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[Monika]

Gosh! I need to write down all them BR I want to join or I will be totally lost LOL!

[Nirkatze]

Monika wrote: "Gosh! I need to write down all them BR I want to join or I will be totally lost LOL!"

Was just thinking the same... I need to sign up for the BR Tracker bus...

[Nyssa]

I created a sortable buddy & group reads shelf and I put the date/month in the notes.
I was also adding the books to my personal calendar, but that gets tedious; especially if you have to move titles around.

[Narilka]

Monika wrote: "Gosh! I need to write down all them BR I want to join or I will be totally lost LOL!"

I miss the Master Buddy Reads list the mods used to keep up with for sure!

[Narilka]

Are we still following the guidance to set BRs for new releases one week after release so folks can obtain copies?

Some upcoming releases I'm interested:

Alecto the Ninth - expected release Oct 10
Sanderson's Secret Project books (Jan/Apr/Jul/Oct) - Maybe this should be a book club thread?
Defiant - expected release March 16
Magic Tides - announced release Jan 17
Starter Villain - expected release Jun 13

[Monika]

Right... So... I bet I missed something on this list of mine :)
I have to catch up with:
In Death series
The Demon Cycle series
Wheel of Time series

Maybe finally find a time to read:
the blade itself (retired BR)
The rithmatist (retired BR)

I started Wizard's First Rule.

I will catch up soon with:
the lost metal

I should be on time with:
The Jasmine Throne
Strange the Dreamer

@Iain what else I was interested in reading?

[Monika]

Hmmm I think I forgot about Lightbringer series by Brent Weeks :)

[Mel]

Narilka wrote: "I miss the Master Buddy Reads list the mods used to keep up with for sure!"

It's back in spreadsheet form!

And man, looking at all that's booked for 2023 already... I both don't want to add the the overwhelmingness of the new year rush, but also feel like I need to get in there and shout out out some titles before everyone is overbooked!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

[Mel]

Narilka wrote: "Some upcoming releases I'm interested:

Alecto the Ninth - expect..."

Oh, you know that I'll be there for Alecto when it comes out. I feel like that's a BR we can safely set up, yes? Assuming the release date stays the 10th, set for October 17th?

[Mel]

Other titles I'd be happy to BR:

New Releases I'll be picking up:
Witch King May 30
Thornhedge August 15
System Collapse (Murderbot#7) November 2023
Dark Rise #2 by C. S. Pacat December 5

Other titles/series that have been waiting in the wings:
Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse)
Foundryside (Founder's Trilogy)
The Curse of Chalion (World of the Five Gods)


Oh also, T. Kingfisher's Illuminations was already released, but I haven't picked it up yet, so if anyone is interested in that one, it's a short standalone. :)

[Franziska (tintenklexxe)]

Mel wrote: "Other titles I'd be happy to BR:

New Releases I'll be picking up:
Witch King May 30
Thornhedge August 15
System Collapse (Murderbot#7) November 2023..."

I'm interested in Foundryside :)

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Mel wrote: "Narilka wrote: "I miss the Master Buddy Reads list the mods used to keep up with for sure!"

It's back in spreadsheet form!

And man, looking at all that's booked for 2023 already... I both don't ..."

You think it's bad?... it's worse... I created the 2023 spreadsheet today, just so I had somewhere to write down all the BRs I'd signed up for, and it's like 10x as many as appear in that spreadsheet, since so many are series threads now, including the In Death Iron Man one...

I have like 200 Buddy Reads... and I haven't even plugged in new releases yet, that I want to read and will probably be Buddy Reads...

My only saving grace is that most of them are short... Sisters Grimm, Chronicles of Amber, the In Death mysteries, etc...

[Monika]

When I think about them piles of yet unread books on my living room floor including few by Sarah J. Mass and Cassandra Clarke and Fonda Lee and .... I have more than 200 to read if to add few from netgalley I didn't catch up with yet... Geez...

[Nirkatze]

Mel wrote: "Other titles I'd be happy to BR:

New Releases I'll be picking up:
Witch King May 30
Thornhedge August 15
System Collapse (Murderbot#7) November 2023..."

Hells yes to both the Martha Wells books--and I've been wanting to read Foundryside series as well...

@Narilka--I'm down for Alecto, Defiant, and Starter Villain--and the Secret Projects. I think a book club thread is a great idea... I signed up for the kickstarter but don't know how long the boxes will take to ship...

@Monika--Rob & I started Lightbringer #2 yesterday, Choko is starting soon, I think. :) Still using the old thread.

[Mel]

Timelord Iain wrote: "I have like 200 Buddy Reads... and I haven't even plugged in new releases yet..."

Yikes! Surely those aren't all in FBR, are they!? I knew the invite thread was getting busy, but wow! I salute you, and good luck tackling the New Year rush!

[Mel]

@Narilka I'll put in Alecto then for October 17th

@Nirkatze I'll put in Witch King for June 6th, and although System Collapse only says it'll be released sometime November, November 30th for that.

I figure if people are checking the Master List again, having a provisional date will let others know there is a BR on the horizon.

[Mel]

@Franziska and Nirkatze
I'd like to wait until after January for Foundryside, after the Children of Time series, but otherwise am flexible. Do you have a preferred month?

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Mel wrote: "Timelord Iain wrote: "I have like 200 Buddy Reads... and I haven't even plugged in new releases yet..."

Yikes! Surely those aren't all in FBR, are they!? I knew the invite thread was getting busy,..."

~50 in Death books, plus a dozen short stories
10 Chronicles of Amber
9 Sisters Grimm
5 Sun Eater + 2-5 short stories/anthologies
9 Laundry Files + 3 New Management
12 October Daye, presumably
9 Jack Nightingale books + a crazy amount of short stories (17)
6 Verity Kent mysteries
5 Dresden + 2 anthologies
5 Heartstrikers + 1 short story + 3 DFZ
4 Time Police + 1 short story + 1 St. Mary's
4 Manners & Monsters + epilogue novella + 3 prequel trilogy books
2 Children of Time
6 new SF/Fantasy releases, minimum (Kate Daniels, Mercy Thompson, InCryptid, October Daye, Starter Villain, Vlad Taltos, Unseen World)
4 new Thriller releases (Bosch, Orphan X, Gray Man, Joe Ledger Team)
5 new Mystery releases (Aaron Falk, Lady Sherlock, Tracy Crosswhite, Lady Darby, Alex Benedict)
Cycle of Arawn + Galand + Scour (3+6+3)
10 Malazan books, probably?...

So yea... all in this group... this is my main group / only group, anymore... but it's in a pretty wide range of genres...

And, the more I look at it, the more doable it seems, since so much is short books, short stories, etc... once I input page counts and stuff, I'll get a real feel for it...

[Narilka]

Mel wrote: "@Narilka I'll put in Alecto then for October 17th..."

Awesome, thanks!

[Narilka]

Nirkatze wrote: "@Narilka--I'm down for Alecto, Defiant, and Starter Villain--and the Secret Projects. I think a book club thread is a great idea... I signed up for the kickstarter but don't know how long the boxes will take to ship......"

I'll request threads for Defiant and Starter Villain for 1 week after their release dates. And go create a Book Club thread for the Secret Projects. I too bought the Year of Sanderson boxes lol Luckily they are emailing out the ebook and audio links ahead of the physical boxes :)

Edit: Requested Defiant for 3/23 and Starter Villain for 6/20.

[Narilka]

Mel wrote: "Narilka wrote: "I miss the Master Buddy Reads list the mods used to keep up with for sure!"

It's back in spreadsheet form!"

I have no idea how I missed that! Very cool. Thank you!

[Shaitarn]

Timelord Iain wrote: "Mel wrote: "Timelord Iain wrote: "I have like 200 Buddy Reads... and I haven't even plugged in new releases yet..."

Yikes! Surely those aren't all in FBR, are they!? I knew the invite thread was g..."

You forgot to add "And a partridge in a pear tree" to the end of your list, Iain! :D

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Narilka wrote: "Mel wrote: "Narilka wrote: "I miss the Master Buddy Reads list the mods used to keep up with for sure!"

It's back in spreadsheet form!"

I have no idea how I missed that! Very cool. Thank you!"

It was my contribution to the group, shortly after I became a mod...

[Narilka]

I still have no idea how I missed it. Thanks for putting it together Iain :)

[Shaitarn]

JL wrote: "Tammie wrote: "Would anyone like to read, or reread, The Ember Blade with me? I want to read the sequel, The Shadow Casket sometime after it comes out, but it's been..."

Got a copy recently, so I'd be like to join too!

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

The more automation the better... takes the pressure off the mods to constantly be editing the old master list thread... several attempts to revive it, since Margret stopped maintaining it, never really panned out...

Had the idea one day, and had it up and running in under 1hr of work...

[Nirkatze]

All Hail Timelord Iain, Master of Spreadsheets!

@Mel, re: Foundryside--I might vote for mid-March--hoping to finish off Wheel of Time with Choko & Co through March--but any time after that is good too, even into summer.

@Narilka & Mel--Other dates look good! I'm working on making a BR tracker to keep everything straight... it's gonna be a busy year but I'm excited!!

[Tammie]

Shaitarn wrote: "JL wrote: "Tammie wrote: "Would anyone like to read, or reread, The Ember Blade with me? I want to read the sequel, The Shadow Casket sometime after it comes out, but it's been..."

Got a copy recently, so I'd be like to join too!..."

Ok, does January 15 work for you too?

[Franziska (tintenklexxe)]

Mel wrote: "@Franziska and Nirkatze
I'd like to wait until after January for Foundryside, after the Children of Time series, but otherwise am flexible. Do you have a preferred month?"

mid february is the earliest I can do, after that I have no preference

[Nirkatze]

I just spent most of the day trying to make my very first BR tracker, and it looks like a fun and crazy roller coaster of a ride for books this year.

@Iain--double checking, Laundry Files is planned for Vagabond, right? Do we have a schedule yet?

I see Narilka put in a book club thread for the [Sanderson Secret Projects] already, sweet!

@JL & co--I went ahead and made a book club thread for Cycle of Arawn etc-- [Link Here]

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Nirkatze wrote: "I just spent most of the day trying to make my very first BR tracker, and it looks like a fun and crazy roller coaster of a ride for books this year.

@Iain--double checking, Laundry Files is plann..."

Laundry Files is planned for 8th of each month, starting in January, I was just checking around before posting it, since things have gotten busy in the past 2 months... I'm going to make a series thread, same as everything else...

I'll do that later today, and then try and add some BR requests to the form, so that at least the first entry in each club is in the Buddy Read List...

There are so many clubs/series threads these days, that I might also just make a 3rd tab for Book Clubs, where I manually enter some data, to give people an idea of what is out there, waiting to be read... that probably won't auto-delete, tho, unless I make a 4th tab to query that...

[Nirkatze]

Timelord Iain wrote: "Laundry Files is planned for 8th of each month, starting in January..."

Ty for that! Book Club sheet also sounds amazing, but don't want to overload you...

[Nyssa]

There’s going to be a Laundry Files BR!?!
Groan - I can’t possibly fit another book into January! I think I’m up to 6 or 7 (not including the In Death series).
So many book, so little time!!!

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

I’ve figured out a solution that’ll merge and sort BRs from Form and Book Club tab… just need to get home and work on it… and resuscitate Niki’s old “tell me about your Book Clubs” thread… this’ll mostly be for planned stuff, not murky/last minute stuff… and only the first book in each series thread will end up on the group bookshelf…

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

I’ve been trying to get everyone interested in a Laundry Files BR dor the past 6-9 months, over in the Vagabond thread… excited to see jt happening… the series seems rather dull and boring in the first book, but things start getting fun and crazy in the following books…explaining how crazy would spoil the fun of discovery…

[Nyssa]

Will it be open like In Death, where people can jump in anytime?

[Narilka]

I'm in for Laundry Files for whatever starting month works for you guys.

[Gaea]

@Mel - I'd love to join for all Martha Wells & T. Kingfisher books! Also the Foundryside series! I'm open to whenever~

At this rate, I feel like 2023 should be dubbed the 'buddy read frenzy' year hahaha

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

All BRs are open to anyone… only competition points put 2 week deadline for starting, for bonus points… everyone here loves talking books…

[Narilka]

Gaea wrote: "@Mel - I'd love to join for all Martha Wells & T. Kingfisher books! Also the Foundryside series! I'm open to whenever~

At this rate, I feel like 2023 should be dubbed the 'buddy read frenzy' year ..."

There is always a scheduling frenzy planning for the new year :)

[Tammie]

I would buddy read the Martha Wells books too.

[Shaitarn]

Tammie wrote: "Shaitarn wrote: "JL wrote: "Tammie wrote: "Would anyone like to read, or reread, The Ember Blade with me? I want to read the sequel, The Shadow Casket sometime after it comes out, but it's been..."..."

January 15th is fine!

[Mel]

Gaea wrote: "@Mel - I'd love to join for all Martha Wells & T. Kingfisher books! Also the Foundryside series! I'm open to whenever~

At this rate, I feel like 2023 should be dubbed the 'buddy read frenzy' year ..."

Glad to see the enthusiasm for Martha Wells - hopefully we'll have a nice group going for the new releases. :)

Always glad to have a Kingfisher buddy!
Thornhedge I'll set up for August 22. Illuminations is short and light enough that I could fit it in whenever, even the January rush. Or would a Feb start be better? Jan 7? Feb 1?

And yeah, the New Year planning frenzy is a yearly thing. Which is unfortunate since I tend to be quite slumpish early in the year, and do more reading in summer and fall. But it does seem like the group is recovering from the COVID lull.

[Mel]

re: Foundryside
@Fransizka, Nirkatze, Gaea

Actually, would you guys mind pushing this one back to May 1?

I'm really looking forward to this series, but I think having a bit of breathing room would help. Don't want any BR burnout for interfere, and I know by now that the New Year Rush usually triggers a Spring Slump.
*knocks wood that it doesn't this year, of course*

[Franziska (tintenklexxe)]

I don't mind to wait :)

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

I got the new formulas all working, for adding Book Clubs to the Buddy Read List... gonna be a few days before I have the list populated, tho... I just added the 5 Mystery Book Club new release BRs to the list, since they were a good test case, going from February to October 2023... kinda busy with other stuff, this weekend...

[Nirkatze]

Mel wrote: "re: Foundryside
@Fransizka, Nirkatze, Gaea

Actually, would you guys mind pushing this one back to May 1?

I'm really looking forward to this series, but I think having a bit of breathing room wou..."

Ditto on @Fransizka, I don't mind a wait. :)

[JL]

Narilka wrote: "Are we still following the guidance to set BRs for new releases one week after release so folks can obtain copies?

Some upcoming releases I'm interested:

Alecto the Ninth - expect..."

Narillka, I know for sure I will read Defiant, Skyward #4, in March so I will join you in March. I can also be flexible on the date for #4 as well. I have not read this series before so I have a plan to read all of them before the release. I am confident I will love it since I love everything I have read so far by Sanderson.

[JL]

Mel wrote: "Other titles I'd be happy to BR:

New Releases I'll be picking up:
Witch King May 30
Thornhedge August 15
System Collapse (Murderbot#7) November 2023..."

@Mel, I have been eyeing the Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse) series ever since I watched the TV series. I am hoping the book is even better. I would start it this year. Also the Murderbot series looks promising from the description. I am going to see if I can squeeze it in. Never heard of that one. Also starter villain.

[Gaea]

re: Foundryside - yups, waiting is good with me too ~

re: Illuminations - February 1 then?