Tuesday Talks: Do You Read Novellas That Are Included in a Series?

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Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons,

   Tuesday Talks is a group on Goodreads that is a weekly discussion forum created by Janie Johnson and her pal, Janelle. It is a very active group and is very fun to be a part of.

  This week's question is: Do You Read Novellas That Are Included in a Series?

  
  Yes, I love reading short stories and novellas that are included in a series. I find that they do a great job filling the blanks of character pasts and world building. There are many stories that lead up to the main story that are sometimes just touched upon in a sentence or a paragraph. I found this to be true of Gwenda Bond's Lois Lane young adult books for DC Comics. She wrote two short stories that told us what Lois was up to before her family moved to Metropolis. Both stories were highly entertaining, and they set the mood for the first and second novels in the series. Janet Evanovich released "Between the Plums" a few years back to introduce a new character, Diesel, in the Stephanie Plum books. All were set during holidays, and they led up to Evanovich's new "Wicked" series.

  Disney-Lucasfilm has also released novellas and short stories to bridge the gaps left in the Star Wars saga.  Just recently a hardcover book containing December's digital short stories was released, entitled Tales From a Galaxy Far, Far Away: Aliens. It gives us back stories for characters that were only in the background in Star Wars the Force Awakens. I have begun reading it and it is a lot of fun. 

  Novellas and short stories can be very entertaining and beneficial to a series. They give us stories of things we only wondered about. I will always grab them up when they are released.   

I look forward to reading everyone's answers. If you have a comment for me, please leave it below. 

    Because there is always time to read,
   Xepherus3 

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