I have a love / hate relationship with series.
Our story goes a little like this: buy the first book
(LOVEEEE IT WITH ALL MY SOUL). Next book doesn’t come out for five-odd years
later. Forgets what happens in first book and is too lazy to re-read or even
look at a book summary for the first book. Love for first book becomes inconsequential
and I never finish the series.
Our story could also go a little like this: buy first book
(LOOOOOOVE IT WITH ALL THAT I AM). All books are out (AND PROCEEDS TO BUY ALL
THE BOOKS). Realizes that there a way more books than I thought there were. Now,
this next step goes either one of two ways. One, I read all the books in one
sitting, stopping for nothing more than shoving oxygen in my lungs and exhaling
carbon dioxide. Or, two, I just stare at all the covers for the next five years
because they’re all so dang pretty but I just don’t feel like making that kind
of commitment.
I’m a little lazy and a little in love when it comes to
books that aren’t stand-alones.
Let me just do a quick list of a few series I haven’t finished.
Leave a comment if you recognize any, or if you can add a few of your own to
the list!
-The Selection series by Kiera Cass-Rosemary Beach series by Abbi Glines-Daughters of Smoke and Bone series by Laini Taylor-Shatter Me series by Tahereh Mafi-The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare
It’s not that I don’t want to read the books exactly. I just
get distracted. By all the pretty covers. OKAY. This isn’t as weird as it
sounds. In series, the covers look alike. I like variation, so while I adore
how all the covers look together, I just can’t get myself to get over the
covers. When I have the choice between one-of-these-is-not-like-the-others, I’m
going to go with that one.
It’s a not-so-awesome idiosyncrasy. Whoops?
So, tell me, what are some series that you should really
probably finish? And do you have any weird idiosyncrasies that make people look at you a little funny?
Oh my gosh, same here! And I also haven't finished Shatter Me, The Selection, Beach series, and Mortal Instruments! Gah!
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I have so much to read! I'll get to them...eventually...LOL.
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