As a keen reader of all things fantasy, I find myself tucking into trilogies, quadrilogies and sometimes seven or eight book series on a regular basis. I love that once you have seen a character live and grow and overcome adversity you can go on to another book, another story and continue the journey. What I don't like is when you read an amazing book and discover that while it's part of a series (yay!), the others aren't written yet (awww, man!).

My favourite series of all time is Isobelle Carmody's The Obernewtyn Chronicles. I read Obernewtyn (book 1) in primary school and have eagerly awaited every book since. The second-to-last book came out last year and I devoured it's 496 pages almost overnight. The seventh and final instalment is due out next year and by the time I've read it I will have re-read the first 6 books countless times. Not that I'm complaining, I love love love them. My complaint is that I have to wait literally years between fixes. And I do mean years. I was 13 when I began reading the Chronicles; I'm now 26.

Oh well, if that's the price I have to pay to read such a great story. But don't you hate it?