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[Siobhan]

Hahahah 🤣

[Yanique, Thread Master]

Timelord Iain wrote: "Yanique wrote: "Note to self:

Be suspicious of any requests including Iain's name...."

"

Innocent!
You're not fooling me!

[Monika]

Little question peeps... Any of you read anything by Yoko Ogawa?

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Yanique wrote: "Timelord Iain wrote: "Yanique wrote: "Note to self:

Be suspicious of any requests including Iain's name...."

"

Innocent!
You're not fooling me!"

This is a miscarriage of justice, I say!!!

[Rob]

I'm probably late to this news but couldn't believe it when I saw this headline in passing yesterday. Didn't think it was related to the actual book....but..it is. Fingers crossed to see if it actually happens.
Best Served Cold

https://deadline.com/2023/05/best-ser...

[Anni]

Rob wrote: "I'm probably late to this news but couldn't believe it when I saw this headline in passing yesterday. Didn't think it was related to the actual book....but..it is. Fingers crossed to see if it actu..."

Oh my God! YES!!! I had no idea, so exciting! :)

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Rob wrote: "I'm probably late to this news but couldn't believe it when I saw this headline in passing yesterday. Didn't think it was related to the actual book....but..it is. Fingers crossed to see if it actu..."

Should probably crosspost in Fantasy News thread... sounds awesome :D

[Siobhan]

Rob wrote: "I'm probably late to this news but couldn't believe it when I saw this headline in passing yesterday. Didn't think it was related to the actual book....but..it is. Fingers crossed to see if it actu..."

Wow!! Anyone know when yet?

[Rob]

Siobhan wrote: "Rob wrote: "I'm probably late to this news but couldn't believe it when I saw this headline in passing yesterday. Didn't think it was related to the actual book....but..it is. Fingers crossed to se..."

Still in negotiations. This is far from a done deal, but we can hope :)

[Nirkatze]

@Yanique--you know that even if he didn't sign up for it, he'll end up joining it anyway, so it's totally legit.... ^^ I want to steal Iain's gif right about now too... the innocent one...

[Nirkatze]

Monika wrote: "Little question peeps... Any of you read anything by Yoko Ogawa?"

Not yet, but I'm reading The Memory Police with my local book club next June. They wanted to read it earlier, but I bullied them into June so I'd have time to read it in Japanese. Wanna join me? June 2024?

[Monika]

Next year?

[Nirkatze]

Monika wrote: "Next year?"

Yes! One year from now, first week in June.

[Yanique, Thread Master]

Looking for a Buddy Read this month, or two or ten? Or you just enjoy Iain's company and want to know where he'll be all month?

Here you go!

Jun 1, 2023 Trumps of Doom (The Chronicles of Amber #6) by Roger Zelazny
Jun 1, 2023 Tales From the Hood (The Sisters Grimm #6) by Michael Buckley
Jun 1, 2023 The Bone Ships (The Tide Child Series #1) by R.J. Baker
Jun 2, 2023 The Bone Shard Daughter (Drowning Empire #1) by Andrea Stewart
Jun 2, 2023 Successor's Promise (Millennium’s Rule #3) by Trudi Canavan
Jun 3, 2023 by Slouch Witch (The Lazy Girl's Guide to Magic #1) Helen Harper
Jun 5, 2023 by The Fires of Heaven (Wheel of Time #5) Robert Jordan
Jun 5, 2023 by Ashes of Honor (October Daye #6) by Seanan McGuire
Jun 5, 2023 The Last Sun (Tarot Cycle #1) by K.D. Edwards
Jun 5, 2023 Storm and Shield (Mages of the Wheel #2) by J.D. Evans
Jun 5, 2023 Fantasy in Death (In Death #30) by JD Robb
Jun 6, 2023 Witch King by Martha Wells
Jun 7, 2023 Ashes of the Sun (Burningblade & Silvereye) by Django Wexler
Jun 8, 2023 Annihilation Score (Laundry Files #6) by Charles Stross
Jun 10, 2023 The Fellowship of the Ring (Lord of the Rings #1) by J.R.R. Tolkien
Jun 10, 2023 Seven Faceless Saints (Seven Faceless Saints #1) by M.K. Lobb
Jun 13, 2023 Waybound (Cradle #12) by Will Wight
Jun 13, 2023 Peace Talks (Dresden Files #16) by Jim Butcher
Jun 13, 2023 Translation State (Imperial Radch world) by Ann Lecki
Jun 15, 2023 Leviathan Wakes (Expanse #1) by James S. A. Corey
Jun 15, 2023 Minimum Wage Magic (DFZ #1) by Rachel Aaron
Jun 15, 2023 The Kingdom of Gods (Inheritance Trilogy #3) by N.K. Jemisin
Jun 15, 2023 The Red Pyramid (Kane Chronicles #1) by Rick Riordan
Jun 16, 2023 How to Rule an Empire and Get Away with It (The Siege #2) by K.J. Parker
Jun 17, 2023 Red Country (First Law #6 by Joe Abercrombie
Jun 17, 2023 Fevered Star (Between Earth and Sky #2) by Rebecca Roanhorse
Jun 17, 2023 The World We Make (Great Cities #2) by N.K. Jemisin
Jun 20, 2023 Battle Ground (Dresden Files #17} by Jim Butcher
Jun 20, 2023 Magic Claims (Kate Daniels: Wilmington Years #2) by Ilona Andrews
Jun 20, 2023 The Shadow Casket (Darkwater Legacy #2) by Chris Wooding
Jun 21, 2023 Dragon and Herdsman (Dragonback #4) by Timothy Zahn
Jun 27, 2023 A Fatal Illusion (Lady Darby #11) by Anna Lee Huber
Jun 28, 2023 For the Wolf (Wilderwood #1) by Hanna F. Whitten
Jun 28, 2023 The Crimson Crown (Seven Realms #4) by Cinda Williams Chima
Jun 29, 2023 The Good, The Bad, and the History (Chronicles of St. Mary's #14) by Jodi Taylor

[Monika]

Need to start making line-up of BRs for next year then LOL! June next year for The memory police :)

[Nyssa]

It looks like Codex Alera series is missing from the list.
We started The Furies of Calderon on the first as well.

[Nirkatze]

Monika wrote: "Need to start making line-up of BRs for next year then LOL! June next year for The memory police :)"

Sweet! I'll put in an order for June 1st next year. ^^

[Nirkatze]

Nyssa wrote: "It looks like Codex Alera series is missing from the list.
We started The Furies of Calderon on the first as well."

Two BRs and a book club to add to that mega list--pretty darn good that these're the only ones missing (that I was signed up for)... June is packed!!:

June 1, 2023 Furies of Calderon (Codex Alera #1) by Jim Butcher
June 15, 2023 Blood Mirror (Lightbringer #4) by Brent Weeks

Cycle of Arawn, the complete trilogy, by Edward W. Robertson has a book club thread set for June, but not an official BR thread [here]

[Siobhan]

Love to see the list thriving again! 😍
Roll on 29th!! Jodi Taylor is our queen 👑🙌

[Nirkatze]

Siobhan wrote: "Love to see the list thriving again! 😍
Roll on 29th!! Jodi Taylor is our queen 👑🙌"

So nice to have St. Mary's to look forward to again!! And I'm really curious to see when they're going to cross more solidly with Time Police... where do the timelines fall???

[Siobhan]

Nirkatze wrote: "Siobhan wrote: "Love to see the list thriving again! 😍
Roll on 29th!! Jodi Taylor is our queen 👑🙌"

So nice to have St. Mary's to look forward to again!! And I'm really curious to see when they're ..."

Yes! It's exciting!!

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Siobhan wrote: "Nirkatze wrote: "Siobhan wrote: "Love to see the list thriving again! 😍
Roll on 29th!! Jodi Taylor is our queen 👑🙌"

So nice to have St. Mary's to look forward to again!! And I'm really curious to ..."

We're in withdrawals, after a single dry month, between finishing Time Police and this new release...

I'm also planning to read The Quantum Curators and the Fabergé Egg in the next 2 weeks, since it was available from my library app...

[Siobhan]

Timelord Iain wrote: "Siobhan wrote: "Nirkatze wrote: "Siobhan wrote: "Love to see the list thriving again! 😍
Roll on 29th!! Jodi Taylor is our queen 👑🙌"

So nice to have St. Mary's to look forward to again!! And I'm re..."

Ooh I'd love to join you but I'm struggling to keep up with my current reads.

[Nirkatze]

Timelord Iain wrote: "I'm also planning to read The Quantum Curators and the Fabergé Egg in the next 2 weeks, since it was available from my library app....."

Dammit Iain, I just picked up the series on Chirp for $3-4 apiece and have been wanting to read it, but there's no way I can fit it in in June...

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Nirkatze wrote: "Timelord Iain wrote: "I'm also planning to read The Quantum Curators and the Fabergé Egg in the next 2 weeks, since it was available from my library app....."

Dammit Iain, I just picked up the ser..."

lol... I used a Hoopla credit at the end of last month... Siobhan mentioned it to me a few months ago, and I've been vaguely on the lookout ever since...

[Nirkatze]

Timelord Iain wrote: "Nirkatze wrote: "Timelord Iain wrote: "I'm also planning to read The Quantum Curators and the Fabergé Egg in the next 2 weeks, since it was available from my library app....."

Dammit Iain, I just ..."

Ah, so you're on a time limit....

If you set up an official BR, I'll try to join somehow....

[Nyssa]

I was looking for a comprehensive Reading Order List for the Dresden Files series, and I found this:

https://markandrealexander.com/jim-bu...

Does that look right?

It has Mirror, Mirror all the way down on the list, but I thought that was supposed to be the next one.

Edited to Add: I have read up to Cold Days, including the short stories from Side Jobs. But I have not read any of the graphic novels nor the Bigfoot/ Brief Cases stories

[Narilka]

Mirror Mirror isn't published yet. Basically most everything after Battle Ground is speculation and/or based off blog/twitter posts and could change. Iain keeps up with this so probably has more insights.

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Nirkatze wrote: "Timelord Iain wrote: "Nirkatze wrote: "Timelord Iain wrote: "I'm also planning to read The Quantum Curators and the Fabergé Egg in the next 2 weeks, since it was available from my library app....."..."

alright... I'll have to schedule it for next week, which should give you 2 extra weeks to read it, and leave me free to read between now and when it is returned next weekend, I think...

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Nyssa wrote: "I was looking for a comprehensive Reading Order List for the Dresden Files series, and I found this:

https://markandrealexander.com/jim-bu...

Does that look right?..."

Twelve Months was added after Peace Talks + Battle Grounds, to deal with some series maintenance, like rebuilding Dresden's old toolchest of helper artifacts, and play out a plot element that would be a spoiler...

Mirror, Mirror should be #19 now...
#20 should be a Denarian book to stay to form...
all the other stuff about a wrestling book, a dragon book, etc are pure speculation...

The apocalypse trilogy is the finale, but there's also been talk of a few more case files, doing 25 books before starting the finale trilogy, which would mean another Denarian book, and 1-2 other unspecified books...

The idea for the wrestling book is that washed up gods are now pro wrestlers, because the storylines and fanbase fills the void of worshippers...

[Nyssa]

So can it be followed until Twelve Months?

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Yea... as far as I know... everything up to Battle Ground and the short stories has been published... and Butcher is writing Twelve Months right now, as I commented on the other day...

All that stuff should have been copied from the Goodreads numbering, or an official numbering on Butcher's website, I'd think...

I just had people read the short stories after Changes & Skin Game, in the anthologies... those contain 90% of the short stories, except for the flash fiction and short stories that have come out in the past couple years... and all that stuff should end up in the next anthology, I'd think...

[Nyssa]

Cool! thank you for taking the time to explain. :)

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Nyssa wrote: "Cool! thank you for taking the time to explain. :)"

I doublechecked the list, and yea, it looks accurate... I think there's some conflicts between details in the graphic novels and the main series... if so, those discrepencies are non-canonical... don't quote me on that, tho, been awhile since I looked into it...

[Monika]

Hmmm I put my hands on book 5 of Dresden Files... Maybe one day will find start of the series... Not sure read it as standalone or need to read in order... Plus can't find thread with whole series in folders...

[Nyssa]

I would highly suggest reading the series books in order.
The first 2 or 3 might be okay as standalone, but events from 4 on won’t make sense without knowing the hows and whys from before.

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

We’ve been reading the series monthly, with a few hiccups, for the past 20 months… we’re doing the 2 newest books this month… they’re a double feature story better read closer together…

[Nirkatze]

Monika wrote: "Hmmm I put my hands on book 5 of Dresden Files... Maybe one day will find start of the series... Not sure read it as standalone or need to read in order... Plus can't find thread with whole series ..."

I'm really bad at searching folders... I just go straight to the spreadsheet and ctrl+F for whatever book I'm looking for...

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

[Narilka]

Monika wrote: "Hmmm I put my hands on book 5 of Dresden Files... Maybe one day will find start of the series... Not sure read it as standalone or need to read in order... Plus can't find thread with whole series ..."

Definitely in order. Each book builds on events that went on previously.

[Monika]

In that case I'll try to find the rest of them :) Graphic novels I read last year were good but they are not the same as proper novel I think. I like Dresden character tho :)

[Beena]

I know there's an old thread for this hanging about, but I've been wondering about it recently and was interested what current members had to say, so thought I'd just stick it here:

Have any of you guys ever thought about writing or have actually written stories/a novel yourself?

What do you write about? How do you come up with it? (From dreams, an overactive imagination, draw from your life experiences or others that inspire you?)

Is it purely for fun, your own entertainment, or serious and you'd want to publish someday?

Or are you perfectly happy just being a prolific reader?

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Last option :D

[Nyssa]

I wrote stories as a child. I had an idea for a soap opera for teenagers (before Degrassi was a thing).
I considered being a journalist when I was in High School, but changed my mind.
Now, I just enjoy reading.

[Narilka]

Definitely happy being a reader :)

[Nirkatze]

Timelord Iain wrote: "Last option :D"

Dittoing Iain & Narilka... my mom keeps asking me "You read so much, why don't you try writing?" and the problem with writing is, less time for reading!

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

I don't think you just "Start writing"... it's gotta be a passion, and takes years to reach a quality worth publishing... look how long it took the famous writers to publish their first book... usually like a decade...

[Tammie]

I'm happy with just being a reader too. One of my daughters has a passion for writing and has been working on a novel for several years now.

[Nirkatze]

Tammie wrote: "I'm happy with just being a reader too. One of my daughters has a passion for writing and has been working on a novel for several years now."

So cool! All kudos and cheers to her.

[Jessica]

Have you ever met someone that super loved music but had no rhythm? There's this guy I know who plays guitar, can read music, has all of the best gear, but no matter how many years of practice, he has zero rhythm. All soul but no talent (talent might be the wrong word here).

That's how I feel about being a writer. I love words, love writing, love reading, but when it comes to writing something completely made up I'm at a loss. All heart but no really talent for creating. So instead I put all of my love into other peoples words and writing. I can write a paper or a blog entry no problem, but coming up with my own novel length stories is a whole other thing.

Mostly I'm perfectly happy just being a prolific reader. If I wrote stuff I'd have less time to go through my neverending TBR

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Jessica wrote: "Have you ever met someone that super loved music but had no rhythm? There's this guy I know who plays guitar, can read music, has all of the best gear, but no matter how many years of practice, he ..."

This is very much me... I decided I wasn't a creative writer a long time ago...

But give me a 20 page paper to write on a topic, and I'm your guy... or I was, in my school years... barely even needed to read the source material...