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What is your approach to series?
Offline NeverBeenWise
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Jul-11-2010, 07:45 PM (UTC)
If I don't know the series at all, I'll buy the first book, regardless of whether or not the entire series has been released. After I finish it I'll usually know what I'm going to do: if it was awful I won't read any more of the series, if it was decent I'll wait until the rest of the series comes out and buy one at a time, and if it was absolutely excellent I'll buy as many as I can afford/get my hands on. This approach has worked well for me in the past, because a lot of the series I read (Redwall, Xanth, etc.) don't have a specific number of books in them - they'll just keep coming out until the author gets bored. These, however, do not have to be read in any particular order, so I just started with whatever one looked the most interesting at the time.

If I already know the author's writing style and like it enough, like that of our beloved Robin Hobb, I'll buy trilogies at a time if I can manage it. But if all the books aren't out yet I'll gladly read what I can and then wait (im)patiently for the next installment, and read something else in the interim.

I have a funny little habit of reading three or four books at the same time, but usually all but one of them are re-reads, just so I don't get confused. Or they're completely different genres. I have another habit that's a bit more annoying: after I read a series, if it's really good, sometimes I'll set it aside for a couple of days... and then proceed to read it again. For example, a week after I finished Fool's Fate I started again on Fool's Errand so I could get every little detail. And usually if I know I didn't read the entire series in order, once I've finished everything I'll go back to the beginning and read every book from start to finish. Once I couldn't even wait a couple of days; I closed the book, stared at it, and promptly started to read it again. I don't know why. Does anyone else do this?


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What is your approach to series? - by Albertosaurus Rex - Jul-11-2010, 07:16 PM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by NeverBeenWise - Jul-11-2010, 07:45 PM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by 'thul - Jul-11-2010, 08:30 PM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by Albertosaurus Rex - Jul-11-2010, 09:33 PM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by NeverBeenWise - Jul-16-2010, 04:20 AM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by 'thul - Jul-11-2010, 11:22 PM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by Liquid Ice - Jul-12-2010, 10:18 AM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by joost - Jul-12-2010, 10:26 AM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by 'thul - Jul-13-2010, 11:22 AM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by Nuytsia - Jul-13-2010, 03:41 PM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by Manephelien - Jul-14-2010, 04:27 PM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by Albertosaurus Rex - Jul-19-2010, 04:51 PM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by 'thul - Jul-19-2010, 05:05 PM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by Albertosaurus Rex - Jul-20-2010, 04:47 PM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by 'thul - Jul-20-2010, 05:13 PM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by Nuytsia - Jul-22-2010, 03:57 PM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by 'thul - Jul-22-2010, 05:43 PM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by Nuytsia - Jul-23-2010, 02:32 PM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by joost - Jul-23-2010, 05:52 PM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by 'thul - Jul-23-2010, 02:34 PM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by 'thul - Jul-23-2010, 06:56 PM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by joost - Jul-24-2010, 12:10 PM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by Albertosaurus Rex - Jul-26-2010, 05:23 PM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by Nuytsia - Jul-25-2010, 02:59 PM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by 'thul - Jul-25-2010, 03:52 PM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by Farseer - Aug-13-2010, 01:08 AM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by Albertosaurus Rex - Aug-13-2010, 12:50 PM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by Farseer - Feb-28-2012, 02:43 PM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by Nuytsia - Aug-13-2010, 02:29 PM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by Albertosaurus Rex - Aug-13-2010, 05:44 PM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by Albertosaurus Rex - Aug-13-2010, 06:39 PM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by Valarya - Feb-28-2012, 03:05 PM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by FoolishGirl - Feb-28-2012, 06:36 PM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by Valarya - Feb-28-2012, 06:45 PM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by FoolishGirl - Feb-28-2012, 07:39 PM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by Valarya - Feb-28-2012, 07:54 PM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by fool-ish - Feb-28-2012, 11:52 PM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by o0Ampy0o - Mar-09-2013, 11:43 PM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by Farseer - Mar-10-2013, 03:51 AM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by o0Ampy0o - Mar-10-2013, 07:29 AM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by Farseer - Mar-10-2013, 10:36 AM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by Valarya - Mar-10-2013, 05:55 AM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by 'thul - Feb-28-2012, 06:42 PM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by 'thul - Feb-28-2012, 08:08 PM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by Valarya - Feb-28-2012, 08:18 PM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by 'thul - Feb-28-2012, 10:26 PM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by Valarya - Feb-28-2012, 10:29 PM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by 'thul - Feb-28-2012, 11:55 PM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by fool-ish - Feb-29-2012, 12:24 AM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by 'thul - Feb-29-2012, 12:36 AM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by fool-ish - Feb-29-2012, 01:14 AM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by 'thul - Feb-29-2012, 08:43 AM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by fool-ish - Feb-29-2012, 09:09 PM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by 'thul - Feb-29-2012, 09:13 PM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by fool-ish - Feb-29-2012, 09:32 PM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by 'thul - Feb-29-2012, 09:42 PM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by fool-ish - Feb-29-2012, 10:59 PM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by 'thul - Mar-01-2012, 12:14 AM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by fool-ish - Mar-01-2012, 08:33 PM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by 'thul - Mar-01-2012, 08:43 PM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by fool-ish - Mar-01-2012, 09:26 PM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by 'thul - Mar-01-2012, 09:54 PM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by fool-ish - Mar-02-2012, 04:48 PM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by 'thul - Mar-02-2012, 04:53 PM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by fool-ish - Mar-02-2012, 05:08 PM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by 'thul - Mar-02-2012, 05:19 PM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by fool-ish - Mar-02-2012, 09:00 PM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by 'thul - Mar-03-2012, 03:10 AM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by 'thul - Mar-10-2013, 12:08 AM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by 'thul - Mar-10-2013, 07:56 AM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by joost - Mar-10-2013, 11:51 AM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by o0Ampy0o - Mar-10-2013, 12:03 PM (UTC)
RE: What is your approach to series? - by Farseer - Mar-13-2013, 10:28 PM (UTC)



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