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The Way of Kings [Apr 10, 2018]
I'm halfway through this so hope you guys enjoy it
Interesting. I may. Or may not.
Maybe for me. A read-through of all three is on the horizon somewhere, but it's a bit far out for me to commit.
Man, this is so far off that it's insane!But yeah, glad that we're reading it.
In case you can't tell, I'm in!
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I hope so Iain.
I have more planned for Jan and Feb than I do for December! It's a bit crazy!
The way things are going I'll be reading like 3 or 4 in december.
MorteTorment(Unofficial World's Fastest Reader) wrote: "The way things are going I'll be reading like 3 or 4 in december."Same, I'm making my way through Mistborn at the moment, hoping to read Hero of Ages in Dec. :)
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Angela wrote: "It is very easy in this group to end up with a ton of buddy reads. I've learnt (after more than a year) to try to limit myself to two buddy reads a month in the group. With books, I want to read th..."I keep wanting to limit myself, but the reads being planned are all books I want to read and ones I already own etc. It's so hard to say no when it's such a good opportunity to pick it up! I suppose if I start to feel a bit burnt out by it I will have to drop some. Definitely seems like you've got a good balance Angela.
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Angela wrote: "It is very easy in this group to end up with a ton of buddy reads. I've learnt (after more than a year) to try to limit myself to two buddy reads a month in the group. With books, I want to read th..."Eh, I don't mind so much. Got too much time on my hands, and I really like reading and discussing books.
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I love discussing books too Morte. It's definitely one of the great things about GR.
It's the best! I don't know what to do with myself now if I read something alone and don't have anyone to talk to about it!
Angela wrote: "It is very easy in this group to end up with a ton of buddy reads. I've learnt (after more than a year) to try to limit myself to two buddy reads a month in the group. With books, I want to read th..."Do not limit yourself my lovely Guardian! Go all forward and onward and remember that we need to change into bookeaters in order to win and that every buddy read bring extra points :D
Mayim wrote: "Angela wrote: "It is very easy in this group to end up with a ton of buddy reads. I've learnt (after more than a year) to try to limit myself to two buddy reads a month in the group. With books, I ..."Ah yes, every read shall be a buddy read! Go Team! :)
Exactly! Reading solo is like when you're the only one who has seen a movie and you have no one to share it with! It's great having others with whom to discuss the same familiar stories and characters. The only problem with all these buddy reads however, is that it can be distracting, and you end up spending more time on goodreads than reading. That, and it does nothing to help my ever-expanding TBR list.
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Well I'm not far from finishing way of kings guys, but let me tell you your definitely in for a treat.
Melissa wrote: "Exactly! Reading solo is like when you're the only one who has seen a movie and you have no one to share it with! It's great having others with whom to discuss the same familiar stories and charact..."I've missed out on so many great older(70's the 90's) movies and I hope I never get that mentality or I'll never watch a lot of the movies that I really want to.
Siobhan wrote: "It's the best! I don't know what to do with myself now if I read something alone and don't have anyone to talk to about it!"
I hope I don't become that way one day.
Ahdam wrote: "Well I'm not far from finishing way of kings guys, but let me tell you your definitely in for a treat."Well that makes me look forward to it even more, thank you.
Maybe you will join the discussion come April, although you've now read it?
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@Mods: When did this folder becomes "Sanderson - Everything" lol... could have also chosen "Sanderson - Cosmere"... at least until someone starts a YA buddy read for Reckoners/Apocalypse Guard or Rithmatist
Iain wrote: "I dunno Morte... I'll read/watch things others aren't reading/watching... but being able to discuss/share in the experience really adds something"I agree completely, but at the same time there's a lot of movies I'll watch a lot of movies that I know that no one I know will care about.
Finished it yesterday guys and it is AMAZING can't wait to discuss it with you because there's a lot we need to talk about 😂😂😂😂
Because by random chance I happened to notice: Congratulations Ahdam on your 1000th comment in FBR! 🎉🎊🎆🎂
I'm completely in!
So how many people funded the Kickstarter for the soundtrack to this book? :) I might have to reread just to listen to the music at the right parts.
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I’m currently reading The Way of Kings. Is it too late to join this buddy group?
Oops, this was a dumb question since I just saw that this discussion starts in April lol
Patrick wrote: "Oops, this was a dumb question since I just saw that this discussion starts in April lol"Haha was just about to tell you that 😂
Siobhan wrote: "Patrick wrote: "Oops, this was a dumb question since I just saw that this discussion starts in April lol"Haha was just about to tell you that 😂"
Yeah, I was on my phone at first. I didnt see where it said "April".
Happy reading everyone. This book is great! Peace out! lol
Just wanna confirm whether or not that we're still on for April 10th, as we're not listed here:https://www.goodreads.com/group/books...
MorteTorment(Unofficial World's Fastest Reader) wrote: "Just wanna confirm whether or not that we're still on for April 10th, as we're not listed here:https://www.goodreads.com/group/books......"
Yeah we're still on! :) it's definitely on Margaret's Master List, so should be fine.
Cool!
So I spotted this on my Google "news" feed today, thought my fellow FBR peeps might be interested in reading the article and checking out the videos, it looks cool! https://io9.gizmodo.com/we-entered-th...
Will join in for a re-read if I have the time :)
I'm going to lurk for the discussion :-)
I’ve been reading this for over a year. Hopefully this buddy zone will help me push through the last two hundred pages. I’ve heard Kaladin is... less derailed in the other books. He suffers from what he calls The Wretch (otherwise known as depression which has a remarkable effect of triggering mine, thus the gaps between reading).
Diana Stormblessed wrote: "I'm going to lurk for the discussion :-)"Me too. I love this series. :)
I’m so excited to start this series.
I'm going in blind on this one! Looking forward to it. Have fun everyone
Decided to start this early since it's 1k pages long.Read the Prologue and the first chapter, and quite frankly I'm kinda annoyed so far. On one hand there's a lot of action, and I love me a lot of action. The problem is that it's really early so there's been no building for any of this, and since I haven't gotten to know any of the characters, I don't have enough of a reason to care about the characters, so it feels like my heart is racing but it's got nowhere to go.
So yeah, bad first impression, but I'll keep on reading. Looking forward to getting to know the characters more so I can actually get more invested in the action.
Wow...this book really stepped it up! 7 chapters in and I'm already fascinated by a main character, the one of which is probably gonna surprise you all. I'm really loving Shallan!Here's a shamelessly long excert from the book.
*chapter 7 spoilers*
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The Prelude is some setup... then the Prologue is an event that gets further explored in each book from a different POV... book 2 and 3 show it from (view spoiler) POV... we think book 5 will finally show us the full picture, from (view spoiler) POV...
I think chapter 2 is when the book settles down and starts worldbuilding toward more awesomeness later...
Shallan's great in this book... I think she was my fave POV in this book... the one with the least minor quibbles, anyway...
Its great you likin it morte although I disagree with you on the prologue I thought it sets everything up fine and I don’t think you need to know the character just yet for this part as it’s explaining a moment in the timeline where everything goes haywire if that makes sense Other than that the characters in the book are really good I’m interested to see what you think of a few of the others you will meet.
Iain wrote: "The beginning throws you in before it starts explaining everything...The Prelude is some setup... then the Prologue is an event that gets further explored in each book from a different POV... boo..."
Wait! What? Each PART is from someone elses point of view? They don't just go back and forth? That's...something I'm gonna have to force myself to get used to. if I can get used to it. I was really hoping that it'd be like Lightbringer book 1 in this sense. This sucks, and I'm really into Kal and Shallan!
And yeah, I currently at the beginning of PART 2. About 200 pages in. I started early because I figured this would take all month to finish, but if the book remains this interesting(Which I'm kinda afraid it might not now that I know that I won't get any more Kal or Shallan POV.) I'll finish hopefully in less than 2 weeks.
Really different POVs. Hi Five fellow Shallan fan!
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The Prelude is some setup... then the Prologue is an event that gets further explored in each book from a differe..."
Each book is split into 5 parts... each part has 2-5 POVs usually, listed at the start of that part... in between each part there is a sequence of 3-4 interludes, from the POV of people that don't appear in the main parts of the book... these interludes are part world-building, part bad-guy-POV, generally...
Those are the main parts of the book... each book also focuses on one character's flashbacks, which fill in their story, while also telling important details to the larger narrative, and that flashbacker is the POV that appears in all 5 parts...
The prologue of each book works like the interludes, but exploring the triggering event for the series from multiple angles...
Part 5 is then a shorter wrapup part, so there tends to be like 10 POVs crammed into about 50 pages...
Sometimes the part-wide POV shifts can be annoying, because, for example, I don't think Shallan appears in part 3... and Sanderson likes to end each part on a cliffhanger...
Hope that all made sense... edited for clarity after opening my e-copy...
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The Prelude is some setup... then the Prologue is an event that gets further explored in each book from a differe..."
So in regards to this specific book... you'll get more Kaladin in part 2... and more Kaladin again in Part 3 with Shallan... it doesn't just completely drop the characters from Part 1...
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