I just started reading as a hobby about a year ago and I have yet to commit myself to a huge series. I did read the cemetery of forgotten books, but its only 4 books and none besides the last are that long. Ive also read one fantasy trilogy (gael song) but those werent all that long either.
I just finished assassins apprentice, which I loved, but I don’t want to get burnt on the series, even tho i want to read it. I believe its 16 books total. i also dont want to get burnt on fantasy in general.
I know its more personal preference than anything, but how do you go about this so that you don’t burn out on a series and/or a genre?
by Weekly_Interview6807
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I take breaks in between books when I feel the need to. Something standalone or something that doesn’t have a huge page count.
I love reading series, I’ll usually have no problem blowing through a series if it’s like 3-5 books long. But last year I read the Wheel of Time books, which was the longest series I’ve ever tried to read. If I felt myself getting tired of it or starting to burn out a bit, I would take a break and read something short that was a completely different genre or tone, as a sort of cleanser. It helped take my mind off the main series and give a bit of a breather before diving back in.
Regarding the Robin Hobb’s series, I treat the three trilogies that form the series as separate stories… which they are. The first trilogy, which you now started, is Farseer trilogy. Three books. Read that, complete that story. Then, read something else. When you are ready, embark the second trilogy. Then read something else, and again, when ready, read the last one. There are also I believe two separate trilogies that are of the same universe but in no shape or form connect to the main three trilogies, or maybe just in terms of cameos.
Don’t treat the entire universe as one. It has separate trillgies, three of which are the “main story”.