FBR: August 16 What are you reading?

[Scott , Karsa Orlong]

Keeping the title distinctive so I'll be able to tell this is for this group and not others. A day early but I already know the start of my month.

Continuing books I've just started in July.

The Providence of Fire group read (audio)
Midnight Tides group read
An Ember in the Ashes

Then

Genghis: Birth of an Empire
The Republic of Thieves

And from there I'm not quite sure.

[Jarek "the Mistborn"]

Last book In the riyria revelations. Second book in the black company trilogy and hopefully It by Stephen king and Blake crouches dark matter

[Eli]

Scott wrote: "An Ember in the Ashes."

I have been meaning to read this one too. I would love to hear your thoughts on it!

[Scott , Karsa Orlong]

Eli wrote: "Scott wrote: "An Ember in the Ashes."

I have been meaning to read this one too. I would love to hear your thoughts on it!"

I'm 20% in. So far so good.

[Solseit]

Ah wow - I am being extremely ambitious this month...
The lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch

The Providence of Fire by Brian Staveley

The Blinding Knife by Brett Weeks

The Liar’s Key by Marc Lawrence

The Exiled Queen by Cinda Williams Chima

Valor by John Gwynne

I would also love to start either Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin or A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab but let's see how I will be doing with the reading - I am being quite slow on The Lies of Locke Lamora for some reason...

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

Right now I'm reading Heir of Novron and Schindler's List and tomorrow I will start Midnight Tides for the buddy read.

[Grace]

I've got two books on my Kindle app currently on the go; one fluff novel and The Wurms of Blearmouth. Plan is that the fluff novel will become The Emperor's Blades (which should happen soon), while Wurms on Kindle becomes Memories of Ice in book form once I finish Harry Potter and the Cursed Child which I picked up today.

Looking forward, current plan is to tackle The Lies of Locke Lamora once MoI is done, also in book form but could happen this month or the next depending on my time. Haven't decided on what else for Kindle. Likely fluff to act as a counter-balance to the gritty stuff so it could be anything at this point.

[Tammie]

Aristea wrote: "Ah wow - I am being extremely ambitious this month...
The lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch

The Providence of Fire by Brian Staveley

The Blinding Knife by Brett Weeks

The Liar’s Key by Marc..."


I really liked the Exiled Queen and that whole series. I plan on starting the first book in the companion series that just came out. I also loved A Darker Shade of Magic and plan on reading the follow up to that soon as well. I would also like to read The Crown Tower soon.

[Tammie]

Eli wrote: "Scott wrote: "An Ember in the Ashes."

I have been meaning to read this one too. I would love to hear your thoughts on it!"

I loved that book.

[Eli]

Tammie wrote: "Eli wrote: "Scott wrote: "An Ember in the Ashes."

I have been meaning to read this one too. I would love to hear your thoughts on it!"

I loved that book."

Awesome. I think I will try to fit it into my schedule soon.

[Eli]

I am currently reading:

The Slow Regard of Silent Things
The Lies of Locke Lamora
The Wheel of Osheim

Not sure what I will do after that. I have a two weeks of travling coming up and will only be able to bring the audiobooks on my phone. I doubt I will get much reading time anyway.

[Solseit]

I am glad to heard you liked "The Exiled Queen", Tammie! I am looking forward to reading that - and continue the story line.
I keep saying this but it is too little time for too many good books and the list keeps growing. Yesterday I decided that goodreads is like a candy store for (non-diabetic) kids: the more you look around, the more you find stuff that intrigues, interests you. The perfect emoji for this:

[Solseit]

Of course the emoji does not show up... Let's say "The Scream" of Munch summarizes my expression.

[Tammie]

Aristea wrote: "I am glad to heard you liked "The Exiled Queen", Tammie! I am looking forward to reading that - and continue the story line.
I keep saying this but it is too little time for too many good books an..."

Yes it is indeed like a candy store. For some reason I used to think that my to-read list would shrink. I have no idea why I thought that.

[Angela, I'm Silverfox lost]

This month I intend to read the below.

The Lies of Locke Lamora
A King's Ransom
Death and Relaxation

Unsure after this what I'll tackle. I've signed up for two buddy reads here in September, so may try to do September BotM in my other group early.

[Jarek "the Mistborn"]

Well ill be going on holiday for two weeks next tuesday to the canary islands so dont know how much reading ill be able to do. Wright now iam half way through Full Dark, No Stars, I plan on taking It on the trip and maybe finish Shadows Linger. Then hopefully Emperor of Thorns

[Solseit]

Angela wrote: "This month I intend to read the below.

The Lies of Locke Lamora
A King's Ransom
Death and Relaxation

Unsure after this what I'll tackle. I've signed ..."

Angela, I am not sure how you found the Henry II & Eleanor Of Aquitaine (that becomes the Plantagenets) series but it sounds so interesting I am adding it to my (ever growing, sigh and yeah) reading list! This is the type of books I loved the most in my teens and early twenties - retelling of more or less historical great warriors, like Alexander the Great and King Arthur - so I can curious about Lionheart as well!

[Angela, I'm Silverfox lost]

Sharon Kay Penman is amazing Aristea. I love her whole Plantagenets series. A King's Ransom is the only one of those ones I haven't read. Her only series I didn't read was the mystery series she wrote. Her historical detail is awesome. One of my favourite things is her author notes.

[David]

Well I just finished Robert Jordan's The Eye of The World. It was great! Now I'm reading the Great Hunt. Also Im reading Brandon Sanderson's Elantris!

[Tammie]

David Broadus wrote: "Well I just finished Robert Jordan's The Eye of The World. It was great! Now I'm reading the Great Hunt. Also Im reading Brandon Sanderson's Elantris!"

Those are all good books. Jordan's world building is great.

[Scott , Karsa Orlong]

Finished all my original books on my August list minus The Republic of Thieves which the group read starts on the 15th and I'm now doing the recently added group read for A Crucible of Souls.

[Jonathan]

Just finished , and now moving onto - a classic (and short) novel i have had on my TBR list way too long!

I am going on a relaxing vacation at the end of this week and plan on reading: (which i have heard if a thrilling conclusion to the first Mistborn trilogy), , and .

Best,
Jonathan

[Scott , Karsa Orlong]

Jonathan wrote: "Just finished "

Great list. I've read and loved all of those except A Wizard of Earthsea which I've yet to do.

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

I started Veil of the Deserters after reading the first book for a group read in another group.

[Scott , Karsa Orlong]

So once August is done my full list.

The Providence of Fire group read (audio) 4*
Midnight Tides group read 5*
An Ember in the Ashes 5*
Genghis: Birth of an Empire 5*
The Republic of Thieves group read 4*
A Crucible of Souls group read 4*
Air Awakens 2*
Windcatcher 1* DNF @ 15%
The Girl with All the Gifts 3*
Station Eleven 4*
Age of Iron group read 3*
The Thief Taker 3*
A Thousand Splendid Suns in progress
The Young Elites in progress

[Rhema P __(：з」∠)__]

My reading is abit more random. I've started The Warded Man and I've got The Bloodstained God and The Vagrant next.

[Tammie]

I didn't get much fantasy read this month. I got caught up in an Amish mystery series Lamb to the Slaughter at the end of July and finished that. I read Parallel which had a parallel timeline in it but was mostly contemporary fiction, and I found it somewhat disappointing. I did read Clean Sweep, which I liked, and Croak, a fun YA urban fantasy type book with grim reapers. And I've started The Bloodforged.

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

I didn't read much fantasy this month either.
In terms of fantasy, I read Midnight Tides, A Crucible of Souls and The Blade Itself. Non-fantasy was all historical fiction (4 books).

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

I also just finished Veil of the Deserters.

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I'm going to start Elantris from Brandon Sanderson. Any opinions about the book? I'm pretty excited and i hope i enjoy it :D

[Scott , Karsa Orlong]

Elantris was a solid book. I'd compare it to Mistborn on a smaller scale.

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

Dani wrote: "I'm going to start Elantris from Brandon Sanderson. Any opinions about the book? I'm pretty excited and i hope i enjoy it :D"

I liked Elantris. In some ways, I could tell it was one of the first books he had written, but it was awesome. It was quite similar to Mistborn.