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Bill’s Incomplete Series - Year 4
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Completed Series(6)(9 for 39)Titan’s Forest - Dyer (1 for 3)
Malloreon - Eddings (3 for 5)
Licanius - Islington (2 for 3)
Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone - Keyes (1 for 4)
Saga of Recluce - Modesitt (1 for 21)
Rosewater - Thompson (1 for 3)
On Hold Series(5)(6 for 16)Legacy of Orisha - Adeyemi (1 for 2)
Expanse - Corey (2 for 8)
Masquerade - Dickinson (1 for 2)
Dandelion Dynasty - Liu (1 for 2)
The Villains - Schwab (1 for 2)
Graphic Novels/Comics
Up To Date
(27)(126 for 126)Audiobooks(16)(72 for 72)
Books of Babel - Bancroft (3 for 3)
Karen Memory - Bear (2 for 2)
Penric and Desdemona - Bujold (6 for 6)
Cinder Spires - Butcher (1 for 1)
Dresden Files - Butcher (15 for 15)
The Band - Eames (2 for 2)
Kharkanas - Erikson (2 for 2)
Loki - Harris (2 for 2)
Alex Verus - Jacka (10 for 10)
Gentlemen Bastards - Lynch (3 for 3)
A Song of Ice and Fire - Martin (5 for 5)
Wayward Children - McGuire (5 for 5)
Tarnished Crown - Miller (1 for 1)
Kingkiller Chronicles - Rothfuss (2 for 2)
Mistborn(Alloy Era) - Sanderson (3 for 3) 10/15/20
Stormlight Archives - Sanderson (3 for 3)
Riyria Chronicles - Sullivan (4 for 4)
Graphic Novels/Comics(10)(57 for 57)
Bitch Planet - DeConnick (3 for 3)
East of West - Hickman (9 for 9)
Outcast - Kirkman (7 for 7)
Oblivion Song - Kirkman (3 for 3)
Monstress - Liu (4 for 4)
Hit Girl - Millar (5 for 5) 4/7/20
Deadly Class - Remender (8 for 8)
Saga - Vaughn (9 for 9)
Umbrella Academy - Way (3 for 3)
Rat Queens - Wiebe (6 for 6) 2/18/20
Finished
(170)Year 4(28)
Dreamblood - Jemisin
Walking Dead(novels) - Bonansinga
Lightbringer - Weeks
Raven Cycle - Stiefvater
Vorkosigan - Bujold
Gameshouse - North
Cycle of Fire - Wurts
Dark is Rising - Cooper
Rolling in the Deep - Grant
Triffids - Wyndham
Semiosis - Burke
Hack/Slash - Seeley
Fionavar Tapestry - Kay
Tales of the Otori - Hearne
Six of Crows - Bardugo
Curse Workers - Black
Wildwood - Marillier
Extremity - Johnson
Imperial Radch - Leckie
Gods of Blood and Powder - McClellan
Arthurian Saga - Stewart
Rainwild Chronicles - Hobb
Confederation - Huff
Legends of the First Empire - Sullivan
Worldbreaker Saga - Hurley
Echoes of Empire - Barnes
Master & Mages - Cameron
Fitz and the Fool - Hobb
Year 3(36)
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Year Two(37)
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Year One(25)
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Before Challenge (44)
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Monthly Status
Oct.-Dec.December Totals:
Books read towards challenge: 16
Finished series: 4 (Vorkosigan, Gameshouse, Cycle of Fire, Dark is Rising)
Brought up to date: 1 (Loki)
Series progressed: 1 (Licanius)
New series started: 3 (Six of Crows, Gameshouse, Dark is Rising)
Series Restarted:
Abandoned:
Total series completion: 147 for 178 = 82.6%
November Totals:
Books read towards challenge: 12
Finished series: 2 (Lightbringer, Raven Cycle)
Brought up to date: 1 (Hit Girl)
Series progressed: 1 (Vorkosigan)
New series started: 2 (Hit Girl, Imperial Radch)
Series Restarted: 1 (Licanius)
Abandoned:
Total series completion: 161 for 196 = 82.1%
October Totals:
Books read towards challenge: 17
Finished series: 2 (Dreamblood, Walking Dead)
Brought up to date: 4 (Monstress, Alex Verus, Oblivion Song, Umbrella Academy)
Series progressed: 3 (Raven Cycle, Malloreon, Lightbringer)
New series started: 3 (Patternist, Oblivion Song, Innkeeper)
Series Restarted: 1 (Lightbringer)
Abandoned:
Total series completion: 159 for 197 = 80.7%
Monthly Status
Jan.-Mar.March Totals:
Books read towards challenge: 12
Finished series: 2 (Six of Crows, Curse Workers)
Brought up to date:
Series progressed: 3 (Parasol Protectorate, Arthurian, Honors)
New series started: 6 (Divine Dungeon, Gods of Blood and Powder, Titan’s Forest, Rainwild, Dragon’s Blade, Wildwood)
Series Restarted:
Abandoned: 1 (Divine Dungeon)
Total series completion: 151 for 187 = 80.7%
February Totals:
Books read towards challenge: 14
Finished series: 7 (Rolling in the Deep, Triffids, Hack/Slash, Semiosis, Fionavar Tapestry, Powder Mage, Tales of the Otori)
Brought up to date: 1 (Wayward Children)
Series progressed: 2 (Fionavar Tapestry, Tales of the Otori)
New series started:
Series Restarted:
Abandoned:
Total series completion: 146 for 181 = 80.7%
January Totals:
Books read towards challenge: 16
Finished series:
Brought up to date:
Series progressed: 2 (Hack/Slash, Powder Mage)
New series started: 12 (Rosewater, Hack/Slash, The Honors, Dipple, Tales of the Otori, Semiosis, Triffids, Parasol Protectorate, Rolling in the Deep, Curse Workers, Commonwealth Saga, Fionavar Tapestry)
Series Restarted: 1 (Powder Mage)
Abandoned: 5 (Innkeeper Chronicles, Dipple, Patternist, Shattered Sigil, Tensorate, Commonwealth Saga)
Total series completion: 152 for 199 = 76.4%
Monthly Status
Apr.-Jun.June Totals:
Books read towards challenge: 3
Finished series: 1 (Confederation)
Brought up to date:
Series progressed:
New series started: 2 (Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone, Saga of Recluce)
Series Restarted:
Abandoned:
Total series completion:
May Totals:
Books read towards challenge: 12
Finished series: (Arthurian, Gods of Blood and Powder, Rain Wild)
Brought up to date:
Series progressed:
New series started: 1 (Confederation)
Series Restarted: 1 (Legends of the First Empire)
Abandoned:
Total series completion:
April Totals:
Books read towards challenge: 13
Finished series: 2 (Wildwood, Imperial Radch)
Brought up to date: 1 (Pretty Deadly)
Series progressed: 2 (Rain Wilds, Gods of Blood and Powder)
New series started: 5 (Bone Witch, Extremity, Lady Astronaut, Mars, Murderbot Diaries)
Series Restarted:
Abandoned:
Total series completion:
Monthly Status
Jul.-Sep.
Yearly Status
Year 4
Books Read Towards Challenge - 45
Finished - 8 (Dreamblood, Walking Dead, Lightbringer, Raven Cycle, Vorkosigan, Gameshouse, Cycle of Fire, Dark is Rising)
Brought Up To Date - 6 (Monstress, Alex Verus, Oblivion Song, Umbrella Academy, Hit Girl, Loki)
Progressed - 2 (Malloreon, Licanius)
Started - 8 (Patternist, Oblivion Song, Innkeeper, Hit Girl, Imperial Radch, Six of Crows, Dark is Rising, Rosewater)
Restarted - 1 (Lightbringer)
Abandoned -
Audiobooks - 35
Graphic Novels/Comics - 10
Kindle -
Physical -
Year 3(view spoiler)
Year Two(view spoiler)
Year One(view spoiler)
Future Releases
False Value by Ben Aaronovitch - 2/20/20 - book 8 Rivers of London
Children of Virtue and Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi - 12/3/19 - book 2 Legacy of Orisha
Untitled by Josiah Bancroft - no release date - book 4 Books of Babel - final book
The Olympian Affair by Jim Butcher - no release date - book 2 Cinder Spires
Peace Talks by Jim Butcher - no release date - book 16 Dresden Files
Untitled by James S.A. Corey - 2020 - book 9 Expanse - final book
The Tyrant Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson - 6/9/20 - book 3 Masquerade - final book
Untitled by Nicholas Eames - no release date - book 3 Band - final book
Walk in Shadow by Steven Erikson - no release date - book 3 Kharkanas - final book
The Once and Future King by Kurtis J. Wiebe - 2/18/20 - book 7 Rat Queens
The Broken Heavens by Kameron Hurley - 1/14/20 - book 3 Worldbreaker - final book
The Light of All That Falls by James Islington - 12/10/19 - book 3 Licanius - final book
The Veiled Throne by Ken Liu - 2020 - book 3 Dandelion Dynasty - final book
The Thorn of Emberlain by Scott Lynch - no release date - book 4 GB
The Winds of Winter by George R.R. Martin - no release date - book 6 ASoiaF
Blood of Empire by Brian McClellan - 12/3/19 - book 3 GoBaP - final book
Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuire - 1/7/20 - book 5 Wayward Children
The Prince of Glass by Karen Miller - 12/29/20 - book 2 Falcon Throne
Doors of Stone by Patrick Rothfuss - no release date - book 3 Kingkiller - final book
The Lost Metal by Brandon Sanderson - no release date - book 4 Mistborn Era 2 - final book
The Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson - no release date - book 4 Stormlight
Untitled by V.E. Schwab - no release date - book 3 Villains - final book
Age of Death by Michael J. Sullivan - 2/4/20 - book 5 First Empire
Age of Empyre by Michael J. Sullivan - 5/5/20 - book 6 First Empire - final book
Drumindor by Michael J. Sullivan - no release date - book 5 Riyria Chronicles
The Rosewater Redemption by Tade Thompson - 10/17/19 - book 3 Wormwood - final book
Author Breakdown Novels
Female
Authors read: 2
Books read: 2
Male
Authors read: 3
Books read: 5
Author Breakdown Graphic Novels
Female
Authors read: 1
Books read: 1
Male
Authors read: 1
Books read: 3
Just noticed that I finished my 100th series since starting this challenge just over 3 years ago. It’s a crazy mark for for me to think about hitting since I only had 44 series that I finished prior to this challenge. Anyway thought I would post about it because it’s a nice round number. Onto the next 100.
October Totals:Books read towards challenge: 17
Finished series: 2 (Dreamblood, Walking Dead)
Brought up to date: 4 (Monstress, Alex Verus, Oblivion Song, Umbrella Academy)
Series progressed: 3 (Raven Cycle, Malloreon, Lightbringer)
New series started: 3 (Patternist, Oblivion Song, Innkeeper)
Series Restarted: 1 (Lightbringer)
Abandoned:
Total series completion: 159 for 197 = 80.7%
Good start to my fourth year of this challenge. I just finished Lightbringer series last night which feels good. It had been on my list since day 1.
November Totals:Books read towards challenge: 12
Finished series: 2 (Lightbringer, Raven Cycle)
Brought up to date: 1 (Hit Girl)
Series progressed: 1 (Vorkosigan)
New series started: 2 (Hit Girl, Imperial Radch)
Series Restarted: 1 (Licanius)
Abandoned:
Total series completion: 161 for 196 = 82.1%
Did an additional 3 standalones so pretty good month overall. December will probably be low as I try to finish all my other challenges for different groups.
Abandoned 5 series today.Innkeeper Chronicles - did this in a buddy read and liked it but not enough to buy the rest.
Patternist - my least favorite of Butler’s works so far. Heard it just gets weird in the following novels so just dropping it now.
Shattered Sigil + Tensorate - no audiobooks available for the last books. Tried the kindle versions but didn’t make any progress.
Dipple - just read the first book and not interested enough to continue.
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I was looking for a thread to see if you had started. I’m going to start in a little bit. I’m interested to see how it works with the time jumps. I did a book with a similar premise at the end of last year and it didn’t work for me at all so hoping this one does.
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Chapter 2: Really made me start to think... (view spoiler)
Chapter 3: Things changed alot here... (view spoiler)
I'm definitely getting more into this... structure kinda reminds me of Children of Time... only CoT had the confusion of spider generations with the same name, and the benefit of genetic memory...
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Probably 4 stars from me... not quite as good as Children of Time, which was kinda similar, and 5 stars from me...
Gen 1 - I agree it did a good job of setting up the world and framework for why they left earth and what they hope for in their new lives.Gen 2 (view spoiler)
Gen 3 (view spoiler)
That’s as far as I got. I have a family thing to do but hoping to get more in later tonight.
Bamboo (view spoiler)The people (view spoiler)
I really enjoyed the book overall and gave it 4 stars too. I have Children of Time on my tbr and will give it a go sooner than I was planning to see how it deals with the similar themes.
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Timelord Iain wrote: "Sounds like the 2nd Semiosis book picks up about 100 years later, with another Earth expedition showing up to mess with things..."I’m in. Didn’t you have a buddy read lined up for the second book?
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I’m in. Didn’t you have a buddy read lined ..."
Nothing concrete was set... the first BR was missed in the silence of November/December... Barry said we could setup a BR for book 2 once you and I did book 1...
January Totals:Books read towards challenge: 16
Finished series:
Brought up to date:
Series progressed: 2 (Hack/Slash, Powder Mage)
New series started: 12 (Rosewater, Hack/Slash, The Honors, Dipple, Tales of the Otori, Semiosis, Triffids, Parasol Protectorate, Rolling in the Deep, Curse Workers, Commonwealth Saga, Fionavar Tapestry)
Series Restarted: 1 (Powder Mage)
Abandoned: 5 (Innkeeper Chronicles, Dipple, Patternist, Shattered Sigil, Tensorate, Commonwealth Saga)
Total series completion: 152 for 199 = 76.4%
Terrible month for this challenge for me. I started 12 new series and progressed 1 of them. I abandoned 2 of them in Dipple which just didn’t entice me enough to continue and Commonwealth Saga which was just plain boring.
My February will be all about getting this my speedily growing open series list back under control.
February Totals:Books read towards challenge: 14
Finished series: 7 (Rolling in the Deep, Triffids, Hack/Slash, Semiosis, Fionavar Tapestry, Powder Mage, Tales of the Otori)
Brought up to date: 1 (Wayward Children)
Series progressed: 2 (Fionavar Tapestry, Tales of the Otori)
New series started:
Series Restarted:
Abandoned:
Total series completion: 146 for 181 = 80.7%
Spent most of the month trying to knock out some of the series I started in January. Lost about a week being sick but happy with my progress this month.
March Totals:Books read towards challenge: 12
Finished series: 2 (Six of Crows, Curse Workers)
Brought up to date:
Series progressed: 3 (Parasol Protectorate, Arthurian, Honors)
New series started: 6 (Divine Dungeon, Gods of Blood and Powder, Titan’s Forest, Rainwild, Dragon’s Blade, Wildwood)
Series Restarted:
Abandoned: 1 (Divine Dungeon)
Total series completion: 151 for 187 = 80.7%
Good month overall but wish I started less series and finished more as I always do.
I wish I had done the same! I started way too many new ones in March. If I'm not careful, I will blow up this challenge, haha.
Lol seriously. I’ve started 18 series already in 3 months this year.
Bill wrote: "Lol seriously. I’ve started 18 series already in 3 months this year."I'm at 12 so far. I've abandoned 5 though...
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Currently Reading Towards Challenge
Books read toward this challenge:
2016 - 33
2017 - 212
2018 - 193
2019 - 173
2020 - 52
Year 1 - 245
Year 2 - 186
Year 3 - 171
Year 4 - 96