The Biblomaniac Army (booklovers, UNITE!) v.2

[A*Viola*Named*Steve]

Definitely. It was (and in some cases is) like that with Insurgent, Mark of Athena, Dark Fall, Found, and So B. It.
Anyone else really like a series (any arc) and then get annoyed because you really, really liked other books by the same author, and then feel like the series went downhill? That's me and the Heroes of Olympus series. I think that after The Lost Hero, it started to crash and burn. Not so much that I won't read the rest of it, but...

[Amberfly]

Ever read a book that you really really want to read but you just can't finish it? I've been trying to read Tamora Pierce's Immortals quartet for the second time now but I just can't do it! I don't know why, I love her books and I adored the Lioness quartet. I like Daine and Numair and Onua, there's just something that's not hooking me in. I guess I'll skip to another series by her, but I hate to do that

So many times. I can't read anything by Patricia McKillip, no matter how hard I try. And her stories sound so good that I'm always disappointed when I fail to get past the third chapter. She's not the only one, though--I had the same issue with A Song for Arbonne, even though I loved one of the author's other works, and Interview with the Vampire has defeated me at least twice. So has A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, and I really have no idea why on that one. Twain is hilarious and it's fantasy, so I should have liked it, but I couldn't get into it. I could go on--there are several others.

Maybe the Immortals books are just different from Pierce's other work. I know I loved that quartet, but I was never too fond of her other works.

Definitely. It was (and in some cases is) like that with Insurgent, Mark of Athena, Dark Fall, Found, and So B. It.
Anyone else really like a series (any arc) and then get annoyed because you really, really liked other books by the same author, and then feel like the series went downhill? That's me and the Heroes of Olympus series. I think that after The Lost Hero, it started to crash and burn. Not so much that I won't read the rest of it, but...

Yes to this as well, though I haven't read any of those books except So B. It, which I thought was just okay. I've noticed that a lot of series deteriorate the longer they go on. Guardians of Ga'Hoole was like that--the first three or four were great, in my opinion, but they got progressively worse over time, and I didn't like the last two (#7 and #8) at all; I just read them to see what happened, didn't care about the characters. It's also true of one of my favorite series, The Wheel of Time--the first five were great, #6 and #7 are okay, and then they went downhill until #10, the low point of the series. After that they started picking up again, though, at least for me.

[theburningfire]

Definitely. It was (and in some cases is) like that with Insurgent, Mark of Athena, Dark Fall, Found, and So B. It.
Anyone else really like a series (any arc) and then get annoyed because you really, really liked other books by the same author, and then feel like the series went downhill? That's me and the Heroes of Olympus series. I think that after The Lost Hero, it started to crash and burn. Not so much that I won't read the rest of it, but...

I think in the case with the divergent books, that the first was really good then insurgent was well, ok. Then Allegiant was excellent despite a sad ending. I agree with you with "Found" I read the first two, but just couldn't finish the third. With the fist two they were the #1 thing on my to read list, but by third there were many other books I just much rather had been reading. For So B. It, I thought that book was ok, but haven't read any other books by that author, so I don't have much to compare it to.

[ellyenchanted]

Just started reading a book and it's really awesome so far (: Its called Also Known As.

[SherlollyPond]

Definitely. It was (and in some cases is) like that with Insurgent, Mark of Athena, Dark Fall, Found, and So B. It.
Anyone else really like a series (any arc) and then get annoyed because you really, really liked other books by the same author, and then feel like the series went downhill? That's me and the Heroes of Olympus series. I think that after The Lost Hero, it started to crash and burn. Not so much that I won't read the rest of it, but...

I think in the case with the divergent books, that the first was really good then insurgent was well, ok. Then Allegiant was excellent despite a sad ending. I agree with you with "Found" I read the first two, but just couldn't finish the third. With the fist two they were the #1 thing on my to read list, but by third there were many other books I just much rather had been reading. For So B. It, I thought that book was ok, but haven't read any other books by that author, so I don't have much to compare it to.

After loving divergent & insurgent, I bought allegiant and frankly hated it. I haven't finished it about a month after buyinb it,nwhich never happens.

[booklover789]

Just received book 5 in the "Here There Be Dragons" series by James A. Owen. I now own the first 6 books in the series, and am super happy that I can read most of the books now! I've not read past book 2, just due to my not being able to find the correct books in order. Now that I have them, I can read at my own pace.

[Iselka]

Username: SirdaRazorMyaCrya
Nickname (if any): Sirda or SRMC
Top Ten Favorite Books: Eragon all four, Lord of the Rings all three, uhh... Warriors I like the first book but I haven't read all of them, Shadow Children series all 7 books. I couldn't limit myself to ten.
Average amount of time it takes you to finish a book: 1 week to two
How many of the above symptoms you regularly experience: All

[booklover789]

Got a Barnes And Noble gift card, and bought some stuff. I got "The Lost Children" by Carolyn Cohagen, "Warriors: Omen of the Stars" Boxset by Erin Hunter, and "Leven Thumps #1: The Gateway to Foo" by Obert Skye. I've read "The Lost Children" and "The Gateway to Foo" before, and just wanted to put them in my personal library; but the "Warriors" books I've not read yet.

Now the only thing I'm waiting for in the mail is "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley, which is a book I've wanted to read FOREVER, and will finally be able to do so once it arrives.

[theburningfire]

Yesterday I got the best surprise. I had ordered a copy of "Reached" by Ally Condie, which is the third book in the matched series, on half.com for like less then five dollars. And I got it yesterday and IT WAS SIGNED! I didn't know it was going to be signed when I ordered it, so I was ecstatic.

[jasperspryte]

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username: lalondia
nickname (if any): whatever you want
top ten favorite books: im counting a series as one cause otherwise ill die. also no order
1. mistborn series by brandon sanderson
2. ready player one by ernest cline
3. lord of the rings by j.r.r. tolkien
4. game of thrones by george r.r. martin
5. warbreaker (series?? idk we're waiting) by brandon sanderson
6. www:wake series by robert j. sawyer
7. the war of the flowers by tad williams
8. something more than night by ian tregillis
9. anything by john green like literally everything he's ever written
10. the miraculous journey of edward tulane by kate dicamillo- its more of a little-kid book but i truly, truly love that book wow
average amount of time it takes you to finish a book: idk it depends on the book. like ?? it could be anywhere from a day to a month and a half (im looking at you, game of thrones [narrows eyes])
how many of the above symptoms you regularly experience: all except quotes cause im terrible at remembering specific lines haha
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