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[Siobhan]

I just use the browser on my phone!! App can suck it 😂

[Yanique, Thread Master]

Really? The links all work on the app for me 🤔
GR being weird as usual I guess 😩

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

I've been moved back to the new and "improved" book page, after months luxuriating in my return to the old better layout...

😭😭😭

[Tammie]

Timelord Iain wrote: "I've been moved back to the new and "improved" book page, after months luxuriating in my return to the old better layout...

😭😭😭"


Me too, and it doesn't look like they listened to anything I had to say about the changes. Of course, I didn't really expect them too. 😭

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

They just took it away long enough for you to hopefully forget what you complained about...

It looks exactly the same to me... altho I didn't scroll down much...

[Siobhan]

Mine changes between the two at random, has done for months! Hate the new page.

[Charlie]

Mine keeps switching too! I really dislike the new layout. in general I'm not a fan of change but they've really ruined a good thing.

[Hailee]

Yeah mine has ben swapping randomly between the two without warning as well. I like the fact that the book cover is bigger (the whole 2 round corners/2 square corners debacle aside) but apart from that I much prefer the old layout.

[Tammie]

Hailee wrote: "Yeah mine has ben swapping randomly between the two without warning as well. I like the fact that the book cover is bigger (the whole 2 round corners/2 square corners debacle aside) but apart from ..."

I liked that you could click on the book cover with the old layout to enlarge it. Now it's just stuck somewhere in between.

[Yanique, Thread Master]

Hello everyone!
It is February and I wanted to let you know what BRs are beginning this month. If you're looking for a last-minute read to jump into, don't be shy!

Feb 1, 2023 The Unusual Suspects (The Sisters Grimm, #2) by Michael Buckley
Feb 1, 2023 The Guns of Avalon (The Chronicles of Amber #2) by Roger Zelazny
Feb 1, 2023 Illuminations by T. Kingfisher
Feb 1, 2023 Seasparrow (Graceling Realm #5) by Kristin Cashore
Feb 1, 2023 The Blade Itself (First Law #1) by Joe Abercrombie
Feb 1, 2023 Penric & Desdemona (Novella Series) by Lois McMaster Bujold
Feb 2, 2023 Hard Time (Time Police #2) by Jodi Taylor
Feb 4, 2023 The Pariah (Covenant of Steel #1) by Anthony Ryan
Feb 5, 2023 A Local Habitation (October Daye #2) by Seanan McGuire
Feb 5, 2023 Nevernight (Nevernight Chronicles #1) by Jay Kristoff
Feb 6, 2023 Seduction in Death (In Death #13) by JD Robb
Feb 7, 2023 The Exiles (Aaron Falk #3) by Jane Harper
Feb 7, 2023 Village in the Sky (Alex Benedict #9) by Jack McDevitt
Feb 8, 2023 Jennifer Morgue (Laundry Files #2) by Charles Stross
Feb 10, 2023 The Last Stand of Mary Good Crow (Crystal Calamity #1) by Rachel Aaron
Feb 13, 2023 Ghost Story (Dresden Files #13) by Jim Butcher
Feb 13, 2023 Before They Are Hanged (First Law #2) by Joe Abercrombie
Feb 15, 2023 One Good Dragon Deserves Another (Heartstrikers #2) by Rachel Aaron
Feb 15, 2023 The Great Hunt (Wheel of Time #2) by Robert Jordan
Feb 15, 2023 Percy Jackson & the Olympians 02 - The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
Feb 18, 2023 Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist
Feb 20, 2023 Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City (The Siege, #1) by K.J. Parker
Feb 22, 2023 Howling Dark (Sun Eater #2) by Christopher Ruocchio

[Mel]

Look at that delicious, delicious menu! Makes my heart happy, my inner bookworm to writhe with joy to see so many active BRs. I’ll be in the Penric, Illuminations, and Heartstrikers threads. As well as continuing in the Children of Time series. :)

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Meanwhile, I treat it more like a checklist... I'm signed up for 14-15 of those... altho some count as multiple, and it's more like 30-40...

It's interesting how lopsided the month is... 90% of the BRs are scheduled by the 15th... 50% in the first 7 days...

[Siobhan]

That's give us the last two weeks to finish reading them all 🤣

[Nirkatze]

Siobhan wrote: "That's give us the last two weeks to finish reading them all 🤣"

I feel that emoji so much right now...

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Mel wrote: "Look at that delicious, delicious menu! Makes my heart happy, my inner bookworm to writhe with joy to see so many active BRs. I’ll be in the Penric, Illuminations, and Heartstrikers threads. As wel..."

When I follow through on making requests, the Buddy Read Tracker is going to have BRs scheduled through October/November 2025 soon... I accidentally got people planning big for 2024 already, and a Discworld Buddy Read... just announced it in the Planning thread... it all came together pretty fast, yesterday, when I made a comment about my 2024 plans in the Vagabond thread...

[Mel]

Ooh! How exciting! I can't remember the last time we had things planned out years in advance like that!

I'll probably hop in for some of those Discworld reads, but what I think I've learned with that series is: less is more. I love Sir Terry's punderful narrative voice in small doses, but then need a break. Although we'll see. I enjoyed Monstrous Regiment which is a later installment, where the narrative tension held my attention more than just one crazy encounter after another. So yes. I'll look forward to reading some, but definitely not all with you! ^_^

[Celestial]

I've been interested in reading some of Joe Abercrombie's work for years; I just might join this one.

[Chris]

Celeste wrote: "I've been interested in reading some of Joe Abercrombie's work for years; I just might join this one."

Oh, great idea. He's one of my favorites. The group has started the first book...

I won't be joining until it gets to Red Country, but looking forward to it

[Siobhan]

I'm up for a Discworld reread!! I might finish my first go round before that starts xD Up to book 33 now.

[Charlie]

Ive read a handful of Discworld and always enjoyed them, there's just so many!

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Even if people just pop in and out for certain books, this is gonna be a big Buddy Read :D

[Diana Stormblessed]

I read the first 2 Discworld books and never continued, even though it's high on my list of series to finish. If you guys do a Discworld read I'd love to join.

[Rob]

I've been meaning to dive back into disc world. I've read about 6 or 7 of them, but it's been years and sporadically.

[Nirkatze]

I've never read any Discworld--I think I tried once, but didn't find it interesting--but I also think it might have been one of the books folks recommend you don't start with... so I've been interested, but also worried, y'know? I'd rather read in one of the thematic orders that folks recommend than publication or chronological for a first read.... so I'm curious but also cautious...

[Narilka]

The Discworld is one of the few series where you have multiple ways to read through it. Maybe this will help: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/1c/10/...

I'm joining in. I haven't decided if I'm going to try for the whole thing or just pop in and out. I have a few I haven't read yet so will definitely join for those.

[Nirkatze]

My brain.... that graphic... I'm even more confused...

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

And that's why I just went with publication order...

[Mel]

Normally I’m a publication order person. But with Discworld I think it’s worth starting with the stories you are most interested in, since many people have said the first couple books make for a rocky start. And after going back to The Color of Magic, I’m inclined to agree. I’d say it’s only worth it if you’re committed from the start to read the whole thing.

[Narilka]

Nirkatze wrote: "My brain.... that graphic... I'm even more confused..."

:D

[Narilka]

Mel wrote: "Normally I’m a publication order person. But with Discworld I think it’s worth starting with the stories you are most interested in, since many people have said the first couple books make for a ro..."

That's basically what I did - started with Book 3 and then read all the first in sub-series, then back to the beginning. Then I've been continuing along in sub-series progression and kinda ignoring the publishing dates.

Not confusing at all! :)

[Rob]

Agreed. Discwold has multiple points of entry. I might recommend Guards Guards! over Rincewind. Maybe Mort?

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Most of my monthly plans just went out the window... My upstairs neighbor left the bathtub running unattended and forgot about it... I hear they are deaf maybe... Anyway, I've been home for hours and ceiling is still raining everywhere... Been taking photos and throwing a bunch of stuff away... Gotta do laundry because some is wet... Old PC survived... Unassembled new PC didn't really... Got everything secured in plastic tubs now, and waiting for call from hotel provider connected to renter's insurance company...

[Miche]

That sucks, Iain. What a hassle to go through! I hope your insurance covers everything that was damaged.

[Mel]

Oh nooooo!!! Iain that's awful! Aw man, what a gigantic pain and wrench thrown into your life! Obviously you'll be busy with that for some time I expect. So totally understand if FBR and mod stuff has to take a back seat for a while.

Good luck sorting it all out. <3

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Talked to landlord and got keys to empty apartment I can use in same complex to store things and sleep... Might be able to live pretty normally, minus internet on PC, for the week...

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Lots of phone calls with insurance/etc tho...

[Tonari no Emily]

Oh no that's awful! Sorry you're going through that :( I hope you can get it sorted with the insurance! They're such a pain to deal with

[Narilka]

Oh Iain, that's terrible! Good luck getting it all cleaned up.

[Tammie]

Oh No! I'm so sorry Iain. I hope it all gets covered by insurance.

[Nirkatze]

That's really horrible! What about the upstairs neighbor's insurance? Is there like... liability for house insurance? Fingers crossed for you...

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

No idea... Should get a call from agent/adjuster later today, and get the ball rolling... Most people don't seem to have renter's insurance ... I picked it up 8 years ago after rough experience in previous apartment...

Yesterday was a long 22hr day... Work then discovery of the incident, storing my stuff in rubber tubs, contacting insurance, long wait times, my first name is still misspelled, but was able to check into insurance-booked hotel suite, then back to apartment complex, 2-3hrs laundering everything wet and dry to be on the safe side, dropped off in storage apartment and back to hotel for the night ... 2am to 11pm... And my phone and iPod died around laundry time... Finally charged overnight at hotel... Don't generally go to hotels ... Last time might have been a rental vacation cabin 20ish years ago...

Today I need to check the stuff I wasn't able to move last night... Buy more rubber tubs probably... Fun times... So much for a 3 day weekend with lots of reading (will still do a fair bit while doing this work, probably)

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

At least temp Housing go-between sent me an updated policy agreement to handle hotel accomodations 1hr ago with my name spelled right... I sat on hold to try and fix for 45 minutes yesterday (15 minutes in someone picked up, but put me back on hold to push the name issue up to a supervisor)... But I think I hit some sort of time limit or they closed for the day, because it stopped letting me stay on hold and turned the optional voicemail message into a forced one... Which is what spurred me to just drive to the hotel and see if my name was close enough to allow checkin... The "best" part is this was after correcting the initial misspelling of Lain... Then they thought it was Eion... Then they understood, but skipped a letter and went with the more common Ian... Sometimes I wish I had a more commonly spelled name... Or my PC up and running to deal with online support)

(Even my short posts end up super long it seems)

[Beena]

Oh god, what a pain in the ass! Hope you managed to get it sorted ASAP Iain. How shitty.

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Still waiting for insurance agent to reach out... In the meantime I'm removing cleaning and storing more and more of my stuff (and doing some spring cleaning)... And taking lots of photos... Including more evidence as they remove ceiling panels and saturated fiberglass insulation... Supervisor says it'll be at least a week, probably... They said the water was running for 3hrs before any calls were made to maintenance/landlord... And first call just said things are a little wet...

[Kirsten]

Siobhan wrote: "I'm up for a Discworld reread!! I might finish my first go round before that starts xD Up to book 33 now."

I'd love to join in with Discworld. I've listened to a couple of adaptations on BBC Radio and loved them!!

[Shera (Book Whispers)]

Timelord Iain wrote: "Still waiting for insurance agent to reach out... In the meantime I'm removing cleaning and storing more and more of my stuff (and doing some spring cleaning)... And taking lots of photos... Includ..."

Wow! This all sucks, but at least you have renters insurance. I don't know anyone who does, but it sounds very smart.

Hope you get a breather soon. 🥰

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

It only cost me like 150-180/yr… I picked it up 7-8 years ago when I moved, because previous place slowly gained mold issues and I lost some stuff… the landlord/manager tried to talk me into moving to another owned apartment, but I swear they were worse… so many red flags… definitely paying off with this nice hotel to stay in for 5-10 days… complementary breakfast… social time from 5-7pm with a bar… it’s a whole quaint setup… I think the insurance uses it for the cheap weekly rates and rewards program… talked to my insurance agent and my issue is covered after 250 deductible, just need to wait for the instructions to submit inventory of damage, cost, and photos…

One more day, and my apartment will be all stores away and cleaned up… I might not have lost too much of the biggest items, just a bunch of medium items… it could have definitely been worse… gonna try and setup my PC in storage tomorrow and transfer more books to ipod… on the apartment front, they removed half the living room ceiling tiles and 10-20% pf the insulation… kept finding new concentrations of soggy fiberglass waiting to pour down on them… can’t imagine my stuff would have survived if still there…

[Siobhan]

So sorry you're going through this Iain! :( Nightmare. Thank god insurance are sorting you out though. And your landlord seems to be acting quickly.

Happened to my husband a good few years ago when he rented a flat, he was homeless for months and had to stay with his mam until the landlord sorted the place. Took bloody ages. He was lucky he had family to put him up but it wasn't ideal!

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Yea… I don’t really have support like that… lucky everything is going generally well… planned ahead… got lucky on timing… power box shorted out 20 minutes after I got home and turned everything off and moved main PC outside…

[Siobhan]

Yes thank goodness for those wins!