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Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Tuesday Thingers


Today's question: Series. Do you collect any series? Do you read series books? Fantasy? Mystery? Science fiction? Religious? Other genre? Do you use the series feature in LT to help you find new books or figure out what you might be missing from a series?

My answer: The only type of series I really read is manga series, which are serialized comic novels from Japan. So far I've started about a half dozen or so: Love Hina was my first, a prime example of shonen or teenage-boy manga. It's a great silly love story and I really enjoyed it. I've also been reading Nana and Happy Mania, manga series aimed at young women, and I've started a few others that I haven't wanted to continue with for one reason or another. Kare Kano was a teen-girl manga I started and gave up on, for example. I love trying new series and different genres of manga. I subscribe to Shojo Beat, a magazine specializing in shojo manga which is aimed at teen girls. Manga series can be upwards of 20 volumes long or more, so I read them in between other things or when I'm on the bus or just need something light. Manga can be serious too but I like them as a light indulgence. I've taken a look at the series feature on LT but when it started it looked like it had a lot of errors so I haven't used it much.
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46 comments:

  1. The Budgeting DivaOctober 21, 2008 at 12:26 AM

    Yeah! I get to be first!

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  2. CathyOctober 21, 2008 at 2:17 AM

    Wow! Are we going alphabetical? First Alabama, now Arizona! Yes folks, I'm a Serial Reader....

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  3. AnonymousOctober 21, 2008 at 4:21 AM

    I love series too:
    My post

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  4. Lenore AppelhansOctober 21, 2008 at 4:45 AM

    It seems like a lot of the books I read these days have sequels.

    Here's my post for today.

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  5. Kathy WOctober 21, 2008 at 7:30 AM

    Here is my post.
    http://kbr44.blogspot.com/2008/10/tuesday-thingers_21.html

    someone really needs to tell me how to create a clickable link. =)

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  6. ShanaOctober 21, 2008 at 7:48 AM

    Marie, I've never heard of manga. Interesting!

    HERE is my answer.

    Shana
    Literarily

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  7. Dawn @ sheIsTooFondOfBooksOctober 21, 2008 at 8:00 AM

    I didn't think I had a series-ous problem, but I do have the Harry Potter and Mitford books. Looking at CK, I found a bunch more series books.

    I agree, Marie, and user-edited knowledge base tends to have errors!

    My answer is here:
    http://www.sheistoofondofbooks.com/2008/10/21/tuesday-thingers-a-series-ous-question/

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  8. AnonymousOctober 21, 2008 at 8:13 AM

    I learn so much from you, Marie! My post is here

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  9. MicheleOctober 21, 2008 at 8:19 AM

    I love series! My longer answer.

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  10. shelburnsOctober 21, 2008 at 8:22 AM

    Here's mine...

    http://writeforareader.edublogs.org/2008/10/21/tuesday-thingers-series/

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  11. Passages to the PastOctober 21, 2008 at 8:25 AM

    Nice question! Here's my response: http://passagestothepast.blogspot.com/2008/10/tuesday-thingers.html

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  12. Passages to the PastOctober 21, 2008 at 8:26 AM

    I'm with Kathy - how DO you make a clickable link in comments?

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  13. AnonymousOctober 21, 2008 at 8:37 AM

    I'm up at The Book Lady's Blog. I'll be really interested to read about other people's favorite series.

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  14. JulesOctober 21, 2008 at 8:45 AM

    Here is my poster for this week

    http://juliebooks.blogspot.com/2008/10/tuesday-thingers_21.html

    J.

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  15. KaraOctober 21, 2008 at 8:49 AM

    Here is my post. I love series.

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  16. KaraOctober 21, 2008 at 8:50 AM

    Here is where I learned how to make a link in comments.

    How to make a link

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  17. caiteOctober 21, 2008 at 8:54 AM

    Checking in right here. The Giant ER Series Conspiracy!

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  18. LauraOctober 21, 2008 at 8:56 AM

    Not much of a series reader, but I do collect one particular type of work. Read my post here.

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  19. SunnyOctober 21, 2008 at 9:01 AM

    Fun question! Cant wait to expand my list from what others have on theirs!

    I'm going to attempt to add a clickable link (my first attempt)...

    Here's my post

    Sunny

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  20. SunnyOctober 21, 2008 at 9:02 AM

    Woooooo Hooooo!!! It worked!!! :o)

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  21. AnonymousOctober 21, 2008 at 9:06 AM

    I'm all posted too!

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  22. BonnieOctober 21, 2008 at 9:13 AM

    Great question!!My post is here at Redlady's Reading Room.

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  23. AmyOctober 21, 2008 at 9:46 AM

    I played! My post is HERE.

    Have a great day!

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  24. LisaOctober 21, 2008 at 9:49 AM

    My response is here. What a great question when it makes me look at my library a new way!

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  25. SerenaOctober 21, 2008 at 9:59 AM

    This is a great question...I couldn't resist making it my first Tuesday Thingers post!

    http://savvyverseandwit.blogspot.com/2008/10/my-first-tuesday-thingers.html

    I had no idea LT had this feature.

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  26. tapestry100October 21, 2008 at 9:59 AM

    Here's mine.

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  27. MeghanOctober 21, 2008 at 10:58 AM

    I'm definitely a series reader. Here's my post.

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  28. AnonymousOctober 21, 2008 at 11:13 AM

    Here is my answer, and Marie, all you read in series is manga? Really? I'm a serial book addict or fiend as I say in my post and thrive on series.

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  29. The Tome TravellerOctober 21, 2008 at 11:20 AM

    Another great question Marie! My answer is a resounding yes, here is my post. Now where the heck is the series feature on LT? I haven't been able to find it. Maybe I don't spend enough time on LT (my husband would totally disagree with that, he's always muttering about how he's an internet widow).

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  30. AnonymousOctober 21, 2008 at 11:20 AM

    Whew! That was a quick response from you, Marie. I'm impressed. Yesterday, it also happened to me a few times. Thanks for feeding my ego: to think that someone is actually reading my blog. ;)

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  31. AlyceOctober 21, 2008 at 11:47 AM

    Here's my post.

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  32. MelissaOctober 21, 2008 at 1:50 PM

    This is a great question! My answer is up.

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  33. AliOctober 21, 2008 at 1:55 PM

    I didn't even know about the series feature on LT. Here's my answer to the rest of the question: Book Series

    Clickable link tutorial for Amy and Kathy: start with the < symbol, like you do for any html. Then type a href=" and stick your link in there, followed by another "and the > symbol. Then type the words you want the reader to see (in my case it was book series), followed by /a inside the < and > symbols.

    So, in the comments box my link looks like this: [a href="http://worducopia.blogspot.com/2008/10/book-series.html"]Book Series[/a], except the brackets are replaced by < and >

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  34. AnonymousOctober 21, 2008 at 2:16 PM

    My favorite series is Agatha Christie. I have been collecting the re-releases of all her mysteries in hardbacks.

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  35. UnknownOctober 21, 2008 at 4:32 PM

    I love YA series! My post

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  36. WendiOctober 21, 2008 at 5:59 PM

    Wow - I've never heard of manga series - I'll have to check them out. :)

    Here is my first Tuesday Thingers post:

    http://wendisbookcorner.blogspot.com/2008/10/tuesday-thingers.html

    ~ Wendi

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  37. WendiOctober 21, 2008 at 6:11 PM

    Let me try the link again as it doesn't show on here:


    Here's mine     I think I did the link correctly!

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  38. TimOctober 21, 2008 at 8:11 PM

    Mine is up

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  39. AleaOctober 21, 2008 at 8:15 PM

    I'm such a dork, yesterday I was thinking "I hope Marie asks about series this week!" and then you did! Great question, my answer is here!

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  40. KittyOctober 21, 2008 at 8:28 PM

    I love to read series. Here's Mine

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  41. AnonymousOctober 21, 2008 at 9:00 PM

    I'm not too much of a series reader, but my patrons are! My answer is here.

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  42. Ruth KingOctober 21, 2008 at 11:57 PM

    I'm a serial killer. Err, serial reader. Yeah.

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  43. Joanne ♦ The Book ZombieOctober 22, 2008 at 12:05 AM

    I'm completely addicted to series reading, I've written about a few in my post here.

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  44. marinekoOctober 22, 2008 at 4:04 AM

    http://marineko.blogspot.com/2008/10/tuesday-thingers-series.html

    Here's mine, a day late.

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  45. AnonymousOctober 22, 2008 at 4:39 PM

    Late again, but this time because I spent last night writing a guest blog post for a gay speculative fiction blog. 1300 words of guest post...

    Anyway, my Tuesday Thingers can be found at WordPress and at LiveJournal.

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  46. FlorindaOctober 24, 2008 at 9:13 AM

    Tuesday Thingers on Friday. I love how I learn all kinds of things about LT by doing this!

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