Bea’s Comments (group member since Apr 29, 2011)

Bea’s comments from the Pick-a-Shelf group.

Joanna wrote: "I’ve landed on Broome. Could I please get three choices from my shelf?"

Joanna, here are some that I enjoyed and, since they are series...well, they might help you out there.

Tears of the Giraffe
The A.B.C. Murders
Allegiant

(view spoiler)[Jasnah is back? Oh, I can't wait to get there. Shallan thinks that the Ghostbloods killed her, especially Mraize.

I think that Veil gives Shallon courage that she does not have in herself. Shallon has no confidence that she herself has any worth. Perhaps she will find that as she explores her Veil self.

I also like Kaladin's empathy with the parshmen he has discovered. And Dalinar struggle to be a honest (truthful) man. (hide spoiler)]

I have 76 pages to go to finish Part I, Lusie. Coralie, how are you doing?

Lusie, I had planned it out to read x number of pages a day throughout the 7 days partly due to the fact that, when I started reading, I had 5 other books in progress...and one was an 800+ page book that I had started 12/1/19.

I have now completed 3 of those 5 and am close to completing another (the 800+ one) BUT I have started a buddy read with Marina for this prompt also.

Lusie wrote: "I'm glad to hear that, Bea.
It surprised me how easy it was to get back into the series. I'm already at chapter 27 and am surprised how fast I'm reading."

You are ahead of me...I will be at 24 when I finish today's reading. (I do have a total of 3 books over 800 pages going...two for Buddy Reads!)

Starting today. Can't wait!

Marina (Sonnenbarke) wrote: "Haha, so I'm not the only one who's taken her time with this series 😅"

Nope! LOL. For me, though, it is the intimidating size of the book!

Marina (Sonnenbarke) wrote: "I've found an incredibly cool website, The Kingkiller Wiki. It's great for clarifications, trivia, lists of characters, etc. I read the first book nearly 4 years ago (shame on me! 😖), so it comes i..."

Thanks, Marina. BTW, it's been 3 years for me.

Lusie wrote: "I like the book so far!

btw I discovered that Oathbringer is listed 14 times as speculative fiction. So if we can finish it this month we can use it for the february shelf :)"

Nice!

I also am enjoying this book. Usually such big books take a bit for me to get into them, but not this one.

Finished:
In the Shadow of the Lamp for LOST - my first LOST book of the year
Ghost of a Chance for PnM Publication

Marina (Sonnenbarke) wrote: "Good! No worries if you run a few pages behind :)"

Thanks. :) I'll get started today.

Oathbringer and The Wise Man's Fear buddy reads have just started. If anyone else wants to join in, please do so! We should finish both in early March.

Marina (Sonnenbarke) wrote: "Hey, sorry Bea, I was traveling during the weekend and didn't see your message! We could even start today if you like, so as to be done with the first part by the end of the week. Would it work for..."

Sure. I can try. I might be running a few pages behind by next week, but I should be able to catch up quickly by the second week as I will be finishing off 5 books this week. And, one of them has been a BIG BOOK that I have been reading since 12/1/19.

(Added dates to schedule.)

LASD and Krysta, you are both added to the list in post #2.

I've set up a 4 week schedule in post #1. Now all we need to decide is a start date.

Lusie wrote: "You are welcome!

I hope to be able to start reading today. I read book 1 and 2 at the same time as you, Bea. So I imagine I'll not recall everything either."

Lusie, there are reminders in the text so that, for me, the recall did start.

Lusie wrote: "maybe this page helps? https://www.tor.com/2017/08/15/storml..."

Thanks, Lusie. This was helpful. I did find that I began to recall events and nod to myself as I started reading, although I must admit to sharing Coralie's response. I mean it has been almost 2 years since I last read one of these books!

Tien wrote: "I just started a buddy read with a couple of friends from instagram for Beauty is a Wound. They are reading in Bahasa Indonesia, Cantik itu Luka while I am attemptin..."

Are you doing a Just Read It buddy read?

Still reading: The First Man in Rome - 82% done

Starting today:
In the Shadow of the Lamp for LOST
Ghost of a Chance for PnM Publication
Oathbringer - buddy read over 5 weeks for Just Read It

Marina (Sonnenbarke) wrote: "Bea, I've had a look at the preview on Amazon and it looks like there is a table of contents... 🤔 Anyway, I believe 4 weeks would be fine for me, what do you think? As for starting, whenever you wa..."

Oh, shoot, Marina. I was waiting for you to say and see that you were waiting on me.

Are you doing any other Big Book reads? I just started one today.

I see we are doing it in 4 weeks. Would you want to start tomorrow or in a week? Dang, so sorry that I dropped the ball on setting this one up with you.

BTW, I have the book out of the library...I can renew it once more and have it for a total of 6 weeks. First due date: 2/17/20, so I would at least like to start reading by next week, if possible.

Get ready...set...go read! Prologue + Part I. BTW, my copy starts on page 19...so even the book is helping us to get this first part done!