Book Club

[joannecha]

Baldacci's 2nd in the Atlee Pine series, "A Minute to Midnight just came out. Just opened it up today (had to re-read the #1 book as I can never recall what was happening at the end of the previous book). Love Baldacci, but sometimes series books drive me nuts for that very reason. I can't afford to own every book that I love so I rely on my local library. How do you handle reading series books?

[QVCkitty1]

I've been lucky, every series that I discovered was done or almost done. Since I read on my Kindle it is cheaper to keep up, and sometimes Amazon bundles several books, and there is a cost savings. I really like series, I appreciate when there is a call back to former characters.

[hooked on books]

I prefer to wait and read the complete series in succession so that I don't lose the thread of the story. Down side is waiting for the series completion. I hate starting a book and then realizing it is 2nd or 5th in a series!!!

[insomniac2]

If a series sounds promising, I jump in ASAP.

[Dusty1]

I do love when I discovery a series that is done, so I can read them as I want, but I do follow the Lee Child Jack Reacher books & Patricia Briggs Mercy Hauptman series & I wait for them to come out.....1.....at.....a......time......

Do you all read the between books? The 1.5 & 2.5 stories that come between the actual books?

I don't. They don't interest me for some reason. No matter how much I love the actual series.

[kaydee50]

The only series I read in order was Sue Grafton's A-Z books.  Otherwise, I just jump in,. e.g. Anne Perry's Monk and Pitt series.  Doesn't really matter which book is read first.  

[hooked on books]

@kaydee50, l loved Sue Grafton's alphabet books! So sad that she passed away and that we won't completely finish the alphabet!

[AuntG]

Never thought about it, but I guess it is better to jump in later. That way, you can read them rapidly and in order.

[Alison Wonderland]

No.

Most of the series books I read are mysteries and work well as stand-alone stories. They don't really end in cliffhangers. The backstories and interactions are enhanced if you read the series in order, but a reader won't be lost when picking up any book in the middle and starting there. Some of them have dozens of books and, in some cases, they get stale after a while, like a season 10 of a TV show that should have ended in season 8, and I stop reading, no matter how many more books the author cranks out.

I am still waiting on George RR Martin to finish A Song of Ice and Fire series that Game of Thrones was based on. At this rate, it will never happen. 

Right now, there's only one series I hop on as soon as the next book is published, and that's the Lady Hardcastle series, by TE Kinsey. Lucky for me, all of his books are on Kindle Unlimited.

[house_cat]

No, I actually enjoy the anticipation of the next book and often preorder so i don't miss them.