Zaara's Buddy Read Tracker

[Mel]

Zaara wrote: “Oh naw…Mel, you are confusing me with some properly o..."

Oh Zara, how I’ve missed your long careening cascades of banter. :D
“Updation” indeed. 😁

I have the same problem with books on my TBR that are 20 years old, or something a younger version of myself was interested in, but no longer. That’s mostly the reason why I have my list of Interested Titles in my tracker. If someone suggests one of those, I’m more likely to stop what I’m doing and pick it up.

After BR-failing Red Rising last summer, I still haven’t read it, so I’ll try to jump on it with you guys.

[Zaara]

@Beena

Oh my bad, how gauche of me… introductions all round…

There were two Melissas who used to be active in this group, this one right here and another who has her handle as Melissa the Dog/Wolf Lover. I don’t know either of their surnames. Which is why I sometimes took to calling our gal here Sendai (I have stopped now) because referring to her as *Melissa the One who isn’t the Dog/Wolf Lover but who no doubt also likes dogs, wolves, dragons, Sha and MM romance and writes smegaroon tastie BR posts* is a bit of a mouthful sometimes…

Even though I am known for the extreme brevity of my posts…*flexes*

There are also two Christophers. Chris Murphy (which were called The Murf) likes video games and last I heard is putting up new bookshelves (lucky man!), getting back to music en famille, and reading Nevernight. Mostly, the Murf goes off and does his thing and I never disturb him until he feels like heaving to for a chat, mostly out of the blue (privately I him the Red October) and always a great surprise…but I think he was just feels charitable or clearing his inbox and got bored or something. The Lannister came from an old profile pic since this Chris have a surname that were spelled differently but is pronounced Holt like BOLT and he likes whiskey, bacon, grimdark, Lightspeed Magazine, lives a mile from work and does chores en famille. When it comes to reading Abercrombie we somehow fell into a package deal since we wind it around all our other reads and fell behind all the faster readers. I don’t know why the Lannister stuck when Chris M. stopped being active in the group. I think by now I feel like a relapse will be betraying Mother Grimdark.

PS – there are also two Lauras: Tenfingers and the Dragonchild…

[Zaara]

Beena wrote: "Hahaha! You know what, having sat on it for a bit, I think I just might.... I know I will be INSANELY envious and jealous every time I see a notification from your BRs lol and that's a damn good group of people joining for it, so I might have to cave lol. I'M SO WEAK, hahaha!"

Weak Shmeak...
As long as you're having fun.......it's in the Declaration of Independence, dammit.
Life, Liberty and THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS...

[Beena]

^Haha, fair enough!

No worries! Not sure I entirely understood your explanation of the Chris peeps, but I am aware of the Melissa's (see a few of my friends liking the dog/wolf lover's reviews) and aware of both Laura's.

[Hailee]

Hi Zaara,

I have created a page breakdown of Sarum and a tentative schedule if you want to check it out.

I have posted it on my buddy read tracker in message 292 so I can easily access it to edit it if necessary.

[Zaara]

Aaaww aren't you just a sweetheart? I'll check but in general am sure I M happy to adhere to whatever pace you set. Im moving and only logged in for one minute to poft on my current buddy read but im excited too (and i know its for next month) but i already packed gardens of the moon with my toothbrush n overnite kit so it doesnt get lost in all the randomness...

[Zaara]

re 954, sorry beena i totally missed seeing this reply...yea thats me...uuh yea im kinda creepy with how i remember the littlest detail about random things ppl tell me but i will remember like this for everyone...i think veronica told me once five years ago what her favourite beverage was...brain like an attic, comes from the longago days when i used to be a hack and had to carry around mini profiles in my head and have it on call all the time... not that my exboss was anything like Miranda Priestly... dont mind me I'm harmless, i am not supercreepy at all....
:D

[Beena]

I'm harmless, i am not supercreepy at all....

That's reassuring! Lol :p

Btw, I just read Gunlaw by Mark Lawrence before The Heroes and it reminded me of everything I love about The Broken Empire, but it's a damn stand alone so far and now I need more of the same, so I have decided that I am IN for the BR lol. Let's be honest, who was I kidding?! Haha. And I'll also read Road Brothers with you guys, cos I haven't read that yet.

[Laura Tenfingers]

Glad you've come to your senses, Beena! :D

[Beena]

Hahaha! I have indeed! :D

And while you're here Laura (soz to hijack your thread a little Zaara) I'm up for making the year a grimdark one too, I need to purge/cleanse all this 2 star shit and YA from me, so I'd be interested in choosing a few others from that grimdark list. I know you've signed up for a lot already and do read faster than me, so I'll be happy to set up BRs as and when we fancy them, I'm really not a planner lol.

Do you fancy doing Heroes Die in the new year? You got anything booked?

[Laura Tenfingers]

Beena wrote: " I'm up for making the year a grimdark one too ..."

Yes!!! Let's do it!!!

I'm up for Heroes Die in the New Year. I've got a couple of books now and then nothing until Feb (Steel Remains and Jorg reread).

Maybe I'll brush the dust off my BR tracker and we can plan some more grimdark for 2022!

EDIT: I updated my br tracker and have listed some grimdark off that list that I've got my eye on if anyone's interested

[Beena]

Yes! Sounds good! I'll go check it out....

[Chris]

Oh, did someone say Grimdark?

[Laura Tenfingers]

Yes! Join us!!! Anything peak your interest here?:

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

[Zaara]

Thanks for linking that, Laura. I will also edit this post and paste Rob's list here for reference.

[Chris]

I've read Heroes Die (and loved it) and would consider a reread if I wasn't mired (still) in a reading slump.

I could maybe do a reread on the Lawrence series as I have those on audio and do seem to make (better) progress on that than on print reading...

[Zaara]

It's gonna be a biggish group and we're all gonna be rereading xept Rob.

[Laura Tenfingers]

I can't find the Heroes Abercrombie thread 🤔 Are you guys continuing the series? If so, I'd love to read A Little Hatred with you all. 😍 And Sharps Ends is also on my list.

[Chris]

Here's the Heroes discussion, Laura: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

I'm definitely up for continuing, though we haven't discussed it (yet)

[Laura Tenfingers]

Thanks Chris! Never would have found that🤦‍♀️

[Zaara]

Chris wrote: "Here's the Heroes discussion, Laura: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

I'm definitely up for continuing, though we haven't discussed it (yet)"
Sorry for the late response, Laura and thanks for helping, Chris, I'm in too. Just not immediately...I have some big books in Jan...

[Zaara]

I like this cover and want to keep this image:

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[Zaara]

Some Jorgs:
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[Em Lost In Books]

Hi Zaara!!

Isn't he too cute for Jorg?;)

[Zaara]

Hiii Manu, been a while! How’re you? And how’s Iniya? And everybody? I know Iniya had her baby because she sent me pictures. What are you reading now? What reading plans for the year?

To be honest, I think it’s the art style more than anything that’s cute but considering flashback Jorg is barely nine years old at the start of the series and not much older when it ends…aaaw come on… still don’t like lil Jorgy, huh? Not even after all he went thru? Don’t you think when Aristotle said the makings of the greatest tragedies are pity and terror, he meant more pity than terror? Like 98%?? What can I say that will convince you?
:D
I’m listening to (one of) the Jorg theme songs as I type: