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I've been neglecting my favourite series so this year I'm going to focus on catching up with them and also start some new ones I've had on my tbr for too long.

I’ll try to read 2-3 books from the following series, starting with the next in series. Aiming for 40 books.

Progress: 44/ 40 books

J.D. Robb's In Death series (57 books)
✔ # 28 Promises in Death 4★
✔ #29 Kindred in Death 5★
✔ #30 Fantasy in Death 4.5★
#31 Indulgence in Death

Terry Pratchett's Discworld series (41 books)
#22 The Last Continent

Stuart MacBride's Logan MacRae series (12 books)
✔#11 The Blood Road 5★
#12 All That’s Dead

Martha Wells’ Murderbot series (7 books)
#5 Network Effect

Gregg Andrew Hurwitz's Orphan X series ( 8 books)
#4 Out of the Dark

Robert Dugoni's Tracy Crosswhite series (10 books)
#4 The Trapped Girl

Helena Dixon's Kitty Underhay series (11 books)
✔ #5 Murder in the Belltower 4★
✔ #6 Murder at Elm House 4★
#7 Murder at the Wedding

Martin Walker's Bruno, Chief of Police series
✔ #2 The Dark Vineyard 4★
✔ #3 Black Diamond 4★

P.J. Tracy's Monkeewrench series (10 books)
✔ #8 Nothing Stays Buried 4★

Jim Butcher’s Dresden series (17 books)
#16 Peace Talks

Jeffery Deaver's Lincoln Rhyme series (16 books)
#3 The Empty Chair

Elly Griffiths's Ruth Galloway series (15 books)
✔ #5 A Dying Fall 4★
✔ #6 The Outcast Dead 5★
✔ #7 The Ghost Fields 4★

Louise Penny's Inspector Gamache series (18 books)
✔ #16 All the Devils Are Here 5★
#17 The Madness of Crowds

Linda Castillo's Kate Burkholder series (15 books)
#1 Sworn to Silence

Sophie Hénaff's Awkward Squad series (2 of 3 books translated)
✔ #1 The Awkward Squad 4★
✔ #2 Stick Together 4★

S.J. Bennett's Her Majesty the Queen Investigates series (3 books)
✔ #1 The Windsor Knot 4★
✔ #2 A Three Dog Problem 4★

Catherine Lee's Detective Charlie Cooper series (7 books)
✔ #7 Dark Justice 4★

Blake Banner's Dead Cold series (28 books)
#4 Let Us Prey

Ben Aaronovitch's Rivers of London series (10 books)
#9 False Value

Ilona Andrews’s Innkeeper chronicles (5 books)
✔ #3 One Fell Sweep 4.5★
#4 Sweep of the Blade

Cara Hunter’s DI Adam Hawley series (6 books)
✔ #2 In the Dark 5★
✔ #3 All The Rage 5★

Karin Slaughter’s Will Trent Series (11 books)
✔ #5 Fallen 5★
#6 Criminal

Tess Gerritsen's Rizzoli & Isles series (13 books)
#4 Body Double

Faith Martin's Oxford Murder series (19 books)
✔ #3 Murder of the Bride 4★
✔ #4 Murder in the Village 4★
✔ #5 Murder in the Family 4★
✔ #6 Murder at Home 4★
✔ #7 Murder in the Meadow 4.5★
✔ #8 Murder in the Mansion 4.5★
✔ #9 Murder in the Garden 5★
✔ #10 Murder By Fire 4★
✔ #11 Murder at Work 4★
✔ #12 Murder Never Retires 4★
✔#13 Murder of a Lover 4.5★
✔ #14 Murder Never Misses 4★

Chris Hammer's Ivan Lucas & Nell Buchanan series (3 books)
✔ #1 Treasure & Dirt 5★
✔ #2 The Tilt 5★
✔ #3 The Seven 5★

Simon Rowell’s Detective Zoe Mayer series (3 books)
✔#2. Wild Card 4★
✔#3 The Good Dog 4.5★

Margaret Hickey's Mark Ariti series (3 books)
✔ #1 Cutters End 4★
✔ #2 Stone Town 4★
#3 Broken Bay

Colin Conway's Cozy Up series (7 books)
✔ #2 Cozy Up To Death 5★
✔ #3 Cozy Up to Blood 4★
#4 Cozy Up to Trouble

Darynda Jones's Sunshine Vicram series (3 books)
✔ #3 A Hard Day for a Hangover 4★

I'll also keep track of my Annual Challenges here:

Aussie Readers Opposites Attract 36/ 36 books COMPLETED
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Aussie Readers A-Z Follow the Clues 26/26 books COMPLETED
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Aussie Lovers of Crime Read a Series challenge 12/12 books COMPLETED
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

I'm also want to reduce the number of books I read from Netgalley so I can read more of my owned books.
My GR annual challenge is for 240 books, so I'll aim to read up to 140 from Netgalley and at least 100 from other sources (esp my overloaded kindle!)

January: 10
February: 12
March: 12
April:13
May: 22 (oops!)
June: 13
July: 14
August: 12
September: 10
October: 13
November: 14
December: 9

total = 154
3 more than last year so a big FAIL! 👎
Must try harder not to click the 'Request' button in 2024!

Good luck Carolyn.

Good- luck Carolyn!

Good luck and best wishes, Carolyn

Good luck :)

Good luck Carolyn and have fun

That's an excellent challenge Carolyn! I'm sure you'll do well :)

Thanks everyone! I know I’m going to enjoy doing this one :)

Brenda wrote: "That's an excellent challenge Carolyn! I'm sure you'll do well :)"

Thanks Brenda - the Aussie Crime annual challenge will help too ;)

Yes it sure will! Great idea of Phrynne's - maybe it should be a permanent challenge to help us with our series'...

Great idea Brenda!

I might whisper in her ear ;)

She whispered and I think it is a great idea.

Excellent! 🥳

Nice looking list!

good luck, that sounds a great idea

Leonie wrote: "Nice looking list!"

Thanks Leonie :)

Denise MF wrote: "good luck, that sounds a great idea"

Thanks Denise, I’ll have no excuse for neglecting them now!

I like your challenge! We seem to share some favourite series & you have reminded me that I have also neglected some of them.

Trisha wrote: "I like your challenge! We seem to share some favourite series & you have reminded me that I have also neglected some of them."

It's so easy to do Trisha with so many new books coming out all the time.

Lots of series, Carolyn! Good luck, it will be fun. This is a great way to keep track; better than my word doc that I use!! ;)

Suz wrote: "Lots of series, Carolyn! Good luck, it will be fun. This is a great way to keep track; better than my word doc that I use!! ;)"

Probably too many series Suz!

The bonus of listing them this way is that when challenges come up requiring a certain title or book cover I can check this list and see if I can slot any in that fit.