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[Virginie]

Thank you sweety :D <3
Your scoresheet is all up to date!

[Zaara]

Virginie wrote: "Thank you sweety :D <3
Your scoresheet is all up to date!"

I liked your presents. Good...I got WoK and WoR as bday presents back arnd Xmas...go chk out Siobhan's pics please....

[Virginie]

Siobhan's pics? Where?

EDIT: I also got a toolbox with the basic tools from my dad. People were all O_O at the restaurant when I opened my gift, exclaimed "YAY! AMAZING!" and proceeded to unscrew a leg of my chair.

[Zaara]

Virginie wrote: "Siobhan's pics? Where?"

On her profile. She has upmoaded some photos. There is a small button on the side...which says...more....

Oh Virginie...😂😂 really...I shouldn't...

Edit: cool! Oh and even cooler that the restau allowed it....

[Virginie]

Mmmh... They actually didn't allow it. But it put it back in less than 10 sec. Thanks to my wonderful toolbox. :p

[Zaara]

Virginie wrote: "Mmmh... They actually didn't allow it. But it put it back in less than 10 sec. Thanks to my wonderful toolbox. :p"

Yes indeed. Now did you see the pics? There is one with a coffee mug and Paddington Bear (my fave)
And one with her Mockingbird notes.
When are you uploading some of your journal notes?? Oh pls dp a Shallan notes page, and I might do a Dalinar....

[Virginie]

Yeah, I saw! I loooove the mug. I might buy myself one for an additional belated birthday present 😀 That's not an impulse buy, I have a valid reason! :p

Mmmh... I haven't really made notes yet. Unless you count "grabing the closest piece of paper, writing a few words and shoving it into my pocket". :p

But I will make notes and send you pics for our next read together :)

[Zaara]

Cool. And if you have read Riyria's middle book...come chk out my gigantic and TOTALLY OPPOSING series guesses and megaspoils...I typed and posted and now (as usual) I am greedy + despo + impatient for replies...bcuz I REALLY wanna talk Riyria...
But everybody already moved onto Vicious....😂
Ah well, better log out then...
And sorry for being late with the birthday wishes agn + you should totally buy the coffee mug. AND the Paddington Bear 😂😂😂

[Virginie]

Zaara wrote: "Cool. And if you have read Riyria's middle book...come chk out my gigantic and TOTALLY OPPOSING series guesses and megaspoils...I typed and posted and now (as usual) I am greedy + despo + impatient..."

I've read the entire Riyria series last year. I'm a bit wary of the BR thread 'cause I'm afraid of accidentally post spoilers :/

[Anni]

Oh nooo, I missed it too, happy belated Birthday Virginie :)

And a toolbox is a great present, it's really satisfyingto repair something on your own!

[Solseit]

I missed it too! Sorry Virginie and happy bday!!!!

[Miche]

Great job, Lena and Zaara!

[Miche]

Title: Vicious
Author: V.E. Schwab
Pages: 368
Buddy Read: Yes
Challenge: Yes (Bingo)
Total points: 6.6

That was interesting.

[Virginie]

Alcatraz Versus the Scrivener's Bones
Brandon Sanderson
322 pages
BR with Miche + Challenge (Incomplete Series)
5.8 points

That was funnier than expected!
Miche, do you want to read #3 with me at some point? Not right now, I don't think I can take another dose of Alcatraz humor at the moment, but soon-ish?

[Virginie]

Thanks Aristea and Anni :)

[Virginie]

Miche wrote: "Title: Vicious
Author: V.E. Schwab
Pages: 368
Buddy Read: Yes
Challenge: Yes (Bingo)
Total points: 6.6

That was interesting."

Great job! Your read-cations are bringing a staggering amount of points to the Fluffers :D

[Miche]

Virginie wrote: "Miche, do you want to read #3 with me at some point? Not right now, I don't think I can take another dose of Alcatraz humor at the moment, but soon-ish?"

Great job, Virginie! It was fun to read that one with you! :)

Would begin or mid-August work for you? Somehow I found myself with 5 buddy reads scheduled for July, all between 460-1280 pages. Keep in mind the 1280 pages is a Malazan one, so that counts as 1280x2 as I take twice as long to read those, lol.

[Miche]

Virginie wrote: "Great job! Your read-cations are bringing a staggering amount of points to the Fluffers :D."

Thank you!

The good life ends today. :(

[Virginie]

August works for me! I just took a look at your BR tracker, it is indeed scary :o

[Miche]

Age of War was supposed to be released before July. When they pushed back the publication date it messed up my schedule. :(

[Virginie]

Hehe. I'm happy it got pushed back 'cause it gave me the time to read the first two books. I can now read the new release with the rest of the cool kids :p

[Miche]

Virginie wrote: "Hehe. I'm happy it got pushed back 'cause it gave me the time to read the first two books. I can now read the new release with the rest of the cool kids :p"

Yay! :D

[Virginie]

:)

Diana and Iain should join too. We read the first two together!

[Lena]

Finished Series Challenge ★★★★☆

[Miche]

Virginie wrote: ":)

Diana and Iain should join too. We read the first two together!"

Awesome! :D

[Miche]

Great job, Lena!

[Miche]

Title: Beastly Bones
Author: William Ritter
Pages: 296
Buddy Read: No
Challenge: Yes (Incomplete Series)
Total points: 3.8

And with this book my read-cation ends. Back to work tomorrow morning, so my reading will go back to the usual pace.

It was lovely while it lasted. ;)

[Diana Stormblessed]

Happy birthday Virginie!

[Virginie]

@Lena: Scoresheet UTD. Good job :)

[Virginie]

@Miche: Great job! Your read-cations seemed amazing! You averaged at... what? 2 books/day? :o

[Virginie]

Thanks, Diana :)

[Veronica]

Iain wrote: "For a second, I was like: what job has Mistborn as required reading?"

Ha! I thought the same thing.

[Veronica]

Virginie wrote: "I received a package with the mail this morning! Little gifts to myself for:
- my new job on the left
- my 25th birthday on the right



Me right now: 😍"

Happy Birthday, spreadsheet queen! And thank you for updating mine.

[Veronica]

Miche wrote: "I just completed my 2018 Goodreads Challenge: 60 books!

I think this competition made me read more than usual. ;-)"

Congrats!

[Veronica]

Virginie wrote: "Aaaand one of my own!

Swordspoint
Ellen Kushner
368 pages
Challenge: Bingo
4.7 points

It was delightful. I'm def looking more into the 'Fantasy of manners' subgenre now"

What is the "fantasy of manners" subgenre? That's a new one to me...but now I'm super curious.

[Zaara]

Heh, I've heard comedy of manners....

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Veronica wrote: "Virginie wrote: "Aaaand one of my own!

Swordspoint
Ellen Kushner
368 pages
Challenge: Bingo
4.7 points

It was delightful. I'm def looking more into the 'Fantasy of manners' subgenre ..."

Sounds like Gail Carriger steampunk to me... vampires and werewolves and manners in 1850s England... werewolves are the bottom of the supernatural totem pole because nudity is so vulgar...

[Virginie]

@Veronica: I was doing a Fantasy subgenre challenge and found this post:
https://www.tor.com/2008/11/13/fantas...

Honestly, Swordspoint has no Fantasy element beyond the setting (not our world). I'm not great at categorizing books (or movies/TV-shows for that matter)... I'd say the defining element is the 'wry' humor and sophisticated society.

[Veronica]

Thanks for the link, Virginie. Sounds like something I need to explore. I see people mentioned Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell in the comments section and I read and loved that.

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

I've had the first two books of that on my shelves for ages. I'm glad to hear it was a good read. I'm doing a huge book purge right now, so I'm highly influenceable. Lol

[Veronica]

Book purges can feel incredibly freeing. :-)

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

I'm already feeling lighter. :) it's going to be nice looking at what's left and actually wanting to read them all.

[Virginie]

*patiently waiting for an update/blog post about the book purge*

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

Virginie wrote: "*patiently waiting for an update/blog post about the book purge*"

lol <3

It's coming...

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

I haven't visited the thread via desktop in a while. I just noticed the book title associated with our thread... XD

[Virginie]

Niki Hawkes wrote: "Virginie wrote: "*patiently waiting for an update/blog post about the book purge*"

lol <3

It's coming..."

YAAAAAAY :D :D :D <3

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

Virginie wrote: "Niki Hawkes wrote: "Virginie wrote: "*patiently waiting for an update/blog post about the book purge*"

lol <3

It's coming..."

YAAAAAAY :D :D :D <3"

lmao

[Lena]

Finished Series Challenge ★★★★☆

[Virginie]

@Lena: Scoresheet updated!

[Veronica]

Niki Hawkes wrote: "I haven't visited the thread via desktop in a while. I just noticed the book title associated with our thread... XD"

Oh, dear. lol