mina’s Comments (group member since Nov 01, 2018)

mina’s comments from the The Procrastinators Book Club group.

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I wasn't switching between the books yesteraday. I first read TOD ch 11 to 21, then switched to EoS to chatch up with the chapters that were equal to ToD for that day.. But yeah, reading both of the books at the same time and switching makes it seem like it's much longer.

I didn't have the urge to read these past few days, but I have an off day today so I'm trying to read as much as possible. And I'm bad at keeping up with how I'm supposed to switch between the chapters, so I hope that I'll sort it out by the time it's necessary to actually follow the reading schedule.

TOD read chapter 21
I like reading about Chaol and Yrene. However I just read 150 pages of the book and... that's a lot of pages for basically nothing. It's really filler like. Easy to read but...

EOS read chapter 25

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Welcome to the Babel Buddy Read Discussion thread! This thread officially opens on March 15th and anyone can join at any time. Please keep in mind that spoilers are allowed in this thread but only up to the group's current reading place. Do not spoil the book if you've read further than the group. Any extra days can be used to catch up!

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March 24 - Book V: Chapter 29 - Epilogue


PARTICIPANTS
~ Sarah-Vanessa
~ Priya
~ Anushka

Welcome to the A Court of Frost and Starlight Buddy Read Discussion thread! This thread officially opens on March 8th and anyone can join at any time. Please keep in mind that spoilers are allowed in this thread but only up to the group's current reading place. Do not spoil the book if you've read further than the group. Any extra days can be used to catch up!

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March 10th: chapters 7 - 11
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A Prayer for the Crown-Shy
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~ Sai

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NOMINATIONS

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Finished reading
EOS ch 19
TOD ch 10
I planned on reading chapter 16 EOS so that when I continue reading I just start TOD without switching after one chapter...buuut the 17 chapter was in Manon's POV so I continued reading.

Obviously Manon is my favorite, and I enjoyed reading things that are happening with her, now I'm invested in what's going to happen next.

I also wonder what exactly is left in Chaol's black that Yrene touched.

Aelin... First time I started reading the first book I despised her, then I tried again but first I read Assassin's Blade and then Throne of glass, understood her a bit more and wasn't so irritated by her... however I think that first irritation is still present because I read her chapters and just wait for them to be over.

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NOMINATIONS
Kalena: Juliane: Bopeep: Anushka: Sarah-Vanessa: Priya:


BUDDY READS ✔⭐
✔ Kalena & Brianna Raquel, Trip (8th-14th) ⭐
✔ Bopeep & Sai (8th-10th)
✔ Bopeep & Sai (11th-14th)
✔ Sarah-Vanessa & Priya, Anushka ()
✔ Brianna & Sara-Vanessa ()


Anushka & Juliane (April)
Priya & Sarah-Vanessa, Brianna, Mina (April)

-.- I was writing my thoughts as I was reading the chapters, and when I'm on the last chapter what do I accidentally do? I click somewhere which turns out to be a link that takes me to another page... and all the things that I typed just *poof* So I guess I'm gonna go back and try remembering what I said/thought but not with so much detail.

DEATH
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Tristan - I have no idea... Since Callum said Libby didn't feel fear but more rage and betrayal it made me think Ezra. And it's someone she knows... so Ezra. I mean there were no other characters in the book besides the main ones and a very few others (Dalton, Ezra) so.... yeah Ezra. Also, there has to be a reason for him, because otherwise why did you mention him so much.

Gaah, I'm now pissed that I wrote so much and it's disappeared. I have no idea what exactly I wrote, but I wrote a bunch as I was reading and figuring things out.

Ezra - At some point I did think that maybe Atlas and Ezra were in the same class... Ah, yes in some chapters before Ezra's I was thinking what if he was part of some other society and tried to get info through Libby, but also I thought he may be in the same society as them.. because we don't actually know who's part except Atlas and Dalton.

Ezra and Atlas made a plan when they were younger, but... Atlas has been shutting him down it would seem. I mean he has no idea what Atlas' plan is.. maybe that's why he "killed" Libby, to somehow mess with Atlas? (hide spoiler)]

Finished!

😂 I have to ask, did you connect that the names of the parts Time, Space, Thoughts, Intent were the topics they were studying in that moment? I didn't pay attention to what they were studying because I felt they didn't have a particular curriculum. But in thoughts I caught it but wasn't sure, but in the last chapter of intent Tristan mentioned they are researching that so... that's interesting.
Also, how Callum chapter of Intent ended isn't surprising if you think about it a bit.

No worries, you have a lot of buddy reads so I understand. I haven't been reading it either because I'm reading Atlas six and Sarah-Vanessa is reading it too so there's a bit of discussion. I'm gonna finish that one today and I'll have more time to catch up to you and hopefully have something to talk about.

Still somewhere on the THOUGHTS part.
- For a moment I thought Tristan saw Gideon in that other plane he was, but surprise it's Ezra.. And Ezra recognizes his name. Why is that I wonder. Did Libby tell him about Tristan.. why? Or did Tristan also time travel to some future where Ezra knew about them.

- HA.. now I see why you said there's some thing between Callum and Tristan.

INTENT Part
-"Very common that a curse will follow genealogy in someway or be passed on to progeny. That sort of magic is much more complex than it seems; anything with such lasting consequences requires a certain degree of sacrifice and loss to the caster.”
Is the society under a curse? and then that's why they have to sacrifice someone.
- I feel bad for Libby. Everyone knows someone has to die, that's the elimination of the sixth is how the others join, and she's just living in ignorance.
- Emmm, what did just happen with Tristan? Was the convo he had with Callum real, or did it happen in one of the other realms. I'm assuming the thing he wrote on the paper is like a talisman, but I'm confused.
- Atlas visiting Ezra... the chapter is too short for me to think anything. This is also where I'm stopping for today, but I'm probably going to finish the book tomorrow.

Yeah, I like the idea of Tristan and Libby too.
Uuu, interesting I didn't get any vibes Callum-Tristan. We'll see.

Maybe it's because some days passed in between my reading, but I don't really remember that they had interactions. She helped him with the pipes, there was a bit of their old dynamic but yeah. I have a thought about them.. what if in the end all six of them join the society and no one has to get killed because as it was a few times mentioned Libby and Nico are like a set, it would be stupid to separate them, and they can work as one very powerful person.

I just sat down to continue reading it, maybe even finishing it, but I had to comment first.

Time, Parisa chapter - Oooookay, I'm now highly intrigued by what happened when she went into Dalton's subcontious or what ever it was... like, he has no idea what's going on. And I find it interesting that she thinks he's not whole... I wonder why is that; is it because he became a member of the society or was it like a precaution of the society now that he was their member?

Either way, I think I'm interested in Dalton's character. Aiya mentioned that he's a modern myth in his country so yeah... that's interesting and I hope we get more on it. Also, I just CAN'T stop imagining Dalton as some old guy... which he probably isn't but yeah.

Thoughts
- Ezra just feels like a character that's there because we need a little obstacle.
- Parisa is so cunning, and I love it. From all the characters I think I'm starting to like her the most, which isn't much buuuut. Also the way she played Callum in the test who of them is better.. perfect. And I agree with you Callum is creepy which makes me think a bit... what if Dalton was like Callum now, or something similar, and the society "fixed" him that's why he's "missing a part of himself"