twilight, Stephenie Meyer – September 2

Started series 2019:
1. Farseer Trilogy, Robin Hobb (also finished)
2. The Stormlight Archive, Brandon Sanderson (UTD)
3. Montague Siblings, Mackenzi Lee (also finished)
4. The Band, Nicholas Eames
5. Mistborn Era 1, Brandon Sanderson (also finished)
6. The Liveship Traders, Robin Hobb (also finished)
7. The Murderbot Diaries, Martha Wells (UTD)
8. The First Law Trilogy, Joe Abercrombie
9. The Nevernight Chronicle, Jay Kristoff
10. Dragonriders of Pern, Anne McCaffrey
11. The Powder Made Trilogy, Brian McCellan
12. Twilight, Stephenie Meyer (also finished)
13. Tawny Man, Robin Hobb

Series brought UTD 2019:
1. The Stormlight Archive, Brandon Sanderson
2. The Murderbot Diaries, Martha Wells
3. Simon Snow, Rainbow Rowell

Abandoned/On Hold series 2019:
1. Dreamwalker, J.D. Oswald
2. Seraphina, Rachel Hartman
3. The Dark Tower, Stephen King
4. The Lumatere Chronicles, Melina Marchetta

Books read towards this challenge 2019:
1. Days of Blood & Starlight – January 2
2. Glass Sword – January 5
3. Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-Earth – January 11
4. The Amber Spyglass – January 15
5. Assassin's Apprentice – January 26
6. The Girl in the Tower – February 5
7. The Way of Kings – February 15
8. Windwitch – February 22
9. Royal Assassin – March 10
10. The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue – March 12
11. Words of Radiance – March 19
12. Assassin's Quest – March 30
13. Dreams of Gods & Monsters – April 13
14. Kings of the Wyld – April 29
15. Oathbringer – May 20
16. The Final Empire – May 24
17. Black Powder War – May 25
18. The Well of Ascension – June 9
19. Ship of Magic – June 12
20. All Systems Red – June 23
21. The Hero of Ages – June 29
22. Artificial Condition – June 29
23. Empire of Ivory – July 2
24. Rogue Protocol – July 5
25. The Mad Ship – July 11
26. Record of a Spaceborn Few – July 14
27. Exit Strategy – July 14
28. The Blade Itself – July 18
29. Nevernight – July 22
30. Dragonflight – July 23
31. Victory of Eagles – July 25
32. The Winter of the Witch – July 27
33. Ship of Destiny – August 2
34. Godsgrave – August 12
35. The Silmarillion – August 14
36. Twilight – August 25
37. The Fall of Gondolin – August 25
38. New Moon – August 28
39. The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy – August 30
40. Eclipse – August 31
41. Breaking Dawn – September 2
42. Wayward Son – September 29
43. Tongues of Serpents – October 6
44. Promise of Blood – October 17
45. Fool's Errand – October 21
46. Crucible of Gold – October 29
47. Golden Fool – November 4

Planned series 2019:
Farseer Trilogy – Robin Hobb (started + finished)
The Stormlight Archive – Brandon Sanderson (started + UTD)
Montague Siblings – Mackenzi Lee (started + finished)
The Liveship Traders – Robin Hobb (started + finished)
The Nevernight Chronicles – Jay Kristoff (started)
Mistborn Era 1 – Brandon Sanderson (started + finished)
Powder Mage – Brian McCellan (started)
The Books of Babel – Josiah Bancroft
Dragonriders of Pern – Anne McCaffrey (started)
Murderbot Diaries – Martha Wells (started + UTD)
Tawny Man Trilogy – Robin Hobb (started)
Twilight – Stephenie Meyer (started + finished)
Temeraire – Naomi Novik (started)
The Daevabad Trilogy – S.A. Chakraborty (started)

Books I need to buy:
Next in series
The Harbors of the Sun
The Masked City
The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy (pb)
Darkdawn

BR's (not exclusively series)
The Goblin Emperor

FIRST QUARTER OF 2019 RECAP: JAN-MARCH
Number of books read towards this challenge, Jan–March: 12

Series completed: 2
His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman
The Farseer Trilogy, Robin Hobb

Series started: 3
The Stormlight Archive, Brandon Sanderson
The Farseer Trilogy, Robin Hobb
Montague Siblings, Mackenzi Lee

Series brought UTD: 0

Series abandoned: 2
Seraphina, Rachel Hartman
Dreamwalker, J.D. Oswald

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SECOND QUARTER OF 2019 RECAP: APRIL–JUNE
Number of books read towards this challenge, April–June: 10

Series completed: 2
Daughter of Smoke and Bone, Laini Taylor
Mistborn Era 1, Brandon Sanderson

Series started: 4
The Band, Nicholas Eames
Mistborn Era 1, Brandon Sanderson
The Liveship Traders, Robin Hobb
The Murderbot Diaries, Martha Wells

Series brought UTD: 1
The Stormlight Archive, Brandon Sanderson

Series abandoned: 0

THIRD QUARTER OF 2019 RECAP: JULY–SEP
Number of books read towards this challenge, July–Sep: 20

Series completed: 5
Wayfarers, Becky Chambers
The Winternight Trilogy, Katherine Arden
The Liveship Traders, Robin Hobb
The Montague Siblings, Mackenzi Lee
Twilight, Stephenie Meyer

Series started: 5
The First Law Trilogy, Joe Abercrombie
The Nevernight Chronicle, Jay Kristoff
Dragonriders of Pern, Anne McCaffrey
The Powder Made Trilogy, Brian McCellan
Twilight, Stephenie Meyer

Series brought UTD: 1
Simon Snow, Rainbow Rowell

Series abandoned: 0

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Virginie wrote: "reserved (will delete if you need more reserved comments :p)"

Hahahaha 😂 I totally stole a bunch of ideas from your thread, so thank you for the inspiration!

First book read towards this challenge. Man, I feel so accomplished

Kathrine wrote: "First book read towards this challenge. Man, I feel so accomplished"

That's great, congrats! :) I really like your overview!

Sir Anni wrote: "Kathrine wrote: "First book read towards this challenge. Man, I feel so accomplished"

That's great, congrats! :) I really like your overview!"

Thank you! :D I stole a bit from others hahaha

Kathrine wrote: "Virginie wrote: "reserved (will delete if you need more reserved comments :p)"

Hahahaha 😂 I totally stole a bunch of ideas from your thread, so thank you for the inspiration!"

:D :D :D

Good luck Kathrine. Your list looks pretty manageable at the moment.

Stick with it, it's worth it in the end. My list was a lot worse and now controllable.

Bill wrote: "Good luck Kathrine. Your list looks pretty manageable at the moment."

Thank you! :D Let's hope it'll stay that way haha

Scott wrote: "Stick with it, it's worth it in the end. My list was a lot worse and now controllable."

Great to hear there's hope :D And good job on getting things under control!