I'm with Susan. I'd hate to lose the middle of a series, even if I didn't like it, but I'm thinking of paring down some of my books, and am definitely getting rid of some authors' one-off books (or series I didn't like), but keeping others. Like keeping all the Kate Elliot Jaran books, though I dont' like the last couple, but getting rid of the few I have of her other series.
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
meara - Apr 12, 2008 8:48:15 am PDT #5457 of 28564
sj - Apr 12, 2008 8:49:30 am PDT #5458 of 28564
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
They're not a series. Just one off books by authors I usually enjoy.
Susan W. - Apr 12, 2008 8:49:37 am PDT #5459 of 28564
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
meara is me WRT Kate Elliott. I've tried her fantasy series, but they're too convoluted and involved even for my taste. I think of her books every time I'm tempted to add yet another POV character or subplot to my WIP....
Scrappy - Apr 12, 2008 9:34:57 am PDT #5460 of 28564
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
As the daughter of a used bookstore owner, I say get rid of it. There will be someone out there who likes it, and books should be where they will be loved.
Scrappy - Apr 12, 2008 9:35:15 am PDT #5461 of 28564
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Amy - Apr 12, 2008 9:51:32 am PDT #5462 of 28564
Because books.
I'm of the all-one-type school. All hardcovers, or all trades, or all mass-markets, whichever. I haunt book sales and used book stores to find the right editions because ... I'm a little obsessed.
I don't need to keep all books by a specific author, though, if there's something I don't like. Unless, like others have said, it's part of a series, and then I get a weird completist thing going on.
I also almost always look for hardcovers of books I really love at sales.
brenda m - Apr 12, 2008 9:55:08 am PDT #5463 of 28564
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I dislike hardcovers immensely. There has to be a really compelling reason for me to consider buying one, even at a sale.
Amy - Apr 12, 2008 9:58:03 am PDT #5464 of 28564
Because books.
Really? I know they take up more room, but they seem so much more ... permanent and long-wearing.
brenda m - Apr 12, 2008 10:01:59 am PDT #5465 of 28564
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Yeah, but they're so much more uncomfortable to read and carry around. I do like trades, though, as a sort of more substantial seeming happy medium.
Dana - Apr 12, 2008 10:34:32 am PDT #5466 of 28564
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Hardcovers don't fit in a purse, and it's hard to take three hardcovers with you for a weekend trip.