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raysmuckles  ·  3168 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: (No Title)

It's a bizarre feeling when you get to the end of a huge series you've been really invested in. I read The Baroque Cycle (Neal Stephenson) in my early twenties and when I got to the last 40 pages or so, I started rationing them out, because I wasn't ready for it to end. Then when it ends, it's almost like a pleasant version of grief.

But once you've been so invested in a book series that you feel like this, it means you've got an addiction. A healthy addiction that you can indulge again and again.

I haven't ready the inheritance cycle, but Half a King is a lovely little book of a similar type that I could highly recommend.





Mr_Scythe  ·  3168 days ago  ·  link  ·  

What do you mean by I can indulge again and again?

Also I think I'll try out that half a king series your talking about- I just found a website where you can read books for free.

raysmuckles  ·  3168 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I just meant that once you've got hooked on one big book series, you will find yourself craving another series, just like an addiction. But it's a healthy addiction, so you can indulge that addiction as much as you like :)

Devac  ·  3168 days ago  ·  link  ·  
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Mr_Scythe  ·  3168 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I don't like reading books that originate from something else unless I've done/played/watched the original version.

Devac  ·  3168 days ago  ·  link  ·  
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