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I have set myself a 3-part Challenge to read books that are part of a series:-

PART ONE:
Read entire series of The Dark Tower by Stephen King - COMPLETED 29/8/24;
Read entire series of 44 Scotland Street by Alexander McCall Smith - COMPLETED 14/11/24;
Complete reading No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency series by Alexander McCall Smith - COMPLETED 4/8/24
PART TWO:
Start 30 new series from list below - COMPLETED 7/12/24;
Part THREE:
Read 50 books in ongoing series from list below - COMPLETED 13/10/24.

PART ONE -
The Dark Tower series:
#1. The Gunslinger - 30/1
#2. The Drawing of the Three - 29/2
#3. The Waste Lands - 28/3
#4. Wizard and Glass - 25/4
#5. Wolves of the Calla - 8/5
#6. Song of Susannah - 21/6
#7. The Dark Tower - 29/8

44 Scotland Street series:
#1. 44 Scotland Street - 30/1
#2. Espresso Tales - 11/2
#3. Love Over Scotland - 21/2
#4. The World According to Bertie - 1/3
#5. The Unbearable Lightness of Scones - 22/3
#6. The Importance of Being Seven - 5/4
#7. Bertie Plays the Blues - 2/5
#8. Sunshine on Scotland Street - 26/5
#9. Bertie's Guide to Life and Mothers - 17/6
#10. The Revolving Door of Life - 28/6
#11. The Bertie Project - 14/7
#12. A Time of Love and Tartan - 28/7
#13. The Peppermint Tea Chronicles - 19/8
#14. A Promise of Ankles - 4/9
#15. Love in the Time of Bertie - 25/9
#16. The Enigma of Garlic - 10/10
#17. The Stellar Debut of Galactica MacFee - 14/11

No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency series:
#18. The House of Unexpected Sisters - 15/2
#19. The Colours of all the Cattle - 12/3
#20. To the Land of Long Lost Friends -10/4
#21. How to Raise an Elephant - 14/5
#22. The Joy and Light Bus Company - 23/6
#23. A Song of Comfortable Chairs - 10/7
#24. From a Far and Lovely Country - 4/8

PART TWO - 1st in series - Progress 32/30:
Those That Remain-Rob Ashman - The Mechanic #1 - 30/6
Spring Tide-Cilla Börjlind - Ronning & Stilton #1
Stillhouse Lake-Rachel Caine-Stillhouse Lake #1 - 14/8
The Book of Koli-M.R. Carey- Rampart Trilogy #1 - 17/12
The Burning-Jane Casey - Maeve Kerrigan #1 - 5/6
The Island-Amy Cross-The Island #1 - 26/9
The Book of the Unnamed Midwife-Meg Elison-Rd. to Nowhere #1 - 27/11
Hidden-Kendra Elliot - Bone Secrets #1 - 22/6
Dying is a Wild Night-Edward Fallon-Linger #1 - 11/4
Dark Crimes - Michael Hambling - DCI Sophie Allen #1 - 15/8
The Devotion of Suspect X-Keigo Higashino-Det. Galileo #1- 9/7
Snowblind-Ragnar Jónasson-Dark Iceland #1 - 4/7
Unseen-Mari Jungstedt-Anders Knutas #1 - 19/12
Odd Thomas-Dean Koontz-Odd Thomas #1 - 20/9
The Gilded Cage-Camilla Läckberg-Faye's Revenge #1 - 24/10
The Last Party-Clare Mackintosh - D.C. Morgan #1 - 15/3
The Torrent-Dinuka McKenzie-Kate Miles #1 - AA - 3/9
Darktown-Thomas Mullen - Darktown #1 - 11/8
The Stoning-Peter Papathanasiou-DS George Manolis #1-AA- 4/10
The Harbour Master-Daniel Pembrey-Det. Henk van der Pol #1 - 22/11
The Second Ship - Richard Phillips-Rho Agenda #1 - 31/5
The Pick, The Spade and The Crow-Bill Rogers-N.C.A. #1- 30/8
I Can See You-Karen Rose - Minneapolis #1 - 25/11
Brilliance-Marcus Sakey - Brilliance #1 - 7/12
Touch-Mark Sennen - D.I. Charlotte Savage #1 - 20/10
Black River-Matthew Spencer-Rose Riley #1 - AA - 8/2
Still Waters-Viveca Sten - Sandhamn Murders #1 - 9/11
Ways to Die in Glasgow - Jay Stringer-Sam Ireland #1 - 5/2
Warranilla-Jason Summers-Nick Vada #1 - 15/4
An Ember in the Ashes-Sabaa Tahir-Ember in the Ashes #1 - 19/10
The Warden-Anthony Trollope - Barsetshire Chronicles #1 - 3/2
Black Heart-Anna-Lou Weatherley-Det. Dan Riley #1 - 15/6
Prophecy of the Sisters-Michelle Zink - PotS #1 - 11/4

PART THREE - next in series - Progress 58/50:
Foxglove Summer-Ben Aaronovitch-Rivers of London #5- 25/1
The Hanging Tree-Ben Aaronovitch-Rivers of London #6- 23/4
The Hanging Girl - Jussi Adler-Olsen - Dept. Q #6 - 18/9
The Calling of the Grave-Simon Beckett-David Hunter #4- 18/6
Deadly Secrets - Robert Bryndza - Erika Foster #6 - 26/1
Fatal Witness - Robert Bryndza - Erika Foster #7 - 20/8
Consumed - Greg Buchanan - Cooper Allen #2 - 23/1
The Death Sculptor - Chris Carter - Robert Hunter #4 - 28/1
One by One - Chris Carter - Robert Hunter #5 - 21/3
Number 11-Jonathan Coe -Winshaw Legacy #2 - 13/10
Killer Lies - Chris Collett - D.I. Mariner #3 - 26/10
The Woman Who Wouldn't Die-Colin Cotterill-Dr Siri #9- 16/4
The Mercy Chair - M.W. Craven - Washington Poe #6 - 13/9
The Collector - Fiona Cummins - Bone Collector #2 - 2/2
The Stolen Boys - Joy Ellis - Jackman & Evans #5 - 19/7
The Patient Man-Joy Ellis - Jackman & Evans #6 - 11/10
The Running Grave - Robert Galbraith - Strike #7 - 5/7
The Neighbour - Lisa Gardner - D.D. Warren #3 - 19/4
The Killing Hour - Lisa Gardner - FBI Profiler #4 - 8/8
The Corners of the Globe-Robert Goddard-Wide World #2/3- 9/5
The House at Sea's End - Elly Griffiths - Ruth Galloway #3 - 6/2
A Room Full of Bones - Elly Griffiths - Ruth Galloway #4 - 23/8
Dune Messiah - Frank Herbert - Dune #2 - 22/8
Slough House-Mick Herron-Slough House #7- 4/1
Bad Actors-Mick Herron - Slough House #8- 23/9
The Comforts of Home-Susan Hill-Simon Serrailler #9- 6/1
The Benefit of Hindsight-Susan Hill-Simon Serrailler #10- 8/6
Willow Walk-S.J.I. Holliday - Banktoun #2 - 31/7
In the Dark-Cara Hunter - D.I. Adam Fawley #2 -22/2
No Way Out-Cara Hunter - D.I. Adam Fawley #3 - 11/7
Roses of May-Dot Hutchison - The Collector #2 - 18/5
The Truth Will Out-Jane Isaac - Helen Lavery #2 - 9/3
Edward Adrift-Craig Lancaster - Edward #2 - 5/3
The Two-Bear Mambo-Joe R. Lansdale - Hap & Leonard #3 - 15/9
Blind Eye-Stuart MacBride - Logan McRae #5 - 9/10
Absolute Beginners-Colin MacInnes - London Trilogy #2 - 7/6
Broken Angels-Graham Masterton-Katie Maguire #2- 17/10
The Heretic-Liam McIlvanney - Duncan McCormack #2 - 18/1
The Last Devil to Die-Richard Osman-Thurs. Murder Club #4 - 8/9
The Hangman's Song-James Oswald - Insp. McLean #3 - 23/7
Mud and Gold-Shayne Parkinson - Promises to Keep #2 - 28/10
Dead Weight-T.R. Ragan - Lizzy Gardner #2 - 15/11
The Burnt Country-Joy Rhoades-Woolgrower's Comp. #2 - AA - 24/7
A Necessary End-Peter Robinson - D.I. Banks #3 - 27/7
No One Left to Tell-Karen Rose - Baltimore #2 - 26/12
Passions of the Dead-L.J. Sellers - Det. Jackson #4- 15/10
Dead Head-C.J. Skuse - Sweetpea #3 - 18/8
Remain Silent-Susie Steiner -Manon Bradshaw #3 - 21/9
Tell Me Everything-Elizabeth Strout - Amgash #5 - 5/12
Exile-James Swallow - Marc Dane #2 - 14/4
If You Dare-A.R. Torre - Deanna Madden #3 - 3/10
The Dead Tracks-Tim Weaver-David Raker #2 - 1/10
Prisoner-S.R. White -Dana Russo #2 - AA - 11/6
Red Dirt Road-S.R. White - Dana Russo #3 - AA - 14/7
Scarred for Life-Kerry Wilkinson - Jessica Daniel #9 - 27/4
The Newlywed-Anna Willett-Cold Case Mysteries #3- AA - 9/8
The Ideal Couple-Anna Willett-Cold Case Mysteries #4 - AA - 18/12
Paradise-Patricia Wolf - D.S. Walker #2 - AA - 7/1

Good luck Kim! I think we all suffer from this malady!!

Wow!

Four-month review (as at 1 May):-

PART ONE:
The Dark Tower - on target, reading one per month, should finish in July;
44 Scotland Street - on target, reading one or two per month, 6 read so far and one currently reading;
No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency - on target, reading one per month, should finish in July;

PART TWO (1st in a series): slightly behind - have read 7 of 30;

PART THREE (next in series): slightly ahead - have read 19 of 50.

Eight-month review (2/3rds progress) as at 1 September:-

PART ONE:
The Dark Tower - COMPLETED;
44 Scotland Street - on target;
No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency: COMPLETED;

PART TWO (1st in a series): slightly behind - have read 18 of 30 (should be 20 to be on target);

PART THREE (next in a series): slightly ahead - have read 39 of 50 (should be 34 to be on target).

Doing well overall!

Wow Kim! Good work!

Brenda wrote: "Wow Kim! Good work!"

Thanks Brenda!

Completed all my targets in this Challenge on 7 December - still ongoing to over-reach my targets and think I will probably do a similar Challenge next year!