Well, anyone who follows my blog probably knows that I am a huge fan of reading books that are part of a series. I love getting to know the characters. Sometimes it feels as if I’m with friends when I pick up a good series. Anyways, I wanted to sit down and evaluate where I am in regards to my series reading before the end of the year. I had said in late 2009 that 2010 would be the year that I would really focus on getting caught up with some of the series that I had started. I am pleased as to the progress that I have made this year. I really stepped back from challenges and focused on reading the books that I wanted to read. I didn’t accept as many review books as was pitched to me because I wanted to only read what appealed to me the most. I might not have read as many books as I would have liked this year, but I am very happy with what I have read. Anyways, back to book series:
Series that I started this year:
- Body Farm by Jefferson Bass
- Carved in Bone
- Camel Club by David Baldacci
- The Camel Club
- The Collectors
- Thomas Pitt by Anne Perry
- The Cater Street Hangman
- Dirk Pitt by Clive Cussler
- Pacific Vortex!
Series that I caught up with this year:
- Maggie O’Dell by Alex Kava
- Exposed
- Black Friday
- Damaged
- Jane Rizzoli & Maura Isles by Tess Gerritsen
- The Apprentice
- The Sinner
- Body Double
- The Mephisto Club
- The Keepsake
- Ice Cold
- Women’s Murder Club by James Patterson
- The 9th Judgment
- Hailey Dean by Nancy Grace
- Death on the D-List
Series that I worked on this year:
- Alex Cross by James Patterson
- Four Blind Mice
- The Big Bad Wolf
- London Bridges
- Cross
- Kay Scarpetta by Patricia Cornwell
- Body of Evidence
- All That Remains
- Cruel and Unusual
- The Body Farm
- From Potter’s Field
- Cause of Death
- Unnatural Exposure
- Point of Origin
- Black Notice
- The Last Precinct
- Blow Fly
- Predator
- Alex Delaware by Jonathan Kellerman
- Blood Test
- Lincoln Rhyme by Jeffery Deaver
- The Coffin Dancer
- Michael Bennett by James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge
- Step on a Crack
- Run For Your Life
- Tom Kirk by James Twining
- The Black Sun
- Taylor Jackson by J.T. Ellison
- 14
Books that I read that are part of a series, but picked up in the middle of the series:
- The President’s Assassin by Brian Haig (Sean Drummond)
- City in Shadow by Evan Marshall (Anna Winthrop)
So the first thing that catches my eye about the list is the fact that I was able to catch up on as many series that I started, that’s a great thing in my opinion. I also am happy with where I am on the Kay Scarpetta series – although it has definitely gone downhill as it progressed, I’m still interested in it (although I have trouble understanding how Kay can seemingly have a new job in a new city in practically every book…). I’m a little disappointed that I have only read one Kellerman book and one Deaver book, I had wanted to get a little bit farther on those two series than I did this year, but overall I’m very pleased as to where I stand in regards to my series reading.
