 Hey guys, it's Liana and I'm here today to talk about book series that I really need to finish. Or at least continue. So I think that's a pretty self-explanatory topic. Um, I've just been accumulating series and I started making a list and I was like, fuck, there's so many series that some of them, I'm even really close to finishing and others have like barely started and I'm like, I really need to get to it. So this video is kind of like me holding myself accountable by announcing to all y'all that I'm like, I really need to read these books so that I kind of remind myself that I really need to read these books. So no particular order. These aren't like an order of priority or an order of like when I started them or anything like that. They're just the order that I wrote them down and as I thought of them. It's possible there are some series that I have started and that I have not officially decided to not continue that are not on this list because I didn't get them. But sorry, that's true. You know, first on the list probably is actually top priority. And that's The Fart Seer Trilogy by Robin Hobb. I read The Assassin's Apprentice beginning of this year, like in January, and um, I own the next two books in Paperback and I own like the special edition illustrated edition or whatever. Like I don't really have any excuse except for the fact that I did say I would vlog it. That always sounds like a lot of like a lot to deal with when I want to pick up a book. And also it seems like a cold weather read. It seems like something I should read in fall or winter by the fireside that I don't have with cider that I don't like. It just seems like that kind of a read. So I've been kind of putting it off on purpose-ish because like middle of summer when it was like 100 degrees, reading that kind of traditional fantasy didn't seem right. But we're into the season that I decided was the right season for it. So I really got to get to it. The Winter Night Trilogy by Catherine Arden. That's, I read The Bear and the Nightingale when it came out, which at this point is like more than three years ago? Almost, almost four years ago? Oh Jesus. So that's the main reason I haven't continued the series is because I did get the books as they came out, came out. But now it's been so long that I really need to reread The Bear and the Nightingale if I'm going to keep reading because I remember liking it and I remember vaguely the like earthy dark Russian vibes. But I don't really remember anything that happened to it enough to be able to understand what's going on in the next two books. Next is Lord of the Rings. I read again the beginning of this year, The Fellowship of the Ring. And have every intention of reading the rest of the trilogy, I just need to get around to it. And I will at some point, but it's kind of like up there with Farsier Trilogy. It's in that vein of books that I just feel like are better in like very traditional fantasy, seems to me to be something that I should read when it's cold or gloomy, or at least this time of year where it ought to be cold and gloomy, even if it isn't cold and gloomy where I live. Next is Rioria Chronicles and Rioria Revelations. I guess Rioria Revelations is first and then Rioria Chronicles by Michael DeSalon. I know what I'm saying. I read Thaft of Swords like three years ago. But I did more recently because the Rioria Revelations books are each bind ups of two. So it's really like six books instead of three. So I read the first book in the second book earlier this year. So the second bind up is called Rise of Empire. But the first book in Rise of Empire is Niffron Rising. And I read Niffron Rising earlier this year. I just need to read other book, which is like Emerald or something. And then the third bind up, I own like 15 Michael J Salomon books. I own them all. So there's again no excuse. I need to just fucking read them. Next is Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson. I read the first book Truly Devious again earlier this year, but more recently. And I did put the second book The Vanishing Stair on my TBR for this month. So that should be happening in short order if I actually get to it as intended. I guess we shall see if I really do it or not. But I started that series so better get, and that's because it's a murder mystery who done it type thing. So it's the kind of thing where like I really need to read them pretty close together because it's, I really can't afford to forget the clues that have been told to me. Next on my list is The Remnant Chronicles by Mary Pearson. I read the first book I think at like the beginning of last year and I quite liked it. And I've owned all three books for a long time. So I just need to do it. It's one of those backlist YA fantasy romance type trilogies that everyone in their mother had read when I started Booktube. And so I got it because I was like, everyone's read this. I need to have read it too. And then everyone's kind of slowly moved on to newer releases and it's just been sitting there collecting dust. I did really like the first book. I found it quite original and interesting, the concept. That concept isn't carried through the other two books because it can't be anymore. The concept being that there's three main characters and three POVs and two of the dudes. There's two dudes and a girl. And one of them is trying to kill her and one of them is trying to marry her. And you don't know which is which and she doesn't know which is which. And even though the story is told with three perspectives, you don't know even when you're in the perspectives of the dudes which dude is which until the end of the book or not quite the end. It's like, I want to say like two thirds of the way through the book that you finally find out which dude is which. Which is just such a cool concept. Like I've never seen that done before and I've never seen it done since. It's really interesting. But so obviously like by the end of the first book you know which is which. So the two books after it are just traditional telling the story without that added element of like which is which. But they were good though. Like so I or it was good so I would like to finish the trilogy. Next I have The Ruin of Kings by Jen Lyons. I'm not aware of an actual series name but the first book is The Ruin of Kings. The second book which I have but I haven't read is The Name of All Things. And then the third book is something to do with memory. I don't, it's out but I don't have it. That book or yeah the first book The Ruin of Kings was pretty good for a debut but I thought it was told in a way that was needlessly confusing. Like intentionally confusing just to like make it kind of like a gimmick almost. So I kind of I kind of frustrating and annoying for that reason because it wasn't confusing because it's doing some deep concepts. It's just like told in a way that's like intentionally confusing. So I was kind of frustrated with it but like overall it was pretty decent and I enjoyed it. So and I own the second one so I'll I'll get to it. Next is The Chronicles of Predain by Lloyd Alexander. This is a very new addition to my list because I just read the book of three like last month and I've owned the all the Chronicles of Predain for quite some time. So it's a series that I've been meaning to get to and now it's a series that I'm going to going to be meaning to finish for some time because that's how this works. Next on my list is The Diabolic by S.J. Kincaid. I read The Diabolic back when it first came out and it was a standalone then. Then I read the sequel when it came out and it was going to be now a trilogy and now I've been waiting for forever for the third one to come out and it did just come out and I for like well two months leading up to it I kept putting the first and second books on my TBR as rereads. I hope I did prepare for the release of this third one but I didn't get to them and I can't decide now if I want to reread the first two books or not for sure or if I can just dive into the third one. I do think I need to reread them so I need to find time to reread the series and finally read the third one. Next on my list is The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon. These books, again I read The Bone Season and The Mime Order years like probably three years ago and I've owned the third book for a while but I knew that there was no publishing, no published date announced, no release date announced for the next book and that it was going to be a seven book series so I felt no urgency to read the third book even though I owned it. Now it's been so long that I probably need to reread The Bone Season and The Mime Order before reading the third one because the fourth one is now coming out. There's a release date now and a cover and everything so it's time to rediscover The Bone Season. Next is the Jackabee series which again the first book is called Jackabee but I think the series is also called Jackabee which is just like a fun historical fiction spooky paranormal thing. It was kind of like Doctor Who meets Sherlock and I really enjoy the first two books and I own all four. I just need to get to them. The second book was considerably less fun than the first book which I'd heard. People warned me that the second book isn't as good but the third and fourth are good again so just after reading the second one I was just like like lost steam but I need to get back to it. Next is Scythe by Neil Schusterman. I read Scythe quite a while ago and then I've owned Thunderhead for quite a while and now the third book has been released like a few months ago maybe even longer. Maybe it's been like a year where I mean this year has just gone by so quickly and so slowly that I don't even know what time is anymore but The Toll is the third book. I don't know about that one but I still need to read fucking Thunderhead so I don't think I need to reread Scythe before reading Thunderhead. That's still fresh enough in my brain so I just need to do it. Next is Shatter Me by the Hedemafie that I've read quite recently and I read Defy Me which is the fifth book in this series earlier this year. I just need to finish reading the novella that comes between Defy Me and Imagine Me and then finally read Imagine Me. I just heard such bad things about Imagine Me when it came out. Finally people like who read it immediately were like not a good ending so like I'm kind of like I still like Shatter Me. I liked Defy Me. I didn't like Defy Me as much as I like Restore Me but I enjoyed Defy Me and I'm just like worried about leaving Shatter Me with a bad taste in my mouth like right now I'm still in a happy place with Shatter Me so I'm kind of purposely not reading it but at some point I'll read it. Next on this is The Chronicles of the Bitch Queen by KS Vyoso. I read the first book because I hosted a panel on my channel during the Social Distance Book Fest about speculative fiction and so she was one of the authors on the panel so I read the first book, The Wolf of Oren Yaro before the panel and now the second book is it's either about to come out or it did just come out the Isakar Falcon so I want to read it because I really did enjoy The Wolf of Oren Yaro and I would like to read the next book closer to having read the first one so it doesn't end up being like all these other series I've mentioned where it's been like a century since I read the first one. And last on my list is The Poppy War by RF Kwan which again I have The Dragon Republic on my TBR for this month. I kind of think I might be needing to reread The Poppy War because it's been a while I read The Poppy War when it came out. I'm going to try to read The Dragon Republic we'll see. If I need to I'll put it down and I'll reread The Poppy War but I would like to have finished The Dragon Republic before the third and final book The Burning God comes out which is this year. I think next month or the month after. It's um it's a great grimdark. His Chinese history inspired fantasy that I really enjoyed the first one and I need to fucking read. So let me know in the comments down below if you like me are in the middle of a billion series if you're in the middle of any of the series that I listed today if you're starting any of the series that I listed today if you finished any of the series that I listed today let me know all the things I post videos on Saturdays and also at other random times but definitely Saturdays so like and subscribe and I'll see you when I see you bye