SOS: Serious Overload of Series discussion

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Tell us what ya loved, what ya didn't and what you're reading now.

Happy 2024!! I’m finishing an ARC that releases this week from Rebecca Zanetti’s Deep Ops series, Frostbitten. Also been working my way through A Court of Thorn & Roses series by Sarah Mass, listening to #4 A ​Court of Silver Flames.

Happy 2024 to you, too! I liked book 1 of DO ok, but not enough to jump into more. Maybe need to return to it.

I haven’t read the other, but see it everywhere.

I’m finishing my re-read of Dark Queen for our ‘23 series read. Need a palette cleanser after my month of Christmas books 😜 and my OCD is pushing me to complete the challenge, even if several days late.

I've started Hallowed Games its ok so far, just a bit YA for my taste (a bit gothic even)

Re-reading Tie Me Knot pseudonym of Honor Raconteur, which is a lot of fun, ghosties & things that stab them.

Already read my Secret Santa paperback Blood Heir 5 stars of course.

Eh, I'll wait on that one then. Not in the mood for YA right now.

I'll take a look-see.

Yay! 😁 Loved that one! Hoping for more.

Spoonbenders

S'funny, I'm at 75%, and nobody has bent a spoon yet

and currently reading

Currently reading (too many at a time)

Legend -- put this aside over a month ago at 1/3 through and now cannot remember anything. Will I start over? Not sure

The Legacy of Arniston House. I'm liking this fourth book better than the 3 previous because the MC finally quit BITCHING about everything

I Bring the Fire Part 1: Wolves just started not sure yet, but the author seems to write well. Been on my TBR for years. The author has an email list for cheap and sale books, so I thought the least I could do was read something of hers.

The Forest Grimm random library book that I may abandon, though it seems ok so far.

A Canticle for Leibowitz. A Hugo award winner that is SLOW as SNOT

Just finished.

She Who Knows eh, it was better than ok and very quick, but meh. I gave it four stars and probably need to reduce it to three

Spoonbenders. Even though I didn't like any of the characters (usually a must for me) I ended up rooting for them and happy with it. i can recommend this one.

The Wild Robot cute, though I ended up skipping some paragraphs. A kid's book. Happy feelings

Zoi wrote: "southern ghost hunter . . . quirkiness and humor

quirkiness and humor GOOD!

CassieCruel wrote: ""

I usually like Helen Harper

Kateblue wrote: "CassieCruel wrote: ""

I usually like Helen Harper"

I’ve read this series and Firebrand, both been good so far

I read The Lazy Girl's Guide to Magic https://www.goodreads.com/series/2025...

I also read the beginnings of one about werewolves, but I quit. Didn't even get through the first book. Did I say shifters were not my favorites? But. I am really likingOath Sworn. I'm in about 20%

Kateblue wrote: "Did I say shifters were not my favorites? But. I am really likingOath Sworn. I'm in about 20%"

Yay 😊

Zoi wrote: ""

how did you like these. They seem in the shifter fluff rom category that I really am in the mood for time to time.

I never read anything with bare chests on the cover. Sorry

Kateblue wrote: "...
A Canticle for Leibowitz. A Hugo award winner that is SLOW as SNOT..."

Zoi wrote: "I Bring the Fire Part 1: Wolves, I’ve had this one forever too, so let me know what you think, please. :)

A Canticle for Leibowitz, uh oh… this is on my “Read it Before I Die” list. 🤣. Might just stay there."

Darn, I have it checked out from the library. I've been slowly watching it expire. Think I have 4 days? And this doesn't give me any impetus.

Kateblue wrote: "I never read anything with bare chests on the cover. Sorry"
LOL
I so much like it better than the cartoons that we are getting today.

Zoi wrote: "Amyiw wrote: "Zoi wrote:
"...They were just okay, really short. In that vein, I would recommend Eve Langlais though. Her Furry United Coalition series is fun shifter fluff...."

Ah, too bad. I already read FUC series though I think there is one that is released after the last I read; Roo something was my last... I think. I like the fluff but only when it makes sense and the woman isn't a TSTL character all the time (part I can sometimes forgive). I've liked some of the T.S. Joyce bear shifters (and yea, they all have no shirts. :-P)

Just finished
, argh, first one that doesn't have my vote though it probably is a transition to the spin off. This series is quite fun and good. This one eh, 3 stars.
another 3 and I think I might stop here. This started much better than this. This was 3 1/2 but not quite there, like the first which was 4 1/2, though this didn't have a cliffhanger like the second nor did it drag like the 3rd with the idiotic ending. It was pretty good with enough left in the air to pull you in but wasn't great like the first. I might come back some day but no plans currently.
, getting those old TBRs off the shelf only the Duke got 4, the others 3.
Felt I had to clear the palate after so many 3s so reread
, which I just finish my first time a little over a month ago. What a hoot, even the 2nd time around. 5
and my series read along
#2, was even better than the first. I do not know if I'm going to be able to wait for the months to go by to read it. It is good enough for a reread so might just binge and reread for the series read. So far I have enough to occupy me that I have not done that yet. 5

I'm reading
, really liking it so far. Cannot believe this is the 60th full novel (been 11 novellas but not since 41.5 in 2015) I would have never read on but for a series read which had me hooked by #7. Until then I kind of liked them but wasn't sold. Going back and knowing the characters got me to like the beginning better.

Amyiw wrote: "Kateblue wrote: "I never read anything with bare chests on the cover. Sorry"
LOL
I so much like it better than the cartoons that we are getting today.
"

Thanks for the warning! I will watch out for the cartoons

Amyiw also wrote:I'm reading
Bonded in Death (In Death, #60) by J.D. Robb , really liking it so far. Cannot believe this is the 60th full novel (been 11 novellas but not since 41.5 in 2015) I would have never read on but for a series read which had me hooked by #7. Until then I kind of liked them but wasn't sold. Going back and knowing the characters got me to like the beginning better

I'm about 10% in-no time to read today. I wasn't sold on the first "in Death," but I got hooked at number 2. I got the first book at the same time I got the first Anita Blake book by Laurell K. Hamilton. (Both recommendations by Jacqueline Lichtenberg, a great and very underrated author. I need to put her series on the UF list. I knew I forgot someome in the favorite authors list :-) -- )

Anyway, I REALLY got hooked on both of the series. And then Anita got weird, but Eve Dallas just keeps going, and going, and going. Though I have to say some of the "in Death" are not as good anymore. But still, I will read them all. Unlike Anita. With her, I WANT to, but then, I just don't

P.S. Taking a break from Jacky to read this most recent "in Death," The Maid and the Crocodile (pretty good and I am over halfway) and to try to finish A Canticle for Leibowitz. I gotta say, the latter is actually getting better, though I am skipping some paragraphs, and still only at 20%.

I should start Jacky #2 by the end of the week.

Zoi wrote: ""

I never went back to Shadowdale. I thought the first was good but it wasn't a pull.

@ KateBlue here are some of the cartoonish covers that I read recently some better than others.

(not so bad) as no people.
And here are some others

Almost all rom coms have them now
etc...

I would rather the naked man, but maybe not on my paperback while on the subway or other public transport. (the cartoon characters are about the same)
I like the Shadowdale covers but they don't have people on them

On a slight slide. Here are the old and new covers of the Immortal After Dark series

Which do you like better?

I am reading Kindles so no one sees the covers. I kind of like the rom com covers with the little cartoons the best. But I am not sure they would be the same kind of book that the bare chests are. Wouldn't the bare chest covers have more explicit sex in them ? That's what they give the impression of to me, anyway

I'm on to
which is old as dirt on my TBR pile.

Gave Bonded in Death 5 stars. I was missing some of my characters like Mavis, Trina, etc... but it had a really good plot and some interesting new characters.

Just finished and and also just realized that Mira Grant is Seanan McGuire... < insert eye roll here...>

Snagged the audio for and enjoying a little Dallas and Peabody banter...

Amyiw wrote: "Gave Bonded in Death 5 stars. I was missing some of my characters like Mavis, Trina, etc... but it had a really go..."

agree totally

How to Summon a Fairy Godmother. which is ok, but is not the best. I have been skipping some paragraphs during the quests or tasks because bored now. But the rest is pretty good. Will be three or four stars, prob four

Kateblue wrote: "Wouldn't the bare chest covers have more explicit sex in them ? That's what they give the impression of to me, anyway.."

Exactly right? But the PNR with the graphic sex are going to the "art" covers too and you really cannot tell by the covers at all, wish you could as some times my mood is for it and some times not so much.

So have you read Immortals After Dark? They definitely have explicit sex scenes so give me the sexy covers so I know it, thanks. I don't think the new covers are good for the content at all. Maybe it is cost? I like the Italian covers better if that is the reason. Same books as above
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was really good but not my thing. It is Epic fantasy that has a lot of politics and wars/battles. There is a great romance going on and that is probably why so many loved it at the time but it also has rape and torture, graphic maiming. I think this is why I never have started Martin A Game of Thrones. (probably the page count too)
I finished
and loved it. Wish it had a little more of side characters though. Still I gave it a 5

RIGHT?! 😁

Zoi wrote: "It was VERY good. ❤️

was good too.

I love the Grave Sight series. I wish there were more than 4

Zoi wrote: "I wonder why there weren’t more? Its set up to go on and on based on book 1…

"

Kateblue wrote: "Zoi wrote: "It was VERY good. ❤️

was good too.

I love the Grave Sight series. I wish there were more than 4"

She seems to have a few series like that, where there are 3 or 4 books and that is it. I thought Gunnie Rose was going to stop at the 4th but she has gone on. Midnight Texas was a 3 book too. I think she gets to a pretty good wrap and ends it which really is kind of nice in a way.

I finally started a buddy series read of The Seven series. The first was a pretty good PNR that I thought was a bit different than many. Not all of the nuances are explained to the FMC and that kind of irked. Still I will have no problem reading on with the buddy read.

Kateblue wrote: "Zoi wrote: "It was VERY good. ❤️

was good too.

I love the Grave Sight series. I wish there were more than 4"

Me too, but I guess she probably got all wrapped up in the Southern Vampire series. If you look here: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/h/ch... , you can see that Grave Sight is written during the middle of the writing of the Sookie Stackhouse (a/k/a Southern Vampire) series. So probably she just went where the demand was. Too bad, though, although she did kind of leave the Grave Sight characters in a good place.

reading
was a really fun short. Introduction to the characters.

finished
really really liked it but I have never read a Holmes book, only have watched the movies and series.

Zoi wrote: ""

Read it last month. It was fun, but I am not sure I will continue . . . I think it may just be more of the same. If you continue, let me know if I should join.

Read the second in the Seven series
Six Months, which had a TSTL main character so didn't go so well. Luckily its PNR and the couples change.
reading

Just finished
, this series has stayed really great.

Amyiw wrote: "Just finished
, this series has stayed really great."

I just finished it, and I thought the first 40% was REALLY slow. I am planning on continuing despite not liking it much.

I read The Warbler Very good

Steph! I don't know if you've seen it (I might have been totally blind... it happens), but Green Dragon is coming out on April 28th!!! *happydance* 😃😃

I'm not sure if I'll reread from the start as I've read the first 3 only last year, and I was waiting to start Green Vampire so I could get back into it... but... tempting 😆

I hadn't seen it, thanks! I'm really hoping it's better than #4 🤞🏼 I don't think I'll do a re-read; I'll likely look over my notes/highlights through the first 4 though.

Started a new to me genre….LitRPG. I know it’s been around for around 15 years but never read anything in this genre. Tried a series and could not get into it.

On a blog’s comment from an author I love….someone suggested and I must say I’m pleasantly surprised . I even had the first book in my kindle freebie since….2021. Better late than never I guess.

I’ve only read the first two, but I’ve bought them all. I’m at once very amused, and utterly disturbed reading them.

I’ve not read any either, but that blurb does sound interesting.

It is very clever and well done. Just…disturbing. I mean, I’m always telling Mr when I’m severing arms and decapitating Orcs that “it’s not real!”. But, it’s RPG that’s real, so…

👍🏼 I don’t mind disturbing. I’ve added that one to my KU list.

It’s quite funny. You’ll love Princess Donut. :)

👍🏼😊

Just finished and now onto

Kateblue wrote: "Amyiw wrote: "Just finished
Broken Loyalty, this series has stayed really great."

I just finished it, and I thought the first 40% was REALLY slow. I am planning on continuing despite not liking it much. ."

I can see that as it seemed like a transitional book to me without much of the over arc getting solved and lots of new characters but I loved the building of her sister and her relationship.
I've read Reaper, Hunted, and Viper, trying to catch up to our buddy read Legion; but time for a break so next month. Gave the three 3, 5, and 4 stars in that order. Hunted was one of my favorite of the series.

Read Beauty and the Baller as a buddy/BOM read in another group. Don't usually love CR but gave this 4 1/2 CR stars and bumped up for humor and light drama.

Got back to Black Hat Bureau, Black Truth, White Lies and found that my memory took awhile to kick in and it was necessary. Ended up being slightly better than good but only 3 stars from me but probably was my own issues with putting it down for too long and not rereading. 3 1/2 stars as the characters were really good in the end.

Got back to Scarlet to finish the first trilogy, Hunter's Trail, didn't have the same issue with remembering the characters and how they fit. 4 Definitely want to go to the next trilogy of Scarlet now. I read the Boundary series though some books have come out there since I read them. It was a trilogy when I picked it up.

Just finished The Last Stand of Mary Good Crow, this is just not my genre though I ended up really liking it and gave it a 4. I probably won't read on though.

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Amy wrote: "It’s quite funny. You’ll love Princess Donut. :)"

I love cats so for sure I love Princess Donut! I’m on book 4 , I’m binge reading this series.

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