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[Laura]

@Melissa - No other takers right now. Do you want us to read it in Feb? I could wait till then and read his Lightning Struck Heart first.

[Soo]

Emperor's Wolves is about Severn. He's great! I can't wait to read the book & find out what happened. Events in the series are before the Chronicles of Elantra.

If you find a copy & can join me, that'll be great. =)

[Saar The Book owl]

As the first part of The Dark Tower Series is nearly finished, who wants to start the second book and when?

[Mel]

Yeah, February would be better. I may be continuing/finishing the Queen's Thief series at the beginning of the month, and have Wayfarer's #4 on the 23rd, but perhaps around the middle? Ides of February?

[Gaea]

@Laura

I'm planning on reading Swordheart this month! I could join you if you're still planning for that? (I'm slowly making my way through T. Kingfisher's books, they're so good~)

I'd offer to read The House in the Cerulean Sea too, but I just finished that last week so it's still a bit too fresh in my mind for even a reread haha.

[Paula]

Laura, I'm in to read the house in the cerulean sea but in February if you don't mind

[Maria]

Anybody wanna read Lair of Dreams with me this month? :)

[Vuk]

Hi, I was wondering if anybody would like to read Crooked Kingdom, The Near Witch, or The Hero of Ages with me this month or so?

[Franziska (tintenklexxe)]

@Vuk
I'm currently in the middle of The Well of Ascension, when would you start with The Hero of Ages? I think it'll take me one or two weeks to finish The Well of Ascension.

[Narilka]

We have a BR for The Well of Ascension scheduled to start Jan 11th and will probably do The Hero of Ages around Feb 11th if you both don't mind waiting.

[Hailee]

Soo wrote: "I'll see if I can join for the Killing Moon. I have the book but I'm trying to pace my BRs. =)"

Hope you can make it Soo but if not you'll have our thread to let us know what you think of it whenever you do read it :-)

[Meera]

Vuk wrote: "Hi, I was wondering if anybody would like to read Crooked Kingdom, The Near Witch, or The Hero of Ages with me this month or so?"

I am interested in Crooked Kingdom. I would be up for it after the first week of January.

[Soo]

Hailee wrote: "
Hope you can make it Soo but if not you'll have our thread to let us know what you think..."

Is the thread up with a date? I think I missed that notification.

Also, we are killing GR because I keep getting the over capacity message. lol

[Shaitarn]

Hailee wrote: "Perfect 😊. I was thinking of starting sometime around the 15th but basically any date after the 9th of Jan works for me. Any preference?"

No, any time in January is fine with me!

[Hailee]

Great I'll put in a thread request for the 15th then.

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Soo wrote: "Hailee wrote: "
Hope you can make it Soo but if not you'll have our thread to let us know what you think..."

Is the thread up with a date? I think I missed that notification.

Also, we are killin..."

That kinda happens every year... everyone logs in and makes their 2021 reading challenges/etc that they never accomplish (speaking more of the multitude than us in particular... this is the day/time when millions of challenges are started)

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Vuk wrote: "Hi, I was wondering if anybody would like to read Crooked Kingdom, The Near Witch, or The Hero of Ages with me this month or so?"

I've read a bunch of Schwab, and Near Witch is available on Hoopla audio, so I'm open to reading it... just say when...

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Laura wrote: "\Woul anyone like to read with me sometime in Jan:
The House in the Cerulean Sea
and
Swordheart

and sometime in Feb:
The Master of Whitestorm"

Not gonna do a re-read, but House in the Cerulean Sea was great... I need to get back to the Wolfsong series at some point...

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Narilka wrote: "I'm also interested in The Sword of Kaigen. End of Jan/Early Feb would work for me."

Feb 1 sound good?

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Soo wrote: "Iain's BR List:

The Sword of Kaigen - The narrator sounds terrible but I'll join that BR. I feel like that's a story I should finish but I was not one of the people that loved the ..."

Jan 24th-ish for Shadows of the Apt start? I can wait until February on Everything Box, if you don't want to keep flooding January with BRs...

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Timelord Iain wrote: "Soo wrote: "Iain's BR List:

The Sword of Kaigen - The narrator sounds terrible but I'll join that BR. I feel like that's a story I should finish but I was not one of the people tha..."

July/August/September 28th for the Jade City trilogy?... that'll put the 3rd book a week after release, my usual BR strategy... start release day or 3 weeks late, and it still counts for anyone in the reading competition...

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Laura wrote: "Timelord Iain wrote: "Guess it's time to stop neglecting this thread and offer some BRs of my own...

This is a list of stuff I'd like to get to in January/February, if anyone is interested in join..."

I'll let you know on Transformation, once these other BRs are locked in... flooding my January with BRs like usual... which is fine, as long as I keep up... this is mostly a list of my own suggestions, anyway...

[Brian]

Timelord Iain wrote: "Soo wrote: "Iain's BR List:

The Sword of Kaigen - The narrator sounds terrible but I'll join that BR. I feel like that's a story I should finish but I was not one of the people tha..."

Sword of Kaigen was a pretty good book. If i remember right I read it on kindle because narrator sucked.

[Soo]

Shadows of the Apt: Empire in Black and Gold - What time table were we talking about? 1 book per month? The later books come out towards the end of the year? I may be reading the print instead of audio. Narrator doesn't sound that great for the series.

The Sword of Kaigen - Whenever in February is fine. I think I'll get the audio because I can get it for 7.49.

The Everything Box - I'll get the audio, so we can do that later in February.

[Soo]

I'm one of the few that was not blown away by Sword of Kaigen. To me, it wasn't that original and the writing was uneven. BUT it is on my try again list.

[Beena]

Hey everyone, Paula, Laura, Siobhan, possibly Katie and I are going to read Graceling starting 12th January, if anyone else is interested :)

[Katie]

Paula wrote: "Iain, I'd also like to read the sword of kaigen and jade city I'm interested but later on in the year"

Oh my gosh same. Both of those are on my TBR. So I'll keep an eye out for when you guys wanna read them. Still trying to finish up some books at the moment ^^;

[Paula]

Iain, the dates for the sword of kaigen and the jade city trilogy work for me

[Meera]

Timelord Iain wrote: "Narilka wrote: "I'm also interested in The Sword of Kaigen. End of Jan/Early Feb would work for me."

Feb 1 sound good?"

I’m good with this date too. Can also do the Jade City trilogy time. I’ll have put this all in an spreadsheet so I don’t forget!

[Soo]

Meera, you can create a Buddy Read/etc Tracker in Buddy Read Tracker Section

You can also join the FBR Team Reading Competition and use the tracker to keep tabs on what you read.

=)

[Narilka]

Timelord Iain wrote: "Narilka wrote: "I'm also interested in The Sword of Kaigen. End of Jan/Early Feb would work for me."

Feb 1 sound good?"

Sounds great to me.

[Laura]

@Gaea - When would a BR for Swordheart work for you? Let me know the date and let's ask for a thread. :)

[Laura]

@Melissa - For what date in Feb should we set the BR for House in the Cerulean Sea?

[Laura]

@Iain and Soo - I'm in for Sword of Kaigen.

[Soo]

A handful of us are going to read the Wars of Light & Shadow series by Janny Wurts. A link to the thread in Book Clubs.

It's a great, epic fantasy. The plan to read one book per month, starting in January, and toss in the short stories at the end of the year. Please come join us from the start or for whichever book you want to get back into the series.

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Soo wrote: "Shadows of the Apt: Empire in Black and Gold - What time table were we talking about? 1 book per month? The later books come out towards the end of the year? I may be reading the pri..."

Yea... there will be a delay in May-June, waiting for the audiobooks in July... and another delay in October...

If we want to read the series without delays, we need to wait until April 24th to start book 1, and then books 8-10 will come out just before the BR in November around Thanksgiving... is that a better idea?...

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Brian wrote: "Timelord Iain wrote: "Soo wrote: "Iain's BR List:

The Sword of Kaigen - The narrator sounds terrible but I'll join that BR. I feel like that's a story I should finish but I was not..."

I'm trying to avoid being biased against the narrator...

I've been listening to Black Hawks today, and it's definitely a home book...

I sort narrators into 3 categories: Books I can listen to at work, Books I can listen to at home, and Books that don't hold my interest in any situation... alot comes down to the narrator and sound quality and how close I am to needing earbud replacements... as long as it's not the 3rd type, I can manage...

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Katie wrote: "Paula wrote: "Iain, I'd also like to read the sword of kaigen and jade city I'm interested but later on in the year"

Oh my gosh same. Both of those are on my TBR. So I'll keep an eye out for when ..."

Sword of Kaigen Feb 1st, and Jade City July 28th, is what I decided, I think... the dates I picked are on the previous page... there's enough interest in Sword of Kaigen that I don't want to wait, and Jade City lines up nicely with the release of the 3rd book, so we can all do it together... you and Paula can find a better time for Sword of Kaigen and run another BR, I hope :) :(

EDIT: nevermind... Paula accepted Feb 1 for Sword of Kaigen... does that work for you, too?

[Anni]

Timelord Iain wrote: "Narilka wrote: "I'm also interested in The Sword of Kaigen. End of Jan/Early Feb would work for me."

Feb 1 sound good?"

I'm in as well :) I'm so happy there finally is an audio version!

[Anni]

Brian wrote: "Timelord Iain wrote: "Soo wrote: "Iain's BR List:

The Sword of Kaigen - The narrator sounds terrible but I'll join that BR. I feel like that's a story I should finish but I was not..."

Ah damn! I already read half of it and really enjoyed it, but then stopped, because I hadn't had time for non-audiobooks... I hope the narration works for me!

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Sir Anni wrote: "Brian wrote: "Timelord Iain wrote: "Soo wrote: "Iain's BR List:

The Sword of Kaigen - The narrator sounds terrible but I'll join that BR. I feel like that's a story I should finish..."

We'll trudge on in solidarity... considering how long I waited for audio...

[Katie]

Timelord Iain wrote: "Katie wrote: "Paula wrote: "Iain, I'd also like to read the sword of kaigen and jade city I'm interested but later on in the year"

Oh my gosh same. Both of those are on my TBR. So I'll keep an eye..."

Thanks for the update Timelord! I've updated my schedule. And yes those dates work for me too :D

[Soo]

Geez, I normally put only a month or two for the Buddy Reads on my tracker thread. Right now, I have things lined up for the whole year. I usually plan for 2-3 months. Have that linked & updated on the first post of my tracker and then use the Master/Montly list to update my post as each month comes around. It's less stuff on there that way. Right now, the first post is like two pages long. lol

May have to hide the rest of the year under a spoiler tag. Hahahah

=)

[Gaea]

Laura wrote: "@Gaea - When would a BR for Swordheart work for you? Let me know the date and let's ask for a thread. :)"

I'm really good with starting whenever! I have nothing scheduled this month haha, and T. Kingfisher's books are just soooo easy to read <3

Swordheart has 60 chapters and an epilogue, and about 420 pages, depending on the edition (or so GR tells me). How fast/slow do you want to read it? We could aim for, say, 10 chapters a day maybe? (Seriously, I'm open to any suggestion. Considering how quickly I read the author's other books, it probably won't take me more than a few days for this.)

[Laura]

@Gaea. How about we start Swordheart this Sunday? I'll request a thread and we can move over there and plan the read. :)

[Mel]

@Laura
Heh, I was being a little cute, but perhaps we shall Beware the Ides of February. Does February 15th sound alright?

[Laura]

@Melissa - yep. sounds good to me. :) And how is Wayfarer? That series is on my shelves and I've read only book 1. Maybe I could catch up with you in time for book 4.

[Gaea]

Laura wrote: "@Gaea. How about we start Swordheart this Sunday? I'll request a thread and we can move over there and plan the read. :)"

Sounds good to me! :D

[Vuk]

Narilka wrote: "We have a BR for The Well of Ascension scheduled to start Jan 11th and will probably do The Hero of Ages around Feb 11th if you both don't mind waiting."

Sure that sounds all right!

[Vuk]

Timelord Iain wrote: "Vuk wrote: "Hi, I was wondering if anybody would like to read Crooked Kingdom, The Near Witch, or The Hero of Ages with me this month or so?"

I've rea..."

I'm cool with it when you are. Literally next week works, lol.