Comments on: Glomming a series

By: CheeseBK

CheeseBK — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 10:16:03 +0000

I’m weak. I have no control at all. as soon as I get my greedy little paws on a new release from my fav authors, I gobble it up in one go. after the first read, I take more time and sometimes reread the whole series (depending on lenght of the series…. rereading more than 20 books of the ‘in death’ series for each new release seems a little out there )

By: dfuf

dfuf — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:07:19 +0000

I like to read things in order, but I often don’t because I test drive books from the library and it depends on whether I got in at the beginning or not. I remember that I started reading in the middle of Jim Butcher’s Dresden series and ended up with about 2/3 of them, but with Steven Brust I was in early and ended up buying them all. Patricia Briggs Mercy series and Ilona Andrews’ books are other examples. I read one, then bought them all as they came out. Unfortunately I have a terrible habit of cruising the new books display. If something looks interesting and there are may books in the series I look around for an older one and see if I feel motivated to read however many more there are. If I love it and I know I’ll reread it, I buy it. Sometimes I end up with the individual books AND a boxed set.

By: Aralorn

Aralorn — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:31:02 +0000

I like series in UF. It gives you more story with the same characters. That said, they have to go somewhere. Give you the idee that there will be an ending. Otherwise, I feel like am just reading random episodes that don’t go anywhere. It’s why I stopped reading Kim Harrison. I love her books, but there just so … I don’t know. There is no ending in sight and the idee of waiting years for the next book without that just doesn’t appeal to me.

I am now awaiting the last Riley Jenson book. Really curious to see how it ends.

And waiting for the last Fever book.

By: Kathy Martin

Kathy Martin — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 01:44:18 +0000

I need instant gratification. I read the series books as soon as they come out. If it is a long time between or I need to refresh my memory, I’ll reread the previous one to get caught up.

With the Sharing Knife series by Bujold, I reread the whole series each time a new one came out for the sheer joy of the words and the world.

I had let the Cat and Bones books by Jeanine Frost sit on my TBR pile until I picked the first up by chance one day. I am really sorry I waited as long as I did to start that series.

So put me down with those who just can’t wait until the series is complete before beginning it.

By: Readsalot

Readsalot — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:35:44 +0000

I end up going whole hog on a series.. but not with books, usually with t.v. shows. I don’t watch a whole lot of t.v, but when I really like a show, I go out and buy the whole banana. Whole banana = every single episode of the series. ( I have Gilmore Girls, West Wing, LOTR- yes, not a tv show, but a series nonetheless)

With books, more or less, I tend to be leader of the pack. I buy books with alarming frequency, so more often than not, I have every book of a series ( Here’s looking at you Harry Dresden, Kate Daniels,Allie Beckstrom, Cassie Palmer etc.) And then you know.. I pace & growl & snap while waiting impatiently for authors to finish books.

By: SylviaSybil

SylviaSybil — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:05:51 +0000

She is! You should check her out. The Vorkosigan Saga is space opera, the Chalion series is political intrigue fantasy, and The Sharing Knife is romantic fantasy. She writes very vivid characters, that come to life and come off the page.

By: Patrice Michelle

Patrice Michelle — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:55:02 +0000

I’ve heard Bujold is wonderful, especially Sharing Knife.

By: =A

=A — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:02:02 +0000

I’ve been bitten too many times by series that start strong then fizzle, so I don’t buy a stack at once anymore but take them one at a time. I do love when I discover a series that has several books already out, naturally, as I can dive in and not come up for days. On the other hand, having discovered at the ripe old age of 12 that I was an addict (LOTR) I sometimes force myself to be strong and wait several weeks before reading a book I’ve been waiting impatiently for – but I buy it as soon as it’s available and take no mercy on anyone who comes between me and the object of my desire
=A

By: Lyssa

Lyssa — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:42:32 +0000

I actually love discovering a series after it has been around a while. The first book I normally will borrow from a friend or library. If the story passes my criteria for reading more (have I read the same story done as well before? Is this something new? Or is this a classic tale done in a way I have never read?) then I will glom the whole series. This gives me a week or more of totally falling into a series with no breaks. Series that I have done this with: Vorkosigan series by Bujold, Troubleshooters series by Brockmann, Kate Daniels by Ilona Andrews. Those series stood the test of time, the second reading was just as good in their own way as the first. While I have discovered other books where I read the first book of a series then signed on for the rest, I now actually prefer to know that a series has developed past a few stories. I like series.

Television shows? I am just now Glomming Witchblade, and have in the past Glommed HBO’s The Wire, Rome, Sex and the City, and BBC’s I, Claudius.

By: Patrice Michelle

Patrice Michelle — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:52:09 +0000

Just be prepared, once you start reading, you won’t want to stop until book 4 is finished. Then you can commiserate with the rest of us in the ‘waiting impatiently’ line.

Yes, I agree, UF with continuing characters can really leave you hanging vs traditional PNR where it’s one couple’s story per book.