atakefromtwocities posted: " Hi, Hollis here! A few years ago I bemoaned all my started-but-unfinished series and went to some painstaking effort to shelve them on GR to keep track. I quickly discontinued that effort but the fact remains that we as readers, and we here at A Take fro" A Take from Two Cities
Hi, Hollis here! A few years ago I bemoaned all my started-but-unfinished series and went to some painstaking effort to shelve them on GR to keep track. I quickly discontinued that effort but the fact remains that we as readers, and we here at A Take from Two Cities, start so many series and only manage to finish some. Whether that's because said series are yet to be completed, delayed, or just forgotten about amidst all the other new releases, who can say. But to keep us (me) accountable, I want to start a blog series not unlike our Five On Our TBRs but where we (I) try to complete (at least!) five series a year.
This continues to be a successful endeavour in keeping me not just accountable but also motivated. Honestly, it's only the thought of having to type "I failed" in this box that pushes me on for that final series (or two!) on my list each year. Now that's motivation.
Topping my list for series I'd like to complete in 2024 are :
Starting this list off (again!) with another one of Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel series. Not the original, or the spin-off trilogy, as I snuck the latter in right near the end of the year, and the former the year before, but the Namaah Trilogy takes place a few hundred years after those. And by tackling this arc I will officially be closing the chapter on this world (notwithstanding Cassiel's Servant, a recent release which reimagines Kushiel's Dart by Joscelin's perspective.. which maybe one day I'll read).
Next up, I had started rereading the Fever series back in 2022 (not part of any particular series goal!) but got a little offtrack after finishing the main arc and never pushed on. So time to, well, push on with the rest, which includes some I never got around to reading the first time. It hasn't been smooth sailing up until this point (parts of this PNR/UF series did not age well) but I'm too curious for my own good and want to know how Moning ended it all.
Yes, I know, the Expanse series by James S. A. Corey is a lofty goal, indeed, as a) this space opera series is a damn saga, b) the length of each individual book, and c) all the extras and novellas that are associated with it and fit amongst them, but I promised myself I would finally read these after the tv series wrapped and I keep putting it off. But with book one as one of my Twelve Books in Twelve Months challenge picks for 2023 there's never been a better time.
Second to last for 2024 is The Bridei Chronicles by Juliet Marillier. Anyone who knows me knows how much I love this author but in working my way through her non-Sevenwaters backlist that I either read and forgot about or never got around to reading.. none are quite living upto that original magic. But The Dark Mirror got close. I meant to reread the full trilogy with Micky last year but plans, as they oft do, got derailed. Nonetheless I want to pick things back up and continue on and see if maybe this could be another Marillier world I recommend.
And lastly, there's Claudia Gray's Firebird series. This YA sci-fi series is one I barely remember at all (2015 was a hundred lifetimes ago..) except that there's some kind of multiverse time travel element. I do remember at the time there were a lot of books with this kind of vibe and I think I was just over it by the time the third book came out. But those covers, wow. Still gorgeous. Despite this being YA I'm still looking forward to rediscovering these and hope to enjoy the journey through to the end.
Micky here. I remain a series starter and not finisher, I know this about myself and accept it.
My list for 2024 goes like this:
First up is Grace Draven's Fallen Empire series. I'm a big fan of Draven and tend to enjoy this author's writing most in her full novels than her short stories (let's pretend this wasn't also on the list for 2023).
I've had the Poppy War series for ages and having read two of Kuang's standalones in 2023, this seems like the right time to jump on her fantasy series. I've heard it's pretty traumatic, so I'll be bracing myself.
I'm adding the Savage Lands series by Stacey Marie Brown because although I'm two books in and not that enamoured, they are entertaining and I'd like to wrap this up in 2024.
The Tomorrow's Ancestors series is a super fresh take on evolution in the future clashing with the beginings of humanity. I enjoyed books one and two, now that the series is complete, I want to see what happens.
Nothing much to say about these other than it's about time and I love Paolini's sci-fi, so the hope for these is strong.
Are there any series you're prioritizing this year? We'd love to know!
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