I recently bought the first five volumes of "Villains are Destined to Die" in the Collector's Edition without so much as reading a single page before the purchase.

Glad the AniList Tags turned out as accurate as I hoped they would.

I often read the last chapter (or the last couple pages) of the previous book to remember what happened and look up my notes here when I'm unsure whether I liked a series or not. Tbh, most of the series I read are just mixing together into an incoherent isekai blend in my mind.