tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005037379064329761.post4853017484406628683..comments2023-11-03T20:22:26.360+11:00Comments on ALPHA reader: Series I read Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08440460463119645788noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005037379064329761.post-49061670076393279122014-01-07T12:48:35.730+11:002014-01-07T12:48:35.730+11:00Awesome list!!! so agree with Mercy, Kate and the ...Awesome list!!! so agree with Mercy, Kate and the Slaughter books, which I have read because of you!!!<br /><br />btw, The Hollows is pretty great right now... though the end game is Rachel and TRent... which I actually prefer to Rachel and Ivy=D<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18029884909672059641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005037379064329761.post-80503519944446982382014-01-06T22:25:51.171+11:002014-01-06T22:25:51.171+11:00I think what is interesting is that 'series fa...I think what is interesting is that 'series fatigue' is (you could argue) an age thing. As children we like the comfort of the familiar. So you have an entire adolescence built on the notion of series. Many many series. Take children picture books: charlie and lola, thomas, blinky bill. They all have endless adventures; endless books; endless series. Same with middle grade: zac power, animorphs, go girls. We're talking books in their 50s here. <br /><br />It's when you grow older, in to your teenage years, where all of a sudden the way we view characters and series and adventures completely changes. Why is that? Is it just because we don't need the comfort of the 'known' any more. <br /><br />It's all extremely interesting. Why, danielle? WHY?!nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09047013417343451910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005037379064329761.post-84028876775991562842014-01-06T20:57:58.356+11:002014-01-06T20:57:58.356+11:00Sometimes I just think it's commercial success...Sometimes I just think it's commercial success. Certainly with Charlaine Harris, I feel she was uneasy writing so many more 'Sookie Stackhouse' books than she had originally intended - but the success of 'True Blood' and, in turn, her series meant that she was being offered extensions from the publisher when perhaps she should have stuck to her original vision? That might also be true of Janet Evanovich and 'Stephanie Plum' - they keep making the NYT bestseller list, so of course she's going to keep writing them - even if that means no conclusion to the romantic relationships she's set up, and no real growth for the protagonist in a never-ending series. Ditto Laurell K. Hamilton <br /><br />I don't know. There is certainly such a thing as 'series fatigue' I think. Daniellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08440460463119645788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005037379064329761.post-59392808729920174252014-01-06T19:40:44.565+11:002014-01-06T19:40:44.565+11:00I can define my ability to read series in to time ...I can define my ability to read series in to time zones. Something happened to me about 2 years ago and I just… stopped reading series. Stopped dead. The only series I continue with are series that I had started before that time (and even those are drastically reduced). <br /><br />I find myself without the patience I once had, which is what I attribute to mass-series exodus. I ODed on crappy paranormal/ urban fantasy series and have yet to come back.<br /><br />But to be fair to myself I think the standard in trilogies/ series has deteriorated significantly. I can't pinpoint why either. If any one has any theories, hit me with them! I'm desperate to understand WHY?!nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09047013417343451910noreply@blogger.com