Damn Series Junky

One of my classic flaws as a reader is that I am a total series junky.  

I once said I should only read dead authors or completed series because I hate waiting for the next book. 

some of my favorites are:

Diana Gabaldon's Outlander Series

Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum Series

Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Series

J.A. Jance's J.P. Beaumont Series

J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter Series

I am a sucker for character development.  There are some series I read solely to find out what the characters are up to now, and how their personal relationship has progressed (Anne Perry's William Monk Series for one).  In addition to straight series (which I define as the same characters in every book), I adore cross over series (an ancillary character from book 1 is the main character in book 2, and book two gives the "what's happened since" to the main character from book 1).  

Some of my favorites of these include:

Emily Giffin (Something Borrowed, Something Blue, Baby Proof)

Rachel Gibson (Her hockey players and her writer friends)

Marian Keyes (The Walsh Girls) 

Susan Elizabeth Phillips (The Chicago Stars)

Carly Phillips (The Hot Zone) 

James Rollin (Sigma Force) 

Erin McCarthy (Vegas Vampires) 

I just love knowing what happens after the fact. 

so now, I'm sure you're asking, where the heck did this come from.  Yesterday, I finished Cassandra Clare's City of Bones - the first of a trilogy.  And now, of course, during no new books month (April) more than anything I want the next two books in this series so I can see how it all ends up. Damn you series junky... must you always want to know more? 

Yes, yes, I know, there is this little place called the library, but, by the time I get to the top of the line for the new book, it'll be at least May (book three came out last week).  

man.  somedays I really hate my nature.