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message 3: by Laura ☾ (last edited Jan 11, 2025 08:50AM) (new)

Laura ☾ | 873 comments Series to finish :

Outlander (7/9)
The Sword of Truth (4/15)
Realm Breaker (1/3)
Wayward Children (9/10)


Series to be continued this year once the next instalment is released
Murderbot (8/9)
Kindred’s Curse (3/4)
Mortal Enemies to Monster Lovers (4/5)
The Wild Women of Whitechapel (2/3)
Knockemount (2/3)
The Edens (5/6)
A League of Extraordinary Women (3/4)
Dark Olympus (4/7)
Dark Shores (3/4)
The Iron Widow (1/2)
London Calling (2/4)
Meant to be (2/?)
The Bridge Kingdom (4/5)
Blood and Ash (4/6)
The Black Witch Chronicles (4/5)
Burning Kingdoms (2/3)
Godkiller (1/2)
Little Thieves (2/3)
Crowns of Nyaxia (3/6)
Empyrean (2/5)
Crimson Sails (1/?)
Powerless (2/3)
Witch Walked (3/5)
Moonfall (1/?)
Of Flesh & Bone (3/4) 

Heavenly Bodies (2/3) 

Blood Grace (8/9) 

The Guild Codex: Warped (5/6)
When in Rome (2/3)
The Scorched Throne (1/?)
The Halfling Saga (3/4)
We Solve Murders (1/?)

Series to be continued when the next instalment comes out (not this year or date not set)
Flesh and False Gods (1/3)
The Witchlands (4/5)
Heartstopper (4/5)
Talon (2/3)
Mistborn (7/10)
Aurelia Ryder (1/?)
Shamanborn (2/3)
The Stormlight Archive (5/10)
Reckless (4/5)
The Archived (2/3)
A Court of Thorns and Roses (4/6)
A Song of Ice and Fire (5/7)
The Book of Dust (2/3)
Villains (2/3)
Gentlemen Bastards (3/7)
The Iron Covenant (1/3)
Alpha & Omega (6/?)
Six of Crows (2/3)
The Kingkiller Chronicle (2/3)
Elantris (1/2)
Warbreaker (1/2)
Witches Steeped in Gold (2/3)
Skyward (3/4)
The Language of Magic (1/?)
Castles in Their Bones (1/?)
Monsters (1/?)
The Talents Trilogy (1/3)
Deathless (2/3)
Mercy Thompson (14/?)
Violet Made of Thorns (1/2)
The Singing Hills Cycle (5/8)
Briardark (1/2)
The Bloodsworn Saga (2/3)
Legendborn (2/?)
Alex Stern (2/3)
Emily Wilde (2/?)
The Bellamy Sisters (2/3)
Adrian X Isolde (2/3)
Amina Al-Sirafi (1/3)
Winner Bakes All (1/3)
Stardust in their Veins (2/3)
Never a Hero (2/3)
Threads of Power (1/3)
The Scarlet Veil (1/3)
Awakening (1/3)
The Hurricane Wars (1/?)
Crescent City (3/?)
Blood and Tea (1/?)
Sword Catcher (1/?)
Heromaker (1/?)
Empire of the Vampire (2/3)
The Nightshade Crown (2/3)
Road of Bones (2/?)
The Veiled Kingdom (2/3)
Fate’s Thread (1/?) |
Fae & Alchemy (1/?)
Boneyard Key (1/?)
Falling for Fables (3/4)
The Broken Blades (1/3)
The Rise of Northgall (1/?) 

Heir Duology (1/2)
Nightfire Quartet (3/4)
Dream Harbor (3/4)
The Golden Wolf (3/4)
Prince of Sin (2/?)

The Watch Hill Trilogy (1/3)
The Courting of Bristol Keats (1/?)
Hurricane Wars 2/3
House of Devils 3/?
Rose Hill 2/3
The Eating Woods (1/?)



Series finished this year :
Blood and Moonlight (2/2)
Broken Kingdoms (9/9)
The Beautiful (5/5)
The Ever King (2/2)
Letters of Enchantment (2/2)
Defy the Night (3/3)
Mindf*ck (5/5)
Elements of Cadence (2/2)
Teixcalaan (2/2)
The Atlas (3/3)
The Stolen Heir (2/2)
Curse of the Cyren Queen (4/4)
Oremere chronicles (3/3)
Entangled with Fae (5/5)
The Fair Isle Trilogy (3/3)
Wolf Hall (3/3)
Twin Crowns (3/3)
Benevolence (3/3) 

Stars and Shadows (4/4)
The Serpents and Kings Trilogy (3/3)
Shamanborn (3/3)
Legends of Thezmarr (4/4)
Stars and Smoke (2/2)
Kingdom of Lies (4/4)
Flame & Sparrow (2/2)
Between Earth and Sky (3/3)
Married to Magic (5/5)
Legacy of Orisha (3/3)
The Witches of Thistle Grove (5/5)
Belladonna (3/3)
Flesh and Fire (4/4)
Maple Hills (3/3)
House of the Dead (2/2)
The Isles of the Gods (2/2)
Stay a Spell (6/6)
Dandelion Dynasty (4/4)
The Plated Prisoner (6/6)
Practical Magic (2/2)
Vincula Realm (2/2) 

Jaipur Trilogy (3/3) 

Vale of Stars (4/4) 

Under the Mistletoe Collection (5/5)
The Luminaries (3/3)
Artefacts of Ouranos (4/4)
The Hollow Star Saga (4/4)
Chestnut Springs (5/5)
Gold Rush Ranch (4/4)


message 4: by Laura ☾ (last edited Dec 14, 2024 10:51PM) (new)

Laura ☾ | 873 comments Statistics:

Genre
Fantasy: 127
Mystery/Thriller: 21
Romance: 115
Sci-Fi: 4
Historical: 7
YA Fantasy: 8
Horror: 5
YA Other:
Non-fiction: 18
Other: 6

Author
Male: 31
Female: 291
unknown/other: 1

Type
Hardcopy: 2
Ebook: 265
Audio: 58


Length
<200 pages: 31
201-500 pages: 238
501-999 pages: 56
1000+ pages: 2


Star rating
5 - 4
4 - 122
3 - 171
2 -21
1 - 2


message 5: by Brittany (new)

Brittany | 6451 comments Mod
Nice set-up Laura! Still amazing to me how organized you are with series


message 6: by Laura ☾ (new)

Laura ☾ | 873 comments Brittany wrote: "Nice set-up Laura! Still amazing to me how organized you are with series"

Thank you!❤️


✨ Brianna Raquel ✨ | 184 comments I'm still using your template to track my challenge. You inspired me to keep track of my reading. I don't have to but I like to.

Btw, is the Zodiac Academy series good?


message 8: by Laura ☾ (new)

Laura ☾ | 873 comments ✨ Brianna Raquel ✨ wrote: "I'm still using your template to track my challenge. You inspired me to keep track of my reading. I don't have to but I like to.

Btw, is the Zodiac Academy series good?"


Yaaay I’m glad you like it! I think it was Brittany’s or Elena’s templates from a few years ago that I’d adapted.

Honestly, I wasn’t a fan of zodiac academy! Also I forgot to remove that part from the 2023 series bit!!


✨ Brianna Raquel ✨ | 184 comments I had to ask because I trust your opinion on books. You're one of the people whose reviews I look for when reading books I might be hesitant to start.


message 10: by Laura ☾ (new)

Laura ☾ | 873 comments Brilliant!

I’ve been very lazy with reviews lately, but honestly zodiac academy was a mess and I wouldn’t bother 😂 I just wanted to see what the hype was about


✨ Brianna Raquel ✨ | 184 comments That is enough for me to keep it off my tbr!


message 13: by Brittany (new)

Brittany | 6451 comments Mod
Wow! Very productive! How was Warm Hands of Ghosts? Oh and Champion of Fate? A Tempest of Tea? Tattered Huntress?

Favourite of the month?


message 14: by Laura ☾ (new)

Laura ☾ | 873 comments I really liked warm hands of Ghosts and tempest of tea!

Champion of fate and tattered huntress didn’t stand out that much for me.

Favourites might have been bride of the wolf and the witch!


message 15: by Brittany (new)

Brittany | 6451 comments Mod
Im waiting for a hold on Warm Hands so glad to hear it. I think Ill have to look for Tempest of Tea then!
Too bad Champions of Fate wasnt a stand out, I had high hopes for that one.

Nice! Seems like you had some good ones


✨ Brianna Raquel ✨ | 184 comments How was The Improbable Meet-Cute series? It seems like everybody's either reading it or adding it to their tbr.

I love cozy mysteries, but I found myself disappointed in Murder and Mamon. What did you think?


message 17: by Laura ☾ (new)

Laura ☾ | 873 comments Honestly the improbably meet-cute were a bit hit and miss but they're very short! The Christina Lauren one was my favourite of the lot

I was also a bit disappointed in Murder and Mamon but somehow I keep reading the series !


message 18: by Laura ☾ (last edited May 31, 2024 09:56PM) (new)


message 19: by Brittany (new)

Brittany | 6451 comments Mod
Wow great month Laura! Favourite? Worst?

How are the Thomas Cromwell books? The Tessonja Odette books have pretty covers how are they?


message 20: by Laura ☾ (new)

Laura ☾ | 873 comments Thank you! Yes it was a lot of short books

I quite liked the Thomad Cromwell books - they were interesting but definitely needed to be audio for me!

The Tessonja Odette ones were middle of the road - not great not bad.

My favourite was A House With Good Bones, and my least favourite was the Stars and shadow series!


message 21: by Brittany (new)

Brittany | 6451 comments Mod
Middle of the road means I wont bother with the pretty covers :)
I can see the need for audio with the Cromwell books, think I may try to start them.


message 22: by Laura ☾ (new)

Laura ☾ | 873 comments The Thomas Cromwell ones took me ages to get through as well - I’d listen when I was in the mood but switch to other stuff whennk wasn’t!


message 23: by Brittany (new)

Brittany | 6451 comments Mod
Makes sense!


message 25: by Brittany (new)

Brittany | 6451 comments Mod
Great looking month. Any standouts Laura?


message 26: by Laura ☾ (new)

Laura ☾ | 873 comments Beach read was a reread but still loved it!

Not in my book was an ARC but I actually really enjoyed it!

Other than that quicksilver was pretty good!


message 27: by Brittany (new)

Brittany | 6451 comments Mod
Oh! Quicksilver sounds good!

What did you think of God and the Gumiho?


message 28: by Laura ☾ (new)

Laura ☾ | 873 comments It was entertaining but it wasn’t a favourite!


message 29: by Brittany (new)

Brittany | 6451 comments Mod
Thats too bad it sounds like it should be such a good one


✨ Brianna Raquel ✨ | 184 comments Did you like The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina? I loved it, but I've seen mixed reviews overall.


message 31: by Laura ☾ (new)

Laura ☾ | 873 comments I quite enjoyed it! I thought the storytelling was beautiful!


message 32: by Elena (new)

Elena Granger | 1788 comments What was your favorite romance of July?


message 33: by Laura ☾ (new)

Laura ☾ | 873 comments It was a reread but Beach Read is still up there!

Technically romantasy not romance romance but I also quite liked Quicksilver.


message 34: by Elena (new)

Elena Granger | 1788 comments Seeing so many good comments about Beach Read I'm thinking of re-reading it. First time I've read a book, I didn't like at all. Maybe the second time it'll click? :D


message 35: by Laura ☾ (new)

Laura ☾ | 873 comments I don’t know - if you didn’t like it the first time maybe it just wasn’t your cup of tea!


message 37: by Jo (new)

Jo Elliott | 1838 comments How did you find Children of Anguish and Anarchy? I'm on the fence about whether to read it because I was not a big fan of the second book and it's been SO LONG now that I've forgotten most of what happened.


message 38: by Laura ☾ (new)

Laura ☾ | 873 comments Honestly it was quite disappointing for a finale!


message 39: by Brittany (new)

Brittany | 6451 comments Mod
Nice update Laura! Any standouts?
How was The Grandest Game?


message 40: by Laura ☾ (new)

Laura ☾ | 873 comments I really liked A Master of Djinn!

The Grandest Game didn’t have the spark of the original trilogy somehow


message 41: by Brittany (new)

Brittany | 6451 comments Mod
Damn that's what I feared with Grandest Game

Nice to hear about Master of Djinn


message 42: by ✨ Brianna Raquel ✨ (last edited Sep 07, 2024 01:34PM) (new)

✨ Brianna Raquel ✨ | 184 comments How was The Truth According to Ember?


message 43: by Laura ☾ (new)

Laura ☾ | 873 comments I enjoyed it but somehow the actual development of the relationship could have used a bit more work!


message 44: by Laura ☾ (new)

Laura ☾ | 873 comments Very delayed September Round-up!

Forged by Magic (Falling for Fables, #1) by Jenna Wolfhart Brewed in Magic (Falling for Fables #2) by Jenna Wolfhart Mined in Magic (Falling for Fables, #3) by Jenna Wolfhart The Wall of Storms (The Dandelion Dynasty, #2) by Ken Liu The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djèlí Clark Babysitter of the Apocalypse by Courtney Konstantin Five Broken Blades (The Broken Blades, #1) by Mai Corland Hera by Jennifer Saint Daydream (Maple Hills, #3) by Hannah Grace The Rose Code by Kate Quinn The Family Upstairs (The Family Upstairs, #1) by Lisa Jewell Ghostsmith (House of the Dead, #2) by Nicki Pau Preto We Solve Murders (We Solve Murders, #1) by Richard Osman The Third Gilmore Girl A Memoir by Kelly Bishop A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher The Heart of the World (The Isles of the Gods, #2) by Amie Kaufman The Pumpkin Spice Café (Dream Harbor, #1) by Laurie Gilmore The Cinnamon Bun Bookstore (Dream Harbor, #2) by Laurie Gilmore Nexus A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI by Yuval Noah Harari The Veiled Throne (The Dandelion Dynasty, #3) by Ken Liu


message 45: by Elena (new)

Elena Granger | 1788 comments So many interesting books. What is your favorite and what do you think of Hera, The Third Gilmore Girl, A Sorceress Comes to Call, The Pumpkin Spice Café, The Cinnamon Bun Bookstore?


message 46: by Brittany (new)

Brittany | 6451 comments Mod
Oh!! You have some good books there! What did you think of Five Broken Blades? And the Rose Code? I loved both of those books.
How'd you like the falling for fables series? Ive heard good things about it


message 48: by Liliana, YA Paranormal Lover (new)

Liliana (lililostinabook) | 2893 comments Mod
What'd you think of My Sister the Serial Killer? That one sounds SO interesting!


message 49: by Brittany (new)

Brittany | 6451 comments Mod
How was the House at Watch Hill?? OH and how are you enjoying Wayward Children?!
Great update, so many pretty books. Best of the month?


message 50: by Kayleigh {K-Books}, YA Fantasy Fan (new)

Kayleigh {K-Books} (kayley_12) | 2302 comments Mod
Laura ☾ wrote: "November round-up

November
Dragon in the Blood (Vale of Stars, #2) by Juliette CrossThe Most Boring Book Ever by Brandon SandersonThe Scattered Bones A Dark Fantasy Romance by Nicole Scarano[bookcover:King..."


How did you like the KU Christmas novellas? They're on my December TBR


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