# Author's who can't keep it up ('it' being 'book series')

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**Tags:** books-writing-myths\
**Created:** [August 30, 2021, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/authors-who-cant-keep-it-up-it-being-book-series/949780 "2021-08-30T16:16:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2021, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/authors-who-cant-keep-it-up-it-being-book-series/949780/10 "2021-08-30T20:28:30Z")

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> [@Morgyn](#):
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> The Anita Blake books largely moved away from the all sex all the time a few books back; it’s now far more about solving mysteries, killing the bad guys, and politics (which Anita loathes). There’s usually a few scenes, but they’re easy to skip. (I’d skip _Jason_ , though, that one is almost **nothing but** one long bedroom scene.)

I just checked and I read 14 Anita Blake books. I think that is enough of one series irregardless of quality! But I’m happy that people with different reading habits haven’t had another dozen-plus books at the worst level of the ones I read.

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