Oracne's Brain Radio

I've had Barbara Hambly's Magistrates of Hell kicking around on my e-reader since...a really long time. But I didn't read it because I had the third book in that series, Blood Maidens, in print. And I never seemed to want to start Blood Maidens when I was by the shelf with the book; I would only think of it when I saw Magistrates of Hell on my e-reader, and I would think, "Oh, I can't start that, I have to read the print one that comes first." Yesterday, I flung caution to the wind (!!!) and just started reading Magistrates of Hell. And today I found out I can get Blood Maidens as an ebook from my library, so I will read that next, even though I'm reading out of order. Shock! Awe! News at eleven!

I used to read series out of order all the time, because I would find them at the library or used bookstore in random order. This was sometimes very interesting, as when I read the second of Roger Zelazny's Amber books before I read the first one, but didn't realize what I had done until I was on book three.

Then there's Bujold's Vorkosigan series, which except for Shards of Honor I read as it came out, which means I experienced the events out of chronological order for a while, and had the joy of seeing connections across the series and feeling a little zing of realization and recognition each time. (This was before the books started being in chronological order for the most part.)

Anyway. Reader! Gone! Wild!