What were your favorite books of 2014?

[Gazella]

Sabriel Garth Nix

Jane Eyre Charlotte Brontë

The Three Musketeers Alexandre Dumas

We Have Always Lived in the Castle Shirley Jackson

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire J. K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix J. K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince J. K. Rowling

Whistling Past the Graveyard Susan Crandall

The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics Daniel James Brown

[Hampshire Nanny]

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

I rarely start a series any more unless all its books are already published. I'm done with read, wait, re-read, read, wait, re-read, re-read, read, wait... etc. If I like them well enough, I usually want to read them straight through. If I don't, I abandon them.

I usually don't find any requirement to re-read when I pick up the next book in a series, even when it's been as much as a year since I read the prior one. I think that if I did need to do the re-reading, I might take the same approach and avoid the series until it was complete.

[Waylander]

I am Pilgrim, by Terry Hayes.

[DiapDealer]

Originally Posted by Hampshire Nanny

I usually don't find any requirement to re-read when I pick up the next book in a series, even when it's been as much as a year since I read the prior one. I think that if I did need to do the re-reading, I might take the same approach and avoid the series until it was complete.

I don't always require the re-read to keep up either, but "as much as a year"...?? That's pretty-much the shortest wait possible. My waits are more often 2-5 years. And although my memory is pretty sharp, I hate remembering ENOUGH from the previous book to get by. I want it ALL fresh in my mind.

But it's honestly not really just about "remembering" for me, though (not only anyway). It all depends on the series format. Mostly self-contained installments coming out every year? Sure, I'll read something like that as they're published. No problem. But one story that's spread over 3 or 4+ books (and maybe 6-10+ years)?? Nah. If I like it, I want to read the whole story together. In one go.

Just like I'd never voluntarily stop reading a great (stand-alone) book for years at a time while I read other books.