Fantasy Buddy Reads discussion

Duration: January 1st 2023 - December 31st 2023
Books read: 3

Categorie counters
Finished: 29
Incomplete: 4
Re-reading: 0
Want to start: 31
Abandoned: 9
Up to date: 5

More details on each category can be found in their respective comments on this thread.
If you have any recommendations based on the series listed below, please let me know! I'm always excited about a good, new-to-me, series to read.

Currently reading
Crossroads of Twilight - Robert Jordan (Wheel of Time #10)
A Darker Shade of Magic - Victoria Schwab (Shades of Magic #1)

Planning to read next
Warbreaker - Brandon Sanderson (Warbreaker #1)
This Savage Song - Victoria Schwab (Monsters of Verity #1)

A little note: most, if not all, series I currently am reading or want to read are fantasy, but to get a complete picture I also included other series.

Finished series
2023 counter: 0

In 2023

In 2022
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· Mistborn: The Alloy Era - Brandon Sanderson (rating: 4.5/5)
 Finished The Alloy of Law (#1) on September 4th, 2022
 Finished Shadows of Self (#2) on September 6th, 2022
 Finished The Bands of Mourning (#3) on November 6th, 2022
 Finished The Lost Metal (#4) on November 24th, 2022
(· The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins(rating: 4/5))
 Finished The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (#0) on August 11th, 2022
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In 2021
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· Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Rick Riordan (rating: 4.5/5)
 Finished The Lightning Thief (#1) on February 7th, 2021
 Finished The Sea of Monsters (#2) on February 9th, 2021
 Finished The Titan's Curse (#3) on March 6th, 2021
 Finished The Battle of the Labyrinth (#4) on March 9th, 2021
 Finished The Last Olympian (#5) on March 13th, 2021
· Precious Stone Trilogy - Kerstin Gier (rating: 3.5/5)
 Finished Rubinrot (#1) on January 25th, 2021
 Finished Saphirblau (#2) on March 19th, 2021
 Finished Smaragdgrün (#3) on March 21st, 2021
· The Shining - Stephen King (rating: 5/5)
 Finished The Shining (#1) on March 2nd, 2021
 Finished Doctor Sleep (#2) on April 11th, 2021
· Alice in Borderlands - Haro Aso (Graphic Novels) (rating: 4.5/5)
(view spoiler)[ Finished Vol. 1 on January 19th, 2021
 Finished Vol. 2 on January 19th, 2021
 Finished Vol. 3 on February 15th, 2021
 Finished Vol. 4 on February 15th, 2021
 Finished Vol. 5 on February 15th, 2021
 Finished Vol. 6 on February 15th, 2021
 Finished Vol. 7 on February 15th, 2021
 Finished Vol. 8 on February 15th, 2021
 Finished Vol. 9 on May 13th, 2021
 Finished Vol. 10 on May 13th, 2021
 Finished Vol. 11 on May 13th, 2021
 Finished Vol. 12 on May 13th, 2021
 Finished Vol. 13 on May 13th, 2021
 Finished Vol. 14 on May 13th, 2021
 Finished Vol. 15 on May 13th, 2021
 Finished Vol. 16 on May 13th, 2021
 Finished Vol. 17 on May 13th, 2021
 Finished Vol. 18 on May 13th, 2021 (hide spoiler)]
· Six of Crows - Leigh Bardugo (rating: 4.75/5)
 Finished Six of Crows (#1) on May 5th, 2021
 Finshed Crooked Kingdom (#2) on May 23rd, 2021
· Daughter of Smoke & Bone - Laini Taylor (rating: 3.75/5)
 Re-read Daughter of Smoke & Bone (#1) on May 16th, 2021
 Finished Days of Blood & Starlight (#2) on June 3rd, 2021
 Finished Dreams of Gods & Monsters (#3) on June 12th, 2021
· Artistotle and Dante - Benjamin Alire Sáenz (rating: 4.5/5)
 Finished Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (#1) on June 6th, 2020
 Finished Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World (#2) on December 25th, 2021
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In 2020
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· Rotherweird - Andrew Caldecott (rating: 4.5/5)
 Finished Lost Acre (#3) on April 8th, 2020
· Mistborn trilogy - Brandon Sanderson (rating: 4.5/5)
 Finished The Well of Ascension (#2) on April 13th, 2020
 Finished The Hero of Ages (#3) on April 16th, 2020
· These Witches Don't Burn - Isabel Sterling (rating: 3/5)
 Fnished These Witches Don't Burn (#1) on October 29th, 2020
 Finished This Coven Won't Break (#2) on October 30th, 2020
· The Tattooist of Auschwitz - Heather Morris (rating: 5/5)
 Finished Cilka's Journey (#2) on October 31st, 2020
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Before 2020
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Some of these series I read a long time ago, so not all ratings may be perfectly accurate anymore.

· The 100 - Kass Morgan (rating: 3/5)
· Chronicles of Ancient Darkness - Michelle Paver (rating: 4.5/5)
· Death Note - Tsugumi Ohba (rating: 4/5)
· Divergent - Veronica Roth (rating: 3.5/5)
· Firelight - Sophie Jordan (rating: 3.5/5)
· Harry Potter - J.K. Rowling (rating: 4.5/5)
· The Hunger Games (original trilogy) - Suzanne Collins (rating: 4/5)
· The Infernal Devices - Cassandra Clare (rating: 4/5)
· Inheritance Cycle - Christopher Paolini (rating: 4/5)
· Legend - Marie Lu (rating: 4.5/5)
· Letter for the King - Tonke Dragt (rating: 5/5); Re-read #1 in 2020, #2 in 2021
· Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien (rating: 5/5) ; Re-read in 2020
· Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children (original trilogy) - Ransom Riggs (rating: 4/5)
· The Mortal Instruments - Cassandra Clare (rating: 3.5/5)
· Ranger’s Apprentice - John Flanagan (rating: 5/5)
· The Selection (original trilogy) - Kiera Cass (rating: 3/5)
· Taragon trilogy - Eva Raaff (rating: 4/5)
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And probably some I forgot about...

Incomplete series
Start of 2023: 3

Series where I remember what happened
· Dune - Frank Herbert (read 1/6 books)
 Finished Dune (#1) on October 17th, 2021

· Children of Time - Adrian Tchaikovsky (read 2/3 books)
 Finished Children of Time (#1) on August 18th, 2021
 Finished Children of Ruin (#2) on January 7th, 2022

· Wheel of Time - Robert Jordan (read 8/14 books)
 Finished The Eye of the World (#1) on March 7th, 2022
 Finished The Great Hunt (#2) on March 16th, 2022
 Finished The Dragon Reborn (#3) on June 25th, 2022
 Finished The Shadow Rising (#4) on June 29th, 2022
 Finished The Fires of Heaven (#5) on July 10th, 2022
 Finished Lord of Chaos (#6) on July 21st, 2022
 Finished A Crown of Swords (#7) on July 24th, 2022
 Finished The Path of Daggers (#8) on July 27th, 2022
 Finished Winter's Heart (#9) on January 6th, 2023

· Shades of Magic - V.E. Schwab (read 0/3 books)

Series that require some re-reading first
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Series I’ve finished but want to re-read

2022
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2021
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· Letter for the King - Tonke Dragt
 Re-read De brief voor de koning (#1) on April 30th, 2020
 Re-read The Secrets of the Wild Wood (#2) on March 12th, 2021

· The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
 Re-read The Hunger Games (#1) on June 16th, 2021
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2020
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· Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien
 Re-read The Fellowship of the Ring (#1) on September 2nd, 2020
 Re-read The Two Towers (#2) on October 24th, 2020
 Re-read The Return of the King (#3) on October 30th, 2020 (hide spoiler)]

Series I want to start


Series I (partly) own
· Monsters of Verity - Victoria Schwab (2 books)
· Echoes of the Fall - Adrian Tchaikovsky (3 books)
· The Vorrh Trilogy - Brian Catling (3 books)
· Silo - Hugh Howey (3 books)
· The Green Bone Saga - Fonda Lee (3 books)
· Under the Northern Sky - Leo Carew (3 books)
· Ballad of Sir Benfro - James Oswald (5 books)
· The Witcher - Andrzej Sapkowski (8 books)

I own no books of this series
· Villains - V.E. Schwab (2 books)
· The Golem and the Jinni - Helene Wecker (2 books)
· Elements of Cadence - Rebecca Ross (2 books)
· Warbreaker - Brandon Sanderson (2 books, 1 published)
· The Celestial Kingdom Duology - Sue Lynn Tan (2 books)
· The Poppy War - R.F. Kuang (3 books)
· The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox - Barry Hughart (3 books)
· The Dark Star Trilogy - Marlon James (3 books)
· Rampart Trilogy - M.R. Carey (3 books)
· The Broken Empire - Mark Lawrence (3 books)
· The Wormwood Trilogy - Tade Thompson (3 books)
· The Scholomance - Naomi Novik (3 books)
· Between Earth and Sky - Rebecca Roanhorse (3 books, 2 published)
· The Bloodsworn Saga - John Gwynne (3 books, 2 published)
· The Atlas - Olivie Blake (3 books, 2 published)
· An Ember in the Ashes - Sabaa Tahir (4 books)
· The Locked Tomb - Tamsyn Muir (4 books, 3 published)
· The Masquerade - Seth Dickinson (4 books, 3 published)
· The Return of the Earth Mother - Reni K. Amayo (4 books, 2 published)
· The Heroes of Olympus - Rick Riordan (5 books)
· The Trials of Apollo - Rick Riordan (5 books)
· Tales of the Otori - Lian Hearn (7 books)
· The Stormlight Archive - Brandon Sanderson (10 books, 4 published)

Series I abandoned

In 2023

In 2022
· The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams (read 2.5/5 books)
 Finished The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (#1) on June 10th, 2021
 Finished The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (#2) on June 13th, 2021
 DNF'ed Life, the Universe and Everything (#3) on January 8th, 2022 (I really tried, just could not get through it for the life of me)
· The Dark Artifices - Cassandra Clare (read 1/3 books; I forgot everything and lost interest)

In 2021
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In 2020
· Sword of Truth - Terry Goodkind (read 5/15 books; lost interest overtime)

Before 2020
· The Chemical Garden Trilogy - Lauren DeStefano (read 1/3 books; lost interest overtime)
· Earth’s Children - Jean M. Auel (read 3/6 books; stopped intentionally)
· Gone - Michael Grant (read 2/6 books; stopped intentionally)
· The Lunar Chronicles - Marissa Meyer (read 2/4 books; lost interest overtime)
· The Maze Runner - James Dashner (read 1/5 books; stopped intentionally)
· Touching Juliette - Tahereh Mafi (read 1/6 books; lost interest overtime)

Series I’m up to date on
2023 counter: 1

· A Song of Ice and Fire - George R.R. Martin (rating: 5/5)
  5 out of 7 books have been published so far

· The Kingkiller Chronicle - Patrick Rothfuss (rating: 4.5/5)
  2 out of 3 books have been published so far
  Finished The Wise Man's Fear (#2) on July 31st, 2020
  Finished The Slow Regard of Silent Things (#2.5) on May 1st, 2021

· Heloise the Bard - Sean Gibson
  1 out of ? books has been published so far
  Finished The Part About the Dragon Was (Mostly) True (#1) on December 21st, 2020

· Joona Linna - Lars Kepler
  8 out of 11 books have been published so far
  Finished Jager (#6) on July 10th, 2021
  Finished Lazarus (#7) on July 12th, 2021
  Finished Spiegelman (#8) on January 2nd, 2022

· Alex Stern - Leigh Bardugo
  2 out of 5 books have been published so far
  Finished Ninth House (#1) on January 9th, 2023
  Finished Hell Bent (#2) on January 11th, 2023

Good luck with the challenge!! Soo organised, I love it! :D

(let me know if you want me to delete this comment if you need more space)

Thank you! I'm looking forward to catching up with some of the series I'm reading, and this kind of overview will certainly help I believe.

Don't worry about the space, I think I have enough in the comments I already posted :-)

Marit wrote: "Thank you! I'm looking forward to catching up with some of the series I'm reading, and this kind of overview will certainly help I believe.

Don't worry about the space, I think I have enough in th..."

I love this challenge! Even if it's not stopping my incomplete series list from growing, I still love tracking it all! :)

End of 2020 stats
Books I read from a series: 12

What I accomplished this year:
Finished: 4
Abandoned: 3
New to-read: 3
Up-to-date: 1
Re-read: 1

What is left:
Incomplete: 3
Re-read: 1
To start: 14

I finally went through all the books on my "Want to Read" shelf here on goodreads and put all the series that were on there on my list here as well. The list has probably more than doubled in size now :')

Here's my 2021 recap

I read a lot more books than last year, whether from a series or just in general. After the summer holiday I hit a major slump, mainly due to the fact that university was pretty busy and just a more general lockdown-tiredness I suppose.
Most of the series I finished were series that I also started last year, while two of the three series that I was in the middle of at the end of 2020, are still on my "incomplete list".
This is something I want to try to tackle in 2022: finish the series I am in the middle of before starting a new series. The only exception to this might be Wheel of Time, since that is so long that I'd be okay with reading that along with some other series to not get put off of it by "having" to read it all in one go.
Overall I had a pretty good reading year, the only thing I'm a bit intimidated by is the speed at which my "want to read"-pile seems to grow when compared with my series-finishing speed. But oh well, such is the life of a reader :-)

In numbers
Read 42 books from a series
Finished 7 series
Got up to date on 0 series
Abandoned 1 series
Re-read 1 series

From these series, 6 I started reading in 2021
And 3 I had started earlier

Added 31 new series I want to read
Still reading 6 series

Here's my 2022 recap!


Read 15 books from a series
Finished 1 series
Got up to date on 2 series*
Abandoned 2 series
Re-read 0 series

From these series, 1 I started reading in 2021
And 4 I had started earlier

I am still reading 2 series
There are 36 series I want to start as of December 31st.

*I am counting the Children of Time as me being up to date on it at the end of 2022, since the newest book only came out at the end of the year.