Top Five Friday: Amount of Books in a Series

This Top Five Friday is a mouth full, but what it basically is how many books I like in a series, like three, two, one, five, six. Etc. So enjoy! I'll give examples. :) 5 to 1 today! (just a note: I like writing books in these types, just not reading them)

5. Trilogies

I'm just going to come out an say it, I don't like trilogies. I have never been able to write one, a true one that is, which just three books, no novellas or short stories. If I do, there's still so much to tell, and it leaves readers hanging, and it puts a lot of pressure on the author to make sure everything is tied up and sealed at the end. For me, for example, the second book in the Divergent Trilogy, it could have been made into two books, it was huge, because there was so much in it. And for the books above, BOUNDLESS could have had more to it, I'm still wondering things.

4. Really long series, such as more than five books.

I like a lot of long series, such as the 39 Clues, but that's kind of biased, because well, they're amazing. But for example, the the Soul Screamer series by Rachel Vincent. (which I haven't read, but I'm heard of it so much) I heard about these books for years now, there's always new ones, and novellas, and short stories, and it well, makes me want to scream. And I'm pretty sure it's all about the same characters, when the 39 Clues has a different author and the characters are always different each time. But then again, if maybe have read it, I probably would have never wanted it to end.

3. Companion novels

Ok, so an example of a compain, would be this: one book is about these characters, second book has said characters from last book, just the main characters are someone else, and so on and so forth. Which is cool and all, and the author is like: Start where you want! BUT WHERE?! And the problems are usually the same in each book, just the new MC is just a bit different than the previous one.

2. Standalones

Standalones are cool! I think it's really awesome when an author can just tell one story, and have it told in one book. It's not too vast, not too confusing. And yeah, you're sad at the end, but at least everything was wrapped up!

1. Four series books, with novellas and short stories.

This is my kind of series, like four books, with little novellas and short stories thrown in there. Everything is tied up, and all the questions get asked, and you learn more and more about the characters and their backgrounds. I don't have an example for this one, because there are so many series that I enjoy! :)



What's your top five Friday? Also, almost all the books mentioned above are my favorites, and you should all read them.

-Maddi