Rob’s Comments (group member since Jul 06, 2012)

Rob’s comments from the The Sword and Laser group.

Wait till everyone finds out I'm picking Rise of Empire 😉

I would probably enjoy listening to Shohreh Aghdashloo read the phone book..

Meaghan wrote: "Rob wrote: "Started Fall, or Dodge in Hell in audio. Nearly 32 hours long!"

I'm really excited for this one! Please update!"

I'll have a review once I finish, but it will probably be a few weeks..

Word is no sequels. Just prequels.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/liv...

Started Fall, or Dodge in Hell in audio. Nearly 32 hours long!

Dara wrote: "Finally catching up with the podcast - nice to hear I’ve gained another variation of my name! 😂 And you recorded this one on my birthday so it feels oddly appropriate somehow."

Happy birthday!

After 3 months (one of which I spent reading nothing at all) I finally finished The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August. It finished stronger than it started but I didn't enjoy it as much as everyone else seems to - ★★★½☆ - (My Review)

I also listened to The Silkworm, which I thought was decent, but not fantastic. I'll probably continue on with the series eventually. - ★★★☆☆ - (My Review)

So probably not an ideal choice for next month's pick then..

So I know it's dystopian, but it seems like a bunch of people have shelved Trail of Lightning as Fantasy instead...

Iain wrote: "Rob wrote: "Cue the Bon Jovi cuz we're halfway there..."

Half..... since when is 5/12 a half?

Anal retentiveness off now 🤗"


Im thinking it's the 6th month, hence the halfway. I guess I'll just reuse my lame joke in July..

For my own personal challenges, I'm finished with:

Sword: 14/40 (35% complete, 7% behind)
Laser: 7/20 (35% complete, 7% behind)
Comics: 5/10 (50% complete, 8% ahead)

This month I've added +2 Sword, 1 Laser, 0 Graphic novels. I did another mystery book and FINALLY finished The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August after basically not reading anything for over a month or so. It's been a slow few months and I'm falling behind on my challenges.

For June I have at least 3 fantasy and 1 Sci-Fi book I expect to get through. I've been doing more non SFF the last few months and I kind of expect that trend to continue so I'm not sure if I'll do any others.

Depending on how quick I get through The Last Unicorn maybe I'll pick up another SFF book to read after.

May Results:

Sword Challenge
Total Participants: 393 (+11)
Total Read: 2,673 (+513)
Average Books Read: 7 (+1)
Total Committed: 6,612 (+165)
Average Books pledged: 17 (0)
Total Challenges Completed : 2 (+1) NOTE: This number is terribly inaccurate. However there is no way for me to verify/get the correct numbers, so I have to take what Goodreads gives me.


Laser Challenge
Total Participants: 392 (+9)
Total Read: 2,253 (+461)
Average Books Read: 6 (+1)
Total Committed: 6,138 (+127)
Average Books pledged: 16 (0)
Total Challenges Completed (Goodreads): 2 (+2) NOTE: This number is terribly inaccurate. However there is no way for me to verify/get the correct numbers, so I have to take what Goodreads gives me.


Graphic Novel Challenge
Total Participants: 109 (+6)
Total Read: 802 (+208)
Average Books Read: 7 (+1)
Total Committed: 2,507 (+73)
Average Books pledged: 23 (-1)
Total Challenges Completed : 1 (0) NOTE: This number is terribly inaccurate. However there is no way for me to verify/get the correct numbers, so I have to take what Goodreads gives me.

Short Story Challenge
Total Participants: 36 (+3)
Total Read: 206 (+75)
Average Books Read: 6 (+2)
Total Committed: 482(+10)
Average Books pledged: 13 (-1)
Total Challenges Completed : 1 (+1) NOTE: This number is terribly inaccurate. However there is no way for me to verify/get the correct numbers, so I have to take what Goodreads gives me.

It's been a long day, so I'll let the numbers speak for themselves this month.

Cue the Bon Jovi cuz we're halfway there...

Does that reference date me? Probably. Whatever..

So what are guys reading as we reach the middle of 2019?

I got this one last week.



I plan to wear it to the S&L meetup tomorrow!

The Armored Saint is $3 today: https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Armore...

I did it in hardcover and thought it was decent. It seems like the audio has pretty good reviews (4.4/5 stars) but I can't speak toward the narrator myself.

Maybe ping the NE thread again (https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...) with a link to this one?

You look to have gotten several responses to your doodle poll there, but only 1 other person responding here.

Your original mention of a new thread didn't have a link to this one and/or the event.

I did include a link to the event in my monthly blast, but it may be worthwhile to ping that thread for the people who have notifications turned on for it, but won't see this one unless they come actively looking for it to reply or follow it.

Raising Steam is $3 today (Normally been $9):

https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B00FIN0TGY/

Rebecca wrote: "This must be a little bit like what Rob felt with Theft of Swords was the pick. I've nominated The Last Unicorn the last three years I think for March Madness and it's even made the bracket a coupl..."

woo!

Hmm. You're the second (I think?) person to mention Strange Dogs. Part of me wants to go read that now, the rest of me is waiting for the audiobook of Untitled Expanse Short Fiction collection that is supposed to be coming out eventually..

Yeah, so it looks like it was Humble Bundle: https://www.polygon.com/2013/7/3/4491...

It appears its this Conlan Press version too..