Friday, January 5, 2018

Sequel Smashers Challenge

As part of the new year, I've decided to participate in a reading challenge (and the first one in a while too!) Together with my buds Shannon, Holly, and Rashika (the one who came up with this idea AND name), I'll be reading as many sequels as possible, because honestly I SUCK at continuing on with series. Here I'll be featuring the ones I currently plan to read!

Along with this challenge, I also set a challenge for myself. Last year, Holly read one full series per month. I'll be copying her and doing the same for this year, because I tend to forget what happens in the first book. So instead of being confused (like I always am), I'm going to refresh my memory before reading the next book. And I'll only be doing rereads for series that are already complete (don't want to keep forgetting what happens, haha)

Without further ado, here are some sequels I plan on getting to this year!




I've already read a few of these in the past, but I'm hoping to reread them later this year! Are you participating in any reading challenges? Feel free to participate in this one if you want!

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I am pretty bad with series. I only have a couple I hope to get to this year. It looks like you have some good ones for your challenge though. Good luck!!
1 reply · active 376 weeks ago
Thanks Grace! Hope you get through your series too!
I created a personal challenge for myself to read one sequel a week for the year. I have so many series on the go that its slightly embarrassing because a lot have been completed for a while :$ Best of luck with this one!
1 reply · active 376 weeks ago
Hahah same for me! I think my main problem is just that I don't own the full series, so it's hard to finish all in one go! Good luck to you too!
I have such a hard time finishing series! In my goals for this year, I am planning to try to finish at least 12 series. I think I'm going to start with the Percy Jackson, I'm still on book three! Good luck with your challenge! I look forward to reading your thoughts on the sequels! Happy reading!
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1 reply · active 376 weeks ago
Thanks! I have yet to read Percy Jackson, as I never read it as a child. But I'm glad to see you're enjoying the series. I hope you finish it this year!
I feel like we actually have a lot of the same ones, Val! Like DotSQ, Obsidio, Cress, Speaker, ACoW, Closed and Common Orbit (and then of course the last one) and ODD. And also, I should probably read Caraval. Honestly, this challenge has taught me that I am absolute garbage at STARTING series, not finishing them ;)
1 reply · active 376 weeks ago
We do! I mean I am rereading Cress, but same thing. WOW this challenge taught me the exact opposite! I mean to be fair I knew that I sucked at finishing series when I was like...10, but whatever.
This looks like a solid plan. I haven't signed up for any reading challenges yet. but I have kept my eyes open for any challenges out there!
1 reply · active 376 weeks ago
Yeah I tend to not sign up for many, but this year I'm going above and beyond.
This is SUCH a great challenge. I also suck at finishing series, I always start new ones, then... I start new ones haha and I forget about the first ones. It doesn't help that sometimes, we have to wait a little while for the next book to be released. It just helps us forget the book haha.
I am seeing The Speaker here, I haven't read The Reader just yet but I want to SO BADLY. I am hoping to get to this series this year. I am so happy you're going to read the lunar chronicles, I hope you will love it just as much as I did! :D
1 reply · active 376 weeks ago
Yes that is exactly my problem! Like I do not have TIME to reread the first book before the next one comes out. And I definitely don't have time to reread the first two books of a trilogy when a finale comes out! The wait is just unnecessary hahah.

I loved the Lunar Chronicles when I first read them, but now I just need to actually FINISH. :D
Ooh these look so so good!! My second read of this year was The Falconer so I totally want to read those sequels ASAP (and also really freaking happy that for once I'm reading a trilogy where they're all out and I don't have to have any awful cliffhangers?! Go me.😂) And YES Gemina and Obsidio!! I also hope you love Crooked Kingdom eeep.
1 reply · active 376 weeks ago
Hahah the cliffhanger of The Falconer was AWFUL. I remember so many people complaining about it when it first came out. And yes I hope I love Crooked Kingdom too, but I think the reason I stopped reading it halfway was because I remembered NOTHING. So I need to get myself in order haha.
Oh hell yes. I'm terrible and struggle to finish a series even when I'm really enjoying it. There's so many new books being released and a year is too long to anticipate the next book. There's only been two authors who've managed to keep me hooked, Samantha Shannon of The Bone Season and Sarah J Maas. Tragic. I need to get my reading shit together so I'll be joining in too and will read finales. I think I've got maybe 15 - 20 finales to read. If I could mark off even half of those, great success!
1 reply · active 376 weeks ago
Yay Kelly! Yes finish those finales! I've been wanted to read the Bone Season since forever, but I think I might just wait until the whole series is out or something? How ever many books that ends up being. And wow, that's so many finales! I don't think I even have that many finales to read this year? Wow.
Hi Val it's Mikaela. Neal Shusterman...I think he wrote Unwind, which left a very big impression on me. You ever read that one?
1 reply · active 377 weeks ago
Hi Mikaela, it's Val :P Hahahah

Ya I've read it and I thought it was really good too! Never continued on with the series though.
I thought I was your bud too

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