PNR Buddy Reads ♥

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Yea... just move Magic Triumphs between Iron Covenant 1 & 2, and add the Curran POVs to your extras, and you have everything... I didn't notice Retribution Clause was in your list already, at first...

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

Oooh curran pov? Haven't devoured those yet. :)

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Gordon writes the Curran POVs on the side, when he has time... not sure if any more are planned... I read the first couple years ago... new ones have come out since then, and probably fill in all the relevant scenes...

[Virginie]

Updated according to your comments, Iain! :D

I labeled Iron Covenant 2 & 3 as 10.1 and 10.2 (even though they take place before KD 10) to have a clear reading order.

[Karishma]

Niki Hawkes wrote: "Oooh curran pov? Haven't devoured those yet. :)"

They are the only ones i haven't read either.

[Diana Stormblessed]

I think I've read everything before Magic Binds except for Magic Steals and Magic Stars. I'm so excited to do this all again! :-)

[Diana Stormblessed]

Iain wrote: "Gordon writes the Curran POVs on the side, when he has time... not sure if any more are planned... I read the first couple years ago... new ones have come out since then, and probably fill in all t..."

Oh I didn't realize there are a bunch. I read the first one but didn't know there were more. Must find them all!

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

That collection has all 9, I think... never mind, there's a 10th one: Prequel to Magic Shifts

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

List looks great, Virginie... almost deserves it's own page like the Sanderson Master List :D

@Diana: Me too... almost overly so... most of the short stories will be new to me... Kate Daniels was before my short stories phase... for a while, with Women of the Otherworld and Psy-Changelings, and a few others, I started reading all the short stories in between each book... but that was later, and I am terrible about reading short stories out of order, so I never went back... same with Dresden Files...

[Virginie]

Iain wrote: "List looks great, Virginie... almost deserves it's own page like the Sanderson Master List :D"

Hehe, thanks :D

I didn't realize there were so many things to read :O I'm so excited!
What I can do, if the Mods agree (Niki? :) ) is create a thread in the IA folder. I'll use the first post for this list and update as we read on. Might be easier that way to figure out where we're at and what to read next...

What do you guys think?

[Karishma]

What schedule have you planned for the books?

[Virginie]

@Iain: Yeah, I'm kind of obsessed with reading things in order as well. Every time I learn a series includes short stories, I have to research the perfect reading order (like I did here) xD

[Virginie]

Karishma wrote: "What schedule have you planned for the books?"

Hum... We didn't plan? x)
It was just Diana and I doing those buddy reads at first (then Iain joined us) so we were just winging it; we squeezed a book (or three lol) between BR when we could.

EDIT: Forgot to say that we wanted to binge-reads the series 2-3 books at a time.

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

Go ahead and create your thread. Or I can move this one. Whatever you need for it.

[Virginie]

Thanks Niki. I'll create it then :D

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Virginie wrote: "Karishma wrote: "What schedule have you planned for the books?"

Hum... We didn't plan? x)
It was just Diana and I doing those buddy reads at first (then Iain joined us) so we were just winging it;..."

THIS... it's a bit unfair to the slower readers, I'm sure, but I joined in with the Georgina Kincaid books because I was enjoying joining these little sub-groups that have been cropping up where faster readers squeeze in a couple Buddy Reads every week... this thread for PNR/UF... Naughty Book Club for romances... Feel Good Books for historical romances...

Anyone is welcome to join, but I have a feeling we might quickly zoom ahead if you don't have similar reading speed/time... first week of July we binged ... we hope to do similar 2-3 book chunks when we're not swamped with other reads...

The monthly threads that have been running for The Edge and Hidden Legacy are more traditional Buddy Reads that give everyone plenty of time to read at their own pace... I'm kinda surprised a similar Buddy Read hasn't started for Kate Daniels, yet, actually...

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Niki Hawkes wrote: "Go ahead and create your thread. Or I can move this one. Whatever you need for it."

This thread is probably best left here, since it's not JUST for Kate Daniels... we did Georgina Kincaid, and I think they did some books before I showed up (The Before Times :)

[Diana Stormblessed]

Virginie wrote: "@Iain: Yeah, I'm kind of obsessed with reading things in order as well. Every time I learn a series includes short stories, I have to research the perfect reading order (like I did here) xD"

Ha! I'm the same.

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Virginie wrote: "@Iain: Yeah, I'm kind of obsessed with reading things in order as well. Every time I learn a series includes short stories, I have to research the perfect reading order (like I did here) xD"

The only problem is reading short stories can be expensive, if they're all in anthologies with books you don't want to read... works best years later when there are enough to publish an in-series anthology of collected short stories... or enough time has passed to reprint the story alone, even tho those are still more expensive per-page than a full-length novel...

[Diana Stormblessed]

The series is so popular that libraries might have them. My online library generally sucks but I was able to find all of these, even the short stories, there.

[Virginie]

Diana Stormblessed wrote: "The series is so popular that libraries might have them. My online library generally sucks but I was able to find all of these, even the short stories, there."

That. I was able to find them as well.

[Diana Stormblessed]

What's our official start? I'm almost done with my current audiobook and I don't have another audio one starting until August 6, so I'm looking to start KD on Monday July 30 (I rarely get listening time on the weekends). Anyone with me?

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

I was planning to start over the weekend as soon as the 28th arrives, so I’ll be here...

[Miche]

If I stay on schedule I should be able to start it on Sunday.

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

I'm really struggling to continue with the dino book on my kindle... I read a bit more at work last night... through to the chauffer girl being convinced to stay for her own safety with the other disappeared... not much progress and so much book left.. I might end up DNFIng soon...

[Virginie]

Diana Stormblessed wrote: "What's our official start? I'm almost done with my current audiobook and I don't have another audio one starting until August 6, so I'm looking to start KD on Monday July 30 (I rarely get listening..."

Oh, I just commented on the KD thread about this. I'm starting right now, and plan to listen/read #1, 0.5 and 2 before next week-end.

[Virginie]

Iain wrote: "I'm really struggling to continue with the dino book on my kindle... I read a bit more at work last night... through to the chauffer girl being convinced to stay for her own safety with the other d..."

I read it super fast 'cause I knew I would DNF otherwise (and wanted the points for my team xD). You know, like ripping the bandage :p

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

I'm better at that with audio... I finished Ocean Light at 2x speed on audio, after it sat unread on my kindle at 50% for over a month...

[Diana Stormblessed]

Iain wrote: "I'm better at that with audio... I finished Ocean Light at 2x speed on audio, after it sat unread on my kindle at 50% for over a month..."

Yeah, physically reading is a great way to dnf. I'm reading Broken Angels right now, and while I could have sped it up on audio to get it done, begin a physical read means I'll probably dnf that one.

[Elinor]

posting here to have updates because I do love UF and PNR ^^
(and I have a suggestion for after the KD read, her name is Pippa Freaking DaCosta and she is awesome. And I also have another suggestion but I'm not going to start making a big list because if I do so, we are not out of the woods...)

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

I liked Wings of Hope, but didn't like Beyond the Veil as much... this was near my PNR burnout in 2016, tho, so that might have been a factor...

[Elinor]

I love the 1000 Revolution better but I really enjoyed Beyond the Veil and Wings of Hope. But they do feel more "classic" than the 1000 Revolution to me.

[Diana Stormblessed]

I just saw this and it immediately reminded me of Seth.

[Virginie]

Hahaha!
"YOU ARE INVITED TO A SEDUCTION" xD

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

I could see Amanda Palmer doing that, from her music and TED Talk... pretty forward person...

[Diana Stormblessed]

I'm reviving this thread. In my desire to finish series I've noticed that I never finished the Demonica series. It's been like 10 years since I read it so I need to start from scratch. Want to join me? Next year.

[Virginie]

Me me me! I already signed for quite the number of BR but I should be able to squeeze this in if we don't go too fast... :D

[Soo]

It's on my TBR. I'll probably join in. =)

[Diana Stormblessed]

Yayayayay! It's typical pnr but I remember really enjoying the 2 books I read, though I remember nothing about them now, except that demons are involved. I'll check the master list in 2019 and see where the best place to squeeze these in would be.

[Karishma]

I want to do some PNR too, I have heard universally good reviews for Mating the Huntress.

It's pretty short if anyone wants to do it!

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

I've read all Demonica except the 2 newest novellas... new series needs to hurry up and start, already...

[Diana Stormblessed]

Timelord Iain (Eeyawn) wrote: "I've read all Demonica except the 2 newest novellas... new series needs to hurry up and start, already..."

New series?

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Diana Stormblessed wrote: "Timelord Iain (Eeyawn) wrote: "I've read all Demonica except the 2 newest novellas... new series needs to hurry up and start, already..."

New series?"

Children of the Demonica characters and Four Horsemen from Lords of Deliverance series are supposed to be getting a series, set about 25 years after the original books...

In the interim, she keeps writing novellas for the 1001 Nights anthology series, generally about the Grim Reaper (Azagoth) and his subordinates... but the ongoing novellas are bloating the mythology, I think... the last one I read (Razr) added Fae/elves to the mix...

[Diana Stormblessed]

And here I thought the whole series was just 4 easy books...

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Diana Stormblessed wrote: "And here I thought the whole series was just 4 easy books..."

4 easy books?

Demonica is 5 books... initial trilogy about 3 brothers, then 2 additional books about (view spoiler)[impossible twin half-human siblings that shouldn't exist (hide spoiler)]... then those siblings (view spoiler)[spark a prophecy that unleashes the demonic Apocalypse (the one where the bad guys win) (hide spoiler)], and kicks off Lords of Deliverance... that series (view spoiler)[is a race against time to avert the Apocalypse (hide spoiler)], and ends with 2 (view spoiler)[interesting angels (hide spoiler)] worthy of their own books... and from there it's kinda devolved into a neverending series of Demonica Underworld novellas... the first 2-3 characters were known characters from the main series... now it's just random new characters... characters you may have met in the previous Demonica Underworld book... there's also a couple novellas/short stories between the main Demonica & Lords of Deliverance books, but they aren't very important, I don't think...

https://www.goodreads.com/series/4538...

So, basically, it's 11 books and 7+2 novellas...

[Diana Stormblessed]

Timelord Iain (Eeyawn) wrote: "Diana Stormblessed wrote: "And here I thought the whole series was just 4 easy books..."

4 easy books?

Demonica is 5 books... initial trilogy about 3 brothers, then 2 additional books about impos..."

Not reading this past the first sentence. Sounds spoilery.

[Diana Stormblessed]

I think when I first read it only 4 books were out. I had thought that was the end of the line. I only read the first 2.

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Diana Stormblessed wrote: "Timelord Iain (Eeyawn) wrote: "Diana Stormblessed wrote: "And here I thought the whole series was just 4 easy books..."

4 easy books?

Demonica is 5 books... initial trilogy about 3 brothers, then..."

Cleaned it up a bit... threw around some spoiler tags...

[Diana Stormblessed]

Thank you :-) I'd be cool with reading the original trilogy and taking it from there. Continuing if we want, not if we don't want. This makes me realize that I need to update my incomplete series challenge as I have a wrong number of total books for this one.

[Virginie]

Found this: http://www.larissaione.com/printable/

I agree with you, Diana. We can read the initial trilogy, and from there continue with the last two books of the Demonica series, and onwards to Lords of Deliverance... but only if we like it :)