Fantasy Buddy Reads discussion

2020 challenge: Before I start a new series, I have to finish/UTD/abandon two others.
Note: this rule has been revised one time from one book to two.
Here's my not-so-bad list (I think)

Series to finish:
Zones of Thought Vernor Vinge (1/3)
Planetfall Emma Newman (2/4)

Series to be kept up to date
Monstress Marjorie M. Liu (4/?)
Firefly James Lovegrove (2/?)

Series currently followed and UTD (with expected pub date for the next book)
Violet Wars Rich Larson (1/?)?
The Expanse James S.A. Corey (8/9) 2021
The Dark Star trilogy Marlon James (1/3)
Peter Grant Ben Aaronovitch (8/?)
Palladium Wars Marko Kloos (2/?)
Murderbot Martha Wells (5/?)
Lady Astronaut Mary Robinette Kowal (3/?)
Catnet Naomi Kritzer (1/?)
The Age of Madness Joe Abercrombie (2/3)
Kyoshi novels F.C. Yee (2/?)
Frontlines Marko Kloos (7/?)
A Song of Ice and Fire George R.R. Martin (5/7)
Dunk & Egg George R.R. Martin (3/?)

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Series I want to start
Pride of Chanur C.J. Cherryh (0/5)
Xenogenesis Octavia Butler (0/3)
Diving Universe Kathryn Rusch

Not sure:
The Lost Fleet Jack Campbell (0/6)
Jean le Flambeur Hannu Rajaniemi (0/3)
Valkyrie Collections Brian McClellan (2/?)
Cemetery of Forgotten Books Carlos Ruiz Zafón (0/3)

Abandoned series(view spoiler)[
Dirk Gently Douglas Adams (1/3)
Cormoran Strike Robert Galbraith (1/?)
Aubrey and Maturin Patrick O'Brian (4/21)
The Passage Justin Cronin (1/3)
The Last Dragonslayer Jasper Fforde (1/?)
Midnight, Texas Charlaine Harris (1?)
Blackthorn & Grim Juliet Marillier (2/?)
Wayward Children Seanan McGuire (1/?)
Bobiverse Dennis E. Taylor (1/3)
Riftwar Saga Raymond E. Feist (2/4)
The Interdependency John Scalzi (1/?)
Old Man's War John Scalzi (5/6)
Lock In John Scalzi (1/?)
Takeshi Kovacs Richard K. Morgan (2/3)
The Ember Blade Chris Wooding (1/?)
The Legends of the First Empire Michael J. Sullivan (1/6)
Firefall Peter Watts (1/2)
Ranger's Apprentice Michael Flanagan (1/12)
Ringworld Larry Niven
Malazan Steven Erikson (2/10)
Tensorate J.Y. Yang (1/3)
The Dragon's Legacy Deborah A. Wolf (2/?)
The Fionavar Tapestry Guy Gavriel Kay (1/3)
Riverside Ellen Kushner (1/?)
Vorkosigan Saga Lois McMaster Bujold (2/?)
The Sixth World Rebecca Roanhorse (1/?)
Ms Marvel G. Willow Wilson (1/?)
The Sprawls William Gibson (1/3)
Revelation Space Alistair Reynolds (1/3)
The Kingston Cycle C.L. Polk (1/2)
Vatta's War Elizabeth Moon (1/5)
Green Bones Saga Fonda Lee (1/?)
Centennal Cycle Malka Older (1/3)
Jaran Kate Elliott (0/4)
Patternist Octavia E. Butler (2/4)
Sacred Throne Myke Cole (1/3)
Skyward Brandon Sanderson (1/?)
The Founders Robert Jackson Bennett (1/?)
Robot Isaac Asimov (3/4)
Teixcalaan Arkady Martine (1/?)
Gentleman Bastard Scott Lynch (3/?)
Children of Time Adrian Tchaikovsky (1/2)
Southern Reach Annihilation (1/3)
Tiffany Aching subseries Terry Pratchett (3/5)
The Kingkiller Chronicle Patrick Rothfuss (2/3)
Against the Quiet Sascha Stronach (1/?)
Mistborn Brandon Sanderson (5/7)
Finder Chronicles Suzanne Palmer (1/2)
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I need to start Ketty Jay and probably won't until July or August but if you're up for group reading the other books in the series I'd have interest.

Welcome to the party. Your list isn't too bad.

Great, let's buddy read that one!

I actually have some first in series to read like The Way of Kings, Control Point, The Age of Empire, Geist...I need to sort them out later.

Sounds good I'll set it up.

Haha I like your title. :) some good books on that list! I'm hoping to read more by Jemisin after finishing out her broken earth trilogy.

I like your title too :) You've got a very manageable list. Hopefully mine will be that way soon.

@Niki: Yes Jemisin is awesome (The Fifth Season was my no 1 novel last year) but her debut novel (The Thousand Kingdoms) irritated me alot. I read a Dreamblood short story in an anthology and really liked it so hopefully this duology is as good.

Love the title name Silvana. Good luck with the challenge.

Angela wrote: "Love the title name Silvana. Good luck with the challenge."

Terima kasih, Angela (that means 'thank you' in Indonesian)

Tammie wrote: "I like your title too :) You've got a very manageable list. Hopefully mine will be that way soon."

We'll get there!

Edited with SF titles included. It does seem more daunting than before....

Rules: You must finish, bring UTD, or Abandon 5 series for every 1 before you can start another.

Silvana's 5 for 1 Challenge Log [1]:

1. The Last Policeman (finished)
2. Dirk Gently (abandoned)
3. Cormoran Strike (abandoned)
4. Machineries of Empire UTD
5. Earthseed (finished)
Prize: Long Price Quartet

5 for 1 challenge is absolutely unattainable for me.

I just had to do it since I have too many first in series waiting to be read :(

Silvana's 5 for 1 Challenge Log [2]:

1. Aubrey Maturin - abandoned
2. The Passage - abandoned
3. Robot series - abandoned
4. Poe Dameron (3/3) - UTD
5. The Last Dragonslayer - abandoned
Prize: Wayward Children

Silvana's 5 for 1 Challenge Log [3]:

1. Blackthorn and Grim (abandoned)
2. Riftwar Saga (abandoned)
3. Midnight Texas (abandoned)
4. Black Panther (abandoned)
5. Mars trilogy (abandoned)
Prize: Takeshi Kovacs

Great job.

Thanks, Scott. It is easy for now but looking at all those dozen series I want to start....very daunting.

Log 3- now moving to 2 for 1 challenge since 5 for 1 is no longer possible at this stage.

1. Luna (UTD)
2. The Wayward Children (abandoned)
Prize: Bobiverse

Log 4
1. Draconis Memoria (UTD)
2. Bobiverse (abandoned)
Prize: Locke and Key

Log 5
1. Long Price Quartet (finished)
2. Gods of Blood and Powder (UTD)
Prize: The Interdependency

Log 6
1. Poe Dameron graphic novel (UTD)
2. Peter Grant (UTD)
Prize: Legend of First Empire

Log 7
1. Legend of Korra (finished)
2. The Interdependency (abandoned)
Prize: Thrawn ( I can't wait for this one)

Log 8
1. Old Man's War (abandoned)
2. Lock In (abandoned)
Prize: The Ember Blade

I thought u said you’re not gonna read any Scalzi books after the Human Division? Haha

What do you mean? I just abandoned two of his series at once in my last post.

Oh, the word abandoned didn't appear on the apps =(.

Wait what? 😆 That is... Not good. How about emojis?

Log 9
1. The World of Five Gods (finished)
2. Takeshi Kovacs (abandoned)
Prize: The Founders

Log 10
1. The Ember Blade (abandoned)
2. Locke and Key (finished)
Prize: Firefall

Log 11
1. Legend of First Empire (abandoned)
2. Bas Lag (finished)
Prize: Ranger's Apprentice

Two more series to finish and three to UTD!
I have all the Discworld novels I need to read and am now waiting for discounts on the others. *praying for Murderbot discount*

Log 12
1. Firefall (abandoned)
2. Draconis Memoria (finished)
Prize: Ringworld

Good job, Silvana! :D

Thanks, Siobhan! The light at the end of the tunnel looks much bigger now.

Log 13
1. Industrial Revolution arc, Discworld (finished)
2. Rangers Apprentice (abandoned)
Prize: Monstress

Only one series to go then? Good job Silvana!

I really hope you finish Blackthorn and Grim someday - it makes me so sad to see it abandoned.

Two series to finish and two to UTD. Total books: 7. Still quite a lot of books to me :( And look at those series I want to start. I now seriously hoping I could abandon some of them after reading the first books which I already own so I will have fewer commitments 😂

Blackthorn and Grim... I don't remember why abandoned it after book 2. Must be something really annoying since I usually abandon series after the first books....

edit: apparently Murderbot series has ended.

Fantastic job! So that means you should start more series in 2019 and let the number of open series bloat up again?

Silvana wrote: " And look at those series I want to start. I now seriously hoping I could abandon some of them after readin..."
Maybe that's why you've been abandoning a lot more books? Hahaha.

But, I agree. Too many books, too little time. If you're not enjoying it after 100 pages, probably better to abandon it and see if you would come back sometime in the future.

Btw, Revelation Space is also on my wishlist. But, probably sometime after Jun 2019? Hahaha. Damn, at this rate I could plan my series read for the next few years ...

Coming back to DNFed books, that never happened though. So far the only one I DNFed this year that I miiiight plan to come back is The Gray House. But no guarantee.

Too many books too little time indeed. I'll always abandon series if the last book I read are not three stars or more.

Agree, time is too precious to waste on reading books that you do not enjoy. I stopped reading something as soon as it is not enjoyable anymore. If I did not enjoy the first 100 pages I will probably abandon it for good.

True that!

@Barry: Sure, let's BR Revelation Space. After June is fine.

Log 14
1. Peter Grant (UTD)
2. Ringworld (abandoned)
Prize: Avatar TLA Library series

Log 15:
1. ATLA Library series (finished)
2. Malazan (abandoned, again) - I guess I'll never finish this one and don't have the energy to embark on a long series next year.
Prize: Green Bones saga

So that concludes my series challenge this year. I will think of another personalized one for next year.

For 2019 since I have much fewer series than last year, I will just continue the challenge but now with 1:1 formula.

Log 1
Abandon: Tensorate series
Prize: Imperial Radch

Log 2
UTD & abandon: Dragon's Legacy
Prize: The Fionavar Tapestry

Log 3:
UTD: Thrawn
Prize: Riverside

Log 4:
Abandoned: The Fionavar Tapestry
Prize: Lady Astronaut

Log 5
Abandoned: Riverside
Prize: The Violet Wars

I think I found and converted to read more Kindle ebooks too late in my life. Reading ebooks is a lot faster than reading paperbooks, I don't know why. Too many books to read, too little time left :D

Anyway, I think I should make a listing of all the series that I have started and see whether I should read them until the end. I have been reading too many first books of a series lately. I just left everything hanging, because of the temptation of a yet another new book (that turns out to be a beginning of a [sometimes long] series) *sigh

mina wrote: "I think I found and converted to read more Kindle ebooks too late in my life. Reading ebooks is a lot faster than reading paperbooks, I don't know why. Too many books to read, too little time left ..."

you should! this kind of thread is a useful tracking and decision-making tool, but I also use GR shelves e.g. series-i-follow shelf.

Just made the list. There are more than 60 series (I still include all genres)! I will not continue reading everything, of course. But I am reminded of the series that I really like but never get through to reading the rest of the series. Thanks for the idea!

mina wrote: "Just made the list. There are more than 60 series (I still include all genres)! I will not continue reading everything, of course. But I am reminded of the series that I really like but never get t..."

60?
You might want to try the 5 for 1 challenge like I did the first time, then when it gets to 30 series start with 3 to 1 and so on.

Silvana wrote: "Log 5
Abandoned: Riverside
Prize: Borne (not sure if this is a series or standalone)"

Borne is a standalone. My very first Vandermeer book and one that made me fall in love XD

Anny wrote: "Silvana wrote: "Log 5
Abandoned: Riverside
Prize: Borne (not sure if this is a series or standalone)"

Borne is a standalone. My very first Vandermeer book and one that made me fall in love XD"

Yay! Thanks. I have high hopes for it.