Addiction toward Series
So, Its also been a long time since I've wrote things like this, and I think with my lack of reading lately. I've missed writing in my blog. >.<
So, lately I've been reading a few post from the blogs that I've been following when I saw one post from Nancy from Tumbling Books. That certain post from her, is actually how she explained how she was a "series quitter". All of her reasons are reasonable, but while reading it I found my own reasons why I like reading series.
I've always been addicted to series. I found myself constantly wanting to read the sequel if its already available. I consider it a bad habit of mine since that because of that certain trait I couldn't concentrate on reading other series. One of my examples would be The Mortal Instruments, I remember reading all of the books straight. I didn't try to read other books because I was just too addicted with it.
I'll go give you all of the reasons about my trait.
1.) I hate waiting for what's going to happen
I have no patience when it comes to the story. As much as I want to savor the story, I tend to finish a sequel on one sitting because of my eagerness to finish it. I hate agonizing and curiosity. So my mindset is always, "Why wait?"
2.) I love seeing how the love story progresses
Whether they break up, get married, get kids, or other things. I want to know it. I tend to obsess over the characters, which usually drives me to finish a book. Like when I started reading Crash (BTW you should definitely check that series out! I looooooooved everything about it) I swear, everybody in the whole house was already asleep, and yet there I was in bed, still reading Crash.
3.) I get queasy when I stop reading a certain sequel
Call it a weird drive or any other thing. But whenever I read a book and loved it. I get squeamish whenever I finish reading. Withdrawal is never a good feeling, and the only way for me to stop feeling that would be to read the next sequel.
4.) Giving a challenge
Call it weird or anything, but I love to see if the author can continue making a series that would still hold my interest. Though I am a series addict. I also tend to get impatient.
So yeah, basically those are the reasons why I'm a series addict. How about you, what's your take about series?
I'm the same! But I often try to read series that already had all the books released, as otherwise I die from anxiety! I'm currently reading City of Bones... You read that one?? :)
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Hahaha true. The waiting is the most agonizing part. :D, yes I've read City of Bones, I loved it. A LOT.
DeleteI have love-hate relationship with Series but all of the books I own are actually all serialized! The thing is, I love series books because it allows me as the reader to explore the world and the characters of the story for a long time. What I hate about is that I have to wait for almost a year for the sequel.
ReplyDeleteI also noticed that these days, authors been keeping their series longer than it's supposed to be. For example, I'm reading this one series which is supposed to be 3 books only but before the release of the 3rd book, the author announced that it will extend the story with 4 books! I would have been fine with it if the 3rd book was awesome but no, it was so short and nothing much happened. It was a waste of money and time. >.<
Another thing I hate about series is if it has more than 4 books.. I think the longest series that I have read so far is Harry Potter and Vampire Academy. I used to read House of Night series but after learning that it will have 9 books in the series, I dropped it instantly. I don't have the patience to wait for 9 years to finish a story. PS: I checked it at Goodreads and it has 12 books. CRAZY!!
I understand the house of night thing. I've stopped reading it after the 6th book. It gets tiring when the series is too long, and if the story isn't engaging. Being a series addict is definitely a love-hate relationship.
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