I have a real problem! I can usually tell if an author is going to make my “Favorite Authors” list after I have read the first book in his\/her Cozy Mystery book series. Yep! that’s usually all it takes. If the author can keep my interest, provides well-rounded characters, slips in enough red herrings, doesn’t keep important facts from me, and, in short, writes a really good Cozy Mystery >>> I’m hooked!<\/p>\n
My “problem” then begins! I immediately feel this sense of urgency: I NEED to acquire all of the books in the series. I can’t “take my time” and get one book at a time. What if I can’t find the next book in the series when I want to start reading it?!? That’s when the “panic” sets in… Of course, I have to admit to being “somewhat” of an OCD (Obsessive\/Compulsive Disorder) type of person, but\u00a0if you’ve visited\u00a0the Cozy Mystery Site you can probably already tell that!<\/p>\n
I think that the reason I had to buy a new bookshelf recently is that my obsession doesn’t stop there! Once I have acquired all of the mystery\u00a0books in my new\u00a0favorite author’s series, I read the first few books, and then I stop! When I am really enjoying an author I don’t like the idea of not having any more books to read by him\/her, so I simply stop reading the books, and\u00a0keep the rest of the series’ books in my bookshelf so that I can read them later.<\/p>\n
Do any of you do this? Do you try to prolong your enjoyment of an author by simply shelving the last few books in his\/her series so that you can read them “later?” I’m not sure this is normal, and I guess that’s why I’m writing this entry. I either want to “come clean” about this particular peculiarity, or\u00a0find out that it’s not as strange as it seems to some of the members in my family. (I should probably say “all” of the members of my family… or at least the ones who are aware of this behavior.)<\/p>\n
When you discover a new “favorite author” do you read right through the series or do you “take breaks” so that you can look forward to\u00a0some really good Cozy Mystery reading?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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