Buddy Read Queries and Preparation

[Christina ❤️M❤️]

Janice, we want to move put buddy read to the 25th. After the Toppler

[Janice, Moderator]

Christina wrote: "Janice, we want to move put buddy read to the 25th. After the Toppler"

That makes sense. Fixed. Thanks.

[Kristie, Moderator]

Janice - We have a buddy read planned for mid-January for Reliquary. Link is here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Janice, Moderator]

Thanks Kristie. I'll add it to the calendar.

[Christina ❤️M❤️]

I went ahead and setup a thread for Murder of Crows. We have agreed to January... lol :)

[Janice, Moderator]

Christina wrote: "I went ahead and setup a thread for Murder of Crows. We have agreed to January... lol :)"

I've added it to the Buddy Read Calendar and will adjust the date once you've determined one.

[Christina ❤️M❤️]

Janice wrote: "Christina wrote: "I went ahead and setup a thread for Murder of Crows. We have agreed to January... lol :)"

I've added it to the Buddy Read Calendar and will adjust the date once y..."

January 4th :)

[Janice, Moderator]

Thanks Christina. The calendar is updated.

[Sandra, Moderator]

I plan to read the The Cemetery of Forgotten Books series by Carlos Ruiz Zafón in 2021. I plan to reread the first one in January and then keep going with the series one book each month. This would be the plan:

January -> The Shadow of the Wind
February -> The Angel's Game
March -> The Prisoner of Heaven
April -> The Labyrinth of the Spirits

Let me know if you are interested. I can always make changes in the plan if necessary.

FYI: "Wind in the title" (book 1) and "books on the cover" (book 4) are tasks in the Museums 2021 Challenge. They are all chunksters (another task). They might fit more tasks, I just haven't done any serious gophering yet.

[Peggy]

There's also a task for book set in Spain.

I might join for the last book (I read the others already), but I'll have to see if I'm in the mood for it. I'll keep an eye out for the thread and decide then.

[Sandra, Moderator]

Peggy, I will make a note that you might be interested in #4. If there is no buddy read I will let you know when I'm starting, so you can decide, without compromise, if you are interested in joining me.

[Peggy]

That would be great Sandra, thanks!

[Vicki]

I might join in number 4 too when you get there.

I read number 2 first on a suggestion from a friend and ended up liking it the best but that seems to be the minority position. I thought the tone in number 2 was different from the others too. Hopefully you get some buddies for the first 3 so I can be refreshed from your comments ;)

[Sandra, Moderator]

Great, Vicki!

[Peggy]

It's been a long time for me too. I read them in order and I read book 3 in 2015. I hope that's not a problem for understanding book 4.

[Kristie, Moderator]

I'm hoping to read the first one this year, but I don't know when. For anyone looking for a spot for it in the yearly challenge, it also fits for museum 33: Read a book that was originally published in Spanish and translated to English.

[Cherie]

I can put off my read until April to join for the last book, Sandra. I have already read the first three books.
I have the last book under museum 23, for set in Spain.
Janice ok'd it for museum 25 books on the cover.

[Sandra, Moderator]

Great, Cherie. There's team for #4 then.

[Esther]

Sandra wrote: "I plan to read the The Cemetery of Forgotten Books series by Carlos Ruiz Zafón in 2021. I plan to reread the first one in January and then keep going with the series one book each mont..."
i started the 3rd one a month ago but I had to put it aside for budy reads and the like. I have barely started to I can restart with you in March. my only concern is that i am a really slow reader in spanish so i am not sure if i can keep up.

[Christina ❤️M❤️]

That series looks very interesting. I may play catchup and hopefully join you in Feburary. I already have two buddy reads in January... and I am expecting a third for Realm of the Elderlings.

[Sandra, Moderator]

@Esther, don't worry. I'll let you know when I'm in book 3. It's ok if you need more time and book 4 gets delayed. We can start it later if you need more time. Do not stress.

[Sandra, Moderator]

@Christina, sounds good. I will probably start number 1 closer to the the end of January than the beginning. Still, think about it. If you are really interested I will wait for you until February. That plan is just a starting point.

[Christina ❤️M❤️]

Yeah... if your starting towards the end of January... I am in :)

[Sandra, Moderator]

Great. When I'm ready to start I will double check with you. If you need more time we can agree in a convenient starting date.

[Peggy]

Christina wrote: "That series looks very interesting. I may play catchup and hopefully join you in Feburary. I already have two buddy reads in January... and I am expecting a third for Realm of the Elderlings."

Are you thinking of Fool's Assassin? We have always done 1 book every 2 months, only now with The Rain Wilds book 4 we only had 1 month in between to finish this series in 2020 and also because the books are only half the size of all the other subseries. It's very likely that we will do the next buddy read in February, and in any case, we always check what's convenient for everyone who wants to join :)

[Christina ❤️M❤️]

Yeah... I knew about the every other month, but I figured it would during the non Toppler month.. (Assuming.. you know what that gets you :) )

[Margo]

Christina, you might have more problems following the Fools Errand books than you did the Rainwilds series. There is a massive back story to Fitz and the Fool. On the other hand all of her trilogies form a complete miniseries so it may be fun to read them out of order, I'm not sure :-/

[Sandra, Moderator]

I created a thread for The Shadow of the Wind so any further discussion about dates and the sort won't clutter this thread.

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Kristie, Moderator]

Current January buddy read schedule:

Jan 4 - Murder of Crows, The Others Book 2
Mid-Jan 2021 - Reliquary, Pendergast 2
after Jan 25 - City of Brass

and The Shadow of the Wind TBD

[Janice, Moderator]

Christina wrote: "That series looks very interesting. I may play catchup and hopefully join you in Feburary. I already have two buddy reads in January... and I am expecting a third for Realm of the Elderlings."

We've been reading the Realm of the Elderlings every other month. We just did the last two in Nov & Dec because they were a lot shorter than usual for those books. It's likely that we'll aim for February for the first book in the last series.

Nevermind. LOL! I see Peggy and Margo have is under control. It helps to read all the comments before replying.

[Janice, Moderator]

Kristie wrote: "Current January buddy read schedule:

Jan 4 - Murder of Crows, The Others Book 2
Mid-Jan 2021 - Reliquary, Pendergast 2
after Jan 25 - City of Brass

and The Shadow of the Wind TBD"

I'll update the calendar right away to add The Shadow of the Wind.

[Peggy]

Sandra wrote: "I plan to read the The Cemetery of Forgotten Books series by Carlos Ruiz Zafón in 2021. I plan to reread the first one in January and then keep going with the series one book each mont..."

For those who wish to read the 4th book, it's now only $1.99 at Kobo (and perhaps also for kindle or other ebooks, but I didn't check).

[Christina ❤️M❤️]

Peggy wrote: "Sandra wrote: "I plan to read the The Cemetery of Forgotten Books series by Carlos Ruiz Zafón in 2021. I plan to reread the first one in January and then keep going with the series one..."

Thanks Peggy, I went ahead and picked it up on Kindle for that Price. Awesome!

[Saar The Book owl]

Sandra wrote: "I plan to read the The Cemetery of Forgotten Books series by Carlos Ruiz Zafón in 2021. I plan to reread the first one in January and then keep going with the series one book each mont..."

I'll join in for all the 4 books. Or at least I'll try ;)

[Sandra, Moderator]

Great, Saar. This is the link for the buddy read:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Sandra, Moderator]

Janice, we have decided to start the buddy read of The Shadow of the Wind on February 1st. Thank you!!!

[Janice, Moderator]

Sandra wrote: "Janice, we have decided to start the buddy read of The Shadow of the Wind on February 1st. Thank you!!!"

Thanks! I'll update the calendar.

[Christina ❤️M❤️]

Janice, made a thread for Vision in Silver. We are close to having a date, but we aren't quite there yet

[Janice, Moderator]

Christina wrote: "Janice, made a thread for Vision in Silver. We are close to having a date, but we aren't quite there yet"

Thanks. I'll add it to the calendar.

[Esther]

Janice,
We will start the buddy-read for Vision in Silveron Feb 22 if you want to update the calendar.
Thanks!!

[Janice, Moderator]

Will do! Thanks Esther.

[Suzanne]

Would anyone like to buddy read The Infernal Devices, Harry Potter or Percy Jackson?

[Janice, Moderator]

Hi Suzy! Welcome to YLTO. Are you wanting to read the entire series as a buddy read? We've done that with some series. I'm just clarifying for those who might be interested.

[Suzanne]

Yes, Janice! The whole series would be perfect 🥰

[Abby]

Suzy wrote: "Would anyone like to buddy read The Infernal Devices, Harry Potter or Percy Jackson?"

I just finished Clockwork Angel yesterday (loved it!) but I'd love to buddy read the next two.

[Suzanne]

I’ve read Clockwork Angel before, so good isn’t it! I’d happily buddy read the other two but wouldn’t want to slow you down reading the next two! I’m currently reading another series at the same time so might take me a few days to get the first one ready!

[Abby]

Whenever you’re ready I can get them from the library. I’d also read the Percy Jackson series with you but I think I’m on book 4. If you want to read one of his other series in that universe when you’re done with what you’re reading and I’m done with Percy Jackson that would be awesome!

[Esther]

I just created the thread for the 2nd book of the The Daevabad Trilogy. We should start sometime in March,

[Suzanne]

That’s cool! I’ve managed to get a buddy for the Percy Jackson series in March anyway. I’ve got heroes of Olympus that we could buddy read after!

[Abby]

Sounds fun!