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Jackdaw comes out tomorrow. Not sure what to read in the meantime. My steampunk fantasy is not holding my attention.My attention seems to be wandering a lot lately. There's lots on my mind. :)
Susinok wrote: "Jackdaw comes out tomorrow. Not sure what to read in the meantime. My steampunk fantasy is not holding my attention.My attention seems to be wandering a lot lately. There's lots o..."
Oh! Thanks for the reminder! :-)
KC wrote: "The books are standalones. But it was my first read by this author and i enjoyed the writing, atmosphere, characters, so that's why i'm looking forward to the next two."Thank you. Because I've read Bomber's Moonand it ended with such a cliff hanger that I imagine pissed off quite a few readers who had to wait for the sequel.
Lou wrote: "I think that happened because of the length, and the two parts were published a mere one month apart."Oh, thank you, I didn't know.
I had bought them together, but I felt sorry for the readers who couldn't do the same.
I assume that if a trilogy is planned from the outset then there will be a story arc which encompasses all three books (albeit some if not most plot points will be tied up within each book). I'm not good at waiting to find out what happens (I think this is why my reading got faster and faster!), so I'd rather not put myself in that position by reading the first book now.
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Oh! That would have been sheer torture! I only read them when they had all been published already and for a blissful week I never surfaced from Basawar. Yeah, don't know if I would have survived the month per book pace. Not very well, I assume... :-)
In the case of ''The Rifter'' it was somehow different for me. It was a kind of new approach. Of course I suffered between installments, but it was also nice to follow the discussion with Ginn and to be able to avoid jumping forward without big efforts.
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Jordan wrote: "One of my problems with waiting between installments is my poor memory! I can remember what happened in books I read just a few months ago. And by that, I mean those little important details..."This is, of course, the real reason that I like to read all three books of a trilogy one after the other. And why I always re-read at least the most resent books in a series when a new one is published. The upside is that I get to enjoy them all over again.
Thank you, Antonella, for the info on Bomber's Moon, good to know. I usually prefer to wait for the complete series.Just started JCP's The Persistence of Memory, I thought if i started now, i'll probably finish reading the first two just in time for the third. :-)
KC wrote: "Just started JCP's The Persistence of Memory"Such a great trilogy! I'm looking forward to Life is Awesome.
Finished that last night - staying up way too late in order to do so. :D It was great.
I finished Jackdaw yesterday. Loved it :)
I'm halfway through. I wish I could call in sick.
How do you all manage this? I can't follow all the new books and the old ones!
Antonella wrote: "How do you all manage this? I can't follow all the new books and the old ones!"Yes, I'm in this category as well. Might be a superpower. Super-fast reading skills...
Would be nice actually.
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Good question. :-D
Antonella wrote: "How do you all manage this? I can't follow all the new books and the old ones!"Reading is my way of coping when things get stressful. I can lose myself in another world where I don't have to be me and I'm not responsible for anyone else.
Also, I work in a shop. When we're not busy and the shelves are clean and fully stocked, and the stock room is tidy, I'll whip out my Kindle and read a couple of pages 'til the next customer walks in :-P
I finished Jackdaw at lunch today. Now I have book hangover and have no idea what to read.
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I guess it's just how I choose to spend my downtime. My daughters are grown. My spouse has been living/working out of state. We have one remaining cat (of our former menagerie) and a small aquarium. There's not much yard work at the moment. I know spring is approaching because the mustard weed is popping up everywhere, and soon there will be more to do. Meanwhile...
I work long school days. When I get home, I read, bead, visit this page, message husband and daughters, and stay up too late. Maybe it's the staying up too late. I don't sleep much during the week… ; )
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:-)
My friend Lillian Francis has a new book out today Theory Unproven I'm gonna read that this weekend :-)
I've been reading Skylar M. Cates Boys series. Really sweet and romantic stories, just what the doctor ordered.
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And a YA book is ready for me to pick up at the library. It's the first in a series. I weeded 2-6 last spring, which are sitting on my coffee table. But book one wasn't falling apart so I couldn't weed it! Finally just borrowed it. I'm hoping I'll either love the first book so I'll want to keep the others, or hate it enough to clear a few books and get rid of them more quickly.
Jordan wrote: "And a YA book is ready for me to pick up at the library. It's the first in a series. I weeded 2-6 last spring, which are sitting on my coffee table. But book one wasn't falling apart so I couldn't weed it! ..."When you "weed" books like that, do you replace them? I'm just imagining some poor borrower reading the first book in a series and then not being able to read the rest!
For those of you doing the Sherlock reading challenge organised by Becky, a lost Sherlock Holmes story has been rediscovered: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-31564442Reminds me a little of The Dickens With Love!
I am with Antonella and Jordan. I dont try to keep up with new books. There are just too many and i have piles of books to get through. I also have backlists from favourite authors that I need to read. Josh is one of those favourites. I havent read the dangerous ground series yet and a few others. I also want to read the Whybourne and Griffin series. I have read the first two and have the rest ready to go. And then there are other gay mystery series like Dick Hardesty by Dorien Grey. I am reading the first one The Butcher's Son and really enjoying it. So all the new books will have to wait apart from the BOM which i haven't started yet. :)
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Sick, but not to sick to read, so I made a dent in the TBR pile :-)Read Hansen's Death Claims and Troublemaker - I thought I would do my own challenge at a leisurely pace and read one book a month, but I think I will just read on, because I enjoy the books so much. Besides all the thoughtprovoking things you all emphasized in the BOM discussions I love Hansen's metaphors, they are so fresh and unexpected, sometimes over the top, they make me smile :-)
Than I read the second Dick Hardesty mystery, The Ninth Man. I like Dick's voice, he is so dead-pan and his flaws are so very human. Today I spent with Jackdaw - I was a bit apprehensive, because I was not really fond of the third book in the Magpie series, where Jonah appeared for the first time. But I loved this one, KJ Charles is such a good writer.
Barbra wrote: "Idamus wrote: "My friend Lillian Francis has a new book out today Theory Unproven I'm gonna read that this weekend :-)"I have this one (Theory Unproven) but haven't had a chance t..."
I loved it.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Varecia wrote: "Sick, but not to sick to read, so I made a dent in the TBR pile :-)Read Hansen's Death Claims and Troublemaker - I thought I would do my own challenge at a leisurely ..."
I am reading the first Dick. Hardesty and really enjoying it so it is great to know you like the second. I like knowing that i have started a good series.
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Cool! :-) And feel free to comment on those BOM/Challenge discussion threads — I'm sure we're very easily persuaded to start the discussions all over again. :-D
Varecia wrote: "Sick, but not to sick to read, so I made a dent in the TBR pile :-)Read Hansen's Death Claims and Troublemaker - I thought I would do my own challenge at a leisurely ..."
I honestly don't think I've ever been so sick I couldn't read, unless you count my migraine attacks but honestly I'd have to close to dead before I give up my reading ;)
I just finished Off Campus and I really, really liked it. Lovely fluent writing and just lovely story. I didn't want to read anything angsty because RL right now has too much angst already but it was a bit angsty without losing hope. So really good. I totally recommend it.
Ame wrote: "I just finished Off Campus and I really, really liked it. Lovely fluent writing and just lovely story. I didn't want to read anything angsty because RL right now has too much angst ..."I enjoyed Off Campus, too. I'm looking forward to seeing how she redeems Jack in Nothing Like Paris. :)
I read Jackdaw and thought it was very good but a little more angsty and depressing than I'm looking for at the moment. The ending was nice though and I loved seeing Stephen, Lord Crane and Merrick again. It was fun to see them from the other side, from Ben and Jonah's perspective...I also enjoyed True Brit by Con Riley. Not as angsty as her other books, it was a nice quick read.
I'm currently reading m/f fluff. I'm in need of some lighter reads ATM.
Oh, next book is about Jack? Yeah he was a total tool in Off Campus.
Ame wrote: "Oh, next book is about Jack? Yeah he was a total tool in Off Campus."Yep, should be interesting.
Ame wrote: "I just finished Off Campus and I really, really liked it. Lovely fluent writing and just lovely story. I didn't want to read anything angsty because RL right now has too much angst ..."I hope all is well with you, Ame?
I ask with Anne, I hope all is okay with you?
Thank you, I am fine. Life's not all hearts and roses but that'll pass as everything else :)
Alexis Hall has a new book out:http://riptidepublishing.com/titles/w...
Jordan Castillo Price has a new book, the third and last of the brilliant trilogy Mnevermind::
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00T...
And I loved Catch a Ghost, so I'd like to buy also Long Time Gone and Daylight Again.
Once more: aargh!
BTW our Becky has also a new release, but is the third book in a series, so first one has to read other two books...
http://www.loose-id.com/the-red-drago...
Antonella wrote: "Jordan Castillo Price has a new book, the third and last of the brilliant trilogy Mnevermind::http://www...."
Thank you, Antonella! I thought it would be out tomorrow but now I can start reading it rightaway!!!
I bought two books by A.M. Arthur while they were 99 Cents on ama..., because I wanted to check out a new to me author. I found the books interesting, because sitting here in this quiet dull part of Europe and not having been to the US for 30 years I thought it gave an impression about the live in a small town over there.Afterwards I read Alexis Hall's
- beautiful cover for a beautifully written book I could connect with a lot easier :-)
Varecia wrote: "Thank you, Antonella! I thought it would be out tomorrow but now I can start reading it rightaway!!!"I bought it, of course, but I have to work now and this evening... do I really have to go and listen to a trade unionist talking about the crisis in Spain, Greece and Italy?
Anyway it would be a good idea to reread the other two books and let the anticipation grow ;-)
Antonella wrote: "I bought it, of course, but I have to work now and this evening... do I really have to go and listen to a trade unionist talking about the crisis in Spain, Greece and Italy?"LOL - well, I will start in the evening, I read the other two books in December so I hope I will remember the crucial points. And I decided to skip some school meeting for this, because as important as volunteering is - and I think I gave that school a lot of my time, energy and knowledge - sometimes you just have to do something for yourself. Ha!
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I enjoyed that one ..."
The books are standalones. But it was my first read by this author and i enjoyed the writing, atmosphere, characters, so that's why i'm looking forward to the next two.