Musing Mondays (Feb.27)

This week’s musing asks…

• Do you read books that are part of a series?
• Do you collect all the books in the series before starting? What if the series is brand new, and the only book that’s been published so far is Book one? As subsequent books in the series are published, do you go back and re-read the preceding books?

I have collected series books, but I don’t have to wait ’til I have all of them before I start reading. And, I’ve jumped in at book three, before, and had to go back to find books one and two — but that was mainly because I didn’t know the book was part of a series when I read a book already several into it (for example: Robyn Carr’s “Grace Valley” series, and Gaelen Foley’s “Knight” miscellany).

I’ve been collecting Kathy Reichs’ “Temp Brennan” series, but have only read the first book, so far. Same with Tess Gerritsen’s “Jane Rizzoli” series (starts with “The Surgeon”, which I’ve read).

In fact, if you check out my series’ blog, you can see the ones that I’ve been collecting, and the ones that I hope to read some day (it’s in desperate need of an update, mind you!). I made the blog so that I could keep track of which order the series books go in. I haven’t read every series there, but am hoping to get around to most of them. There have been lots of series I’ve started, but then haven’t continued with… at least, yet. I might still, some day.

I don’t need to go back and re-read previous books before continuing on with a series. If I forget what’s happening, I’ll usually remember after having gotten a little ways into the new book. Or, if not, there’s always my book journal to jog my memory (that’s why I keep one!).

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