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A while ago I mentioned that I may have a few too many series of books on the go. I am a total completist when it comes to series, but I also hate really good series to end, or to go flat (yes that is why there are two unwatched seasons of 24 in my cupboard) and will avoid reading the later books in a series, even if I love that series. I suppose I’m a procrastinating completist, or something similar.
At the moment I’ve started ten series – this is bad:
‘The Chronicles of Ancient Darkness’ – Michelle Paver
‘The President’s Daughter’ – Ellen Emerson White
‘Aubrey-Martin’ – Patrick O’Brian
‘Septimus Heap’ – Angie Sage
‘Harry Potter’ – J K Rowling (I only have to read the final book, but based on the fifth and the sixth books I just can’t be bothered, plus some inconsiderate people told me what happens)
‘Temeraire’ – Naomi Novick
‘The Millenium trilogy’ – Steig Larsson
‘Thursday Next’ – Jasper Fforde
‘Changeling’ – Steve Feasey
‘Twilight‘ – Stephanie Meyer
Can you believe I started eight of these series this year? What was I thinking? Please tell me someone else out there can beat my total.
Galleysmith is holding an event called Seriespalooza 14th December to 20th December, to encourage people to only read from series they’ve already started. I have five books sitting around the house from some languishing series, which means I could take part, without breaking my book buying ban (the ban is getting hard right now and even buying books as presents isn’t making me feel better) so let’s just say I plan to have good intentions that week. I might read one of these books:
‘The Girl Who Played with Fire’ – Steig Larsson
‘Throne of Jade’ – Naomi Novick (yay)
‘Harry Potter and the whatever he’s got himself mixed up in this time’ – J K Rowling (yeah I’m not going to choose this one)
‘Spirit Walker’ – Michelle Paver (yay)
‘Post Captain’ – Patrick O’Brian
My brain is fuzzy and I can’t think of an elegant way to go from this to the ‘Reading in Color’ holiday swap so just imagine me tugging at your sleeve and going ‘look, it’s cool’. You have to exchange books by authors, or books that feature main characters, who are black, hispanic, asian or Native American because that’s the focus of the blog. I’m a big fan of ‘Reading in Color’ and I can’t wait to receive a present via this swap.
Hopefully I’ll return soon with thoughts on ‘Shashenka’ (mixed reaction to the main character at the moment, although the action certainly is compelling) the first book in my campaign to read some chunky books by the end of the year. It makes me want to read some non-fiction about Stalin’s reign (maybe ‘The Whisperers’, which is huge and has been hanging around the house for about a year) which then makes me want to read general studies on world history, which makes me want to retire from such a huge project with a chick-lit novel : )
Also I have been listening to impassioned ideas about book buying and after finding £42 in a savings tin I might be preparing for a bit of a spree, so look out for unashamed book buying news soon!
At the moment I’ve started ten series – this is bad:
‘The Chronicles of Ancient Darkness’ – Michelle Paver
‘The President’s Daughter’ – Ellen Emerson White
‘Aubrey-Martin’ – Patrick O’Brian
‘Septimus Heap’ – Angie Sage
‘Harry Potter’ – J K Rowling (I only have to read the final book, but based on the fifth and the sixth books I just can’t be bothered, plus some inconsiderate people told me what happens)
‘Temeraire’ – Naomi Novick
‘The Millenium trilogy’ – Steig Larsson
‘Thursday Next’ – Jasper Fforde
‘Changeling’ – Steve Feasey
‘Twilight‘ – Stephanie Meyer
Can you believe I started eight of these series this year? What was I thinking? Please tell me someone else out there can beat my total.
Galleysmith is holding an event called Seriespalooza 14th December to 20th December, to encourage people to only read from series they’ve already started. I have five books sitting around the house from some languishing series, which means I could take part, without breaking my book buying ban (the ban is getting hard right now and even buying books as presents isn’t making me feel better) so let’s just say I plan to have good intentions that week. I might read one of these books:
‘The Girl Who Played with Fire’ – Steig Larsson
‘Throne of Jade’ – Naomi Novick (yay)
‘Harry Potter and the whatever he’s got himself mixed up in this time’ – J K Rowling (yeah I’m not going to choose this one)
‘Spirit Walker’ – Michelle Paver (yay)
‘Post Captain’ – Patrick O’Brian
My brain is fuzzy and I can’t think of an elegant way to go from this to the ‘Reading in Color’ holiday swap so just imagine me tugging at your sleeve and going ‘look, it’s cool’. You have to exchange books by authors, or books that feature main characters, who are black, hispanic, asian or Native American because that’s the focus of the blog. I’m a big fan of ‘Reading in Color’ and I can’t wait to receive a present via this swap.
Hopefully I’ll return soon with thoughts on ‘Shashenka’ (mixed reaction to the main character at the moment, although the action certainly is compelling) the first book in my campaign to read some chunky books by the end of the year. It makes me want to read some non-fiction about Stalin’s reign (maybe ‘The Whisperers’, which is huge and has been hanging around the house for about a year) which then makes me want to read general studies on world history, which makes me want to retire from such a huge project with a chick-lit novel : )
Also I have been listening to impassioned ideas about book buying and after finding £42 in a savings tin I might be preparing for a bit of a spree, so look out for unashamed book buying news soon!