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View Poll Results: Are you compelled to fill out a series you started in the middle?
I always start with #1 in a series 122 77.22%
Yes, if I can afford to 24 15.19%
No, my TBR list is too long as it is 7 4.43%
Your OCD is showing 5 3.16%
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Old 10-10-2011, 07:17 AM   #61
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I always start a series from book 1 and I hate authors that release books in the middle of the series timeline or prequels. I usually skip prequels if they are released after I have started a series.
If I am starting a new series and it already has a few books I first check the timeline and look around at what is the best recommended reading order before I commit to it.
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Old 10-10-2011, 07:27 AM   #62
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And if I know ahead of time, I try to read series' that are complete. I've read the next to the last book in several series', and am waiting (sometimes for years) for the last one to be published.
This!

And I still get caught out....
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Old 10-10-2011, 08:09 AM   #63
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speaking of book series, brian herbert molests his fathers legacy yet again this january

http://www.amazon.com/Sisterhood-Dun...neral_recs_118


i'll buy it but i won't be happy about it. *shakes fist*


i think dune may be the only series with new books that take place between the events of other books.
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Old 10-10-2011, 12:22 PM   #64
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U is for Undertow is already out!
It's been out for almost a year and the next one ("V") is due soon.


I've started series after the first one; sometimes it's better that way as the writing gets better over time with some authors.
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Old 10-10-2011, 06:10 PM   #65
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I read 5-10 books a week so I put yes if I can afford it.

I rely heavily on the library as I have always done and I reserve books in series order if possible but there are only 5 holds allowed at my library.

I do buy books, but my disposable income is not high (retirement looming and savings more important)

If I see a book I haven't read that is available and sounds interesting I get it even if it is number 14. Especially an unfamiliar author. Then I know if I am interested in reading the whole series.

Lucky for me most series I enjoy do not contain spoilers or rely heavily on knowledge of back plot.

And if times are tough I will read almost anything

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Old 10-11-2011, 02:02 PM   #66
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Prequels can be OK, if the writer does them right.

At least one of the Lee Child - Jack Reacher series is a prequel. It works well.
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Old 10-12-2011, 05:35 PM   #67
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Only way I wouldn't start with number 1 is if I didn't realize a book was part of a series, or if it's an out-of-print series and I can only track down miscellaneous titles.
Ditto.
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