Ani's 2017 Personal Series Challenge

For all of the deets to my Personal Series Challenge, here is the announcement post.

The short version:  I've got series that need to be finish and created my own, hopefully laid back, series challenge to help.  Below, I've listed four different goals and will be tracking the series/books I complete this year.

Series titles link to GR series pages; book titles link to my reviews.

Last Updated:  06/28/2018

Goal #1:
Finish 10 Completed Series, already started

Books Read:    Progress:  10 of 10 completed series read
-- GOAL COMPLETED ON 12/22/2017 --

• (1) For Me by Cynthia Eden | COMPLETED 2/5/2017
• Previously Read:  Die for Me
• Completed in 2017:
• #2.  Fear for Me -- 1/21/2017
• #3.  Scream for Me -- 2/7/2017
• (2) Wildwood by Juliet Marillier | COMPLETED 3/4/2017
• Previously Read:  Wildwood Dancing
• Completed in 2017:
• #2.  Cybele's Secret -- 3/4/2017
• (3) San Francisco by Lisa Jackson | COMPLETED 3/19/2017
• Previously Read:  If She Only Knew
• Completed in 2017:
• #2.  Almost Dead -- 3/19/2017
• (4) Lucy Valentine by Heather Webber | COMPLETED 3/28/2017
• Previously Read:  Truly, Madly, Deeply, Desperately
• Completed in 2017:
• #3.  Absolutely, Positively -- 3/24/2017
• #3.5.  Definitely, Maybe -- 3/25/2017
• #4.  Perfectly Match -- 3/26/2017
• #5.  Undeniably Yours -- 3/28/2017
• (5) Aftershock by Jill Sorenson | COMPLETED 5/9/2017
• Previously Read:  Aftershock, Freefall
• Completed in 2017:
• #2.5.  Scenes of Peril -- 4/3/2017
• #3.  Badlands -- 4/13/2017
• #3.5.  Island Peril -- 4/14/2017
• #4.  Backwoods -- 5/9/2017
• (6) The Line series by Kimberly Kincaid | COMPLETED 6/27/2017
• Previously Read:  Love on the Line, Drawing the Line, Outside the Lines
• Completed in 2017:
• #4.  Pushing the Line -- 6/27/2017
• (7) Steele Street by Tara Janzen | COMPLETED 8/6/2017
• Previously Read:  Crazy Hot, Crazy Cool, Crazy Wild, Crazy Kisses, Crazy Love, Crazy Sweet
• Completed in 2017:
• #7.  On the Loose -- 7/27/2017
• #8.  Cutting Loose -- 7/29/2017
• #9.  Loose and Easy -- 8/1/2017
• #10.  Breaking Loose -- 8/4/2017
• #11.  Loose Ends -- 8/6/2017
• (8) Arcane Society by Amanda Quick/Jayne Ann Krentz | COMPLETED 9/3/2017
• Previously Read:  Second Sight, White Lies, Sizzle and Burn, The Third Circle
• Completed in 2017:
• #5.  Running Hot -- 5/4/2017
• #6.  The Perfect Poison -- 5/28/2017
• #7.  Fired Up -- 7/10/2017
• #8.  Burning Lamp -- 7/22/2017
• #9.  Midnight Crystal -- 7/23/2017
• #9.5.  The Scargill Cove Case Files -- 8/14/2017
• #10.  In Too Deep -- 8/16/2017
• #11.  Quicksilver -- 8/30/2017
• #12.  Canyons of Night -- 9/3/2017
• (9) The Arkwell Academy by Mindee Arnett | COMPLETED 9/7/2017
• Previously Read:  The Nightmare Affair, The Nightmare Dilemma
• Completed in 2017:
• #3.  The Nightmare Charade -- 9/7/2017
• (10) Lucky Harbor by Jill Shalvis | COMPLETED 12/22/2017
• Previously Read:  Simply Irresistible, The Sweetest Thing, Head Over Heels, Lucky in Love, Kissing Santa Claus
• Completed in 2017:
• #5.  At Last -- 1/3/2017
• #6.  Forever and a Day -- 5/21/2017
• #6.5.  Under the Mistletoe -- 5/21/2017
• #7.  It Had to Be You -- 6/23/2017
• #8.  Always On My Mind -- 7/25/2017
• #8.5.  Dream a Little Dream -- 7/31/2017
• #9.  Once in a Lifetime -- 8/10/2017
• #10.  It's in His Kiss -- 11/4/2017
• #11.  He's So Fine -- 12/18/2017
• #12.  One in a Million -- 12/21/2017
• #12.5.  Merry Christmas, Baby -- 12/22/2017

Tentative List:

1. Also Known As by Robin Benway | 1 read / 2 total // 1 left

Goal #2:
Catch Up With 5 Ongoing Series, already started

Books Read:    Progress:  5 of 5 series caught up with
-- GOAL COMPLETED ON 11/2/2017 --

• (1) Bishop/Special Crimes Unit by Kay Hooper | CAUGHT UP ON 3/24/2017
• Previously Read:  Stealing Shadows, Hiding in the Shadows, Out of the Shadows, Touch of Evil, Whisper of Evil, Sense of Evil, Hunting Fear, Chill of Fear, Sleeping with Fear, Blood Dreams, Blood Sins, Blood Ties, Haven, Hostage, Haunted, Fear the Dark
• Completed in 2017:
• #17.  Wait for Dark -- 3/24/2017
• (2) The Others by Anne Bishop | CAUGHT UP ON 4/6/2017
• Previously Read:  Written in Red, Murder of Crows
• Completed in 2017:
• #3.  Vision in Silver -- 3/9/2017
• #4.  Marked in Flesh -- 3/31/2017
• #5.  Etched in Bone -- 4/6/2017
• Left to Read:
• #6.  Lake Silence -- Publication in 2018
• (3) Veronica Speedwell by Deanna Raybourn | CAUGHT UP ON 4/17/2017
• Previously Read:  A Curious Beginning
• Completed in 2017:
• #2.  A Perilous Undertaking -- 4/17/2017
• Left to Read:
• #6.  A Treacherous Curse -- Publication in 2018
• (4) Mindhunters by Kylie Brant | CAUGHT UP ON 10/20/2017
• Previously Read:  Waking Nightmare, Waking Evil, Waking the Dead, Deadly Intent, Deadly Dreams, Deadly Sins, Secrets of the Dead, What the Dead Know
• Completed in 2017:
• #9.  Deep As The Dead -- 10/20/2017
• (5) Colorado High Country by Pamela Clare | CAUGHT UP ON 11/2/2017
• Previously Read:  Barely Breathing, Slow Burn
• Completed in 2017:
• #3.  Falling Hard -- 2/26/2017
• #4.  Tempting Fate -- 7/1/2017
• #5.  Close to Heaven -- 11/2/2017
• (6) Extrasensory Agents by Leslie A. Kelly | 3 read / 4 total // 1 left
• Previously Read:  Cold Sight, Cold Touch
• Completed in 2017:
• #3.  Cold Memory -- 7/31/2017
• Left to Read:
• #12.  Cold Image
• (7) Tracers by Laura Griffin | 11 read / 12 total // 1 left
• Previously Read:  Untraceable, Unspeakable, Unstoppable (novella), Unforgivable, Snapped, Twisted, Scorched, Exposed, Beyond Limits, Shadow Fall, Deep Dark
• Completed in 2017:
• #11.  At Close Range -- 2/25/2017
• Left to Read:
• #12.  Touch of Red
• (8) Harmony/Ghost Hunters by Jayne Castle | 7 read / 13 total // 6 left
• Previously Read:  Bridal Jitters, After Dark, After Glow, Ghost Hunter, Silver Master, Dark Light
• Completed in 2017:
• #6.  Obsidian Prey -- 5/30/2017
• #7.  Midnight Crystal -- 7/23/2017
• #8.  Canyons of Night -- 9/3/2017
• Left to Read:
• #9.  The Lost Night
• #10.  Deception Cove
• #11.  The Hot Zone
• #12.  Siren's Call
• #13.  Illusion Town
• (9) X-Ops by Paige Tyler | 3 read / 6 total // 3 left
• Previously Read:  Her Perfect Mate, Her Lone Wolf, Her Secret Agent (novella)
• Completed in 2017:
• #3.  Her Wild Hero -- 6/28/2017
• #3.5.  Her Special Alpha -- 8/25/2017
• #4.  Her Fierce Warrior -- 10/14/2017
• Left to Read:
• #5.  Her Rogue Alpha
• #6.  Her True Match
• #7.  Her Dark Half
• (10) Animal Magnetism by Jill Shalvis | 4 read / 7 total // 3 left
• Previously Read:  Animal Magnetism, Animal Attraction
• Completed in 2017:
• #3.  Rescue My Heart -- 4/24/2017
• #4.  Rumor Has It -- 6/1/2017
• Left to Read:
• #5.  Then Came You
• #6.  Still the One
• #7.  All I Want
• (11) Hostile Operations Team by Lynn Raye Harris | 3 read / 11 total // 8 left
• Previously Read:  Hot Pursuit
• Completed in 2017:
• #2.  Hot Mess -- 8/25/2017
• #3.  Hot Package -- 8/27/2017
• Left to Read:
• #4.  Dangerously Hot
• #5.  Hot Shot
• #6.  Hot Rebel
• #7.  Hot Ice
• #8.  Hot and Bothered
• #9.  Hot Protector
• #9.5.  Hot Witness
• #10.  HOT Addiction
• #11.  Hot Valor

Tentative List:

1. The Associates by Carolyn Crane | 2 read / 4 total // 2 left

Goal #3:
Read/Catch Up With 10 Series, new to me

Books Read:    Progress:  11 of 10 new to me series read/caught up with
-- GOAL COMPLETED ON 12/25/2017 --

• (1) Veronica Sloan by Leslie A. Kelly | COMPLETED 6/18/2017
• #1.  Don't Look Away -- 4/29/2017
• #2.  Don't Ever Stop -- 6/18/2017
• (2) Quinn/Thief by Kay Hooper | COMPLETED 6/19/2017
• #1.  Once a Thief -- 6/6/2017
• #2.  Always a Thief -- 6/19/2017
• (3) Brothers Sinister by Courtney Milan | COMPLETED 6/20/2017
• #0.5.  The Governess Affair -- 4/30/2017
• #1.  The Duchess War -- 5/2/2017
• #1.5.  A Kiss For Midwinter -- 5/20/2017
• #2.  The Heiress Effect -- 6/4/2017
• #3.  The Countess Conspiracy -- 6/7/2017
• #4.  The Suffragette Scandal -- 6/20/2017
• #4.5.  Talk Sweetly to Me -- 6/26/2017
• (4) The House of Steele by Addison Fox | COMPLETED 6/25/2017
• #1.  The Paris Assignment -- 4/21/2017
• #2.  The London Deception -- 5/19/2017
• #3.  The Rome Affair -- 6/2/2017
• #4.  The Manhattan Encounter -- 6/25/2017
• (5) ICE: Black Ops Defenders by Melissa Cutler | COMPLETED 7/8/2017
• #1.  Tempted into Danger -- 2/10/2017
• #2.  Secret Agent Secretary -- 6/29/2017
• #3.  Hot on the Hunt -- 7/8/2017
• (6) In the Garden by Nora Roberts | COMPLETED 10/4/2017
• #1.  Blue Dahlia -- 9/14/2017
• #2.  Black Rose -- 9/25/2017
• #3.  Red Lily -- 10/4/2017
• (7) The Pingkang Li Mysteries by Jeannie Lin | COMPLETED 10/29/2017
• #0.5.  Capturing the Silken Thief -- 9/26/2017
• #1.  The Lotus Palace -- 9/27/2017
• #2.  The Jade Temptress -- 10/28/2017
• #2.5.  The Liar's Dice -- 10/29/2017
• (8) River Pack Wolves by Alisa Woods | COMPLETED 10/30/2017
• #1.  Jaxson -- 10/10/2017
• #2.  Jace -- 10/29/2017
• #3.  Jared -- 10/30/2017
• (9) Spindle Cove by Tessa Dare | COMPLETED 12/25/2017
• #1.  A Night to Surrender -- 1/8/2017
• #1.5.  Once Upon a Winter's Eve -- 1/9/2017
• #2.  A Week to Be Wicked -- 1/16/2017
• #3.  A Lady by Midnight -- 11/14/2017
• #3.5.  Beauty and the Blacksmith -- 11/15/2017
• #4.  Any Duchess Will Do -- 11/17/2017
• #4.5.  Lord Dashwood Missed Out -- 12/22/2017
• #5.  Do You Want to Start a Scandal -- 12/25/2017
• (10) Castles Ever After by Tessa Dare | COMPLETED 12/25/2017
• #1.  Romancing the Duke -- 12/1/2017
• #2.  Say Yes to the Marquess -- 12/5/2017
• #3.  When a Scot Ties the Knot -- 12/12/2017
• #4.  Do You Want to Start a Scandal -- 12/25/2017
• (11) Carhart by Courtney Milan | COMPLETED 12/31/2017
• #0.5.  This Wicked Gift -- 1/1/2018
• #1.  Proof by Seduction -- 12/30/2017
• #2.  Trial by Desire -- 12/31/2017
• (12) Heartbreaker Bay by Jill Shalvis | 2 read / 5 total // 3 left
• #1.  Sweet Little Lies -- 2/19/2017
• #2.  The Trouble with Mistletoe -- 8/15/2017
• #2.5.  One Snowy Night -- 8/17/2017
• #3.  Accidentally on Purpose
• #4.  Chasing Christmas Eve -- Publication 9/28/2017
• #4.5.  Holiday Wishes -- Publication 11/7/2017
• #5. About That Kiss -- 1/23/2018
• (13) Liar's Club by Celeste Bradley | 1 read / 5 total // 4 left
• #1.  The Pretender -- 7/22/2017
• #2.  The Impostor
• #3.  The Spy
• #4.  The Charmer
• #5.  The Rogue

Series On Hold/Dropped

• (1) Mordecai Young by Maggie Shayne | 1 read / 3 total // 2 left
• #1.  Thicker Than Water -- 8/9/2017
• #2.  Colder Than Ice -- On Hold
• #3.  Darker Than Midnight

Tentative List:

1. Castles Ever After by Tessa Dare
2. Black Magicians trilogy by Trudi Canavan
3. Stop the Wedding by Lori Wilde
4. River Pack Wolves by Alisa Woods

Goal #4:
Read 10 First-in-a-series books

Books Read:    Progress:  12 of 10 first books read
-- GOAL COMPLETED ON 9/16/2017 --

1.  Overruled by Emma Chase | The Legal Briefs series -- 1/7/2017
2.  Forgotten Sins by Rebecca Zanetti | Sin Brothers series -- 1/13/2017
3.  Spider's Bite by Jennifer Estep | Elemental Assassin series -- 1/22/2017
4.  Highlander Claimed by Juliette Miller | Clan McKenzie series -- 2/9/2017
5.  Sweet Bea by Sarah Hegger | Sir Arthur's Legacy series -- 2/13/2017
6.  A Kiss at Midnight by Eloisa James | Fairy Tales series -- 2/25/2017
7.  Before the Storm by Leslie Tentler | Rarity Cove series -- 5/9/2017
8.  Two Guys Detective Agency by Stephanie Bond | Two Guys series -- 5/18/2017
9.  Wicked Intentions by Elizabeth Hoyt | Maiden Lane series -- 8/11/2017
10.  Every Secret Thing by Susanna Kearsley | Kate Murray series -- 9/16/2017
11.  Protecting His Witch by Zoe Forward | Keepers of the Veil series -- 10/6/2017
12.  The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie | Hercule Poirot series -- 12/8/2017

Tentative List:

1. Second Chance Summer by Jill Shalvis | Cedar Ridge series
2. Bringing Down Sam by Leslie Kelly | Temptation in the City series
3. Part-Time Cowboy by Maisey Yates | Copper Ridge series
4. SEAL's Honor by Elle James | Take No Prisoners series
5. The Law of Attraction by N.M. Silber | Lawyers in Love series -- DNF