You'll love this one...!! A book club & more discussion

This is scary! I have so many cozy mystery series where I've only read the first book that I could continue this challenge for years. Then there are the scifi and fantasy series. Some I've finished or am waiting for the next one (hear that, Patrick Rothfuss ), but there are others I want to start or started in the Chunkster challenge. And of course there are other genres saying "Don't forget about us". As the year goes on, I may consider slaying Janice, but I'm really to blame for the mess I'm in. ☺

Series I Want to Continue Slaying

Ben Aaronovitch Peter Grant 1/5
Moon Over Soho
Whispers Under Ground
Broken Homes
Foxglove Summer
Joe Abercrombie The First Law 1/6
The Blade Itself
Before They are Hanged
Last Argument of Kings
The Heroes
Red Country
Victoria Abbott Book Collector Mystery 2/3?
✔The Wolfe Widow
The Marsh Madness (2015)
The Hammett Hex (2015)
Shelley Adina Magnificent Devices 1/7
✔ Her Own Devices
Magnificent Devices
Brilliant Devices
A Lady of Resources
A Lady of Spirit
A Lady of Integrity
Jussi Adler-Olsen Department Q 1/5
The Absent One
A Conspiracy of Faith
The Purity of Vebgeance
The Marco Effect
Susan Wittig Albert China Bales 20/23
Widow's Tears
Death Come Swiftly
Bittersweet
Tasha Alexander Lady Emily 3/9
✔ A Poisoned Season
✔ A Fatal Waltz
Tears of Pearl
Dangerous to Know
A Crimson Warning
Death in the Floating City
Behind the Shattered Glass
The Counterfeit Heiress
Sarah Atwell Glassblowing Mystery SLAIN
✔ Pane of Death
✔ Snake in the Glass
David Baldacci King & Maxwell - SLAIN
✔ First Family
Linda Barnes Carlotta Carlyle 11/12
The Big Dig
C.J. Box Joe Pickett 8/15
Winterkill
Trophy Hunt
In Plain Sight
Below Zero
Breaking Point
Stone Cold
Endangered
Alan Bradley Flavia de Luce 6/7
✔ The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches
✔ As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust
Jim Butcher Dresden Files
Dead Beat
Peace Talks May 2016
Mirror Dec 2018
JoAnna Carl Chocoholic Mystery 13/15
✔ The Chocolate Book Bandit
The Chocolate Clown Corpse
The Chocolate Falcon Fraud (Nov 2015)
Gail Carriger Parasol Protectorate SLAIN
✔ Timeless
Melissa Cleary Dog Lover's Mystery 10/11
Murder Most Beastly
Michael Connelly Harry Bosch SLAIN
✔ The Brass Verdict
✔ Nine Dragons
✔ The Reversal
✔ The Burning Room
The Crossing (coming 11/15)
Susan Rogers Cooper Sheriff Milt Kovak
Bernard Cornwell The Saxon Stories 3/9
✔ Sword Song
✔ The Burning Land
Death of Kings
The Pagan Lord
The Empty Throne
Warriors of the Storm
Bernard Cornwell The Grail Quest
Colin Cotterill Dr. Siri Paiboun
Felix Francis Dick Francis's Racing Novels
Ariana Franklin Mistress of the Art of Death SLAIN
✔ Grave Goods
✔ A Murderous Procession
Carolyn Haines Sarah Booth Delaney
Deborah Harkness All Souls Trilogy 2/3
✔ Shadow of Night
The Book of Life
Gabriella Herkert Animal Instinct Mystery
Steve Hockensmith Holmes on the Range
Charlie Huston Hank Thompson
Julie Hyzy White House Chef
Jane Isenberg Bel Barret
J.A. Jance Joanna Brady
J.A. Jance Ali Reynolds
N.K. Jemisin 1/3
✔ The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
✔ The Broken Kingdoms
The Kingdom of Gods
Craig Johnson Walt Longmire
Lene Kaaberbol Nina Borg
Allison Kingsley Raven's Nest
Victoria Laurie Psychic Eye
Victoria Laurie Ghost Hunter
Liz Lipperman a Clueless Cook 1/4
✔ Liver Let Die
Beef Stolen-Off
Murder for the Halibut
Chicken Caccia-Killer
Laura Lippman Tess Monaghan 7/13
✔ Baltimore Blues
✔ Charm City
In a Strange City
The Last Place
By a Spider's Thread
Hush Hush
Marcia Muller Sharon McCone 30/30
✔ Looking for Yesterday
Someone Always Knows (coming 7/15)
Elizabeth Peters Amelia Peabody 2/19
✔ The Curse of the Pharaohs
The Mummy Case
Lion in the Valley
Elaine Viets Josie Marcus, Mystery Shopper 9/10
✔ Murder is a Piece of Cake
Fixing to Die
✔ A Dog Gone Murder

Ahhh, First Love

Robin Allen Poppy Markham 1/3
✔If You Can't Stand the Heat
Stick a Fork In It
Out of the Frying Pan

John Flanagan Ranger's Apprentice 6/12
✔ The Ruins of Gorlan
✔ The Burning Bridge
✔ The Icebound Land
✔ The Battle for Skandia
✔ The Sorcerer of the North
✔ The Siege of Macindaw
✔ Erak's Ransom
The Kings of Clonmel
Halt's Peril
The Emperor of Nihon-Ja
✔ The Lost Stories
The Royal Ranger

J.A. Jance J.P. Beaumont
✔ Taking the Fifth
unlikely to read more

Anna Loan-Wilsey Hattie Davish 1/4
✔ A Lack of Temperance
unlikely to read more

Mary McHugh Happy Hoofers 1/3
✔ Chorus Lines, Cavier and Corpses
not reading anymore

Naomi Novik Temeraire 7/9
✔ His Majesty's Dragon: A Novel of Temeraire
✔ Throne of Jade
✔ Black Powder War: A Novel of Temeraire
✔ Empire of Ivory: A Novel of Temeraire
✔ Victory of Eagles
✔ Tongues of Serpents: A Novel of Temeraire
✔ Crucible of Gold
Blood of Tyrants
League of Dragons

Patrick Taylor Irish Country 1/11
✔ An Irish Country Doctor
✔ An Irish Country Village
An Irish Country Christmas
An Irish Country Girl

Charles Todd Bess Crawford 1/6?
✔ A Duty to the Dead
✔ Impartial Witness
✔ A Bitter Truth
✔ An Unmarked Grave
A Question of Honor
An Unwilling Accomplice
A Pattern of Lies (2015)

Jacqueline Winspear Maisie Dobbs SLAIN
✔ Maisie Dobbs
✔ Birds of a Feather
✔ Pardonable Lies
✔ Messenger of Truth
✔ An Incomplete Revenge
✔ Among the Mad
✔ The Mapping of Love and Death
✔ A Lesson in Secrets
✔ Elegy for Eddie
✔ Leaving Everything most Loved
✔ A Dangerous Place

The gang's ready, so let the Slaying begin!

Level One
Liver Let Die 1/5 - 5 pts
Shadow of Night 1/5 - 5 pts
A Duty To The Dead 1/9 - 5 pts
Pane of Death 1/15 - 5 pts
First Family 1/20 SLAIN - 65 pts
Murder is a Piece of Cake 1/28 - 5 pts
Grave Goods 2/4 - 5 pts
Taking the Fifth 2/9 - 5 pts
The Curse of the Pharaohs 2/13 - 5 pts
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms 2/13 - 5 pts
The Burning Room 2/17 - 5 pts
Snake in the Glass 2/19 SLAIN - 35 pts
Level One: 150 pts

Level Two
A Lack of Temperance 2/25 - 5 pts
Looking for Yesterday 3/1 SLAIN - 105 pts
Level Two: 110 pts

Level Three
An Irish Country Doctor 3/5 - 5 pts
A Dog Gone Murder: Josie Marcus, Mystery Shopper 3/9 - 5 pt
Timeless 3/16 SLAIN - 55 pts
A Murderous Procession 3/20 SLAIN - 45 pts
Level Three: 110 pts

Level Four
Chorus Lines, Caviar, and Corpses 3/22 - 5 pts
An Irish Country Village 3/23 - 5 pts
Nine Dragons 3/30 - 5 pts
The Brass Verdict 4/1 - 5 pts
Her Own Devices 4/2 - 5 pts
A Poisoned Season 4/4 - 5 pts
A Fatal Waltz 4/8 - 5 pts
The Ruins of Gorlan 4/10 - 5 pts
Maisie Dobbs 4/11 - 5 pts
The Broken Kingdoms 4/13 - 5 pts
The Reversal 4/16 SLAIN - 105 pts
Level Four: 160 pts

Level Five
Assassin's Apprentice 4/22 - 5 pts
A Tale Dark and Grimm 4/24 - 5 pts
His Majesty's Dragon 4/27 - 5 pts
The Chocolate Book Bandit 4/30 - 5 pts
Baltimore Blues 5/4 - 5 pts
Throne of Jade 5/7 - 5 pts
Black Powder War 5/11 - 5 pts
Birds of a Feather 5/12 - 5 pts
Death Drops 5/15 - 5 pts
For the Last Time 5/16 - 5 pts
The Burning Bridge 5/23 - 5 pts
An Impartial Witness 5/26 - 5 pts
The Icebound Land 5/27 - 5 pts
Empire of Ivory 6/2 - 5 pts
Pardonable Lies 6/4 - 5 pts
The Battle for Skandia 6/7 - 5 pts
Messenger of Truth 6/10 - 5 pts
Another Man's Moccasins 6/15 - 5 pts
Among the Mad 6/22 - 5 pts
An Unmarked Grave 6/23 - 5 pts
An Incomplete Revenge 6/29 - 5 pts
Victory of Eagles 7/1 - 5 pts
Tongues of Serpents 7/2 - 5 pts
A Bitter Truth 7/7 - 5 pts
The Mapping of Love and Death 7/8 - 5 pts
The Sorcerer in the North 7/11 - 5 pts
A Lesson in Secrets 7/17 - 5 pts
Erak's Ransom 7/21 - 5 pts
Crucible of Gold 7/21 - 5 pts
Elegy for Eddie 7/24 - 5 pts
The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches 7/24 - 5 pts
If You Can't Stand the Heat 7/27 - 5 pts
Cold Betrayal 7/30 - 5 pts
The Creeps 8/6 - 5 pts
Mark of the Lion 8/7 - 5 pts
The Siege of Macindaw 8/10 - 5 pts
The Silver Pigs 8/17 - 5 pts
As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust 8/21 SLAIN - 75 pts
Level Five: 260 points

Series Slayed!

Level Six
The Lost Stories 8/23 - 5 pts
Toured to Death 8/25 - 5 pts
Sword Song 9/4 - 5 pts
Scents and Sensibility 9/6 SLAIN - 85 pts
Level Six: 100 points

Level Seven
Charm City 9/6 - 5 pts
Ghost a la Mode 9/10 - 5 pts
Leaving Everything Most Loved 9/21 - 5 pts
The Passion of the Purple Plumeria 9/23 - 5 pts
The Burning Land 9/25 - 5 pts
Horse of a Different Killer 9/27 - 5 pts
Hush Hush 9/28 - 5 pts
The False Prince 10/6 - 5 pts
The Secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy 10/8 - 5 pts
Potent Pleasures 10/10 - 5 pts
X 10/21 SLAIN - 5 kazillion pts
Level Seven: 7 megagazillion points

Level Eight
The Oxygen Murder 10/23 - 5 pts
Gray Ghost: A Stoney Calhoun Novel 10/24 - 5 pts
The Wolfe Widow 10/24 - 5 pts
Hounded: An Andy Carpenter Mystery 11/02 - 5 pts
Lowcountry Boil 11/9 - 5 pts
A Dangerous Place 11/09 SLAIN - 115 pts
Level Eight: 140 points

Level Nine
A Beautiful Blue Death 11/20 - 5 pts
Paw Enforcement 11/27 - 5 pts
The Kings of Clonmel 12/5 - 5 pts
Fun House: A John Ceepak Mystery 12/6 SLAIN - 85 pts
Level Nine: 100 points

Level Ten
Don't Point that Thing at Me 12/14 - 5 pts
The Runaway King 12/21 - 5 pts
The Girl in the Spider's Web 12/22 - 5 pts
Speaking in Bones - 5 pts
Level Ten: 20 points

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Not sure if we'll kill too many series, but will certainly have fun!

Hahaha Jmom, I love your introduction :D

Me too. I may have woken-up the neighbor I am laughing so hard! Welcome to series hell, Jmom.

I think Janice may slay us all first, going off the badge thread.

Lol, Jmom. Janice, better be cautious. ;)

LOL! I may cause myself bodily harm by pulling my hair out by the roots for making the challenge too easy. But, I'm only giving out badges for the first 5 levels and then wrap-up badges at the end of the year. So, if people want to get all their badges in the first 5 days of the year, they'll have a long wait for the wrap up badges. Hehehehehe!

I'm glad you like my intro, and I can only believe that you are, or will be, in the same boat!

I can only hope that I find the means, motive, and opportunity to commit my deadly crimes.

I might not have to slay Janice, she'll probably off herself before I get to it. That's my defense and I'm sticking to it. LOL

I changed my title when I realized it was same as Lori Z's. Still similar - I can't seem to let go of the Buffy theme - but I thought I should at least word it differently.

Lol I love Buffy. Have you ever read the books?

No - does this mean I will have to add another series???

Lol I am right there with you

It s not a Comicbook?

There probably are graphic novels, but there are a lot of novels, some based on episodes and some different.

I'm only on H and I have over 60 series to be continued. I can only hope that I've finished some of these and don't know it!

WOW! I have never even heard of about half of them.

Home Repair is Homicide. I AM NOT LOOKING!!!!

80 points on Level one so far. I need to look for a three book series from my possibilities. Maybe tonight.

A trilogy will do it! I'm trying to decide what madness I can get into for level 2. Decisions!

I was looking at a few of these folders to get some ideas :-) I think I'm only going to start with five series.I am assuming I can add as I go along :-)Will I get some kind of under achiever award if I only finished five ;-)

Not at all. Maybe the glue stick :~D That's an award for the lowest amount of points in the monthly challenge. It has become very popular. You'll see what I mean in the monthly challenge chatting.

Even completing one level means you've completed this challenge if you don't want to do more. That's the fun of the yearly ones. You can go as crazy as you want :)

I won't finish most of the series, I'm listing a bunch as possibilities. I have anywhere from 2 to 21 books to read in these. I want to add how many I have left so I can choose my next book with some organization, instead of my usual fly by the seat of my pants method.

Thank you :-) I think I have more series, probably trilogies I want to read then I think, but I am definitely a fly by the seat of my pants kind of girl ;-)

I have way too many series on the go that some will never get finished.

There's no gluestick badge for the year long. You either finish one or more levels, or you don't. There may be participation badges for those who don't. I wanted to give out participation badges for last year's challenge but nobody claimed them in the year end stats wrap up.

Whoops, I wrote my last post at work and was a little distracted, and left a sentence out. I hope I didn't mislead Berit about the glue stick.

I think we've got you covered, j'mom

I think I've got it monthly challenge glue stick, yearly challenge no glue stick :-) I haven't figured out yet if a glue stick is a good thing or a bad thing ;-)I think it's going to take me a good year to figure out all your little inside jokes :-) that's why I intend to stick around!!!

Berit wrote: "I think I've got it monthly challenge glue stick, yearly challenge no glue stick :-) I haven't figured out yet if a glue stick is a good thing or a bad thing ;-)I think it's going to take me a good year to figure out all your little inside jokes :-) that's why I intend to stick around!!! ..."

Welcome, you'll catch on in no time.

You might want to review Glossing The Glossary for a preview of some of our phrases. Glue Stick is there.☺

You need to add Slick to the glossary, Almeta. Please and thanks.

Janice wrote: "You need to add Slick to the glossary, Almeta. Please and thanks."

I'll be glad to add Slick.

I know Slick has been around a long time! In fact he was part of the "Rainbow Challenge" wasn't he?

Berit wrote: "I think I've got it monthly challenge glue stick, yearly challenge no glue stick :-) I haven't figured out yet if a glue stick is a good thing or a bad thing ;-)I think it's going to take me a good..."

The glue stick has become a coveted badge for some of us. The goal of the monthly challenge is to read a book fitting the theme, with points for fun. The main thing is to enjoy the book, and maybe discover something you wouldn't have read otherwise. Some people (usually the more organized ones, so that lets out you and I) search for a book that will maximize points. It got to be a joke how few points some of the books were getting. In a chat somewhere Rusalka told of a guy whose horse had lost a race and the joking that he would become a glue stick. It was suggested that the "loser" of the monthly challenge get a glue stick, and it became very popular. Just another example of how serious we are :>

Janice wrote: "You need to add Slick to the glossary, Almeta. Please and thanks."

And maybe add how coveted the glue stick badge is :)

Got Slick and Glue Stick added. Let me know if you want the wording changed in any way.

Perfect, Almeta! Are we able to import those ticker tapes again? They were so much fun. And I love that you linked to the thread where Slick was born. I had lots of giggles rereading the comments.

jaxnsmom wrote: "Berit wrote: "I think I've got it monthly challenge glue stick, yearly challenge no glue stick :-) I haven't figured out yet if a glue stick is a good thing or a bad thing ;-)I think it's going to ..."

Indeed. One step back from a wooden spoon, turned into glue ;)

Janice wrote: "Perfect, Almeta! Are we able to import those ticker tapes again? They were so much fun. And I love that you linked to the thread where Slick was born. I had lots of giggles rereading the comments."

No the tickers will no longer work. I really miss them.

Oh, I had forgotten the ticker tapes. They were so fun to play with!

Wait - I got this to work. Is there a problem later, with updating them?

jaxnsmom wrote: "Oh, I had forgotten the ticker tapes. They were so fun to play with!

Wait - I got this to work. Is there a problem later, with updating them?"

That's correct, they no longer update.

Once they are copied into a message, Goodreads "hosts" them as a photograph.

The coding does not come along with it from your previously hosted site, and Goodreads does not communicate with that site to extract updates.

What if you copy the coding from Ticker Tape each time after updating? I wonder if it would work then. Test it out for us, j'mom!

Janice wrote: "What if you copy the coding from Ticker Tape each time after updating? I wonder if it would work then. Test it out for us, j'mom!"

I've tried that. Doesn't work. The only way to do it is to create a new ticker each time. This gives the graphic a new name and address. So in the end you would have (in your example) approximately 50 versions of the ticker.

For count down time tickers, this is totally impractical...time will not tick down by the minute/hour/day. That's a lot of manual adjusting on your part.

For the "how many objects/books" left to go toward a goal, you may as well create your own graphic on your computer and move a "pointer" yourself as you near your goal. Upload it to a host, then download it to your Goodreads comment thread.

I tried all of this when we lost the ability. I sooooo loved my tickers! ☻

I like the tickers too and thanks for writing this I was wondering why they weren't working

Bummer! Thanks for testing and explaining.

Well, I finally finished Level One! Yep, there are 50 extra points, but I kept listening to other books while slowly finishing the last book in a trilogy :) I don't really mind, that's one more book down for those series :)

Yay - she is a killer!

Updated post 2 - Finished Level Two!

A Lack of Temperance was so-so, but I loved Looking for Yesterday - an excellent mystery series.

Do you get a badge?

Sorry, I was going to report, but was at work and ran out of time. I'll go post officially. I really don't expect to get any badges until I report in the Give Me a Badge topic, so you can ignore me. I definitely don't want to be the one to get on your last nerve, because I will...

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