Sarah's Sequential Slog of Sizeable Stories

[Sarah]

I'm in the same situation as you Laura - I've read Anansi Boys already!

[Laura]

Oh yay, I'm not a misfit! :D (((((Sarah))))) it might be interesting to read it again straight after American Gods, but as in everything else, my mood will rule!

Do you remember much of it, Sarah?

[Sarah]

Yes I do - it was only a few months back. While some of the characters are the same in both books I think the story thread is not connected.

[Laura]

Hmm. Ok. Some people told me years ago that AB would've made more sense had I read AG first. I enjoyed AB so much that I may wanna reread it anyhow.

Are you planning to listen to this, Sarah?

[Sarah]

Maybe the characters would make more sense as to why they do things perhaps but I don't think it would have changed how we understood the story. We shall have to wait and see what we think once we've read AG. I have it on my kindle.

[Laura]

Yeah, I'll be curious. I hope this one makes me laugh as much as AB did! :)

[Sarah]

Just finished my fourth chunkster which was great. It seemed to take me for ages to read but I enjoyed it - the last 100 pages seemed to zip by!Looking forward to the follow up books. I'm going to have a rest from my chunksters this week and read other books ready to start with next week for the buddy read.

[Laura]

Glad you enjoyed it, Sarah! Looking forward to the buddy read! :D

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Really glad you enjoyed it! Hope you enjoy American Gods too!! I'm lurking in the background of that buddy read, living vicariously through all of you.

[Laura]

Have you already read it, Rusalka?

[Rusalka, Moderator]

I have. It's one of my favourites.

[Laura]

Oh yay! Cool beans.

[Sarah]

I'm really looking forward to American Gods!

[Lynn]

Sarah wrote: "Just finished my fourth chunkster which was great. It seemed to take me for ages to read but I enjoyed it - the last 100 pages seemed to zip by!Looking f..."

That's going on my tbr, with the bonus of it being part of a series for my challenge :)

[Travis]

The thing with bastard gentlemen is Locke and Jean are the only standard anything. Each book has a new style to the plot. The characters could be all new and they are always roaming so the setting is always different. Basically there is no real way to compare the books as they're each almost a stand alone novel yet beat to read in order due to the characters so as not to have book 3 give away something from book 2. Lynch has a style kind of all his own which isn't a bad thing. I rated the first 3 books 4,5,3 respectively

[Sarah]

I'd definitely recommend it Lynn and I can't wait to read the next one - it looks really good being set at sea! I must get my review sorted for Locke Lamora.

[Janice, Moderator]

I'll probably read it for Mickey Mouse section if I ever get Slick finished.

[Sarah]

Ok so I've swapped a book in Slick's (again) as I just bought The Golem and the Jinni on kindle and it's 819 pages (I know the paperback version is half that but as we're going on the edition we've read I might as well use it as a chunkster - looks like it's based on the large print edition).

[Casceil]

I looked at the paper version of Golem and the Jinni before I started reading it on Kindle. The paper version is not quite 500 pages (486 I think), but it is in such small print I did not think I could read it. Not without getting different glasses first, anyway. My Kindle says its 809 pages, and I am going with that.

[Sarah]

Kindles are wonderful what with being able to adjust the size of the font as well as the space between each line. Looking forward to this one!

[Sarah]

So I was having a break from chunksters to read other books before the American Gods buddy read but I have decided to start The Golem and the Jinni for a buddy read so I will read that one this week and American Gods next week and that will sort out Slick's quicker than I'd thought!

[Sarah]

Just finished my fourth chunkster The Golem and the Jinni which was fantastic. Such a lovely story. I still haven't reviewed it yet but will post my review once done.

Now I'm on to my last chunkster for Slick's with American Gods.

[Janice, Moderator]

One more added to my ever growing wishlist (Golem and Jinni). I read American Gods a couple of years back and gave it 5 stars. I'll be following along on your group read, but likely won't participate since I don't remember it enough to discuss it.

[Sarah]

Yes the wishlists never seem to get smaller and this challenge hasn't helped!

[Sarah]

Yay! Just finished American Gods which means I've completed Slick's Slugs section! Woohoo! I loved American Gods - 5 stars for me. I'll post my review soon. Now on to Mickey's Marchers!

[Cherie]

Congratulations on finishing Slick's Slugs, Sarah!

[Sarah]

Thanks Cherie! I'm so pleased to reach the end of the first hurdle! I had some good reads too!

[Lisa]

Yay! Congrats Sarah! A 5 star read is a great way to finish the section :)

[Janice, Moderator]

Woohooo! I'm glad you finished Slick's Slugs. :)

[Marnie]

Congratulations Sarah! I'm glad you enjoyed your Slick reads- have fun with Mickey!

[Sarah]

Thanks Lisa and Janice.

[Sarah]

Thanks Marnie. Our messages must have crossed! I am looking forward to Mickey now - I have some good books lined up.

[Peggy]

Woohoo! Congrats on finishing your first section Sarah!

[Sarah]

Thanks Peggy! I'm hoping I'll get through Mickey's a bit quicker than Slick's but we shall see!

[Peggy]

I'm hoping the same for myself. I think my books in Mickey's are a bit easier to read, were higher on my wishlist, and there's no 1000-pager in there, so maybe just 3 months instead of 4 and a bit! ;-)

[Laura]

Yay Peggy, way to go! Congratulations to you and enjoy your Mickey's list!

[Peggy]

Almost Laura! About 150 pages to go :)

[Laura]

Haha, sorry Peggy, I've been working too many hours. :(

I meant to say way to go Sarah!

I hope we all meet our goals, whatever they may be. Sorry for my tired brain mixing up names!

[Sarah]

Just started my first book of Mickey's Marchers - Kinslayer on audiobook which I am really excited about. I loved the first in the series, which I also listened to on audio, and this one has the same narrator.

[Janice, Moderator]

Enjoy, Sarah! I looked it up and it looks interesting. I've added the first book to my burgeoning wish list.

[Sarah]

Just starting Fingersmith - from one Waters book to another! This is my first print book for Mickey's but I'm also listening to an audio.

[Sarah]

Ok so I decided to start another chunkster - Dreams of Gods and Monsters so now I have three on the go - one audio, one kindle, one paperback! I think that's all bases covered!

[Janice, Moderator]

Are you reading any of those for the toppler tomorrow?

[Sarah]

no i have a shorter book planned for the toppler although I'm not sure which to go for yet.

[Janice, Moderator]

I have a short book for the toppler too, and if I get it finished, maybe I can get tackle some more of Affinity.

[Sarah]

Finished my first book for Mickey's - Dreams of Gods and Monsters which I thought was great - wrapped the series up nicely!

[Sarah]

Started another chunkster The Help as it came in at the library on audio app so I've put Kinslayer on hold so that I can listen to The Help as I won't be able to renew that one as there are reservations. I'll return to Kinslayer once I'm done! So these two plus Fingersmith makes three chunksters on the go!

[Janice, Moderator]

It takes three objects to juggle. :) I'm just waffling. I have two books on the go an one isn't a chunkster.

[Sarah]

True Janice. Actually I've switched out Fingersmith now. I still want to read at some point but going to leave the buddy read for now. I need to read something a fluffier for now I think! Still keeping with the three to juggle though by starting Allegiant

[Janice, Moderator]

I understand. I'm going to need something like and fluffy after I finish the two I'm reading. The other book is a Pearl Buck book - Dragon Seed - about war and the inhumanities of it. I have Book 2 of Sookie Stackhouse on hold at the library, so maybe it will arrive in good timing.