"And to this purpose"

"If people like to read their books, it is all very well, but to be at so much trouble in filling great volumes, which, as I used to think, nobody would willingly ever look into, to be labouring only for the torment of little boys and girls, always struck me as a hard fate; and though I know it is all very right and necessary, I have often wondered at the person's courage that could sit down on purpose to do it." (In other words: rambling analyses, opinions, ideas, views, and comments from an English major, Essay/paper-writing enthusiastic, Austen-loving Master Librarian on, well, Jane Austen...and a whole lot of other things, too.)

"Celebrated Passages are Quoted"

Heidi's favorite quotes


"What is it really like to be engaged?" asked Anne curiously. "Well, that all depends on who you're engaged to," answered Diana, with that maddening air of superior wisdom always assumed by those who are engaged over those who are not."— L.M. Montgomery

Friday, November 12, 2010

Finish that Series Challenge 2010

This is a new challenge on Royal Reviews.
There are four levels:

-- Curious – Finish 2 series.

-- Fascinated – Finish 3 series.

-- Addicted – Finish 5 series.

-- Obsessed – Finish 10 series.


My original goal: 10
I'm not setting a new goal. This one was quite lofty, considering all of the books required to read in order to finish the series. I am going to list the series that I finished, along with which books from the series I read this year in order to finish the series.

1. Inkheart Trilogy by Cornelia Funke
#3 - Inkdeath

2. The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis (all re-reads) in chronological order
#2 - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
#3 - The Horse and His Boy
#4 - Prince Caspian
#5 - The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
#6 - The Silver Chair
#7 - The Last Battle

3. His Dark Materials Trilogy by Philip Pullman
#2 - The Subtle Knife
#3 - The Amber Spyglass

4. The Best Ever Trilogy (my name for it) by Barbara Robinson
#2 - The Best School Year Ever
#3 - The Best Halloween Ever

5. The Enchanted Forest Chronicles by Patricia Wrede
#2 - Searching for Dragons
#3 - Calling on Dragons
#4 - Talking to Dragons

6. The Betsy-Tacy series by Maud Hart Lovelace
#2 - Betsy-Tacy and Tib
#3 - Betsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill
#4 - Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown
#5 - Heaven to Betsy
#6 - Betsy in Spite of Herself
#7 - Betsy Was a Junior
#8 - Betsy and Joe
#9 - Betsy and the Great World
#10 - Betsy's Wedding

7. The Gallagher Girls series by Ally Carter
#2 - Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy
#3 - Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover
#4 - our library finally obtained the most recent book--published a couple of months ago. I'm first in line for it and it will be read by the end of the year!!

8. The Brian Saga by Gary Paulsen
#3 - Brian's Winter
#4 - Brian's Return
#5 - Brian's Hunt

9. The Gemma Doyle Trilogy by Libba Bray
#2 - Rebel Angels
#3 - The Sweet Far Thing

10. The Emma manga series by Kaoru Mori
#1 - Emma, Volume 1
#2 - Emma, Volume 2
#3 - Emma, Volume 3
#4 - Emma, Volume 4
#5 - Emma, Volume 5
#6 - Emma, Volume 6
#7 - Emma, Volume 7
#8 - Emma, Volume 8
#9 - Emma, Volume 9
#10 - Emma, Volume 10

11. The Underland Chronicles by Suzanne Collins
#2 - Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane
#3 - Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods
#4 - Gregor and the Marks of Secret
#5 - Gregor and the Code of Claw

12. The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins
#1 - The Hunger Games
#2 - Catching Fire
#3 - Mockingjay

13. Return to Labyrinth series by Jake Forbes
#4 - Return to Labyrinth, Vol. 4

Met Goal?
Yes!!!! +