Last year, I took inspiration from Nitzan and talked about my series relationship, what series I'd finished, started and planned on finishing, started and was unsure about continuing and series I wanted to started. If I could be so frank, it was a pretty nifty idea that revealed that I, am was a bit of a series un-finish-er. Fast forward over a year and I thought it would be fun (ha! who am I kidding?!) to take a look at the that relationship status now, see whether I have improved, take a look at where I stand with series, and cry over all the new series I intend to read. Essentially, I'm just digging myself into a worse hole I was already in. Fabulous, worthy post then, right? I thought so. So it begins..

Series Finished And/Or Up-To-Date

Last year, for those who haven't taken a look at last years post (you probably should consider it, I'll be here when you get back), I had technically four series I was either finished with that had all their installments released, or series that were partially released and I'd read all books released. I'm proud to say, I've definitely done away with that measly number in the last year/few months..

Series Featured:

Hearts by Keris Stainton: Jessie Hearts NYC, Emma Hearts LA
The Iron Fey by Julie Kagawa: Iron King, Iron Daughter, Iron Queen, Iron Knight
Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini: Starcrossed, Dreamless, Goddess
Faith by Candy Harper: Have a Little Faith, Keep the Faith
Dead Girls Detective Agency by Suzy Cox: The Dead Girls Detective Agency, Dead Girls Walking
Gallagher Girls by Ally Carter: I'd Tell You, Cross My Heart, Don't Judge, Only The Good, Out of Sight, United We Spy
Sweet Trilogy by Wendy Higgins: Sweet Evil, Sweet Peril, Sweet Reckoning
Curse Workers, by Holly Black: White Cat, Red Glove, Black Heart
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins: Hunger Games, Catching Fire, Mockingjay

Face Time by S.J. Pajonas: Face Time
Unknown Assassin by Allen Zadoff: The Hit, The Mission
The Legion by Kami Garcia: Unbreakable, Unmarked
Mind Games by Kiersten White: Mind Games, Perfect Lies
Awaken by Katie Kacvinsky: Awaken, Middle Ground, Still Point
Percy Jackson by Rick Riordan: Lightning Thief, Sea of Monsters, Titans Curse, Battle of Labyrinth, Last Olympian
Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi: Under the Never Sky, Through the Ever Night, Into the Still Blue
Variants by Susanne Winnacker: Imposter, Defector
Worldwalker by Josephine Angelini: Trial by Fire

Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy: Books #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #7.5, #8, #8.5, #9
Heist Society by Ally Carter: Heist Society, Uncommon Criminals, Perfect Scoundrels
Kane Chronicles by Rick Riordan: Red Pyramid, Throne of Fire, Serpents Shadow
Anna by Kendare Blake: Anna Dressed in Blood, Girl of Nightmares

Otherworld by Skylar Dorset: The Girl Who Never Was, The Boy With the Hidden Name
Tom Hoyle Standalones: Thirteen, Spiders
Waterfire Saga by Jennifer Donnelly: Deep Blue, Rogue Wave
If Only by A.J. Pine: If Only, What If
Heroes of Olympus by Rick Riordan: Lost Hero, Son of Neptune, Mark of Athena, House of Hades, Blood of Olympus
Embassy Row by Ally Carter: All Fall Down
White Rabbit Chronicles by Gena Showalter: Alice in Zombieland, Through the Zombie Glass, Queen of Zombie Hearts
Ladybirds by Jenny MacLachlan: Flirty Dancing, Love Bomb
Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer: Cinder, Scarlet, Cress, Fairest

Never Never by Colleen Hoover/Tarryn Fisher: Part One
Half Life by Sally Green: Half Bad, Half Wild
Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard: Red Queen
The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes: The Naturals, Killer Instinct
Strawberry Sisters by Candy Harper: Perfectly Ella
Penryn and the End of Days by Susan Ee: Angelfall, World After, End of Days
Angelbound by Christina Bauer: Angelbound, Scala, Armageddon, Maxon
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas: A Court of Thorns and Roses

Series I Need To Continue/Finish

What kick started the last edition of this post was wanting to know how many series I leave unread and thankfully, I wasn't too bad at it backtracking a year ago, and I'm pleased to say, I really don't think I'm doing too bad this year either.. am I?

Series Featured:

Infernal Devices by Cassandra Clare: Clockwork Angel, Clockwork Prince | Clockwork Princess
Dirty Monsters by Jackie Trippier Holt: Freaks Like Us, Bloody Secrets | Lies and Lures
Anna - French Kiss by Stephine Perkins: Anna - French Kiss | Lola - Boy Next Door, Isla - Happily Ever After
Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare: Bones, Ashes, Glass | Fallen Angels, Lost Souls, Heavenly Fire
Pivot Point by Kasie West: Pivot Point | Split Second
Fairytale Retellings by Jackson Pearce: Sister's Red, Sweetly | Fathomless, Cold Spell
Courier Daughter's Trilogy by C.J. Redwine: Defiance | Deception, Deliverance
Blood of Eden by Julie Kagawa: Immortal Rules | Eternity Cure, Forever Song
Heart of Dread by Melissa de la Cruz: Frozen | Stolen

Goddess War by Kendare Blake: Antigoddess | Mortal Gods, Ungodly
Everneath by Brodi Ashton: Everneath | Everbound, Evertrue
Summer by Jenny Han: Summer I Turned Pretty | Its Not Summer Without You, We'll Always Have Summer
The Grisha by Leigh Bardugo: Shadow and Bone | Siege and Storm, Ruin and Rising

Starters by Lissa Price: Starters | Enders
The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater: The Raven Boys, Dream Thieves | Blue Lily, Lily Blue, Raven King
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas: Throne of Glass, Crown of Midnight | Heir of Fire
Dark Star by Bethany Frenette: Dark Star, Burn Bright | Fire Fall
Divergent by Veronica Roth: Divergent | Insurgent, Allegiant
I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga: The Hunt Killers | Game, Blood of my Blood
One Night by A.J. Pine: One Night | Untitled
Red Eye by Various Authors: Flesh and Blood | Bad Bones, Sleepless
The Program by Suzanne Young: The Remedy | The Program, The Treatment

Series Started that Need Consideration

Starting a series and finding yourself either a little disappointed or just not feeling anything particular about the first installment, that makes deciding whether to continue the series the most frustrating and horrible feeling in the world. What if it gets better? What if it gets worse? What if it stays, meh? Having to choose is always hard, and of course, I have a few that need some thought..

Series Featured:

Across the Universe by Beth Revis: Across the Universe | A Million Suns, Shades of Earth
Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness: The Knife of Never Letting Go, Ask and the Answer, Monsters of Men
Dustlands by Moira Young: Blood Red Road | Rebel Heart, Raging Star
If I Stay by Gayle Forman: If I Stay | Where She Went

Graceling by Kristin Cashore: Graceling | Fire, Bitterblue
Lose My Sense by Sera Bright: See Through Me | Only Your Touch
Legend by Marie Lu: Legend | Prodigy, Champion
Books of Faerie by Maggie Stiefvater: Lament | Ballad
Lowcountry Ghost Story by Lyla Payne: Not Quite Dead | Not Quite Cold, Not Quite True
The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey: The 5th Wave, Infinite Sea | The Last Star
Splintered by A.G. Howard: Splintered | Unhinged, Ensnared
Monument 14 by Emmy Laybourne: Monument 14 | Sky on Fire, Savage Drift
Spooks Apprentice by Joseph Delaney: Apprentice, Curse, Secret, Battle | #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13

Series I'd Like To Start Soon-ish?

If it wasn't already completely clear to you, I love myself some series and I'm constantly buying, receiving or wanting to start new series, to the point where it's one of the many things I'm tracking in my spreadsheets this year, but I've collected a lot of series starters that I'd like to read, soon, or at least in the near future. In fact, why don't some of you tell me which I should be starting!

Series Featured:

Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor: Smoke and Bone, Blood and Starlight, Gods and Monsters
Breathe by Sarah Crossan: Breath, Resist
Jessie Jefferson by Paige Toon: Accidental Life of Jessie Jefferson, I Knew You Were Trouble
Unremembered by Jessica Brody: Unremembered, Unforgotten, Unchanged
Unwind Dystology by Neil Shusterman: Unwind, Unwholly, Unsouled, Undivided
Avry of Kazan by Maria V. Snyder: Tough of Power, Scent of Magic, Taste of Darkness
Slated by Teri Terry: Slated, Fractured, Shattered
The Pledge by Kimberly Derting: The Pledge, The Essence, The Offering
Prep School Confidential by Kara Taylor: Prep School Confidential, Wicked Little Secrets, Deadly Little Sins

Goddess Test by Aimee Carter: Goddess Test, Goddess Interrupted, Goddess Inheritance
Also Known As by Robin Benway: Spy Society, Sleuth and Dare
Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin: Unbecoming of Mara, Evolution of Mara, Retribution of Mara
Boomerang by Noelle August: Boomerang, Rebound, Bounce

Burn for Burn by Jenny Han/Siobhan Vivan: Burn for Burn, Fire with Fire, Ashes To Ashes
Call of the Forgotten by Julie Kagawa: Lost Prince, Iron Traitor, Iron Warrior
Blackcoat Rebellion by Aimee Carter: Pawn, Captive, Queen
St. Judes Academy by Lucy Carver: Young Gifted & Dead, Killing You Softly
To All the Boys by Jenny Han: To All The Boys I've Loved Before, P.S. I Still Love You
Shadow Ravens by Aileen Erin/Lola Dodge: Cipher, Quanta
Nobody's Princess by Esther Friesner: Nobody's Princess, Nobody's Prize
Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry: Pushing the Limits, Dare To You, Crash Into You, Take Me On
Cahill Witch Chronicles by Jessica Spotswood: Born Wicked, Star Cursed, Sister's Fate

What progress have you made with your series?

14 comments:

Lisa @ Lost in Literature08 June, 2015 02:12
Wow. I'd say you're doing a pretty darn good job!! :) I wish I could say I'm this good at sticking with series. I tend to shy away from series because the pressure to finish all the books gets very stressful for me. You're rocking it, girl!! :)
Eugenia08 June, 2015 04:49
I have this 'series I've started but haven't finished yet' problem too - especially with Enders and Allegiant. I *have* Enders and do want to read it...eventually - but I think I'll need to read Starters again first because it literally has been years. In terms of Allegiant, once it got spoiled for me and I heard some not-so-great things about it, I just lost my motivation to read it - but maybe one day I'll pick it up just for the sake of closure. I can vouch for Slated as a great series to start, it's really a fantastic dystopian with more of a contemporary/realistic edge. Best of luck Amanda, looks like you're doing well so far :)

Eugenia @ Genie In A Book
Tessa08 June, 2015 18:03
Congratulations! Series have been a really hard thing for me to read lately. I read half of a series and just stop for some reason (most of the time to read a new book that just came out). Then, I have to re-read all of them to get back in the mood for the series and to actually understand what is going on.
So, my list of uncompleted series is about as long as your completed series.
As for recommendations, you should skip out on the Goddess Test and Slated series. There are just so many better series out there, like the Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy (one of my personal favorites) and the Splintered series.
Good luck tackling all of these books!
Tessa @ Crazy for YA
Beena08 June, 2015 21:18
I love the way you have organized your post, the graphics look awesome :) You have finished soo many series already, I'm horrible with them these days! I actually really liked If I stay, Across The Universe, and Legend. Legend gets better as you read on, The sequel of If I Stay was just so boring and the concept kinda sucked with the goose chase.. I gave up on Graceling though by the second chapter LOL Pushing The Limits and To All The Boys I've Loved Before were really cute series, hope you enjoy them <3 Benish | Feminist Reflections
Unknown10 June, 2015 18:22
Interesting idea! Minus a few on the popular, well-known series, I tend to dwindle off around book 4 or 5. I really need to stop that
Jeann @ Happy Indulgence12 June, 2015 22:58
You've done so well with completing series, my series I have started but haven't completed list would be soooo long! I'm terrible with starting series and not finishing them because I always get distracted with the new and shiny. Lovely post Amanda, you're doing really well!
N o v a - Z a y13 June, 2015 22:19
This is really cool. I'm not really a goal maker but I love looking at others.

Personally, I'm really iffy on series because it's a commitment and I have commitment issues lol. However, i think you're making excellent progress with yours. And the amount of ones you want to read are awesome. Always love seeing enthusiasm with books :)