series I need to finish // Top Ten Tuesday

I love a good series – the longer the better! But with all the enticing shiny new releases that just keep popping up on Goodreads and Bookstagram, it can be hard to keep up with sequels to that series you first started reading five years ago. 

Especially if you're like me and are TERRIBLE at remembering what happened in the first two or five or TEN books. 

Because then you need to reread. And as enjoyable as it can be to revisit the first few books in one of your favourite series, it takes sooo long. And who has time for that with all the shiny new releases?! 

Over the past year or two, I've made a concentrated effort to try and finish part-read series. In fact, just the other day I finally caught up on Brotherband by John Flanagan and am now continuing the Monster Blood Tattoo trilogy by D. M. Cornish – a series I started in PRIMARY SCHOOL but never completed. Whoops. 

But of course, I also read multiple *new* books this year, so, um, I still have lots of series that I need to finish...

Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl, featuring a new topic to respond to every week.

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1. Queen of Air and Darkness (The Dark Artifices #3) by Cassandra Clare

ARGH I'm still waiting for my library hold to become available! (It says the book is still on order?) But in the meantime, I'm rereading the first two books in the trilogy because I am the worst and I can't remember a single thing that happened.

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2. Undying (Unearthed #2) by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner

After reading and really enjoying Unearthed at the beginning of the year, I preordered Undying so that I could read it (and therefore finish the duology) as soon as it was released. But, um, that hasn't happened yet. SOON, I PROMISE.

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3. Archenemies (Renegades #2) by Marissa Meyer

Pretty much the same sitch as above except Renegades has become a trilogy so I don't know whether I should read it now or wait until the third and final book is released... Thoughts??

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4. Whisper of the Tide (Song of the Current #2) by Sarah Tolcser

Song of the Current was another 2018 read and as it's only a duology, it's probably a good idea to read this one soon while I can still vaguely remember the plot of the first book.

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5. Raelia (The Medoran Chronicles #2) by Lynette Noni

With the finale Vardaesia scheduled for publication in February 2019, now is the perfect time to binge-read the rest of the series in preparation for what I'm sure will be an epic conclusion!

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6. The Dying of the Light (Skulduggery Pleasant #9) by Derek Landy

I think I'm up to book nine? I honestly don't know. Hence why I started rereading the series earlier in the year. But my library only has the first four books on audiobook so I just... stopped?

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7. Spiral (Tunnels #5) by Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams

Another series I started in primary school (thanks to the Scholastic Book Club – who remembers that?!) and never finished. At this point, I'm not even sure I want to finish it; I don't remember it being... the best.

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8. The Peskie Spell (Fairy Realm #9) by Emily Rodda

Fairy Realm was one of my absolute favourite series when I was little but for some reason, I never read the last two books? For the sake of completion, I'd really like to finish the series one day.

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9. Anne of Windy Poplars (Anne of Green Gables #4) by L. M. Montgomery

For someone who counts Anne of Green Gables as one of their favourite series of all time, it's embarrassing that I've never gotten around to reading beyond the original trilogy. Although I have heard that the follow-up books aren't quite as good. Has anyone read them and can tell me if they're worth it?

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10. The Winds of Winter (A Song of Ice and Fire #6) by George R. R. Martin

Okay, yes, I'm aware that this is just wishful thinking. Who knows when George will actually finish writing the book – I've heard it's over 1500 pages long! In fact, is this even the real cover??

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Do you keep on top of newly-released sequels? Or do you have a small stack of unfinished series in your TBR as well? And am I the only one who can never remember the plot from one book to the next so has to reread everything? 

Let me know in the comments below and feel free to leave a link to your TTT post as well! I'm keen to check out what everyone else chose to write about for this week's freebie topic!

Niamh, xo.