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anamardoll · 06-11-2011, 10:58 AM

So here's a question. Sometimes I really dread starting a new series, because if the first book is even a little bit good, I'll often feel the need to read to the end of the series, even if it gets rather less good halfway through.

A good example of this would be the Xanth series by Piers Anthony -- if I may be rather simplistic, I thought the first 1-10 books were great, the next 11-20 books were rather so-so, books 21-30 spiraled down into serious "meh" if not outright annoyance and frustration, and despite the fact that I KNOW I've utterly lost interest in the series, I still picked up book #31 at Half Price about a year ago.

I have no idea if I'll ever read the book, but my OCD "must have the complete series or not at all" gene kicked in and I bought the darn thing anyway.

So... how unique am I in this regard?

06-11-2011, 10:58 AM	#1
anamardoll Chasing Butterflies Posts: 3,132 Karma: 5074169 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: American Southwest Device: Uses batteries.	Can you stop buying a series? So here's a question. Sometimes I really dread starting a new series, because if the first book is even a little bit good, I'll often feel the need to read to the end of the series, even if it gets rather less good halfway through. A good example of this would be the Xanth series by Piers Anthony -- if I may be rather simplistic, I thought the first 1-10 books were great, the next 11-20 books were rather so-so, books 21-30 spiraled down into serious "meh" if not outright annoyance and frustration, and despite the fact that I KNOW I've utterly lost interest in the series, I still picked up book #31 at Half Price about a year ago. I have no idea if I'll ever read the book, but my OCD "must have the complete series or not at all" gene kicked in and I bought the darn thing anyway. So... how unique am I in this regard?