This blogger hop was created by Jennifer at Crazy for Books.
Here are the rules:
1. Enter your book blog link in the Linky List below (be sure to include how long you've been blogging and what genres you review!). If you post about the Hop on your blog, please link directly to your Hop post (don't forget to answer this week's question - see below!).
2. Visit other blogs in the Linky List! Make new friends! Follow new book bloggers! Talk about books! Rave about authors! (Please do not leave your link and not visit other blogs - it's just not cool and not in the spirit of the Hop!)
3. Post about the Hop on your blog! Spread the word about the book party! The more the merrier!
4. In your blog post, answer the following question (new question each week!):
"If you find a book that looks interesting but is part of a series, do you always start with the first title?"
My answer: Yes. Once I hear about a new series or just an old one that I've never read before I always go to book 1. Because generally things that happen in book 1 are important because it starts the series and I want to know what starts the series. Like recently with Karen Marie Moning's Fever series. Been hearing good things about it and went out and bought book 1 and LOVED it! Now I have to go buy the rest to read. The first book usually has what directs the main storyline and I feel like I miss out on things if I don't start with book 1. Like when I started reading Kim Harrison's The Hallows series, I mistakenly started with book 2, and there were constant references to characters and events I didn't know, so after a quick research I realized I was reading book 2, so I stopped and went out and bought book 1 and suddenly everything that I had previously read started to make sense!
So short answer is yes, I make sure to start with book 1 when reading/starting a new series.
