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30 Day Book Meme (2014 version) - Day 3
May. 6th, 2014 07:05 pmDecided to cut the previous days, they can be found by hitting the tag "30 day book meme".
Day 03 – Your favorite series
2010 Answer: In Death series by J.D. Robb
I still read and collect a lot of series. I like series because I like walking into a place and meeting old friends, and I like seeing how people change things up, how characters grow and change. I'm a big fan of TV series as well, for that very reason. Looking back, I see some of the series have dropped off the radar, but others are still hanging strong on the bookshelf. I will say it's much harder doing this meme without access to my actual bookshelves.
That being said, the In Death series is still my favorite. Yes, it's popcorn for the brain, and several of the last ones have been solid but not exciting, but largely a bad day with J.D. Robb (Nora Roberts) is better than some authors' best days. I think she shows adept handling of a long-running series with a large cast, bringing characters in when those characters help the story, and still giving us that little bit of fan service. She's still an automatic buy in HC - I haven't bought the latest one, but that was more due to an error by BN.com rather than my lack of desire to read it (although I hear it was a little flat). Eve and Roarke are just fun. The characters grow and change and develop, and it's fun to watch. The audiobooks are also done very well (with a few voices I don't care for) to the point that I now hear the reader in my head when Eve talks on the page. You can curl up with an In Death novel and have a good afternoon or evening, and honestly sometimes that's all I want.
The first time I did this, I thought about including a YA series. However, many of the YA series I enjoy (Nancy Drew, etc) are static, and I think the best part of the In Death series is watching the changes.
I'm wondering what the next few books will bring, after a development in one of the last books, where Eve refused something that I honestly thought Robb had been trying to hint at and show she was ready for. I do like the expanded team of police in the books now. Robb/Roberts has said the series will end before Eve and Roarke have children, which I think is good - although I do laugh when I read a review that says Eve needs to get over not wanting kids. In short, In Death is always about escape for me, when I'm not in the mood for a purely romantic escape.
DV
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Day 03 – Your favorite series
2010 Answer: In Death series by J.D. Robb
I still read and collect a lot of series. I like series because I like walking into a place and meeting old friends, and I like seeing how people change things up, how characters grow and change. I'm a big fan of TV series as well, for that very reason. Looking back, I see some of the series have dropped off the radar, but others are still hanging strong on the bookshelf. I will say it's much harder doing this meme without access to my actual bookshelves.
That being said, the In Death series is still my favorite. Yes, it's popcorn for the brain, and several of the last ones have been solid but not exciting, but largely a bad day with J.D. Robb (Nora Roberts) is better than some authors' best days. I think she shows adept handling of a long-running series with a large cast, bringing characters in when those characters help the story, and still giving us that little bit of fan service. She's still an automatic buy in HC - I haven't bought the latest one, but that was more due to an error by BN.com rather than my lack of desire to read it (although I hear it was a little flat). Eve and Roarke are just fun. The characters grow and change and develop, and it's fun to watch. The audiobooks are also done very well (with a few voices I don't care for) to the point that I now hear the reader in my head when Eve talks on the page. You can curl up with an In Death novel and have a good afternoon or evening, and honestly sometimes that's all I want.
The first time I did this, I thought about including a YA series. However, many of the YA series I enjoy (Nancy Drew, etc) are static, and I think the best part of the In Death series is watching the changes.
I'm wondering what the next few books will bring, after a development in one of the last books, where Eve refused something that I honestly thought Robb had been trying to hint at and show she was ready for. I do like the expanded team of police in the books now. Robb/Roberts has said the series will end before Eve and Roarke have children, which I think is good - although I do laugh when I read a review that says Eve needs to get over not wanting kids. In short, In Death is always about escape for me, when I'm not in the mood for a purely romantic escape.
DV
( The Rest of the Meme )
