334 out of 349 people (95%) think this is worth doing.
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How I did it: This isn't so hard if the books are good. It's even easier if it is a children's series, like a Series of Unfortunate Events. All the books could be read in a day. I admit, I got a little bored with it for books 5&6, and stopped reading them for a year, but when I picked back up with 7, I found the author had dropped a lot of the annoyingly repeated parts, and got back to silly fun.
For all of the childishness of the series, it had a good interesting ending. I liked it a lot.
Lessons & tips: Pick a good series. Children's books are shorter and easier to read than adult books.
Resources: My public library.
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If I recall correctly, I have done this for two different series. First, Cirque du Freak by Darren Shan, and second The Left Behind Series by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins (though, technically, I still have the final prequel to read).
Jesse W. just learned how to juggle three balls in a "mesh" :)
Early last year I finished all fifteen of the Left Behind books by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins. They are fantastic books and I recommend them to everybody. This is a really cool goal because it encourages people to get away from the computer and enjoy a good book.
~Jesse
I own and have read the entire Animorphs series, including the 1-54 main series, the four semi-spin-off chronicles, the four ‘Megamorphs’ and the two ‘Alternamorphs’. Which is a little embarassing, but it was my collection of choice while growing up. I believe it started in mid-1996 and ended in mid-2001, with at least one and sometimes two books released a month. And the books weren’t kids books, either: they were for teenagers and young adults, and they grew up with the series, too. I thought it would be about animals, which is why i got into it. By the time I was 15 (when it ended) I realised it was about war. It is a really, really good series – some people dismiss it because they read just one or two books randomly, but you should read the whole series to get the greater picture about war – and I’m currently re-reading it, six years after it finished. And thoroughly enjoying it. How embarassing to admit it…
I believe that when I read the last paragraph in the thank you note from the author in the last book, I cried.
Kat is looking forward to exciting adventures in 2009!
I’ve read A series of unfortunate events which has 13 books in it. A highly amusing series and definately worth reading. Usually series of this length do not interest me because I dont want to read so many books about the same people, but this is one series I recommend.
I am right now into The Wheel of Time-serier. Only on book 2 yet, but I will get there ;)
When I came across this goal, I thought I had already completed it…but it turns out that I’ve only read 1 – 8 in the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind. However, I must disagree with the other posters, at least so far—Goodkind’s books seem to build on all the previous ones, and if anything they only get better. I’m not typically a big fan of fantasy, but this series is truly different. Try it! I can’t wait to get my hands on and read #9, Chain of Fire…
