Series I Need to Finish | Bookmas Day 2

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Hello, my name is Cherie and I am a series starter. This year alone I have started 12

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new series and I've only completed two. Wait, hold up. 13. I have started 13 new series.

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I'm currently reading the first book in a series so that makes it 13 and honestly I

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don't know when I'm going to stop. I don't know when I'm going to stop starting series.

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I didn't really realize this until this year. I knew I had a problem with finishing series

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but I honestly didn't know how much of that problem was on me. Obviously it's on me but

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well okay I really don't know how to talk myself out of this.

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Welcome back to Such Fun Read. It's day two of Bookmas and let's talk about book series.

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As a soon-to-be-reformed series starter, I am making my first goal for 2025. I have picked 10

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series I need to finish. These will be books that I already own. Some of the series that I want to

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finish I may actually need to reread the first book but that's okay. As long as the series gets

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completed that is all that matters. So let's get into the series I want to complete in 2025.

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First up we have Percy Jackson by Rick Riordan. So I read three of these books last December.

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I actually vlogged my experience. I have yet to edit that vlog actually. Maybe I will sometime

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this December. We'll see how that goes. But I was enjoying what I was reading and it is a series I

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definitely want to finish. I wanted to finish the series before the TV show came out. Of course it

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didn't happen. I'm really bad about reading things when I see they're about to become a TV show

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or a movie. That's just how I am. But it is a fun series with the Greek gods and everything.

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Percy is pretty funny. Annabeth I've adopted her. I decided to adopt her. Grover is awesome

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and nothing better happened to Tyson. Next series is the popular trilogy by R.F. Kwong.

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I read the first book and I'm going to have to reread it. I kind of remember what happens

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but it will just be best if I reread it. I do remember enjoying it and I remember enjoying

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it quite a bit. I've also heard great things about the trilogy so I'm excited to get back into it.

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The Imperium Trilogy by Claire LeGrand. The first book is Furyborn and I did read that but I may

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need to reread it. Maybe. We'll see. Maybe I don't. I don't know. I think I remember what happens but

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I don't know. We'll see. But I do remember listening to a podcast where the author was being interviewed

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and I do remember her saying that this trilogy was her version of Anakin going to the dark side

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or something like that. I was intrigued and I wanted to read it. Now I just need to finish it.

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I'm going to kind of cheat and just put all of Ser J Maas series here. I need to read A

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Quarter Silver Flames and I'll be caught up on Akatar. I've read Up to Air of Fire in the

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Thorna Class series and that is the series I prefer of her so I probably should finish it. As Recruits

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in City I would need to reread that first book because I do not remember what happened. I do

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not remember. I think someone dies. Does someone die? I don't know. Anyway that is a book I would

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definitely have to reread. I only own the first two. I think a third one came out this year.

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Did it? I think it did. I don't know. Anyway I only own the first two so I'll read those.

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The Magician's Trilogy by Lev Grossman. I read the first book almost a decade ago and I haven't

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completed this series yet. That is unacceptable. That is very unacceptable but it also sounds quite

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like me so am I surprised? No. I do pretty much remember what happened in the first book though.

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I mean I did read it twice. The first time I read it I didn't really like the book but I kept it

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and I read it again and I loved it so so that's something. I'm going to try to go into the second

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book without rereading the first one. We'll see how that goes. I know there was a TV show that came

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out and I did watch the first episode but I stopped because I wanted to finish the trilogy

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before watching the TV show which of course. The Folk of the Air trilogy by Holly Black.

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I've read both The Cruel Prince and the Wicked King in this trilogy. I never did read Queen of

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Nothing though and I don't know why. Maybe I wasn't interested but for some reason I am now

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interested. Do I start over or do I just go into reading Queen of Nothing? I think I'm going to

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have to start over because it has been a few years and I think I remember things that happened in

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The Cruel Prince. I don't really remember what happens in the second book though so I think

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I think I want to start over. I think I just want to read the entire trilogy.

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Ash Princess Trilogy by Laura Sebastian. This one I do remember reading the first book.

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I do remember what happens and I don't have to reread it. I read it a few years ago so it

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wasn't quite recent but I think I am confident in being able to go into the second book

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without being confused. So that is a plus. The Frostbush Saga by Ellie Blake. I picked up this

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trilogy I'm guessing during the pandemic and I'm pretty sure I read the first book. I'm also

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confident I don't really remember it. I'm pretty sure I read it. I think I read it. I should probably

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look on Goodreads to see if I read it. Maybe. But I want to read this trilogy mostly because

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I want to know why did I decide to pick up this entire trilogy anyway and put it on my shelf?

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I don't even remember what made me want to read this trilogy or even how I found out about it.

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And two, will I even enjoy it? Hopefully I do because it's been sitting on my shelf for a few

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years and hopefully hopefully I enjoy this trilogy. The Selection Series by Keira Kass.

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At least the first trilogy. I read the Selection Years ago and I ate it up. It was exactly what you

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think it is. The dystopian bachelor. I guess it was coined as the Hunger Games meets the bachelor

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but I don't know if anyone dies so I kind of don't want to compare it to the Hunger Games but

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I'm pretty sure it was coined as that. I may need to reread the first book because it has been a

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while since I read it the first time. Honestly, I just want to know if the rebellion is successful.

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I think there was a rebellion in this story and I just want to know if it's successful.

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I never really hear anyone talk about the rebellion going on because it is a dystopian.

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So most likely there is a rebellion happening. I just never really hear anyone talk about it

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and I'm just curious is it successful or do they just completely forget about it? Because I know

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there is like a sequel series, sequel Spinole series for I think the daughter? I don't know. I don't

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know but is that a spoiler? Maybe. I don't know. I don't know. Anyway, I need to know. I need to

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know what part outside of the romance is discussed in these books. Last but not least, The Mistborn

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Trilogy by Brandon Sanderson. Of course, I didn't forget Mistborn or the Final Empire, whatever

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you want to call it, was one of my favorite reads of 2023. I thought I would have finished that series

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by now but of course, of course I didn't. Honestly, the second book should be one of the first books

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I pick up in 2025 or maybe I'll sneak in the second book and read it this month, even before the

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year ends. But I do know I better have completed this trilogy by the end of next year. So those

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are 10 series I hope by this time next year I will have completed or caught up with. I guess it

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would be 12 since I do have three Sarah J Maas series on this list so I guess I guess 12, whatever.

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If I can remember, we'll revisit this list next year to see if I was able to do what I hope to do.

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I'm also curious if you have any series you need to finish by the end of 2025

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or any you'd like to start. Let me know. Thank you though so much for listening and don't forget

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to subscribe so that you don't miss new episodes and we'll talk soon.