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[Peggy]

Very true! There are several series that I read back to back. That was before my YLTO time though, when I didn't have other challenges and group reads screaming for attention ;-)

[Sarah]

Yes when you read "just because". I remember those days!

[Margo]

I'm half afraid to start the Mistborn series for that reason! Maybe next year - I think the 2 excising Stormlight books plus the new one will be enough for this year. This has pulled me away from all my challenges and group reads, though I can probably fit the first one in.
I'm usually not great with series - even the ones I enjoy! I'm in the middle of a Robin Hobb (Rainwilds) and a Michael J.Sullivan (Riyria) at the moment and I'm also looking forward to reading the second part of The Fifth Season - can't think name of that series.

[Kristie, Moderator]

Sarah wrote: "Yes when you read "just because". I remember those days!"

Oh yes...I remember those days too. :)

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Sarah wrote: "Yes when you read "just because". I remember those days!"

*snort*

[Lisa]

Margo wrote: "I'm half afraid to start the Mistborn series for that reason! Maybe next year - I think the 2 excising Stormlight books plus the new one will be enough for this year. This has pulled me away from a..."

I hardly ever read a series back-to-back. As a result, I have loads that I have started but need to finish. Outlander, Mistborn, Riyria Chronicles, A Land Fit for Heroes, Sevenwaters, The Farseer Trilogy and the rest of Robin Hobb's Realm of the Elderlings to name but a few! And there are plenty of other series that I want to start!

[Kristie, Moderator]

I'm the same way with series, Lisa. I have a bunch going. Some I will probably never get back to.

[Lisa]

Kristie wrote: "I'm the same way with series, Lisa. I have a bunch going. Some I will probably never get back to."

I don't think I will finish all of the series I have started, either. I also need to reread a couple of books before continuing on with the rest of the series.

[Janice, Moderator]

I started The Ghost Brigades for a buddy read.

Re: Series.. I generally don't read them back to back. But with the Riyria Revelations, I couldn't stop until I had read the entire series.

[Sarah]

I try to have a certain amount of series on the go and then get the desire to kills some off before committing to starting another. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.

[Kristie, Moderator]

I've just started The Ghost Brigades for a buddy read and the monthly challenge. I'm only through the first 4 chapters, but I'm enjoying it. I'm glad I decided to join the buddy read.

I'm also reading The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend. I have started this book a few times. It's strange, when I'm reading it I like it well enough, but it seems to be slow-going. When I put it down I'm really not interested in picking it up again. I guess it just hasn't really grabbed me. This is one of those moments when I think maybe it's not a bad book, but just not for me. I'm going to give it a go again today and if I don't make much progress, I may just put it aside.

[Sandra, Moderator]

Kristie, that one was in my TBR for a long time. I took it off when a GR friend warned me it spoils many other books. What do you think?

[Kristie, Moderator]

It does, Sandra! I was just reading it and the main character told someone she was reading Jane Eyre and told him the whole thing, even how it ends. I was really disappointed because I haven't read that book yet. I think I'm going to put it aside.

[Lisa]

I have abandoned my monthly challenge read, Twelve Kings. I didn't like it much at all and it was proving a real chore to read, so I am parting company with it. Oh well, at least that's one less series for me to complete.

I'm having better luck with The Bear and the Nightingale, but it's not as good as I was expecting it to be so far.

I am now starting The Fifth Season.

[Sandra, Moderator]

I'm sorry, Kristie! I hate when authors spoil other books, even if they are classics. I didn't read Jane Eyre either. I don't know why it is assumed everybody read every classic!

[Lisa]

Kristie wrote: "It does, Sandra! I was just reading it and the main character told someone she was reading Jane Eyre and told him the whole thing, even how it ends. I was really disappointed because I haven't read..."

How annoying, Kristie! I've never understood why some authors do that.

[Peggy]

I hate it when that happens too. I also don't understand why authors think it's a good thing to do..

[Kristie, Moderator]

I was only about a third in and I wasn't going to wait to see what other books were ruined. Really, it makes no sense to put big spoilers in your book.

[Janice, Moderator]

Sandra wrote: "I'm sorry, Kristie! I hate when authors spoil other books, even if they are classics. I didn't read Jane Eyre either. I don't know why it is assumed everybody read every classic!"

The book that I'm reading, To Say Nothing of the Dog, has spoilers in it for The Moonstone. I read something that recommended you read The Moonstone first, which is what I did.

In the book, the young girl is telling her father about The Moonstone and gives it all away, then tells her father he should read it. He expressed the sentiment that there was no longer any point in reading it.

It was also recommended that you read Three Men in a Boat. I wouldn't say there were spoilers for that book, but it was nice to have the background of the story.

[Cherie]

So, Janice, if I've read The Moonstone and Three Men in a Boat, I should read the "Dog" book?

If you hadn't read The Moonstone would you have missed out on anything? In my opinion, your not having read Three Men in a Boat, you did not miss out on anything.

I am not advocating authors giving the whole story and ending of any story away, except their own books, if that is what they want to do*, but I find it exciting when a book I have read or something about it is mentioned in another story I am reading.

*I have read Agatha Christie books where she mentioned a character or some event from another of her books.

[Sandra, Moderator]

Janice wrote: "He expressed the sentiment that there was no longer any point in reading it. "

So why the author spoiled the book if he thought it could make pointless to read it! Ridiculous!
Good to know though, because I would like to read it. I'll make a note in my review.

[Janice, Moderator]

Cherie wrote: "So, Janice, if I've read The Moonstone and Three Men in a Boat, I should read the "Dog" book?

If you hadn't read The Moonstone would you have missed out on anything? In my opinion, your not having..."

I'm really enjoying the book. I think you may as well, Cherie.

I think one should read Three Men in a Boat (which I did) as a prerequisite. It sets the background for this book, and you'll meet the men in this book.

If one has no intention of ever reading The Moonstone, then it may not bother you to have it spoiled. I'm so glad I did read it because I enjoyed it. I don't think it's a prerequisite like TMiaB. But, it was nice to be able to follow the dinner table conversation and know what it was about.

And yes, Sandra, it is crazy that one author would spoil another book. I'm not sure why she did that.

[Travis]

So I found about this 2 minutes ago but I'm pretty excited to know Michael Crichton is releasing yet another book from the grave. Dragon Teeth

[Sarah]

Thanks for the heads up Travis. That is exciting. I've added it to my wishlist.

[Cherie]

Janice wrote: "I think one should read Three Men in a Boat (which I did) as a prerequisite. It sets the background for this book, and you'll meet the men in this book..."

Oh, I misunderstood your comment about TMiaB. I thought you said you had not read it. You meant that there was no spoiler for it mentioned in the "Dog" book. I will add it to my TBR list. Thanks!

Oh, I have both of the first two Oxford Time Travel books on there already....

[Cherie]

Travis sivarT wrote: "So I found about this 2 minutes ago but I'm pretty excited to know Michael Crichton is releasing yet another book from the grave. Dragon Teeth"

Cool! It has got to be better than the dry, long and sometimes boring book on the same subject and the same guys that I read for my Geo Challenge. The Gilded Dinosaur: The Fossil War Between E.D. Cope and O.C. Marsh and the Rise of American Science

[Lisa]

I just finished Allegedly, Allegedly, which is a YA book about a 9 year old girl who girls a baby, allegedly. She is in baby prison until she is 16 and is then moved into a group home. She has covered for her mother but now that she is pregnant with her own child she wants the truth to come out. Sounds like a soap opera...but it is a dark story and how the mind works.


Then I read the 3rd book in the JD Robb series....what fun:) Immortal in Death


I am almost finished with The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness which is an excellent book that everyone should read. It shows why America has the highest number of jails and incarcerations in the world....and for very minor offenses. I cannot believe that crack and powder cocaine have such different sentencing. "just 1 gram of crack are given the same sentence as those found in possession of 18 grams of cocaine" which of course targets poor and mostly black people. It's an eye opening book and sad for the people who are caught up in a crooked system and seemingly will and can never get out of. Things need to change.


Next up is Desperation Road. I am in a few chapters and it has grabbed me already. I have no idea what it is about other than it has gotten very good reviews and supposedly has beautiful writing.

[Dem]

Just finished The Women in the Castle
My review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/1898377535

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Yeah I've read a fair bit about those unfair, and frankly racist, drug laws Lisa. Will have to look up your book!

[Kristie, Moderator]

Yes, one of my graduate classes was on drug addiction and we discussed the political and racial side of the "war on drugs". It was very eye opening. I'd be interested in The New Jim Crow too.

[Lisa]

Kristie wrote: "Yes, one of my graduate classes was on drug addiction and we discussed the political and racial side of the "war on drugs". It was very eye opening. I'd be interested in The New Jim Crow too."

It was very eye opening and kind of disgusting how we treat young black male youths.

Rusalka wrote: "Yeah I've read a fair bit about those unfair, and frankly racist, drug laws Lisa. Will have to look up your book!"

Agreed and welcome to America....where racism still dwells under the layers.

[Lisa]

I am just started a kindle first read, A Criminal Defense and also

On a very different note, lol, The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women

[Peggy]

I think I'll start Fudge Cupcake Murder. The whole series so far has been 3 stars for me, so it's okay, and it's one of those books that I 'have to' read for the year long challenge.

[Kristie, Moderator]

Lisa - The Purity Myth looks interesting too. I look forward to seeing what you think of it.

[Travis]

Well crack is more addictive so it would make sense to have stiffer laws on crack than pure coke. Go watch New Jack City with Wesley Snipes

[Janice, Moderator]

I finished To Say Nothing of the Dog. I enjoyed this comedy of errors.

Later today, I will start The Good Daughters for my real life book club.

[Lisa]

Travis sivarT wrote: "Well crack is more addictive so it would make sense to have stiffer laws on crack than pure coke. Go watch New Jack City with Wesley Snipes"

It's pretty much the same thing. "Crack is essentially powder cocaine mixed with water and baking soda which is dried into a solid mass."

Addiction only happens to people who would become addicted to anything.

Read Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs
That is an excellent book about drugs and what we perceive about them is wrong.


Kristie wrote: "Lisa - The Purity Myth looks interesting too. I look forward to seeing what you think of it."

I'll let you know.

[Travis]

Trust me the people I know who stick with coke are fine. The ones that switched to crack that's a whole different effect on you. People on crack are scary. I can't explain it but someone could be on coke and you wouldn't even notice if they smoke crack you notice it makes them crazy.

[Travis]

Actually let me change that to people I used to know. I don't know anyone who currently does drugs. I don't associate with them anymore

[Lisa]

I also used to know people who used both. No problems with either one until they ran out.

I think it also depends on how much is used at one time/sitting/party whatever. Occasional use of either didn't seem to bother any of the people I knew then.

[Peggy]

I finished Fudge Cupcake Murder already. It was quick!

I'll start Pogingen iets van het leven te maken (translated into: The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83¼ Years Old) next, for no reason other than that I bought it a few days ago and am curious about it and so that for once I don't buy a book and have it lying around for months (if not years) before I finally get to it. I don't think it will fit my year long challenge but if it does, I'll fit it in there.

[Margo]

I've just started American Gods and intend to finish it before I watch the series (not for the monthly challenge!).

[Travis]

Was taking my time with Locke and Key but after reading #3 I decided I've got to binge the rest of this series. Locke & Key, Vol. 3: Crown of Shadows

[Sarah]

Go for it Travis!

[Travis]

Ok. So I do associate with people who do drugs. Just didn't know it. Would you believe while I'm saying I don't know ppl who do drugs that maybe not quite what I'd call a friend. More of an acquaintance but we watch his kids sometimes and stuff. He's been here for a bonfire and stuff. Anyway. Not sure of his status right now but as of yesterday was in a comma from an overdose of cocaine and oxycodone. Maybe we just don't know people as well as we used to. Weird to happen while we were discussing such things

[Janice, Moderator]

Doesn't sound good, Travis.

Could we move the drug discussion over to "Whatcha Doing" thread, please?

[Janice, Moderator]

I finished reading The Good Daughters today. Perfect timing, because I can start my challenge read, The Last Kingdom tomorrow.

[Lisa]

Kristie wrote: "Lisa - The Purity Myth looks interesting too. I look forward to seeing what you think of it."

Overall it was very good. I did actually learn some new things, lol. Here is my review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Kristie, Moderator]

Thanks, Lisa. I may read it.

[Travis]

Just finished The Ghost Brigades