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This week’s topic is:
Book Series I Want to Catch Up On
There are some book series I actually have to finish but sometimes finishing a series is tough, especially when I’m not a big re-reader anymore, so the thought of trying to remember what happened in last book seems so daunting. It’s okay if there is a year break before books but the series with 3 years between books? It’s hard! So here are some series I would like to catch up on or finish.
- Scorched Earth is book 4 in the Dark Shores series but there was so much time between book 3 and 4 that I feel like I have to do a reread of the series before reading this one. I’m not sure but hopefully I’ll figure out what I want to do.
- The Tempest Blade by Danielle L. Jensen also is the 6th book in The Bridge Kingdom and I will get to it eventually.
- Spark of the Everflame by. Penn Cole – I’ve read book one but need to get onto book 2 and the others.
- Mirrored Heavens by. Rebecca Roanhorse – I have this on my bookshelf. I just need to pick it up!
- Thunderhead by. Neal Shusterman – another book I have on my bookshelf and I will get to it.
- Neverthorn by. Shannon Mayer – I know book two is out so I really need to read this. I started but put it down and never picked it up again but not because I didn’t like it. I do – I just forget why I put it down.
- Every Spiral of Fate by. Tahereh Mafi – another book on my shelf but I didn’t read it because it’s not the end of the series yet. So I wanted to read it closer to when the next book releases.
- Empire of the Vampire by. Jay Kristoff – I’ve been wanting to start this series for awhile!
- And Now, Back To You by. B.K. Borison – I’ll definitely be getting to this one eventually. I read book one and enjoyed it!
In the Veins of Drowning by. Kalie Cassidy – it’s been on my TBR so hoping I can get to it.
What’s on your TTT?
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Hope you enjoy the finale of Roanhorse’s series! I totally forgot about The Bridge Kingdom series but I defo want to continue and finish that one. I think it’s completed now, right? Happy reading, Yolanda!
Thanks Dini! Hopefully I can get to it sometime this year or next haha.
I’ve only read the first book in Rebecca Roanhorse’s series, so I need to catch up on that one as well. Hope you get a chance to dive into these soon.