2014 Seriously Series 'Sessment - Kelly Tackles Round 3

Our third check-in of 2014! This one was a little tougher than some of the earlier ones. I feel like I slid in under the wire on the before 2014 category.

By category:
Series started in 2014: 26/18
Series started before 2014: 18/18
Series rereads: 7/9

By month:
July

• Started in 2014:
• Completed: 10
• Beyond (The Forbidden Life of Alex Moore)
• Blood Rose Tale (Trapped)
• Cardinal Witches (Alejandro's Sorceress)
• Ghost Hackers (Bring on the Poltergeists)
• The Gray Tower Trilogy (The Tower's Alchemist)
• Iron Portal (Rogue's Passion)
• Reveler (Darkness Falls)
• Purgatory (The Wolf Within)
• Shifters Unbound (Bodyguard)
• Werewolves of Montana (The Mating Heat)
• In progress: 1
• Hearts of the Anemoi (West of Want)
• Started before 2014:
• Completed: 6
• Elder Races (Peanut Goes to School)
• Eternal Mates (Tempted by a Rogue Prince)
• Songs of Magic (Fairy Luck)
• Stone Soldiers (Pale Horseman)
• Takhini Wolves (Diamond Dust)
• Welcome to Hell (A Demon and His Psycho)
• In progress: -none-
• Rereads:
• Completed: - none-
• In progress: -none-

August

• Started in 2014:
• Completed: 4
• DreamMakers (Love is a Battlefield)
• Reaper (Gun Shy)
• Shadowminds (Dangerous Calling)
• Werewolf Marines (Prisoner)
• In progress: - none -
• Started before 2014:
• Completed: 6
• Beyond (Beyond Addiction)
• Bitterthorn, Texas (One Hot Second)
• Darkest London (Shadowdance, Evernight)
• Good Gods (Doe Eyes)
• Iron Seas (Tethered)
• Midnight Liaisons (Single Wolf Female)
• In progress:  - none -
• Rereads:
• Completed: - none -
• In progress: 1
• Women of the Otherworld (Haunted)

September

• Started in 2014:
• Completed: 12
• 2B Trilogy (I Want It That Way, As Long As You Love Me)
• Castles Ever After (Romancing the Duke)
• Companions Codex (Rise of the King)
• First Moon (First Moon)
• A. F.R.E.A.K.S. Squad Investigation (High Moon)
• Game On (The Hook Up)
• Lords of the Abyss (The Mighty Hunter)
• New Pompeii (Captives of New Pompeii)
• Sareth Web (Accession)
• Stage Dive (Lick, Play, Lead)
• Vampires of San Francisco (Hell Hounds Are for Suckers)
• Virgin (The Virgin and the Playboy, The Virgin and the Best Man, Virgin Under Ground, Two Men and a Virgin, Two Men)
• In progress: 1
• Hearts of the Anemoi (South of Surrender)
• Started before 2014:
• Completed: 6
• Ascension (Sins of Eden)
• Darkness Rising (The Invitation)
• Her Angel (Her Avenging Angel)
• Lords of Deliverance (Rogue Rider, Reaver)
• Preternatural Affairs (Shadows Burn)
• Pride (The Mane Event, The Mane Squeeze)
• In progress: - none -
• Rereads:
• Completed: - none -
• In progress: - none -

2014 Seriously Series 'Sessment - Kelly Tackles Round 2

Our second check-in of 2014! I'm not going to lie, I had a good three months.

By category:
Series started in 2014: 27/18
Series started before 2014: 18/18
Series rereads: 7/9

By month:
April

• Started in 2014:
• Completed: 14
• Alex Noziak (Invisible Fate)
• Baker Street Romance (Blue Roses)
• Blue-Collar Billionaires (Tank)
• Coven Pointe (Marked by Temptation)
• Debt Collection (Collateral)
• Deizian Empire (Shattered Web)
• Dreammakers (All Fired Up)
• Erotic Kingdom (Craving Red)
• Monstertantra Erotica (Taken by the Megalodon)
• Takhini Shifters (Copper King)
• The Tarot Witches (Caged Wolf)
• Truckee Wolves (Toxic)
• Werewolf Marines (Laura's Wolf)
• Whyborne & Griffin (Widdershins)
• In progress: -none-
• Started before 2014:
• Completed: 7
• Alien Abduction (Heroic Abduction)
• Gaslight Chronicles (Dragons & Dirigibles)
• Kingdom (Rumpel's Prize)
• Savannah Shadows (A Strange There After)
• Southern Arcana (Enigma)
• Steampunk Chronicles (The Girl with the Windup Heart)
• Superlovin' (Super Trouble)
• In progress: 1
• Iron Seas (The Kraken King and the Abominable Worm)
• Rereads:
• Completed: -none-
• In progress: -none-

May

• Started in 2014:
• Completed: 6
• Aftershock (Island Peril)
• Holiday Hearts (Yuletide Enchantment)
• Red, Hot and BOOM (Naughty Girls Do)
• Scarlet Rain (Vigilante of Shadows)
• Trinity Masters (Elemental Pleasure)
• Vampire Alliance (Allegiance)
• In progress: 1
• Hearts of the Anemoi (North of Need)
• Started before 2014:
• Completed: 7
• Ascension (Lost in Prophecy)
• Defiance (Salvation)
• Stone Soldiers (Terrorcota)
• The Sundering (The Herald)
• Tryst Island (Smoking Holt)
• Vampires Realm (Hunger)
• Zero Dog Missions (Dark Ride Dogs)
• In progress: 1
• Iron Seas (Here There Be Monsters, The Kraken King and the Fox's Den, The Kraken King and the Inevitable Abduction, The Kraken King and the Iron Heart, The Kraken King and the Crumbling Walls, The Kraken King and the Empress's Eyes)
• Rereads:
• Completed: 2
• Furry United Coalition (Bunny and the Bear, Swan and the Bear, Croc and the Fox, Lion and the Falcon)
• Judgement of the Six (Hope(less), (Mis)fortune, (Un)wise)
• In progress: -none-

June

• Started in 2014:
• Completed: 7
• The D.I.R.E. Agency (Agent I1: Tristan)
• Ghost Hackers (About Last Night)
• Renegade Royals (Lost in a Loyal Kiss)
• Ridgeville (He Ain't Lion, Like a Fox)
• Thompson & Sons (One Sexy Ride)
• Werebear Shifter Romance (Bear King's Curves)
• Werewolves of Montana (The Mating Chase)
• In progress: -none-
• Started before 2014:
• Completed: 6
• Angler (Catch)
• Elder Races (Pia Saves the Day)
• Flash Gold (Claimed)
• Furry United Coalition (Doe and the Wolf)
• Return to Sanctuary (Wings of Redemption, Deep in Crimson)
• Sleepy Hollow (In From the Cold)
• In progress: 1
• Iron Seas (Kraken King and the Greatest Adventure)
• Rereads:
• Completed: 1
• Parasol Protectorate (Timeless)
• In progress: -none-

2014 Seriously Series 'Sessment - Kelly Tackles Round 1

Our first check-in of 2014! I'm not going to lie, I had a good three months.

By category:
Series started in 2014: 43/18
Series started before 2014: 24/18
Series rereads: 4/7

By month:
January

• Started in 2014:
• Completed: 18
• Blood Stone (Blood Knot, Southampton Swindle, Blood Stone, Blood Unleashed)
• Cutter Cay (Undertow)
• Donovan Circus (Gifted, Burned)
• The Dowser (Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic)
• Gargoyles (Heart of Stone)
• Hope (Hope Flames)
• Koning Clan (Escaping Love)
• Kowalski Family (Exclusively Yours)
• Metamorphosis (All That Remains)
• Pembroke Palace (Married by Midnight)
• Preternatural Affairs (Witch Hunt)
• Reaper (Reaper's Touch)
• Red Hot Valentine (Sweet Sizzle)
• Roaring Twenties (Bitter Spirits)
• The Rules of Scoundrels (A Rogue by Any Other Name, One Good Earl Deserves a Lover, No Good Duke Goes Unpunished)
• Seattle Sullivans (The Way You Look Tonight)
• Thompson & Sons (Rocky Ride)
• The VV Inn (Vampire Vacation, The Hunt, Big Game, Death's Servant, Death Times Two)
• In progress: - none -
 
• Started before 2014:
• Completed: 9
• Anam Céile Chronicles (The Sins of Zahrah, Leannan, La Amore di Vincenzo)
• Ascension (Caged in Bone)
• Billionaire Novelist (Working for the Billionaire Novelist, Spanking the Billionaire Novelist)
• The Ice Cream Shop Boy (Laura and Zach, Laura's New Life)
• Jewels of Tomorrow (Heart of Vengeance)
• Love By Numbers (Eleven Scandals to Start...)
• Riga Hayworth (The Elemental Detective)
• Tryst Island (Dragonfly Kisses)
• Turner (Unraveled)
• In progress: 3
• Argeneau (Love Bites)
• Beyond (Beyond Temptation),
• Occult Crimes Unit Investigation (Evil Dark)
 
• Rereads:
• Completed: 1
• Cyborgs: More Than Machines (C791, F814, B785, Aramus)
• In progress: 4
• Black Dagger Brotherhood (Dark Lover, Lover Eternal, Lover Awakened)
• Parasol Protectorate (Soulless)
• That Old Black Magic (That Voodoo You Do)
• Women of the Otherworld (Stolen, Dime Store Magic, Industrial Magic)

February

• Started in 2014:
• Completed: 5
• Destiny's Trinities (Beth's Acceptance)
• Finding Fate (Best Kind of Broken)
• Hawkeye (Met Her Match)
• Kyle Demore (Kyle Demore and the Timekeeper's Key)
• Truckee Wolves (Educating Evangeline)
• In progress: - none -
 
• Started before 2014:
• Completed: 12
• A Life of Death (The Golden Bulls)
• Arcadia Bell (Banishing the Dark)
• Beyond (Beyond Jealousy)
• Cyborgs: More Than Machines (Seth)
• Earth Angels (Dangerous Angel)
• Eternal Mates (Claimed by a Demon King)
• Laid Bear (The Kodiak Clan)
• Lunar Chronicles (Cress)
• Mountain Masters (Simon Says: Mine)
• Occult Crimes Unit Investigations (Known Devil)
• Secret McQueen (Cold Hard Secret)
• Stone Soldiers (Seven Deadly Sons)
• In progress: 1
• Shatter Me (Fracture Me)
 
• Rereads:
• Completed: 2
• Flesh (Flesh, Skin, Room With a View)
• Mountain Masters (Master of the Mountain)
• In progress: 2
• Parasol Protectorate (Changeless, Blameless, Heartless)
• That Old Black Magic (The Seven Year Witch, Maximum Witch)

March

• Started in 2014:
• Completed: 20
• The Chronicles of Izzy (See How She Runs)
• Companions Codex (Night of the Hunter)
• The Crane Curse (Charming the Alpha)
• Crazy in Love (Waiting)
• Deadly Liasons (Drain Me Dry)
• Devoured (All Over You)
• Forgotten Princesses (Wicked in Your Arms)
• Hot Ice (Hired)
• The Jackson Brothers (Somebody's Lover)
• Last of the Shapeshifters (A Change to Bear)
• The Marechal Chronicles (The Goblin Between Her Thighs)
• Mating Wolves (Initiation Gangbang)
• Mystic Isle (Fangs, Fur and Mistletoe)
• Quarantined (Until the End, In the End)
• The Ravening (Ravenous)
• Satyr's Myst (Tied and True)
• Sleeping Dragons (Animus)
• Shadowminds (Twisted Miracles)
• Snowcroft Men (Snowcroft Lost)
• The Vampire Alliance (Absolution)
• In progress: - none-

• Started before 2014:
• Completed: 3
• Blood of Eden (The Forever Song)
• London Undead (Survive to Dawn)
• The Sundering (The Sentinel)
• In progress: 2
• Darkest London (Entwined)
• Iron Seas (Hook, Mina Wentworth and the Invisible City, The Kraken King and the Scribbling Spinster)
• Rereads:
• Completed: 1
• That Old Black Magic (Getting Familiar with Your Demon)
• In progress: 1
• Black Dagger Brotherhood (Lover Revealed)

Seriously Series 'Sessment - Kelly tackles Round 3

Our third quarter check-in! Once again, I had a good three months.

As a reminder, I wipe out my totals at the end of each three month period (which I refer to as "rounds") and start fresh.

Previously:
[Round 1: January-March]
[Round 2: April-June]

Currently:
Round 3: July-September

By category:
Series started in 2013: 45/18
Series started before 2013: 18/18
Series rereads: 8/14

By month:
July

• New series:
• Completed: 22
• Angel at Large (Falling for an Angel)
• Children of the Hunt (Sylvie Monroe)
• Clover Leaf Cafe (It's Not Enough)
• Flesh (Flesh, Skin)
• Foxtrot Team (The Shadow of Mudflap)
•  Go Get 'Em Women (Ningaloo Nights)
• Hex Hall (Spell Bound)
• Jessica E. Subject 1Night Stand Bundle (Beneath the Starry Sky, Celestial Seduction, Unknown Futures, Satin Sheets in Space, Sudden Breakaway)
• Judgement of the Six (Hope(less))
• Kiss Across Time (Kiss Across Chains)
• Mortal Gods (Loki Bound)
• Mustangs Baseball (Free Agent)
• Peaches Monroe (Stardust)
• Riga Hayworth (The Infernal Detective)
• Seasons of the Moon: The Cain Chronicles (New Moon Summer, Blood Moon Harvest, Moon of the Terrible, Red Rose Moon, Darkmoon, Of Wings and Wolves, Alpha Moon)
• Sleepy Hollow (Heat Wave)
• Starters and Enders (Starters)
• The Sweet Shoppe (Cowboy Up)
• Taken by the Pack (The Hunt)
• When Naughty Becomes So Nice (Christmas Choices)
• When the Mission Ends (Operation: Endurance, Before the Mission Begins)
• Wicked 3 (Wicked Sexy, Wicked Release)
• Started, not completed: 1
• The Vampire Coalition (The Rough Mating of a Vampire)
• Old series:
• Completed: 2
• The Iron Druid Chronicles (Hunted)
• Legend (Prodigy)
• Started, not completed: 1
• Erotica Storytime (Taken by Her Mechanic, Adventures in Sex Research)
• Rereads:
• Completed: 1
• War Tribe (Demon's Captive)
• Started, not completed: None

August

• New series:
• Completed: 15
• Antique Magic (The Artist's Inheritance, Caitlin's Book of Shadows)
• Bitterthorn, Texas (Ugly Ducklings Finish First)
• Cascadia Wolves (Enforcer)
• Christmas With Kink (All Wrapped Up)
• Faldron Shifters (Feral Domination)
• Galilee Falls Trilogy (Justice)
• Goddess Unbound (Hera, Queen of Gods)
• Good Gods (Snake in the Grass)
• Firecracker (Firecracker in Heat)
• The Keepers (The Keepers)
• Others of Edenton (New Beginnings, In Too Deep)
• Renhala (Renhala)
• Savannah Shadows (Happily Never After)
• The Vampire Coalition (Ethan's Mate)
• Wicked Shores (Three Ways to Wicked)
• Started, not completed: 2
• Stone Soldiers (Brothers in Stone, Blood and Stone, Stone Soldier, Catching Fire, City of Bones)
• The Sundering (The Companions)
• Old series:
• Completed: 8
• Arcadia Bell (Binding the Shadows)
• Beyond (Beyond Pain)
• Erotica Storytime (Three Men and a Girlfriend, Bad Secretary)
• Psy-Changeling (Wild Invitation)
• Psychic Visions (Knock, Knock...)
• Secret McQueen (Secret Unleashed)
• Spindle Cove (Any Duchess Will Do)
• Stud Club (Three Nights with a Scoundrel)
• Started, not completed: 2
• Darkness Rising (The Calling)
• Descent (Damnation Marked, Deadly Hearts)
• Rereads:
• Completed: 2
• Darkness Rising (The Gathering)
• Down & Dirty (Wild Card, Calling the Bluff, Ante Up)
• Started, not completed: 1
• Dark-Hunter Universe (Acheron, One Silent Night)

September

• New series:
• Completed:8
• The Dacians (Shadow's Claim)
• Dalakis Passion (Harker's Journey)
• The Human Revolt (Vampire Redemption)
• Jackrabbit Junction (Dance of the Winnebagos)
• Kingdom Series (Her Mad Hatter, Gerard's Beauty, Red and Her Wolf)
• Malloy Family (The Bounty)
• The Sundering (The Godborn)
• Superlovin' (Superlovin', Super Bad, Super Hot)
• Started, not completed: 2
• Beloved Bloody Time (Bannockburn Binding)
• Stone Soldiers (Shades of War)
• Old series:
• Completed: 8
• Darkest London (Winterblaze)
• Darkness Rising (The Rising)
• Downside Ghosts (Close to You)
• Her Angel (Her Wicked Angel)
• Immortals After Dark (Lothaire)
• The Iron Fey: Call of the Forgotten (The Iron Traitor)
• Preternaturals (Life Cycle)
• Soul Screamers (With All My Soul)
• Started, not completed: 1
• Descent (Dire Blood)
• Rereads:
• Completed: - none-
• Started, not completed: 1
• Dark-Hunter Universe (Dream Warrior, Bad Moon Rising)

Seriously Series 'Sessment - Kelly tackles Round 2

Our second check-in! Once again, I had a good three months.

As a reminder, I wipe out my totals at the end of each three month period (which I refer to as "rounds") and start fresh.

Previously:
[Round 1: January-March]

Currently:
Round 2: April-June

By category:
Series started in 2013: 28/18
Series started before 2013: 24/18
Series rereads: 5/12

By month:
April

• New series:
• Completed: 9
• Bloodrunners (Dark Wolf Rising)
• Earth Angels (Wounded Angel)
• Monk's Hill Witch (The Ghost and the Graveyard)
• Portal Arcane (The Law of Three)
• Runaway Lies (For You)
• Sons of Wrath (Soul Avenged)
• Strength in Numbers (Strength in Numbers)
• Sturgis Rally Riders (Runaway Virgin, Whipped Puppy, Public Adoration, Beautiful Ink)
• Text Me (Text Me)
• Started, not completed: 2
• Anam Céile Chronicles (Donovan's Struggle, The Submission of Giuliana)
• Lords of Deliverance (Immortal Rider)
• Old series:
• Completed: 7
• Bound (Bound in Death)
• Green Pines (Haunted Wolves)
• Jasper Dent (Game)
• The Sidhe Collection (Scattered Magic, Remnants of Magic)
• Steampunk Chronicles (The Girl with the Iron Touch)
• Tales of the Underlight (How Beauty Loved the Beast)
• Vampire Erotic Theatre (Unleash)
• Started, not completed:  -none-
• Rereads:
• Completed: - none-
• Started, not completed: 1
• Elder Races (Serpent's Kiss)

May

• New series:
• Completed: 10
• After the Bane (Apocalyptic Moon)
• Bound and Determined (Unbound)
• Code of Shadows (Conjuring Max)
• Dream Catcher (Gone)
• Frontiera (Heart of Stone)
• Surrender Your Love (Surrender Your Love)
• Thieves of Aurion (Lover Enslaved, Lover Enraptured)
• Tryst Island (Rebound)
• Unveiled (Reveal Me)
• When the Mission Ends (Operation: Endgame)
• Started, not completed: 4
• Hex Hall (Hex Hall)
• Kiss Across Time (Kiss Across Time)
• The Santinis (Leonardo)
• Twilight of the Gods (Demon Crossings)
• Old series:
• Completed: 10
• Alien Abduction (Mercenary Abduction)
• Blood of Eden (Dawn of Eden)
• Cryptid Tales (Settle)
• Cyborgs: More Than Machine (B785)
• Family Blood Ties (Sian's Solution, Vampire in Design)
• Furry United Coalition (Lion and the Falcon)
• Highlander (Into the Dreaming)
• Lords of the Underworld (The Darkest Prison)
• Rhyn Trilogy (Rhyn's Redemption)
• Wicked Lovely (Old Habits)
• Started, not completed: 6
• Darkest London (Ember)
• Experiment in Terror (And With Madness Comes the Light)
• The Iron Druid Chronicles (Grimoire of the Lamb, Two Ravens and One Crow)
• Legend (Life Before Legend)
• Razorland (Endurance)
• Spindle Cove (A Night to Surrender)
• Rereads:
• Completed: - none -
• Started, not completed: 3
• Dark-Hunter Universe (The Dream Hunter)
• Elder Races (True Colors, Oracle's Moon, Natural Evil, Devil's Gate, Hunter's Season)
• Morganville Vampires (Fade Out)

June

• New series:
• Completed: 9
• Alpha Colony (Untamed Hunger)
• Anam Céile Chronicles (Cailin, Soeis)
• Demons and Warders (Burn Baby Burn, Riding in on a Burning Tire)
• Galactic Breeders (Corbin's Captive)
• London Undead (Bite Me)
• The Renaldis (Temporary Arrangement)
• The Santinis (Marco, Gianni, Vicente)
• Twilight of the Gods (Witch Bound)
• Vampire Assassin League (With Just Cause)
• Started, not completed: 4 
• Hex Hall (Demonglass)
• Kiss Across Time (Kiss Across Swords)
• Lords of Deliverance (Lethal Rider)
• Stone Soldiers (Mythical)
• Old series:
• Completed: 7 
  
• Aspen (Wounded)
• Birch Harbor (The Kirkbride Plan)
• Demonica (Overkill:Snippets of Demonica Life)
• Elder Races (The Wicked)
• Elemental Assassin (Spider's Bargain, Web of Death, Web of Deceit, Poison, Wasted, Tangled Dreams, Tangled Schemes, Spider's Nemesis, Parlor Tricks)
• Heroes of the Highlands (Reluctant)
• Monument 14 (Jake and the Other Girl)
• Started, not completed: 2
• Grisha (The Tailor, The Too-Clever Fox)
• Spindle Cove (A Week to be Wicked, A Lady by Midnight, Beauty and the Blacksmith)
• Rereads:
• Completed: 1
• Elder Races (Lord's Fall)
• Started, not completed: 2
• Dark-Hunter Universe (Devil May Cry, Upon the Midnight Clear, Dream Chaser)
• Morganville Vampires (Kiss of Death)

Seriously Series 'Ssessment - Kelly tackles Round 1

Our first check-in! I've been referring to the first three months of the year as "Round 1" on my Seriously Series page (because I'm wiping out my totals as of the beginning of April [excluding the rereads] and starting all over again) and I'm going to carry that over for the year.

I'm not going to lie, I had a good three months.

By category:
Series started in 2013: 22/18
Series started before 2013: 29/18
Series rereads: 4/12

By month:
January

• New series:
• Completed: 5
• The Artists Trilogy (Sins & Needles)
• Earth Angels (Nobody's Angel, Savage Angel)
• The Human Revolt (Vampire Miami)
• Magnocracy (Vacant Graves)
• Otherworld Assassin (Last Kiss Goodnight)
• Started, not completed: 2
• Deadwood Mystery (Nearly Departed in Deadwood)
• Dream Catchers (Wake, Cabel's Story)
• Old series:
• Completed: 9
• Darkest Powers (Darkest Powers Bonus Pack 2)
• Furry United Coalition (Swan and the Bear, Croc and the Fox) 
• The Montgomerys and Armstrongs (Highlander Most Wanted) 
• The Protector (Release)
• Seasons of the Moon (Gray Moon Rising) 
• Shadowlands (Kiss of the Goblin Prince)
• Tales of the Underlight (How Beauty Saved the Beast)
• Vampire Erotic Theatre (Bewitch)
• Young Adult Alien Huntress (Blacklisted)
• Started, not completed: 3 
• The Iron Druid Chronicles (Tricked) 
• Madison Avery (Early to Death, Early to Rise) 
• Under the Never Sky (Roar and Liv)
• Rereads:
• Completed: 2 
• Bloodhounds (Wilder's Mate, Merrick's Destiny, Hunter's Prey, Archer's Lady)
• Darkest Powers (The Summoning, The Awakening, The Reckoning, Darkest Powers Bonus Pack 1)
• Started, not completed: 3 
• Dark-Hunter Universe (Fantasy Lover, Night Pleasures, Night Embrace, Dance with the Devil) 
• Elder Races (Dragon Bound)
• Morganville Vampires (Glass Houses, The Dead Girls' Dance)

February

• New series:
• Completed: 7 
• Carnality (Carnal Desires, Carnal Attraction, Carnal Denial) 
• Deadwood Mystery (Optical Delusions in Deadwood, Dead Case in Deadwood)
• Lost City Shifters (Rebellion) 
• Prides of the Moon (Amber Moon, Emerald Moon, Turquoise Moon, Onyx Moon, Amethyst Moon)
• Sleepy Hollow (Lightning, Thunder, Frost) 
• Taken by the Pack (Full Moon, Star-Kissed, Midnight Eyes, Nightfire) 
• Vampire Venator (Forbidden Blood)
• Started, not completed: 2
• Dream Catcher (Fade)
• SEALs On Fire (Coyote Heat, Dagger's Edge, Jonesin' For Action)
• Old series:
• Completed: 8 
• Colbana Files (Night Blade) 
• Gaslight Chronicles (Cards & Caravans) 
• The Iron Druid Chronicles (Trapped) 
• Lunar Chronicles (Scarlet) 
• Madison Avery (Something Deadly This Way Comes) 
• Men Who Walk the Edge of Honor (Trace of Fever)
• Secret McQueen (Grave Secret) 
• Shatter Me (Unravel Me)
• Started, not completed: 3 
• Alien Abduction (Intentional Abduction, Dual Abduction) 
• The Seer (Last Dance) 
• Stud Club (Twice Tempted by a Rogue)
• Rereads:
• Completed: - none -
• Started, not completed: 2
• Dark-Hunter Universe (Kiss of the Night, Night Play, Seize the Night) 
• Morganville Vampires (Midnight Alley, Feast of Fools)

March

• New series:
• Completed: 10 
• Boys of Summer (Pitch Perfect)
• Brothers Sinister (The Governess Affair)
• Corine Solomon (Blue Diablo)
• Edgewood (Edgewood)
• Good Gods (Deer in Headlights)
• Kasadya (Kasadya: Hellhound Awakened)
• Necessary Evil (Temping is Hell)
• Portal Arcane (Reversion)
• Revivalist (Working Stiff)
• SEALs On  Fire (Jagger's Moves, Melting Ice, Touching Ghost, Conquering Zeus)
• Started, not completed: 1
• Lords of Deliverance (Eternal Rider)
• Old series:
• Completed: 12 
• Beyond (Beyond Control)
• Bound (Bound in Darkness, Bound by the Night)
• Champion of the Sidhe (Keeper of Secrets)
• Darkest London (Moonglow)
• The Edge (Steel's Edge)
• Lakeland Heatwave (Elemental Fire)
• Rise of the Unseelie (Uprising)
• Rulers of Darkness (Caressed by a Crimson Moon)
• Shadows of Destiny (Destined for Harmony)
• Songs of Magic (Fairyvision)
• Touched (Captivated)
• Under the Never Sky (Through the Ever Night)
• Started, not completed: 3'
• Blood of Eden (The Eternity Cure)
• Cyborgs: More Than Machines (F814)
• Jasper Dent (Career Day, Neutral Mask)
• Rereads:
• Completed: 2 
• Bound (Bound by Blood, Bound in Sin)
• Cyborgs: More Than Machine (C791)
• Started, not completed: 3
• Dark-Hunter Universe (Sins of the Night, Unleash the Night, Dark Side of the Moon)
• Elder Races (Storm's Heart)
• Morganville Vampires (Lord of Misrule, Carpe Corpus)

Goodbye numbers! I shall miss you! Now, onto Round 2!

Seriously Series 'Ssessment - Jan-March

Welcome to the first official check-in for the Seriously Series Reading Challenge!

As a reminder, this check-in is a chance for you to report your progress during the previous 3 months (January - March) and reassess your goals, if needed. If you need a refresher on the categories and/or levels that you can shoot for, visit our sign-up page.

Check-in schedule:

• April 1st: January--March
• July 1st: April--June
• October 1st: July--September
• January 1st, 2014: October--December

Ready to share your progress? Excellent! Please link to either your initial sign-up post or a progress post -- not your blog's homepage.
Please note: The linky will remain open through the month of April for this check-in. 



Be sure to stop by on July 1st for the next check-in!

2013 Why Buy the Cow? Reading Challenge

2013 Why Buy the Cow? Reading Challenge hosted by On a Book Bender & Reading the Paranormal
(Rules and info)
(Sign up)

This challenge is to read a minimum of 100 free ebooks between January 1st and December 31st. (I'm aiming to be an Extreme Couponer, guys!)


This is the page where I'll track the different books I read for this challenge.

248/100 books


January
1. Call of Booty: Modern Whorefare by Lexi Maxxwell
2. The Vampire From Hell: The Beginning by Ally Thomas
3. A Dark Grave by J.A. Souders
4. Hunter's Choice by Shiloh Walker
5. Kissing Phoenix by Shona Husk
6. Highlander Reborn by Laura Hunsaker
7. Cat's Meow by Nicole Austin
8. Kaibab Unbound by Kevin Hearne
9. Contract to Pleasure by Beverly Havlir
10. 44 by Jools Sinclair
11. Front Man by Adora Bell
12. Spanking Ms. Whitman by Kate Richards
13. Salon Slut Swallows by Lexi Maxxwell
14. Fucking on Campus by Lexi Maxxwell
15. Babysitter Blues by Tawna Bickley
16. Double Penetration in the Elevator by Dominique Angel
17. Jungle Fever - Part 1 by Hazel Hunter
18. A Tentacle For Every Hole by C.J. Smalls
19. Captured By Her Horny Beast by Kate Hampton
20. Her Mad Hatter by Marie Hall
21. Hot and Dangerous by Rebecca York
22. Candy Store by Bella Andre
23. Not Quite Casper by Mercy Loomis
24. Dancing With the Duke by Suzanna Medeiros
25. Cabel's Story by Lisa McMann
26. The Dark Lifer's Revenge by Linda Joy Singleton
27. Arctic Exposure - Part 1 by Hazel Hunter
28. Desert Thirst - Part 1 by Hazel Hunter

February
29. The Dragon's Sex Slave by Lolita Davis
30. Under His Roof by Sadey Quinn
31. A Knight In Her Arms by Evie North
32. Lipstick and Leather by Cheyenne McCray
33. Demon's Offer by Tamara Clay
34. The New Deputy in Town by B.J. Daniels
35. Dagger's Edge by Brenna Zinn
36. The Phantom and the Psychic by Sophia Jones
37. Prelude to a Fantasy by Melissa Schroeder
38. Disarm by June Gray
39. Sweet Pleasure by McKenna Chase
40. Passion Next Door by Cara Carnes
41. Under His Hands by Michelle Fox
42. Ultimatum by Gemma James
43. Right Moves by Ava McKnight
44. Two Cowboys and One Girl by Danica Williams
45. Club Nightshade by Selena Sexton
46. The Final Wish by Tracey O'Hara
47. Star Kissed by Cat Scofield
48. Reaper's Justice by Charlotte Boyett-Compo
49. Melting Point by Shelli Stevens
50. Room With a View: Hot Down Under by Kylie Scott
51. A Hint of Frost by Hailey Edwards
52. Nyssa's Guardian by Reese Gabriel
53. Boots and Chaps by Myla Jackson
54. Valentine's Day Virgin by Maria Taylor
55. Croc and the Fox by Eve Langlais
56. Scandal and Sin by Lynn LaFleur
57. Time Thief by Anna Hackett
58. Hybrid's Love by Seraphina Donavan
59. Magnetism by Kim Knox
60. Teasing Trent by Minx Malone
61. Red by Kate SeRine
62. Carnal Desires by D.L. Jackson
63. Carnal Attraction by D.L. Jackson
64. Carnal Denial by D.L. Jackson
65. Wesley and the Sex Zombies by Portia Da Costa
66. Coyote Heat by Desiree Holt
67. Jonesin' For Action by Samantha Cayto
68. Amber Moon by Ann Mayburn
69. Emerald Moon by Ann Mayburn
70. Turquoise Moon by Ann Mayburn
71. Onyx Moon by Ann Mayburn
72. Amethyst Moon by Ann Mayburn
73. Let the Wild Out by Madelyn Porter
74. Unleashed Temptation by Savannah Stuart
75. Mate of the Werewolf by J.S. Scott
76. Bound to the Night by Kelly Wallace
77. Mountain Wilds part 1 by Hazel Hunter
78. Gray Moon Rising by S.M. Reine
79. Nearly Departed in Deadwood by Ann Charles
80. Optical Delusions in Deadwood by Ann Charles
81. Dead Case in Deadwood by Ann Charles

March
82. Lavender Vows by Colleen Gleason
83. Riding with the Cop by J.S. Scott
84. Pack Mistress #1 by Evelyn Lafont
85. Blind Date Teddy Bear by Mimi Strong
86. While She Was Sleeping by Audrey Grace
87. Gardens in the Rain by Virginia Pink
88. Bad Girl Lessons by Seraphina Donavan
89. Cabel's Story by Lisa McMann
90. Destined for Harmony by Leia Shaw
91. Released by Kerrigan Byrne
92. Thrown to the Wolves by Tina Grace
93. Bound by Blood by Cynthia Eden
94. Demon's Kiss by V.J. Devereaux
95. Bound in Sin by Cynthia Eden
96. C791 by Eve Langlais
97. Roan's Fall by Marisa Chenery
98. Defending Serenity by Loribelle Hunt
99. A Bit of Bite by Cynthia Eden
100. Jagger's Moves by Allie Standifer
101. Invasion Earth by Loribelle Hunt
102. Melting Ice by Nicole Austin
103. Beyond Denial by Kit Rocha
104. Ghost of a Chance by Caridad Pineiro
105. Lust by Moonbeam by Cynthia Sax
106. Touching Ghost by Regina Carlyse
107. All I Want For Christmas is a Werewolf by J.S. Scott
108. A Curve of Claw by R.E. Butler
109. Conquering Zeus by Cerise DeLand
110. Milked by Bigfoot by Jess Green
111. Phallus of the Stone God by Celia Demure

April
112. Dark Wolf Rising by Rhyannon Byrd
113. In Heat by Sydney Michkal
114. Strength in Numbers by Reagan Hawk
115. Runaway Virgin by L.C. Dean
116. The Horny Minotaur by Nikita King
117. Whipped Puppy by L.C. Dean
118. Forbidden Blood by Felicity Heaton
119. Public Adoration by L.C. Dean
120. Fucked in the Woods by Natalie Deschain
121. Text Me by K.J. Reed
122. In the Dorm by Della July
123. The Ghost and the Graveyard by Genevieve Jack
124. The Pharaoh and the Curator by Sophia Jones
125. Turned and Bound by Yoli Kim
126. Werewolves are Diabolical by A.C. Greenlee
127. The Hermit by Shayne McClendon
128. The Misbehaving Marquess by Leigh LaValle
129. Mated to the Prince by Clara Bright
130. Death Comes in Her by Faith Frost
131. Last Dance by Linda Joy Singleton

May
132. Banging the Boy Next Door by Katy Baker
133. In the Moonlight by Veronica Bates
134. Viking's Orders by Anne Marsh
135. Reveal Me by Cari Quinn
136. A Werewolf in Office Clothing by Naoko Smith
137. The Awakening by Alexx Andria
138. Chosen by K. Matthew
139. Rebound by Sabrina York
140. Sian's Solution by Dale Mayer
141. Alex and the Werewolf by K. Matthew
142. Wild Instincts by Claudia King
143. Kiss of Flame by Madelene Martin
144. Pack Justice by Michele Fox
145. The Governess Affair by Courtney Milan
146. Bound to Seduction by Elisabeth Naughton
147. Through the Wall by Keri Ford

June
148. Web of Death by Jennifer Estep
149. Tangled Dreams by Jennifer Estep
150. Spider's Nemesis by Jennifer Estep
151. Web of Deceit by Jennifer Estep
152. Wasted by Jennifer Estep
153. Parlor Tricks by Jennifer Estep
154. Spider's Bargain by Jennifer Estep
155. Poison by Jennifer Estep
156. Tangled Schemes by Jennifer Estep
157. Taken by Tarzan by A. Cross
158. The Babysitter and the Beast by Ana Meadows
159. Demon Fire by Ann Kellett
160. Corbin's Captive by Emma Paul
161. Temporary Arrangement by Karen Erickson
162. A Window or a Small Box by Jedediah Berry
163. The Elephant in the Room by Paul Cornell
164. Mystic Ink by Casey Wyatt
165. Ruler by A.C. James
166. Cum for Bigfoot by Virginia Wade
167. Goat Suckin': Hotter Than It Sounds by Dixon Heurass
168. Porn & Revolution in the Peaceable Kingdom by Micaela Morissette
169. A Visit to the House on Terminal Hill by Elizabeth Knox
170. Cinderella - The Wicked Truth by Kelli Wolfe
171. Playing with Fire - The Dragon's Trophy by Madelene Martin
172. Going Berserk by Alexandra O'Hurley
173. The Riding Crop by Karyn Gerrard
174. Overkill by Larissa Ione
175. With Just Cause by Jackie Ivie
176. Wounded by Cindy Stark
177. Untamed Hunger by Aubrey Ross
178. Jake and the Other Girl by Emmy Laybourne
179. Reluctant by Kerrigan Byrne
180. Pillaged by the Viking by Vivian Leigh
181. Nightfall by Laura Griffin
182. When Tentacles Took My Virginity by C.J. Smalls

July
183. Cowboy Up by Melissa Schroeder
184. Wicked Sexy by R.G. Alexander
185. 4th of July Sausage Swallower by Lexi Maxxwell
186. Taken by the Troll by Autumn Crowl
187. Governor Sara Polan is Mated by the Moose Monster by Amanda Clover
188. The Monster in my Pants by John Lee Macker
189. Frankenslime by Rock Bronson
190. Laid Bear by Marina Maddix
191. Wicked Release by R.G. Alexander
192. Bred by the Monster in the Forest by J.M. Keep
193. Losing It After a Day at the Beach by Mimi Strong
194. Two Hot People Had Sex and They Totally Liked It by Mimi Strong
195. Used by Aliens by Audrey Grace
196. Dating the Goblin King by Mimi Strong
197. The Rough Mating of a Vampire by J.S. Scott
198. The Viking's Virgin Breeding Slave by Fannie Tucker
199. Chained in the Demon's Lair by Crystal de la Cruz
200. Christmas Choices by Melissa F. Hart
201. Alice in Eroticland by Dee Dawning
202. Falling for an Angel by Melissa F. Hart
203. It's Not Enough by Melissa F. Hart
204. Hunter's Heart by Melissa F. Hart
205. Cataclysm Blues by Cari Silverwood
206. Free Agent by Roz Lee
207. Beneath the Starry Sky by Jessica E. Subject
207. Celestial Seduction by Jessica E. Subject
208. Unknown Futures by Jessica E. Subject
209. Satin Sheets in Space by Jessica E. Subject
210. Sudden Breakaway by Jessica E. Subject
211. Taken by her Mechanic by Tori Kiss
212. Adventures in Sex Research by Tori Kiss
213. Lexie's First Time by Mimi Strong

August
214. Take Three, Please by Anwen Stiles
215. Three Men and a Girlfriend by Tori Kiss
216. Firecracker in Heat by Megan Flint
217. Bad Secretary by Tori Kiss
218. Tempting Prudence by Melissa Schroeder
219. The Cop and the Girl From the Coffee Shop by Terry Towers
220. Feral Domination by L.A. Day
221. Forever by Kamery Solomon
222. All Wrapped Up by Lisa Alder
223. Cherry Kisses by Erica Hayes
224. Play With Me by Alisha Rai
225. Ethan's Mate by J.S. Scott
226. Taste of Candy by Shoshanna Evers
227. Stone Soldier by C.E. Martin
228. Stone Soldier: Catching Fire by C.E. Martin
228. Stone Soldier: City of Bones by C.E. Martin

September
229. Craving More by Brandy Walker
230. The Cowgirl Puts on a Donkey Show by Sheena Stone
231. Mimes Don't Make Noise by Sheena Stone
232. Send in the Clowns by Sheena Stone
233. Enforcer by Lauren Dane
234. Universal Guard by Crystal Kauffman
235. Girls' Night Out by Lauren Dane
236. Transformational Attraction by Marc J. Riley
237. The Bounty by Beth Williamson
238. Shadows Fall by Brandy L. Rivers
239. Taken by the Minotaur by Isabel Dare
240. Her Alpha, Untamed by Nadia Nightside
241. Mated to the Vampire Clan by Audrey Grace
242. Super Bad by Vivi Andrews
243. Super Hot by Vivi Andrews
244. Princess Miri by Cerys du Lys
245. Thrown to the Wolves by Aya Fukunishi
246. I Slept with Slender Man by Emma Steele
247. Charmed Spirits by Carrie Ann Ryan
248. Harker's Journey by N.J. Walters
249.

2013 Reading Challenge: Seriously Series

(This post can also be found at Amanda's blog - don't be alarmed, we collaborated on it!)
General Overview

How serious about series are you? We'll find out in 2013.

In the summer of 2012, Amanda and I hosted an informal challenge that focused on completing books in series that we owned. It was enough of a success that we decided we wanted to turn it into a year-long challenge--with a few minor changes. To start with, we have expanded on our original challenge by including both ongoing series and adding new-to-us series, as well as an option for series rereads for those that are VERY serious about their series (or for those that just like to go back and reread old favorites).

Definitions

For this challenge, we define a series as a collection of two or more books that belong together and where the second book is published before the end of 2013. This is a pretty broad definition of series, and it includes traditional series like the Black Dagger Brotherhood series, less traditional series like Stephanie Perkins's YA contemps (Anna and the French Kiss, Lola and the Boy Next Door), and shorter series, like Kendare Blake's Anna series (Anna Dressed in Blood, Girl of Nightmares).

A series is considered complete in one of two ways: either as finishing all the books that you own in the series or as obtaining and reading all the books that have been published in the series to date. Because we don't want this challenge to become a financial burden, how you choose to define completion is left to your discretion.

How It Works

To allow for the greatest level of flexibility, we've separated series into three categories: series started before 2013, series started in 2013, and series rereads. Series started before 2013 are defined as series that you have started reading before Jan. 2013 and that you still have unread books to get current in (or finish) the series. Series started in 2013 are defined as any series that you start reading between Jan. and Dec. 2013, and the second book in the series must be published before December 2013. A series reread is defined as books that are part of a series that were read before Jan. 2013 and that are reread between Jan. 2013 and Dec. 2013. A series reread does NOT have to include the full series.

For each category, there are different levels of seriousness about series that you can choose. Semi-serious is reading 1 to 6 series, seriously serious is reading 7 to 12 series, super seriously serious is reading 13 to 18 series, and seriously spectacular series star is reading more than 18 series. What this ends up looking like is this:

	series started before 2013	series started in 2013	series rereads
Semi-Serious	1-6 series	1-6	1-6
Seriously Serious	7-12	7-12	7-12
Super Seriously Serious	13-18	13-18	13-18
Seriously Spectacular Series Star	18+	18+	18+

You choose which categories you want to attempt and which level to shoot for. Reading novellas and short stories from a series does count here.

Goals and Progress

Want to sign up? Create a post or page about this challenge, what goals you would like to accomplish (mine is here, as an example), and then link up your post here at Reading the Paranormal. I will be hosting all of the linkies for this challenge. In addition to the sign up, every three months, we will post a check-in, where you can report your progress and reassess your original goals. That schedule will look like the following:

• April 1st: January--March
• July 1st: April--June
• October 1st: July--September
• January 1st, 2014: October--December

Ready to sign up?

Year-End Reading Challenge: Unbreaking the Shelves

Amanda and I are at it again! This time around, we're focusing on closing out the year by organizing and reading our way through our massive TBR piles!

This is a two part reading challenge:

Part 1: Actively organize, categorize, and otherwise be brutally realistic about the books you have in your pile.

So, what does this mean? Well, part one is entirely at your discretion. You can make a new shelf on Goodreads. You can choose to delete those freebies that no longer appeal to you. You can be as brutal or as gentle as you want.

The point is to look at your shelves and establish some kind of organizational system so that you have an accurate picture of how many books (that you ARE going to read) are sitting on your TBR pile and a way of dealing with incoming books.

For examples of organization goals or ways to deal with your TBR pile, visit Amanda’s or Kelly’s tracking pages.

Part 2: Actively work on bringing that TBR pile down to something that isn't threatening you with bodily harm if you don't start reading it. What? Those books are tough. They break kneecaps and take names!

Once you’re finished with part one, you should have a good idea of what your TBR pile looks like. The next step is to set realistic targets for yourself. There are four months left in the year. Prioritize the books you have on your TBR list.

Quantify your targets. One thing we learned during our All Series challenge is that we work better when we have an active list to work from. When you can see your little progress bar filling up, you're motivated to keep reading. A good example of a quantifiable target would be: Get TBR pile below [X number].

For examples of targets to set, visit Amanda’s or Kelly’s tracking pages.

Join us!