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message 7601: by Saar The Book owl (last edited Jan 18, 2023 01:03AM) (new)

Saar The Book owl | 3089 comments Tammie wrote: "Saar The Book owl wrote: "Anyone who wants to read Dragon and Thief near the end of this month?"

I've been wanting to read this. I love the other Timothy Zahn books I've read."


@Tammie & Nirkatze: Super! When do you want to start? I was aiming on Jan. 23rd?


message 7602: by Saar The Book owl (new)

Saar The Book owl | 3089 comments Nirkatze wrote: "Chris wrote: "Nirkatze wrote: "Chris wrote: "I started Fairy Tale by Stephen King last night. Anyone else wanting to join me?"

I'm interested, but it'll take me a few..."


@Nirkatze: your first Stephen King book?? It won't be your last, I promise you that :) His earlier work is still the greatest, but the recenter work are also master pieces.


message 7603: by Paula (new)

Paula (paula7) | 1939 comments Monika, I am up to read First Law. And I'm also finishing book two in WoT so maybe we can buddy read that series too


message 7604: by Siobhan (new)

Siobhan (poi5ongirl) | 8702 comments Love seeing this group buzzing again 😍


message 7605: by Monika (new)

Monika | 2309 comments Paula, Silvana thanks girls! I'll check if we need new BR thread or can use old ones for our reading. Paula I have book 1 of First Law ( The blade itself), so we can start whenever we know where we can put our comments, for WoT I need to read books 1 and 2 to catch up with you :)


message 7606: by Chris (new)

Chris  Haught (haughtc) | 2348 comments Silvana wrote: "I am interested but not for the main trilogy, let me know if you want to read Best Served Cold and the next books. ..."

I've read a little further, so would pick up at Red Country


message 7607: by Timelord Iain, Tech Support (new)

Timelord Iain | 35212 comments Mod
I'll cheer you guys on... I'm not doing a re-read, but Joe Abercrombie is the best...


message 7608: by Chris (new)

Chris  Haught (haughtc) | 2348 comments Nirkatze wrote: "Chris wrote: "Nirkatze wrote: "Chris wrote: "I started Fairy Tale by Stephen King last night. Anyone else wanting to join me?"

I'm interested, but it'll take me a few..."


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

Here's our thread. I posted a link which explains a little of the 19 ref.


message 7609: by Monika (new)

Monika | 2309 comments Iain, can we use book threads in Abercrombie folder for our 'First Law' BR with girls without making new ones? I think that could be easier, we could ammend the date on it or something...


message 7610: by Timelord Iain, Tech Support (new)

Timelord Iain | 35212 comments Mod
Monika wrote: "Iain, can we use book threads in Abercrombie folder for our 'First Law' BR with girls without making new ones? I think that could be easier, we could ammend the date on it or something..."

You can, but Yanique asks that you still put in the Form Requests... just mention that you want to reuse the old threads in the Special Instructions... this is so the new BRs will appear in the List of Future Buddy Reads


message 7611: by Monika (new)

Monika | 2309 comments Iain, thank you for info. Request sent. Paula, Silvana I asked for Feb 1st to start with 'The blade itself' and follow the rest of the series with using old treads, so we wait for mods approval and start if you, Paula, are ok with it and Silvana joining us when we reach Best Served Cold :) Sorry for grammar and spelling girls LOL!


message 7612: by Paula (new)

Paula (paula7) | 1939 comments Yeah, I'm okay with starting on February


message 7613: by Laure (new)

Laure (goodreadscomlaure) | 8 comments Silvana wrote: "Monika wrote: "Siobhan... Looks like I need to read whole First Law series... I thought I did read some but my GR data show none of them...
Guys! Anyone interested in reading First Law series by Jo..."


I have 'Best Served Cold' on my Tbr - I read the first trilogy. If you would like to start sometime this month. :D


message 7614: by Laure (new)

Laure (goodreadscomlaure) | 8 comments Monika wrote: "Iain, thank you for info. Request sent. Paula, Silvana I asked for Feb 1st to start with 'The blade itself' and follow the rest of the series with using old treads, so we wait for mods approval and..."

Just saw that! I might join you in re-reading the first three books, including 'The Blade Itself' - if that's okay. :D


message 7615: by Monika (new)

Monika | 2309 comments The more people the merrier Laure :)


message 7616: by Silvana (new)

Silvana (silvaubrey) | 1970 comments Hi Laure, I am full for January and mid February but maybe can squeeze Best Served Cold in late February at the soonest if you don't mind. Or we could also read together with the others when they finish the first trilogy?


message 7617: by Laure (new)

Laure (goodreadscomlaure) | 8 comments Silvana wrote: "Hi Laure, I am full for January and mid February but maybe can squeeze Best Served Cold in late February at the soonest if you don't mind. Or we could also read together with the others when they f..."

Yes, I think reading with the others would be great. I might actually do a re-read with everyone else as I read the first trilogy five or six years ago!


message 7618: by Tammie (new)

Tammie | 5948 comments Saar The Book owl wrote: "Tammie wrote: "Saar The Book owl wrote: "Anyone who wants to read Dragon and Thief near the end of this month?"

I've been wanting to read this. I love the other Timothy Zahn books I'..."


Jan 23rd is good for me.


message 7619: by Nirkatze (new)

Nirkatze | 20925 comments Monika wrote: "Peeps I'm hell of behind with Buddy Reads stuff, I realised I have 'The blade itself' and ' The wisdom of crowns' by Joe Abercrombie and 'The consumer's by Brandon Sanderson from old BR and I never..."

I believe Choko and I finished the Demon Cycle. I'm still game for chatting as you read though! or maybe other folks will want to jump in with you, and start a new thread? here's the thread we were all reading on... I still want to read the Nightfall saga but I'm not in a hurry.


message 7620: by Nirkatze (new)

Nirkatze | 20925 comments Chris wrote: "Nirkatze wrote: "Chris wrote: "Nirkatze wrote: "Chris wrote: "I started Fairy Tale by Stephen King last night. Anyone else wanting to join me?"

I'm interested, but it..."


Thank you Chris! I'm looking forward to it! @Saar--I keep hearing all about SK! I am excited.


message 7621: by Nirkatze (new)

Nirkatze | 20925 comments Monika wrote: "Iain, thank you for info. Request sent. Paula, Silvana I asked for Feb 1st to start with 'The blade itself' and follow the rest of the series with using old treads, so we wait for mods approval and..."

I might try to join y'all... I've been meaning to do a reread to catch up to the new material.


message 7622: by Yanique, Thread Master (new)

Yanique Gillana | 2840 comments Mod
Hi Everyone!

T'is your friendly neighborhood Threadmster here to remind you to:

1. Make a separate request for each book in a series that you want to set up BRs for. Every book needs its own request, and upcoming/current BRs need new threads.

2. Use the format that Iain mentioned which includes the series name and number.

3. Please double check the date (especially the year) you are requesting the reads for. I can manually make the threads with the correct year, but the form autopopulate the data on our master sheet. Your BR you requested for 2003 may be lost in the ether...

Our entire system (which works beautifully) is based on those request forms, so please use the above guidelines.

Thank you!


message 7623: by Nirkatze (new)

Nirkatze | 20925 comments Tammie wrote: "Saar The Book owl wrote: "Tammie wrote: "Saar The Book owl wrote: "Anyone who wants to read Dragon and Thief near the end of this month?"

I've been wanting to read this. I love the o..."


I'll try!


message 7624: by Monika (new)

Monika | 2309 comments Thank you Yanique :) Will do :)


message 7625: by Monika (last edited Jan 20, 2023 03:12AM) (new)

Monika | 2309 comments Yanique wrote: "Hi Everyone!

T'is your friendly neighborhood Threadmster here to remind you to:

1. Make a separate request for each book in a series that you want to set up BRs for. Every book needs its own req..."


I did new requests for whole First Law series, separate for each book.


message 7626: by Monika (new)

Monika | 2309 comments Paula wrote: "Monika, I am up to read First Law. And I'm also finishing book two in WoT so maybe we can buddy read that series too"

I'll check later how we can catch up with WoT, I think guys are around book 12 now. Who knows maybe in some point we will be able to join in in one of uncoming ones LOL! I'm not sure if I'll be able to start book 1 this week, but I think we need new BR request for others to join if they wish to and have enough time to read First Law in between :)


message 7627: by Rob (last edited Jan 20, 2023 06:41AM) (new)

Rob (nefariasbredd) | 2418 comments Anyone interested in reading KJ Parker's Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City this year? Physical, kindle, and audio book have been filling my TBR for quite a bit now!

If I like it (and I'm pretty sure it is right up my alley), I'd continue on through the series.


message 7628: by Laura Tenfingers (new)

Laura Tenfingers | 1132 comments I'm so in for KJ Parker, Rob!!! Love him


message 7629: by Hailee (new)

Hailee | 2762 comments Monika wrote: "Paula wrote: "Monika, I am up to read First Law. And I'm also finishing book two in WoT so maybe we can buddy read that series too"

I'll check later how we can catch up with WoT, I think guys are ..."


There are actually readalongs going on YouTube for both these series. There will be liveshow talking about each book.

The announcement and for both readalongs can be found here if anyone is interested:

First Law: https://youtu.be/8rfF1ivDBRA

WoT: https://youtu.be/y0ruqzdfgsc

I would have liked to do both but that is way too much pressure for me even at a 1 every two month time frame. I'm planning on loosely joining in with the WoT one but since the first book was for December/January and I will probably be a bit behind for the first few books


message 7630: by Yanique, Thread Master (new)

Yanique Gillana | 2840 comments Mod
Monika wrote: "Yanique wrote: "Hi Everyone!

T'is your friendly neighborhood Threadmster here to remind you to:

1. Make a separate request for each book in a series that you want to set up BRs for. Every book n..."


I worked on the threads for this series, but after looking at those older threads, I will make new threads for the new BR of this series for organization and the make sure the threads are open to new readers and separate from comments left by previous readers.
Those new threads will be up today.

@Iain can you please manually put in the series name and numbers for the First Law series requests in the FBR spreadsheet? Thanks


message 7631: by Paula (new)

Paula (paula7) | 1939 comments Monika, yeah, requesting new (or renamed) threads for WoT is a good idea. Don't worry if you can't start so soon the first book, I'm in no rush, I still haven't even finished book two

Hailee, that's nice, thanks. I'll check later those links in my computer since I can't open them in my phone


message 7632: by Rob (last edited Jan 20, 2023 04:25PM) (new)

Rob (nefariasbredd) | 2418 comments Laura Tenfingers wrote: "I'm so in for KJ Parker, Rob!!! Love him"

Awesome! I can always count on you for a little grimy mcgrimdark reading. Guess we'll see if anyone else wants to join us and select the timing


message 7633: by Nirkatze (new)

Nirkatze | 20925 comments Rob wrote: "Laura Tenfingers wrote: "I'm so in for KJ Parker, Rob!!! Love him"

Awesome! I can always count on you for a little grimy mcgrimdark reading. Guess we'll see if anyone else wants to join us and sel..."


I'm interested! I could do something near the end of a month... maybe not January though...


message 7634: by Monika (new)

Monika | 2309 comments Paula wrote: "Monika, yeah, requesting new (or renamed) threads for WoT is a good idea. Don't worry if you can't start so soon the first book, I'm in no rush, I still haven't even finished book two

Hailee, tha..."


I requested threads for first 5 books of WoT so far, we will see how we will go with them in between other Buddy Reads and will add requests for rest of series later if you don't mind :)


message 7635: by Yanique, Thread Master (new)

Yanique Gillana | 2840 comments Mod
Everyone, just a reminder of what @Iain stated previously, when requesting books in a series, please use the format:

TITLE (SERIES NAME #_)

Thanks!


message 7636: by Monika (new)

Monika | 2309 comments Yanique wrote: "Everyone, just a reminder of what @Iain stated previously, when requesting books in a series, please use the format:

TITLE (SERIES NAME #_)
Thanks!"


oh man!!! silly me! So I need new requests done right?


message 7637: by Yanique, Thread Master (last edited Jan 21, 2023 08:17AM) (new)

Yanique Gillana | 2840 comments Mod
Monika wrote: "Yanique wrote: "Everyone, just a reminder of what @Iain stated previously, when requesting books in a series, please use the format:

TITLE (SERIES NAME #_)
Thanks!"

oh man!!! silly me! So I need ..."


Nope, no need to make new requests. @Iain will add the series names to the sheet when he has the time. We're just really trying to streamline everything for the BRs.

I'm making your threads now 😁


message 7638: by Timelord Iain, Tech Support (new)

Timelord Iain | 35212 comments Mod
Yea… I can and do edit existing BR requests when it makes sense… otherwise we end up with duplicates in the Master List, or Incomplete/Hidden requests to avoid duplicates in the Master List…

Just assume anything Yanique says about threadmaking supersedes what I say… she IS the Thread Master after all (I think that’s the title… not shown on mobile unless I switch to desktop mode)…


message 7639: by Narilka (new)

Narilka | 5674 comments Yanique wrote: "Everyone, just a reminder of what @Iain stated previously, when requesting books in a series, please use the format:

TITLE (SERIES NAME #_)
Thanks!"


You should update the "how to get buddy reads added" instruction thread with this info too.


message 7640: by Timelord Iain, Tech Support (last edited Jan 21, 2023 11:48AM) (new)

Timelord Iain | 35212 comments Mod
Good call… we might have to make a new thread tho… can’t remember who made the old thread, but not sure it’s an active Mod/Member… I think I just posted the update as a comment at the end of that thread, a few weeks ago…

Or find out what happens when you delete the first post in a thread… making a new thread would invalidate a bunch od old links directing people to the original thread…

EDIT: Wiped out all but 4 comments in the How to Get BRs Added thread, used 4 of my comments to explain how to make BR Requests the newest way, and some old answered questiosn like where to find Buddies (this thread), and added some screenshot examples...


message 7641: by Beena (new)

Beena (beenz) | 2196 comments Anyone fancy reading Legend by David Gemmell with me? Probably starting Monday.


message 7642: by Monika (new)

Monika | 2309 comments Not sure if I have this one at home... Hmmm... I have some of David's books on my shelf, but don't remember to have this one. Possibly I did read it when teen, but could be nice to read it for sure...


message 7643: by Yanique, Thread Master (new)

Yanique Gillana | 2840 comments Mod
Everyone, I am going to retire this thread and start a new thread for buddy read invites. Feel free to jump over there and continue your important planning conversations!

Find the new thread here:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


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