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[Petrik]

Niki Hawkes wrote: "How's everyone doing? It feels like life is pulling me everywhere but here lately haha."

I've been getting back to reading again!! :D I hope you too!

[Diana Stormblessed]

Side note: man my reading has tanked these last 2 weeks. Kids are home until school starts in a week and they are just keeping me from listening to anything. I've totally fallen behind on my August buddy reads and my goodreads thread reading. Can't wait for them to go back to school so I can get back to you guys and my books :-)

[Diana Stormblessed]

Oh, but I did finish this one today. I have an hour commute to a job interview so I got a lot of good listening time in :-)

No Time Like the Past
Jody Taylor
374 pages
6.6 points
Incomplete series challenge

[Virginie]

Lena wrote: "Finished Overflowing Shelves Challenge ★★★★☆"

UTD!
You did it!!! You finished! GREAT JOB, Lena :D

[Virginie]

Diana Stormblessed wrote: "Yeah! That's the spirit. :-)
Hope life gets scared of you and starts acting better. "

Petrik wrote: "Good luck, Virginie! You can knock it back down! "

Niki Hawkes wrote: "Oh dang! 😥 I hope you kick it in the butt! If anyone can, it's you. I'm sorry to hear that."

Thanks guys :)
Worse case scenario, I can always unleash my spreadsheet army at it :p

In the meantime, I'll be away for a few days, lazing in the sun on a mountainside!
To those concerned, just keep posting your reads and I'll update it all when I get back to civilization xD

[Virginie]

@Diana: Good job! I hope the interview went well :)

[Bea]

Finished Casket of Souls
Pages: 476
BR: No
Challenge: Series
Points: 6

[Virginie]

Good job, Bea :)

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

Diana Stormblessed wrote: "Virginie wrote: "Niki Hawkes wrote: "How's everyone doing? It feels like life is pulling me everywhere but here lately haha."

Mmmh. Life is being a bitch these days and decided to knock me down. S..."

hahaha love the spoiler. And I agree!!

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

Petrik wrote: "Niki Hawkes wrote: "How's everyone doing? It feels like life is pulling me everywhere but here lately haha."

I've been getting back to reading again!! :D I hope you too!"

oh good ^_^ I love how much fun you seem to be having with Malazan. :D

I've been doing everything but reading lately, and that's not normal for me lol. I feel like a social butterfly (an exhausted one).

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

Diana Stormblessed wrote: "Oh, but I did finish this one today. I have an hour commute to a job interview so I got a lot of good listening time in :-)

No Time Like the Past
Jody Taylor
374 pages
6.6 points
I..."

Good luck with your job interview!! I really hope you get it. What type of work did you apply for?

[Scott , Karsa Orlong]

New thread name is funny, not mine.

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

Virginie wrote: "Diana Stormblessed wrote: "Yeah! That's the spirit. :-)
Hope life gets scared of you and starts acting better. "

Petrik wrote: "Good luck, Virginie! You can knock it back down! "

Niki Hawkes wro..."

Go recharge in the sunshine (I'm jealous :P). Look forward to when you come back, and hopefully things will start going better. :)

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

Scott wrote: "New thread name is funny, not mine."

l just noticed your Boston label haha.

[Scott , Karsa Orlong]

Niki Hawkes wrote: "Scott wrote: "New thread name is funny, not mine."

l just noticed your Boston label haha."

:)

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

The salt lake siren is also really clever - I quite like it ^_^

[Scott , Karsa Orlong]

Niki Hawkes wrote: "The salt lake siren is also really clever - I quite like it ^_^"

Thanks. I changed those at least ten days ago. Jenna, Angela and Mags had new ones as well. :)

[Diana Stormblessed]

Niki Hawkes wrote: "Diana Stormblessed wrote: "Oh, but I did finish this one today. I have an hour commute to a job interview so I got a lot of good listening time in :-)

No Time Like the Past
Jody Ta..."

Recruiter called and said they liked me. So fingers crossed! I'm a financial reporting accountant. I work in private equity and hedge funds. So yeah, exciting work 😂

[Diana Stormblessed]

Also, I approve of the name change 😁

[Bea]

Finished Blood of Elves
Pages: 409
BR: yes
Challenge: Series
Points: 7.3

[Zaara]

Lena wrote: "Finished Overflowing Shelves Challenge ★★★★☆"

You!
(view spoiler)[


AND

(hide spoiler)]

YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA and HOW!
Phew, felt good to let that out! And you gave it four stars...now I will die a happy woman, Lena......

[Zaara]

Virginie wrote: "Mmmh. Life is being a bitch these days and decided to knock me down. So I'm fighting ba..."

Virginie 💪👊👍
Sucky life 👅👎😖
You'll kick it in the bells...you just wait and see + hugs + I will now go to your tracker with some xtra packpackpaaaaaaaack....

"Niki Hawkes wrote: "How's everyone doing? It feels like life is pulling me everywhere but here lately haha."

Good. I'm having a very good reading month, being disciplined and sticking to my sked. This just may be my best month (bookwise) this year...not sure, my brain goes vague when it comes to actual numbers and stuff. Let's see how the month ends.....

[Zaara]

@Cirginie

SHEETS UPDATE

Book: The Last Argument of Kings (Aug 20)
Author: Joe Abercrombie
Pages: 642
BR: Yes
Challenge: Yes

Book: North and South (Aug 23)
Author: E.C. Gaskell
Pages: 425 (my ediion) should we totally take 521 pages instead?
BR: Yes
Challenge: Yes

Book: Tooth & Claw (Aug 24)
Author: Jo Walton
Pages: 304
BR: Yes
Challenge: Yes

Book: Matilda (Aug 25)
Author: Roald Dahl
Pages: 240 (not a graphic novel but is an illustrated kids book, its my ultimate pick me up read btw, Gin)
BR: NO
Challenge: Yes

Also, this week I AM A DEMON 😈

[Zaara]

Diana Stormblessed wrote: "Recruiter called and said they liked me."

Good luck, Diana!
*sends a lot of lucky JUJU spren*

[Diana Stormblessed]

Zaara wrote: "@Cirginie

SHEETS UPDATE

Book: The Last Argument of Kings (Aug 20)
Author: Joe Abercrombie
Pages: 642
BR: Yes
Challenge: Yes

Book: North and South (Aug 23)
Author: E.C. Gaskell
Pages: 425 (my ed..."

Woohoo! Nice update!

[Lena]

I shall miss you, Virginie!
I approve of the name change.

[Diana Stormblessed]

Virginie wrote: "Diana Stormblessed wrote: "Yeah! That's the spirit. :-)
Hope life gets scared of you and starts acting better. "

Petrik wrote: "Good luck, Virginie! You can knock it back down! "

Niki Hawkes wro..."

Missed the vacation comment. Hope you have a great time lazing!

[Veronica]

Title: Midnight Tides
Author: Steven Erickson
Pages: 940
Buddy read: Yes
Challenge: Yes (Book cover)

[Petrik]

Veronica wrote: "Title: Midnight Tides
Author: Steven Erickson
Pages: 940
Buddy read: Yes
Challenge: Yes (Book cover)"

Same as me! I have only the last chapter left! :D

[Petrik]

Title: Midnight Tides
Author: Steven Erikson
Pages: 940
Buddy read: Yes
Challenge: Yes (Book cover)
Points: 16.5

Another amazinggg installment!

[Bea]

Good job guys!

[Petrik]

Btw, I have been meaning to ask, I did some Buddy Read with member from the group through social messaging app instead of on the group for easier communication. Does that still count towards the challenge?

[Diana Stormblessed]

Good job all!

[Veronica]

Petrik wrote: "Title: Midnight Tides
Author: Steven Erikson
Pages: 940
Buddy read: Yes
Challenge: Yes (Book cover)
Points: 16.5

Another amazinggg installment!"

Totally agree! A solid bounce back from HoC.

[Petrik]

Title: Night of Knives
Author: Ian Esslemont
Pages: 304
Buddy Read: No
Challenge: Yes
Points: 3.8

Awful, just awful. I may have to rethink about reading this series

[Petrik]

Veronica wrote: "Petrik wrote: "Title: Midnight Tides
Author: Steven Erikson
Pages: 940
Buddy read: Yes
Challenge: Yes (Book cover)
Points: 16.5

Another amazinggg installment!"

Totally agree! A solid bounce back ..."

A solid bounce back indeed! Btw, are you planning to read Malazan Empire, Veronica? it's so baddddd

[Veronica]

Petrik wrote: "A solid bounce back indeed! Btw, are you planning to read Malazan Empire, Veronica? it's so baddddd ."

I haven't been reading any of the side books to this point. If I ever do get around to them I figure I'll read them once I'm done with the main series...or maybe whenever I do a series reread. I've heard that IE's writing gets better.

[Veronica]

Title: WebMage
Author: Kelly McCullough
Pages: 310
Buddy read: No
Challenge: No

[Solseit]

I am always shocked by the new name of the group. It takes me forever to realize is the new name for the group. Slow, slow brain.

[Scott , Karsa Orlong]

Petrik wrote: "A solid bounce back indeed! Btw, are you planning to read Malazan Empire, Veronica? it's so baddddd."

The books and writing get better as they go along. I still think you need to read them because there's a lot of information you wouldn't have otherwise. TBH starts out with a character you would have no introduction to if you hadn't read NoK.

A quick review of the Empire books.

NoK: Good story, poorly written.

RotCG: The first half flat out sucks but the second half is really good.

Stonewielder: Confusing and the storylines don't line up but the writing starts to get better.

OST: Pretty good.

B&B: A lot like SW. Confusing in parts but the writing better.

Assail: Good conclusion.

The amount of info ICE gives you unencrypted makes it work it. Lots of great character information. If you're expecting SE types of empathy you'll be disappointed, greatly.

I will say the two books in Path to Ascendency are awesome. ICE has gotten better and better.

[Veronica]

Scott wrote: "TBH starts out with a character you would have no introduction to if you hadn't read NoK. "

Well then I guess I do have to read them. lol

[Bea]

Veronica wrote: "Petrik wrote: "A solid bounce back indeed! Btw, are you planning to read Malazan Empire, Veronica? it's so baddddd ."

I haven't been reading any of the side books to this point. If I ever do get a..."

I've been hesitating to read the Malazan Empire series. So far I've only read Dancer's Lament by ICE and it was ok, not amazing but also not completely bad. Since I've also heard that the PTA books are ICE's best books so far I fear that I won't like his earlier books. On the other hand I want to read them because of the information they can give me, like Scott said.

Will you be writing a review of NoK, Petrik?

[Scott , Karsa Orlong]

Bea wrote: "Veronica wrote: "Since I've also heard that the PTA books are ICE's best books so far I fear that I won't like his earlier books. On the other hand I want to read them because of the information they can give me, like Scott said...."

There's a lot of information about Laseen, Edgewalker, all of the Crimson Guard, Tayshrenn, Korbolo Dom, Mallick Rel........that you won't know of. Especially with how TCG ends and with the Witness trilogy to come it's invaluable. You just cannot expect SE quality. It just isn't. When I list my top ten series Empire isn't even a consideration. It probably doesn't make the top twenty but it's still very worth reading.

[Petrik]

Scott wrote: "Petrik wrote: "A solid bounce back indeed! Btw, are you planning to read Malazan Empire, Veronica? it's so baddddd."

The books and writing get better as they go along. I still think you need to re..."

Urgh, I just didn't expect the writing to be this off putting. NoK was barely a 2 stars read for me, I hope the second book do get better. I did consult some of Malazan heavy fans I know and they all said the first two books in ME are the MUST read installmetns. I definitely will read RotCG. But the rest, I'll think about it after seeing how I feel about RotCG. I would rather choose missing some connection rather than read four mediocre big books.

I know a lot of Malazan reader like TS, Jody, Michael Britt, and many more only read BotF or didnt continue past RotCG and still have a fantastic time with the main series so I should be okay. That said, no matter what I feel about ME, I'm very intrigued by Path to Ascendancy and will give that a go. Especially hearing that ICE has improved by miles here.

[Petrik]

Bea wrote: "Veronica wrote: "Petrik wrote: "A solid bounce back indeed! Btw, are you planning to read Malazan Empire, Veronica? it's so baddddd ."

I haven't been reading any of the side books to this point. I..."

I will write a review, Bea! Just not posting it soon, it left a really bad taste in my mouth. Other than the appearance of characters like Dancer, Kellanved, Sultry, nothing in the book worked for me.

[Bea]

Petrik wrote: "Scott wrote: "Petrik wrote: "A solid bounce back indeed! Btw, are you planning to read Malazan Empire, Veronica? it's so baddddd."

The books and writing get better as they go along. I still think ..."

You can definitely read the main series without having read the ICE books. I did that and didn't really feel like I was missing something. There was one storyline I can remember where I was a bit dumbfounded because some characters where appearing out of the blue and then read later that apparently it gets explained in one of the side novels how they came to be there. But beyond that short wtf moment it didn't hinder my reading experience at all.

There's a BR for NoK in autumn, maybe that will motivate me enough to finally pick it up.
And I definitely want to finish the PTA trilogy.

[Bea]

Besides that, I finished The Return of Sherlock Holmes

[Veronica]

Bea wrote: "There's a BR for NoK in autumn, maybe that will motivate me enough to finally pick it up.
And I definitely want to finish the PTA trilogy. "

I'll look for that BR then and read it with the group.

[Petrik]

Bea wrote: "Petrik wrote: "Scott wrote: "Petrik wrote: "A solid bounce back indeed! Btw, are you planning to read Malazan Empire, Veronica? it's so baddddd."

The books and writing get better as they go along...."

As hours go by, the more my motivation to finish ME decrease hahaha. Anyway, thanks for the confirmation too, Bea! A lot of people have said something along the same line. If you look at the statistic of Malazan BotF and Empire on Goodreads, you'll see that more than 60k people who has read GotM, didn't even bother with Empire. I have no doubt they will offer additional information and enjoyment to the main series, but like you said, it may not be an ABSOLUTELY necessary series to read. Anyway, I'll read the second book in Malazan Empire before making my final decision on whether to continue or give up on the series.

[Petrik]

Oh, my next read is The Bonehunters and I don't think I can finish that one in three days. Sooo my August tally:

Books: 7
Pages: 4604
Points: 62.1

My lowest read count because six out of seven of those books so far are Malazan related xD