Finishing Books & Series!

Today I discuss finishing books and series! I am a finisher--even if it's bad, I will read that book to the end. What are your habits on finishing books and series? Are you totally committed or do you peace out if the reading gets rough?
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[@priceiswong]

Great video! I completely agree with you! I ALWAYS try to finish a book. Some books may take me longer than others to get through, but I will ultimately finish it. I agree with you on series though, if I hated book one I probably won't continue.

[@LisaG27]

I LOVE "The Morganville Vampires" series!!! :-) You are actually the only one on KZbin I've even heard mention that series on so far. I bought those same first 4 books (which are actually the first 8), then I ordered/pre-ordered every other MV book after that til the 15th and final book. :-) I haven't completed the whole series yet, but they are all towards the top of my TBR! :-) The audio book version of this series is excellent, too. I don't normally like audio books, but the person who narrated the MV audio books did an exceptional job of matching what I imagined each character's voice would sound like.

[@sadomirth]

Some fantastic pointers about the learning experience from all types of books. I also have many series that I have brought numerous books in and I generally tend to buy books in series if I have a pretty good feeling I am going to enjoy them,

[@AnItalianKnitter]

Since I discovered you (few months ago), I began to read more and more! You're inspiring and wonderful! Good luck with your writing..keep up! Love from Italy

[@obsessionsofadancer]

I try to finish books but it's not usually because they're bad; it's because they're boring. Majority of the books I DNFed have been because they were just not for me and were making me dislike reading. I do not feel the need to finish every series I start because there simply isn't enough time in the world for that. I agree with your point of learning from every book, good or bad. I admire your opinions and can't wait until you are a published author because you have worked hard and deserve it.

[@yuujinchounonaka]

I need a time-turner too! I am definitely a book finisher. If I've gotten past like 50 pages or so, I will keep going even if I don't enjoy the book. I feel that part of this is stubbornness, but also that I feel I need to sometimes read books I don't enjoy to remember what I actually do enjoy (so I guess in that I'm similar to you). However, if I haven't gotten that far into the book I will probably put it down and then return and try another time again.

[@astrasmith8563]

I admire your perseverance! I can finish books, but I almost never finish series if I'm not obsessed with the first book.

[@musicismyweapon1000]

I'm a finisher too, I always think books will get better and at the end they usally do get better. I think ALL books always leave an impression on you no matter what.good or bad.

[@TheBookChronicles]

Great video :D I'm definitely a book finisher. Even if I don't like it from the very beginning, I want to give the book a chance. Because how a book ends can have a huge impact on how I feel about the book. But if I really really dislike the first book in a series I won't finish the rest of the series. Time is precious and there are so many great amazing books out there. And I think we all need a Time Turner...like right now ;)

[@phoebeshea90]

I am a book finisher...my curiosity with how the story ends will keep me pushing through mediocre books. Series are a different story. I have read about 4 first books in series and then I'll read the premise of the 2nd book. And if that doesn't draw me in, I'm ok with letting that series go. Like you said, there are so many books! And I totally bought those exact 4 Morganville Vampire books on ebay for about 16 bucks...I need to read them soon! So many good reviews!

[@brereed16]

I love your videos. I'm trying to push through a book right now. I needed this video. "I'm a finisher!" : )

[@amandalily28]

I have finished every book I have started for the past three years. I like to know what happens in the end regardless of my opinion, otherwise it will bug me that I never knew what happened. However, if I didn't like the first book in a series, I won't continue. If I thought the first book was just okay, then I might give the sequel a shot, it depends. I don't write, but I see your point in wanting to finish books for that reason as well.

[@jhaughn18]

I'm the same way! I always have to finish because some books will get better half way through, you never know! and I need to have the whole series just to complete the story and I like to have them all together on my bookshelf! ha

[@vol43]

really insightful video, thank you for sharing your thoughts! you are one of my very favorite channels (and I have a ton of subscriptions!). keep up the great work. :)

[@TheBookwurm82]

I love to read book series too. And not all the time do I study them out to see if they are good or bad. I go by what a friend tells me or by my own intuition (looking at the front of the book, and seeing what title and then look at the reviews on the book and then look at the back to see what the book is about). if i enjoy it from that little bit of information i will purchase and then read it. A good example of a book that i did this for is the Sookie Stackhouse series. i read the first few

[@mandaline22]

I'm a finisher too, I can't give up on a book, I always believe the book is going to get better and I just push through. :)

[@StaceBookThings]

I definitely like to try and finish the series I read, with stand alone books it can be harder because you know there isn't much room left for it to get better, whereas with series it has plenty of time to pick up :)

[@TheLibraryOfSarah]

"Bad" books aren't worth my time or energy. I've never been a person motivated by finding out what happens in the end, even with books I love. I care more for the experience of spending time with the characters and seeing how they react to their situations. If I'm not enjoying the experience, why read more of it? If I want to know the end of a bad book I can look up spoilers. However, I really liked your point about learning from bad books for writing help! =)

[@MandiLynnWrites]

I almost never research books before I buy which is a really bad habit because sometimes I stumble upon a book that isn't my genre, but I've also discovered some great books my accident :)

[@SonaKhan93]

Morganville vamps is one of my faves! You'll enjoy them, there's no possible way you couldn't lol

[@Slendergirl89]

Oh you should totally do the book sacrifice tag haha I'd love to see what books you threw across the room haha

[@rosemannering]

I am a finisher too haha. Even if I hate it, I'll always finish it :)

[@TheBookwurm82]

books of the series before going onto the tv show and since i enjoyed both i am now in the process of reading the entire series and i cant wait for season six of trueblood i know its going to be great.

[@Megalodamn]

When I was younger I rarely finished books, but as I get older I have discovered my favorite genres and writing styles. I blame the flashy scholastic book fair advertisements that made all the books seem so interesting. and intense. Elementary school me was very naive.

[@sabrinadobrovits1308]

I have no problems with stopping reading a book or series if I'm not enjoying it. I do usually try to give a book at least 150 pages though to see if it will pick up. And sometimes I do keep going if I have heard lots of good things about it and my friends have recommended it. I read to have fun and enjoy myself so if I'm not then it doesn't bother me to stop.

[@ivandrikleynhans5873]

OK, so I have a little problem with books. Books are my obsession - a total and utter obsession - and I have to finish a series/trilogy no matter how bad the first book was. I suck at that and wish to change it. . . in the near future. BTW L.O.V.E your posts! I recommended it to a lot of my friends in school that are book fanatics!

[@islandgeekgirl]

I'm the same way. I have to have the complete story, for if no other reason then to know if my thoughts about the plot are right. I usually finish series to in hopes the author fixes some of the major problems if a lot of people took issue with it.

[@TheNerdyBookNerd]

I give each book an honest chance and there have been books that I've stopped reading. Most likely, though, it's because I'm not enjoying the book of the time, but know that I might enjoy it some time in the future :) If that is the case, I'll stop reading it until I feel like trying it again.

[@Aliciara_]

I finish bad books too! Also, I loved your t-shirt :)

[@sophieluvsbooks2629]

And I dig your shirt!!! The Beatles are amazing!

[@sophieluvsbooks2629]

I love finishing a book even if I'm not into it in the beginning because u never know it could get better! That's just me tho.

[@sandraareads]

I have to finish a book once I've started it, even if I hate it. Thankfully that hasn't happened lately since I am more picky and I do research about the books I pick up :)

[@FmaForge]

I always try my best to finish books, especially if I like the characters more than the plot. I still want to find out how the characters handle the conflict and how the book ends, and I just feel compelled to read something if I've already paid for it.

[@katieluv18]

I like to finish books too. Love the SHIRT..

[@SheAndHerBooks]

I like finishing books mostly because I don't think it's fair to judge a story based on a single part. Often, if I don't like a book within the first two or three chapters, I don't like it at the end either, but that is not always the case, and sometimes taking that extra time to finish the book ends up being very much worth it. However, there has been the occasional book that has been so unenjoyable that I didn't feel like I could even learn from it; those few books end up shelved or donated.

[@kazzerism]

I'm mostly a book and series finisher. It really bothers me to have unread books. At the moment I'm reading the Maze Runner series and the first book was really good, but I'm halfway through the second one and it's kind of a flop to me. However, I did buy the third book, so I plan on finishing it. I think the only 2 series I read the first book of and never finished were Percy Jackson and The Mortal Instruments.

[@va5el1ne]

I generally have to finish a book, I think I have only stopped reading two books in my life - Oil! by Upton Sinclair because it was so boring and Youth in Revolt because I hated the character so much I did not want to read the book at all. And I felt bad about quitting these books, but I didn't want to waste my time. And if I start a series I have to finish it to get closure, even if I am not enjoying the books THAT much. I didn't LOVE Twilight, but I had to read all 4 books!

[@1LillyClark]

I have to give you credit for that. I personally can not finish a series I do not like. For example the house of night series, the first few book ok but once I got to about book 5 I just could not finish.

[@steampoweredpixel]

omg SAME! I don't know what it is, but I HAVE to buy at least half the series before I read the first book, because what if I enjoy the series after all?!?! lol

[@jaeggirl]

I'm a finisher too. Exactly like you with the bad start to a series- bye bye. This is especially true to the first series that I'm not finishing, which is Leigh Bardugo's and I don't even remember the name of the series.

[@natbookeuphoria3527]

you didn't like the greshka trilogy ?

[@jaeggirl]

oh yes the Grisha trilogy. Yup, i didn't enjoy it at all.

[@jaeggirl]

NatBookEuphoria oh yes the Grisha trilogy. Yup, i didn't enjoy it at all.

[@brunm]

I'm also a finisher but in my case I'll go through the entire series even if the books makes me wanna bite my fingers off. I like to give a chance to the series to improve and I always need to know how it ends, no matter how bad it is.

[@ninjareadergirl]

I always push myself to finish books because I don't like to leave things unfinished. Usually with books I don't like I read small sections of them between other books. It takes a long time, but they do eventually get finished. I only continue a series if I liked the firs book, but I've never disliked a first book so much that I didn't read the rest.

[@whyarethings123]

You are like me even if I don't like the book I have to read no matter what sometimes its a good thing or sometimes it's a bad thing I HAVE to finish the book

[@Druzym00n]

I dont like reading books I don't enjoy, but i dont think anyone does. What I mean by that is I don't like wasting time on a book I just can't get in to. If I'd rather read something else, I'll go back to the other one later. I didn't like City of Bones, but I heard so many great things about the TMI series that I read City of Ashes and I liked it way more.

[@stormbearer]

I cannot give up on a book, even if I hate it. I'm not as compelled to finish entire series of books I don't enjoy but I will finish a book I've started.

[@danceforever713]

something that i hate is not reading all of the books of a series at the same time! i hate waiting for the next book to come out and i hate the suspense about not knowing how the series ends.

[@AlliWolfe]

i read the 1st 17 chapters of the hunger games. i hated it and threw it to the side. a year later i bought it on my kindle. loved it! i dont know what went wrong the first time. I also feel that way about divergent. i dont favor the writing style. i think her sentances are way too choppy. but i still love the books.

[@Dombirds]

I feel the same way, and even if I didn't, I read so fast (my norm is a book a day, seriously) that I don't notice I'm over halfway through a book I don't like and by that point it is really like a "why not?" if I don't like the book.

[@Charikleia147]

I do that too. I buy whole series before I even start on the first book.

[@lucasthebabygrl]

I tend to not buy sequels unless i'm enjoying the first book. If I need to buy the sequels though I usually keep the receipt haha. I hate having unfinished series on my shelf though so I try to enjoy the book as much as I can. I usually never not finish books, maybe once or twice I have, but I try my best to finish

[@GarrisonHat]

One of these days I will finish Star Trek: The Fall novel series. I've hit a road block with second-to-last novel just because of its tie-in to the ongoing Titan series, the last of its novels I read having been sooooo boring and meandering.

[@SunriseFireberry]

Gave up on Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell (after 400pgs.), and War & Peace (after 750pgs.) because after giving them a chance, I didn't like them. There are so many books out there. Stopped reading the Oz series by L. Frank Baum because I thought some of them too weird for me. Learned that the pacing of classic novels by eg. Dickens, Hardy & Eliot are snaily slow most times but that's the way they are. I finish those. My Q. is: Is a book/series worth my finishing it, Y or N? If N, I stop.

[@learnedhowtofly226]

I typically finish any book I start because I try to stay optimistic in thinking that it could possibly get better. But, if the first book isn't good then I won't keep reading the series. :)

[@Angel46Gurl]

I wish I was a 'finisher' like you are Kat! I just can't seem to finish the Matched and Fallen series :(

[@JustLookingForLove13]

I need a time turner, too!!

[@TakeDownTheStreets]

You have so many books, I wish I had that many...how often do you buy books and how long have you been collecting books? By the way, I love all your points in this video. I'm a finisher, but only because the books I do read I choose carefully so I know I will like it :)

[@emirob3775]

I'm so the same, I finish books 90% of the time because I feel like I need to read the whole thing to form a proper opinion. I have to hate hate hate the book to not finish it, and even then I usually try to get at least half way through.

[@miriamnope4323]

I uh didn't like Divergent in the beginning I got really bored but I kept reading and I'm so happy I did so because it was so good I loved it so much

[@starstruckgurlus]

omg i feel the exact same way you do, im picky and i do lots of research before i read. The only thing i do that you didnt mention is i will not read book one of a series until all the books are avalible, im impatient lol. I usually buy all the books at once also.:)

[@aoharu_j]

Like You I only buy books that i now somehow I would like or i have read them on my kindle, but would just love to have the physical copy aswell. The only time I don't finished (ebooks particularly which I think i have 10 on hold ebooks) is when they started to irritate me, annoyed me so much that it would make reading just to have a headache, and not something to enjoy.

[@xJorox]

I have to finish a book too. I really enjoy finishing series now but I used to have a hard time finishing series I loved. I didn't want to read the last book because I didn't want that world to end, is that weird? Lol

[@BambuProductions]

I do leave books unfinished sometimes but I NEVER leave series unfinished even if there's years between me reading book 3 and 4 I'm at some point going to finish the series. Now I must say that I don't usually pick up series that I know have too many books cause I feel that like a tv show that runs for too long it's just ends up not being that good.

[@jessicapeddle]

If I find it hard to keep reading a book and its taken me longer than normal to read it. I will probably put the book down and maybe save it for another time when I can give it another go.

[@mollyconway6205]

I always finish a book because if I'm going to rate/review it I need for my review to be valid. I don't like when people read the first 100 pages of a book and then give it one star on goodreads, because after that 100 pages, it could be a masterpiece...even though that's not usually the case. I don't finish series, though, if the book before it was bad/the next book got bad reviews.

[@CatReads]

I will finish a book, but I will not finish a series if I don't like the first book because it would be a waste of my money. And for me, researching only does so much and even if I read the first few chapters before it really doesn't matter in the end because the beginning doesn't show the end. If you know what I mean so I could never spend money on the whole series without first reading the first book and deciding if it's worth reading the next one. But that is just me and I am uber poor.

[@librarybookreviews]

you kinda do what i do........ i love to read....... and alot alot alot of the time i cant finish the books i start. even if its super awesome. but i still have no idea why......... even if i really want to finish the book. so out of a whole year i will only finish like less than 7 books. and i have alot of time on my hands.... so i will go to the library check out books, try to force myself to read them but fail epicly.

[@thesunwentred]

Prepare yourself for Caitlin going on a binge watching/liking/commenting spree on your videos! I need to catch up - I feel so bad for missing out on a portion of your life and adventures. Don't feel compelled to respond, lol.

[@BearSpyder99]

i used to have all my books in alphabetical order by author like a library then my mom came and took my bookshelf while i was gone, gave me a new smaller but cooler looking one then place them randomly and threw all the ones that couldnt fit into my closet

[@sidekickm24]

I finish a book, even if I'm not feeling it. Luckily for me I haven't started a series I didn't really like, so I'm not sure if I'd continue with the rest of the series if the first book sucked, but I probably wouldn't.

[@Jazillia007]

I'm only finishing books - even when they're bad - if I really LIKE the book and if I'm emotionally involved with the characters. If that's not the case I don't have problems discarding bad books. Life is too short for bad books.

[@monicap8561]

OMG. I actually have a Timeturner (never mind that its plastic) and I'm actually wearing it. RIGHT NOW

[@AverySometimesReads]

i usually finish books but i'm bad about finishing series. mostly because i get caught up in other things when the last book comes out.

[@juliamarie9291]

I generally finish reading books even if I don't like them. The only time I will ever stop reading a book is if I am literally yelling at the characters because of their stupidity/selfishness/etc.

[@talknight2]

THE FINISHER!!!!

[@madisonstonewatson]

I love your shirt!

[@duckpondwithoutducks]

I am a finisher. The only book I ever gave up on was Crime and Punishment by Dostoyevsky. It was just too much of a punishment to read it!

[@GuilhermeeLovato]

OMG WE ARE COMPLETLY TWINS! OMG! I'm finisher too omg

[@sambart1986]

I have OCD finishing books as well even if I'm not feeling the book.

[@ZeinaIan]

I also like to finish books like the maze runner it was raved about so i started it but it just wasnt for me i t took me weeks to finish it but i couldnt finish the seires

[@bethanybunting2809]

It depends on how bad. Usually I follow through but I have quit a couple.

[@AbbieLooWho]

i am a finisher, i can't stand putting a book down unless I have to, i have put down maybe 5 books in my life...

[@TechBabe32]

I must finish a book no matter how boring it is but if i don't like the first book i won't read the rest of the books in that series

[@blueglimmerz]

If I don't like the 1st book and the rest aren't recommended , usually I won't read the series ! :)

[@brunm]

Funny, I was looking at the screen and though "this girl reminds me of someone" and then I googled Lily and went comment on this video and bam, someone already said that o_o

[@MissyTheMisfit665]

I read until the 4th or 5th chapter and by then if it doesn't capture my attention I will stop reading

[@lilshamrock222]

If I don't lik the book it takes me forever to read..but I do it

[@beatlesada98]

Love your shirt!!!!!! Notice my username. Lol! Love your videos!

[@sarahwilkes4265]

For me I have to finish a book even if it really sucks I need to get to the end but if it's a series than not really e.g Elixir by Hilary Duff, I think it's a trilogy and it sucked!

[@jadeee6671]

If I hate a book I can't read it... It's terrible I know.. I just can't keep reading, even though I try.. I can't.

[@ofirelboym]

If I really dont like a book after 150 pages , I stop reading it Life is too short to waste time on reading shitty books ;)

[@Dombirds]

I have that shirt!!!! :)

[@OlegarioCura]

The Green Ukelele.

[@micfoz1]

You remind me of Lily from How I met your mother ^.^

[@voodoodoll5422]

i am a finisher i cannot leave books unread.

[@hhgg811]

the reader is a finisher

[@MetaKnight964]

If you think you're picky you don't know me.

[@Lakukaracha69]

You look like Lilly from How I Met Your Mother.You are just taller.

[@strawbebby]

this is random but i like ur nose