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[Laura]

We have Son of Shadows on the 3rd Mel. How about 6th?

[Melissa ♥ Dog/Wolf Lover ♥]

I'm not going to read that one because I can't afford to get the audible until the 18th. I'm trying to get audio and follow along in my bigger books to save my eyes. 👀

The 6th is fine. Message me if I don't get the email from the thread 😊

[Seán]

Laura wrote: "Do you want to BR any of the above? "

I definitely want to read the Drizzt books from the start. I last read them when I was a teenager. So between that and the Harper books with Shaitarn, that sounds like a good FR kick lined up for next year!

I've *ahem* acquired digital copies of all the books so can pretty much start on any of them.

We can organise a Drizzt read as I'd say there'll be a few interested in that? And then a separate Harpers one, and if any interest in any other series pops up we can just go with the flow for that.

I have a few reads lined up over the next month, but nothing too crazy....I think. So I should be able to fit them in whenever suits :)

[Laura]

@Sean and Deliatex - Mel and I have already read the first 3 Drizzt books. Do you guys want to catch up with us and then join for the 4th with me and 5th with Mel included? In that case we'll wait for you.

If I had those copies too I would BR the whole FR series Sean but unfortunately I don't and can't afford buying the rest right now. (I'm talking about your list that is.) :) So let Mel and I know about Drizzt. :D

@Shaitarn - are you up for any other FR series?

[Laura]

Melissa ♥ Dog Lover ♥ wrote: "I'm not going to read that one because I can't afford to get the audible until the 18th. I'm trying to get audio and follow along in my bigger books to save my eyes. 👀

The 6th is fine. Message me ..."

Let's wait and see if Sean and Deliatex will join us lovely. :)

[Melissa ♥ Dog/Wolf Lover ♥]

Yep

[Delitealex]

Sounds good to me I've had Homeland for a long time and been meaning to read it and my library has the rest.

[Seán]

Which one are you guys planning on starting? I'm confused with the flood of FR books :)

[Shaitarn]

Okay, so here's my FR list:
(view spoiler)[Moonshea Trilogy
Druidhome trilogy
Finders Stone Trilogy
Avatar Series 1 – 3
Empires Trilogy
The Dark Elf Trilogy
Icewind Dale Trilogy
The Clerical Quintet
Legacy of the Drow Quartet
Paths of Darkness trilogy
Servant of the Shard (Sellswords book 1)
Hunter’s Blade trilogy
The Harpers
The Dream Spheres (Songs & Swords 5)
Counsellors & Kings 1-2
Maztica trilogy
Evermeet: island of the Elves
(when WotC took over TSR they pumped out so many books I couldn't keep up)
(hide spoiler)]

While I think quite a few of the books could be skipped I'd definitely like to join a Drizzt read (I have a poster of the original Crystal Shard cover by Larry Elmore framed on the wall, so yeah, I'm pretty keen!).

I don't want to hold anyone up, so I wouldn't be that bothered to read The Icewind Dale trilogy first and the Dark Elf trilogy afterwards. (Sean, Delitealex, would either of you be interested in a Dark Elf buddy read?)

I'd be up for following Sean's idea: do a buddy read for Drizzt and then do the Harpers later, with the other series as 'possibles' afterwards. (It looks like second hand copies of several of the books can be picked up quite cheap on Amazon/Ebay).

[Margret, Caladan Brood Face]

If you guys would like, I can set up a folder, and thread for proposed schedules? Would that help? I understand the complexity in planning t series like these so let me know if I can do anything to help you guys out

[Laura]

Margret wrote: "If you guys would like, I can set up a folder, and thread for proposed schedules? Would that help? I understand the complexity in planning t series like these so let me know if I can do anything to..."

Thank you so much Margret! :) That would be really great. We want to read the FR series but we're sort of stuck in not knowing what to start with. If you have any suggestion in helping us choose we would appreciate it.

For the beginning could you please set up a thread for the Drizzt complete series? We seem to have decided on doing that once a month.

@Shaitarn, Sean and Delitealex - if you plan on doing it from the beginning I'll reread the Dark Elf with you also. I loved those books anyway. And I am also sure other people will join for this series as we go on.

Could we do as Sean suggested? Plan for The Legend of Drizzt series 1 book a month and separately for the rest of Forgotten Realms (whichever series we choose to do)? That also 1 a month. In my case, I have checked with the library and they have most of the books available so I can join the BR by getting them from there - if we're doing a massive FR series read that is.

Which particular series of Forgotten Realms would you like to read Shaitarn? And how about you Sean?

[Melissa ♥ Dog/Wolf Lover ♥]

Hey Laura! I'm just going to follow along with them as you go along. Not sure when I will start as they are on my challenge list on here to get read. I'm truth to decide if I'm going to go by a list I found or the list in the beginning of the book.

I will watch for your threads 😊

Happy Reading!

[Seán]

A folder would definitely help, just so we're not cluttering up this thread any more than we have been! :)

I'm cool to start with the Dark Elf Trilogy or Icewind Dale - you can in theory read one or the other first and not have it be too much of an issue, so I'll just start with whatever the rest of the group is starting with and can catch up in my own time. They're fairly quick reads anyways.

The books are usually going fairly cheap - I know I've stumbled across a decent collection going second hand every now and then. And like I said, finding some digital copies floating around online is really not difficult at all, if you're remotely familiar with *ahem* sailing the seven seas.

So we can pick either Dark Elf Trilogy or Icewind Dale to start, based on what people have read, and then we can get everyone ready to start Legacy of the Drow within a couple of months. That sound like a plan?

[Margret, Caladan Brood Face]

Ok, after I drop my kids off at the day home I’ll at least get a folder and scheduling thread set up. You’ll just have to correct me if I start adding links to the wrong books :)

And don’t worry about clogging up the thread, it’s got to be difficult to plan.

[Shaitarn]

Seán wrote: "A folder would definitely help, just so we're not cluttering up this thread any more than we have been! :)

I'm cool to start with the Dark Elf Trilogy or Icewind Dale - you can in theory read one ..."

That sounds good to me, Sean. Maybe we can decide what other FR books to do as we go along based on what people have/can be got cheaply or from the library.

@Laura, Melissia - I'd love to do a Drizzt buddy read from the beginning but don't want to upset your plans. If you'd like to do the Icewind Dale trilogy, we can start there and read the Dark Elf trilogy some other time.

Here's a (currently) complete and in correct order 'Drizzt list' that Mr Salvatore had helpfully put together (there was another trilogy which is out of print and horribly expensive (£70 a book) so I left that one out):

(view spoiler)[The Dark Elf trilogy: Homeland, Exile, Sojourn
Icewind Dale trilogy: The Crystal Shard, Streams of Silver, the Halfling’s Gem
(The Cleric Quintet: Canticle, In Sylvan Shadows, Night Masks, the Fallen Fortress, The Chaos Curse)
Legacy of the Drow: the Legacy, Starless Night, Siege of Darkness, Passage to Dawn
Paths of Darkness: The Silent Blade, The Spine of the World, Sea of Swords
The Sellswords: Servant of the Shard, Promise of the Witch King, Road of the Patriarch
The Hunter’s Blades: The Thousand Orcs, The Lone Drow, The two Swords
Transitions: the Orc King, The Pirate King, The Ghost King
The Neverwinter Saga: Gauntlgrim, Neverwinter, Charon’s Claw, the Last Threshold
The legend of Drizzt: the Collected Stories (short story collection)
The Companions (single book)
The Companions Codex: Night of the Hunter, Rise of the King, Vengeance of the Iron Dwarf
Homecoming: Archmage, Maestro, Hero (hide spoiler)]

[Niki Hawkes, I made it past GOTM... barely]

Shaitarn wrote: "Seán wrote: "A folder would definitely help, just so we're not cluttering up this thread any more than we have been! :)

I'm cool to start with the Dark Elf Trilogy or Icewind Dale - you can in the..."

I spent a long time typing that out for someone based on memory. I wish I had known Salvatore has a master list somewhere (although I should have guessed). I've read everything up to Neverwinter. Except for the Cleric Quintet. It's a tangent from the main series with different characters, so you don't have to read it to enjoy Drizzt, although if you skip it like I did then there will be spoilers for it throughout as the storylines merge. If the group decides to tackle that one, I'm on board. :)

[Shaitarn]

Niki Hawkes wrote: "Shaitarn wrote: "Seán wrote: "A folder would definitely help, just so we're not cluttering up this thread any more than we have been! :)

I'm cool to start with the Dark Elf Trilogy or Icewind Dale..."

It's on his Facebook page :).

[Niki Hawkes, I made it past GOTM... barely]

Sweet!! Where have you been all these years? Lll

[Laura]

I'm ok with a reread of the first 3 books as I have said before and I am honestly not so sure it would be ok for you guys to skip the Dark Elf trilogy. The events in Icewind Dale will be based on what happened in the first trilogy I think. I wouldn't recommend skipping the order.

I'm in for the whole series including Cleric Quintet Niki. And whatever other FR books you guys think are ok.

[Delitealex]

The only ones my library doesn't have are: (Drizzt list)

Legacy of the Drow
Paths of darkness
The sellswords

I'm good with starting with the Dark elf trilogy

[Margret, Caladan Brood Face]

Drizzt planning thread-

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

Its not much help, but it's a start. I'll check back in that thread and add BR accordingly, no need to notify on any other threads cause it'll be too much work.

[Shaitarn]

Margret wrote: "Drizzt planning thread-

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

Its not much help, but it's a start. I'll check back in that thread and add BR accordingly, no need to notify..."

Thank you Margret!

if we're starting with the Dark Elf trilogy than it's just a case of when is good for everyone. I have a slightly quieter schedule coming up, so it's a question of whenever's good for everyone else.

[Joanne]

Does anybody want to read Blue Remembered Earth with me? I haven't had anyone with me since I started and I'm quite lonely reading it alone. Margaret said it was ok to include it even if it is generally a Sci Fi book.

I like it because it has elephants in it and because there are so many imaginative ideas in it that I never would have thought of. Then there are lots of things to think about too!

[Scott , Karsa Orlong]

Joanne wrote: "Does anybody want to read Blue Remembered Earth with me? I haven't had anyone with me since I started and I'm quite lonely reading it alone. Margaret said it was ok to include it eve..."

We filter in Sci Fi on a consistent basis. A lot of it is a blend of Sci Fi and Urban Fantasy or Dystopia but there's a lot of Space Opera reads coming up between the Expanse series Leviathan Wakes and Children of Time. I'm overbooked right now but will add your book to my TBR and do it next year.

[EchoBaz(Unofficial World's Fastest Reader)]

Man, the idea of reading FR books has brought up a lot of interest. I'm so happy. And yeah, I'm up for giving all of it a shot. Again, anything I don't like will be fine as I can just read a synopsis and try again with the next book.

On a side, I recommend skipping the Icewind Dale Trilogy. It's the authors first published work, and dear god does it show! I also recommend skipping The Cleric Quintent because it's just really really bad from what I've read.

[Delitealex]

Anyone up for Fire Logic and/or The Steerswoman around March maybe

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

I might could read Steerswoman with you... it's the shortest Buddy Read suggestion I think I've seen... and caught my eye more than the other one, at the moment... apparently the author is working on a 5th & 6th book in the series...

[Delitealex]

I didn't realize it was under 300 pages It's been sitting on my Kindle for a long while

[Seán]

Steerswoman looks worth a look to me, and yeah, it being so short makes it easier to take a chance on it. So count me in if I can grab a copy easily!

[Chris]

Hey guys! I'm going to be reading Dragon Champion just after Christmas, but before the 5th when we start Malazan. Anyone interested in joining me?

[Ahdam]

So I know we have a couple of huge series going on here, such as ASOIAF, Malazen, Drizzt and Drenai and I was thinking......No love for sci fi????

Off topic I was wondering if anyone would be interested in reading Prador Moon by neal asher with me, its only 200 pages and he has a number of books set in the polity universe we could do the chronological order (link below) and I was think around May 2018, yes I know its far but I don't have many BR's on that month sooooooooo anyone want to join me?

https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WE0NuMU8vH...

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

I'll give it a go, Ahdam... The description of the Polity Collective reminds me a little of the Culture Books I read a few years ago... I read 3-4 of them a few years ago before dropping the series...

[Seán]

I'd be up for Asher, Ahdam - I do enjoy my sci-fi and I've no series that I'm following other than the Expanse right now.

May next year is far enough away right now that it sounds good to me :)

I read some of the Culture books as well Iain - I loved the first one, then really could not get into the next two so I dropped them after that.

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Same Sean... the first book had so much action... kinda like the first Expanse with so much happening, really... the 2nd one was very different, but the concept of the worldwide board game competition for emperor was interesting (view spoiler)[and the Kaiser Soze robot (hide spoiler)]... but after that I just wasn't feeling it... I think I quit in the middle of Excession... I didn't understand why State of the Art counted as the fourth book in the series when it was an anthology of short stories...

[Seán]

I loved the idea of Player of Games but hated that (view spoiler)[the game was only described in abstraction. I really wanted to get some details about the rules! (hide spoiler)] Then the first 100 pages of Use of Weapons did nothing for me, so I just left it. I'll still recommend Consider Phlebas as a bit of a stranger sci-fi ride, even if it's just read as a standalone.

[Ahdam]

Sorry for the wait kind of passed out when I got home but that's great I heard of the culture series but it never got my interest maybe I'll pick it up someday but right now this series has my interest.

I don't want to jump into the series too quickly so how about we set prader moon for the 1st of may and if we like it we can have a go at the chronological order?

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Sounds good to me... I pretty much try to talk every newly scheduled Buddy Read into April-May onwards at this point... I've signed up for way too much in January/February/March already...

[Chris]

Chris wrote: "Hey guys! I'm going to be reading Dragon Champion just after Christmas, but before the 5th when we start Malazan. Anyone interested in joining me?"

"Crickets"...

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Chris wrote: "Chris wrote: "Hey guys! I'm going to be reading Dragon Champion just after Christmas, but before the 5th when we start Malazan. Anyone interested in joining me?"

"Crickets"..."

Part of the problem might be people know that books started before January 1st don't earn competition points... or maybe it's just not a good time, being right after Christmas... all I know is I'm trying to avoid signing up for anything else pre-April...

[Tammie]

Chris wrote: "Chris wrote: "Hey guys! I'm going to be reading Dragon Champion just after Christmas, but before the 5th when we start Malazan. Anyone interested in joining me?"

"Crickets"..."

Sorry Chris, I'm trying not to start any new series for a while beyond the buddy reads I've already signed up for.

[Siobhan]

Chris wrote: "Chris wrote: "Hey guys! I'm going to be reading Dragon Champion just after Christmas, but before the 5th when we start Malazan. Anyone interested in joining me?"

"Crickets"..."

😂
I want to read this actually, but don't have it yet. If I can get a hold of a copy before then I'll read it with you. Problem is I'm already a wee bit overbooked, so I wouldn't want you relying on just me!

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Siobhan wrote: "Chris wrote: "Chris wrote: "Hey guys! I'm going to be reading Dragon Champion just after Christmas, but before the 5th when we start Malazan. Anyone interested in joining me?"

"Cric..."

New excuse to buy a book found...

[Jenna, I'd be free if not for Temper & Edgewalker]

Chris wrote: "Chris wrote: "Hey guys! I'm going to be reading Dragon Champion just after Christmas, but before the 5th when we start Malazan. Anyone interested in joining me?"

"Crickets"..."

Haha sorry Chris! I'm trying to read books I own for my overflowing shelf challenge. And as others said, a lot of people might not want to read it because of the timing. You might want to propose a different time :)

[Margret, Caladan Brood Face]

Sorry dude, I’ve scheduled myself into a corner

[EchoBaz(Unofficial World's Fastest Reader)]

Jenna wrote: "Chris wrote: "Chris wrote: "Hey guys! I'm going to be reading Dragon Champion just after Christmas, but before the 5th when we start Malazan. Anyone interested in joining me?"

"Cric..."

Exactly, if you really really want to do a book read, don't give up.

[Hailee]

Hi Chris,

I'm really interested in reading Dragon Champion, it's been on my TBR for a while but like others have said a post christmas time frame doesn't work for me unfortuanely. I really can't fit it in before February at the very earliest.

If you do read it after Christmas though I'd be interested to know whether you liked it.

[Chris]

I'm curious about it too, Chris. I'm just commitment shy right now, after all the buddies I've let down this year

[Nyssa]

Hi everyone, I'm planning on reading The Southern Vampire (Sookie Stackhouse) series beginning January 1st if anyone would like to join me.

[Shaitarn]

Nyssa wrote: "Hi everyone, I'm planning on reading The Southern Vampire (Sookie Stackhouse) series beginning January 1st if anyone would like to join me."

I'd be interested, but have another buddy read starting on 1st, so might be a little late!

[Nyssa]

Shaitarn wrote: "I'd be interested, but have another buddy read starting on 1st, so might be a little late! "

That's great Shaitarn! :) Welcome.

Late is okay. I'll be working and juggling school anyway so you may catch up to me pretty quickly.

So does that mean we're officially buddy readers? Can I ask that mods add the series to the buddy read list in the other thread now?