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The Never Ending Series Challenge
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Jul 30, 2010 04:34AM
So here's a challenge that you can really pace yourself with. Some series like Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series are super long while other are just getting started and are fairly short. You pick which series interests you and then read it. Just keep track of it here. If a new book comes out at a later date just add it on. Why is this challenge never ending? Because once you get to the end of one series start up another. Have fun!
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I'm going to attempt to read all of Kelley Armstrong's Women of the Otherworld series10. Frostbitten
12. Spellbound (TBR)
OMG ME TOO! Ok, Lisarenee, we'll do this together!I've already got a start on the first two, and I have the third and sixth (I wanted to skip to Elena!)
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3. Dime Store Magic
3. Industrial Magic
5. Haunted
6. Broken
7. No Humans Involved
8. Personal Demon
9. Living with the Dead
10. Fristbitten
11. Waking the Witch
12. Spellbound
13. Untitled
There are to be 13 books in the series until Armstrong gets another deal...I hope it isn't the end! I love them!
That would be fun. I'm curious as to whether we should include Men of the Otherworld (more werewolves - my personal favorites) and Tales of the Otherworld too?
Yeah, we should! I think it'd be cool to see some more CLAY!!! Man, I think I have an obsession....
I also intend to read Lara Adrian's Midnight Breed series:4. Midnight Rising
5. Veil of Midnight
6. Ashes of Midnight
7. Shades of Midnight
8. Taken by Midnight
9. Deeper Than Midnight
10. Untitled
Alyssa wrote,"Yeah, we should! I think it'd be cool to see some more CLAY!!! Man, I think I have an obsession...."I think we need to add him to the list of Hottest Male Leads. LOL
This is going to take awhile but here is my list for Linda Lael Miller's McKettrick series and spin offs:Linda Lael Miller series:
McKettricks
1. High Country Bride - (historical romance)read
2. Shotgun Bride - (historical romance) read
3. Secondhand Bride - (historical romance) read
4. McKettrick's Choice - (historical romance) read
5. Sierra's Homecoming - (contemporary-Silhouette SE)
6. McKettrick's Luck - (contemporary romance)
7. McKettrick's Pride - (contemporary romance)
8. McKettrick's Heart - (contemporary romance)
9. The McKettrick Way - (contemporary-Silhouette SE)
10. A McKettrick Christmas - (historical romance) read
11. McKettricks of Texas: Tate (contemporary) - read
12. McKettricks of Texas: Garrett (contemporary romance)
13. McKettricks of Texas: Austin (contemporary romance)
Spin-off:
Stone Creek series
1. The Man From Stone Creek - (historical romance)
2. A Wanted Man - (historical romance)
3. The Rustler - (historical romance)
4. A Stone Creek Christmas - (contemporary-Silhouette SE)
5. The Bridegroom - (historical romance)
6. At Home In Stone Creek - (contemporary-Silhouette SE)
Spin-off
Montana Creeds series
1. Montana Creeds: Logan (contemporary romance)
2. Montana Creeds: Dylan (contemporary romance)
3. Montana Creeds: Tyler (contemporary romance)
4. A Creed County Christmas (historical romance)
Wow, that is a lot of books. I haven't read anything of Linda Lael Miller's yet.
I'm reading Bitten right now.There are several authors I follow. Whenever they add to their series, I read it.
Laurell K. Hamilton 19 so far
Charlaine Harris
Patricia Briggs
I'm a Briggs and Harris fan too. Hamilton is on my TBR pile of books I own. I'd join the TBR challenge, but I probably have a few hundred books lying around and I'd never be able to complete it.
Lisarenee wrote: "Alyssa wrote,"Yeah, we should! I think it'd be cool to see some more CLAY!!! Man, I think I have an obsession...."I think we need to add him to the list of Hottest Male Leads. LOL"
OMG definitely. he's REALLY...whoa. Jst bought 4 and 5 today in of Otherworld series since I already have the first three and the sixth. I was so stupid to buy 3 and then 6. I rushed off to the bookstore to buy 4+5, all the while thinking ILY Kelley Armstrong.
I just finished Bitten. It took a little getting into but at the end I loved it. I think I hear Stolen calling my name and I may be in for one more never ending series.
Yes, and sounds like you got bitten.*smirk* I remember that call all too well. It's quite seductive and hard to resist. LOL
One series I love but have a hard time finishing: The Breeds. I just have so many books to read. So I'll add it here. Breeds
Bk1:Tempting the Beast 12-09
Bk2:The Man Within 10-09
Bk3:Elizabeth's Wolf 2-11-10
Bk4:Kiss of Heat 10-09
Bk5:Soul Deep[tbr:]
Bk6:
Bk7:Megan's Mark[tbr:]
Bk8:Harmony's Way[tbr:]
Bk9:Tanner's Scheme[tbr:]
Bk10:Wolf's Hope[tbr:]
Bk11:Jacob's Faith
Bk12:Aiden's Charity
Bk13:In a wolf's embrace
Bk14]dawn's awakening
bk15]A jaguar's kiss
bk16]Mercury's War
bk17Christmas Heat[magical christmas cat antho.:][tbr:]
bk18]coyote's mate[tbr:]
bk19]bengal's heart[tbr:]
bk20]a christmas Kiss[hot for the holidays antho.:][tbr:]
bk21]lion's heat
Katherine wrote: "This is going to take awhile but here is my list for Linda Lael Miller's McKettrick series and spin offs:I'll join in on this one... I was hoping to eventually read these!
Linda Lael Miller series:
McKettricks
Spin-off:
Stone Creek series
Spin-off
Montana Creeds series
1. Montana Creeds: Logan (contemporary romance)
2. Montana Creeds: Dylan (contemporary romance)
3. Montana Creeds: Tyler (contemporary romance)
4. A Creed County Christmas (historical romance)
Christine you are way ahead of me. LOL I'll have to try and catch up.
Christine & Katherine,I think I need to read some Linda Lael Miller. Which one do you suggest I try out first? Are they historical or contemporary?
Here are my lists of series that I plan to work my way through:Anne Rice
The Vampire Chronicles:
1. Interview with a vampire
2. The Vampire Lestat
3. Queen of the Damned
4. The Tale of the Body Thief
5. Memnoch the Devil
6. The Vampire Armand
7. Merrick
8. Blood and Gold
9. Blackwood Farm
10. Blood Canticle
The Mayfair Chronicles:
2. Lasher
3. Taltos
New Tales of the Vampires:
1. Pandora
2. Vitorio
Good luck Trisha! To be honesnt I've never heard of most of them, but then again I've never read anything by Anne Rice.
I have a fantasy list as well for 2 different series. I figure I will just take my time and eventually I will have finished the list :-)Anne McCaffery (Dragonriders of Pern series)
3. Dragonsong
4. Dragonsinger
5. Dragondrums
7. Moreta
8. Nerilka's Story
9. Dragonsdawn
10. The Chronicles of Pern
11. The Impression
12. The Smallest Dragonboy
13. The Girl Who Heard Dragons
14. The Renegades of Pern
15. All the Weyrs of Pern
16. The Dolphins of Pern
17. Dragonseve
18. The Masterharper of Pern
19. Runner of Pern
20. The Skies of Pern
21. Ever the Twain
22. Dragons Kin
23. Beyond Between
24. Dragons Blood
25. Dragons Fire
26. Dragon Harper
Dragonlance Chronicles:
1. Dragons of Autumn Twilight
2. Dragons of Winter Night
3. Dragons of Spring Dawning
4. Time of the Twins
5. War of the Twin
6. Test of the Twins
7. Dragons of the Dwarven Depths
8. Dragons of the Highlord Skies
9. Second Generation
10. Dragons of Summer Flame
11. The Dawning of a New Age
12. The Day of the Tempest
13. The Eve of the Maelstrom
14. Downfall
15. Betrayal
16. Redemption
17. Dragons of a Fallen Sun
18. Dragons of a Lost Star
19. Dragons of a Vanished Moon
20. Amber and Ashes
21. Amber and Iron
22. Amber and Blood
23. The Legend of Huma
24. Stormblade
25. Weasel's Luck
26. Kaz the Minotaur
27. The Gates of Thorbardin
28. Galen Beknighted
29. Chosen of the Gods
30. Divine Hammer
31. Sacred Fire
32. The Raistlin Chronicles
33. Tales
34. Elven Nations
35. Dwarven Nations
36. Kang's Regiment
37. The Defenders of Magic
Holy cow! That list was a lot longer than I thought. Uhmm...I am kinda hoping that these might be short books because I am done for if they are 1,000 pages!
Trisha, I think that if you read all these books then you'll surpass 1000 pages by far. Like I said before, good luck. You'll need it :D
Katherine wrote: "Katherine wrote: "Christine you are way ahead of me. LOL I'll have to try and catch up. "LOL! I'm determined to finish with the McKettrick's soon, but it may be awhile before I get to the Stone Creek & Montana Creeds series.
Lisarenee wrote: Christine & Katherine,
I think I need to read some Linda Lael Miller. Which one do you suggest I try out first? Are they historical or contemporary?
The McKettrick series is a mixture of historical & contemporary. I loved the first four of the series, they're historical... High Country Bride, Shotgun Bride, Secondhand Bride & McKettrick's Choice.
I also liked the Quade series, which is also historical... Yankee Wife, Taming Charlotte & Princess Annie.
Those are the only 2 series I've read so far.
Thanks, Christine. I'll try the McKettrick's series once I get my library TBR list down.Trisha, I haven't heard of Anne McCaffery. My daughter loves dragon books. Are McCaffery's tween/teen friendly or do they have some more mature content?
The dragonriders of Pern are definitely more for adults, they wouldn't be found in the YA section. There is sexuality, strong language, murder and violence. You would definitely have to proof-read one and decide if they were ok before she read them. I have not started the Dragonlance series, so I can't speak for that one.
Thanks Trisha. The cover and info on Amazon didn't really tell me much.
Love this challenge because all I read are series :) So I'll just work my way through all the series I own right now. I'll start off with the best series of all time ;)The Lords of the Underworld by Gena Showalter
The Darkest Lie
The Darkest Secret(Planned for release March, 2011 Amun’s story)
The Darkest Surrender (Planned for release July, 2011 Strider’s story)
Strange Angels Series by Lili St. Crow
Defiance *Coming 2011*
Twilight Series by Stephenie Meyer
(2nd time reading except for Bree Tanner and Breaking Dawn)
The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner
Breaking Dawn
Thanks Bri, I need to make sure those last two made it into our list of Coming soon books for 2011. I love Showalter.
Shoot, too many challenges I want to participate in. I'll start here, since I own all of these books already. Plus, several of these can go on the TBR challenge as well. Is crossing challenges allowed? No matter.Coulter/Kendrick/Harrigan series by Catherine Anderson
Keegan's Lady
Summer Breeze
Early Dawn
Baby Love
Phantom Waltz
Sweet Nothings
Blue Skies
Bright Eyes
My Sunshine
Sun Kissed #
Morning Light
Star Bright #
Symphony of Ages by Elizabeth Haydon
Rhapsody
Prophecy
Destiny
Requiem for the Sun
Elegy for a Lost Star
The Assassin King
Sholan Alliance by Lisanne Norman
Fortune's Wheel
Fire Margins
Razor's Edge
Dark Nadir
Stronghold Rising
Between Darkness and Light
Shades of Gray
Wallflower series by Lisa Kleypas
Secrets of a Summer Night
It Happened One Autumn
Devin in Winter
Scandal in Spring
A Wallflower Christmas
Bastion Club series by Stephanie Laurens
Captain Jack's Woman
The Lady Chosen
A Gentleman's Honor
A Lady of His Own
A Fine Passion
To Distraction
Beyond Seduction
The Edge of desire
Mastered by Love
Warriors of Poseidon series by Alyssa Day
Atlantis Awakening
Shifter's Lady (short story in Shifter anthology)
Atlantis Unleashed
Atlantis Unmasked
Atlantis Redeemed
Atlantis Betrayed
Black Dagger Brotherhood by J.R. Ward (because I need to get my posterior in gear and read the last two books, blast it)
Lover Avenged
Lover Mine
Firefighters of Station Five by Jo Davis
Under Fire
Hidden Fire
Line of Fire
Ride the Fire (release date: 7 Dec 2010)
Dragonfire series by Deborah Cooke
Kiss of Fury
Kiss of Fate
Winter Kiss
Whisper Kiss
Nauti series by Lora Leigh
Nauti Boy
Nauti Nights
Nauti Dreams
Nauti Intentions
Nauti Deceptions
Oh my, I forgot my beloved hot Scot books. Hmmm. Well, if this is never ending, I get to add more.
Highlander series by Karen Marie Moning
To Tame a Highland Warrior
The Highlander's Touch
Kiss of the Highlander
The Dark Highlander
The Immortal Highlander
Spell of the Highlander
Into the Dreaming (short story from Tapestry anthology)
Veronica Wolf's paranormal/time travel Highlands series
Master of the Highlands
Sword of the Highlands
Warrior of the Highlands
Lord of the Highlands
Ok, I think that's enough for the moment. However, I reserve the right to replace series as needed based on interest level. ^_~
Sans wrote: "Shoot, too many challenges I want to participate in. I'll start here, since I own all of these books already. Plus, several of these can go on the TBR challenge as well. Is crossing challenges allo..."Crossing Challenges is definatly ok! :)
The following have been on my TBR list for awhile now. I have a good start on some of them.Outlander Series
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2. Dragonfly in Amber
3. Voyager
4. Drums of Autumn
5. The Fiery Cross
6. A Breath of Snow and Ashes
7. An Echo in the Bone
Bachelor Chronicles- Elizabeth Boyle
1. Something About Emmaline
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3. Love Letters From a Duke
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6. How I Met My Countess
Huxtable Quintet- Mary Balogh
1. First Comes Marriage
2. Then Comes Seduction
3. At Last Comes Love
4. Seducing an Angel
5. A Secret Affair
Pretty Little Liars- Sara Shepard
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2. Flawless
3. Perfect
4. Unbelievable
5. Wicked
6. Killer
7. Heartless
8. Wanted
Sookie Stackhouse- Charlaine Harris
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2. Living Dead in Dallas
3. Club Dead
4. Dead to the World
5. Dead as a Doornail
6. Definitely Dead
7. All Together Dead
8. From Dead to Worse
9. Dead and Gone
10. Dead in the Family
Temperance Brennan- Kathy Reichs
1. Deja Dead
2. Death du Jour
3. Deadly Decisions
4. Fatal Voyage
5. Grave Secrets
6. Bare Bones
7. Monday Mourning
8. Cross Bones
9. Break No Bones
10. Bones to Ashes
11. Devil Bones
12. 206 Bones
13. Spider Bones
Kate, Looks like you're going to be busy.
Yes, but I just graduated and haven't found a job yet so I have plenty of time :)
I'm also working my way through the Dark Hunters by Sherrilyn Kenyon.Related Books/Stories
Shadow of the Moon
Until Death We Do Part
The Dark-Hunter Companion
Infinity (Chronicles of Nick #1)
Christine, I just finished Infinity - the first of the Chronicles of Nick. FYI The Dream-Hunters intertwine with the Dark-Hunters.
Lisarenee wrote: "Christine, I just finished Infinity - the first of the Chronicles of Nick. FYI The Dream-Hunters intertwine with the Dark-Hunters."I'll have to read that too, I love Nick Gautier! I find the whole series reading order confusing! I see The Dream-Hunters listed as part of The Dark Hunters series & also as on it's own. I'll try my best to read the books in the right order, because I hate skipping around! lol
Christine, I read them all last year and I agree getting the order down is confusing. Since I read them Kenyon actually put an order on her site. I'm not sure if she included the Dream-Hunters in the order. Also, to confuse matters more she occasionally writes a book that starts at an earlier point (like Infinity), then the last book. A group of us were joking that we needed a time line to keep track of the order the books take place in. If I was reading them again I'd write them all down that way, just to keep track of it all. This is actually one series where I can't wait for the next book to come out.
Lisarenee wrote: "Christine, I read them all last year and I agree getting the order down is confusing. Since I read them Kenyon actually put an order on her site. I'm not sure if she included the Dream-Hunters in t..."She does have them listed in the Dark Hunter reading order on her website as books #10, 12, 13 & 14. I'm more or less going by her reading order & by FictFact.com. The list on Fantastic Fiction includes the related books & that's what had confused me. I don't have all the related stories, so I'll just read the ones I come across.
I did notice that Infinity was the beginning of Nick's story... it sounds interesting!
Christine, It is but I would read the other books first and when you get to the Story where Nick and Ash have a falling out then go and read the Chronicles of Nick. I think it's better that way.
I love books that come in a series! and have read a bunch of series. Ones I'm in the middle of I'll put now and then maybe add on when new books in series come out that I've already read.Regan Rielly series by Carol Higgins Clark
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10. Laced
11. Zapped
12. Cursed
13. Wrecked
Alex Cross series by James Patterson
(I'm listening to this series)
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16. Cross Fire
Rizzoli and Isles series by Tess Gerritsen
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Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich
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Wild Series by C. Fern Cook
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4. Wild Island
The Hunger Series by Suzanne Collins
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2. Catching Fire
3. Mockingjay
Rene Gutteridge
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2. Boo Who
3. Boo Hiss
4. Boo Humbug
The Millennium Trilogy by Stieg Larsson
1. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
2. The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest
3. The Girl Who Played With Fire
The Bride Quartet by Nora Roberts
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2. Bed of Roses
3. Savor the Moment
4. Happy Ever After
Shannon, I have yet to read any of Carol Higgins Clark's books. I see her books everywhere. One of these days I need to check her out. What kind of books does Tess Gerritsen write? I haven't heard of her before.
Lisarenee wrote: "Shannon, I have yet to read any of Carol Higgins Clark's books. I see her books everywhere. One of these days I need to check her out. What kind of books does Tess Gerritsen write? I haven't heard ..."Well I do want to say with Carol Higgins Clark's books I have been reading them in order and they have gotten much better as they have come along. Some of the first ones are a little rough. But over all love the series. Now Tess Gerritsen- she is one of my favorite authors- she was a physician and stopped when she had children and started writing novels. Her books are mostly medical suspense/mystery. Her Rizzoli/Isles series has been made into a tv series on TNT (I think). I don't watch much tv so I haven't seen it.
I'm really excited about this group! I love reading books that come in series. I've read a ton of series. I'll add on as new books come out in the series I've already read- Let me know if that is right (don't want to mess up the group :))
Shannon, You've got the right idea. Add new series in posts when you realize that you're going to read them, and add more books on to series you've already started reading when you find out about them. I like them all in one spot so you don't constantly have to look them up.Thanks for the information on Tess Gerritsen. I'll have to try her books.
I'm going to attempt to read all of Kelley Armstrong's Women of the Otherworld series7. No Humans Involved
8. Personal Demon
9. Living with the Dead
10. Frostbitten
12. Spellbound (TBR)
This is a great challenge for me because pretty much all I read is series, but never have time to stay current with them becuase I read so many. I think I will choose a couple series to finsh before I start any new series (I am such an addict, this will be hard)
I will start with these....I have already read many of some of these and one or two of others.... these are the ones I want to finish first. I am listing all the books in the series even if i have already finished the books.
Georgia Nicolson by Louise Rennison.
On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God: Further Confessions of Georgia Nicolson
Knocked Out by My Nunga-Nungas
Away Laughing on a Fast Camel: Even More Confessions of Georgia Nicolson
Startled by His Furry Shorts
Then He Ate My Boy Entrancers: More Mad, Marvy Confessions of Georgia Nicolson
Love is a Many Trousered Thing
Stop in the Name of Pants!
Are These My Basoomas I See Before Me?
Evernight by Claudia Gray
Stargazer
Hourglass
Afterlife
Dead series by Marlene Perez
Dead Is a State of Mind
Dead Is So Last Year
Dead Is Just A Rumor
Dead Is Not An Option
Strange Angels by Lilith Saintcrow
Betrayals
Jealousy
Defiance
Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepherd
Flawless
Perfect
Unbelievable
Wicked
Killer
Heartless
Wanted
Jennifer, I'll have to look in to those series. I haven't heard of some of them.
I LOVE this challenge. I read a lot of series books (some over and over) so I'm going to jump right in! Since I am current working through Kelley Armstrong, I will start there. (I'm not good at HTML so I am just going to star the ones I have read)
Kelley Armstrong
1. Bitten *
2. Stolen *
3. Dime Store Magic *
4. Industrial Magic *
5. Haunted *
6. Broken *
7. No Humans Involved *
8. Personal Demon
9. Living with the Dead
10. Frostbitten
11. Waking the Witch
12. Spellbound
Other:
Tales of the Otherworld *
Men of the Otherworld *
Dates from Hell *
Many Bloody Returns *
My Big Fat Supernatural Honeymoon *
Tales of Dark Fantasy 2
Blood Lite
A Fantasy Medley
Evolve
Oooh.. I'm in for this challenge.. I just need to figure out which books to read:-)
Jessica, let me know how the Sword of Truth series goes. I loved the TV show and have been meaning to read the books but they are so long. Good luck with this Challenge.
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