Fantasy Buddy Reads discussion

I'm starting a new thread for 2020 but setting it up so that I can keep using this one in future years instead of starting from scratch each year.

Currently Reading Towards This Challenge:

Currently Incomplete

Codex Alera by Jim Butcher (2/6). Next book to read Cursor's Fury
Spellslinger by Sebastien de Castell (4/6). Next book to read: Queenslayer
Adventures on Trains by M.G Leonard and Sam Sedgman (4/6). Next book to read Sabotage on the Solar Express
The Broken Empire by Mark Lawrence (1/3). Next book to read King of Thorns
The Tide Child by R. J. Barker (1/3). Next book to read Call of the Bone Ships
Rook & Rose by M. A. Carrick (1/3). Next book to read The Liar’s Knot
Memory of Flames by Stephen Deas (3/7) . Next book to read: The Black Mausoleum
The Demon Cycle by Peter V. Brett (2/5). Next book to read The Daylight War

Incomplete "Series" that have the same characters but are otherwise standalone

Victor the Assassin by Tom Wood. Next book to read: Better Off Dead
Nina Wilde/Eddie Chase by Andy McDermott. Next book to read The Sacred Vault

Completed

Six of Crows duology by Leigh Bardugo
River of Teeth duology by Sarah Gailey
The Broken Empire by Mark Lawrence
Darcy Saga Prequels by Sharon Lathan
Heroes of Olympus by Rick Riordan
Harry Potter series by JK Rowling
Draconis Memoria by Anthony Ryan
The Greatcoats by Sebastien de Castell
Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini


Completed in 2021
Erebus Sequence by Den Patrick
Themis Files by Sylvain Neuvel
Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake

Up To Date

The Cruel Stars by Jon Birmingham
Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

Abandoned

Darcy Saga by Sharon Lathan (read 4/7 books)
A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer (1/2?)
The Left Hand of God by Paul Hoffman (1/3)
The Young Elites by Marie Lu (1/3)
Rime Chronicles by Mindee Arnett (1/2)
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (2/8)
The Heir Chronicles by Cinda Williams Chima (1/5)
Inheritance Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin (1/3)

Getting One More Chance before Abandoning

Restarting Series in Order to Continue

Gentleman Bastards by Scott Lynch
Riyria Revelations by Michael J. Sullivan
The Seven Kennings by Kevin Hearne
The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi
Faithful and the Fallen by John Gwynne

Series I'm Considering Starting in 2021

The Crimson Empire by Alex Marshall. Starting with A Crown for Cold Silver
Twilight Reign by Tom Lloyd. Starting with The Stormcaller

Reserved

Reserved ;)

Sir Anni wrote: "Reserved ;)"

LOL I was waiting for this!!

Reserved!

EDIT: Argh, a little too late

Virginie wrote: "Reserved!

EDIT: Argh, a little too late"

Lol gotta be quick in this group!

:D

You're setting your new thread quite early for the new year :p

Yeah I know. But I was looking through my 2019 thread the other day and moaning to myself about how badly I did towards the end despite my best intentions.

I made a few decisions about what I was going to do about a few series that have been hanging around unfinished for a while and I thought setting up this new thread with all the plans set out might make me a bit less stressed about it.

I'm still planning to finish a couple of my currently reading series this year i.e Wrath and The Girl on the Liar's Throne so I haven't abandoned that thread yet :-).

Makes sense. I tend to do a lot of planning with my reading too. I'm overwhelmed by the sheer size TBR otherwise, and panic instead of reading (which only makes things worse :p)

I had a look at all the books I read this year and realised that while I read more books this year that previously I've read much less fantasy and scifi than I even have before and I think that is due to being reluctant to start new series. So in 2020 I am giving myself freedom to start any series I want and see if that gets me out of this fantasy/scifi slump I seem to be in.

As such I've renamed this tracker Hailee's Series Liberation instead of Series Shame, which kind of ruins the alliteration I was originally going for but never mind 😉

Series I'm most excited to start

♡ The Winnowing Flame starting with The Ninth Rain. This is from the author of The Copper Cat trilogy which is one of my all time favourite series so now the next trilogy is complete I want to start it.

♡ The Nine Realms starting with A Queen in Hiding. This series wasn't an my radar until yesterday but I'm supporting it on principle. A series that are releasing one book every consecutive month and straight to paperback so I don't have to to wait for a year after everyone else. Sign me up!!!!)

♡ Mistborn starting with The Final Empire. I'm horrified I've yet to read a Sanderson book. 2020 is the year to change that.

♡ Night's Dawn starting with The Reality Dysfunction. I read ⅔ of the first book in this trilogy during university but due to exam ptessure ended up putting it down and never picking it back up again. I remember loving it though.

♡ Lightbringer starting with The Black Prism. The last book in this series is finally coming out in paperback in August so what better time to start this series.

♡ Founders starting with Foundryside. Book two is coming out soon so this is a good time to see what everyone loves about this book.