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[Virginie]

Great job, Miche :)

[Anni]

Virginie wrote: "Iain wrote: "I'm glad I made sweeping cuts to my BR list... opens me up to other things..."

:p"

Tentacles for example 😂

[Solseit]

Miche wrote: "After book 5 of BotF was the turning point from "I am loving it but I am taking my time reading it" to "I am loving it and I can't put the book down".At that point I new most of the characters and ..."

Thanks Miche for this piece of information! I loved the Malazan world but I end up savoring it rather than run through it like I normally do. I am taking my time to re-read Memories of Ice (I am expecting difficult times ahead) and I need to get to House of Chains to return on track with the rest of the reading group!

[Solseit]

Virginie wrote: "I'll be reading Malazan in 2019. I'm scared now :o"

Scared should actually be replaced by anxious hype! One of the best fantasy series of all times.
I actually joined this FBR group about 2 years ago because Scott and Jenna referred to the Malazan lore in their extended name and I realized they are just in love with the series as I am, if not even more!

[Bea]

Virginie wrote: "I'll be reading Malazan in 2019. I'm scared now :o"

I'm planning to reread it in 2019. :)
Don't be scared, we can do that together!

[Virginie]

Aristea wrote: "Virginie wrote: "I'll be reading Malazan in 2019. I'm scared now :o"

Scared should actually be replaced by anxious hype! One of the best fantasy series of all times.
I actually joined this FBR gr..."

This group is a big Malazan and Sanderson fanclub x)

[Virginie]

Bea wrote: "Virginie wrote: "I'll be reading Malazan in 2019. I'm scared now :o"

I'm planning to reread it in 2019. :)
Don't be scared, we can do that together!"

Yay! To be honest, I'm afraid I'll be so slow reading it that I won't be able to keep up with the BR schedule :p

[Solseit]

Virginie wrote: "Bea wrote: "Virginie wrote: "I'll be reading Malazan in 2019. I'm scared now :o"

I'm planning to reread it in 2019. :)
Don't be scared, we can do that together!"

Yay! To be honest, I'm afraid I'l..."

that is perfectly fine - you progress at your own pace!
Also, if you can, try to pair it with the audiobook. I find it helps me reading, by allowing me to keep a steady pace, by allowing me to progress also when I am doing something else and by helping me when I am a bit more tired!

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Virginie wrote: "Bea wrote: "Virginie wrote: "I'll be reading Malazan in 2019. I'm scared now :o"

I'm planning to reread it in 2019. :)
Don't be scared, we can do that together!"

Yay! To be honest, I'm afraid I'l..."

Just have to find buddies that read at a similar pace... that's how Miche/Angela did it...

[Veronica]

Miche wrote: "Title: Dust of Dreams
Author: Steven Erikson]
Pages: 1280
Buddy Read: Yes
Challenge: Yes (Incomplete Series)
Total points: 22.4

Another amazing book of Malazan. :)"

Woohoo! Awesome, Miche!

[Veronica]

Title: Trail of Lightning
Author: Rebecca Roanhorse
Pages: 304
Buddy Read: No
Challenge: Yes (Book cover)

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

Good book?

[Veronica]

Niki Hawkes wrote: "Good book?"

It's the first UF book I've liked in a long time, as far as new series go. A Native American woman, set on a Navajo reservation after a world flooding apocalypse, drawing entirely on Native American lore? It was a welcomed breath of fresh air for me after getting burned out on the rehashed and recycled vampire/werewolf/shifter plots. So, in short, I liked it. :-)

[Bea]

I've got another question: can I (only) count a non-fantasy book for the team challenge if I can count it for one of the other challenges (cover, a-z etc.) as well?

[Virginie]

@Veronica: Scoresheet UTD. Great job! The book seems interesting... One more added to the TBR ;)

[Virginie]

Aristea wrote: "that is perfectly fine - you progress at your own pace!
Also, if you can, try to pair it with the audiobook. I find it helps me reading, by allowing me to keep a steady pace, by allowing me to progress also when I am doing something else and by helping me when I am a bit more tired! "

I did the ebook + audio combo with The Wheel of Osheim and it was wonderful. It's great to have the audio when reading late. I need to do that more often :)

[Virginie]

Iain wrote: "Just have to find buddies that read at a similar pace... that's how Miche/Angela did it..."

Yeah. I'm usually quite slow when reading books with deep and complex worldbuilding/plot. I love theorizing. Well, you probably saw that during our Age of Swords BR... I end up pondering each chapter and trying to find connections if the book is engaging me.
If someone wants to read Malazan at snail pace with plenty of crazy ideas and theories, I'm your gal! ;)

[Virginie]

Bea wrote: "I've got another question: can I (only) count a non-fantasy book for the team challenge if I can count it for one of the other challenges (cover, a-z etc.) as well?"

You can count any book you read for the team challenge. I'm counting mangas, some are including their textbooks, etc. If it fits in a challenge (cover, a-z, etc.), then you get the bonus points :D

[Miche]

Virginie wrote: "Iain wrote: "Just have to find buddies that read at a similar pace... that's how Miche/Angela did it..."

Yeah. I'm usually quite slow when reading books with deep and complex worldbuilding/plot. I..."

That is how Angela and I are doing it. Malazan is a series that thrives with a good buddy read partner. :)

[Miche]

Petrik wrote: "I can only imagine! When did you first start Gardens of the Moon? I'm going to follow that Ultimate Reading Order too but I'll skip the novellas!"

I found the novellas underwhelming and not worth their price. You can fully enjoy Malazan without reading thrm. :)

Just keep in mind the quality of the Novels of the Malazan Empire isn't at the same level of the Malazan Book of the Fallen. It expands the world and the characters, so I still recommend reading them at least once. I will only reread the main series.

[Miche]

Great job, Diana! I missed your post earlier. :)

[Miche]

Virginie wrote: "Great job, Miche :)"

Thank you, Virginie!

[Miche]

Aristea wrote: "Thanks Miche for this piece of information! I loved the Malazan world but I end up savoring it rather than run through it like I normally do. I am taking my time to re-read Memories of Ice (I am expecting difficult times ahead) and I need to get to House of Chains to return on track with the rest of the reading group! "

House of Chains was the one I liked least so far (still 4 stars though). The first 25% followed a new character and it took me a while to warm it up to this new addition.

[Miche]

Veronica wrote: "Title: Trail of Lightning
Author: Rebecca Roanhorse
Pages: 304
Buddy Read: No
Challenge: Yes (Book cover)"

Great job¡ Veronica!

[Bea]

Virginie wrote: "Bea wrote: "I've got another question: can I (only) count a non-fantasy book for the team challenge if I can count it for one of the other challenges (cover, a-z etc.) as well?"

You can count any ..."

That's great, thank you! :)

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

Veronica, that sounds like a breath of fresh air - adding it. :)

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

Miche thanks for the heads up on the novellas. I'm a completionist at heart but I might skip those at your advice.

[Veronica]

Miche wrote: "I found the novellas underwhelming and not worth their price. You can fully enjoy Malazan without reading thrm. :) "

Oh good, because so far I've not been reading them. I'm currently in House of Chains which, like you, is my least favorite in the series so far. Still good but it's not been as emotionally gripping as the first three, which were all five star reads for me. I'm leaning towards four stars for this one.

[Miche]

Niki Hawkes wrote: "Miche thanks for the heads up on the novellas. I'm a completionist at heart but I might skip those at your advice."

You can always read them later on. If my library had them I would read all of them at some point, but they cost pretty much the same price of the main books and the novellas are just ok in my opinion.

[Miche]

Veronica wrote: "Miche wrote: "I found the novellas underwhelming and not worth their price. You can fully enjoy Malazan without reading thrm. :) "

Oh good, because so far I've not been reading them. I'm currently..."

The next book is much better, even if you will get a new set of characters. :)

[Lena]

Finished Series Challenge ★★★★★

[Miche]

Lena wrote: "Finished Series Challenge ★★★★★"

Great job, Lena! :)

[Petrik]

Miche wrote: "Petrik wrote: "I can only imagine! When did you first start Gardens of the Moon? I'm going to follow that Ultimate Reading Order too but I'll skip the novellas!"

I found the novellas underwhelming..."

Yup! That's what TS told me too! Skip the novella, read Empire only once, no need to reread it again xD

[Bea]

I made my first points! :)

Title: The Murder of Roger Akroyd
Author: Agatha Christie
Pages: 288
Challenge: Book Cover

I wasn't feeling fantasy yesterday so I picked this one up. It was great, I love Agatha Christie!

[Virginie]

@Lena: UTD

[Virginie]

@Bea: I modified your spreadsheet so you can enter the challenge directly under the 'Challenge?' column (F column). Anything other than an empty cell or 'N' will trigger the bonus point.

Also, I realized I wasn't very clear when I answered you earlier. You can count any book you finished since your sign-up date, June 28th, even if you weren't officially in the team yet. With a little stalking on your profile, I found 4 books you can claim points for: Traitor's Moon, The Scar, The Women in White and The Library at Mount Char.

:D

[Bea]

Virginie wrote: "@Bea: I modified your spreadsheet so you can enter the challenge directly under the 'Challenge?' column (F column). Anything other than an empty cell or 'N' will trigger the bonus point.

Also, I r..."

Thank you :)
So I've got two more books I can count since I started The Woman in White and Traitor's Moon before I signed up.

I added:
Title: The Scar
Author: China Mièville
Pages: 578
BR: Yes
Challenge: Yes (Book Cover)

Title: The Library at Mount Char
Author: Scott Hawkins
Pages: 390
BR: Yes
Challenge: Yes (Book Cover)

My points are added to the Scorecard now, but now my sheet refuses to obey me because the challenge points are only added when I write Y, not when I write "Book Cover"...

[Virginie]

Oh, I forgot to drag the formula! Oops. Sorry :p
I fixed it ;)

Great job :D

[Bea]

Virginie wrote: "Oh, I forgot to drag the formula! Oops. Sorry :p
I fixed it ;)

Great job :D"

Haha, no problem :) Thanks for fixing it!

[Lena]

Finished ★★★☆☆

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

Good job, Lena. :)

[Lena]

Thanks Niki! Last I checked we were again less than 200 points to third place!

[Virginie]

UTD. Good job :)

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

Oh wow! It must be time for me to add another update for my books 😈

It won't be a lot lol.

We can do it!!

[Miche]

Title: Age of War
Author: Michael J. Sullivan
Pages: 462
Buddy Read: Yes
Challenge: Yes (Incomplete Series)
Total points: 8.2

Great addition to the series. :)

[Miche]

Great job, Bea and Lena!

[Virginie]

Niki Hawkes wrote: "Oh wow! It must be time for me to add another update for my books 😈 "

Yay! Go, evil Captain, go! ;)

[Virginie]

Great job, Miche!

[Miche]

Thank you, Virginie!

[Virginie]

Ok, so this week-end, I finished Bookburners: The Complete Season 1, brought UTD Vinland Saga (great manga, read it Niki!), stressed over France's game, cheered and right after, finished Age of War.

My emotions are all over the place right now :O