The answer to this is very easy for me. Yes. I always start with the first title. I might buy the second or third book, but then I have to buy the first book or get it from the library. I LOVE series. SOMETIMES, however, it's not quite clear that the book is part of a series, particularly if it's a loose association and it doesn't say "Series X, Book 2" on the side. THEN I read the books out of order and it makes me kind of grumpy.
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Hopping by! I'm with you...I start with book one. Hope you come by and see my answer!
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I can dive right into the middle of a book series if the series' story
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That is to say, if each novel in a series is a stand-alone story (like Lee
Child's Reacher novels) then I don't feel the need to start with book one.
On the other hand, a series of books (like Richard Hatch's Battlestar
Galactica novels) can't be read out of sequence since each new book builds
upon the story of the previous entry in the series.
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Hopping through. I'm new follower and a fellow Al(l)ison. Similar to you, I always try to read the first book of a series. Too confusing otherwise.
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Oh, I have to always start with the first!
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