Laura sinks her claws into this challenge, all snuggled up and comfy in her dragon's lair

[Siobhan]

I've heard great things about that book, but I think it might be a bit too depressing for me.

[Mayim]

Laura, on your TBR there are two books I love to tiniest comma: The duke and I and the Inkeeprs song. I hope you will enjoy those.
Also, on my overflowing TBR pile I also have the Curse of Chalion series by Bujold so if you'd like to buddy read this series, just let me know.

[Laura]

I'll up them on my TBR Mayim. Thanks for the tip. :)

And I've been meaning to get on with Chalion for a very long time. I'd love to BR those with you. Should we fix a date?

[Mayim]

Let's go for it! Bujold might be the new Kay. :)

[Laura]

you're right about that! Set the date and I'm in! I'll adjust my other reads to fit these in. :)

[Mayim]

Do you have time in December? Or shall we postpone until next year?

[Laura]

We could do one sometime in the first 2 weeks of December. Preferably the second. I forgot we had added Son of the Shadows. :) The last 2 weeks will be full of holliday preparation and celebration and Christmas holliday for the kids - in other words a great time but not for much of reading! :D
Would that be ok with you?

[Mayim]

Absolutely. Especially that I might be also in the process of moving to another country (yet again!). I will notify the almighty mods and advertise it in the buddy read invite thread.

Say, December 10? Tiger and Del is Dec 8 but these are fast reads plus we can start earlier if needed.

[Laura]

I'll add it to the list then and

Wow! another country! that's great! But shifting during Christmas time sucks. I've been there before and hated it. Hope it will be ok for you.

[Laura]

december 10 is great. :)

[Mayim]

I have an interview coming and if successful we will need to move so that I can start in January. Luckily close, just a jump down south to the Czech Republic. We'll see, maybe I'll flunk the chat. ;)

[Laura]

nah! you won't! I'm convinced you'll own it! 😘

[Mayim]

Haha will let you know! I put the things in motion and alerted Choko too. Who else should we coerce to read with us?

[Laura]

Veronica maybe? Or Iain. Iain deffinitely! This book is right up his alley.
I read Chalion sometime back but want to reread it as it was fabulous and then continue with the series.

[Mayim]

good thinking, I also messaged Tammie, she read Sevenwaters with us and liked it. How about the Melissas?

[Laura]

them too. this book is all about feeling and redemption. they may like it too.

[Laura]

Finished my first 5 books:

1. The Golden Compass -finished
2. The Summer Tree -finished
3. Leviathan Wakes -finished
4. Age of Myth -finished
5. Coraline -finished

Reward: Sinner

[Siobhan]

Well done!! 😘

[Laura]

Siobhan wrote: "Well done!! 😘"

Thanks sweety. :)

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

Woohooo!! Nice reward. :)

[Veronica]

Nice work, Laura!

[Miche]

Great job, Laura!

[Laura]

Thanks girls!!

I'm waiting to finish the next 5 to buy book 5 of the series. :)

[Veronica]

Now that's willpower.

[Laura]

tell me about it. And Christmas Sales are coming!!!!!

[Veronica]

I know! In fact, I think I just missed a sale on Audible. Serves me right for not reading my emails in a timely manner.

[Laura]

That's ok hun. Christmas is coming! The sale will be bigger then. :)

[Tammie]

Good job!

[Hacen]

Nice work! 😁

[Laura]

Thank you Tammie and Hacen! 😊

[Laura]

finished:
The War of the Flowers
The Wandering Fire
Before They Are Hanged
Son of the Shadows

currently reading the last on the list:

The Last Song

I am also still updating my shelves (both owned and kindle) as I'm reorganising ALL my bookshelves. Everything should be done by Christmas though.

[Miche]

Good job, Laura! :D

[Anni]

Well done Laura :) Good luck with organizing your shelf, I always get distracted by my books when I try to sort them :D

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

Fun!! I love shelf organizing. It always feels so good when you're done. Good luck. :)

[Laura]

My shelves are now up to date. Everything is included.

No more adding without reading for compensation, unless of course I get them for free or as a present. You can't expect that to count! :)

[Laura]

Thank you Miche, Anni and Niki. :)

I haven't done much reading these days with all the organizing. But I'm almost done and my GR shelves are already finished. And I have to admit shelf-reorganizing is fun. :D

[Laura]

finished my last book for round 2:

The War of the Flowers -finished
The Wandering Fire -finished
Before They Are Hanged -finished
Son of the Shadows -finished
The Last Song -finished

Reward: Confessor

[Laura]

for round 4 finished:

The Shadow of the Torturer
Dragons of Autumn Twilight

I have also exchanged 3 of my books (The Faustin Brothers) with 3 of Terry Brooks from Heritage of Shannara. The shop owner was actually quite happy to do the exchange as it seems Evie Byrne is sold like hot cakes here while Shannara books are going ancient on the shelves.
So now I am the proud owner of:
The Scions of Shannara
The Druid of Shannara
The Talismans of Shannara
And of course now I'm gonna have to buy even the 3rd book in the series.

One more bad thing is that I sort of fell off the wagon while buying the reward book for my second round. I bought 4 instead. The first 3 books of the Chronicles of the Necromancer ended up in my bag also because they were so new and shiny and pretty and on sale! So now I have to read 15 more books to compensate! (*big sigh*) I'm gonna have to avoid the book store for some time.

[Anni]

But you already fonished two books for Round 4, so you only have to finish 13 books, right? :D
I am sure you will read these books in no time!

[Laura]

You're right Anni! I had forgotten to include those 2 in my count. 😁

[Laura]

finished the remaining 3 due books for round 4 - small ones:

The Darkest Fire
Lila the Werewolf
The Gift of the Magi

reward: The Summoner

and finished round 5:

The Amazon's Curse
Miracle at the Museum of Broken Hearts
A Dance for Emilia
Earwig and the Witch
Summer Spark

Reward: The Blood King

I will be definitely reading more of Beagle and Showalter as I liked both of their writing styles. Diana Wynne Jones was a disappointment though, just as the other small books I chose to fill up the numbers.

[Anni]

Woah, you are so fast! Congrats! :)

[Laura]

Thank you Anni.
But they were very small ones. I'll compensate in the next rounds with 500+ pages books. :)

[Miche]

Congrats, Laura! :)

[Laura]

Thank you Miche. :)

[Laura]

finished for round 6:

Rain on My Wings
The Dragon and the George
Last Argument of Kings

last books finished in 2017. The next 2 for this round will be read in 2018. :)

[Laura]

finished the last 2 books for round 6:

Kushiel's Dart - 5 stars
Child of the Prophecy - 3 stars

reward for round 6: Dark Haven

If I have skirted the number of pages with a few smaller reads these last 2 more than made up for it. :) Now fingers crossed I won't buy anything new before I finish reading the next 5 books.

[Miche]

Good job, Laura!

[Laura]

Miche wrote: "Good job, Laura!"

Thank you. :)

[Laura]

Finished:
Sword-Born - 4 stars
The Return of the Soldier - 3 stars
Dragons of Winter Night - 5 stars
Gardens of the Moon - 5 stars

One more to go for round 7