San Antonio Public Library discussion

So, yesterday I got word that Wild Sign, by Patricia Briggs, was available for me through Libby, and I checked it out and read on the porch while the weather was nice. I'd put it on hold before it was even released, and it got me thinking about books one buys as they come out... the ones you anticipate, and want to get as soon as you can.

The first ones I remember doing this with was David and Leigh Eddings' Elenium series. Following their Belgariad (which I was given, already finished, by my older brother), I was eager to explore this new world with them, and it's still a sentimental favorite (that I feel weird about, knowing what I know about the Eddings and their history). I've mostly done this with Steven Brust's Dragaera novels (though I've yet to get the most recent, Baron of Magister Valley), and I did it with Marie Brennan's Memoirs of Lady Trent (even reading it with a friend who lived in Oakland).

What are some of your day-of purchase titles, series, and authors?

J. D. Robb's Eve Dallas series. Fifty books in the series, plus a number of stories, and I'm still enthusiastic.

When I was younger, it was the Harry Potter series. I even went to the midnight release parties in costume. Also the All Souls trilogy; I picked the first book up on a whim when I saw the hardback at a store, then I was totally hooked. I admit, I haven't read the most recent book, but it's on the TBR.

Now, it's basically any time Maggie Stiefvater and Tamsyn Muir comes out with something new, as well as a few comic creators like Kieron Gillen and Gail Simone. Oh, and Witch Hat Atelier! Love that series so much.

I try not to push my favorites on others since it puts pressure on them to also enjoy them, but when I think there's a chance they'll enjoy it, there's nothing better than finding out I was right and now I have someone else to share the series with.

I'm like Shannon, I read Harry Potter with my girls and we impatiently waited for each new book. And while Twilight is the only vampire/werewolf fantasy series I've ever read, I admit I eagerly awaited for each book to come out. (don't judge me! lol) Of course, that filled my lifelong quota for that type of book. I feel I'm always playing catch-up with the stuff I read now. I mean, I'll be lucky to get all of the good 2020 novels read before 2021 is over! I just haven't read anything that is a series or trilogy in a long time unless it's something I discovered late and the series was already completed.