2023 Finishing the Series Reading Challenge

2023 Finishing the Series Reading Challenge Tracking Post

Hosted by: Celebrity Readers

guidelines:

While we’re pretty lax about how you wish to set up this challenge for yourself, we do have a few guidelines to follow.

• The challenge will run from January 1st, 2023, to December 31st, 2023. Books must be read during this time frame to count. Sign-up is open until December 1st, 2023, so you may join even just for the last month of the year.
• Series can be already completed as well as still ongoing. For the ongoing series, the goal is to catch up to the most recent book published by the end of 2023.
• We don’t care if you have only one book or ten books to read to finish your series; as long as you’ve started the series before 2023 (i.e., read at least one book in the series), it counts. Re-reads are not required.
• Any format and length of book counts – print, ebook, audio, ARC, etc.
• Series can be any length (even if it’s just a Duet).
• Crossovers from other challenges are totally acceptable!
• Reviews are not required but highly encouraged.

how to play:

• Declare your intentions to participate in this challenge somewhere on the internet!! You do not need to be a blogger to participate, there are many ways to declare. You could write a blog post, create a reading challenge page, create a Goodreads shelf containing a series you hope to finish, post about it on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.
• Some things you could include (but that aren’t required):
  • A link to this page so that others may find us and join the fun (feel free to download the button at the top to use in your posts).
  • A list of series you hope to read for this challenge. You could even get fancy and list the length of the series, or the books you’ve already read, etc.
  • The level you are aiming for.
• Sign up for the challenge using the link up, and link directly to where you’ve declared your intentions (i.e., to the specific blog post, the Goodreads shelf, the Facebook post, etc.).
• This year only one link up will be posted for the whole year. You can add links to your reviews or wrap-up/overview posts you wish to share.
• Go forth and READ!! And have fun!!
• Use the hashtag #FinishingTheSeries2023 on social media to keep up with other participants!

the reward:

Uh…your sense of pride in achieving a goal? Sorry folks, we’re not that motivated by prizes, so we’re just offering bragging rights. But we can provide you with some pretty graphics to declare your goal or use as a badge once achieved!

the levels:

We offer you three different “Celebrity” levels of achievement for this reading challenge:

C-LIST SERIES FINISHER ⇒ COMPLETE 1-4 SERIES.

B-LIST SERIES FINISHER ⇒ COMPLETE 5-8 SERIES.

A-LIST SERIES FINISHER ⇒ COMPLETE 9+ SERIES.

Please click on the series name to see our reviews for that series.

Karen

My goal this year will be to complete at least two Book Series and take the C-List title.

Challenge is complete. C-List badge earned on March 24th. B-List badge earned on July 10th. A-List badge earned on July 20th. But I still have a couple to hopefully finish before the year’s end.

Update Dec 31st: A couple of series that I thought I had finished released another book or two before the year was out. Yet, I maintained my A-List status.

Ava and Carol Detective Agency by Thomas Lockhaven

2022 2023

*Completed to Date

Baker Street Mysteries by Valerie Burns

2022 2023

*Completed to Date to New Releases as of May 23

Callie’s Kitchen Mysteries by Jenny Kales

2021 2022 2023

*Completed to Date

Catering Hall Mystery by Maria DiRico

2020 2021 2023

*Completed to Date to New Releases as of Mar 23

Fairy Garden Mystery by Daryl Wood Gerber

2020 2022 2023

*Completed to Date to New Releases as of Mar 23

Forest Tales by Cece Louise

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

*Completed to Date to New Releases as of Oct 23

Fox and O’Hare by Janet Evanovich

2013 2014 2015 2016 2023

*Completed to Date

Happily Ever After All by Cece Louise

2022 2023

*Completed to Date to New Releases as of Mar 23

Haunted Library Mysteries by Allison Brook

2019 2022 2023  

*Completed to Date to New Releases as of Oct 23

Magical Mystery Book Club by Elizabeth Pantley

2022 2023

Magical Tea Room Mysteries by Erin Johnson

2021 2022 2023

Pippin Lane Hawthorne (Book Magic) Mysteries by Melissa Bourbon

2020 2021 2022 2023

*Completed to Date

Tea by the Sea Mysteries by Vicki Delany

2020 2022 2023

*Completed to New Releases as of Jul 23

Vintage Cookbook Mystery by Ellen Byron

2022 2023

*Completed to New Releases as of Feb 23

Witch Way Librarian Mysteries by Angela M. Sanders

2021 2022 2023

*Completed to New Releases as of April 23

Jen

Jen’s goal this year will be to complete at least two Book Series and take the C-List title.

Challenge is complete. C-List badge earned on March 19th. B-List badge earned on July 26th. A-List badge earned on July 27th. But I still have a couple to hopefully finish before the year’s end.

Update Dec 31st: So, I didn’t get those couple of books finished that I had hoped to. However, I still have my A-List Badge. 🙂

Austen University Mysteries by Elizabeth Gilliland

2022 2023

*Completed to New Releases as of July 23

Burning Cove by Amanda Quick

2018 2020 2021 2022 2023

*Completed to New Releases as of May 23

County Cork by Sheila Connolly

2016 2018 2023

*Completed to Date (series finished)

Eve Ronin by Lee Goldberg

2020 2021 2022 2023

*Completed to New Releases as of Jun 22

Lakeside Library Mystery by Holly Danvers

2021 2022 2023

*Completed to New Releases as of Aug 23

Lark Davis Mysteries by Annabelle Hunter

2019 2023

Small Town Trouble by Cindy Dorminy

2020 2021 2023

*Completed to Date (series finished)

Psychic Barber Mystery by Phillip Mottaz

2022 2023

*Completed to New Releases as of Jan 23

Travel Can Be Murder Cozy Mystery Series by Jennifer S. Alderson

2019 2020 2021 2022  2023

*Completed to Date (series finished)

Underwater Investigation Unit by Andrew Mayne

2020 2021 2022 2023

*Completed to New Releases as of Feb 23

Thank you for stopping by to see our progress on 2023 Finishing the Series Reading Challenge. Please feel free to check out our other reading challenges for this year. You can find them linked to the menu above.

Happy Reading!

 

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