My name is Kristin, and I'm extraordinarily frustrated by the number of ongoing series that I find myself drowning in.  I used to be better about waiting until a series was finished before I started, but the lure of new books and authors has proven to be stronger than my will.  Oh, and I accidentally started a bunch of new series because I didn't realize the books weren't standalones.  Whoops.     So I decided to take a dive into my 2025 reads and my reading queue to see exactly what's going on.   ....and yes, the results are somewhat ridiculous Step One: The series that I started or continued in 2025 (previous years too): Did not include series that I've decided not to continue (there were several) Did not include interconnected standalone romance series Italicized entries are long running series 1.  Fae & Alchemy, Callie Hart - projected 5 books with a trilogy and two side quests, only the first two released, with no timeline available ...