Finishing the Series Reading Challenge discussion

I'm in! This is the year I'm finally going to finish Sue Grafton's Kinsey Milhone alphabet series, for sure. Sign me up for level 3 and I'll decide on the others later.

Welcome to the challenge! Have fun - I haven't read that series but it's one I wanted to try too.

Here's what I have left on the Sue Grafton series:
L is for Lawless
M is for Malice
O is for Outlaw
P is for Peril
Q is for Quarry
R is for Ricochet
S is for Silence
T is for Trespass
U is for Undertow
V is for Vengeance
W is for Wasted

I think I'm also going to finish Lisa Gardner's series. I have these left:
Love You More
Catch Me
The 7th Month (a novella)
Fear Nothing (comes out in 2014)

Also I want to finish the Julia Spencer Fleming series. I have left:
All Mortal Flesh
I Shall Not Want
One Was a Soldier
Through the Evil Days (comes out soon)

There are several others I'd like to finish also. We'll see how it goes, I may add them later.

Oops, I'm going to have to take off "L is for Lawless" and "All Mortal Flesh" in the Julia Spencer Fleming series. I was in the mood to read those 2 series and read those 2 books last month. I'm going to add another series to my list. I want to finish the Jack Daniels series by J A Konrath. The ones I have left are:
Dirty Martini
Fuzzy Navel
Cherry Bomb
Shaken
Stirred

There are also several short stories/novellas in this series to read also:
65Proof
Jack Daniels Stories
With a Twist
Jacked Up

I may add more series later.

Finished reading "M is for Malice" today. Good read.

Finished reading Julia Spencer Fleming's "I Shall Not Want" today. Good read.

This week, I finished N is for Noose by Sue Grafton and One was a Soldier by Julia Spencer Fleming. Both were interesting reads although One was a Soldier was not my favorite in that series.

I'm going to add a few more series to my list.
Woods, Stuart (Stone Barrington Series)
27. Doing Hard Time
28. Standup Guy
29. Carnal Curiosity
30. Cut and Thrust

Kiernan-Lewis, Susan (Irish End Game)
2. Going Gone
3. Heading Home

Hyzy, Julie (White House Chef)
7. Home of the Braised

Michaels, Fern (Sisterhood Series)
22. Blindsided
23. Kiss and Tell

Evanovich, Janet (Stephanie Plum Series)
Takedown Twenty
Top Secret Twenty-One

Fairstein, Linda (Alex Cooper Series)
16. Terminal City

Stabenow, Dana (Liam Campbell Series)
3. Nothing Gold Can Stay
4. Better to Rest

Greenwood, Kerry
3. Devil's Food
4. Trick or Treat
5. Forbidden Fruit
6. Cooking the Books

Reichs, Kathy (Temperance Brennan Series)
16. Bones of the Lost
17. Bones Never Lie

Jance, J. A.
9. Moving Target (Alison Reynolds Series)
15. Remains of Innocence (JoAnna Brady Series)

Sandford, John
7. Storm Front (Virgil Flowers Series)
24. Field of Prey (Lucas Davanport Series)

Patterson, James
15. Alex Cross's Trial
21. Cross My Heart (Alex Cross Series)
2. NYPD Red 2
13. Unlucky 13 (Women's Murder Club Series)
5. I, Michael Bennett
6. Gone
7. Burn (Michael Bennett Series)

Kellerman, Jonathan (Alex Delaware Series)
27. Victims
28. Guilt
29. Killer

Cornwell, Patricia
18. Port Mortuary
19. Red Mist
20. The Bone Bed
21. Dust

These are all series that I am pretty well caught up on, mostly just ones that came out last year, or are coming out this year.

Oops, 2 more.
Goldenbaum, Sally (Seaside Knitters Mysteries)
7. Angora Alibi
8. Murder in Merino

Brandt, Kathy (Underwater Investigation Series)
3. Dangerous Depths
4. Under Pressure

This week I finished Blindsided by Fern Michaels, one of the Sisterhood series; Doing Hard Time, a Stone Barrington novel by Stuart Woods, one of my guilty pleasures; and Love You More, #5 in Lisa Gardner's Detective D. D. Warren series, which I think is the best in this series, so far. The first 2 were enjoyable, the last was intense and the type of book you just don't want to put down, you have to know what happens next. Great week for reading!

This past week was a slow one for me with reading, too many other things to do. Finished O is for Outlaw, #15 in the Sue Grafton Kinsey Millhone series and a novella, #15.5 in the Kathy Reichs, Temperance Brennan series titled, Bones in her Pocket which actually had a story, unlike many novellas I have read.

In the last 2 weeks, I have finished 3 books from the library and 1 from my Kindle for this challenge. I read Bones of the Lost by Kathy Reichs, #16 in her Temperance Brennan series which was okay but definitely not as good as her earlier ones. I also read Storm Front, Virgil Flowers #7 by John Sandford which is getting mixed reviews, but which I enjoyed; and The Vintage Caper, the first in a trilogy by Peter Mayle. This was the first of Mayle's fiction works that I have read and I enjoyed it. From my Kindle, I read J A Konrath's Dirty Martini, the 4th in the Jack Daniel's series, also very interesting as the serial killer was a poisoner, which was rather unusual.

It's been awhile since I've posted so here goes. First, the ones I've read from series already posted: Spencer--Through the Evil Days which finishes this series for now; Jance--Moving Target which is the latest in this series; Michaels--Kiss and Tell, which is the latest in the Sisterhood series with the next one scheduled for Jan 2015; Goldenbaum--Angora Alibi with the next one scheduled out in May; Gardner--Catch Me and the novella, The 7th Month, the next and last one in this series currently is on my shelf and will start in a few; and finally, Patterson--Cross My Heart, which from reading the reviews was controversial, but I loved it and can't wait for the next one, and NYPD Red 2 which also was good. In fact, all of these were very enjoyable, some of my favorite series and authors.

A few of my go-to romance series to add to my list:
Carr, Robyn: Thunder Point #4--The Chance
#5--The Promise (out 6/2014)
#6--The Homecoming (out 8/2014)

Ramsay, Hope: Last Chance Series #3--Last Chance Beauty Queen; #3.5--Last Chance Bride; #4--Last Chance Christmas;#5--Last Chance Book Club; #5.5--I'll Be home for Christmas (In "A Small Town Christmas"); #5.5 --Last Chance Summer; #6--Last Chance Knit and Stitch; #6.5--Silent Night (in "A Christmas to Remember"); #7--Inn at Last Chance (out in 4/2014); #8--Last Chance Family (Out in 11/2014)

Shalvis, Jill Lucky Harbor Series #9--Once in a Lifetime; #10--Its in his Kiss (out in 8/2014); #11--He's So Fine (out in 9/2014); #12--One in a Million (out in 10/2014).

Stewart, Mariah Chesapeake Diaries Series
#7 At the River's Edge
#8 On Sunset Beach (out in 7/2014)

Woods, Sherryl
Sweet Magnolias #11 -- Swan Point (out in 7/2014)
Seaview Key #2 -- Home to Seaview Key
Chesapeake Shores #11 -- The Christmas Bouquet (out in 10/2014)

So far in the last few weeks, I've read:
Last Chance Beauty Queen by Hope Ramsay; The Chance by Robyn Carr; At the River's Edge by Mariah Stewart; Once in a Lifetime by Jill Shalvis; and Home to Seaview Key by Sherryl Woods. All of these are my go-to authors and as usual they all delivered. Excellent reads if you're in the mood for romance.

A few more to add:
Childs, Laura/The Cackleberry Club Series
#5--Eggs in a Casket
#6--Scorched Eggs (Due out 12/2014)

Higgins, Jack/Sean Dillon Series
#20--The Death Trade
#21--Rain on the Dead (Due out 12/2014)

Cates, Bailey/Magical Bakery Mysteries
#3--Charms and Chocolate Chips
#4--Some Enchanted Eclair (Out in 7/2014)

Coulter, Catherine FBI thriller series
#18--Power Play (Due out 7/2014)

Brit in the FBI series
#1--The Final Cut
#2--The Lost Key (Due out in 9/2014)

In the past few weeks, I've read:
Coulter's Brit in the FBI #1 -- The Final Cut which was quite good; Cates' Charms and Chocolate Chips -- Even though I'm not big on Cozies, this one is pretty good, set in Savannah with a magical component which makes it interesting; Jack Higgins' The Death Trade -- I love this Sean Dillon Series and have read them all; Laura Child's Cackleberry Club, Eggs in a Casket, again an enjoyable Cozy. The cozies I like tend to have something to do with food, do you notice a theme here? That's all for now, moving on to the next book(s).

Adding another Series:
McComber, Debbie Blossom Street series
#9--Starting Now
#10-- Blossom Street Brides

Today, I finished #9 Starting Now, which I thought was okay, not as good as some of the previous in the series, but worth the read.

In the last couple of months since I last posted, I've read a few more books for this group: I finished the series by Lisa Gardner, the last book was titled Fear Nothing and was quite good. I've read a couple of Susan Mallery, the last in the Blackberry Island series, titled Evening Stars and the latest in the Fool's Gold series, When We met. I've also read the latest in Jodi Thomas's Harmony series, Betting the Rainbow (This is an excellent small town series!). I read the first in a series by J. T. Ellison about a medical examiner titled A Deeper Darkness. I read a novella, Last Chance Bride and the next book in that series, Last Chance Christmas, another small town, romantic series by Hope Ramsay. I've read a couple more Stone Barrington books by Stuart Woods, Standup Guy and Carnal Curiosity. I love this series. I read the latest in Debbie Macomber's Blossom Street series, Blossom Street Brides. I read the latest in the Sheila Roberts' Life in Icicle Falls series, Book #4, The Cottage on Juniper Ridge. I also read the latest John Sandford, Lucas Davenport, Field of Prey and Sue Graftons, P is for Peril, as well as James Patterson's latest in the Women's Murder Club series, Unlucky 13. All of these, except the J. T. Ellison series, were by authors I read all the time and follow. All were pretty good reads.

Wow, I didn't realize how long since I posted on here. I have been reading though. Since the last post, I have read Sweet Talk, HotShot, and Fast Track (# 10, 11, and 12 of the Buchanon-Renard Series) by Julie Garwood, all of which I enjoyed; I, Michael Bennett, Gone, and Burn (#5, 6, and 7 of the Michael Bennett Series) by James Patternson. My least favorite was I, Michael Bennett, I started it, then stopped, then went back and started it again. I also read The Promise and The Homecoming by Robyn Carr (#5 and #6 of the Thunder Point Series), both good books, but I am just not liking this series as much as I loved her Virgin River series. Susan Mallery, I read Before We Kiss, Until We Touch and Yours for Christmas (Fools Gold #14, 15 and 15.5). I read Emily March's Dreamweaver Trail (Eternity Springs #8). I read The Night is Alive by Heather Graham, Krewe of Hunters #10. I also read the first two books in another trilogy by Heather Graham, Let the Dead Sleep and Waking The Dead, #1 and 2 in the Cafferty and Quinn series. The first one was okay, the second I felt was just a redo of the first, just a different art object, the first book revolved around a statue and the second, a painting. Not too impressed and I usually love her books. Read Janet Evanovich's Top Secret Twenty One (Stephanie Plum #21); Q is for Quarry and R is for Ricochet, #17 and 18 in the Sue Grafton Kinsey Millhone series. Q was probably my favorite in the series so far, it was a fictional account based on a true life cold case; J. A. Jance, Joanna Brady #16 Remains of Innocence and The Old Blue Line, Joanna Brady #15.5 which was kind of a Prequel of the story of Joanna Brady and her second husband Butch which I really enjoyed. I have read several of Rex Stout's and Robert Goldsborough's Nero Wolfe series in the past, so I really enjoyed Robert Goldsborough's Archie Meets Nero Wolfe: A Prequel to Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe Mysteries, loved it. I also read Catherine Coulter's Power Play (FBI Thriller #18) and Coulter and Ellison's, The Lost Key (A Brit in the FBI #2), both of which I enjoyed. On Sunset Beach (Chesapeake Diaries #8) by Mariah Stewart; Kathy Reichs, Swamp Bones: A Novella (Temperance Brennan #16.5) and Bones Never Lie (Temperance Brennan #17) which was much better than her last one; Stuart Woods, Cut and Thrust and Paris Match (Stone Barrington #30 and 31) which for some reason, I always enjoy; Terminal City (Alexandra Cooper #16) by Linda Fairstein. I started Allison Brennan's New series, Max Revere #0.5, Maximum Exposure which was enough to make me want to read the first book as soon as I can get it. All of these are by authors that I read all the time and follow. Most were pretty good reads.

Okay, I've got a few more. I've read all of Fern Michael's Sisterhood series, so I was anxious to read the offshoot, The Men of the Sisterhood, #1, Upside Down, which was a bit of a disappointment to me, the men just didn't live up to the women in this series. I read #4 in Donna Kauffman's, Cupcake Club series, Honey Pie; Lisa's Gardner's Touch and Go, which was Tessa Leoni's #2, #1 was actually also #5 in her D. D. Warren series which I had already finished for this challenge. There is a third one coming out next year. I read the fourth in the Magical Bakery Mysteries by Bailey Cates, Some Enchanted Eclair, this series is really good, and I'm not a big cozy reader. Swan Point by Sherryl Woods, #11 in her Sweet Magnolias series; Designated Daughters #19 in Margaret Maron's Deborah Knott series; #10 and 11 in the Lucky Harbor series by Jill Shalvis, It's in His kiss and He's So Fine - this is supposed to be the last trilogy in this series, it's supposedly ending with #12 which I still have to read, so sorry to see this series end, I've loved every one. You Again: A Shelter Bay Novella by JoAnn Ross, I had read all the books in this series, so I had to read this novella. Deadline (Virgil Flowers #8) by John Sandford, as always entertaining; Nothing Gold can Stay and Better to Rest, #3 and 4 in Dana Stabenow's Liam Campbell 4-some. Thought that was the end of a very good series, but then I found that one of her Kate Shugak books also has Liam in it, so I'm reading that one now too. Edge of Black (Dr. Samantha Owens #2) J. T. Ellison; The tea Shop on Lavender Lane (Life in Icicle Falls #5) by Sheila Roberts; Fuzzy Navel by J. A. Konrath, #5 of his Jack Daniel's Mysteries. Again, all authors that I have previously read, follow and enjoy.

In 2014, I finished Lisa Gardner's D D Warren series and Julia Spencer-Fleming's series. I'm caught up on Stephanie Plum by Janet Evanovich; Alexandra Cooper by Linda Fairstein; Joanna Brady and Allison Reynolds by J. A. Jance; The Sisterhood by Fern Michaels; NYPD Red, Women's Murder Club, and Michael Bennett by James Patterson; Temperance Brennan by Kathy Reichs; Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers by John Sandford; Stone Barrington by Stuart Woods; Sean Dillon by Jack Higgins; The Magical Bakery Mysteries by Bailey Cates; Catherine Coulter's FBI Thrillers; The Brit in the FBI series by Coulter and J. T. Ellison; Robyn Carr's Thunder Point; Mariah Stewart's Chesapeake Dairies; Sherryl Woods' Seaview Key, and Sweet Magnolia series; Debbie McComber's Blossom Street Series; Susan Mallery's Fool's Gold Series and Blackberry Island Series; The Buchanan Renard series by Julie Garwood. I'll probably get a few more books done by the end of the year but probably will not finish any more series. Then on to 2015!