2025 Reading Challenge discussion

Edited message 16 currently at 55/60

Update message 930

49/56

Read the first 4 books of the Artemis Fowl series

Instead of the Wish series 8 books I'm counting Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer 8 books

November update to msg 13

Progress: 88/75 (Completed 4 Oct 2020)

Update message 40. 8/10.

Update to message 51
81/60

The Ruins - Brad Taylor - Pike Logan # 12.5 - novella

Updated message 7: 56/60

November update:
Goal: 44/25, 176.00%

Starting - 15/5
 06. Jeeves [5/15]
     #2: The Inimitable Jeeves - 13 Nov 2020, 3/5
     #3: Carry on, Jeeves - 15 Nov 2020, 3/5
     #4: Very Good, Jeeves - 28 Nov 2020, 3/5
     #11.5: A Few Quick Ones - 10 Nov 2020, 3/5

 10. Spoiler Alert [1/2]
     #1: Spoiler Alert - 10 Nov 2020, 3/5

updated message #850

TALLY TO DATE 77/55 -> Serial Reader

Bitten #1 - 11/22/20
Stolen #2 - 11/25/20
Broken #6 - 11/29/29

Update to message #69

PROGRESS: 148/100

🦋 November 12 books
I started 5 series
❎1. Claudius: I, Claudius
❎2. A Knitting Mystery: Knit One, Kill Two
❎3. Oxford Time Travel: Doomsday Book
❎4. Singaporean Mystery: Aunty Lee's Delights
❎5. Amsterdam Cops Mystery: Outsider in Amsterdam

I read 7 books that are part of a series
❎1. Shifters Unbound: Bodyguard
❎2. Lord Peter Wimsey: The Nine Tailors
❎3. Magical Bakery Mystery: Charms and Chocolate Chips
❎4. Chrestomanci: The Lives of Christopher Chant
❎5. Roderick Alleyn: Death and the Dancing Footman
❎6. Miss Silver: Latter End
❎7. Albert Campion: Traitor's Purse

Updated message 36-- 25/25-- Challenge Completed!

Update message #28

20/20

Update to message 51
82/60

Artemis Fowl - Eoin Colfer - Artemis Fowl #1

Update to message 41:
books read = 46 / 30
series started= 16
series continued = 26
series finished = 4

Update message 310
13/12
I know I met my goal but, no reason to stop reading!!
13. Mockingjay Finished December 5th {Hunger Games #3}

Update to message #68:

51 BOOKS READ as of December 4!
SERIAL READER rank achieved!
Goal reset to keep adding:
51/55 books read as of December 4!

update to message #516.
Ive read 58 /164 possible .

Updated message #20: 110/60

Update message 84

152/100

Update to message #79

116/124

Updated message 98.

I will finish 14 series I have started before this year. 10/14
I will start 6 series this year. 9/6
I will read 3 series from start to finish this year. 6/3
I will read 80 books that are part of a series. 82/80
My total number of books is 80 82/80

Updated message 7: 60/60. I will be reading a few more from series so will post my final update at the end of the year

Updated message #20: 113/60

I have revised post number 16. Now at 57/62. Time to get back to my last 5 books for the year.

Update: 50/30 books, 20 series completed/caught up

Updated msg #850

TALLY TO DATE 82/55 -> Serial Reader

No Humans Involved #7 - 12/4/20
Frostbitten #10 - 12/6/20
Men of the [Otherworld #1 - 12/7/20
Tales of the Otherworld #2 - 12/10/20
Otherworld Nights #3 - 12/17/20

Update to message 150


157/157 - serial challenge for 2020 completed


I will finish 1 series I have started before this year (5 books)
(Read City of Bones (#1) - 5/5/16)

Cassandra Clare - The Mortal Instruments - completed
1. City of Ashes (#2) - 3/1/20
2. City of Glass (#3) - 3/9/20
3. City of Fallen Angels (#4) - 3/10/20
4. City of Lost Souls (#5) - 3/15/20
5. City of Heavenly Fire (#6) - 3/18/20


I will start 51 new series this year (51 books) - completed
1. Ninth House - (Alex Stern #1) - 1/1/20
2. The Beautiful - (The Beautiful #1) - 1/6/20
3. The Raven Boys - (Raven Cycle #1) - 1/9/20
4. Caraval- (Caraval #1) - 1/14/20
5. The Diviners - (The Diviners #1) - 1/15/20
6. A Court of Thorns and Roses - (C of T&R #1) - 1/19/20
7. A Darker Shade of Magic - (Shades of Magic #1) - 1/25/20
8. The Third Victim - (Robin Lockwood #1) - 1/29/20
9. City of Ghosts - (Cassidy Blake #1) - 2/3/20
10. Vicious - (Villains #1) - 2/18/20
11. The Last Wish - (Witcher #0.5) - 2/21/20
12.Legion - (Legion #1) - 2/22/20
13. Leviathan Wakes - (Expanse #1) - 2/26/20
14. The Merciless - (The Merciless #1) - 2/27/20
15. Sabriel - (Abhorsen #1) - 3/4/20
16.Furyborn - (Empirium #1) - 3/11/20
17. Graceling - (Graceling Realm #1) - 3/19/20
18. Girls of Paper and Fire - (GP&F #1) - 3/23/20
19. The Screaming Staircase - (Lockwood & Co. #1) - 3/25/20
20. Children of Blood and Bone - (Legacy of Orisha #1) - 3/30/20
21. The Amulet of Samarkand - (Bartimaeus #1) - 4/1/20
22. Alpha & Omega - 4/9/20
23. The Rage of Dragons - (The Burning #1) - 4/14/20
24. The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue - (GG2V&V #1) - 4/20/20
25. The Red Scrolls of Magic - (Eldest Curses #1) - 4/27/20
26. Red Rising - (Red Rising Saga #1) - 5/4/20
27. All Systems Red - (Murderbot Diaries #1) - 5/10/20
28. The Fifth Season - (The Broken Earth #1) - 5/14/20
29. Pestilence - (The Four Horsemen #1) - 5/16/20
30. The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet - (Wayfarers #1) - 5/18/20
31. The Black Witch - (The Black Witch Chronicles #1) - 5/26/20
32. The Bromance Book Club - (Bromance BookClub #1) - 6/15/20
33. Radiance - ((Wraith Kings #1) - 6/16/20
34. Every Heart a Doorway - (Wayward Children #1) - 6/28/20
35. Soulkeeper - (The Keepers #1) - 7/6/20
36. Chain of Gold - (The Last Hours #1) - 7/9/20
37. There Will Come a Darkness - (The Age of Darkness #1) - 7/15/20
38. Unravel - (Fairfax #1) - 8/3/20
39. Stalking Jack the Ripper - (Stalking Jack the Ripper #1) - 8/6/20
40. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie - (Flavia de Luce #1) - 9/2/20
41. Slave to Sensation - (Psy-Changling #1) - 9/11/20
42. Wildwood - (Wildwood Chronicles #1) - 9/14/20
43. The Sparrow - (The Sparrow #1) - 9/19/20
44. Callie - (The Bayou Hauntings #1) - 9/20/20
45. The Last Magician - (The Last Magician #1) - 10/10/20
46. Fortuna Sworn - (Fortuna Sworn #1) - 10/12/20
47. The Highwayman - (Victorian Rebels #1) - 10/21/20
48. The Poppy War - (The Poppy War #1) - 11/13/20
49. Hollow - (The Hollow Duet #1) - 12/1/20
50. The Tale Of The Vampire Bride (The Vampire Bride Dark Rebirth #1) - 12/3/20
51. World Departed (Cascadia #1) - 12/21/20


I will read 20 series from start to finish this year (71 books) - completed

Darynda Jones - Charley Davidson (16 bks) - completed
1. First Grave on the Right (#1) - 1/10/20
2. For I Have Sinned (#1.5) - 1/20/20
3. Second Grave on the Left (#2) - 1/20/20
4. Third Grave Dead Ahead (#3) - 1/27/20
5. Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet (#4) - 1/31/20
6. Fifth Grave Past the Light (#5) - 2/8/20
7. Sixth Grave on the Edge (#6) - 2/11/20
8. Seventh Grave and No Body (#7) - 2/13/20
9. Eighth Grave After Dark (#8) - 2/19/20
10.Brighter Than the Sun (#8.5) - 2/19/20
11. The Dirt on Ninth Grave (#9) - 2/20/20
12. The Curse of Tenth Grave (#10) - 5/28/20
13. Eleventh Grave in Moonlight (#11) - 6/3/20
14. The Trouble with Twelfth Grave (#12) - 6/4/20
15. Summoned to Thirteenth Grave (#13) - 6/6/20
16. The Graveyard Shift] (#13.5) - 6/26/20

Leigh Bardugo - Six of Crows (2 bks) - completed
1. Six of Crows (#1) - 1/11/20
2. Crooked Kingdom (#2) - 1/25/20

Sharon Cameron - The Dark Unwinding (2 bks) - completed
1. The Dark Unwinding (#1) - 02/01/20
2. A Spark Unseen (#2) - 02/01/20

Cassandra Clare - Infernal Devices (3 bks) - completed
1. Clockwork Angel (#1) - 2/12/20
2. Clockwork Prince (#2) - 2/14/20
3. Clockwork Princess (#3) - 2/16/20

Laini Taylor - Strange the Dreamer (2 bks) - completed
1. Strange the Dreamer (#1) - 3/3/20
2. Muse of Nightmares (#2) - 3/5/20

Emily Suvada - This Mortal Coil (3 bks) - completed
1. This Mortal Coil (#1) - 3/6/20
2. This Cruel Design (#2) - 6/8/20
3. This Vicious Cure (#3) - 6/22/20

Justina Ireland - Dread Nation (2 bks) - completed
1. Dread Nation (#1) - 3/17/20
2. Deathless Divide (#2) - 4/19/20

Patrick Ness - Chaos Walking (3 bks) - completed
1. The Knife of Never Letting Go (#1) - 4/6/20
2. The Ask and the Answer (#2) - 6/21/20
3. Monsters of Men (#3) - 6/23/20

Peadar O'Guillin - The Grey Land (2 bks) - completed
1. The Call (#1) - 3/29/20
2. The Invasion (#2) - 3/31/20

Sylvain Neuvel - Themis Files (3 bks) - completed
1. Sleeping Giants (#1) - 4/2/20
2. Waking Gods (#2) - 4/8/20
3. Only Human (#3) - 4/10/20

Jessica Townsend - Nevermoor (3 bks) - completed
1. The Trials of Morrigan Crow (#1) - 5/7/20
2.Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow
(#2) - 5/11/20
3. Hollowpox: The Hunt for Morrigan Crow (#3) - 11/3/20

Robin Hobb - The Farseer Trilogy (3 bks) - completed
1. Assassin's Apprentice (#1) - 6/1/20
2. Royal Assassin (#2) - 8/10/20
3. Assassin's Quest (#3) - 8/18/20

S.A. Chakraborty - The Daevabad Trilogy (3 bks) - completed
1. The City of Brass (#1) - 6/10/20
2. The Kingdom of Copper (#2) - 6/29/20
3. The Empire of Gold (#3) - 10/7/20

Laura Thalassa - The Bargainer (3 bks) - completed
1. Rhapsodic (#1) - 7/22/20
2. A Strange Hymn (#2) - 7/23/20
3. Dark Harmony (#3) - 7/25/20

Joe Abercrombie - The First Law Trilogy (3 bks) - completed
1. The Blade Itself (#1) - 8/21/20
2. Before They Are Hanged (#2) - 9/6/20
3. Last Argument of Kings (#3) - 9/8/20

Colin Meloy - Wildwood Chronicles (3 bks) - completed
1. Wildwood (#1) - 9/14/20
2. Under Wildwood - 9/30/20
3. Wildwood Imperium - 10/5/20

Sarah Lyons Fleming - Until the End of the World (4 bks) - completed
1. Until the End of the World (#1) - 10/17/20
2. So Long, Lollipops (#1.5) - 10/19/20
3. And After (#2) - 10/19/20
4. All the Stars in the Sky (#3) - 10/22/20

Leigh Bardugo - Shadow & Bone (6 bks) - completed
1. The Demon in the Wood (#00.1) - 10/17/20
2. The Witch of Duva (#0.5) - 10/21/20
3. Shadow and Bone (#1) - 11/5/20
4. The Tailor (#1.5) - 11/5/20
5. Siege and Storm (#2) - 11/7/20
6. Ruin and Rising (3) - 11/10/20


Laura Bickle - The Hallowed Ones (2 bks) - completed
1. The Hallowed Ones (#1) - 11/9/20
2. The Outside (#2) - 11/11/20


Sarah Lyons Fleming - The City (3 bks) - completed
1. Mordacious (#1) - 11/16/20
2. Peripeteia (#2) - 11/20/20
3. Instauration (#3) - 11/24/20


I will read 30 books that are part of a series (30 books) - completed
1. Old Blood - (Experiment in Terror #5.5) - 1/23/20
2. The Dream Thieves - (Raven Cycle #2) - 1/26/20
3. Tunnel of Bones - (Cassidy Blake #2) - 2/5/20
4. Lair of Dreams - (The Diviners #2) - 2/15/20
5. The Rise of Magicks- (Chronicle of The One #3) - 2/16/20
6. Skin Deep - (Legion #2) - 2/24/20
7. Before the Devil Breaks You - (The Diviners #3) - 2/24/20
8. Fire - (Graceling Realm #2) - 3/20/20
9. The Whispering Skull - (Lockwood & Co #2) - 4/4/20
10. Artificial Condition - (Murderbot Diaries #2) - 6/12/20
11. Down Among the Sticks and Bones - (Wayward Children #2) - 7/1/20
12.Eidolon - (Wraith Kings #2) - 7/4/20
13. Beneath the Sugar Sky - (Wayward Children #3) - 7/8/20
14. In an Absent Dream - (Wayward Children #4) - 7/13/20
15 - The Iron Flower - (The Black Witch Chronicles #2) - 8/11/20
16. The Shadow Wand - (The Black Witch Chronicles #3) - 8/13/20
17. A Court of Mist and Fury - (ACT&R #2) - 8/14/20
18. Visions of Heat - (Psy-Changling #2) - 9/16/20
19. Look Alive Twenty-Five - (Stephanie Plum #25) - 9/17/20
20. Come Tumbling Down - (Wayward Children #5) - 9/28/20
21. War - (The Four Horsemen #2) - 10/03/20
22. Restless Slumber - (Fortuna Sworn #2) - 10/13/20
23. The Hunter - (Victorian Rebels #2) - 10/25/20
24. The Highlander - (Victorian Rebels #3) - 10/28/20
25. The Ippos King - (Wraith Kings #3) - 10/30/20
26. The Dragon Republic - (The Poppy War #2) - 11/22/20
27. The Vengeance of the Vampire Bride (The Vampire Bride Dark Rebirth #2) - 12/7/20
28. The Lament of the Vampire Bride (The Vampire Bride Dark Rebirth #3) - 12/10/20
29. The Impaled Bride (The Vampire Bride Dark Rebirth #4) - 12/13/20
30. Deadly Dreams (Fortuna Sworn #3) - 12/30/20


My total number of books is 157.

Msg #32
Progress update: 60/40

Updated message #20: 116/60

Update to Message 51
84/60

Murder At An Irish Christmas - Carlene O'Connor - Irish Village Mysteries
Uncaged - John Sandford/Michele Cook - Singular Menace Series 1

update message #12
48/35

Final update until next year, thanks for running this challenge!
Goal: 45/25, 180.00%

Starting - 16/5
     #1: What a Carve Up! - 17 Dec 2020, 4/5

Update to message 51
85/60

Wine of Violence - Priscilla Royal - Medieval Mysteries #1

a new series to continue into next year - Thanks for the challenge.

Updated message 40. 10/10 challenge completed :)

Edited message 16 now 58/60, removed 2 books I am unlikely to finish this year and moved them over to the 2021 version of this challenge.

Updated message 40. 11/10.

Congratulations on your progress, everybody!

I'll post the last update for this challenge in the second week of January, to give you all some time to count the last books.

Don't forget to sign up for this challenge in 2021: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Update to message 18:

18/25 books read. x
3/3 series started (which I'll actually continue) ✔

Challenge failed!

I tried too many challenges at once in 2020, and I think it's realistic to accept defeat at December 29th. ^^'

Final 2020 update for msg #13

I started 50 new series, LOL! (50 books)
I didn't finish a single series. :(
I read 4 series from start to finish (12 books)
I read 35 other books that belonged to a series.

Progress: 97/60

Final Update to message 51
86/60

The Target - Brad Taylor - Pike Logan - Taskforce

Update to message #79

125/125

COMPLETED

Final update to message 7: 66/60. Thanks!

Updated message 16. Removed one book from series to be finished and moved it to next year's challenge. So the completed challenge is 59/59.

Update message 84

163/100

I will start new series 42 of 20
I will finish 10 series I started before this year (# books)113
I will read 2 series from start to finish (# books) 8

updated message #611

11/43

Final Update to Msg. 111:

174/124

I have finished 8 series I have started before this year.
I have started (but not finished) 29 series this year.
I have read 3 series from start to finish this year.
I have continued (but not finished) 13 series.

Update to message #69

PROGRESS: 163/100

☃️DECEMBER 15 books
I started 4 series
❎1. Kay Scarpetta: Postmortem
❎2. L'Amica Geniale: My Brilliant Friend
❎3. Ruthless people: Ruthless People
❎4. Ella Enchanted: Ella Enchanted

I ended 4 series
❎1. Tommy & Tuppence Mysteries: Postern of Fate
❎2. Dundee, Idaho: That Christmas Feeling: A Dundee Christmas / We Need a Little Christmas / Kiss Me, Santa
❎3. Cormoran Strike: Troubled Blood
❎4. DCI Ryan Mysteries: Cuthbert's Way

I read 7 books that are part of a series
❎1. Lord Peter Wimsey: Gaudy Night
❎2. Kvartetti: Purge
❎3. Roderick Alleyn: Colour Scheme
❎4. DCI Ryan Mysteries: Ryan's Christmas
❎5. Miss Silver: Wicked Uncle
❎6. Albert Campion: Pearls Before Swine
❎7. DCI Ryan Mysteries: The Shrine

Happy New Year! 🥂

Final update to message #39. 95/68.

Onward to the new year! 🍾🥂🎉

Final update msg#32

Total: 70/40

Update msg 414

Progress: 27/21

And I’ve finally completed all the mini goals that made up my original goal of 21 total serial books so yay!! 🔽

I will finish 1 series I have started before this year. (1 book) ✅
I will start 5 new series this year. (5 books) ✅
I will read 15 books that are part of a series. (15 books) ✅
I will read 2 series from start to finish. (7 books) ✅

Edit Msg 67
Read 15/15
Challenge complete!