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[Diana Stormblessed]

Miche wrote: "Diana Stormblessed wrote: "Move on to The Hollows? It's got the same feel"

I will check that out! Thank you!"

The main character isn't as bad ass nor is there a Curran, so set your expectations a bit lower. There's only 1 Kate Daniels. ;-)

[Veronica]

Miche wrote: "Diana Stormblessed wrote: "Move on to The Hollows? It's got the same feel"

I will check that out! Thank you!"

I just saw that you've marked the Hollows and the October Daye series as TBR. Now those are two of my favorite UF series! To fair to Kate Daniels and the Fever series, I started those near the tail end of my affair with UF. I was burning out on the genre by that point.

[Miche]

Diana Stormblessed wrote: "The main character isn't as bad ass nor is there a Curran, so set your expectations a bit lower. There's only 1 Kate Daniels. ;-)
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I will try to keep my expectations low. ;-)

[Miche]

Veronica wrote: "Miche wrote: "Diana Stormblessed wrote: "Move on to The Hollows? It's got the same feel"

I will check that out! Thank you!"

I just saw that you've marked the Hollows and the October Daye series a..."

I normally don't read urban fantasy, so I am still fresh. I completely understand the burn out feeling. I had it for a while with ya. :)

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

I loved Hollows also by the time I got a few books into it. That probably would've been my 4th pick, Miche. :)

[Miche]

Niki Hawkes wrote: "I loved Hollows also by the time I got a few books into it. That probably would've been my 4th pick, Miche. :)"

It is in my list! 😁

[Chris]

Sir Anni wrote: "Chris wrote: "Hello Team, I'm sorry that I've dropped the line and am no longer tugging on it. I've been in a MAJOR funk this year for reading. When I want to read something new, I stand before my ..."

Sorry that I missed your response, I've been super busy with kids and friends lately. I'll start the book today, how far into it are you? Just so that I can catch up!

[Chris]

Bea wrote: "Diana Stormblessed wrote: "I've been sick. With my sickness comes the realization that I can't focus on audiobooks while sick. So it's been a lot of netflix the past couple of days. And a little of..."

I've been in a slump since December... I just can't sit and read right now. I actually get anxious. Having 2 kids to look after instead of one under 2 has taken up a lot of my time. That and my other household duties... By the time I can sit to relax, the clock says 11pm and then it's sleepy time lol.

[Anni]

Chris wrote: "Sir Anni wrote: "Chris wrote: "Hello Team, I'm sorry that I've dropped the line and am no longer tugging on it. I've been in a MAJOR funk this year for reading. When I want to read something new, I..."

Nevermind, I was a little distracted too and I'm still in the middle of the first chapter. I guess it won't be too hard to catch up ;)
If you like to, we could use the September-Thread to discuss it.

[Chris]

Sir Anni wrote: "Chris wrote: "Sir Anni wrote: "Chris wrote: "Hello Team, I'm sorry that I've dropped the line and am no longer tugging on it. I've been in a MAJOR funk this year for reading. When I want to read so..."

Or just send me messages, that way your thoughts won't get lost in the mix. I'll probably start it on Wednesday, I'm pretty swamped over the next two days. But if I find some time, I'll let you know.

[Solseit]

I also made a tiny bit of progress!

Title: The Daylight War
Author: Peter V. Brett
Pages: 639
BR: Y
Challenge: Y

I just went through it so quickly I was absolutely impressed by the speed. It helped I was caged in a plane and I did not have any interest in watching a movie...

[Virginie]

Magic Slays
Ilona Andrews
308 pages
Buddy Read + Challenge (Bingo #2)
5.5 points

Slowly (compared to Miche :p) but steadily going through KD :)

[Virginie]

Great job, Aristea :)
Your scoresheet is up to date. (woohoo points!)

[Miche]

Great job, Virginie and Aristea!

@Virginie, you are reading them fast! I was obsessed, lol.

[Virginie]

Thanks!

I think that's the fastest I've ever read a series but I'm still behind the buddy-binge group ;)

[Veronica]

Title: House of Chains
Author: Steven Erikson
Pages: 1021
Buddy read: Yes
Challenge: Yes (Book cover)

Finally finished! This was my least favorite of the series so far.

[Diana Stormblessed]

Virginie wrote: "Magic Slays
Ilona Andrews
308 pages
Buddy Read + Challenge (Bingo #2)
5.5 points

Slowly (compared to Miche :p) but steadily going through KD :)"

Still faster than I. I have yet to start book 5 :-/

[Virginie]

Diana Stormblessed wrote: "Still faster than I. I have yet to start book 5 :-/"

The downside of this is that I can't find the time to actually comment on the books. I think I'll slow down and babble more about how great Curran is :D

[Virginie]

Great job, Veronica. Your scoresheet is up to date (18 points woohoo) :)

[Miche]

Virginie wrote: "Diana Stormblessed wrote: "Still faster than I. I have yet to start book 5 :-/"

The downside of this is that I can't find the time to actually comment on the books. I think I'll slow down and babb..."

Virginie, it was our first time reading them, so we were in a hurry to know what happens. It is easier to slow down and savour a book on a reread. :)

[Miche]

Veronica wrote: "Title: House of Chains
Author: Steven Erikson
Pages: 1021
Buddy read: Yes
Challenge: Yes (Book cover)

Finally finished! This was my least favorite of the series so far."

Great job!

This is still my least favorite book in the series.

[Solseit]

Well done team, especially Veronica!!

[Scott , Karsa Orlong]

Veronica wrote: "Title: House of Chains
Author: Steven Erikson
Pages: 1021
Buddy read: Yes
Challenge: Yes (Book cover)

Finally finished! This was my least favorite of the series so far."

It was my least favorite, tied with TtH, the first time through. It rereads much better. I'd put it on par with GotM the second time through.

[Petrik]

Scott wrote: "Veronica wrote: "Title: House of Chains
Author: Steven Erikson
Pages: 1021
Buddy read: Yes
Challenge: Yes (Book cover)

Finally finished! This was my least favorite of the series so fa..."

Urgh that's not too assuring. Especially because I'm enjoying MoI immensely right now xD

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

Great job on all the points, team!!

I should have a few more to add. I finished 6 books last week!! O_o

Three of them were short, but I'm still running with it lol.

[Diana Stormblessed]

Niki Hawkes wrote: "Great job on all the points, team!!

I should have a few more to add. I finished 6 books last week!! O_o

Three of them were short, but I'm still running with it lol."

Nice! That's def going to add to the numbers.

[Petrik]

Great job everyone! :)

[Diana Stormblessed]

I feel left out. I should start posting my books again. Maybe someone will give me recs based on my reading preferences :-)

So the books I've finished so far in August:
Magic Strikes (Kate Daniels #3)
Drive (The Expanse, #0.1)
Magic Mourns (Kate Daniels #3.5)
Magic Bleeds (Kate Daniels #4)
Curran POV (Kate Daniels)
Magic Dreams (Kate Daniels #4.5)
Naamah's Curse (Naamah Trilogy #2, Kushiel #8) (this was actually a dnf at 50%)
Ravensong (Green Creek, #2) (finishing tonight)

There's going to be a lot of Kate Daniels this month ;-)

[Miche]

Great job, Diana and Niki!

[Virginie]

Great job, Captain & Diana :D

[Scott , Karsa Orlong]

Petrik wrote: "Urgh that's not too assuring. Especially because I'm enjoying MoI immensely right now xD"

Get ready for a lot of Karsa Orlong. HoC is definitely a transition book in the series but on reread it sets up a lot of brilliant bread crumbs which keep coming all the way to the last book.

[Kris]

I finished The Fellowship of the Ring and A Study in Scarlet & The SIgn of the Four (Arthur Conan Doyle) in the last few days, so I will be adding those to the sheet shortly!

There is some awesome reading going on in this group.

[Petrik]

Scott wrote: "Petrik wrote: "Urgh that's not too assuring. Especially because I'm enjoying MoI immensely right now xD"

Get ready for a lot of Karsa Orlong. HoC is definitely a transition book in the series but ..."

Got it! I've been curious about meeting him anyway. xD

[Veronica]

Thanks, ladies!

Petrik wrote: "Urgh that's not too assuring. Especially because I'm enjoying MoI immensely right now xD "

It's still a good book, Petrik, it just doesn't have the same level of emotional impact as DH and MoI did, at least it didn't for me. I should probably be happy that I didn't get my heart ripped out of my chest again, lol. But I think Scott's description of it as a transition book is pretty accurate.

Scott wrote: "It was my least favorite, tied with TtH, the first time through. It rereads much better. I'd put it on par with GotM the second time through."

I expect that I'll probably appreciate it more on reread. I'm considering rereading the series when the next BR rolls around. We'll see if I can manage it timewise.

[Veronica]

Title: Slouch Witch
Author: Helen Harper
Pages: 342
Buddy read: No
Challenge: Yes (book cover)

[Virginie]

UTD! Good job :)

[Veronica]

Thanks V!

[Miche]

Title: Magic Mourns
Author: Ilona Andrews
Pages: 77
Buddy Read: No
Challenge: Yes (Cover)
Total points: 1.0

Title: Abaddon's Gate
Author: James S.A. Corey
Pages: 539
Buddy Read: No
Challenge: Yes (Series)
Total points: 6.8

I loved the first two books from The Expanse, but this one was painful to read. Bland story and characters. I want Avasarala in all books!

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

Oh snap, I liked that one. It's the next one that was my least favorite. ;P

Book 5 rocked my world.

[Miche]

Niki Hawkes wrote: "Oh snap, I liked that one. It's the next one that was my least favorite. ;P

Book 5 rocked my world."

I think I will wait a bit before starting book 4.

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

Lol honestly you could almost skip to book 5 and then come back later. I'm pretty sure book 4 is going to be relevant down the road, but when I first read it, it felt a bit out of left field.

It's so much fun for me to see you meet KD and Avasarala and have the same reactions I did. It makes me want to kick my ass into further gear and finally commit time to the books you've been raving about lately. (Doing it)

[Miche]

Niki Hawkes wrote: "It's so much fun for me to see you meet KD and Avasarala and have the same reactions I did. It makes me want to kick my ass into further gear and finally commit time to the books you've been raving about lately. (Doing it) "

<3<3<3

[Diana Stormblessed]

Niki Hawkes wrote: "Oh snap, I liked that one. It's the next one that was my least favorite. ;P

Book 5 rocked my world."

My husband is on book 5 now. After I bitched to him about how horrible book 3 was he kept telling me to stick to it cuz book 5 was great again. I just have to get past book 4 to get there.

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

Wow, I must be the minority with book 3.

[Diana Stormblessed]

I'm just very character driven in my book likes and I couldn't connect with any of the new characters. I still loved all the Holden chapters but I didn't love any of the ones with the new POVs. That's a risk when constantly introducing new characters like this author does. Like Miche said, I'm waiting for more Avasarala and more Bobbie.

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

... what characters were new? Hahaha I guess that says something that I can't remember it very well. Doh. (view spoiler)[I vaguely remember a religious person with a few spouses... is this also the one with the sister of the victim in the first book? (hide spoiler)]

I tend to give higher ratings for awesome character-driven books, but I often seem quite happy with just okay characters as long as all of the other elements are strong. (Although this is shifting lately as my preferences are changing).

[Diana Stormblessed]

Niki Hawkes wrote: "... what characters were new? Hahaha I guess that says something that I can't remember it very well. Doh. [spoilers removed]

I tend to give higher ratings for awesome character-driven books, but ..."

(view spoiler)[ Yeah, it was Anna (the religious one with the wife and kid on another planet), the sister to patient zero, and Bull (I still don't really understand the significance to his chapters and zoned out for most of them). (hide spoiler)] I'm very character driven and if I can't connect with the characters I tend to zone out a lot.

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

Diana Stormblessed wrote: "Niki Hawkes wrote: "... what characters were new? Hahaha I guess that says something that I can't remember it very well. Doh. [spoilers removed]

I tend to give higher ratings for awesome characte..."

(view spoiler)[forgot about Bull. But now that you reminded me I think I liked his story arc. (hide spoiler)]

[Miche]

Title: Orb Sceptre Throne
Author: Ian C. Esslemont
Pages: 605
Buddy Read: Yes
Challenge: Yes (Incomplete Series)
Total points: 10.8

The best book in the series so far. Esslemont writing improved a lot.

[Petrik]

Miche wrote: "Title: Orb Sceptre Throne
Author: Ian C. Esslemont
Pages: 605
Buddy Read: Yes
Challenge: Yes (Incomplete Series)
Total points: 10.8

The best book in the series so ..."

Go go go! Crippled God next!!!!