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

This is my first year-long challenge - yes!

Scoring:
Each series has an assigned point value based on the number of books in the series. In addition, 5 points will be awarded for every book started and finished in the level.

Trilogy = 30 pts base
Four book series = 40 pts
Five book series = 50 pts
Six book series = 60 pts
Seven book series = 70 pts
Eight book series = 80 pts
Nine book series = 90 pts
Ten or more book series = 100 pts

Series points + for each book read you get 5 points for total points.To complete a level, 100 pts must be achieved PLUS one series must be completed.

Series I want to finish:

Vish Puri series by Tarquin Hall (series of 4; read 2; 2 to go)

Oscar Wilde series by Gyles Brandreth series of 6; read 2; 4 to go)

Armand Gamache series by Louise Penny (series of 10; read 4; 6 to go)

Andreas Kaldis series by Jeffrey Siger (series of 6; read 4; 2 to go)

All Souls Trilogy series by Deborah Harkness (although I've read the first two I plan to re-read the first two books as I read them a while ago and need to refresh my memory so 3 in the series; 3 to go)

Ava Lee series by Ian Hamilton (series of 7; read 2; 5 to go)

Cousins O'Dwyer trilogy Nora Roberts (series of 3; read 2; 1 to go)

Millennium series (Stieg Larsson (series of 4; read 3; 1 to go)

Series I'd like to start (wishful thinking!):

The Africa trilogy by Chinua Achebe

The Cairo trilogy by Naguib Mahfouz

Taj Mahal trilogy by Indu Sundaresan

Omar Yussef series by Matt Rees (series of 4)

Alexandria quartet by Lawrence Durrell

Borneo trilogy by Agnes Newton Keith

Dr. Siri Paiboun series by Colin Cotterill (series of 9)

Level 1:

Completed the Chief Inspector Andreas Kaldis series of 6 books by Jeffrey Siger (Read 4 before challenge) - 60 pts
- Read: Sons of Sparta: A Chief Inspector Andreas Kaldis Mystery - 5 pts
- Read: Mykonos After Midnight: A Chief Inspector Kaldis Mystery - 5 pts
- Read: Still Life - 5 pts
- Read: The Cruelest Month - 5 pts
- Read: A Rule Against Murder - 5 pts
- Read: The Disciple of Las Vegas - 5 pts
- Read: The Wild Beasts of Wuhan - 5 pts
- Read: Oscar Wilde and a Game Called Murder: A Mystery - 5 pts

Total: 100 pts

Level 2:

Completed the Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series of 10 by Louise Penny - (read 4 before challenge) 100 pts
- Read: A Fatal Grace - 5 pts
- Read: The Brutal Telling: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel - 5 pts
- Read: Bury Your Dead - 5 pts

Total: 115 pts

Level 3:

Completed the Borneo Trilogy by Agnes Newton Keith (none read before challenge) 30 points
- Read: Land Below the Wind - 5 pts
- Read: Three Came Home - 5 pts
- Read White Man Returns - 5 pts

Completed The Cousins O'Dwyer Trilogy by Nora Roberts (read 2 before challenge) - 30 pts
- Read: Blood Magick - 5 pts

- Read: Things Fall Apart from The African Trilogy - 5 pts
- Read: The Scottish Banker of Surabaya from the Ava Lee series - 5 pts
- Read: The King of Shanghai from the Ava Lee series - 5 pts
- Read: The Coroner's Lunch from the Dr. Siri Paiboun series - 5 pts

Total: 100 pts

Level 4:

Completed the Vish Puri series of 4 by Tarquin Hall (read 2 before the challenge, 2 to go) - 40 pts
- Read; The Case of the Man Who Died Laughing - 5pts
- Read The Case of the Love Commandos - 5 pts

Completed the Millennium series of 4 by Stieg Larsson and David Lagercrantz (read 3 before the challenge, 1 to go) - 40 pts
- Read The Girl in the Spider's Web - 5 pts

- Read Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man's Smile from the Oscar Wilde series - 5 pts

Total: 100 pts

Level 5:

Completed the African Trilogy by Chinua Achebe - 30 points (none read before challenge, first book read for level 3)
- Read No Longer at Ease- 5 points
- Read Arrow of God - 5 points

Completed the Oscar Wilde series of 6 by Gyles Brandreth - 60 pts (two read before challenge, 1 read in level 1 and 1 read in level 4)
- Read Oscar Wilde and the Vampire Murders: A Mystery - 5 pts
-Read Oscar Wilde and the Murders at Reading Gaol - 5 pts

Total: 110 pts

Reserved - who am I kidding?

Reserved - am I really doing this?

Enjoy your first year long challenge!

Thanks Janice!

Happy reading and Good Luck on your 1st year long challenge!

Good luck with your first year long challenge!

Thanks Anne and Peggy!

looks good Lilisa. Armand Gamache is in my list too.

Read Oscar Wilde and a Game Called Murder: A Mystery. I can see this year-long challenge will be challenging. Just one book so far. Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

One book at a time. :)

:-) So many books, so little time. Thanks for the encouragement Janice.

Doing a lousy job of keeping track of these here - will need to figure out an organized way to do this! Just finished The Brutal Telling - Louise Penny is brilliant! Review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Read Things Fall Apart - first book in the African a Trilogy. Review - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show....

Finished A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny - another great read featuring Chief Inspector Armand Gamache. One more to go in this series! Review here:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Was on the island of Borneo again with the second in the Borneo trilogy - Three Came Home. Review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Finished the Borneo trilogy with the last book: White Man Returns - review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Great you can still work in your AtW books into this challenge.

Cherie wrote: "Great you can still work in your AtW books into this challenge."

Absolutely Cherie!

Finished two in the Ava Lee series The Scottish Banker of Surabaya review - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... and The King of Shanghai review - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show....

Reviewed the last book for me in the Armand Gamache series Bury Your Dead review - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show....

oh, you are fueling my serial addiction :)

at some point, i'll be trying:

Oscar Wilde series by Gyles Brandreth series

Andreas Kaldis series by Jeffrey Siger

Ava Lee series by Ian Hamilton

Lindy-Lane wrote: "oh, you are fueling my serial addiction :)

at some point, i'll be trying:

Oscar Wilde series by Gyles Brandreth series

Andreas Kaldis series by Jeffrey Siger

Ava Lee series by Ian Hamilton"

These are all fun series Lindy-Lane. Hope you enjoy them when you get to them.