"If you find a book that looks interesting but is part of a series, do you always start with the first title?"
I figured I'd try another meme to pass the time. This is my first time participating in the Book Blogger Hop, brought to you by Crazy-for-Books.com. :)
Well, to answer the question... While I'd much rather start a series from the beginning, I have been guilty of reading books out of order. When I was younger, for example, I participated in a program called Battle of the Books hosted by my library. This program consisted of kids from grades 6-8 (or was it 9? 5-9?). Their goal: to read a certain amount of books selected for the program and compete in a trivia tournament at the end of the summer. Occasionally one of the books for the program was part of a series, but it wasn't always obvious.
One year, I picked up a book called Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry. I'd never heard of it before and it was the first book that I'd ever read by that author. I read it, loved it, and studied it. Long after I finished that book, I learned that it was part of a series. I was disappointed because I didn't know beforehand, but I wasn't lost at all while reading! So what was the big deal?
Anyway, I ended up reading Lois Lowry's little dystopian series out of order. Gathering Blue was the second. After that I was able to get copies of The Giver and Messenger. I read the series from second-first-third and had no problems (although I do think that reading the third book last made the most sense, so I'm glad I did)!
Sometimes reading out of order isn't a big deal. Sometimes it is. While I've had okay experiences in doing so, I still prefer to read the first book first. :) It really depends on what kind of series it is, I guess.
What about you?
*EDIT: I hate misspelling names. T_T Errors have been fixed!
