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[Petrik]

I'm on Reaper's Gale right now and I'm dreading reading RotCG hahahahaa. We'll see how it goes with that one.. If I can't finish it, I think I may have to rely on summaries of the remainign four books instead.

[Miche]

I liked RotCG. Stonewielder was the one that I liked least. Part of it was my expectations. I thought the book was going to follow one direction and follow another. However, I can't deny that his writing improved immensely.

I truly enjoyed Orb Sceptre Throne.

[Angela, I'm Silverfox lost]

I liked RotCG as well. Orb Spectre Throne was well written too. I think part of the attraction of Orb Spectre is it helps explain quite a few things that SE has only ever hinted at. As Miche said, ICE's writing has improved a lot.

[Petrik]

Wish me luck that I can make it through RotCG and be interested enough to continue!! NoK was so damn awful to read for me, if it weren't because it's in Malazan world, I would've given it a 1 star, very easily.

[Angela, I'm Silverfox lost]

Good luck Petrik!

NoK wasn't very good. RotCG is definitely better. There is a bit of a slow burn to start with, but the last third is excellent. Again it has a ton of characters we've only heard about and others we've met before. It does have a couple of great surprises that you wouldn't expect. At least I didn't.

[Virginie]

Aristea wrote: "Empress Virginie wrote: "Don't worry Aristea, your spreadsheet is up to date. A creepy stalker worked some Excel magic and... Voilà! :)"

Thank you!!! Also, not a creepy stalker. Just an empress!

..."

Awwwww :)

(For a second, I was scared that the end of the story would be 'And I walked into a lamppost....' xD)

[Virginie]

Niki Hawkes wrote: "Omg! Haha I had bent noticed that yet. That's awesome Virginie! 😂😍"

I have some real life friends on GR, and they all asked me: "So... Did you finally implement your evil plan to take over the world?" when they saw the name change.

x)

[Virginie]

Great job Bea, Petrik and Miche :D

[Bea]

Empress Virginie wrote: "Niki Hawkes wrote: "Omg! Haha I had bent noticed that yet. That's awesome Virginie! 😂😍"

I have some real life friends on GR, and they all asked me: "So... Did you finally implement your evil plan ..."

Haha! So your ambitions are already known outside the realm of FBR :)

[Bea]

Finished Magician: Apprentice
Pages: 485
BR: Yes
Challenge: Book Cover
Points: 8.7

[Virginie]

Good job, Bea!

[Virginie]

Half a War
Joe Abercrombie
513 pages
Challenge (Bingo #2)
6.4 points

[Anni]

Empress Virginie wrote: "Niki Hawkes wrote: "Omg! Haha I had bent noticed that yet. That's awesome Virginie! 😂😍"

I have some real life friends on GR, and they all asked me: "So... Did you finally implement your evil plan ..."


Ooh, actually no one asked me why I'm a knight now... I guess they are all used to not question my actions anymore 😅

[Diana Stormblessed]

Miche wrote: "Title: The Crippled God
Author: Steven Erikson
Pages: 921
Buddy Read: Yes
Challenge: Yes (Incomplete Series)
Total points: 16.3

I did it! This was a magnificent serie..."

Congrats!

[Veronica]

Miche wrote: "Title: The Crippled God
Author: Steven Erikson
Pages: 921
Buddy Read: Yes
Challenge: Yes (Incomplete Series)
Total points: 16.3

I did it! This was a magnificent serie..."

Woohoo! Congrats on finishing, Miche! And you read all the side novels, too?

[Veronica]

Great job, team! And thanks for doing the monthly stats, Miss Virginie!

We only have a couple of more months together. :-(

[Veronica]

Title: The Crippled Angel
Author: Sara Douglass
Pages: 512
Buddy read: No
Challenge: Yes (book cover)


Title: Pulse
Author: Jeremy Robinson
Pages: 336
Buddy read: No
Challenge: Yes (A-Z)

[Virginie]

Veronica wrote: "Great job, team! And thanks for doing the monthly stats, Miss Virginie!

We only have a couple of more months together. :-("

My pleasure. I love doing everyone, every month.. Urm, their spreadsheet, I mean ;p

[Veronica]

Stamina is a lovely thing. :-)

[Virginie]

(Btw, we passed 4000 comments a while ago. I reckon we can do 5000 before the competition ends! :p)

[Veronica]

Petrik wrote: "I'm on Reaper's Gale right now and I'm dreading reading RotCG hahahahaa. We'll see how it goes with that one.. If I can't finish it, I think I may have to rely on summaries of the remainign four bo..."

I'm loving the series but I can't read the books one right after the other. I need breaks, lol.

[Miche]

Thank you!

Veronica I'm reading the side novels following the recommended order. I don't want to leave Malazan anytime soon! :)

The only ones I won't the reading are some of the novellas. The ones I read didn't add much to the story.

[Miche]

Great job Bea, Virginie and Veronica!

[Petrik]

Empress Virginie wrote: "Veronica wrote: "Great job, team! And thanks for doing the monthly stats, Miss Virginie!

We only have a couple of more months together. :-("

My pleasure. I love doing everyone, every month.. Urm,..."

I'm glad you love doing everyone! which one you find the most satisfying to do? me?? ;)

[Petrik]

Veronica wrote: "Petrik wrote: "I'm on Reaper's Gale right now and I'm dreading reading RotCG hahahahaa. We'll see how it goes with that one.. If I can't finish it, I think I may have to rely on summaries of the re..."

I totally understand. It gets crazier! I'm a quarter through Reaper's Gale and I alreday know I'm going to have to take a little break after this. 151 names in drammatis personae is overkill

[Bea]

Petrik wrote: "Veronica wrote: "Petrik wrote: "I'm on Reaper's Gale right now and I'm dreading reading RotCG hahahahaa. We'll see how it goes with that one.. If I can't finish it, I think I may have to rely on su..."

Haha, just wait until Dust of Dreams, it has about 240 characters mentioned in the Dramatis personae and the Crippled God adds 70 more :)
And basically everyone of them has a pov...

[Virginie]

Dead Beat
Jim Butcher
517 pages
Challenge: Incomplete Series
6.5 points

I had so much fun! My favorite Dresden so far :D

[Petrik]

Bea wrote: "Petrik wrote: "Veronica wrote: "Petrik wrote: "I'm on Reaper's Gale right now and I'm dreading reading RotCG hahahahaa. We'll see how it goes with that one.. If I can't finish it, I think I may hav..."

Dear lord xD

[Virginie]

Throne of Jade
Naomi Novik
398 pages
Challenge: Bingo #2
5.0 points

Don't know why I've waited so long to continue with this series. It's just brilliant, and Temeraire is such a sweetheart <3

[Veronica]

Petrik wrote: "Bea wrote: "Petrik wrote: "Veronica wrote: "Petrik wrote: "I'm on Reaper's Gale right now and I'm dreading reading RotCG hahahahaa. We'll see how it goes with that one.. If I can't finish it, I thi..

Dear lord xD ."

Haha! That was my exact response to what Bea said too.

[Lena]

Finished:
★★★★☆
★★★☆☆
Series Challenge ★★★★★

[Virginie]

@Lena: UTD. Great job :)

[Lena]

Empress! Yes ma’am.

[Miche]

Great job Virginie and Lena!

[Miche]

Bea wrote: "Haha, just wait until Dust of Dreams, it has about 240 characters mentioned in the Dramatis personae and the Crippled God adds 70 more :)
And basically everyone of them has a pov...
"

😂😂😂

[Kris]

Finished A Crown of Swords and The Violin, just started The Two Towers

I have been lurking, I just haven't been chatting - I am like that sometimes ;)

[Diana Stormblessed]

Lola wrote: "Finished A Crown of Swords and The Violin, just started The Two Towers

I have been lurking, I just haven't been chatting - I am like that sometimes ;)"

I feel you. I'm like that a lot lol

[Mel]

Same here. I don't read as fast as others, so I'm still working on The Crown Tower, and checking in to see what everyone else is reading.

[Lena]

Finished ★★★☆☆

[Virginie]

Miche wrote: "Great job Virginie and Lena!"

Thank you, Miche :)

[Virginie]

@Lena: Up to date! Good job :)

[Petrik]

Veronica wrote: "Petrik wrote: "Bea wrote: "Petrik wrote: "Veronica wrote: "Petrik wrote: "I'm on Reaper's Gale right now and I'm dreading reading RotCG hahahahaa. We'll see how it goes with that one.. If I can't f..."

Can't wait for you to read Bonehunters though! It's as good as Memories of Ice imo! :)

[Mel]

By the way, since I've been back some threads have caught my eye. At first I see Kafka On the Shore and 1984 and think, "Oh, some stuff I see on school curriculum lists as well. I should reread 1984." Then I see North and South and Anna Karinina and I think, "Wait... WAIT. Are we classy now?" When did that happen? I mean, great. I should have hopped onto Anna Karinina because that's one I don't think I can process on my own. But seriously... what'd I miss?

[Virginie]

Well, there was some talk about how reading only Fantasy and Sci-Fi was burning out some people (especially with the competition frenzy).
Diana and I created a thread for unplanned PNR reads, and a few other similar threads started to pop after that. There the contemporary romance, the historical romance, the YA reads and finally the classics.
That way, we get company while taking a breather from Fantasy / Sci-Fi. Also, buddy reads points :p

[Diana Stormblessed]

I love fantasy but it's so much better with the side genre threads. Helps with the fantasy burn out. And I'm reading a bunch more books I probably wouldn't on my own.

[Kris]

Empress Virginie wrote: "Well, there was some talk about how reading only Fantasy and Sci-Fi was burning out some people (especially with the competition frenzy).
Diana and I created a thread for unplanned PNR reads, and a..."

Awesome idea. I find I need a certain amount of variety !!

[Lena]

Finished ★★★★☆

[Mel]

Empress Virginie wrote: "Well, there was some talk about how reading only Fantasy and Sci-Fi was burning out some people (especially with the competition frenzy)."

Ah okay, that makes sense. I can get fantasy burnout as well, so I can see the need to switch things up. :)

Actually though... I think for me, I get my burnout from switching between authors and series. If I like something, I'll continue with that series and author for months and be fine. But constantly interrupting series to try to jump on buddy reads will wear me out. (It can be tempting though when I see so many books I want to read.)

[Petrik]

Melissa wrote: "Empress Virginie wrote: "Well, there was some talk about how reading only Fantasy and Sci-Fi was burning out some people (especially with the competition frenzy)."

Ah okay, that makes sense. I can..."

I dunno if this is the same, Melissa but I'm a bit similar. I'm a binge reader, I utterly love binge reading books, and I feel like if I stayed away from a series for too long (more than a month) there's a tendency for me to lose interest in continuing; not to mention forget details of the series itself which make the next book in the series not reaching the maximum experience it could've reached. That's probably just me though, I don't see a lot of binge readers in this group or site really. xD

[Virginie]

Lena wrote: "Finished New York 2140 ★★★★☆"

Up to date! :)