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I read a few more WoT books and eventually stopped around book 6. Even with 4 books out at the time, I re-read them each time a new book came out to refresh my memory. I had to stop doing that and decided to wait until it finished. Little did I know how long it would be...
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I was doing the same thing with Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series. It was supposed to be a trilogy. Then after 3 books she took her characters from Jacobite Scotland to Colonial America and that was going to be another trilogy. The American "trilogy" is now 5 books in a multi-generational saga, and the sixth (possibly final?) is in the works.
Her books average 800 pages in hardcover, so while I re-read the first 4 every time a new one came out, I've stopped doing that. I buy the ebooks when they're discounted (yay for Random House), and read the whole mess when its done. I'm also a bit annoyed with her about her fan fiction meltdown on the web earlier this year, which colors my already waning interest.
I just don't have the energy or time to keep re-reading series when a new book comes out, so I won't commit to new series until they're done. I read Twilight after Breaking Dawn released, and Hunger Games in on my list to read now.
My one exception to "no series until finished rule" is romance series. If it is clear the books have characters that are "related" but each book is still standalone, I start it. If it is clear there is a suspense storyline arcing across several books, I won't commit unless there is a publishing schedule already detailed. Romance authors stick to their deadlines!