How do you read?

So it’s July already! We recently got back from vacation, which was amazing! There’s nothing better than sitting on the beach, watching the kids play in the sand and hearing the waves crash against the shore. I could honestly stay there forever. Here’s a picture of one of the spectacular sunsets we were blessed with while we were there.

 

Since we got back home, we’ve been having ridiculously high temperatures where I live so I’ve been enjoying the air conditioning and had my nose stuck in a book. I should preface this post with, I’m a little crazy obsessive when it comes to books. So…

Last week,  the latest book in the Ghostwalkers series by Christine Feehan came out and I’m a huge fan of the series so I immediately fan-girl squealed, downloaded it onto my Nook and was so excited to read it, but I haven’t touched it yet. It’s still sitting hrere with the ‘new’ banner across the top of it in my library. Why you ask? Because I’m a bit odd and wanted to re-read the series, from the beginning so I was fresh in the story and knew what was going on. So here I am, a week after it came out, on book 6 of the series with 3 more books to go before I can read Samurai Game.

Sure I could have simply re-read the last book, to refresh my mind where everything left off, but then I think of all the storylines from the first few books, the moments when characters met, fought or fell in love and I had to start at the beginning. The more I thought about it, the more I realized, I do this all the time. I NEVER read a book out of order. I NEVER start a series in the middle, then backtrack. I NEVER read the last book then pick up the newest one. Even when I’m re-reading, I never just jump to book 3 and read, I start at one and get to 3.

So it made me wonder, does anyone else do this too? Or am I the only neurotic, OCD person when it comes to reading a book series? There have to be more people like me out there.

All this talk of books has me thinking about what I love to read so here are a few favorite series of mine:

Black Dagger Brotherhood- JR Ward

Immortals After Dark- Kresley Cole

Ghostwalkers, Drake sisters and Carapathian Series- Christine Feehan

Lords of the Underworld- Gena Showalter

Stephanie Plum Series- Janet Evanovich

Vampire Academy/Bloodlines – Richelle Mead

Harry Potter – JK Rowling

Dark Hunters, League Series – Sherrilyn Kenyon

The Wilderness Series – Sara Donati

Outlander- Diana Gabaldon

The Bridgertons – Julia Quinn

Virgin River Series – Robyn Carr

I really could keep going on and on and on with books I love to read. But those are some of my favorites. Hopefully you are having a great summer and enjoying time with your families like I am. I’m always looking for new books to read so if you have something you love- tell me about it.

There’s nothing like a great book!