I rent quite a few books and sometimes when I want to try out a series, I'll put quite a few of them on my list because you never know what they'll send.  Well, sometimes I guess they decide I should read them all right away.

I'd had the first Miss Withers wishlisted forever and decided to try the others which are more available.  I finished it in a recent order and now they are sending me two more.  Has anyone else read this series?

I liked the book fairly well, although it really contained all the caricatures people complain about in amateur sleuths.  I think these would have annoyed me if it had been set in the present day rather than the 30's.  Although I didn't really go to school in the 30's, her school  reminded me a lot of my first elementary school (which wasn't in a city either).  I enjoyed the book but I'm not so sure about reading so many in a row.

I'm not familiar with that series, but I am with you on not reading too many series books in a row. I used to do that a few years ago and got really burned out on some series that I still haven't gone back to catch up with because I got so tired of them. The most I will read in a row is two, and that is VERY rare for me these days.

When you say renting books, are you talking about Booksfree.com? I used to use them before I discovered PBS, and that is the one thing that really bugged me about them--I never seemed to get the books at the top of my list, they were always sending things from the middle and bottom. I didn't dare put two books in a series on the list because invariably they'd get sent out of order, and I'm a bit fanatical about reading a series in order. Once I discovered PBS I quit using them.

Cheryl

Yes, it is Booksfree and I've been fairly happy with them.  It is true that some of the top stuff doesn't seem to mean much but they have a new thing where you can request a specific one every 30 days.  I think I only used it once so far.

If I really care, I will only put the first one on my list too but sometimes it's not that important.  I've gotten so many there that would still be languishing on my list here.  I often put them on both lists and almost never get them here first.  I've had a historical fiction mystery on there forever but I'm not excited enough to insist they send it either :) 

About the only series I read straight through and enjoyed was Jim Butcher's Dresden Files.  Booksfree sent those like that too, although I'd somehow missed putting #3 on the list and it didn't come fast so I just bought it.  It would have taken me forever to get them here.  I think those worked (it was about 7 or 8) because he focused on something different in each one.

The Miss Withers are by Stuart Palmer although I guess she was first introduced in a book that was by Craig Rice or a collaboration or something.  I don't recall right now, but the Rice connection was what made me try them.  Luckily I always have things here to intermingle a bit.

I don't want to sound like I'm advertising. There are various reasons why Booksfree works pretty well for me but I can see why it wouldn't be a good choice for a lot of people.

I put a couple of books on there that I suspect I will probably hate - i bet those come really fast, lol.

Just to update:  One of the two I got is the first in the series, "The Penguin Pool Murder."  Apparently they've been reissued and I'm enjoying them quite a bit.  I do wish I had seen the movie based on it.

http://www.amazon.com/Penguin-Murder-Hildegarde-Withers-Mystery/dp/1601870132