Is it okay to italicize a book series?

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Is it okay to italicize a book series?

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I got a score on a review recently, and I was told that I was to italicize the book series to make things more clear. I had already mentioned and italicized two of the books in the series in the review; I had never heard of italicizing the series as well.

I just wanted to know what rule this is supposed to follow, because my Google searches came up short. Any external resources provided would be wonderful, as I am trying to improve my writing skills. Thank you in advance.
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You must italicize every title used in a review. You also need to italicize series titles in OBC reviews.
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MrsCatInTheHat wrote: ↑28 Sep 2020, 12:21 You must italicize every title used in a review. You also need to italicize series titles in OBC reviews.
Okay! So if I do a review and I have the book(s) and the series in it, I would italicize like this- East Wind and Lara and Uri?
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Katie Canedy wrote: ↑28 Sep 2020, 21:52
MrsCatInTheHat wrote: ↑28 Sep 2020, 12:21 You must italicize every title used in a review. You also need to italicize series titles in OBC reviews.
Okay! So if I do a review and I have the book(s) and the series in it, I would italicize like this- East Wind and Lara and Uri?
If that is the name of the series, yes.
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MrsCatInTheHat wrote: ↑29 Sep 2020, 06:41
Katie Canedy wrote: ↑28 Sep 2020, 21:52
MrsCatInTheHat wrote: ↑28 Sep 2020, 12:21 You must italicize every title used in a review. You also need to italicize series titles in OBC reviews.
Okay! So if I do a review and I have the book(s) and the series in it, I would italicize like this- East Wind and Lara and Uri?
If that is the name of the series, yes.
Thank you so much! Just was confused about this as I had never done it before. I appreciate t it greatly :tiphat:
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I have come to understand that here in OBC, all parts of a book must be italicized.
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Hope this clears your doubts :D
Yes, you have to italicize the series name along with the title of the book.
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