Don't you hate to have a good book end? - Page 3

stargazertony · 08-10-2010, 06:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Lady Fitzgerald

I hear ya!

I always hate to come to the end of a good book; more so if it's a really good series. What I really hate is when an author has a series going or has promised a sequel and dies before the series end or the sequel can happen

Dean Koontz did something similar. Of course he didn't die however, there were 4-5 years between the second and third book in his Frankenstein trilogy. I actually quit reading Koontz for several years until the third book came out. Christopher Paolini is doing the same with his Inheritance Cycle books. He has three of them out however, the third and maybe fourth have been delayed for years. This is upsetting to some of the young adults who have followed that series.

Quake1028 · 08-10-2010, 09:21 AM

I did this with the 7th book of the Harry Potter series. I got it on release day. Blew through like 550 pages in the next day. Told myself to slow down a bit, I was going way too fast. So, of course, I started it over. I did this about 5 or 6 times, always stopping right before the "Battle for Hogwarts" chapter. I just didn't want the series to end. I finally ended up finishing it late last year. Somehow I avoided spoilers that entire time.

RDaneel54 · 08-10-2010, 09:36 AM

Definitely. I've done the slow down towards the end thing, too. I like to think about the book after I've read it to savor it a little longer. If it is a new author, to me, I look up all their other works.

The most irritating, let's take decades to finish the story, author for me is ... George R. R. Martin. I so enjoy reading "A Song of Ice and Fire" and all of the books so far I haven't wanted to end. And it looks like they never will!

As far as bookends go, my favorite set came from the expanded, cost more, version of the Fellowship of the Ring DVD set.

Dean

kindlekitten · 08-10-2010, 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by RDaneel54

Definitely. I've done the slow down towards the end thing, too. I like to think about the book after I've read it to savor it a little longer. If it is a new author, to me, I look up all their other works.

The most irritating, let's take decades to finish the story, author for me is ... George R. R. Martin. I so enjoy reading "A Song of Ice and Fire" and all of the books so far I haven't wanted to end. And it looks like they never will!

As far as bookends go, my favorite set came from the expanded, cost more, version of the Fellowship of the Ring DVD set.

Dean

George R.R. Martin needs to be flogged

Lady Fitzgerald · 08-10-2010, 07:09 PM

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Originally Posted by kindlekitten

George R.R. Martin needs to be flogged

Nah, he might enjoy it.

speakingtohe · 08-10-2010, 07:23 PM

One of the few benefits of getting older is that you can actually reread some of the books/series that you enjoyed 40 or 50 years ago and not remember exactly how it ended

That said, I will read the first book in a series (first book by an author) when possible and if I really enjoy it ration out the rest, reading a few non series books or another type of book in between. Then on those bad days at work when I want to pillage and kill, I have a truly satisfying treat.
And of course when you have read one of your favorite authors twice there is nothing like the little thrill you get by coming across one of their books you have not yet read
Helen

kindlekitten · 08-11-2010, 01:54 AM

I bow to your self control

lord_blackfang · 08-11-2010, 07:29 AM

I hate it more when it turns into a never ending series.

lacymarie7575 · 08-11-2010, 02:48 PM

IT IS SOOOO DEPRESSING....like saying goodbye...

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08-10-2010, 09:21 AM	#32
Quake1028 Guru Posts: 917 Karma: 9155462 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Tampa, FL Device: See signature	I did this with the 7th book of the Harry Potter series. I got it on release day. Blew through like 550 pages in the next day. Told myself to slow down a bit, I was going way too fast. So, of course, I started it over. I did this about 5 or 6 times, always stopping right before the "Battle for Hogwarts" chapter. I just didn't want the series to end. I finally ended up finishing it late last year. Somehow I avoided spoilers that entire time.

08-10-2010, 09:36 AM	#33
RDaneel54 Aging Positronic Brain Posts: 633 Karma: 2155452 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Aurora (when off-Earth) Device: Amazon Oasis; iPhone, iPad Mini	Definitely. I've done the slow down towards the end thing, too. I like to think about the book after I've read it to savor it a little longer. If it is a new author, to me, I look up all their other works. The most irritating, let's take decades to finish the story, author for me is ... George R. R. Martin. I so enjoy reading "A Song of Ice and Fire" and all of the books so far I haven't wanted to end. And it looks like they never will! As far as bookends go, my favorite set came from the expanded, cost more, version of the Fellowship of the Ring DVD set. Dean

08-10-2010, 07:23 PM	#36
speakingtohe Wizard Posts: 4,812 Karma: 26912940 Join Date: Apr 2010 Device: sony PRS-T1 and T3, Kobo Mini and Aura HD, Tablet	One of the few benefits of getting older is that you can actually reread some of the books/series that you enjoyed 40 or 50 years ago and not remember exactly how it ended That said, I will read the first book in a series (first book by an author) when possible and if I really enjoy it ration out the rest, reading a few non series books or another type of book in between. Then on those bad days at work when I want to pillage and kill, I have a truly satisfying treat. And of course when you have read one of your favorite authors twice there is nothing like the little thrill you get by coming across one of their books you have not yet read Helen

08-11-2010, 01:54 AM	#37
kindlekitten Professional Adventuress Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle	I bow to your self control

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lord_blackfang Enthusiast Posts: 41 Karma: 80 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: PRS-600	I hate it more when it turns into a never ending series.

08-11-2010, 02:48 PM	#39
lacymarie7575 reading about reading ;-> Posts: 44 Karma: 30 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Houston Device: Sony PRS-600, BB	IT IS SOOOO DEPRESSING....like saying goodbye...

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