I have a serious issue with starting series and then not finishing them and just starting other series instead. It’s a problem. I have so many first books in a series or first two books and I want to finish them. I want the closure, I want to know how the stories end. I just need to pull myself together. So, this post (which will probably become a series of posts) is more for my benefit than anything else. So, here are the series that I have started, would like to continue with, but I just haven’t for whatever reason.
This is going to be a VERY long post.
The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken
Read: 2/3
Still have to read: In the Afterlight + novellas
Descendants by Melissa de la Cruz
Read: 1/2
Okay, in my defense, the second one just recently came out.
Still have to read: Return to the Isle of the Lost
Seraphina by Rachel Hartman
Read: 1/2
Thankfully, this is just a duology, which is pretty rare these days. Not that I don’t like longer series, but this will be much easier to cross off the list.
Still have to read: Shadowscale + The Audition which is a short story
Legend by Marie Lu
Read: 1/3
Still have to read: Prodigy, Champion
The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer
Read: 1/4
Still have to read: Scarlet, Cress, Winter, Fairest, Stars Above and I’m pretty sure there are some other short stories.
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
Read: 1/2
Again, the sequel only just came out. So I don’t feel too bad about this, but I’m putting it here for posterity.
Still have to read: After You
Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan
Read: 4/5
I only currently own books 3 and 4 in the series, and again, so annoyed that they’re not only different formats, but different cover editions. I’m probably going to end up buying a box-set of these.
Still have to read: The Last Hero + The Demigod Files
The Chronicles of St Mary’s by Jodi Taylor
Read: 1/7
This is a really long one, but I really loved the first book, so at this point, I do want to continue reading it. How many of them I will actually read remains to be seen. I have also listened to one of the novellas – The Very First Damned Thing – on audible.
Still have to read: A Symphony of Echoes, A Second Chance, A Trail Through Time, No Time Like the Past, What Could Possibly Go Wrong, Lies, Damned Lies and History + novellas
Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
Read: 2/3
It really annoys me that, not only do I have them in two different formats, but I also have two different cover editions.
Still have to read: Dreams of Gods and Monsters + short stories
The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
Read: 1/3
I haven’t seen the film either. I’ve heard mixed reviews about it though, so I’m not sure whether to watch it at all.
Still have to read: The Infinite Sea, The Last Star
Okay, this post is way too long, so I’ll have to do this in parts. Part two coming soon.
Tally this far: 10 series, 19 books + countless novellas and short stories
A Book Nerd 
This is the exact reason why I don’t start any series at the moment, as I know I’ll definitely abandon them. There are so many I know I should read.
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You are stronger than me then. I can’t help myself because I love series.
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Same! I have my fair share of unfinished series, and mostly I’ve only read the first book.
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I love your cover for the Daughter of Smoke and Bone series!! I also started Cinder and have failed to pick up the others yet haha
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I know, it’s gorgeous isn’t it? That’s why I bought it actually. I had never heard of the series before.
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I can only speak for the first book, but I loved it! I had zero idea what to expect going into it so I think that made it even better hahaha
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Yeah, same. I loved the second one as well. Although I have to admit that it wasn’t quite as fascinating as the first one because I already knew how things worked so it didn’t have that mystery. But still, it was awesome. And Laini Taylor’s writing is just magical.
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I agree!! I tried to read the second one from the library, but it was missing a few pages and that made me super aggravated so I DNF’d it for the time being. Hopefully I’ll pick it up again haha
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It’s definitely worth reading.
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I have that same problem! I’m the worst at starting a series and not finishing it 😂. I spy a few series on your list I haven’t finished either; Percy Jackson, Me Before You, and The 5th Wave. One day I’ll get around to finishing them. 🙈
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I kind of dread making my way through the rest of the list. Because this is far from being all the series I’ve started an not finished. I don’t even want to alk about the ones I’ve given up for good. Or the ones I’m unsure if I’ll finish.
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