This year I am going to try to focus on getting series I started finished up to publication. And more than likely just keep better track of series I have ever started in my reading journey and decide if I want to keep reading them or not.
I am also doing a year long series challenge this year, so I am definitely wanting to keep myself accountable.
These are five series I want to get to this year. Have you read any of these? Let me know in the comments :)
Last month I posted about the series I am currently in the middle of. This is a my short update about how that’s going so far. (Oops! I started new series since my last update lol)
As you fill in this spreadsheet with books currently reading or when you finish a book, in a separate tab this sheet populates. I freaking love it!
I will probably share where I am at with all of my series at the very end of the year, and make a plan for 2026 to tackle some of them. Around November I start making 2026 plans… not that I am rushing the year along, but I am a planner and like to be all set up before January hits.
Have you watched Cross? The TV show is based on the best selling books by James Patterson. It’s been available to stream on Prime Video since last November.
Cast: Aldis Hodge, Isaiah Mustafa, Juanita Jennings, Alona Tal, Samantha Walkes, Caleb Elijah, Melody Hurd, Jennifer Wigmore, Eloise Mumford, Ryan Eggold
Content advisory: Nudity, violence, substance use, alcohol use, smoking, foul language, sexual content
Two weeks ago I posted about the series I am currently in the middle of. I never actually shared WHICH series those were. So here is a quick update!
As you fill in this spreadsheet with books currently reading or when you finish a book, in a separate tab this sheet populates. I freaking love it!
At the end of the year I plan to share where I am at with all of my series and make a plan for 2026 to tackle some of them. Around October/November I start making 2026 plans… not that I am rushing the year along, but I am a planner and like to be all set up before January hits.
I’ve seen a few posts where people are tracking their series they are currently reading. I wanted to do the same thing! I feel like I am not really a series person (because I love me a great standalone)… turns out that’s a lie.
I went deep into my old Goodreads account, as well as trying to track down all the books on my virtual shelves… to get as close to an accurate reading as possible on this. I’m sure I will update my progress on this for the rest of this year and be all set up for tackling my series’ in 2026.
P.S. I did find a few series that I read and finished and chose not to add the books into the spreadsheet because I got lazy and I was working on this spreadsheet for a bunch of hours over the weekend, lol.
Here’s what we’re looking at thus far:
Next year I plan to start two specific series that I’ve been eyeing for awhile now. I will be borrowing those through my library of course, but I think I am going to revisit ones I am in the middle of as well and make some progress on these numbers above. More on this later this year…..
Everyone raves about this series! I own the first book in paperback but never got around to reading it. Next year I have a goal of wanting to read two series… maybe I will choose this one. I still have time to decide on next years plans lol.
Have you read this series?
I saw this series floating around the HYCRED 2.0 chats (probably for either the Quadilogy prompt or the Adaptations prompt). All of the books are rather short, so I decided that I want to read this series. My library had all of these available to borrow, which is so awesome!
From Storygraph: “For readers who crave snappy, adventurous sci-fi centered on a sardonic cyborg’s search for autonomy—identity versus programming played for ironic laughs. Perfect if you like lightning pacing, minimal world-building, deadpan humor, and prickly loner POVs who’d rather binge shows than deal with feelings.”
Last year I went out of my comfort zone and chose a book with an interesting cover that is not in my usual genre for a Macmillan Audio Influencer pick. I ended up liking the story (I think it needed to be a little longer, to really get in depth with the characters).
Now I chose the second book in the series as last month’s Macmillan Audio pick. I plan to listen to it before the end of the month!
Synopsis for When Among Crows:
When Among Crows is swift and striking, drawing from the deep well of Slavic folklore and asking if redemption and atonement can be found in embracing what we most fear.
We bear the sword, and we bear the pain of the sword.
Pain is Dymitr’s calling. His family is one in a long line of hunters who sacrifice their souls to slay monsters. Now he’s tasked with a deadly mission: find the legendary witch Baba Jaga. To reach her, Dymitr must ally with the ones he’s sworn to kill.
Pain is Ala’s inheritance. A fear-eating zmora with little left to lose, Ala awaits death from the curse she carries. When Dymitr offers her a cure in exchange for her help, she has no choice but to agree.
Together they must fight against time and the wrath of the Chicago underworld. But Dymitr’s secrets—and his true motives—may be the thing that actually destroys them.
Synopsis for To Clutch A Razor:
A funeral. A heist. A mission born of desperation.
When someone in Dymitr’s family dies, he’s called back home for the Empty Night, a funeral rite intended to keep evil at bay.
The secret Dymitr is keeping from them makes returning home downright dangerous, but if he wants to get his hands on a book of curses that might appease Baba Jaga’s blood lust, he has no choice. And when that same funeral brings ferocious creature-of-legend Niko to town for his own bloody purposes, Dymitr’s charade becomes impossible to maintain.
Family gatherings can be brutal. Dymitr’s might just be fatal.
I received both of these audiobooks through Macmillan Audio Influencer Program.
