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[Diana Stormblessed]

Lena wrote: "You changed your pic!"

Temporality. I'm homage to the break BranSan. ;-)

[Miche]

Awesome cosplay, Diana!

[Virginie]

Yoohoo, the cosplay is amazing! Did you go all fangirl? (not Georgina Kincaid style I hope ;) )

[Petrik]

Diana Stormblessed wrote: "I haven't marked it yet but I finished Age of Myth and loved it so so much. But not reading much this weekend cuz JordanCon! Yay!"

I really need to try Wheel of Time too.... So many damn series to read! Also, is that you with Sanderson!???

[Petrik]

Title: Nice Dragons Finish Last
Author: Rachel Aaron
Pages: 287
Buddy Read: No
Challenge: Yes
Total Points: 3.7

That was fun! Will definitely continue the series!

[Miche]

Petrik wrote: "That was fun! Will definitely continue the series!"

Yay! I am glad you enjoyed it Petrik! :D

[Miche]

Petrik wrote: "I really need to try Wheel of Time too....."

I will look forward to your reviews of WoT, lol. :P

[Petrik]

Miche wrote: "Petrik wrote: "I really need to try Wheel of Time too....."

I will look forward to your reviews of WoT, lol. :P"

Bahahahha my brain can only handle one more giant series for this year. That means if I start WoT, I'm going to have postpone Malazan again and I don't know how I feel about that.

[Miche]

Petrik wrote: "Miche wrote: "Petrik wrote: "I really need to try Wheel of Time too....."

I will look forward to your reviews of WoT, lol. :P"

Bahahahha my brain can only handle one more giant series for this ye..."

I wouldn't recommend that. ;)

[Miche]

Title: An Autumn War
Author: Daniel Abraham
Pages: 366
Buddy Read: Yes
Challenge: Yes (ISC)
Total Points: 6.6

[Petrik]

Miche wrote: "Title: An Autumn War
Author: Daniel Abraham
Pages: 366
Buddy Read: Yes
Challenge: Yes (ISC)
Total Points: 6.6"

How awesome was this one though? I thought it was the best of the series.

[Miche]

Petrik wrote: "How awesome was this one though? I thought it was the best of the series. "

From the three books I read so far this one was the best. (view spoiler)[the price paid was very steep to all (hide spoiler)]

[Zaara]

I own this series. Will read it next year, i'm thinking. All the positive chatter abt it is really heartening...

[Virginie]

Arcanum Unbounded
Brandon Sanderson
672 pages
Buddy Read + Challenge (Bingo)
11.8 points

I need more. More Sanderson. More Cosmere. Did someone invent a time-travelling machine yet? What do I have to do to get my hands on a Cosmere book right now?
I NEED MORE!

[Virginie]

Zaara wrote: "I own this series. Will read it next year, i'm thinking. All the positive chatter abt it is really heartening..."

Same here. I attempted reading it this year along with the group but I over-scheduled myself :'(

[Virginie]

Oh, and great job Miche :)

[Zaara]

Virginie wrote: "Same here. I attempted reading it this year along with the group but..."

I'm so glad. I was internally b!tching that by the time I get to this series everyone will already have finished it and moved on to new things....
You know how we were saying we both need a new THING for #aftertheLawrence?

EDIT to add:
Go, Miche! But I think I already meant that in comment #1263 😂😂😂

[Virginie]

Zaara wrote: "Virginie wrote: "Same here. I attempted reading it this year along with the group but..."

I'm so glad. I was internally b!tching that by the time I get to this series everyone will already have fi..."

You're reading my mind... ;)

[Zaara]

Virginie wrote: "You're reading my mind... ;) "

(view spoiler)[

#legilimens
(hide spoiler)]
😁😁😁

[Virginie]

Zaara wrote: "(view spoiler)
😁😁😁 "

😆

[Diana Stormblessed]

Miche thank you!

Virginie lol I reigned it in

Petrik yup! He's now doing a reading from skyward. Next is the book signing (I have 8 books for him to sign) and then the weekend is over :'-(

[Elizabeth]

Reading slump over. I'm back!

[Lena]

🎉🎉🎉

[Veronica]

Miche wrote: "Title: An Autumn War
Author: Daniel Abraham
Pages: 366
Buddy Read: Yes
Challenge: Yes (ISC)
Total Points: 6.6"

I was supposed to be on that buddy read but after finishing the second book I realized that I just don't care about any of the characters. They could all die and I wouldn't care.

[Virginie]

Elizabeth wrote: "Reading slump over. I'm back!"

YAY! :D

[Miche]

Veronica wrote: "I was supposed to be on that buddy read but after finishing the second book I realized that I just don't care about any of the characters. They could all die and I wouldn't care. "

There are a couple of new characters, but I don't think you would connect to any this point if you didn't care about all others before.

[Niki Hawkes, I made it past GOTM... barely]

Love the cosplay, Diana! And mic drop for Sanderson in the photo as well. :)

[Diana Stormblessed]

Niki Hawkes wrote: "Love the cosplay, Diana! And mic drop for Sanderson in the photo as well. :)"

Thank you! :-)

[Petrik]

@Veronica: I agree with Miche, Veronica. If by the second book you still don't care about any of the characters, it's seriously better to just drop the series.

[Miche]

Title: Golden Son
Author: Pierce Brown
Pages: 430
Buddy Read: Yes
Challenge: Yes (ISC)
Total Points: 7.6


Title: Morning Star
Author: Pierce Brown
Pages: 524
Buddy Read: No
Challenge: Yes (A-Z)
Total Points: 6.6

The first book took me a long time to grab my interest and I almost gave up of the series. I am happy I didn't as the second and third books were page turners for me. I read both in two days!

"Break the chains!"

[Petrik]

Yeay!!! I super loved Red Rising trilogy so I'm glad that's working out for you, Miche.

I agree that book 2 and 3 were such a massive improvement! :)

[Virginie]

Age of Myth
Michael J. Sullivan
432 pages
Buddy Read + Challenge (Cover)
7.6 points

Sullivan's writing skills improved a lot compared to the Riyria Revelations! I'm really eager to read the sequel!

[Miche]

Good job, Virginie!

[Petrik]

City of Lies
Sam Hawke
560 pages
Challenge (Cover)
7 points

To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
324
Challenge (Bingo)
4.1 points

[Petrik]

@Virginie: I agree that Age of Myth showed a LOT of improvement in Sullivan;'s writing in comparison to Riyria.

[Diana Stormblessed]

Petrik wrote: "@Virginie: I agree that Age of Myth showed a LOT of improvement in Sullivan;'s writing in comparison to Riyria."

This was the first book I read by him and it blew me away. I really loved it. I'm not saying it's the best writing around, but the story hooked me for the start.

[Virginie]

@Miche: Thanks!

@Petrik: Great job! And you're taking my spot on the ranking again (the one I got back with Age of Myth). I wasn't paying attention before but I'm wondering if we haven't been overthrowing each other for a while now :D

[Niki Hawkes, I made it past GOTM... barely]

Good job team! I finished a bunch I need to add today too. :)

[Diana Stormblessed]

I don't remember the last time I updated here so I'll skip the missing ones and just move on to today.

Den of Wolves
448
Incomplete
8.0 pts

[Petrik]

Diana Stormblessed wrote: "Petrik wrote: "@Virginie: I agree that Age of Myth showed a LOT of improvement in Sullivan;'s writing in comparison to Riyria."

This was the first book I read by him and it blew me away. I really ..."

I think you'll love his Riyria series. It's very popular and the last book was so good. The beginning was weak af though, no idea why people loved it

[Petrik]

Virginie wrote: "@Miche: Thanks!

@Petrik: Great job! And you're taking my spot on the ranking again (the one I got back with Age of Myth). I wasn't paying attention before but I'm wondering if we haven't been over..."

Ooohh I just checked, you're right! Our score are so close to each other! xD

[Virginie]

Petrik wrote: "Ooohh I just checked, you're right! Our score are so close to each other! xD"

I noticed it a week ago or so. And then, you read White Sand #2 (worth 0.4 points) and ended up above me by 0.1 points. I remember thinking "Is he doing it on purpose?!?" xD

[Veronica]

Petrik wrote: "@Veronica: I agree with Miche, Veronica. If by the second book you still don't care about any of the characters, it's seriously better to just drop the series."

Yeah, I'm just not feeling the motivation. It's nothing against the writing, which is fine. I'm just not invested in the characters.

[Veronica]

Miche wrote: "Title: Golden Son
Author: Pierce Brown
Pages: 430
Buddy Read: Yes
Challenge: Yes (ISC)
Total Points: 7.6


Title: Morning Star
Author: [author:Pierc..."

Right there with you!

[Veronica]

Aaaaannnnd, I still haven't done my batch update.

[Miche]

Great job, Diana and Petrik!

[Niki Hawkes, I made it past GOTM... barely]

I really loved morning star. It had awesome momentum. I have yet to retry iron gold. I just wasn't in the mood for it I think.

[Chris]

Virginie wrote: "Age of Myth
Michael J. Sullivan
432 pages
Buddy Read + Challenge (Cover)
7.6 points

Sullivan's writing skills improved a lot compared to the Riyria Revelations! I'm really eager to read the sequel!"

Hey Virginie! I just bought that book, is it ok to start there or should I read the previous series?

[Virginie]

You can totally start here. You don't have to have any knowledge from his other series.
I'd advise to start with Age of Myth actually... Sullivan improved a great deal, the pace is much better compared to Riyria. But Legends of the First Empire is not completed yet (4 more books being published this year and the next).

[Veronica]

Niki Hawkes wrote: "I really loved morning star. It had awesome momentum. I have yet to retry iron gold. I just wasn't in the mood for it I think."

I'm reading that one right now. I thought the departure from a purely Darrow POV would annoy me but so far I'm liking it. Of course, I still want more Darrow.