Zaara's Buddy Read Tracker

[Zaara]

Chris wrote: "Well, you posted enough about The Blade Itself to start an entire buddy read discussion lol.
Good stuff, though. I definitely loved that Glotka scene (as I did so many of his). "

HAA glad you liked it Lann but this was nothing…
Was actually building you a giant Blade Itself “Pogo Stick”…so you could jump across many old threads to a series of posts that I thought (you may find) interesting.
But it was laborious work for my techcrippled constructions :p and I had so many active BRs where ppl were pushing for laminute competition points that I gave priority to posting on those threads in order to siscourage them…it always helps push thru a slow patch in a book when you have spoilers to open. Heck, I even went on Worm to cheer tho I am not starting it until next year…
And besides, a post like this…for no other purpose than fun alone…can be read anytime, no? Even when you have finished.
I should also be done with Scythe and Dune in a few days…and we can start Thunderhead (if you still want to, that is)…I sure do. Finishing Dune should be quick but I am listening to Scythe and it took me…literally ten days to listen to three hrs worth of audio (at 1.5X) xcuz I listen in bed and kept falling asleep. But yesterday I went to the lark (had been craving the park for some days now but weekend was superbusy) and ha, I found I can listen while I walk…good to know…listened for an hour…rest should move now, no worries.

My favourite scenes in Scythe so far are (33%)
(view spoiler)[Rowan ruffling his bedhead and spazzing about what to write in his diary and when CH 11 Faraday decides to bend the rules and NOT glean the mother and two kids…when he went into the other room with a stern face I was angry.
I am liking it so far. Most YA nowadays DOES deal with the Big 5 dark matter if only to give that obligatory ‘grownup’ THRILL (death, sex, supernatural/altered mind/altered dimension/insert any other existential angst here) but (I’ve felt) only superficially and flirtingly so…like a bug skimming the surface of a vast black lake but never breaking the skin of the water…
Scythe is different…mostly ONLY in the chapter epigraphs tho. Found myself wanting the chapters to end so I can get back to the Gleaning Journal of HS Curie. He’d be one of the characters I want to meet and have a conversation with, if I played the Top 3 game each week. Sometimes the threads are so interesting I think about my picks. Never have the courage to post much in that folder tho.
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I am glad you are enjoying your Abby reread. GO CHRIS, get those extra dozen points…you have almost two full days left + like Anni says, its wonderful how some things we love get better and better the more we read them!
If you do still want my BladeItself pogo stick spoiler (??) I will post it eventually. Perhaps I shall anyway to celebrate you finishing the tourney, man. And I will be there thru your reread all the way until we start the new (to us) ones.

Now #go get those lastminute points…don’t even bother coming on GR and politely replying n all that jazz…we can talk after Oct 31…here’s your ride…it were a bit shortnotice but it comes fully loaded…I hope you like it! Recently kitted SirAnni out for Halloween and my efforts were widely appreciated :))
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[Zaara]

Sir Anni wrote: "So Zaara, I actually came here for you and to share some autumn love ❤️
First thinks first, I of course brought you flowers, Milady :)"

Ha, it was Virginie who loves sunflowers the most (poorkid I think she posted somewhere that all floweres xcept them make her sick) but thank you, my gallant, I take these immediately!

I really liked the picture of the monastery and that lookout (promontory??) would surely be lovely around now with all the redgolds and browns. But most of all I REALLY like the little descriptions you gave each picture! Autumn in the forest was a fave...and I will prolly hibernate all winter in that castle-ish SheLair.
*grins*

[Chris]

Zaara, love the ride! lol..Needs a like button on those..

Hey, finished TBI last night and was kinda floored with the ending. Though I should have remembered it, eh? Saw that it's actually been 10 years since I read it the first time. Almost exactly.

Did you want to go right into Thunderhead when you finish Scythe? If so, I can line that up as my next audio and start when you're ready. I don't want to start Before They Are Hanged just yet, as that will take me awhile to plow through.

And yes, the pogo stick spoiler sounds pretty damn cool.

[Chris]

Sir Anni wrote: "Chris wrote: "Well, you posted enough about The Blade Itself to start an entire buddy read discussion lol.

Good stuff, though. I definitely loved that Glotka scene (as I did so many of his).

Hon..."

The new book is what made me want to start over, so it's good to see that familiar faces are popping up....I'll get to it, eventually lol

[Zaara]

Chris wrote: "Zaara, love the ride! lol..Needs a like button on those.."

:)) woooop he liked it!
Ohk please gimme five days to finish Scythe and ten to post the Pogo Stick…it will then serve as an excellent and timely recap for you to dive into FL2 since you said you are gonna take a small break to finish your current read.

Chris wrote: "Did you want to go right into Thunderhead when you finish Scythe? If so, I can line that up as my next audio and start when you're ready."

Yes, we can start Thunderhead immediately I'm done with Scythre.
Load her up!

[Chris]

Sounds great. I have a couple of shorts I can listen to if I need something before then. When I say short, I mean an hour or so.

Timing for the pogo stick should work too.

And if I had a ride like that, I'd take you for a spin lol

[Zaara]

Heck, you had a ride like that I'll have to wait my turn...

[Anni]

Zaara wrote: "Sir Anni wrote: "So Zaara, I actually came here for you and to share some autumn love ❤️
First thinks first, I of course brought you flowers, Milady :)"

Ha, it was Virginie who loves sunflowers th..."

Haha, actually I choose sunflowers because they are my favourite flowers, not because I thought they were yours... Yeah, I'm egoistic like that, making others presents that I like to use/admire 😂

[Chris]

Zaara wrote: "Heck, you had a ride like that I'll have to wait my turn..."

I'd let you take the wheel lol

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

I think I found my next avatar ;)



It's really hard to search for pumkins wearing hoodies... it just shows pumpkin hoodies and this guy...

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Best thing I can find for WORM "payback" is the classic blobfish:



and it's daughter the blobmaid:



Apparently, blobfish is an entire genre of sweatshirts, too:



It even gets into the holiday spirit...

[Virginie]

Timelord Iain wrote: "It's really hard to search for pumkins wearing hoodies... it just shows pumpkin hoodies and this guy..."



Couldn't find anything else...

[Zaara]

OY…what happened here???
:))))
There I was sloooowly typing out my motherhonking huge Dune spoilers and thinking all y’all will be fighting for those last points but it looks like everyone already went crazed with high spirits/ celebrating the Tome Raiders winning (? is this already decided for sure?)

@Lann…I had no idea ppl liked being siscouraged with pictures this much. Or that you loved the Batmobile this much…heh!!
Let’s…jezzt…ride the Thunderhead next week…

@Anni I had no idea you love sunflowers this much. I haven’t slept in thirtysix hours…my brain seems to be going into glue mode before shutting down…I think I just retyped literally the same sentence I just typed for Chris…haha! And not only that…I didn’t even think to copy-paest.

@Iain…eeeeeeeeew WTF maaaaan! That is frikkin slimy and gross and see his PURE EVIL…he left everything uncovered and unspoilered. So now we all have to stare at this huge UGHNESS and it drew the eye in hypnotic ways…
The last two aren’t that bad tho.

[Zaara]

Timelord Iain wrote: "I think I found my next avatar ;)
It's really hard to search for pumkins wearing hoodies... it just shows pumpkin hoodies and this guy..."

Oh...well that is certainly a festive hoodie Iain and more’n enough for a day or week or so…Halloween is a short holiday…but I dunno that I would want to see someone else’s face (all the time) wearing your words and thoughts…if you know what I mean…I am possibly babbling…like I were telling Anni…
Is it possible to (is the word morph?)…I dunno…transplant a Jack-O’L/pumpkin to your existing bimoji…that very first one you ever had on here?
Can’t you fiddle something in the cuttings and pastimgs? Like Neville (haha!) who transplanted his ears onto a cactus. Keep a copy of that original tho because everyone liked that one.

[Zaara]

@Virginie...THANKS sweetie!
And its Halloween AND I am reading Scythe...

EDIT to say, I meant thanks for the pic in #762

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Honestly, Virginie found a great image... just need to trim it down, a bit, I think...

[Zaara]

Timelord Iain wrote: "Honestly, Virginie found a great image... just need to trim it down, a bit, I think..."

It sure is!

[Zaara]

The old Thunderhead thread is here, @Lannister...we can reuse it...apparently the group read it back in March...I searched so long for Schusterman threads in the archives before I found it in the singles...😂😂😂

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

And this is for my reference so I don't have to search for the Scythe spoilers agn.

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

EDIT for small status update:
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Just started Part 3. Faraday is dead so suddenly :/ and the MCs are separated. Can't wait to see how Rowan copes with the douchebag group...
Really liked Scythe Curie's logcabin...😍 (hide spoiler)]

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Zaara wrote: "The old Thunderhead thread is here, @Lannister...we can reuse it...apparently the group read it back in March...I searched so long for Schusterman threads in the archives before I found it in the s..."

It's cause Angela Jr scheduled a bunch of reads on the 8ths of the month thru 2019, then we scheduled Scythe later to join the scheduled Thunderhead BR...

[Chris]

Ok, marked Thunderhead on my Tracker.

I did start today. I know, a little ahead of you. But laundry day is when I do my best audiobooking, unless I'm driving. But since I live 1 mile from work, I don't get much time in that way ;)

I won't get far ahead and you'll catch me soon, I fear not.

[Zaara]

Chris wrote: "I did start today. I know, a little ahead of you. But laundry day is when I do my best audiobooking, unless I'm driving. But since I live 1 mile from work, I ..."

Ugg...meanwhile I'm still reading Scythe...and 68%
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worrying that Rowan may be affected by/internalising all the thuggish mindengineering by Goddard & Co tho he seems resilient enough for the time being... (hide spoiler)]

But as you say, a mile away from work is NOT a long drive.
:))
Enjoy!

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This has gotta be the ughliest image I uploaded on my own tracker 😂...I particularly enjoy the ghastly cheer of that purple background!
O well, at least your clothes will be superclean now.

EDIT Forgot to spoiler the picture and just went temporarily blind!

[Anni]

I'm not sure where I saw your comment, maybe at Siobhan's Tracker 🤔 But here's my reply: A little break would be great, but I would love to start Darkdawn on the 8th, does that work for you? :)

[Chris]

Haha, I didn't use that much soap...And only listened to 1 hour, 50 minutes of Thunderhead. Wee...So yes, you should catch me.

[Zaara]

Chris wrote: "..."

Finished Scythe.
The urge to speed up to 1.75x was strong but I resisted...💪💪💪

SCYTHE FULLBOOK
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Liked it very much. Almost perfect, 4 stars...
Just two very small quibbles...Also here is a nonspoiler quote that I liked, since we love beaches:

1. I get that obligatory YA angst was needed but I never really believed they'd glean each other...a bit irritating that Citra had no line of sight and so kept doubting Rowan when every action of his...jezzt...I'm Team Rowan Lucifer all the way...

2. Initially felt it been avoided/shortened...the brutal training scenes at the bungalow/needless carnage at the Tonist monastery and Volta's resultant angsty suicide (the narrator's very good, loved his Hispanic accents during the Citra escape track...but I feel he didn't do this scene justice. He souped UP the angst and drama in his voice where I'd have liked him to dial it way, WAY down)...initially felt they were just thrown in there to heighten the evilness of Goddard, as if the megalomania weren't enough...but then I see how each of these events were contributing to the Lucifer char arc...

And Goddard's decapitation tho... 😄💪 PERFECT...it was...jezzt...soooo Rowan 😂 to channel all that (months of) pentup rage into one sweeping arc...

Loved the offhand, tongue in cheek literary riffs! Its like a secret joke Schusterman threw in just for us.
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Also here is a nonspoiler quote that I liked, since we love beaches:
“Today the coastline was strewn with large chunks of twisted, gnarled driftwood. In the dwindling sunset, they seemed like the arms and legs of terrible creatures slowly heaving themselves out of the sand.
Citra crouched behind a driftwood 🐲 dragon, hiding within its shadow.”

Going out tonight so shall start Thunderhead moro.
Please post some spoilers...😅😀☺️

[Zaara]

Sir Anni wrote: "I'm not sure where I saw your comment, maybe at Siobhan's Tracker 🤔 But here's my reply: A little break would be great, but I would love to start Darkdawn on the 8th, does that work for you? :)"

Sure Anni. That's fine!

[Chris]

Agreed on your Scythe stuff and the narrator.

I'm already fading on some of the details from it just a few months later. Old age really sucks lol....

Haven't listened to any more of Thunderhead yet, but should soon. Pretty much just buildup to this point.

[Zaara]

Chris wrote: "..."

No Christopher. I'm afraid that cover isn't going to fly either.
But nice of you to wait for me AND 😂 put this spin on it...really, tis kind...dunno what I did to deserve such friends but I sure am grateful for them.

Now I'm switching to ebook to catch up the quicker.
And the second link in Post #768 (which I initially said was just for me) gives swell recappy Book 1 spoilers. And what the sum of those spoilers + my posts above don't catch isn't worth the remembering, I don't think.

I began Book 2, but didn't get far at all. The Moontied Quartet BR began + Dan and Mayim arrivéd as a surprise and I got all squealy at the propsect of a girls reunion BR...its been more than 2 years, Lann.
Buuuuut I have one of those superlong oneoff commutes moro, so I'll be lookin' to glean some serious pages from THIS thunderin' mother...

Early chapters NONPLOT:
“They have me to ponder my own vastness, still so minuscule when set against the vastness of the universe.”

NooooooOOOH...where are the gleaning journals of Scythe Curie??
Heh, the 'Borg's' POV ain't bad either...so nice to see the TH has a sense of perspective, no??
😂😜

[Chris]

Not going to fly? I had to go back and see what I said. That's how my memory is failing me lol.

Yes, it was a good recap! Nice having that.

Agreed on the Borg journals too, though I also miss the ones from Scythe Curie.

[Zaara]

Ok lemme just say this now so we can later check whether my hunch was right or not. Tyger Salazar just doesn't sit right with me...always so nonchalant, he makes me vaguely uneasy. Something's waiting to happen with that character.

Starting Part 2.

[Chris]

Probably a pretty good hunch...

I listened to a bit yesterday, in Part 2.

Of course, what cracked me up with my juvenile sense of humor was the part where Grayson (view spoiler)[ was contemplating being labeled as an "unsavory" and not wanting to be lumped into that category with the girl with the penis tattoo. I don't have exact wording as I'm listening without print/ebook and was in the car during that part... (hide spoiler)]

[Zaara]

Zaara wrote: "Sir Anni wrote: "But here's my reply: A little break would be great, but I would love to start Darkdawn on the 8th, does that wor..."

Anni...didnt start DD yet, did you?
:/ please gimme couple days more?
I did that club thing again with "The Lateness"...😂😂😂

[Zaara]

Chris wrote: "Probably a pretty good hunch..."

Re the hunch abt Tyger:
Did a doubletake when he randomly turned up at Rowan's...but I've read further now...Chris........
Read quickly...so much happened...the end of Part Four :O just...get there and open/write some spoilers sooooon!!!

Chris wrote: "Of course, what cracked me up with my juvenile sense of humor..."

My track record on this matter speaks for itself, I think!
😊

Chris wrote: "the girl with the penis tattoo"

😂😂😂 ha, she is going to have such a huge "What was I thinkin'?" moment somewhere down the line...prolly when she decides to settle down, applies for a job and everyone immediately assumes (view spoiler)[ she is a 😝 "horologist"...
Reference clip:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ch7finU...
I love those movies tho they quickly went down the slippery slide from awesome to tired...
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Yeah I'm loving the Greyson Tolliver track...its my favourite right now...much more than Anastasia (who isn't doing anything much this book except being PERFECT) & Rowan (who turned dark and moody)...meh!
But its expected in a middle book and this Bk 2 is by far one of the thrillingest middle books I've read. I *yerk* how Citra is being built up in butter jezzt won't melt in her mouth Mary Stu ways as the postergirl of the "NewGen" Moderates and Rowan is being reviled for being "radical". What choice did he have? My poor thoughtful baby...in book 1 Citra was always the more competitve/hardass one...prolly its just that she is still "in the system" and has Curie to mother her a bit. And Rowan had what? Goddard and then brutal ostracism. That'll do it...😂😂

“Greyson dug inside himself to find some appropriate attitude.”

Ha 😂😂😂 this is SO me! I'm actually very reserved in real life.
Did you ever go thru an "unsavoury" phase in younger days, Lann? You know what I mean...altho the use the of this word...to someone who doesn't know the world of the Arc it just would just read like something that doesn't taste sweet.

Ohk I read Parts 3 and 4 and my full log is on the thread... thought we should help populate it a bit in case someone pops by on a solo/duo read, as suddenly DID happen with Nevernight.

[Anni]

Zaara wrote: "Zaara wrote: "Sir Anni wrote: "But here's my reply: A little break would be great, but I would love to start Darkdawn on the 8th, does that wor..."

Anni...didnt start DD yet, did you?
:/ please gi..."

Uhm I did... But only read the character-catch-up and the two following chapters.
I want to finish it on Friday/Saturday tho, because I wanted to pass it on to a friend and I only see her rarely... I hope that's ok?

[Zaara]

Sir Anni wrote: "Zaara wrote: "Zaara wrote: "Sir Anni wrote: "

Sure! Please do, Anni.
And since two days already passed since, I am starting this too!
😂

[Anni]

That's great, I'll post an update later, I'm a bit short on time, because I started a new job and there's still so much to organize 😅

[Zaara]

Congratulations on the new job, Ghost...happy for how your career is taking a new direction and totally willing to support you with any flexibility you need...😂😜😝 in terms of BRs...

You get 😍😍😍 Legolas...but you have to share with me, ok? I'll never know why they burdened such a guy with the fooffie surname Greenleaf...😂😂😂 but nevarr you mind, he would still break ALL the hearts...but O how I love that orc killing contest scene basically everything abt these movies!

Now go hit those work targets, you!!

[jess]

Stopped by just to thank you for the picture of Legolas that showed up in my inbox!!

All the feels...

Btw have you guys watched Carnival Row with him in it? Only seen the first epi

[Zaara]

Good morning!
:D

Uhhh you're very welcome, luv...but 😆 how did that happen?? Forgive me if this was a superignorant question Jess...but how...since I don't even have your email.
But yea...Legolas...always the feels...tho not in Troy...was JUST talking about how I liked Eric Bana by far the best in Troy...*grins*
Nope haven't started Carnival Row yet but plan to. Nowadays when I do (don't watch much TV) I just watch copmlete brainless sh!t and hardly pay attention.
Btw, Jess...Lannister (Chris H) and I have been enjoying your months ago posts on the Arc of a Scythe threads.
I'm just about done with Hunderhead
+ Charlie, Lann and I will read the Toll soon
+ Siobhan has ordered it as well, couple ppl just finished last week.
I'll prolly read DD with Anni while waiting for Chris...really like it when someone is going at roughly the same pace as me...as I found out with Nos4a2, Scythe and no doubt with DD.

Wanna join us for the Toll, Jess?
Please say yes...but first...look whom I sent to convince and siscourage yoooooooh...

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Ha, who else did you expect?
Was it this guy?



Or this one?
*grins*


Sh!t, wth is happening to me...*smh* i don't understand...I'm prolly #tropedazed or something from all the battlestories in Mage's Blood...created a warrior gallery in my head...😂 not that this was exactly a bad thing...
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[jess]

Zaara wrote: "Good morning!
:D

Uhhh you're very welcome, luv...but 😆 how did that happen?? Forgive me if this was a superignorant question Jess...but how...since I don't even have your email.
But yea...Legolas...."


I saw Legolas in my emails bc I get a daily email with all the latest posts from FBR and it was on top sp I got a glimpse of it before deleting!

I dont know if Ive got time to read Thunderhead (tho I do own it) before you guys read the Toll. It was an entertaining first book though! Easy and quick to read. Thanks for thinking of me!

Btw, id pick Aragorn all the way!

[Zaara]

Oh that's too bad, Jess...been ages since we read together...but we can always chat whenever you are in the mood for the book. I'm really enjoying this trilogy...Schusterman is a babe storyteller!

[Chris]

ok, finished Thunderhead.

When we starting The Toll?

[Zaara]

Hi :))
I can start anytime Chris. Tonight even, if you have the book on hand. Glad to see how much you're enjoying the Moontide Quartet...always feels good when something I recommend...jezzt...clicks. Sorry I haven't been doing good at keeping up on Mage's Blood, I know you waited as much as you were able...just been very distracted these days.
Hope you're feeling on top of whatever life stuff that was last week. You don't talk so much but you're a good 'un, Lann so it bothers me when you're not feeling right about something.
Are you thinking about playing in the Team Tourney for 2020? I hope you'll come, I saw you have alerts on for the thread...
+ here is a faded blue pottery mug that looks like it could've ben filched from a GoT set...thought it will cut the brightness of your collection of laundry detergents...😂😂😂
*small kick*

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Actually the one I have and drink from each morning is more along the lines of this, but its plainer...without the "swirl"



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The Toll tonight then? Thank goodness, I was finding it hard to wait.

[Chris]

Love those mugs!

Tonight sounds good for The Toll. I'm glad we didn't have to wait as long as those that read Thunderhead when it first came out.

Don't worry about Mage's Blood. You'll have time to catch up. I've started the second one but my reading has slowed up a bit since last weekend's mad rush. They're big books, and there are four of them lol. You'll catch me eventually...

Stuff is working out. At least there's now a light at the end of the tunnel, so not as stressed out as I was....Thanks for checking :)

[Chris]

As for the Team Tourney thing....well, I've considered it. But two years of finishing in last place on my team has me feeling rather insignificant. I'm shying away from extra reading stress as that seems to be part of my slumps when they hit..

Though the Team Tourney isn't really stressful. It's pretty easy to keep up with, even lagging behind everyone else.

[Zaara]

Chris wrote: "As for the Team Tourney thing....well, I've considered it. But two years of finishing in last place on my team has me feeling rather insignificant. I'm shying away from extra reading stress as that..."

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😂😂😂 oh dear...the words he uses!!
*KICK*
What is it with dudes and this measuring??? Here's a small secret Lann...heh if you hadn't told me I wouldn't even have known because (what blasphemy is this? ) I can't even open the spreadsheet (I don't have the Sheets app) and never did.
And oh I don't know *shrugs*...but...I'm guessing there are many people here, like me. Perhaps the majority even? who are even "worse" and who don't know about the rankings or the spreadsheet or 😱 even the Tourney...

See...I've been down the wormhole before, I know how virtual reality can suck you in...of course I empathise with you getting caught in the excitement of the competition...such a rush...even tho I can't see the sheet and never have a clue who's doing what/stands where in the leaderboard I totally get all excited (and very despo) too...
But just because you didn't make a bunch of unreal points (that anyway have no tender in the real world) and because the tourney/spreadsheet didn't become the centre of your existence, that doesn't make you insignificant...
It means the size of your canvas is much Bigger than the Team Reading Tourney, yes?
Sure...you're bottom on the spreadsheet math....*shrugs*...😂 I like anchors very much.
Necessary things those. Keep you from being swept away and destroyed. Kinda like the earth.
But do you really want me to go down THIS metaphorical wormhole??

I don't know you very well and we never talked much but I see you, don't I?
We all do.
And I read some of your reviews and I smile at certain phrases and I have your GrimDark link
and I don't say much (because I always felt Creevey is NOT your way tho I certainly didn't realise 😂 how much ppl love the siscouragement!!!) but I always liked how unassuming you and Sha are. I think I said this before. They don't make 'em like this nowadays, Lann...

And you don't say much, you deffo don't put all your goods in the shop window (and pay me the compliment of believing me when I say my private persona is rather old school and vastly different from my public ones) because you have these hidden, iceberg ways...but how many people do I SEE out of the 4000 odd that make up this group? This site? The world? There just isn't time/space enough.
+ how many do I take time out for, in sustained ways? During the holidays even? I coulda jezzt said..."aaaaawww you really are a good guy, Lann. Many ppl had a sh!t year...don't feel bad. Ohk gotta run ohk bye." If you it in a fraction or a decimal, that makes you one of a very select few.

Now this is more the kind of math I like...😜 bcuz who wants to run with creepy stats that bum us out and make us feel bad about ourselves?
See...I am stunningly dumb when it comes to numbers/stats.
The on;y thing I ever care to remember with statistics is that they sing the refrain you want them to, depending on the frame you choose...in essence, if you actually see...stats are your b!tch, mate.
Tho I warn you, Lannister, I am very bad with numbers and math generally + I glory in my incompetence and am totally shameless about it.
And if you hang with me and work out such terrible stats and fractions too long, you may find your fundamentals rearranged...😂😂😂
Feeling better??
:D
I sure hope you'll arrive on the Tourney Signups eventually. Your teams all love you!
Regardless, there's Abercrombie...

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Re the buddy reads...
*raises mug*
Here's to eventually...
Btw I already finished Part 1of the Toll but Ima stop there and do LHoG 2 for a couple days.

Siobhan and I were just talking yest...we reckon we's gonna be super late on Moontide Book 2 and instead of spazzing it over Xmas with a jerky BR that just stresses us out we'll prolly just push it to Jan and that's ok, two still counts as a BR for points...

Chris wrote: "Thanks for checking :)"
😊☺️ why not?? When you are so appreciative.

EDIT To spoiler...I'm sorry dude...I just kept talking and didnt realise how long the message got...😂😂😂 this is a very bad habit of mine and I do it always...its one of my worst traits, really...sorrrry 🙈🙈🙈

[Chris]

Zaara, I'm just going to say that you're a beautiful person with a kind heart ♥

Not to be brief, but someone has to, right? ;) Anyway, thank you. Your words actually pushed me over the edge and into volunteering on the Tourney Challenge. Your words are true, of course, and I can't let my OCD keep me from being part of things here, even if it's (at times) a small part.

Well, I haven't started The Toll yet, but I did buy it and download from Audible. So ready to go, hopefully today but definitely by tomorrow.

All my reading has slowed down a bit since last weekend when I was rocking it. Ebb and flow I guess. Still working on Scarlett Tides, but just a chapter here and there. No worries on catching me eventually. I might even go with the idea of stretching it out over more months.

[Zaara]

Chris wrote: "Your words actually pushed me over the edge and in..."

That's wonderful!
😂😂😂 ha, you really meant it.

PS - who says I cannot be brief?
:D

[Chris]

Awesome exercise in brevity!

[Siobhan]

Hello Zaara my lovely.
I have come to a realisation this morning that I'm really not in the mood to read Mage's Blood! 😭 I'm so sorry but I'm going to have to put it on hold for now. It's just not keeping my attention and making me slumpy. I'm sure it'll be an excellent book when I'm in the right frame of mind, so I'm not going to force myself to go on.
Can you forgive me?

[Zaara]

Siobhan wrote: "Hello Zaara my lovely.
I have come to a realisation this morning that I'm really not in the mood to read Mage's Blood! 😭 I'm so sorry but I'm going to have to put it on hold for now. It's just not ..."

Aboslutely no issues, not when I still haven't finished Priory of the Orange Tree 😂😂😂 o god...🙈 same problem, great book...just not in the mood + busy.
Well, I knew when you were cutting series after Halloween that you were exhausted and only kept Moontide bcuz it was just us two. But now there's Chris, Dani & May + Lannister waited for us so I deffo plan to continue on...
You'll get to it whenever it's meant to happen, I'm sure. Happy holidays Siobhan.