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The Spirit Thief
I'd also like to try Fallen Empire, by Lindsay Buroker (8 short books)... I actually heard more good things about her steampunk series, but I hear this has a similar feel, but in space...
Star Nomad
Finally, I'd like to read Shadows of the Apt, by Adrian Tchaikovsky (10 books)... this is a fantasy series with warring kingdoms of humans that exhibit insect traits (Wasp, Scarab, Dragonfly, etc)... I really liked Children of Time this year (sci-fi with intelligent spiders)...
Empire in Black and Gold
Any of these interest people?... I'm open to starting whenever in 2019, but preferably finishing in 2019, as well, so that last one with 10 books should start by March at the latest, I think, if we do a normal monthly reading schedule... also, I feel the beginning of each month gets overfilled with interesting books I try to join in on, so mid to late month might be best...
I was planning on reading Eli Monpress in 2019, but close together. Something like the 5 books in one month, one month and a half (a bit like what we did for the last 3 Georgina Kincaid books).Would you be interested in a BR like that? :D
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@Virginie: That's fine with me... I offered up the traditional format to try and garner interest, but Rachel Aaron books are fun, quick reads...
@all: If anyone would rather do a similar schedule for the Fallen Empire series, that could work, too, since the books all seem to be 220-250 pages... Shadows of the Apt is a longer series, with the first book being 612 pages, so monthly is best...
@virginie I read the first book ages ago but wasn’t hugely impressed but I’ll try for next year
I don't recommend doing both of the Aaron books around the same time. Her writing is consistent & has the same issues regardless of genre. I definitely liked the Spirit Thief more because that was the first book I read by her. After that though, I think she needs to spend more time editing and fixing plot holes.
I'll join in for the Eli Monpress books. I can probably split all 5 over two months so I can fit other BRs in between. If you want to do all 5 in one month just know I'll lag behind slightly.
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I found Heartstrikers first... binged the first 3 and read the last 2 as group BRs with others... it was easier to start picking at the plot in the BRs, for sure...
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We could probably do a book every 2 week, so the first book starts at the beginning of the first month, and the 5th book at the end of the 2nd month... or just do a single series thread like we used the PNR thread for Georgina Kinkaid, and are doing with the Fever series right now... ends up being a bit more fluid... Karishma read all five books in a week, binging the last 4 in 24hrs... me and Diana are powering through on book 3 right now, and Angela is reading at her own pace with book 2, and we all get to discuss...
I vote for a single thread! That way, everyone gets to read at their own pace.That being said, I can't start the series before March. I'm already over-scheduling, despite promising to myself I wouldn't do that anymore haha.
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That being said, I can't start the series before March. I'm already over-scheduling, despite promising to myself I wou..."
I figured... I haven't planned much in 2019 yet, this is me figuring I can try and get a couple series I'm interested in added to the schedule before I go crazy signing up for things, but I see January and maybe February already have quite a bit on the calendar... March onwards, not so much... last year we were going crazy scheduling into June already, but I think we learned our lesson, heading into Competition Year 2 :)
EDIT: If we're going that far out, I say we ask for a thread for April 1st (even tho I said not to schedule things at the beginning of the month), and expect to read the series in April & May... March is usually one of my heaviest UF new release months... I generally have like 5 new books come out the first Tuesday of the month, and a number of other things later on in the month, as well...
I'll go request it if everybody is OK with it... anyone else interested, can find us there...
@ Iain I have the first 3 or 4 books of the Shadows of the Apt series around somewhere so would be happy to read those. Whether I read the others in the series depends on how good those ones are!
I'm fine with starting in April! :)I joined the group in January and immediately signed up for things until December lol. I ended up doing completely different BRs haha.
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I'm highly optimistic, after my 1 Tchaikovsky book... it's not as highly rated, because people either seem to love it or hate it...
When would you like to start, and I'll make a request in the mod thread?
Timelord Iain wrote: "Virginie wrote: "I vote for a single thread! That way, everyone gets to read at their own pace.That being said, I can't start the series before March. I'm already over-scheduling, despite promisin..."
April and May sound good.
Timelord Iain wrote: "Shaitarn wrote: "@ Iain I have the first 3 or 4 books of the Shadows of the Apt series around somewhere so would be happy to read those. Whether I read the others in the series depends on how good ..."Anytime from the end of January onward sounds good.
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February 12th, and every month after?
I said the middle of the month was better, then I went to pick a date and noticed everybody else has the same idea... War of Light and Shadow, Lestat, and a bunch of other series are starting in the middle of the month...
Charlie wrote: "Maybe middle of Feb?"Sounds good Charlie! How does Friday, February 15th sound for you both for Archenemies?
Timelord Iain wrote: "I'd like to read the Legend of Eli Monpress, by Rachel Aaron (5 book series) in 2019... I really liked her Heartstrikers series... is anyone else interested?The Spirit Thief
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I might join in on the Eli Monpress buddy read when you get to book 4. I've read the first three already. I would also like to buddy read Star Nomad. I've had it on my list for a long time. I'm open to any time next year. I don't have anything scheduled for 2019 yet.
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Sounds great, I requested the Eli Monpress thread and we should be reading books 4-5 in May...
When would you like to start the Star Nomad books, and how long between books? Monthly? More often?... they all seem to be super short, starting at 220 pages in book 1, and creeping up to 295 by book 7... then the last book is 365 pages... I can read whenever, I try to leave the general decision-making to people with less reading time... if we're doing monthly, we need to start by May... if we're doing faster, there's more leeway, but if your schedule is wide open, there probably isn't much need to go too far into 2019 to start... January/February are the only heavily scheduled months so far...
Katie wrote: "Charlie wrote: "Maybe middle of Feb?"Sounds good Charlie! How does Friday, February 15th sound for you both for Archenemies?"
Goof for me!
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I need to give GGK a chance, I remember the big author BR chain from 2017-2018, but I had other things to read at the time... so I'm game for trying it, and seeing if I need to make time in the future for all his other standalones and series...
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The Quantum Thief by Hannu Rajaniemi -- A scifi trilogy filled with a lot of oddness in the description... 350pgs per book... February at the earliest, middle of the month regardless, but I'm open to starting later in the year, too...
Paradox Bound by Peter Clines -- A timetravel standalone I watched Sue read last year... 373 pages... I can read this whenever, since there's no monthly commitment.
The Genius Plague by David Walton -- Speculative fiction about a fungal plague that makes the survivors smarter... another standalone, 400 pages... so again, I can do this whenever, since there's no monthly commitment...
While I'm here, I have a ton of new releases in 2019... which ones are other people caught up on and interested in reading without doing a full-series read? (My policy for new releases is to schedule them for 1 week after these release dates, so the most people can benefit from competition points... people who read release day, and people who wait for library copies... and I'm just perpetually overbooked, anyway):
In an Absent Dream -- Wayward Children #4 -- 1/8/19
That Ain’t Witchcraft -- InCryptid #8 -- 3/5/19 -- Choko? Anyone else?
A Dangerous Collaboration -- Veronica Speedwell #4 -- 3/12/19 -- Veronica? Lena? Anyone else?
Children of Ruin -- Children of Time #2 -- 5/14/19 -- bunch of us read Children of Time in February and March this year, so I assume there will be interest... unless intelligent spiders give the heebie-jeebies...
Wolf Rain -- Psy-Changeling #18, Trinity #3 -- 6/4/19 -- the current BR group won't make it to this until December 2019, anyone want to read sooner?
Wicked Bite -- Night Rebel #2 -- 7/30/19 Ian's trilogy in the Night Huntress World... someone was interested when I mentioned I was reading the first one a couple weeks ago...
@Tammie/Shaitarn: Get back to me about Star Nomad & Shadows of the Apt, respectively, and I'll request the threads :)
Quantum Thief - I listened to it a bit and it's interesting but has a lot of abstract stuff going on. It would be better to read vs listen. I think it's a love it or hate it kind of book.Paradox Bound is great. =) I may come by for talks for that one.
I'm in for Storm Cursed & Wild Country. Late March or April would work for me for those cause I'm busy for most of March.
Among those new releases, I was planning on reading (soon after release date): - Age of Legend
- The Dragon Republic
- The Iron Season (the release seems to have been pushed to 2020 though)
I also want to re-start Night Huntress/Night Prince, so I'll join you for Wicked Bite if I manage read the previous series before its release
I'm deffo signing up for darkdawn.Might do the same thing as Iain with my 2019 new releases.
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I'll schedule them for March 24th, then... a bit later than I'd planned, but that's the last week of March, and they'll be fine for competition points as long as you start before April 7th... the beginning of March is heavy for me, anyway... I've got 3000 pages between Malazan, Empire, Night's Dawn, and Kurtherian Gambit, the first week of the month...
Soo wrote: "Quantum Thief - I listened to it a bit and it's interesting but has a lot of abstract stuff going on. It would be better to read vs listen. I think it's a love it or hate it kind of book.
Paradox ..."
Virginie wrote: "Among those new releases, I was planning on reading (soon after release date):
- Age of Legend
- The Dragon Republic
- The Iron Season (the release seems to have been pushed to 2020 though)
I als..."
I swear, release dates are shifting rapidfire these days... weren't you saying the Licanius trilogy was pushed to next summer just a few days ago?... Cause now it says next December, when I went to add it to my tracker for 2019 releases I wanted to read...
I'll go ahead and schedule the first 2 for the week after release...
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Might do the same thing as Iain with my 2019 new releases."
If I've got confirmation for Darkdawn, the question is whether anyone is up for starting from the beginning with Nevernight with me, around July 10th?
I'll join for Holy Sister and Age of Legend. A few others on there book 1 of the series is on my list, so if I get there may join for those as well.
so, 2019 releases I would like to BR. Ninth House - oct
new series by Leigh Bardugo. should be alot of fans.
A Little Hatred - sep
Queenslayer - may
King of Scars - jan 29
The Hod King - jan 22
I'm looking forward to the new Abercrombie.Has there been any talk of a First Law reread? It's been awhile and I could use that before taking on the standalones and then the new book.
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Ninth House - oct
new series by Leigh Bardugo. should be alot of fans.
A Little Hatred - sep
Queenslayer -..."
I didn't include Queenslayer because it didn't have a date, but Anni and Niki are talking about starting from the beginning in March, so I'm just going to wait for them to reach Queenslayer in July, since I still need to read books 3-4... book 6 is due in October/November anyway, and I think that's the end...
Same with A Little Hatred... it says September, but there's no blurb or cover, so I wasn't sure...
King of Scars was actually requested a few days ago, and me and Charlie showed interest and knew others would too, so that should be hitting the Mod thread soon, once whoever requested it passes it along the process...
Ninth House sounds interesting... I didn't realize Leigh Bardugo was starting a fresh series in a new setting...
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Has there been any talk of a First Law reread? It's been awhile and I could use that before taking on the standalones and then the new book."
Only thing on the schedule is the capstone anthology that some of us are about to read: Sharp Ends
Timelord Iain wrote: "I didn't include Queenslayer because it didn't have a date, but Anni and Niki are talking about starting from the beginning in March... "
Plus our lovely Gif-master! :)
Timelord Iain wrote: "I swear, release dates are shifting rapidfire these days... weren't you saying the Licanius trilogy was pushed to next summer just a few days ago?... Cause now it says next December, when I went to add it to my tracker for 2019 releases I wanted to read..."Yeah. I read a blog post by the author in August saying he was hoping for a release same time of year next year (aka August 2019). Guess he didn't work as fast as he expected :p
While I appreciate having an idea of when a book will be released, it annoys me when it gets pushed back several times :/
Timelord Iain wrote: "Only thing on the schedule is the capstone anthology that some of us are about to read: Sharp Ends ..."
We might have to rectify that.
Anyone interested in a full-on First Law/Abercrombie read for next year? Seven books before the new release in September. We'd probably want to start with The Blade Itself sometime around February.
I didn't know that Bardugo was writing a new Series as well... But it's contemporary, so I guess I'll pass 😅I'm still really interested in A little Hatred, Holy Sister and King of Scars!
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I'm still really interested in A little Hatred, Holy Sister and King of Scars!"
Sounds UF, but that can be a mixed bag in contemporary setting...
If someone else doesn't ask for the King of Scars thread in the next day or so, we should... comes out January 29th, so I'd request February 5th...
Timelord Iain wrote: "Tammie wrote: "Timelord Iain wrote: "I'd like to read the Legend of Eli Monpress, by Rachel Aaron (5 book series) in 2019... I really liked her Heartstrikers series... is anyone else interested?[..."
Let's start Star Nomad in March and read one a month.
Timelord Iain wrote: "My last batch of 2019 requests went so well, that I may as well try some more, while the field is wide open... maybe make some progress on my Goodreads TBR next year:[book:The Quantum Thief|75627..."
I'm tentatively up for wayward children #4. Not going to commit fully though, so don't request a thread if it'd be only the two of us...
And I'm definitely up for a nevernight series read. Is this a confirmed trilogy? If there's more books coming out, I'd rather hold off until the series is completed.
Does anyone want to read thunderhead by neal shusterman early next year?
Silvana wrote: "Anybody interested to read Tigana on February 25 with me?"Yes please. This has been in my TBR for a long time now.
@IainBloodwitch -- Witchlands #3 -- 2/12/19 -- I like this series so would join for this. I also have the novella to read too if you didn't do that yet.
Holy Sister -- Book of the Ancestor #3 -- 4/4/19 -- YES!!!!
Sapphire Flames -- Hidden Legacy #4 -- 8/27/19 -- Definitely. And sign me up for any other IA books that release.
Paradox Bound by Peter Clines -- Possibly. I loved The Fold and 14. Haven't looked at this one much.
I would like to join in on Storm Cursed if I can get caught up by then, and I'll try and join in on Holy Sister and Age of Legend. I got ARCs for the previous books in those two series so it will depend on whether or not I get them again. I may have to read them before the buddy reads.
Narilka, I loved 14 & Paradox Bound. PB is not like either 14 or the Fold. Different vibe but pretty darn good.Oh yah and I'll join Hidden Legacy. =D
I'm going to copy iain and post some books I'd like to buddy read next year:Like i said earlier, Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman. We did a scythe buddy read this year, maybe some of you would be interested in continuing?
Dry by Neal Shusterman. A new standalone (?) release that sounds super interesting. What would happen if all the taps suddenly ran dry and water became a rare commodity?
Afterworlds by Scott Westerfeld. Standalone (even though goodreads says it's a series...) About a young novelist and the heroine in her novel.
Warcross by Marie Lu (and if i like the first one, the sequel as well). Duology about a video game, don't really know much about it. Seems similar to Ready Player One by Ernest Cline.
The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee and possibly the sequel. Historical fiction about a bachelor taking a grand tour of europe before "life begins". I've only heard great things.
Second Chance Summer by Morgan Matson. Apparently a tear jerker. Someone has cancer and the family goes to have a "last summer" at their lake house. Morgan Matson is one of my guilty pleasure authors :)
Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer. Standalone and i know nothing about it..
@ IainSorry, I didn't get a chance to log on yesterday. Yes, 12th February works for me.
As we're already discussing new releases, how about Empire of Grass, the release date is May 28th, so maybe we could read it some time in June? I would also love to buddy-read The Heart of What Was Lost and The Witchwood Crown beforehand :)
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