You'll love this one...!! A book club & more discussion

I'll start with these series, but I have plenty to add if I have time.

Series:

Mercy Thompson (110) COMPLETED!!
8/8
✓ Moon Called
✓Blood Bound
✓Iron Kissed 2/13
✓Bone Crossed 3/31
✓Silver Borne 6/8
✓River Marked 6/11
✓Frost Burned 7/14
✓Night Broken 7/19

Harry Potter (100)
1/7
✓ Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Sirantha Jax (90)
0/6
Grimspace
Wanderlust
Doubleblind
Killbox
Aftermath
Endgame

Lorien Legacies (85)
1/6
✓ I Am Number Four
The Power of Six
The Rise of Nine
The Fall of Five
The Revenge of Seven
The Fate of Ten - release Sept 1, 2015

In the Company of Killers (70)
1/5
✓ Killing Sarai
Reviving Izabel
The Swan & the Jackal
Seeds of Iniquity
The Black Wolf

The Heroes of Olympus (65)
3/5
✓ The Lost Hero
✓ The Son of Neptune
✓ The Mark of Athena 8/8
✓ The House of Hades 8/29
The Blood of Olympus

The Iron Fey (60)
0/4
The Iron King
The Iron Daughter
The Iron Queen
The Iron Knight

Unwind (55)
1/4
✓ Unwind
✓ UnStrung 6/12 (no points)
UnWholly
UnSouled
Undivided

Wayward Pines (45)
1/3
✓ Pines
Wayward
The Last Town

The Chronos Files (45)
1/3
✓ Timebound 2/20
Time's Echo (no points)
Time's Edge
Time's Divide - release Oct 20, 2015

Scarlet (45)
1/3
✓ Scarlet 4/18
Lady Thief
Lion Heart

The Fifth Wave (40)
1/3
✓ The 5th Wave
The Infinite Sea
The Last Star (release date changed to 2016)

Divergent (40)
1/3
✓ Divergent
Insurgent
Allegiant
Four: A Divergent Story Collection (no points)

Silo (35) COMPLETED!!
3/3
✓ Wool
✓ Shift
✓ Dust 5/10

Graceling (35)
2/3
✓ Graceling
✓ Fire
Bitterblue

The Passage (35)
2/3
✓ The Passage
✓ The Twelve
The City of Mirrors (release Oct 2015)
Release date changed to 12/31/16 so sad.. D:

Cormoran Strike (35)
2/3
✓ The Cuckoo's Calling
✓ The Silkworm
Career of Evil - release Oct 22, 2015

Level 1:


The Lunar Chronicles
3/3
✓ Cinder
✓ Scarlet
✓ Cress 1/29 +5
✓ Fairest (no points)
1/29/15 Series complete! (until November) +30

✓Iron Kissed 2/13 +5
✓Timebound 2/20 +5
✓The Hidden Ones 2/21 +5
✓I Am Pilgrim 3/26 +5
✓Bone Crossed 3/31 +5
✓Scarlet 4/18 +5

Silo
3/3
✓ Wool
✓ Shift
✓ Dust 5/10 +5
5/10/15 - Series complete! +30

Total Points: 100
**LEVEL COMPLETE!!**

Level 2:
Pines 5/20 +5
Silver Borne 6/8 +5
River Marked 6/11 +5
Frost Burned 7/14 +5
Night Broken 7/19 +5

Mercy Thompson series completed! +80

Total Points: 105
**LEVEL COMPLETE!!**

Level 3:
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul 7/23 +5
Murder on the Orient Express 7/27 +5
The Mark of Athena 8/8 +5
The House of Hades 8/29 +5
Monkeewrench 9/25 +5
You 11/2 +5
UnWholly 11/16 +5
Career of Evil 12/7 +5
Cormoran Strike series complete! +30
Winter 12/12 +5
(already used series for level 1, so no extra points)
UnSouled +5
The Blood of Olympus +5
The Heroes of Olympus series complete! +50


Total Points: 135
**LEVEL COMPLETE!!**

Level 4:

reserved

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I can well imagine with a name of "~ Gaildis, of the Elves ~" that you would be immersed in fantasy series. :)

Lol! Not really. I'm doing a team challenge in another group. Our team is named the Elves of Darkness. In an act of team spirit and solidarity, we chose elf names and changed our avatars. :) I do like some fantasy though.

LOL! Well that just proves that you can't tell a book (or person in this case) by the title. :)

Oddly enough, all the ones I started with are in the sci-fi / fantasy realm. lol

I hope I can get to all the ones I have posted. That's a lot of books! I still have so many others I'd like to finish and some I want to start. I added Unwind as a series to start. I'm assuming I'll like it and want to finish the series, because so many GR friends of mine have loved it and told me I will too.

I was cringing when I wrote that addons don't count, because I'll be reading Fairest as soon as it comes out. It's 256 pages and not a short story like many of the addons. *sigh* It's tough making up rules I'd like to break.

You might want to check out the rulings regarding series with future publications, as it may affect your strategy of when you'll read some of your series (Lunar Chronicles, The Passage).

I just saw that! Thanks! I was thinking about that because so many of my series have books coming out this year. I may read Cress in January so that it counts for points and is done before Fairest comes out. Since Fairest isn't technically part of the series, my series would be complete and I can read Winter the end of the year without pressure. I can't do that with The Passage because I've already read the first two. I'm just waiting for the last book.

If add-ons were allowed, I would have added The Dark Tower series too. I have read the whole series except for The Wind Through the Keyhole, which is 322 pages (and a GR Choice Award winner!), so also a full book. I still plan to read it, but didn't add it here since it wouldn't count towards anything. It is hard to make those decisions, but you have to draw a line somewhere.

The Passage just has two books currently, doesn't it? You'll have to wait until the third comes out because two book series don't count in the challenge.

Right. I'm just waiting for the third book to come out.

I like how you've laid out your series - what you've already read and which remain.

Thanks!

Kristie (~ Gaildis, of the Elves ~) wrote: "Right. I'm just waiting for the third book to come out."

Good plan!

Man...I am just creeping through this! I keep starting more series than I'm finishing! I'll have to work on my strategy....

Ha ha! I'm adding more series than I'm reading too. And for the last two I only have 25 more books to read to slay them. Obviously I have no strategy :) When you find one that works, let me know!

Seems to be a byproduct of any challenge. To do the opposite of what you set out to accomplish! I have killed six and added nine but I am determined to start offing more than I add - soon.

Cherie wrote: "Seems to be a byproduct of any challenge. "

I agree. I have loads of chunksters left over from last year still to read. I'm guessing my kindle will be full of series books next year. I do like finding new series though especially when there are a few already published that you can get stuck in to. But I need to concentrate on killing some now.

25, jaxnsmom! Yikes. My only strategy is to try to at least kill one series, so I can kill this level and continue creeping my way through the next level. I hope to kill off at least a couple series slowly.

Cherie - I've added four series and only killed off 1.

Sarah - Yes, fortunately my series weren't super new, so I can continue with the series without waiting for publication.

I finally started Dust, which will kill off a series and a level for me. Finally!!

I've finished my first level!! Yay! *\o/*

Yay! Way to go!

Thanks!! I'm so excited to have finally finished a level! lol

Congrats

Thanks! :)

Did you like Dust?

I did! I thought it was the best of the trilogy. I liked how it brought the first two books together and how it progressed.

I agree about it bringing the two books together. I still think the first one is my favourite.

I had more difficulty with the first book because I wasn't used to the writing style. I read the the first wool book before picking up the omnibus. So, I thought the book ended with a death, which was strange and disappointing to me. It took a while for me to get used to main characters being killed off. lol Thought it was a really good series though.

Yes it was a good series. have you read any of his other books?

No, this was my first by Hugh Howey. I'd read more by him though. Have you read anything else by him? Would you recommend anything?

No I haven't. I do own the Sand Omnibus but haven't got to it yet.

I have that one on my TBR too. :)

Finally came up with a mini-plan! Only 3 more Mercy Thompson books and I can kill off level 2. Reading River Marked (#6 of 8) now! :)

Sounds like a good plan to me. :) I have the first book in that series. One of these days (or levels perhaps) I'll be able to start the series.

I'm hoping to finish up the Mercy series in July. :)

Level 2 completed!! :D

Don't forget to request your badge in the thread for that purpose.

Oh yes! Thank you for the reminder.

I could have easily just posted your badge, but if I don't point everyone over to the request thread, then I'm having to search through all the threads to make sure badges get awarded. Congrats on completing level 2.

I completely understand! Thanks. :)

Way to go, Kristie!

Thanks, Cherie!

Officially started level 3! Hoping to wrap up The Heroes of Olympus, then Graveling series. I'm not sure where I'm going after that. I have about 4 more series that I really want to finish off.

You're doing great - one book at a time, or two or three. :)

Haha. Thanks. :)