RMFAO (Reading My Frigging A** Off) discussion

Hello all the members of RMFAO,

After the unexpected, unapologetic, unprecedented and, quite honestly, crazy year that 2020 was, I hope that RMFAO continues to be a that pillar on which we all booklovers can lean and take a little time for ourselves and our souls and talk about books.

We all love reading series (how can we not, right?) There are so many amazing series that we simply can't have enough of. Reading about the familiar characters, following their lives one book after the other and exploring their worlds intimately is an entirely different experience than reading a standalone novel. Reading series is like living in different-different fictional worlds in a true sense. But so many times, much to our dismay, we fail to complete a series that were started long ago. Sometimes "real life" comes in the way and some time procrastination does, but no matter what we always think about reading and completing these series, but to no avail.

This challenge is devised for this very problem, and we are happy to present the 7th instalment of this extraordinary challenge - RMFAO 2021 Series Challenge.

RMFAO 2021 Series Challenge is here to give you an opportunity to complete the series you've longed to complete for a long time! You can even start with a fresh series and try to complete it within the year. Just pick a level you want to aim for and start reading.

Levels:
Level 1: Casual Reader: 1-2 series (easy)
Level 2: Frequent Reader: 3-5 series (moderate)
Level 3: Bookworm: 6-8 series (mildly strenuous)
Level 4: Bibliophile: 9-10 series (strenuous)
Level 5: Bookiopath: 11 series or more (challenging)

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There are absolutely no rules for this challenge. All you have to do is complete as many series as you can, new and old alike.

Feel free to use this discussion board for recommending books, discussing the ones you're reading or really love and posting links to the books or your reviews.

Other challenges that you can participate in:
RMFAO 2021 Genre Challenge
RMFAO 2021 Classics Catchup
RMFAO 2021 Audiobook Challenge

If you're as crazy about reading and books as we then go ahead combining all or any challenges to spice up your reading lists!

Happy Reading!

I’m in. This sounds great. I will be reading at Level 3.
Here we go! Happy New Year! 🥂
Finished in August.

✔️Mistborn Trilogy: Brandon Sanderson
1.📍The Final Empire
2.📍The Well of Ascension
3.📍The Hero of Ages

✔️Live Ship Trilogy: Robin Hobb
1.📍 Ship of Magic
2.📍 The Mad Ship
3.📍Ship of Destiny

✔️Lunar Chronicles: Marissa Meyer
1. 📍 Cinder
2. 📍 Scarlet
3. 📍Cress
4. 📍 Fairest
5. 📍 Winter
6. 📍 Stars Above

✔️Max Rupert Series: Allen Eskens
1. 📍The Life We Bury
2. 📍The Guise of Another
3. 📍The Heavens May Fall
4. 📍The Deep Dark Descending

✔️Liam Taggart & Catherine Lockhart Series: Ronald H. Balson
1.📍 Once We Were Brothers
2.📍Saving Sophie
3.📍Karolina's Twins
4.📍The Trust
5.📍The Girl from Berlin

✔️Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery: Vicki Delany
1. 📍Elementary, She Read
2. 📍Body on Baker Street
3. 📍The Cat of the Baskervilles
4. 📍A Scandal in Scarlet
5. 📍There's A Murder Afoot
6. 📍A Curious Incident

Gentlemen Bastard series: Scott Lynch
1. 📍The Lies of Locke Lamora
2. 📍Red Seas Under Red Skies
3. 📍The Republic of Thieves in
4. The Thorn of Emberlain -Publication date:4/12/22

I'm in! I'm absolutely terrible at finishing series, lol.

Participating at Level 3: Bookworm: 6-8 series (mildly strenuous).

Really like Joan's layout (Going to "borrow", but give credit 😉👏)

The Guild Codex: Annette Marie

1. 📍Taming Demons for Beginners
2. Slaying Monsters for the Feeble
3. Hunting Fiends for the Ill-Equipped
4. Delivering Evil for Experts

Ice Planet Barbarians: Ruby Dixon [Sidenote: Am I crazy this series has like 15 books?!! But I was able to power through 4 books during a reading slump soo...

1.📍[book:Ice Planet Barbarians|25128811]
2.📍Barbarian Alien
3.📍Barbarian Lover
4.📍Barbarian Mine
5. Ice Planet Holiday

Princes: Elizabeth Hoyt
1. 📍The Raven Prince
2.The Leopard Prince
3.The Serpent Prince

Joan wrote: "I’m in. This sounds great. I will be reading at Level 2: Frequent Reader: 3-5 series (moderate).
Not sure which series I will be starting in Jan so I will add the book titles and author then."

Welcome, Joan. And sure take your time :)

Joan wrote: "I’m in. This sounds great. I will be reading at Level 2: Frequent Reader: 3-5 series (moderate).
Not sure which series I will be starting in Jan so I will add the book titles and author then."

Me too! This challenge is the reason I am even keeping a track of the series I've read.
Happy reading!

I am planning to complete Throne of Glass Series that I started in late 2020 and absolutely fell in love with!
Also, I'll be starting A Court Of Thorns and Roses Series by SJ Mass. Most readers claim that this series is better than even Throne of Glass so I am really looking forward reading it :D

I will be continuing the series I started in 2020 and before:

The Chronicles of Narnia (Chronological Order) Series:
1. The Magician's Nephew
2. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
3. The Horse and His Boy
4. Prince Caspian
5. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
6. The Silver Chair
7. The Last Battle

A Throne Of Glass by S.J. Mass
1. Throne of Glass
2. Crown of Midnight
3. Heir of Fire
4. Queen of Shadows
5. Empire of Storms - Currently Reading
6. Tower of Dawn
7. Kingdom of Ash

Grishaverse Series by Leigh Bardugo
Sub-Series: The Shadow and Bone Trilogy:
1. Shadow and Bone
2. Siege and Storm - Will be reading again
3. Ruin and Rising
Sub-Series: Six Of Crow Trilogy:
4. Six of Crows
5. Crooked Kingdom
6. Unannounced
Sub-Series: King Of Scars Trilogy
6. King of Scars
7. Rule of Wolves
8. Unannounced

Dune Series by Frank Herbert
1. Dune
2. Dune Messiah
3. Children of Dune
4. God Emperor of Dune
5. Heretics of Dune
6. Chapterhouse: Dune

And will start:

The Great Library Series by Rachel Caine
1. Ink and Bone
2. Paper and Fire
3. Ash and Quill
4. Smoke and Iron
5. Sword and Pen

The Illuminae Files Series by Amie Kaufman
1. Illuminae
2. Gemina
3. Obsidio

Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series
1. The Lightning Thief
2. The Sea of Monsters
3. The Titan's Curse
4. The Battle of the Labyrinth
5. The Last Olympian

2021 Series Challenge
Going to try and read these ones...

P.C. Cast - House of Night
Hidden
Revealed
Redeemed

James Dasher - The Maze Runner Series
The Fever Code
Crank Palace

Stephanie Garber - Caraval Series
Finale 5/31/21

Gwen Hayes - Falling Under Series
Dreaming Awake 11/12/21

Wendy Higgins - Sweet Series
Sweet Peril
Sweet Reckoning
Sweet Temptation

Lauren Kate - Fallen Series
Rapture 5/22/21
Unforgiven

Marie Lu - Legend Series
Champion 6/21/21
Rebel

Barry Lyga - I Hunt Killers Series
Blood of My Blood

Richelle Mead - Vampire Academy Series
Blood Promise
Spirit Bound
Last Sacrifice

Patrick Ness - Chaos Walking Series
Monsters of Men 8/12/21
Snowscape 9/13/21

James Patterson - Maximum Ride Series
Maximum Ride Forever
Hawk

Lissa Price - Starters Series
Enders

Veronica Rossi - Under the Never Sky Series
Roar and Liv
Brooke
Into the Still Blue 3/25/21

VE Schwab - Shades of Magic Series
A Conjuring of Light 9/19/21

Laura Thalassa - The Four Horsemen Series
Famine 6/30/21
Death

Erin Watt - The Royals Series
Fallen Heir
Cracked Kingdom

JL Weil - Raven Series
Soul Symmetry

Dan Wells - Partials Sequence Series
Ruins 9/14/21

Rick Yancy - The 5th Wave Series
The Last Star 5/5/21

Dagny wrote: "Heena, I loved the first three books in The Great Library Series by Rachel Caine. The 4th one fell off a bit for me - and I just realized that I haven't read the last one yet."

If I am remembering it right, I got this book on your recommendation. I got it and then I forgot I had it. Lol. So I will read it this year! Can't wait to start it!
oh, no. I hate when a book series goes from good to bad because then you don't know if you even want to continue! Will you be reading the last one?

Christina wrote: "2021 Series Challenge
Going to try and read these ones..."

I've wanted to read James Dashner's books for a while now. I might add them also to my list if I am able to finish these.

I did not read a single book in the Wheel of Time series last year. (For obvious reasons I was too overwhelmed by the world to read several middle books in a long saga.) I have 6 out of 14 read. There is no way I am going to finish this year, but hopefully, I will be up for reading a couple.

Christina wrote: "2021 Series Challenge
Going to try and read these ones...

P.C. Cast - House of Night
Hidden
Revealed
Redeemed

James Dasher - The Maze Runner Series
..."

OoOoo 👀 great list you got here! I'm also hoping to complete the House of Night series, I do remember liking it. I would also like to try the Chaos Walking series, I'm eagerly anticipating the movie!

M. R. Carey. The Book of Koli. A three book series. The first two were excellent and now must wait for the final one, The Fall of Koli.

I'd like to do the in death series I'm going to be listening to it though is that ok?

If so then I've started already with 1,2,3 of the series at the end of 2020

#1 Naked in Death 11/2020
#2 Glory in Death 11/2020
#3 Immortal in Death 12/2020
#4 Rapture in Death 2/2/2021
#5 Ceremony in Death 2/5/21
#6 Vengeance in Death 2/20/20
#7 Holiday in Death
#7.5 Midnight in Death
#8 Conspiracy in Death
#9 Loyalty in Death
#10 Witness in Death
#11 and #12 Judgment in Death / Betrayal in Death
#12.5Interlude in Death
#13 Seduction in Death
#14 Reunion in Death
#15 Purity in Death
#16 Portrait in Death
#17Imitation in Death
#17.5 Big Jack
#18 Divided in Death
#19 Visions in Death
#20 Survivor In Death

I'll start with this and see how it goes.

Elise wrote: "I'd like to do the in death series I'm going to be listening to it though is that ok?

If so then I've started already with 1,2,3 of the series at the end of 2020

#1 Naked in Death 1..."

I had not read Naked in Death until it was picked in a romance group for a monthly “pick 4 me”. Surprised how much I enjoyed it. Some day I will dedicate myself to the entire series.

Will be looking forward to your reviews!

Decisions.....🤷🏻‍♀️ Think I will try Level Two. I have at least two I have already planned..... list to come....

✅The Themis Files Trilogy
Sleeping Giants💖2/18/21
Waking Gods💖2/28/21
Only Human💖3/1/21

Elise wrote: "I'd like to do the in death series I'm going to be listening to it though is that ok?

If so then I've started already with 1,2,3 of the series at the end of 2020

#1 Naked in Death 1..."

I love this series. And good call on the audio book choice. Susan Ericksen is one of my all time favorite narrators. She really makes the characters live, and gives them all a unique voice. I love her voices for Peabody and Mavis. :) The series is great, but huge. I'm still working my way through it! Not every book is a diamond, but they're all worth reading.

Dagny wrote: "Have now finished the Cape Perdido series by Marcia Muller so that is two done."

Amazing! The amount of books you read astounds me.