Barry's Buddy Read Tracker

[Barry]

Future Reads

August 2020
15 Aug 2020 - Fool's Assassin
25 Aug 2020 - The Calculating Stars (SFI)

September 2020
15 Sep 2020 - Fool's Quest

October 2020
07 Oct 2020 - Foreigner (SFI)
15 Oct 2020 - Assassin's Fate
17 Oct 2020 - Grass (SFI)

[Barry]

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Past Reads
January 2018
The Hero of Ages - 4/5
Countdown City - 3.5/5
Gardens of the Moon - 4/5
Red Seas Under Red Skies - 4/5
American Gods - 4/5

February 2018
A Clash of Kings -5/5
The Republic of Thieves - 4/5
Deadhouse Gates - 4/5
Dune - 4/5

March 2018
Children of Time - 4.5/5
Anathem - 4/5
Promise of Blood - 3/5

April 2018
A Storm of Swords - 4.5/5
The Ghost Brigades - 3/5
The Crimson Campaign - 4/5
The Stone Sky - 4.5/5

May 2018
Best Served Cold - 4/5
The Dispossessed - 5/5
The Last Colony - 3/5
Morning Star - 3.5/5
Memories of Ice - 4.5/5

June 2018
The Heroes - 3.5/5
Perdido Street Station - 4/5
A Feast for Crows - 4/5
Altered Carbon - 3.5/5
Red Country - 4/5

July 2018
House of Chains - 4.5/5
The Scar - 4/5
The Human Division - 2.5/5
Broken Angels - 3/5
World of Trouble - 5/5

August 2018
A Dance with Dragons - 4/5
New York 2140 - 3/5
Woken Furies - 4/5
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - 3.5/5
Midnight Tides - 4.5/5
Iron Council - DNF @ 25%

September 2018
The Player of Games - 3/5
The Fractal Prince - 3.5/5
Deathless - 4/5
The Causal Angel - 3.5/5
City of Blades - 3.5/5

October 2018
Stiletto - 3/5
Night of Knives - 3/5
City of Miracles - 4/5
The Handmaid's Tale - 4.5/5
The Boy Who Lost Fairyland - 4/5
The Girl Who Raced Fairyland All the Way Home - 4.5/5
Blindsight - 4/5
The Traitor Baru Cormorant - 2/5

November 2018
Echopraxia - 4/5
Waking Gods - 3/5
Only Human - 2/5
The Poppy War - 4.5/5
The Bonehunters - 5/5
Aurora - 3/5

December 2018
Redshirts - 3/5
Dragon's Egg - 4/5
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[Barry]

2019 Reads

January 2019
Reaper's Gale - Malazan!
Jade City - 3/5
Ancillary Justice - 4/5
Assassin's Apprentice - 4/5

February 2019
Death's End - 4.5/5
Pawn of Prophecy - 3.5/5
The Way of Kings - 4/5
The Gods Themselves - 4.5/5
Queen of Sorcery - 3.5/5
Royal Assassin - 4/5

March 2019
Return of the Crimson Guard - 3.5/5
When Gravity Fails - 3/5
Words of Radiance - 4/5
Magician's Gambit - 3/5

April 2019
Assassin's Quest - 3/5
Sea of Rust - 3.5/5
Toll the Hounds - 4.5/5
Doomsday Book - 4.5/5
Castle of Wizardry - 3/5
Rosewater - 4/5

May 2019
Use of Weapons - 3.5/5
Oathbringer - 4.5/5
Enchanters' End Game - 2/5
Revelation Space - 3.5/5
Stonewielder - 4/5

June 2019
Ship of Magic - 4.5/5
Matter - 3/5
Ancillary Sword - 3/5
A Shadow in Summer - 3.5/5
The Mad Ship -4/5

July 2019
A Betrayal in Winter - 3.5/5
Surface Detail - 3.5/5
Ancillary Mercy - 4/5
Dust of Dreams - Malazan!

August 2019
Ship of Destiny - 4/5
The Hydrogen Sonata - 2.5/5
An Autumn War - 4.5/5
Leviathan Wakes - 4/5
Dark Matter - 3/5

September 2019
Wild Seed - 4.5/5
The Price of Spring - 4/5
The Crippled God - 5/5
Caliban's War - 4/5
Abaddon's Gate - 3.5/5

October 2019
Fool's Errand - 4.5/5
Ninefox Gambit - 3.5/5
Cibola Burn - 4/5
Raven Stratagem - 3.5/5
Orb Sceptre Throne - 4/5
Nemesis Games - 4/5

November 2019
Golden Fool - 4.5/5

[Silvana]

Dude your list is bigger than mine, me likey!

[Jenna, I'd be free if not for Temper & Edgewalker]

Have fun with all your buddy reads - you've got quite a list!

[Barry]

im sure ure gonna end up reading more books than me. no worris. but yeah, excited for the planned reads. weve got asoiaf, buddy reads of china mievile with u and a bunch of other seemingly excellent titles. so yeah wish me luck haha.

[Zaara]

*Pushes a load of good luck onto Barry's tracker*
Happy reads, Barry + welcome to the group.
You'll meet a whistle-load of fun ppl here + you obviously found a LOT of good books.
How long have you been here agn?
😊☺️

[Barry]

@ Zaara : Thank you. I just joined a couple of months ago. Finally I have some motivation to start reading some books / series that I've been wanting to start/complete and pick up some of those books that have been sitting on my bookshelf lol. Always nice to know you can discuss stuff with other people, right?

[Anni]

That's true, this group is a great motivation to pick up books you want to read for far to long :)

[Barry]

Update 23 Jan 2018 :

Added a few Malazan books
Removed the Chronicles of St. Mary's sereis (don't think I'm gonna have enough time to read it as scheduled in BR, maybe I'll do the series in good time)
Added Milkweed Tryptich series (been wanting to read Ian Tregillis in a while)

[Barry]

Mid-Year Update

Books read : 36 + 3 short stories
DNF : 0
Pages read : 20,346
Avg Pages / Book : 522
Avg Ratings : 3.8

Stars Breakdown
5-Star : 5
4-Star : 22
3-Star : 12
2-Star : 0
1-Star : 0

By Genre
Scifi : 9 + 3 short stories
Fantasy : 20
Non-fiction : 7

[Silvana]

Lots of four stars, no one or two? that's wonderful.

[Barry]

been reading some excellent series this year thankfully.

[Anny]

Dragon's egg nya Dec masi muat kah?

[Barry]

@ Anny : yes, haven’t update my thread. Will do once I get access to my laptop (using phone app) 😁

[Barry]

Stats for 2018

Books read : 84 + 3 short-stories
DNF : 2
Pages Read : 41,861
Avg Pages / Book : 481

Sci-fi : 32
Fantasy : 34
Non-Fiction : 18
Short story : 3

5-star : 13
4-star : 41
3-star : 24
2-star : 4
1-star : 0
Avg Rating : 3.8

[Barry]

Hi guys,

I'm planning to read the following books. So, if any of you guys are interested I'll be happy to have BRs for them:

1. The Machineries of Empire series by Yoon-Ha Lee. 3 books starting in early or mid October, one book per month
Ninefox Gambit - 5/10 Oct
Raven Stratagem - 5/10 Nov
Revenant Gun - 5/10 Dec

2. Semiosis duology by Sue Burke. Binge-read starting on December. The second book is expected to be released this month, but it's still quite expensive on kindle last I checked. So, I'm hoping there will be discounts during the end of year sale period ha.
Semiosis - 15/20 Dec
Interference - sometime during the Christmas break?

3. Manifest Delusions series. Starting either in mid-December or early January 2020. The first book of the series is on sale on kindle right now.
Beyond Redemption - 15/20 Dec/Jan
The Mirror’s Truth - 15/20 Jan/Feb
Swarm and Steel - 15/20 Feb/Mar

[Zaara]

Great idea, Barry...Siobhan did something similar listwise in Nov/Dec last year, if I remember correctly. I'll see if I can find Manifest Delusioms by January...ha...tried already yest at my nbrhood place but no dice. All the best finding BR partners for the rest of your list :)

[Anny]

I'm also interested in Manifest Delusions, if it's on sale before the BR date then I will join too :)

[Barry]

@ Zaara and Anny:

Yeah, I had trouble finding the kindle version for Beyond Redemption last year. Even when I checked for the physical versions, they only had it for one of the books. So I bought that last year, expecting the kindle version to become available sometime this year. Beyond Redemption is still $1.99 as of today, though. So, at least get the first book. If it's as mind-blowing as some people have said, I guess I'll suck it up and buy the remaining book even if there's no deals for them...

Tentative BR on Dec 20 for Beyond Redemption, one book per month?

[Zaara]

January...January please if you don't mind, Barry. I will be travelling in Jordan EOY and mostly absent from Goodreads. And I like to be active in my BRs.

[Barry]

Ok, let's say 15 Jan 2020 then? Anny you good with that schedule?

[Zaara]

Fine by me.

[Anny]

Barry wrote: "@ Zaara and Anny:

Yeah, I had trouble finding the kindle version for Beyond Redemption last year. Even when I checked for the physical versions, they only had it for one of the boo..."

OH! It is on sale! I'll buy the book tonight (hopefully the price won't change yet). Thanks for telling me Barry XD

Jan 15 is fine :)

[Barry]

I've requested the threads for Manifest Delusions to the mods.

[Zaara]

Barry wrote: "I've requested the threads for Manifest Delusions to the mods."

Got the books, ready to go!
Happy new year, B 🐝

[Barry]

Hey Zaara,

Happy belated new year lol! Sorry was quite busy in the beginning of the year. Good to know you've got the books! See you in the threads.