If you start a book & enjoy it but realise it’s part of a series. Would you buy the previous books before finishing .
If you start a book & enjoy it but realise it’s part of a series. Would you buy the previous books before finishing .
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No, but I would then go back to book number one and read the series in order including the one I had already read x
@Alyson yes that’s what I’ve done in the past , though not re read a book yet .
Yes, for me it’s all a bit “time permitting”! Takes a while to actually get as far as the book I’ve already read, especially if it’s something like book 12!! x
I always like to read the 1st in a series then if I miss any over the years I don’t mind. I like to see how a series starts and the history of the character. My aim in life is to get the way book of a series signed by the author.
Yes
I have three so far I have 33 to go
No unless I thought it was vital to the plot
I echo Alyson, I would read the book and then start from the 1st one, it’s nice to get to know the main characters and where they fit into the storyline.
@Jean yes it is nice to start from scratch
Sometimes going back and reading The missing books becomes dated
@Patricia I suppose it depends on how many you’ve missed.I think that would be the case with Peter Robinson as he’s written a lot .
Jennifer Price not actually read Peter must confess. Could say the same of Rebus or Quintin Jardine books
@Patricia I’ve read Peter Robinson in the past but not much lately. Found so many new authors here! Not read any Rebus & not heard of Quintan Jardine.
@Jennifer oh now i could talk for ever on QJ his Bob Skinner the best but does two other detectives (who I don’t like )
Yeah if I enjoyed it xx
No ! I buy books as I see them and think oh that looks good. Then I read any series in any order I find/buy them !
Not if I had already started it
I try to look when I’m buying a book, that if it’s in a series I read in order.
It depends on how far in I am into the book but most likely. I often do a quick google when in the book store or double check when downloading on kindle to make sure. I started doing this after downloading the 1st book in a series and then had a years wait for the second book.
I asked because I started a few books mid series & then was informed on here I was mid series .I finished the books then got the previous to catch up .
Do other readers occasionally feel manipulated by finding books coming out in series? I don’t mean books about the same character, but those that depend on your knowing what happened in an earlier work.
@Hilary sometimes yes
Yes
I dare not – my tbr pile is unmanageable as it is
Yes
No not necessarily. I read Tim Weaver’s I Am Missing and Steve Cavanagh’s Th1rt3en as standalones but both were book 4/5 of a series. Didn’t spoil my enjoyment of them..
I like Lucy read I am missing I never knew until recently there were others. I have also been reading a book and found out it was a series I finished the book and then began from the beginning
Yes, it can get quite costly?
I’m reading Elly Griffiths’ The Blood Card, which is the 3rd of the Stevens & Mephisto books. I knew it was part of a series but picked it up in a charity shop and fancied a “period piece” story. It mentions stuff from previous books but she covers the salient points well enough that it doesn’t detract from the current book. I think that’s the secret of writing series well – they make you want to read the others but you enjoy this one anyway, even if you don’t.
Mmm, if it’s a compelling story/read, I would find the 1st
No x
Yep ?
Yes, I like to start at the beginning and follow through.
If I’ve already started it? No. I’ll go ahead and finish and then look for the earlier books.
No hard and fast rules for me…. if it REALLY grabbed me, possibly. If I was enjoying it but not sure, I might finish the book then go back, read the others and reread the book again.
I’d finish it then go back to the first one then read in order
@Mandy me too !!!
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes always
Yup.
No
Definitely.
Most definitely
Oh yes
I’d usually finish it and, if I loved it, go back and read the others in the series (and everything else the author has written) ?
I’d finish it first before buying any others in the series.
What @Jane said!
Ditto to @Jane.
Yes
Yes
I’d probably finish that one then go back to the beginning.
Finish the one and then go back and start reading from the first book
Absolutely I would in fact I would buy the whole series from beginning to the end
Yes
I normally finish the book and if I do enjoy it, then I start buying the whole collection. Doing that with Chris Carters books
Depends some authors have spoilers of previous books so if that happens I go back
Yes.
Yes
Most definitely
Yes!
Not necessarily before finishing, but yes.
I do like to read the series
Like a lot of people, I’d finish the book and then go back to the beginning. I’ve done this with a few series.
No
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