tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972951595926878159.post2683821725531749592..comments2024-02-14T05:37:33.380-05:00Comments on The Bumbles Blog: ON BOOKS ~ Seriesously?...The Bumbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08334162339045336577noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972951595926878159.post-16763628500339009122010-04-21T19:46:49.031-04:002010-04-21T19:46:49.031-04:00I recently got into series again. I just finished ...I recently got into series again. I just finished the Sookie Stackhouse series (well got up to date) and then the Stephanie Plum series (up to date again). Both were fun but I totally understand what you mean by the authors phoning it in after the first couple of books. I don't mind as long as it doesn't totally blow.Catherine @ The Blonde Diarieshttp://www.theblondediaries.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972951595926878159.post-66511107260009153982010-01-18T07:03:34.805-05:002010-01-18T07:03:34.805-05:00This is easy: Brandilyn Collins' Kanner Lake ...This is easy: Brandilyn Collins' Kanner Lake Series of suspense. I did some short book reviews on all four of these books because they were my favorite reads for April. Here is a link to them:<br />http://zemeks.blogspot.com/2009/04/our-best-reads-for-april.htmlKaren & Gerard Zemekhttp://www.zemeks.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972951595926878159.post-16296450038530862112010-01-13T23:35:01.900-05:002010-01-13T23:35:01.900-05:00I Love reading more than just about anything in th...I Love reading more than just about anything in this world and I LOVE series. I read everything I could get my hands on by Enid Blyton in my youth - starting with The Faraway Tree and then Famous Five and Secret Seven. I am currently reading three different series at once, The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel(which I am enjoying), The Books of Pellinor (which I am LOVING), and the dragon series of Chris d'Lacey's (which I am incredibly annoyed by and can't comprehend HOW he won an award for - and yet still I have completed the first three!) I would recommend the books of Pellinor if you are interested in fantasy. Another I would recommend is the series by Orson Scott Card's "Alvin Maker" series.JCBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05066773082521607887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972951595926878159.post-87009799618998773692010-01-12T21:28:24.135-05:002010-01-12T21:28:24.135-05:00If asked four years ago, I'd have said I didn&...If asked four years ago, I'd have said I didn't like series books. I think I even said that a couple of years back. Keeping track of my books has proved that was wrong!<br /><br />My must read, just off the top of my head, would be the Plum series. It's too funny not to read.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972951595926878159.post-13492743155341581632010-01-12T20:42:50.396-05:002010-01-12T20:42:50.396-05:00My entire life, I was never much of a reader. Oh ...My entire life, I was never much of a reader. Oh sure, I've read books here and there, but I was not the reader type. Recently, I started reading again, more out of boredom than anything else. Last summer we were on vacation in Maine. We stayed in a rental house on a lake, with no TV. I started reading a book in the living room library and finished it. I then read another. When we got home, I went to the library and got more books and read them. I was on a roll. Then blogging got in my way, and I haven't read again now in months.Mattyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13979949404266325705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972951595926878159.post-27763616619855612842010-01-12T18:19:19.512-05:002010-01-12T18:19:19.512-05:00tHANKS FOR DROPPING BYMY SITE.. YOUR COMMENT HELP ...tHANKS FOR DROPPING BYMY SITE.. YOUR COMMENT HELP ME A LOT!graciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04946565746540585110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972951595926878159.post-27245339406402098542010-01-12T18:02:52.913-05:002010-01-12T18:02:52.913-05:00I still enjoy reading a series. right now I'm...I still enjoy reading a series. right now I'm reading 3, Patricia Briggs Mercy Thompson Series, The Rangers Apprentice and Fable Haven. All three will have new books out this year.kayerjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08479123027080062607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972951595926878159.post-3702094015971347892010-01-12T17:55:37.642-05:002010-01-12T17:55:37.642-05:00I love series books, but I have a tendency to read...I love series books, but I have a tendency to read them out of order - drives my more methodical friends up the wall. For humor I would recommdn the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich or the Spellman series by Lisa Lutz. For mystery, I like M.C. Beaton, the Burglar series by Lawrence Block, and any series by Robert B. Parker.<br /><br />I will agree that sometimes they go downhill over time. Two of my favs, the Cat Who... series by Lilian Jackson Braun, and Diane Mott Davidson's catering series both fizzled. Ms. Braun due to her age (90's) and Ms. Davidson for reasons unknown.<br /><br />Hope you find a series you love and can't wait for the next installment.Tamihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16094928747500699123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972951595926878159.post-73139782338783856422010-01-12T15:10:48.225-05:002010-01-12T15:10:48.225-05:00Great post and great responses! My youngest is mor...Great post and great responses! My youngest is more into series than I was when I was a kid though I do confess to following V.C Andrews in my teens (Flowers in the Attic and Heavenly? series). I guess you can tell which one left more of an impression.<br /><br />I had no intention of reading the HP books but my 1st born kept going on and on about them; insisting that I <b>had</b> to read them. I figured after all those years of pestering her to do her homework, reading a few books was the least I could do. A few turned out to be several but they were worth my time, glad to have read and enjoyed them.Wandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14647181404275808758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972951595926878159.post-4215762355254577222010-01-12T14:33:14.101-05:002010-01-12T14:33:14.101-05:00I haven't gotten into Harry Potter (or Lord of...I haven't gotten into Harry Potter (or Lord of the Rings) either. There was a time I obsessed over the books of Nora Roberts, and her trilogies, but those were short series. You make good points!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06524230831950917735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972951595926878159.post-70123338269494949962010-01-12T14:11:47.203-05:002010-01-12T14:11:47.203-05:00You can read the first book of a series and chose ...You can read the first book of a series and chose NOT to read more. Can't you? Or does it leave you with a feeling of incompleteness?<br />I tend to love to read anything. That is with the exception of what "everyone else" is reading. If "everyone" is on a certain bandwagon, I certainly like to beat my drum to a different tune. It's a rebellious streak in me. Don't tell me I "have to" read such-and-such - or I never will.LJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11458031692609491672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972951595926878159.post-80169178863682041132010-01-12T13:09:18.059-05:002010-01-12T13:09:18.059-05:00Harry Potter is the opposite of what you fear.
...Harry Potter is the opposite of what you fear. <br /><br />It starts off wicked simple and gets better and better and more complex and ... ok, you get the picture :-)Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09504992439212714138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972951595926878159.post-56130266776354948642010-01-12T10:17:39.478-05:002010-01-12T10:17:39.478-05:00Def. Harry Potter!!!
Or Twilight. Don't knock ...Def. Harry Potter!!!<br />Or Twilight. Don't knock it till you try it ;)<br />It's a decent series.Pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09178833067912940139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972951595926878159.post-26154340341229822010-01-12T08:27:06.781-05:002010-01-12T08:27:06.781-05:00I am in love with series! I guess I hate to say go...I am in love with series! I guess I hate to say good-bye to characters I love.Beth Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08627666337961326265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972951595926878159.post-4398266866284561232010-01-12T07:05:28.815-05:002010-01-12T07:05:28.815-05:00Funny that you should write about this! I'm ve...Funny that you should write about this! I'm very anti-series at this point in my life, much for the same reasons as you. I used to love them when I was younger, but now I just don't want to invest that much time on one theme.<br /><br />I've never been able to get into Harry Potter. My friend Laura tried every way in the world when the first one came out to get me to read it, but I just wasn't interested. Which is strange, because I loved the series on Merlin that Mary Stewart did in the early '60s.<br /><br />Now Outlander is a whole different subject! Same friend introduced me to Jamie and Claire and I read all of the first four within a few months, which is no small feat. I literally was not without one of them in my hands day and night until I finished the last one. They were literally ALL I talked about, bored my non-Outlander reading friends to death with it. And then I had to wait a couple of years until <i>The Fiery Cross</i> came out, got it for Christmas, read about a third of it, and put it down. It's still on the bookshelf, unfinished, with the bookmark still in the place where I left it. I dunno why I can't go back to it. It was just as exciting as the first four...I guess I was just done. Haven't started a series since.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14201860227400017841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972951595926878159.post-73057817065103212812010-01-12T05:47:34.805-05:002010-01-12T05:47:34.805-05:00I was just like you as a kid. Except I think I wo...I was just like you as a kid. Except I think I would have been better served to be obsessed with something more literary, NOT V.C. Andrews or Stephen King! <br /><br />For many series, you are right. The first pulls you in, then after awhile, it all goes to hell (ahem - Twilight?). Not Harry Potter. In fact, they start out magical and fun, and progressively get better and better. More complex and dark. And you don't want it to end. <br /><br />Outlander? This is a huge commitment. I have two more books to cover, which will take me to about 300 audio discs. Insane. I've been immensely entertained by them but nothing like HP.Sandy Nawrothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00564390728106776030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972951595926878159.post-66224574389703715472010-01-12T00:28:18.675-05:002010-01-12T00:28:18.675-05:00Ah, great post! I just deleted a paragraph about ...Ah, great post! I just deleted a paragraph about why you need to read Harry Potter & Outlander. They are worth it. 'Nuff said.<br />This is a tough one for me because like you I read the Nancy Drew and Narnia books, but I do still enjoy time reading a great series. It's like spending time with an old friend. I need to work on giving up on a series once it turns. I'm stubborn and don't like to give up, but I am determined not to read the next Stephanie Plum book. We'll see how that goes. It is nice to know that the series has ended when you start reading (Harry for you) so you know the commitment up front.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com