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Virginie wrote: "I leave one evening for a family dinner (which involved ratatouille, cheese and wine :p) and... Two pages of comments!"Mmmm.... I love the way the French eat.
Veronica wrote: "I just did my latest batch update, added 17 books for a total of 112 points."Woohoo! Nice!
Lola wrote: "Diana Stormblessed wrote: "Petrik wrote: "Ah audiobooks... i guess that kinda solves a lot of questions I had! I dont do audio so that's why im so damn confused on how people are able to get so man..."My son is 5 and I'm giving it another year or two and then introducing him to either Alcatraz by Brandon Sanderson. I can't wait :-)
Every Heart a DoorwaySeanan McGuire
173 pages
BR + Challenge (Bingo)
3.1 points
Meh... The first part was enchanting but it went downhill in the second part. Not sure I'll continue with the series :/
Thanks, all. I figured it was time to get my butt in gear and get my update done. I tend to procrastinate.@Virginie - that's so nice of you to offer. I may take you up on it. :-)
Iain wrote: "I try to pre-fill each month using my plans, like in your thread in GG&G... then I can just check in each time I finish a book and plug in the date for points to be added... sometimes I waste time on books i don't end up reading, but that's pretty rare..."
The problem is that I tend to go off plan more often than not so I'd end up spending as much time deleting entries as making new ones.
Lola wrote: "Yay! She is getting the illustrated first Harry Potter book for her birthday - I think she is going to love it!"This edition is gorgeous. :)
Virginie wrote: "Every Heart a DoorwaySeanan McGuire
173 pages
BR + Challenge (Bingo)
3.1 points
Meh... The first part was enchanting but it went downhill in the second part. Not sure I'll continu..."
completely agree
Virginie wrote: "Every Heart a DoorwaySeanan McGuire
173 pages
BR + Challenge (Bingo)
3.1 points
Meh... The first part was enchanting but it went downhill in the second part. Not sure I'll continu..."
Great job, Virginie!
This book sounded so interesting! I will keep it on the back burner for now.
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was there supposed to be an OR there and a 2nd book?... I or just 2 different Alcatraz's...
Iain wrote: "Diana Stormblessed wrote: "Lola wrote: "Diana Stormblessed wrote: "Petrik wrote: "Ah audiobooks... i guess that kinda solves a lot of questions I had! I dont do audio so that's why im so damn confu..."Ha! Caught in a moment of crazy. It was going to say Alcatraz or Harry Potter, but then I remembered a friend telling me that Harry Potter was too scary for her 6 year old, so I took that out and forgot to double check the rest of the sentence.
Diana Stormblessed wrote: "Iain wrote: "Diana Stormblessed wrote: "Lola wrote: "Diana Stormblessed wrote: "Petrik wrote: "Ah audiobooks... i guess that kinda solves a lot of questions I had! I dont do audio so that's why im ..."I have quite a ballsy 6yo :) She is LOVING Roald Dahl's The Witches, which we were worried was too scary for her!
Lola wrote: "Diana Stormblessed wrote: "Iain wrote: "Diana Stormblessed wrote: "Lola wrote: "Diana Stormblessed wrote: "Petrik wrote: "Ah audiobooks... i guess that kinda solves a lot of questions I had! I dont..."My 5 year old told me Coco was too scary :-/ But he watches vampire cartoons and has no problems with monsters. So maybe he's just messing with me.
Title: The Last OlympianAuthor: Rick Riordan
Pages: 381
Buddy Read: No
Challenge: Yes (Incomplete Series)
Total points: 4.8
One more series completed! :D
I am starting Malice tonight. Since I read Petrik's review over an year ago for all the books from Faithful and the Fallen I have been looking forward to start it. The time finally arrived!
Miche wrote: "I am starting Malice tonight. Since I read Petrik's review over an year ago for all the books from Faithful and the Fallen I have been looking forward to start it. The time finally ..."Oh god.... oh god... I hope you'll love it, Miche! It's my number 1 favorite completed series of all time. The first book is very classical fantasy with some tropes like prophecy and chosen one, but the characters and actions are some of the best in the genre. If you don't like the first book, don;t give up. The second book is where the series became amazing! I have a friend who disliked the first book but gave 5 stars to the rest of the series :D
@ Niki, I can't watch horror movies or series and I watched 7 or 8 seasons of Supernatural. It isn't scary and it is addictive! :)
@Petrik, I trust you! ;-)A lot of other friends that also have very similar reading taste to mine also gave 4-5 stars to each one of the books. The hard part is to keep the hype down, lol.
Miche wrote: "@Petrik, I trust you! ;-)A lot of other friends that also have very similar reading taste to mine also gave 4-5 stars to each one of the books. The hard part is to keep the hype down, lol."
I just checked and we have 85% rating compatibility in 100 books, that's superrrr high. Our ratings, when differ, are only by one star! So yes, worst case scenario, this is a 4 stars series if it doesn't work out for you! (please be a 5 stars series though) xD
Lena wrote: "Finished 
. Series Challenge. 3 Stars."Scoresheet up to date!
Niki Hawkes wrote: "Thanks Zaara! I work mostly from outlines. I start with a loose outline for each scene then I go full ramble .....Then I take my "polished" draft and send that to my writing group (or at least, I used to when I was writing with regularity) for peer review...."Thanks for replying Niki.
All the best, you + to all in your writing group. I will get in line for your dragon books. And I hate getting in line for anything....😄😄😄
Won't you please post a small extract for us like Khaleesi did on the Creative thred?
Btw how cool is that @Shai...
Woot for @Lola's 6-yo...I always am extra enthused for the ppl who are reading Harry Potter for the for the first time...and the illustrated books are beautiful. @Lolaaaaaa...my fave Dahl is Matilda.
Virginie wrote: "Scoresheet up to date!"😂 at how much Virginie she loves the spreadsheet...altho' I am also jezzt recovering 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 from @idiffer's last post on ramdom chat. Andy...he just has such a way...why don't I have that ROFL emot??
And yeah where is @Melissaaaaaaaaa?
Miche wrote: "I am starting Malice tonight. Since I read Petrik's review over an year ago for all the books from Faithful and the Fallen I have been looking forward to start it. The time finally ..."Oh, I'll be starting soon! I'm so excited, I've been looking forward to reading this series for a long time :D
Miche wrote: "I am starting Malice tonight. Since I read Petrik's review over an year ago for all the books from Faithful and the Fallen I have been looking forward to start it. The time finally ..."I'm probably starting it tonight as well. As soon as I finish Kushiel's Justice.
Petrik wrote: "I just checked and we have 85% rating compatibility in 100 books, that's superrrr high. Our ratings, when differ, are only by one star! So yes, worst case scenario, this is a 4 stars series if it doesn't work out for you! (please be a 5 stars series though) xD "That is very high!
I got curious and went to check the compatibility with some of my other friends. So far the highest from the ones I checked:Niki - 91%
TS - 87%
Petrik - 85%
I have quite a few others around 80% too. Awesome!
Looking forward to your thoughts on Malice, Virginie and Diana!
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https://www.tor.com/2018/05/02/cospla...
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Thank you ^_^. I may share something at some point, but I need to get back into it and get organized again. I have a photo project I'm working on right now, but after that's done I'm gung-ho writing for the summer. :)
Niki Hawkes wrote: "OMG - Diana made the Tor.com Jordancon Cosplay Spotlight!!! That is so freaking AWESOME! :Dhttps://www.tor.com/2018/05/02/cospla..."
wait, that's our Diana!? Oh damn I didn't know that! So awesome!! :D
Miche wrote: "I got curious and went to check the compatibility with some of my other friends. So far the highest from the ones I checked:Niki - 91%
TS - 87%
Petrik - 85%
I have quite a few others around 80% ..."
Damn, your compatibility with Niki though :o
Miche wrote: "Looking forward to your thoughts on Malice, Virginie and Diana!"I'll pray today that y'all love it xD
Niki Hawkes wrote: "OMG - Diana made the Tor.com Jordancon Cosplay Spotlight!!! That is so freaking AWESOME! :Dhttps://www.tor.com/2018/05/02/cospla..."
:-D
So I was hanging out with Lindsey during JordanCon and the whole time I didn't realize she was the writer of the Oathbringer Tor Reread that I read every week. I only figured it out when the photos came out yesterday. D'oh!
So for fun I just compared books with everyone on this page, and the highest I got was Iain with 81% (second was Virginie with 79%) and lowest was Niki with 68%. Still searching for my book soulmate I guess.
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Niki Hawkes wrote: "I'm surprised we're so low. It seems like you're the one person I'm constantly going ->"yes! Exactly what she said about that!!" Maybe one of us is harsher with our star ratings?"I tried to look up the ratings we have in common but for some reason it's not showing me your rating for all but 3 books. The rest just say "read" but if I click into the book and find you in the reviews section you def rated it, so I don't know. Goodreads is trying to break us up or something.
Niki Hawkes wrote: "OMG - Diana made the Tor.com Jordancon Cosplay Spotlight!!! That is so freaking AWESOME! :Dhttps://www.tor.com/2018/05/02/cospla..."
Awesome!
Compared as well and...1. Zaara (85%) YAY ML READING PARTNER!
2. Petrik (84%)
3. Niki (83%) and Diana (83%) that's weird, you got a different percentage
Virginie wrote: "Compared as well and...1. Zaara (85%) YAY ML READING PARTNER!
2. Petrik (84%)
3. Niki (83%) and Diana (83%) that's weird, you got a different percentage"
That's so crazy lol. Maybe my compare feature is broken. Just checked again and it still says 79%.
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81% compatibility is better than most marriages.I got 81% with Virginie & Zaara
85% with Chris
87% with Lola!
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I got 81% with Virginie & Zaara
87% with Lola!"
Haha, that's a great way to look at that.
We're only 73%
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Author: Brian Lumley
Pages: 505
Buddy Read? Nope
Challenge? A-Z
Total Points: 6.3"
Nice! How was it? I'll update the spreadsheet :)
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@Lena: Would you mind writing your rating when you post your updates here? That'll make it easier for me to fill your scoresheet."
Sure!
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