Question #3
How do you feel about series books? What do you like about them? What don’t you like?
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October 16th, 2006 at 11:27 am
i like them if they make the others stories as good. any sexy cowboys is good for me. as long as teh book is good i can read them. it should not be forever though.
October 16th, 2006 at 4:44 pm
I Luuuuuuuuurve me some series! Seriously, I absolutely love series.
I love seeing the secondary characters in one book move on and have their own lives and loves. We get to meet them a bit in one book, then really get to *know* them in their own book.
And I love returning to the lives of the main characters of prior books, seeing how they turned out, how they’re relationship is, etc.
Love it.
I can see only a few things I don’t like. I hate when I LOVE a series, and one book doesn’t live up to the others. The others are fantastic and this one is just *meh*. Makes me lose heart that anything after will be as good as the first ones.
And I hate waiting. When you know an author is working on the next book in the series but you got so wrapped up in the last book that you want it NOW, but it doesn’t come out til next summer. I hate waiting for series books.
October 16th, 2006 at 4:45 pm
I meant how ‘their’ relationship is.
October 16th, 2006 at 6:31 pm
I love series books. You get to know the secondary characters more and you can revisit your favorite characters.
October 16th, 2006 at 9:22 pm
I love the world that a series can create. Perfect example would be Eve Dallas by JD Robb and Anita Blake or Merry Gentry by Laurell K Hamilton. I need a book to wrap up a storyline, don’t keep me hanging until the next book comes out. Best kind of series is when a character is introduced in one book, then gets to tell their story in the next.
October 16th, 2006 at 11:12 pm
I always enjoy books in a series! My favorite part is getting to continue to read about previous characters as well as getting to know the secondary and new charcters better!!! I haven’t met a series I didn’t like
Books in a series usually have more of a setting to follow. You get to learn more about a town or area.
This new series you wrote sounds GREAT!!!!
Cowboys+Series= I have to have it!!!! LOL LOL
October 16th, 2006 at 11:23 pm
Kathleen, I hope you enjoy my Bad in Boots stories.
Series are da bomb for me!
I LOVE series because I like seeing recurring characters show up in the lives of the new characters, but I want the story to be written as stand alone as possible. I want to “want” to read about the other characters I might have missed in a prior book without feeling like key things were given away about their lives that happened in their love story.
These comments are awesome! Keep ‘em coming, ladies.
October 17th, 2006 at 1:16 am
I love series. They give me a chance to “re-connect” with characters and meet new friends.
The only thing that I don’t like is having to wait long periods of time between books.
October 17th, 2006 at 1:59 pm
I am a series junkie. I love it to meet beloved characters again or when fascinating secondary characters get their own stories
October 17th, 2006 at 2:14 pm
I love series books. You can keep on reading about characters from before and getting to know new characters and their story.
October 17th, 2006 at 9:32 pm
I love series. The only thing I don’t like about them is having to wait for the next book to come out
October 18th, 2006 at 4:58 pm
I love a series most of all. I love reading about the characters again as they relate to the rest of their family or group. I love reading about what happened after the book has ended. If a book is good, I can’t let it go. I build sequel stories in my head for them. So when other characters from the book get a book of their own and the orginal characters are a part of it, I’m just thrilled. It’s good if they are quickly released, too.
October 18th, 2006 at 5:32 pm
I like a series set of books because I like to read how the characters develop and sometimes, a book is just so good you hate to put it down when you get to the last page. You want the story to continue.
I love cowboys since i grew up on a ranch-there’s just something about their manners and their outlook on life. And they usually honor women, espcially family.
October 18th, 2006 at 6:49 pm
I love series books because you get to learn more about the other characters and once in a while, you’ll read something new about the old characters as well.
Cowboys are yummy!
October 18th, 2006 at 8:17 pm
I like series but like to read them from the start. I found that you might miss something if you start the series in the middle.
October 18th, 2006 at 10:06 pm
I enjoy series since it lets me get to know a different character from another story or allows me to revisit a world that I have already found that I enjoy. It is often also fun to meet main characters from previous books and to see what they are now doing.
Am not so fond of the overly long series if it is written in such a way that the reader misses much detail for not having started from the beginning book.
October 18th, 2006 at 10:31 pm
I love seeing previous characters re-visited in followup books and love seeing great secondary characters getting their story told.
October 19th, 2006 at 12:47 am
Series————- Yes! I can never have enough of characters I love. It is the best.
What I hate is how long it takes to get the sequel. Well you asked??
And print is even worse. So if you don’t read ebooks - make your life heaven and do it! And then when it comes out in print - get it again and put it on your permanant KEEPER Shelf and warn your family “If you touch these books, you are taking a chance that you might lose a limb” Works every time.
Congrats Patrice on your Harlequin Deal - they just take too long to come out. Sorry!!!
BUT —- I saw that you have 2 more Cowboy books coming….. How fast???????????? Ebooks right?????????? WOOOOHHHOOOOOOO!!! I’m excited about this……
Can you tell??
October 19th, 2006 at 12:49 am
Patrice, can you tell I love your cowboys???
I dare anybody to read a Patrice book and if they don’t like it, email me and I’ll buy it off of you.
Live your life to the fullest and treat yourself to a Patrice masterpiece.
Thanks for asking my opinion! I would have been bummed out missing this conversation.
October 19th, 2006 at 5:55 am
I also like series books. I especially like them if you don’t have to read them in a specific order. I like the development of the secondary characters and the feeling that I’m coming home….that I already know the families and the city that the story is taking place in.
October 19th, 2006 at 8:35 am
I love to read series books….as long as they can also be read individually. If I pick up book #3 not knowing it’s part of a series, I should still be able to follow the storyline and get to know the characters.
October 19th, 2006 at 8:56 am
Love series books, but find it hard to wait for the next one to be released. With the many characters interacting in a book, it’s great to get to hear everyone’s story and revisit the characters from prior books. My recent favorite is J R Ward *HOT*. Can’t wait to meet your cowboys, I’d buy them just based on the pictures posted here!
October 19th, 2006 at 3:57 pm
I hear you all on the waiting on series. The “reading them individually” is really important to me and I’ve tried my best to make my books as stand alone as possible. Hearts Afire is the only story I recommend readers read AFTER Colt’s Choice. It’s by far the most “mystery” I’ve written and it’s a great follow up to Colt’s story.
Debbie, Thanks for the huge compliments! And for the congrats on my Harlequin sale. I’m super siked about that!
Treasa, I hope you enjoy my Bad in Boots cowboys. I enjoy writing my sexy cowboys as much as I do my Kendrian vampires!!!
October 20th, 2006 at 3:37 am
I think series are great. Not only do you get a feel for all the characters involved but you tie up all the loose ends, figure out the mysteries, and get an over-all feeling for the atmosphere and background as well.
As for things I dont like, well that wouldn’t be much of anything. Perhaps if the story line is too based on a previous book I haven’t read. Then I would feel lost not knowing what they are refering to.
October 20th, 2006 at 5:06 pm
I die for a good serie, because if I read a good book I always want more,more, MORE!!! (LOL…. A little greedy here)
But there is no turning back for me, specially if the others characters are as good, or better than the first.
Almost every serie I have followed is awsome, and book by book it get better, you get more into their world, you understand better the situation and the essence of the story. Like in reality, as you spend more time with a person, you get to really aprecciate it.
Take for example: Bad in Boots stories could only be describe as an heart stopping experience!
October 20th, 2006 at 11:18 pm
I’m so glad to hear how much everyone really likes their series books. When I wrote my first vampire novel A Taste for Passion, I really didn’t plan for it to be a series, but there were so many compelling secondary characters who just screamed for their own books that I had to appease them! LOL! So Ian’s story (A Taste for Revenge) and Duncan’s story (A Taste for Control) were written!
Justary, I’m thrilled you’ve enjoyed my cowboys!
October 23rd, 2006 at 7:15 am
I enjoy series books. I like that the story evolves and what can be considered “secondary characters” in one book can have their own story in another book. The only thing I dont like about them is that you have to wait for the next book for the next piece of the story…and I hate to see series books end!!
October 23rd, 2006 at 4:41 pm
I love them because it allows for a follow up on the lives of the characters that you have fallen in love with.
October 23rd, 2006 at 8:00 pm
There is nothing I do NOT like about series books. I absolutely DO love them and love cowboy stories.
October 24th, 2006 at 1:33 am
Yey! Tons of votes for series books! I’m with you all, ladies!!
I never want really good series books to end either…I want to see the happy couples in the next stage of their lives.
October 24th, 2006 at 12:53 pm
If I like a book, I’m sure to like a series. I, too, enjoy series that really create a world and develop secondary characters. An example would be Charlaine Harris’ Southern Vampire series or J.R. Ward’s Brotherhood of the Dagger series. If it’s a loosely cobbled together series, just to call it a series where the new main character may only have a tiny mention in the previous book, I may still enjoy it in a stand alone aspect, but I think it’s cheating to promote it as a series.
October 25th, 2006 at 2:12 pm
I LOOOOOOOOOVE series books for one simple fact - they allow me the opportunity to re-visit beloved characters. The connected stories make the world a writer creates through a series, so much richer and more enjoyable.
However, I dislike it when all the stories start sounding the same and there’s nothing original in the follow-up books. I want the sustinance, the drama of the stories to continue and build and not become “cookie-cutter…”
October 25th, 2006 at 2:47 pm
I am crazy about series books because of the connection of the charters as it makes me feel like I get to spend longer with them. I hate waiting for the next book.*G*
October 25th, 2006 at 10:33 pm
I love a good series…emphasis on the good. If I like it, I will gobble up the backlist and/or buy all the new ones to come out. I love seeing all the different characters getting their own story and their own HEA.
October 25th, 2006 at 11:59 pm
With my Bad in Boots series, you’ll definitely get to see past characters return again and again. I think the youngest Tanner brother, “Cade” shows up in every single Bad in Boots book so far. He’s such a fun character to write, I can’t help but bring him back, and BOY will he be a fun character to find just the right woman to pair him with. *ggg*
October 26th, 2006 at 11:33 pm
I’ll be the first in line for Cade
The one part about series that I don’t like is if the books are spaced out too far apart. Such as one book per year! I forget characters and what is happening and sadly may get the book confused w/ another one!
But please refer to my previous comment about how great series books are!!
October 29th, 2006 at 12:42 pm
I like series because I become attached to characters…it is fun to re-visit them in later books and to see secondary characters get their own story.
October 29th, 2006 at 4:38 pm
I love books that are series for it is the continuation of siblings of a family and hopefully the siblings children. I hate the wait for the next book of the series, but when it comes out you are right there to buy it so that you can hurry up and read it and see what has happened from the last book.
October 31st, 2006 at 12:51 am
As for my series, I do plan on bringing the brothers back into each other’s lives. They are too close in so many ways not to bring them together!
November 2nd, 2006 at 2:57 pm
did we pick winners?
November 3rd, 2006 at 2:36 am
Thank you SO much, ladies for participating in my Bad in Boots Tell Tale discussion. I had a ton of fun with all of you.
Announcing the winners!
Cathy (caity_mack) was the grand prize winner. Cathy picked Colt’s Choice as her book!
Jodi S. and Katie (katproof) will also receive my Bad in Boots bookmark!
November 3rd, 2006 at 11:38 am
wtg ladies