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[Veronica]

Christine wrote: "I've learned my lesson on that one though, and don't stockpile series like that anymore."

I've learned my lesson on that as well, lol.

Interesting responses, thanks!

[♥ Ashleigh ♥]

reading

[thalassic]

Christine wrote: "Veronica G. wrote: "Just out of curiousity, and this is an open question for anyone, what are some of the motivations for continuing to read a series when the quality starts to go down? "


For me,..."

For me it's one of three reasons:

1. I enjoyed the first few books so much that I keep hoping that the series will get back to what I liked about it. Or it still has enough elements of what I liked to keep slogging through what I don't like in hopes of more good and less bad.

2. I get attached to the characters and can't seem to resist finding out what happens to them even if I'm pretty sure that I won't like the book overall. A couple of times I've resorted to finding spoilers on message boards just so I know that nobody died or anything like that instead of reading the next book, but I almost feel guilty doing that.

3. Pure stubbornness. I tell myself that since I made it this far into a series, I'm gonna finish it. Lots of times I only read one book and never bother with another, or maybe don't even finish the first book, but if I get past the first 2 or 3 the stubborn tends to kick in.

And then sometimes it's a mix of all three.

[Christine]

turned out to be pretty good so now I'm listening to

[♥ Ashleigh ♥]

was SOOOO GOOD. I highly enjoyed reading it and look forward to reading more books by this author.

Now I'm onto (also for my Birthstone colour challenge) and have to say so far its looking good!

[Scott]

ALmost finished with The Name of the Wind and reading The Scarab Path... The Name of the wind is very good; The Scarab path is the latest available in its series, which is sort of alternative world steampunk

[Christine]

I finished and started . I'm really enjoying the plot to the series, but I could so do without the unnecessary love triangle.

Also listening to

[Whitney]

2 chapter left in about 40% done with will be continuing an starting

[Veronica]

Finished my re-read of , also finished . Still working on Murder in Thrall, The Witching Hour, and Abducted.

[Sharon]

Will be starting in the morning. It's available the 4th and I suspect if I wake up early, I won't try going back to sleep.

[♥ Ashleigh ♥]

Scott wrote: "ALmost finished with The Name of the Wind and reading The Scarab Path... The Name of the wind is very good; The Scarab path is the latest available in its series, which..."

Glad to hear it, my friend bought me Name of the Wind for xmas. havent gotten round to it yet, he says its his fave series so im a tad nervous i wont like it. lol.

[Carol]

just started up on cress (book 3 in the lunar chronicles) by Marissa Meyer - which was released today! and yes I was counting down the hours until it was available. squeak! I am so excited!

[Christine]

I'm starting . Only a chapter in, but it shows promise.

[Marsha]

♥ Ashleigh ♥ wrote: " was SOOOO GOOD. I highly enjoyed reading it and look forward to reading more books by this author.

Now I'm onto (also..."

I have had Magician's Apprentice on my shelf for a while and was wondering if I can actually start with that one since it is technically #0.5 rather than #1 in the series. Will it ruin the impact of #1? thanks:)

[Whitney]

Marsha wrote: "♥ Ashleigh ♥ wrote: " was SOOOO GOOD. I highly enjoyed reading it and look forward to reading more books by this author.

Now I'm onto [bookcover:The Magician's App..."

Marsha I haven't read this book but 0.5 is usually the prequel story before the actual story so I think you should be fine reading either one first.

[Dawn]

Chakara wrote: "...how was kiss of steel its on my ebooks to buy list? "

Sorry for the long delay but I liked it quite a bit! I thought the world building was well done and not to confusing. I also liked the vampire are rather mindless

[Whitney]

Dawn wrote: "Chakara wrote: "...how was kiss of steel its on my ebooks to buy list? "

Sorry for the long delay but I liked it quite a bit! I thought the world building was well done and not to confusing. I als..."

Thats so great to hear Dawn. I went ahead and picked it up cant wait to read it :).I'm always looking for some steampunk.

[Sharon]

Finished yesterday and have to say I was a bit disappointed. Still great characterizations but some of the 'life' seems to have gone out of the writing and the plotting was definitely not as good.

I've really enjoyed this series to date, has a bit of an 'old fashioned/Victorian' feel to it, somewhat leisurely pacing and not the usual action/thriller. While some of the deaths are gruesome, most are 'after the fact' and referred to as part of the investigation. This one seemed to go a bit overboard on the leisurely and kind of skipped the plotting.

[LilMisGrayBrisk]

Getting ready to start re-reading At Grave's End .

[Ian]

Currently i am reading the iron druid chronicles by kevin hearne, i am really enjoying this series at the moment.

[Sharon]

Did a re-read of for the monthly read for Urban Fantasy Aficionados and downloaded a sample of the next book in the series, which will likely be my next read.

[Veronica]

Currently reading . I'm about halfway through and really enjoying it so far.

[Christine]

I finished and while I loved most of the book, I just couldn't bring myself to give it five stars because of that completely unnecessary love triangle. Why must authors do that when it's obvious which two characters will end up together? And especially when the rest of the plot and action are more than sufficient to keep me on the edge of my seat? And the rest of the book was really good. She made me cry, made me want to rip someone's guts out through his nose, and made me realize I apparently have a nasty bloodthirsty streak.


Almost done with on audio. Yet one more British sorcerer kicking ass and taking names, but it's been fun, so I think I'm going to go right into

[Veronica]

Christine wrote: "I finished and while I loved most of the book, I just couldn't bring myself to give it five stars because of that completely unnecessary love triangle. Why must authors d..."

LOL, Christine, that Shifters series was the last straw for me as far as love triangles go. I only read through book two (or maybe three, can't recall) and dropped out. Ever since then I will drop a series cold if a love triangle forms, no matter how interesting the other aspects of the story are. There are far too many books out there to read where I don't have to put up with that particular brand of (overused) emotional manipulation. And I realize that all stories manipulate readers' emotions in one way or another but this one has become a deal breaker for me. I have a friend who will drop an author for egregious cliffhanger endings. For me, it's love triangles.

[Christine]

Veronica G. wrote: "Christine wrote: "I finished and while I loved most of the book, I just couldn't bring myself to give it five stars because of that completely unnecessary love triangle. ..."


I've read a very, very few series with love triangles that actually worked for me. And in every case, the love triangle was resolved early in the series (by book 3 or so) rather than dragging on for book after book after book. And I absolutely hate it when the heroine finally makes her decision only because she had a near death experience or she almost looses the one guy and that's when she suddenly realizes she can't live without him. Spare me. Give me Mercy Thompson who actually thought about it logically and figured out which man she could realistically be happy with long term.

And it's such a shame with the Shifter series. The plot and action in the series was so good from about book three on, but every time she let that one poor guy think he really even had a chance just ticked me off. These poor characters were dealing with enough drama and heartache, there was no need to add the extra layer.

[Veronica]

Christine wrote: "Give me Mercy Thompson who actually thought about it logically and figured out which man she could realistically be happy with long term. "

Yes! Mercy Thompson was one of the very rare times that the triangle didn't bother me because, 1) Mercy never led Adam and Sam on unnecessarily (not sleeping with/kissing both at the same time), 2) she made her decision early in the series, and 3) once she made her decision there was no waffling on her part. She chose and she never looked back. I can live with that but, sadly, it seems too many authors want to drag that crap out for drama's sake. I'm of the opinion that in this genre there is already enough crap hitting the fan that manufacturing relationship drama by using love triangles is just lazy writing.

[Leonard]

I'm taking a break from the speculative genres and reading Pronto by Elmore Leonard. I read it years ago and decided that, with the new season of Justified starting, I should jump in and re-read Leonard's introduction of Deputy US Marshal Raylan Givens, a modern incarnation of the spaghetti western anti-hero. It's a quick read, and filled with Leonard's trademark prose and dialogue. Worth checking out if you want to get into some of the best crime fiction around.

[Christine]

I finished the audio of which was fun. There were some great moments, but then there were those moments of "Wait. What just happened?" that were mildly confusing. I'm not sure if it was the writing of my mind just wandering. But it was still entertaining. Now I'm continuing on with

[Michelle]

I'm starting a 'new' series. (New to me, that is.)

[Scott]

Finished and ; now working on

and

[Christine]

I finished and I think it was smoother than the first in the series. I enjoyed the action and mayhem of it all, but now I'm really curious about the history of 'Hellequin'. I hope we find out more in which is due out next week. And waiting to see how many women throw themselves at Nate in that one. He's like James Bond but with nifty magic instead of cool gadgets.

[Veronica]

Finished and , now reading .

[Susan]

YEA!!!! Starting now then I will read

[Christine]

I haven't posted in here in a while. Where have I been?
I've read n which was okay, but I saw where it was going from a mile away and I would have rather continued the current storyline than take this stroll down memory lane.

I love the addition of Corpse Girl. She rocks. And I love Captain Freedom. I think I got whiplash figuring out whether one character was to be trusted or not.

. Well...I like the plot and most of the characters, but I really don't like the main character of Sabina. I'm trying to decide if it's worth reading the last two in the series just to finish it or if I should just let it go.

was good, although I had more trouble following the parallel story lines than I did in the previous two books. But that could just be me being distracted while I was listening.

Now, I'm almost done with which is a favorite series of mine.

[Erica]

oooooo jennifer estep is awesome!! I have to check that one out, I've only read up to the 7th book I think.

[Christine]

Erica wrote: "oooooo jennifer estep is awesome!! I have to check that one out, I've only read up to the 7th book I think."


You're behind! I was actually shocked that The Spider was book 10! I didn't realize I had read so many.

[Erica]

Did you have to put it down often? I took a break after I finished reading a few back to back.

[Christine]

Erica wrote: "Did you have to put it down often? I took a break after I finished reading a few back to back."


I spaced them out over about a year and a half. I read the first two as buddy reads in 2012, and when I finally got back to it last year I think I did one a month until I was caught up.

[Veronica]

I've been re-reading the Sebastian St Cyr historical mystery series (from book 4 on, anyway) in preparation for the release of the new book on March 4th - .

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[Christine]

Finally catching up with Peter Grant. I finished and am almost done with . I'm really enjoying this series and I love the narrator's delivery of Peter's humor.

[Mark]

[Aaron]

The extreme Love/Hate relationship people have with this author and her character Anita Blake actually made me want to read one of the books. I found for 50 cents and its less than 200 pages so why not.

[Tasula]

Aaron,
here are some authors that you might enjoy more than McGuire or Hamilton (although I loved the first 4 Hamilton books, esp Circus of the Damned and The Laughing Corpse- even tho her attitude about sex was 360 degrees different at the start of the series than it was at the end. These authors are really good- some are mentioned earlier in this thread:

Charlie Huston -Already Dead
Mario Acevedo
Harry Connolly
David Devereux
Glen Duncan
Warren Ellis
Daryl Gregory- Raising Stony Mayhall
Benedict Jacka
Richard Kadrey- Sandman Slim
F Paul Wilson
Michael Carey
Steve Bein (combo of fantasy and UF)
Ben Aaronovitch

[chucklesthescot]

Currently on a couple of books:

,

[Christine]

I finished listening to and moved right along to . Fun series.

In print, I'm reading . It's been a while since I read the first four, but I'm determined to finally finish this series.

[Michelle]

I've finally gotten into the Downside series, and am reading City of Ghosts. I'm really hooked on this series.

[Christine]

Michelle wrote: "I've finally gotten into the Downside series, and am reading City of Ghosts. I'm really hooked on this series."


I love that series so much. It's been driving me crazy waiting for book six!

[Susan]

Finished and now on to , finally, then on to when it comes out.

[Susan]

Michelle wrote: "I've finally gotten into the Downside series, and am reading City of Ghosts. I'm really hooked on this series."

I still need to get to that series. It has been on my list for a long time.

[Megan]

I don't usually post on this thread, but I also don't usually have so many books from the library piled up that I have to read quickly.

I've just started Babayaga by Toby Barlow, which is so far engaging. Then, because apparently I don't like sticking with one series until it's through, I've got the first books of several different series on my plate, including Cherie Priest's The Clockwork Century (Boneshaker), Kevin Hearne's The Iron Druid Chronicles (Hounded) and Kate Griffin's Matthew Swift series (A Madness of Angels). I've been on a lucky kick lately with the books I've been reading and have my fingers crossed that my streak continues.