tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808733415551134993.post8296714100078136455..comments2024-03-05T13:51:24.898-07:00Comments on Spacefreighters Lounge : Don't you love a series?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808733415551134993.post-50728468079067131112016-01-24T20:30:45.446-07:002016-01-24T20:30:45.446-07:00I love a series, but I have to read the books in o...I love a series, but I have to read the books in order. (Just a little OCD. LOL).Diane Burtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03754105332297068271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808733415551134993.post-15939148581625529832016-01-24T11:24:00.139-07:002016-01-24T11:24:00.139-07:00I'm a big fan of some series, others not so mu...I'm a big fan of some series, others not so much. In fact, I'm a chronic series non-finisher.<br /><br />The Pern novels are an example. Loved all the Dragonriders books, but when the stories veered away from the dragonweirs and into the holds and harpers, yeah, not so much my thing. I didn't read those. <br /><br />I enjoyed Linnea Sinclair's Dock 5 series where she built stories on related characters while building a history for her series. This is one series where I did read every book. I found I much more enjoyed the stories centered around Gabriel "Sully" Sullivan, and missed him in stories starring his "distant cousins" (so to speak). <br /><br />I also enjoyed Ann Aquire's Sirantha Jax series, though honestly it took some major self-arm-twisting to continue with book 2 after the heroine left the hero for dead in a scene in book 1. Not my kind of heroine. She redeemed herself in later books, but I think I only got to book 4 in this series, so I don't know how the overarching tale wrapped. I really enjoy the author's razor-sharp snarkish humor though.<br /><br />As a reader, the problem I have with many series is the stories eventually wander too far from the core concept that hooked me. In reaching for a continuing saga, the writer begins to veer away from the very elements that convinced me to pick up the books to begin with. That's when I tend to lose interest. L. A. Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01198035351359321392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808733415551134993.post-85782448057198861822016-01-23T10:24:46.331-07:002016-01-23T10:24:46.331-07:00Like you all, I'm a big fan of series, especia...Like you all, I'm a big fan of series, especially series with "companion" books set in the same universe, but featuring new romantic couples each time: Nalini Singh's Psy-Changlings, J.R. Ward's Black Dagger Brotherhood, Lara Adrian's Midnight Breed, and others. That's what I'm going for with my Interstellar Rescue series, hoping I can hook readers on the premise of the world I've created, then giving them characters they can't resist.Donna S. Frelickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16431686010313020234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808733415551134993.post-40133075092365319032016-01-22T17:29:52.401-07:002016-01-22T17:29:52.401-07:00Luckily with the series that I've enjoyed, the...Luckily with the series that I've enjoyed, there has mostly been consistent wow factor writing, such as Nalini Singh's Psy-Changeling series. One exception is Lora Leigh's Breed books, which have got better and better. Instead of focusing only on the featured couple and their relationship, the bigger picture has been developing more with with each book, which provides the reader with much more engagement with all of the past and present main characters.<br /><br />One exception to your last example imo, Greta, is the books written by other authors under the banner of Isaac Asimov and his robot 3 laws premise. The authors, although clearly not Asimov, have done a creditable job continuing Asimov's (much missed) legacy.<br /><br />I always used to wait until I had all the books in a series and then read them all back-to-back. More and more series now seem to be never ending, so this approach isn't practical anymore.OzMerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07433489540953072260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808733415551134993.post-1738559231091517152016-01-21T22:29:50.392-07:002016-01-21T22:29:50.392-07:00Rest assured I'll never have a franchise ;)Rest assured I'll never have a franchise ;)Gretahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06011218229698210595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808733415551134993.post-15016062215713451492016-01-21T22:29:24.542-07:002016-01-21T22:29:24.542-07:00That sounds fair, too. Not how I work, but to each...That sounds fair, too. Not how I work, but to each his own.Gretahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06011218229698210595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808733415551134993.post-74481622110859708762016-01-21T22:28:25.945-07:002016-01-21T22:28:25.945-07:00Fair enough. I think in romance especially it'...Fair enough. I think in romance especially it's hard to keep the same couple going for long. What happened to the HEA?Gretahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06011218229698210595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808733415551134993.post-83507774480694964662016-01-21T20:48:26.580-07:002016-01-21T20:48:26.580-07:00Yeah, if I like an author, then I want the next bo...Yeah, if I like an author, then I want the next book to BE by that author, not someone else. I've enjoyed the books of yours that I've read and have the rest on my TBR, so yeah, I like series. :-)Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06673963438671468441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808733415551134993.post-40688232703599144232016-01-21T19:04:36.042-07:002016-01-21T19:04:36.042-07:00I will often want to continue a series if the firs...I will often want to continue a series if the first book wow-ed me. But that is a double edged sword, because I am often disappointed by the next couple of books as I am judging them against the first that I thought was so great. So, I often try to give a good amount of time in between ending the first and starting the next so that I can judge the other books in the series more objectively. For example, it took me nearly a year to read all of Catherine Spangler's Shielder series. And, probably at least 6 months to read almost all of Ruby Lionsdrake's Mandrake Company series ( I still have the last one to read). <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11418518822326762867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808733415551134993.post-62749696754814911512016-01-21T16:58:41.155-07:002016-01-21T16:58:41.155-07:00I like a good series, but Book 1 has to pull me in...I like a good series, but Book 1 has to pull me in. I almost never start a series with later books. My favorites have a new couple in each installment rather than the HFN endings. I find my interest in a series starts to wane after five books or so. I don't want to devote my time or book budget to one universe for too long.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03563358694784996708noreply@blogger.com