
I wondered if I never finished the series because I don't like to rush the excitement. If I have loved the first book,then I like to have the rest of the series to look forward to. Ok, this is not a bad thing, but there are so many series outstanding that need to be read and most of them have new books coming out this year. I will aim to read the remaining books that I have of different series. Are you like me, do you start a series and then leave it to gather dust? Or do you devour the whole series in one month?
I bought two books this week from the charity shop and was quite pleased with my finds.


As to my reading this week I managed to finish the two books I was reading last week.
1) The Little Stranger by Sarah Water - a huge book at 5oo+ pages but an absolute thriller
2) The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie - a book where I realised who the baddie was very early on. Also my first Agatha Christie book.
I also managed to read Fun Home by Alison Bechdel, which is a graphical memoir.
I am nearly a quarter of a way through The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley which I am reading a chapter a day from. I really am enjoying it and hope that once I get past the half way stage I may be able to whip through it.I have read 17 chapters of Pride and Prejudice for the read a long, so I am up to date with this. So far, I have found it to be a very amusing book, yet I keep wondering how these characters would cope in today's society.
I am half way through The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge and I have just started White is For Witching by Helen Oyeyemi.
In my non fiction reading, I finished reading How to Hear Your Angels by Doreen Virtue, which I won't be reviewing, because I just can't physically review everything. I have to say I did enjoy it. It was interesting to read about all the different angels and the different ways in which they apparently could be contacted.

Hi, Vivienne! I see that I've piqued your interest on Incendiary. I'm sure you'll love it. It's a very satisfying read.
ReplyDeleteYep I'm a series starter too :)
ReplyDeleteI have a couple of series that I really wish to finish but keep postponing till after this book then that book then the other :)
I pushed myself a bit last year but still I have some I really need to finish this year!
We better find us a challenge to help us with these serieses :)
I tend to finish series but usually not in a timely fashion *smile*.
ReplyDeleteI love the cover for Sacred Hearts. Is it paperback? Nice find at the charity shop!
I find that when I hit the half-way point in a novel it's much easier to "whip through" to the end. I wonder why that is. This is especially true on my Kindle.
Have a great week!
Oh my - what a prolific reader you are! You have had quite a wonderful literary week.
ReplyDeleteDue to my rather OCD-like tendencies, I must start a series from the beginning. Therefore, I do have a lot of the first in a series books on my shelf (some I have read - others are patiently waiting). If I decide that I like the series, then I usually buy the 2nd, and often the 3rd, but never more than that. Primarily because I know I don't have time to read the books I already own. But...I just can't seem to help myself, and I continue to purchase more. I dream of the day when I sit down and devour an entire series in a month :)
I far prefer standalone books to series and I'm really bad about reading follow ups. I don't even bother to buy follow ups anymore unless they're ones I was really looking forward to (like Catching Fire).
ReplyDeleteI do the same thing Viv. I bought the whole Nevada Barr series and have them sitting on my shelf unread. Another series I bought Donna Andrews I gave them all away unread....UGH
ReplyDeleteI love your cover on Sacred Hearts -- gorgeous. I am almost done with that book - it is a good one; enjoy
Have a great week.
I'd love to devour a series in a month but I never managed to get all books at once :(
ReplyDeleteI like books in a series, too, but mostly the suspenseful ones, like Sue Grafton's "alphabet series," and Perri O'Shaughnessy's series of books about a detective who lives in Lake Tahoe. I have now begun reading the "Stephanie Plum" books by Janet Evanovich, and I think I'm hooked. But I'm trying to stick to the library on those.
ReplyDeleteMy Sunday Salon:
http://laurel-rainsnowsaccidentallife.blogspot.com/2010/02/sunday-salon.html
Ok dunno if left a comment, internet is acting up.
ReplyDeleteAnywya I love a good series, but it is hard to find all the books
I'm a series starter too. I dont know why I do it, but a series needs to be fantastic to hold my attention. So far the only two series that I truly got hooked on were the HP books and the Twilight series.
ReplyDeleteYouve got alot of reading in, Pride & Prejudice is one of my favorites.
http://thebookworm07.blogspot.com/
I'm like you - bad about finishing series. I love your cover of Sacred Hearts - it's much prettier than the US version.
ReplyDeletePeter - yes, I blame you completely. I hadn't heard of it before seeing it on your blog.
ReplyDeleteDesert Rose - I wonder if there is a challenge to help people like us.
Mary - Sacred Hearts has just been rereleased here in paperback and that is the cover. I was lucky to pick it out.
Molly - I always start a series at the beginning. I do hate starting in the middle and not realising it.
Amanda - I wish I didn't get as hooked so easily.
Diane - I haven't heard of either of these series. Now I will have to look them up.
Blodeuedd - a whole series in a month. That is good going.
Laurel - the Sue Grafton ones have not appealed to me as there are so many of them. I like the look of the Stephanie Plum ones though.
Naida - they were my most favourite series too.
Kathy - I am wondering what your copy of Sacred Hearts looks like now.
Incendiary sounds really cool! 0_o
ReplyDeletelol Viv-You've sure got a lot of books on the go right now. I do the same thing.
ReplyDeleteI am so bad about starting a series and only getting past the first one. I buy them all and then they sit there. One series that I've read lately that I can say differently is the Uglies series. I just finished the third one and heading into the fourth.
Happy reading and a Happy Sunday to you!
I love that cover on the Sacred Hearts book!
ReplyDeleteI look forward to reading what you think about the Incendiary book. This is the first I'm hearing of it, and I am picky about stories that I read that deal with 9/11.
I started a few series, but I don't generally get all excited and collect all the books in the series, because I know I won't be reading them anytime soon.
ReplyDeleteI've read 15 chapters of P&P, so I'm a bit behind. I found it very slow going, to be honest. I thought their conversations were inconsequential, and I had to force myself to be interested. I really hope it gets better!
Haha... I'm a serial starter too :)
ReplyDeleteActually, I think it's what you said, you just don't want to rush the excitement. There are some series I've been following for a while and still have a ways to go and I don't mind that. When it's a good character you've grown to love you want to have more books to look forward to you know.
It depends with me. I either am compulsive and get so emmersed in that world I need to read them all NOW. And everything else around me gets neglected. Anne Rice, Jim Butcher... The Twilight books are big culprits there. Others I read one, think ooh I must get the rest and then forget all about it. I think it just depends how deep they get their hooks into you.
ReplyDelete*whisper* If you are enjoying Pride & Predjudice, watch out for Maggi's next swap when the Alice one finishes. I can say no more, I have said to much already. Sssshhhh! :P (I'm very excited!)
I'm SO behind on almost every series! I love them though and I'm actually about to start a new one lol.
ReplyDeleteHi Viv, I love to follow series as well, but probably not as serious as you are.
ReplyDeleteI just had to laugh at this! Yes, I'm just like you...a serial starter! I am sooooo pathetic about finishing series, even when I absolutely LOVE them. I think my problem is that I'm just too distractable.
ReplyDeleteI really like that cover of Sacred Hearts too! I hope that you enjoy it - I thought that it was a great story.
ReplyDeleteOh I really liked Sacred Hearts. Just beware that it is a pretty slow and savory book. Not one to be rushed. I like that cover!
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