Friday, August 5, 2022

7 Series to Complete (Update)

Hi my loves

I'm sharing about my previous challenges and where I am in those challenges I am working on.  One thing I can say is when I love an author's writing I purchase everything it's one of the reasons you can see on each month's wrap up that an author's name is repeated every month.  Which of course leads to so many series ending up on my shelves.  As a way to clean that up I have been challenging myself to complete a few series.  Here are the original five  series I was supposed to work on.  These don't include my perpetual author list. However since then i have added way too may other series to be completed. These are just a few of the books with the most books on the shelves or the ones I have been reading the longest. 

Darynda Jones Charley Davidson Series. I have a few of these left as well. I'm trying not to take this series too seriously because at times the characters are just. UGH 
  1. Fifth Grave Past the Light Currently Reading 
  2. Sixth Grave on The Edge
  3. Seventh Grave & No Body 
  4. Eighth Grave After Dark
  5. The Dirt On Ninth Grave 
  6. The Curse of Tenth Gave
  7. Eleventh Grave in Moonlight
  8. The Trouble with Twelfth Grave 
  9. Summoned to Thirteenth Grave

Diana Gabaldon's Outlander Series. I need to re-read this and catch up to the show and before the newest book comes out which is soonish.

  1. Outlander
  2. Dragonfly In Amber
  3. Voyager
  4. Drums of Autumn
  5. The Fiery Cross
  6. A Breath of Snow & Ashes
  7. An Echo In The Bone
  8. Written In My Own Heart Blood
Newest book Go Tell The Bees I'm Gone not sure when this one comes out, it doesn't show a date on the system.  

Heather Graham: Way too many to list, but I'm focusing on the romantic thriller series she has going. the Krewe of Hunters as much as possible, I do also own a few of er historicals but I have seen a few recent reviews that make me want to rethink reading those now as an adult.  
  1. Heart of Evil # 2
  2. Sacred Evil # 3
  3. The Evil Inside # 4
  4. The Unholy #5
  5. The Unspoken #7
  6. The Uninvited #8
  7. The Night Is Alive # 10
  8. The Night is Forever # 11
  9. The Cursed # 12
  10. Hexed # 13
  11. The Betrayed # 14
  12. The Silenced # 15
  13. The Forgotten # 16
  14. The Hidden #17
  15. Haunted Destiny # 18
  16. Deadly Fate
  17. Darkest Journey
  18. Dying Breath
  19. Dark Rites
  20. Wicked Deeds
Cafferty & Quinn
  1. Waking The Dead
  2. The Dead Play On
  3. Bitter Reckoning
Harrison Investigations:
  1. The Dead Room
  2. The Death Dealer
  3. Nightwalker
  4. Unhallowed Ground
  5. The Killing Edge
Bone Island Trilogy
  1. Ghost Night
  2. Ghost Moon
Julie Garwood's Renard- Buchanan Series I have read a few books in the series starting with book 8 to book 13 ( I didn't know it was a series when I started it) I need to read books the last two books which I also own:
  1. Fire & Ice
  2. Wired (not owned but final book so far) 
Tara Sue Me I've been reading this series for a while now I own a few of them that I haven't gotten to yet. 
  1. The Master
  2. The Claiming
  3. The Exposure
  4. The Flirtation
  5. Mentor's Match (Novella)
  6. The Mentor & The Master (Novella)
  7. Top Trouble 
Miranda Keneally  The Hundred Oak series has been one I've been working on for a while.  
  1. Jesse's Girl 
  2. defending Taylor
  3. Breathe, Annie, Breathe
  4. Racing Savannah
  5. Things I can't Forget
  6. Stealing Parker
Since the original 7 series, I completed two and have now added on my Gena Showalter shelf, which includes several of her series. 

Lords of the Underworld Series has 15 books I need to read: Called the Darkest:
  1. Night
  2. Kiss
  3. Pleasure
  4. Prison
  5. Whisper
  6. Passion
  7. Lie
  8. Secret
  9. surrender
  10. Seduction
  11. Craving
  12. Touch
  13. Torment
  14. Promises
  15. Warrior
  16. King
Jennifer Probst: I only have three books left in this series, one I have started and put aside because I wasn't really into the characters. I'm going to work on finishing these this quarter. Normally I challenge myself with a Jennifer in July reading challenge to complete as many books by a Jennifer on my shelf, this year I didn't bother but I do have an extensive list for next year.  
  1. Searching For Beautiful
  2. Searching For Disaster
  3. Searching for Always
I can't wait to check in again at the end of the year to see how far we have come in each series.  Have you read any of these series or books my loves?? Share with me down below.  

Happy Reading 

Tuesday, August 2, 2022

Welcome August 2022

Hi My loves, 

It's been a while. I've been posting sporadically recently and just trying to share when I feel like sharing. This month I want to try to see if I can come back to blogging or if this is now in the past. I miss this actually and the community of book lovers. While I follow somewhat on twitter, it isn't the same really because there I'm interacting mostly with authors and not really with other big readers like myself.  

With this new variant and the newest concerns in endemics and a new pandemic brewing I'm trying to stay clear of all the crazy by being home and reading. I work in healthcare so I'm freaking out but using reading to escape.  My reading this year has been the best it's been in years.  I have read some beautiful books, some that have broken me open and some that are a must read for everyone who calls themselves an ally to children and the black community.   Today, August 1st in my faith is the first harvest, it's a day of celebrating what you planted in the beginning of the season and the start of putting away for the harsh winter ahead.   It's also a time for introspection. During this season I want to focus more and study more about my faith, which means digging deeper into the non fiction books on my shelves.  

I'm not going to share a big elaborate reading plan because I never stick to them. I want to keep reading like i have been, working on my challenges and taking on at least three of my spiritual books.  I'm also hoping to share more about my reading with you this month. 

Goals for the month:

  1. To Read: 15 books
  2. Non Fiction Religious Goals: 3
  3. Read daily
  4. Blog at least once a week
  5. List more of my purge books on paperbackswap
  6. Update book planner pages
  7. Update blog pages

What goals and challenges do you have for the month my loves??