I have made a concerted effort in the last few months to read.  I used to read books by the stack, ten or twelve at a time from the library, but since the Internet became a thing and I got a real job, it’s been difficult to read and keep up with reading, particularly with more prolific authors of interest.  However, recently I followed some recommendations and started reading books by John Ringo and Hugh Howey, and I’ve really enjoyed both authors.  There’s only one problem.  Both authors work in series, and I have a lot of trouble making sure I read the books in the right order.  A big contributor to the problem is buying e-books.  I never know the order without looking it up, and most stores aren’t any help.

Fortunately, Google Play is changing things a little.  Google Play is going to start grouping books together by series, and in proper series order.  The update to the Google Play store isn’t pushed out yet, but it’s available for download if you can’t wait.  As for me, I can wait.  After all, I wrote a reading order for a book series down on a notebook and have been checking off what I read to make sure I follow the alignment properly, so clearly I’m working around the problems others are having.

Still, the ability to keep a list of books I own and buy the next book in the list without any special effort would be awesome.  Maybe I’ll have to use Google Play as my bookstore of choice once this update goes through.