I tend to get bored toward the end of a series, and think "I'll just start this [new and exciting book by another author], then go back and finish the series." But then never go back. I got to book 17 of the Aubrey-Maturins on my first read-through, then book 19 on my second - I might manage the whole series one day. Sharpe fell by the wayside with about 3 left to go, as did Dalziel and Pascoe. I've got about 10 Heyers left, but it's not looking good for them at the moment, as I've been on Flashman for about a month. I'm on book 10 of those, and there's only 12, so I'm really hopeful that I'll battle through. It's not that I stop enjoying a series, just that I feel the urge for a change, and there are SO! MANY! BOOKS! out there ready and waiting to grab me that it takes real discipline to stick at it. It's better when I find a series I like that's just starting out because I can read them as they get written. Or when I was poor, and couldn't afford to go out and buy stacks of other books. I must have about 40 or 50 books waiting to be read or halfway complete sitting around on my floor because I have no room to shelve them.
Maybe I should read several series at a time. My mum has an upstairs book and a downstairs book gooing at any one time, but I'm much more likely to stop reading something halfway through, read something else, then pick the other back up. That is, I was like that until I started buying more books than anyone could possibly read in a lifetime.
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Re: Well done for giving in!
Date: 2009-12-07 06:57 pm (UTC)Maybe I should read several series at a time. My mum has an upstairs book and a downstairs book gooing at any one time, but I'm much more likely to stop reading something halfway through, read something else, then pick the other back up. That is, I was like that until I started buying more books than anyone could possibly read in a lifetime.