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[Nirkatze]

LOL I really have to wonder, don't folks like, read through the paragraph or chapter before recording, and mark things they need to check? Or emotional moments? Character voice changes? Etc? How do they miss stuff like that?

[Felina]

I always find it impressive when one narrator can do multiple dialects and accents or just move into different languages perfectly.

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

I really like what Angela Dawe does with the Agatha H / Girl Genius series...

It's a steampunk with mad science and airships and a variety of kid characters from all over Europe, and Jaegermonsters and the like... tons of accents to play with...

Agatha H and the Airship City

[Nirkatze]

I'm still bummed I wasn't able to cram that impromptu BR in when y'all did that in Vagabond...

[Yanique, Thread Master]

And just like that it's September! Busy busy busy month, anything look good to you?

Sep 1, 2023 Captain's Fury (Codex Alera, #4) by Jim Butcher
Sep 1, 2023 Knight of Shadows (The Chronicles of Amber #9) by Roger Zelazny
Sep 1, 2023 The Council of Mirrors (The Sisters Grimm, #9) by Michael Buckley
Sep 1, 2023 The Ships of Merior (Wars of Light and Shadow Series #2) by Janny Wurts
Sep 3, 2023 Gifted Thief (Highland Magic #1) by Helen Harper
Sep 4, 2023 A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire #1) by George R.R. Martin
Sep 4, 2023 Apprentice in Death (In Death #43) by JD Robb
Sep 5, 2023 A Red-Rose Chain (October Daye #9) by Seanan McGuire
Sep 5, 2023 A Lair of Bones (Curse of the Cyren Queen #1) by Helen Scheuerer
Sep 5, 2023 The Eidolon (Magnus Academy #1) by K.D. Edwards
Sep 7, 2023 Ashes of the Sun (Burningblade & Silvereye) by Django Wexler
Sep 8, 2023 Labyrinth Index (Laundry Files #9) by Charles Stross
Sep 13, 2023 The Hunger Games (Hunger Games #1) by Suzanne Collins
Sep 15, 2023 By a Silver Thread (DFZ Changeling #1) by Rachel Aaron
Sep 15, 2023 Cursed (Alex Verus #2) by Benedict Jacka
Sep 15, 2023 Demigods & Magicians: Percy and Annabeth Meet the Kanes (Percy Jackson & Kane Chronicles Crossover #1-3) by Rick Riordan
Sep 15, 2023 Rule of Wolves (King of Scars, #2) by Leigh Bardugo
Sep 16, 2023 Malice (The Faithful and the Fallen #1) by John Gwynne
Sep 17, 2023 The Trouble With Peace (Age of Madness #2) by Joe Abercrombie
Sep 18, 2023 The Rebel's Vision (Age of the Andinna #4) by Kristen Banet
Sep 18, 2023 Wind & Wildfire (Mages of the Wheel #0) by J.D. Evans
Sep 19, 2023 Blade Reforged (Fallen Blade #4) by Kelly McCollough
Sep 20, 2023 A Time of Courage (Of Blood & Bone #3) by John Gwynne
Sep 20, 2023 Dead Moon (Threshold #3) by Peter Clines
Sep 21, 2023 Starsight (Skyward #2) by Brandon Sanderson
Sep 23, 2023 Cibola Burn (Expanse #4) by James S.A. Corey
Sep 25, 2023 For the Throne (Wilderwood #2) by Hannah F. Whitten
Sep 25, 2023 Heir to the Shadows (Black Jewels #2) by Anne Bishop
Sep 26, 2023 Starter Villain by John Scalzi
Sep 27, 2023 Traitor's Blade (Greatcloaks #1) by Sebastien de Castell
Sep 28, 2023 Stormcaster (Shattered Realms #3) by Cinda Williams Chima
Sep 28, 2023 Mammoths at the Gates (Singing Hills Cycle #4) by Nghi Vo
Sep 30, 2023 The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

[Nyssa]

Is All Systems Red supposed to be in there somewhere?

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

I was supposed to adjust Collegia Magica, I think... or something... haven't gotten to it, yet...

[Yanique, Thread Master]

Nyssa wrote: "Is All Systems Red supposed to be in there somewhere?"

Alas, no one put in the requests using the form. So while I made all of the discussion threads etc, the books did not make the master spreadsheet (where the list comes from).

[Nyssa]

Yanique wrote: "Nyssa wrote: "Is All Systems Red supposed to be in there somewhere?"

Alas, no one put in the requests using the form. So while I made all of the discussion threads etc, the books did not make the ..."

Ah. I don't know who requested it; I just remembered seeing a thread for it.

[Nirkatze]

I requested it, and I used the form.

A few that missed the list:
Sept 1st: All Systems Red (Murderbot #1) by Martha Wells
Sept 10th Artificial Condition (Murderbot #2) by Martha Wells
Sept 20th Rogue Protocol (Murderbot #3) by Martha Wells

[Nirkatze]

Oh no wait, I remember what happened.

We were going to do them as a book-club read, so had requested just the new one--and then we started not using book-clubs for whole series in one thread, and the mods just made us new threads. So only one got in the form.

[Nirkatze]

I mean, I could go submit requests just to get them in the form...

[Yanique, Thread Master]

Nirkatze wrote: "Oh no wait, I remember what happened.

We were going to do them as a book-club read, so had requested just the new one--and then we started not using book-clubs for whole series in one thread, and ..."

Ahhh! Now I remember!
Yes you can do the forms and it will be on the master sheet then I'll add all the links on there. The threads are all made already so you're good to go.

[Nirkatze]

Cool, I'll do that this weekend. Should I only do the ones for October onwards, since the Sept list has already been "published", or should I put in the September ones as well?

[Yanique, Thread Master]

Nirkatze wrote: "Cool, I'll do that this weekend. Should I only do the ones for October onwards, since the Sept list has already been "published", or should I put in the September ones as well?"

You can do them all so the spreadsheet will be complete for anyone who checks that to make their reading plans.

[Nirkatze]

Roger that!

[Nirkatze]

Yanique wrote: "Nirkatze wrote: "Cool, I'll do that this weekend. Should I only do the ones for October onwards, since the Sept list has already been "published", or should I put in the September ones as well?"

Y..."

Threads retroactively requested! We scheduled #6 before #5 for chronological order. Thank you!

[Charlie]

I need to rant. I've been on a several month battle to get 3 audio-books, i just want someone to take my money!

I am absolutely desperate to get audio books of the Nadia Stafford trilogy by Kelley Armstrong.

Audible UK doesn't have them so I made an account on audible US and they also said they're not available. I've tried a load of random audiobook websites online and some of them seem to have them when i Google, but when i then visit the website im unable to purchase because they're 'not available'. I even emailed the author's website and asked to purchase direct and got a lovely response basically apologizing but stating they cant sell them to me as Kelley no longer owns the rights to them and the people that do own the rights aren't allowing them to be for sale. Absolute insanity.

If anyone knows of anywhere where I can purchase these I'd be forever grateful if you can send me a link.

Its pretty much impossible for me to read physical books at the moment between working full time and then having the baby when i get home so audio books are my only option and im dying to reread this series.

[Ann-Marie]

Charlie wrote: "I need to rant. I've been on a several month battle to get 3 audio-books, i just want someone to take my money!

I am absolutely desperate to get audio books of the Nadia Stafford trilogy by Kelley..."

Is this it?

https://www.audiobooks.com/browse/boo...

[Charlie]

That's one of the links i found on google and when i click it, it says 'We're sorry, we can't find audiobooks that match your query at this time.' Maybe it's because I'm English and it's an American site, something to do with rights?

It defaults to audiobooks.co.uk and wont even let me visit the .com site

[Ann-Marie]

Charlie wrote: "That's one of the links i found on google and when i click it, it says 'We're sorry, we can't find audiobooks that match your query at this time.' Maybe it's because I'm English and it's an America..."

That sucks, they are available for me but I am in the US, $24.99 each before tax. I always check there, for some reason the often have audios available that have been pulled from audible, sorry :(

[Ann-Marie]

They are available on Chirp as well but you may run into the same issue being in the UK.

https://www.chirpbooks.com/series/nad...

[Charlie]

Damn, Chirp also gives me 'No results found Sorry! We couldn't find any audiobooks that match your search for “made to be broken”'. I just want to buy them! I don't understand why these websites wont take my money! regional restrictions for online / digital content is nuts.

[Ann-Marie]

Last try would be Spotify, is there a UK version of that app?

[Tammie]

Have you tried Scribd? They are on there, but I'm in the US. They're also on Kobo. This is when a VPN would come in handy.

[Charlie]

Yeah I have Spotify, I'll try that.

I haven't tried Scribd, used to have a subscription ages ago, will try that too thanks!

[Narilka]

Charlie wrote: "That's one of the links i found on google and when i click it, it says 'We're sorry, we can't find audiobooks that match your query at this time.' Maybe it's because I'm English and it's an America..."

You might need a VPN to route your traffic through the US so you can purchase the US version.

[Charlie]

They're not available on Scribed or Spotify for me.

Thanks guys, I'll try the VPN route.

[Charlie]

Success! I'm using US Scribd, with a VPN :D

[Tammie]

Yay!

[Felina]

Is goodreads showing everything as unread to anybody else? Even on threads I’ve responded to it’s showing fully unread. It’s driving me crazy.

[Tammie]

Felina wrote: "Is goodreads showing everything as I read to anybody else? Even on threads I’ve responded to it’s showing fully unread. It’s driving me crazy."

It's doing that to me on some threads and not others.

[Ann-Marie]

Charlie wrote: "Success! I'm using US Scribd, with a VPN :D"

Nice, glad you got it figured out!

[Narilka]

Felina wrote: "Is goodreads showing everything as unread to anybody else? Even on threads I’ve responded to it’s showing fully unread. It’s driving me crazy."

Yes, I'm having the same thing happen. It's annoying.

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Same… im used to GR being barely functional, at this point

[Charlie]

I still think its nuts it relies mainly on volunteers to keep it running, Amazon is bloody loaded, they can afford to pay people.

[Saar The Book owl]

It's been going on since a couple of days, but GR is aware of it and is fixing it, apparently.

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Saar The Book owl wrote: "It's been going on since a couple of days, but GR is aware of it and is fixing it, apparently."

Sounds like an automated response... most of the best curated content on the internet is a labor of love... anyone doing it as a job is less invested and the quality can vary or decline... look at the hassle the volunteers have been dealing with, as Amazon tries to automate adding all Amazon listings to Goodreads...

Also, things have been going downhill since they got rid of the Feedback Group, so people couldn't "compare notes" (that's how I feel anyway... now all feedback is directed to the Help section of the site, and leaves everyone more isolated)...

They dissolved the Feedback Group shortly after nobody liked the redesign of the website in favor of mobile/one-size-fits-all UI/UX design... bungling the profitles, the series pages, and the book pages to make the book images bigger and hide useful info in out-of-the-way locations... profile stuff in that dropdown menu, series stuff just not visible anymore requiring you to go to the book page, and book page stuff hidden in expandable sections and all the way at the bottom below reviews that don't even load immediately, so you have to keep scrolling as they load...

[Mel]

Yep, I remember thinking after the redesign how they solicited for feedback, and as I tried to be thoughtful of how it could be improved... Well, those sections hidden all the way at the bottom underneath the reviews could be put into a sidebar, and it's a pain to click to expand everything so just-- okay, so everything would be better by changing it back to the way it was. Yeah...

All you can do is learn and adapt to the dysfunction. :/

[Yanique, Thread Master]

Hear ye! HEAR YE!
Ye olde October Buddy Reads here!
Don't forget to pop into the Spooktober thread to chat with friends about all the bone-chilling (or super cozy) October reads!

Oct 1, 2023 Spooktober 2023 Spooky by Authors
Oct 1, 2023 Princeps' Fury (Codex Alera, #5) by Jim Butcher
Oct 1, 2023 Prince of Chaos (The Chronicles of Amber #10) by Roger Zelazny
Oct 1, 2023 Secret Project #4 (The Cosmere) by Brandon Sanderson
Oct 1, 2023 Warhost of Vastmark (Wars of Light and Shadow Series #3) by Janny Wurts
Oct 1, 2023 The Soul Mirror (Collegia Magica, #2) by Carol Berg
Oct 1, 2023 Drood by Dan Simmons
Oct 1, 2023 Exit Strategy (Murderbot Diaries #4) by Martha Wells
Oct 1, 2023 Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle
Oct 1, 2023 A House with Good Bones by T Kingfisher
Oct 1, 2023 The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix
Oct 1, 2023 A Night in thre Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny
Oct 1, 2023 The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
Oct 1, 2023 Into the Drowning Deep (Rolling in the Deep #1) by Mira Grant
Oct 2, 2023 Leverage in Death (In Death #47) by JD Robb
Oct 3, 2023 Honour Bound (Highland Magic #2) by Helen Harper
Oct 5, 2023 Once Broken Faith (October Daye #10) by Seanan McGuire
Oct 6, 2023 Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
Oct 7, 2023 Blood of the Chosen (Burningblade & Silvereye #2) by Django Wexler
Oct 8, 2023 Dead Lies Dreaming (New Management #1) by Charles Stross
Oct 10, 2023 A Taste of Gold and Iron by Alexandra Rowland
Oct 10, 2023 Six Crimson Cranes (Six Crimson Cranes #1) by Elizabeth Lim
Oct 10, 2023 One Last Kill (Tracy Crosswhite #10) by Robert Dugoni
Oct 12, 2023 An Inheritance of Magic (Stephen Oakwood #1) by Benedict Jacka
Oct 13, 2023 Catching Fire (Hunger Games #2) by Suzanne Collins
Oct 14, 2023 Skyward Flight: Sunreach/ReDawn/Evershore (Skyward 2.1/2.2/3.1) by Brandon Sanderson & Janci Patterson
Oct 15, 2023 With a Golden Sword (DFZ Changeling #2) by Rachel Aaron
Oct 15, 2023 Taken (Alex Verus #3) by Benedict Jacka
Oct 15, 2023 The Lost Hero (Heroes of Olympus #1) by Rick Riordan
Oct 15, 2023 Fugitive Telemetry (Murderbot Diaries #6) by Martha Wells
Oct 17, 2023 Alecto the Ninth (Locked Tomb #4) by Tamsyn Muir
Oct 17, 2023 The Wisdom of Crowds (Age of Madness #3) by Joe Abercrombie
Oct 18, 2023 The Enemy's Triumph (Age of the Andinna #5) by Kristen Banet
Oct 19, 2023 Drawn Blades (Fallen Blade #5) by Kelly McCullough
Oct 20, 2023 Book of Night (Book of Night #1) by Holly Black
Oct 20, 2023 Terminus (Threshold #4) by Peter Clines
Oct 23, 2023 Nemesis Games (Expanse #5) by James S.A. Corey
Oct 24, 2023 Last Exit by Max Gladstone
Oct 25, 2023 Queen of the Darkness (Black Jewels #3) by Anne Bishop
Oct 27, 2023 Knight's Shadow (The Greatcoats #2) by Sebastien de Castell
Oct 28, 2023 Deathcaster (Shattered Realms #4) by Cinda Williams Chima
Oct 28, 2023 Empire of the Vampire (Empire of the Vampire #1) by Jay Kristoff
Oct 31, 2023 Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune

[Saar The Book owl]

I don't know if anyone has read this, but it can be important: you will not longer be able to log in on GR with your facebook account.
https://help.goodreads.com/s/article/...

[Yanique, Thread Master]

Better late than never?...
Here is our beautiful list of November reads!

Nov 1, 2023 First Lord's Fury (Codex Alera, #6) by Jim Butcher
Nov 1, 2023 Warhost of Vastmark (Wars of Light and Shadow Series #3) by Janny Wurts
Nov 1, 2023 Network Effect (Murderbot Diaries #5) by Martha Wells
Nov 1, 2023 Cozy November 2023 by Cozy Authors
Nov 1, 2023 Half a Soul (Regency Faerie Tales #1) by Olivia Atwater
Nov 1, 2023 Good Omens by Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett
Nov 1, 2023 Cursed Cocktails (Tales of Aedrea #1) by S.L. Rowland
Nov 1, 2023 A Witch's Guide to Fake Dating a Demon (Glimmer Falls #1) by Sarah Hawley
Nov 1, 2023 The Lord of Stariel (Stariel #1) by A.J. Lancaster
Nov 1, 2023 Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde #1) by Heather Fawcett
Nov 3, 2023 Veiled Threat (Highland Magic #3) by Helen Harper
Nov 4, 2023 Ice & Ivy (Mages of the Wheel #4) by J.D. Evans
Nov 5, 2023 The Brightest Fell (October Daye #11) by Seanan McGuire
Nov 5, 2023 A Deadly Education (The Scholomance #1) by Naomi Novik
Nov 6, 2023 Faithless in Death (In Death #52) by JD Robb
Nov 7, 2023 Son of the Poison Rose (Kagen the Damned #2) Jonathan Maberry
Nov 7, 2023 Emperor of Ruin (Burningblade & Silvereye #3) by Django Wexler
Nov 7, 2023 Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
Nov 7, 2023 Cytonic (Skyward #3) by Brandon Sanderson
Nov 8, 2023 Quantum of Nightmares (New Management #2) by Charles Stross
Nov 10, 2023 Daughter of No Worlds (The War of Lost Hearts #1) by Carissa Broadbent
Nov 10, 2023 The Unbroken (Magic of the Lost #1) by C.L. Clark
Nov 10, 2023 A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire #2) by George R.R. Martin
Nov 10, 2023 The Dragon's Promise (Six Crimson Cranes #2) by Elizabeth Lim
Nov 13, 2023 Mockingjay (Hunger Games #3) by Suzanne Collins
Nov 14, 2023 Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes #0) by Travis Baldree
Nov 15, 2023 The Spirit Thief (The Legend of Eli Monpress #1) by Rachel Aaron
Nov 15, 2023 Chosen (Alex Verus #4) by Benedict Jacka
Nov 15, 2023 The Son of Neptune (Heroes of Olympus #2) by Rick Riordan
Nov 18, 2023 The Champion's Ruin (Age of the Andinna #6) by Kristen Banet
Nov 19, 2023 Darkened Blade (Fallen Blade #6) by Kelly McCullough
Nov 23, 2023 Babylon's Ashes (Expanse #6) by James S.A. Corey
Nov 23, 2023 Saint's Blood (The Greatcoats #3) by Sebastien de Castell
Nov 30, 2023 System Collapse (Murderbot Diaries #7) by Martha Wells
Nov 30, 2023 In the Lives of Puppets by TJ Klune

[Mel]

So, uh, are we ready to start a GR Choice Awards thread, because... I have words.

...

And those words are along the lines of: UGH gOdSz! why does it suck so hard I swear it gets worse every year, and since they took away the option to submit nominations we're just stuck with whatever baffling choices they've made.

The one thing I like is the making of a Romantasy section, since Sarah J Maas has won Fantasy the past 3 years in a row, overshadowing the rest of the herd.

But I can't believe they took away other categories like Graphic Novels, and I am Up In Arms that there isn't a SINGLE queer book in the romance section this year. WTF??

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Mel wrote: "So, uh, are we ready to start a GR Choice Awards thread, because... I have words.

...

And those words are along the lines of: UGH gOdSz! why does it suck so hard I swear it gets worse every year,..."

Graphic Novels is gone... Poetry is gone... Middle Grade & Children is gone...

I have no idea how they decided what to remove... I checked last year, and those categories got just as many votes as plenty of other categories that not everyone reads...

I also feel like the voting is longer... the winner isn't announced until December 7th... I swear the winner used to be announced around Thanksgiving...

[Nirkatze]

Timelord Iain wrote: "Mel wrote: "So, uh, are we ready to start a GR Choice Awards thread, because... I have words.

...

And those words are along the lines of: UGH gOdSz! why does it suck so hard I swear it gets worse..."

Oh, it's announced already!

Thanksgiving was the first round of votes, semi-finals. The Finals weren't until the first week in December...

On cursory inspection--I've read six of the SF and six of the Fantasy this year--which means they were BRs... and at least 3 books overlap into Debut Novel.

Excited!!

Though yeah, Mel... that's really annoying the way categories keep getting cut... and yet, YA SF/Fantasy is still its own category? And there's a separate category just for Romantasy? Where is the logic in things?

Are there any LGBT in the Romantasy category?
EDIT: I just cursorily read through the blurbs and... nope. Not a one.

There's a few with good LGBT rep & queer romances in Fantasy--but they aren't romance books, just books with a romance plotline...

[Siobhan]

Friggin romantasy, tiktok has a lot to answer for hahaha.

But seriously, that is good for the rest of fantasy to stand a chance in its own category!!

Can't believe they've removed those other categories, what the hell.

And I much preferred it when you could write in nominations too.

[Siobhan]

Helpful little box to the left, nominees on your shelves - TWO! Out of every book, apparently I've shelved two of them. hahaha.

I wonder if that means just Read or includes TBR.

EDIT: That's definitely not accurate, i've read three of the fantasy noms but they're showing a different edition or something. Silly GR.

[Nirkatze]

Siobhan wrote: "Helpful little box to the left, nominees on your shelves - TWO! Out of every book, apparently I've shelved two of them. hahaha.

I wonder if that means just Read or includes TBR.

EDIT: That's defi..."

Yeah, it only shows two max--but I think it changes each time you go to the page...

[Mel]

Yeah. What y'all said. Multiple categories cut, lack of LGBT rep, I haven't even tried to survey POC characters or authors yet, although I did see a smattering in SFF. I think the romance section is what really set me off, because they are all these cookie-cutter white chick contemporary ones. No historicals even, which is a significant slice of the romance pie.

I'm disappointed Graphic Novels are gone, since that was a category that I could easily binge a bunch quickly to participate in voting. And although I don't read Poetry or Childrens, they seem like such major, staple categories to cut when you also have... Romantasy.

Yeah, the two shelved examples do switch out as you refresh. It would be nice if you could see the full list of which nominations you have on your shelves, without having to click through all the categories... but it's hardly my main gripe in the grand scheme of things.

Who knows, maybe some of it is just sour grapes, because I've read exactly NONE of the books in ANY of the categories. I have 3 of the Fantasy in my TBR, and 7 of the Sci-fi, but overall, I'm not super impressed by the selection.

*shrug* Meh. More time to catch up on Cosy November! Once I finish Half a Soul I may have to jump immediately into System Collapse, I don't know if I have the self-control to reread Network Effect first when it's ready and waiting. *vibrates*

[Nirkatze]

Yeah, I can see how having NONE of the books you've enjoyed this year show up on the lists can be really disheartening. Or like, make you lose any shred of faith in the system. Each time Sarah J. Maas wins in a category I feel the same... I was so glad to NOT see her name in anything this year...

On the plus side, once the list narrows down maybe more of your TBR will be on it?