At the beginning of the year, I set a reading goal to finish reading more series, or at least make more progress through them than I usually do. This is because I'm notoriously slow in making my way through a series, even the ones I like.
I've been reading at least one book in a series each month. The books I read so far were:
- Royal Assassin - Robin Hobb
- Fatal Revenant - Stephen R Donaldson
- The Poppy War - R.F. Kuang
- The Dark Forest - Cixin Liu
- The Valiant - Lesley Livingston
- Death's End - Cixin Liu
- The Defiant - Lesley Livingston
- The Shadow Rising - Robert Jordan
Three of the books listed (The Poppy War, The Valiant, and The Defiant) were not part of series that I had already started but rather series that I've been meaning to read. I've heard so many good things about The Poppy War series that I was going to start it this year anyway, but now I'm vowing to complete it, especially since I enjoyed the first book so much. The Valiant is a lesser known series that I've been planning to read for years, and this year was as good a time as any. I'm glad I did because I've liked the first two books.
Of the 8 series books I've read so far, four earned 5 star ratings, three were 4 stars, and I gave one 3 stars. That's a pretty impressive average rating of 4.375. Maybe I should be finishing series more quickly than I have been doing.
