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[Veronica]

Thanks, Virginie!

Good job, Bea!

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

I just updated the spreadsheet for the first time in a while - 79.1 points for 17 books. Booya lol

[Diana Stormblessed]

Nice!

[Mel]

Woot wooot! Wow, way to rack up the points! Very impressive. :)

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

Thank you!

Two and a half month's worth lol.

[Petrik]

Niki Hawkes wrote: "I just updated the spreadsheet for the first time in a while - 79.1 points for 17 books. Booya lol"

Booom!!! that's awesome!

[Virginie]

BOOYA Cap!
Way to go :)

[Bea]

Great job, captain!

And thanks, Veronica! :)

(Just realized we only have one more month to go. Time goes by so fast!)

[Virginie]

Whoops, missed your update, Bea. Good job :D

[Petrik]

Help me... book 9 of Malazan is a complete snoozefest. I fell asleep 5 times. It's so ridiculously boring... if this weren't the penultimate installment, I would've DNFed the series. I'm 60% through and my rating so far is 1.5 stars. Erikson usually has great conclusion so maybe there's some rewarding things to look forward to. Maybe...

Sorry, had to rant here because I just woke up from falling asleep again.

[Bea]

Petrik wrote: "Help me... book 9 of Malazan is a complete snoozefest. I fell asleep 5 times. It's so ridiculously boring... if this weren't the penultimate installment, I would've DNFed the series. I'm 60% throug..."

Book 9 was definitely my least favorite in the series! Way to many uninteresting characters und plotlines and the characters I still found interesting didn't get enough screentime.
I don't want to steal your motivation further but there is no really satisfying conclusion in this one as it's meant to be part one of one giant book. The last quarter of the book picked up a little bit, though, if that helps you.
Still: *sends virtual motivation boost* you can do it, Petrik, don't give up now!!!

[Petrik]

Bea wrote: "Petrik wrote: "Help me... book 9 of Malazan is a complete snoozefest. I fell asleep 5 times. It's so ridiculously boring... if this weren't the penultimate installment, I would've DNFed the series...."

Thank you for the word of encouragement! I'll persevere, Bea!!

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

Thanks for the support, team. ☺️☺️☺️

And oh no Petrik haha.

[Petrik]

Niki Hawkes wrote: "Thanks for the support, team. ☺️☺️☺️

And oh no Petrik haha."

I think I can do it. I have 20% left. After falling asleep once for each chapter, I finally have only 4 more chapters left!!

[Bea]

Petrik wrote: "Niki Hawkes wrote: "Thanks for the support, team. ☺️☺️☺️

And oh no Petrik haha."

I think I can do it. I have 20% left. After falling asleep once for each chapter, I finally have only 4 more chapt..."

When 4 chapters of a 1000+ pages book equal 20% you know you're dealing with a SE-book 😂

[Virginie]

All my family and friends are out of town, and it was raining today. So, instead of curling on the couch with a good book, I got to my desk with my faithful computer and went into a GR-organization frenzy:

- established, with Karishma, how the 'One Story a Day' bookclub will work;
- researched online magazines providing short stories for free;
- compiled a list of 80+ stories, each with a link to read it online;
- created ebooks of those stories with unified formatting so I can read 'em on my Kindle;
- heavily modified my spreadsheet to facilitate future entries;
- went through my entire TBR and, for each 'first-in-series' in it, identified if the series is complete or still ongoing;
- created (and filled) shelves for standalones, anthologies and 'under 100 pages'.

I think I have a problem....

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

Organizationgasm

[Veronica]

Niki Hawkes wrote: "I just updated the spreadsheet for the first time in a while - 79.1 points for 17 books. Booya lol"

Woohoo!!

[Petrik]

Bea wrote: "Petrik wrote: "Niki Hawkes wrote: "Thanks for the support, team. ☺️☺️☺️

And oh no Petrik haha."

I think I can do it. I have 20% left. After falling asleep once for each chapter, I finally have on..."

It's kinda fucked up when you think about it. This 4 chapter are more than 200 pages long xD SE doesn't seem to know how chapter is used... xD

[Karishma]

Empress Virginie wrote: "All my family and friends are out of town, and it was raining today. So, instead of curling on the couch with a good book, I got to my desk with my faithful computer and went into a GR-organization..."

You did all of that in one day 😮

You should come over to my house and do mine too!

Or else you have my incomplete series tracker which is incomplete - finish it - I will give you editing rights 😜

[Virginie]

Petrik wrote: "Help me... book 9 of Malazan is a complete snoozefest. I fell asleep 5 times. It's so ridiculously boring... if this weren't the penultimate installment, I would've DNFed the series. I'm 60% throug..."

Heeeh, but you can't give up, for the sake of your couple! I remember reading somewhere you were going to propose only when finishing Malazan.... ;)

[Petrik]

Empress Virginie wrote: "Petrik wrote: "Help me... book 9 of Malazan is a complete snoozefest. I fell asleep 5 times. It's so ridiculously boring... if this weren't the penultimate installment, I would've DNFed the series...."

Not immediately! but yeah, let's just the first step in my preparation for proposing has been green lit once I finished Malazan Book of the Fallen! On that note, I just finished book 9! woohoooo. Will start the last book tomorrow!

[Virginie]

Karishma wrote: "You did all of that in one day 😮"

Niki Hawkes wrote: "Organizationgasm"

Well, to be fair, I've obsessed about all that for a crazy (and unhealthy) amount of time: I've had insomnia for a few nights now. Instead of gently going to sleep, my brain makes me re-organize all GR-related things, re-think the entire layout of my apartment, budget the next three months, list everything I have to create/fix, etc.

Exhausting....

[Virginie]

Petrik wrote: "On that note, I just finished book 9! woohoooo. Will start the last book tomorrow!"

Great job! That was quite fast for a snoozefest :O

[Bea]

Petrik wrote: "Empress Virginie wrote: "Petrik wrote: "Help me... book 9 of Malazan is a complete snoozefest. I fell asleep 5 times. It's so ridiculously boring... if this weren't the penultimate installment, I w..."

Wohoo! A round of applause! :)

[Petrik]

Thank you y'all! ONE more!!! xD

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

@Virginie - oh dang, sorry to hear awesomeness came from something exhausting and stressful. I feel you on that right now, actually.

@Petrik- waaahooooooooo!!

[Bea]

Almost forgot to update:
Finished Scourge of the Betrayer
Pages: 320
Br: Yes
Challenge: No
Points: 4.8

[Virginie]

Great job, Bea :)

I wanted to join this BR but not enough time :/ Is it good?

[Bea]

Empress Virginie wrote: "Great job, Bea :)

I wanted to join this BR but not enough time :/ Is it good?"

Thanks!
It was ok, I liked it but it didn't blow me away either. You definitely have to like grimdark to enjoy it (which I normally do, and I know quite a few people here love this trilogy)

[Petrik]

Bea wrote: "Empress Virginie wrote: "Great job, Bea :)

I wanted to join this BR but not enough time :/ Is it good?"

Thanks!
It was ok, I liked it but it didn't blow me away either. You definitely have to lik..."

Oh I loved it!! The second book is where everything get better. I hope it will work out better for you, Bea! :D

[Miche]

Just passing to give a quick hi. :)

I am still in my "not reading" mood. Hopefully that will change soon.

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

Miss you Miche! Hope you're having fun doing the non reading things. ;)

[Mel]

Likewise, I hope you're enjoying the other good stuff in life. :)

[Veronica]

Title: Fire Catcher
Author: C.S. Quinn
Pages: 568
Buddy read: No
Challenge: No


Title: Night of Knives
Author: Ian C. Esslemont
Pages: 304
Buddy read: Yes
Challenge: No


Title: Priest of Bones
Author: Peter McLean
Pages: 352
Buddy read: No
Challenge: No

[Miche]

Thansk you, ladies! I am having lots of fun! :)

On that note, Happy Canadian Thanksgiving to you all! :D

P.S.: great job, team!

[Virginie]

Bea wrote: "It was ok, I liked it but it didn't blow me away either. You definitely have to like grimdark to enjoy it (which I normally do, and I know quite a few people here love this trilogy)"

Good to know. I noticed Jenna keep recommending this series so I'm def going to give it a try at some point. I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with Grimdark; sometimes I greatly enjoy the sarcastic humour and 'realistic' view of the world, and sometimes, I can't stand the bleakness and gruesome descriptions.

🤔

[Virginie]

Miche wrote: "Just passing to give a quick hi. :)

I am still in my "not reading" mood. Hopefully that will change soon."

Hi Miche!
We miss you! Have fun doing 'non-reader activities' ;)

[Virginie]

@Veronica: Spreadsheet UTD: 13.8 more points for you! Great job :)

[Bea]

Petrik wrote: "Bea wrote: "Empress Virginie wrote: "Great job, Bea :)

I wanted to join this BR but not enough time :/ Is it good?"

Thanks!
It was ok, I liked it but it didn't blow me away either. You definitely..."

Oh, that's good to know! I was expecting to like it more because a lot of people here did. Hopefully book two will be better :)

[Bea]

Empress Virginie wrote: "Bea wrote: "It was ok, I liked it but it didn't blow me away either. You definitely have to like grimdark to enjoy it (which I normally do, and I know quite a few people here love this trilogy)"

G..."

Yeah, definitely give it a try!

[Veronica]

Miche wrote: "Just passing to give a quick hi. :)

I am still in my "not reading" mood. Hopefully that will change soon."

As long as you're having fun, that's all that matters. I know we all love books here but, even so, there are other worthy things to do in life too. We'll leave a light on for you. ;-)

[Petrik]

Veronica wrote: "Miche wrote: "Just passing to give a quick hi. :)

I am still in my "not reading" mood. Hopefully that will change soon."

As long as you're having fun, that's all that matters. I know we all love ..."

Hear2!

[Petrik]

After looking at the new rules and thinking about it. I have decided to join next year team competition again! Hopefully will see some of you in my next team! :D

[Virginie]

YAY! I'm already reserving the right to tinker with your scoresheet, whether we end up in the same team or not.

:D

[Petrik]

Empress Virginie wrote: "YAY! I'm already reserving the right to tinker with your scoresheet, whether we end up in the same team or not.

:D"

PLEASE DO! :D

[Bea]

Finished Unholy War
Pages: 801
Br: No
Challenge: Bingo
Points: 10

[Bea]

Empress Virginie wrote: "YAY! I'm already reserving the right to tinker with your scoresheet, whether we end up in the same team or not.

:D"

As your subject I'm claiming the right for my scoresheet to be designed by you too! (You're waiting to do that anyway, aren't you? ;) )

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

Yay Petrik!!! :D

[Veronica]

Cool, Petrik!