Buddy Read Invitations

[evofox]

anyone interested in doing The Eye of the World? i know a lot of people have read this but have this lined up for a few challenges and think it would be fun to do as a buddy read. as for when april/may possibly or end of the month will decide later

[Lisa]

Bryce wrote: "anyone interested in doing The Eye of the World? i know a lot of people have read this but have this lined up for a few challenges and think it would be fun to do as a buddy read. as ..."

This has been on my TBR list for awhile. I'd love to do a buddy read. =)

[evofox]

when would work best for you to start the buddy read? don't mind when so thought i would ask

[Hillary]

For those reading on in Daniel Abraham's Long Price Quartet after the group read, shall I star a Betrayal in Winter thread? Or a rest-of-the-Quartet thread?

[Andrea]

Hillary wrote: "For those reading on in Daniel Abraham's Long Price Quartet after the group read, shall I star a Betrayal in Winter thread? Or a rest-of-the-Quartet thread?"

Well, I have the omnibus so that means I'll be reading it at some point :) I already have a big pile for April and May but I suppose I could jiggle some stuff around.

[Lisa]

Bryce wrote: "when would work best for you to start the buddy read? don't mind when so thought i would ask"

April or May is fine. I’m mostly trying to read the books that have been on my TBR list the longest. So it doesn’t matter to me either.

[evofox]

does april the 3rd work? have another book on go which i want to finish first but should be finished by the end of this month early next at latest.

[Lisa]

That’s perfect! Gives me a chance to finish the 2 I am reading now.

[[deleted user]]

Hillary wrote: "For those reading on in Daniel Abraham's Long Price Quartet after the group read, shall I star a Betrayal in Winter thread? Or a rest-of-the-Quartet thread?"

So, are we going to do this?

[Lisa]

Yes!! =)

[evofox]

anyone interested in doing The Priory of the Orange Tree as a buddy read next month?

[Andrea]

Been a while since we've had a buddy read so thought I'd throw out here a few things I plan to read in the near future

These four are series continuation of group reads we've had over the years:

The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King
Heir of Sea and Fire by Patricia A. McKillip
An Autumn War by Daniel Abraham
Miles, Mystery, and Mayhem by Lois McMaster Bujold (or just Cetaganda)


And while I was in the library I noticed they had the rest of The Giver series so Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry


I'm definitely reading The Drawing of the Three next so will be starting that maybe tomorrow or Monday so kind of short notice :)

[Ian]

Bryce wrote: "anyone interested in doing The Eye of the World? i know a lot of people have read this but have this lined up for a few challenges and think it would be fun to do as a buddy read. as ..."

I might be interested in joining your reading of Eye of the World. Did you have a time scale in mind for completing it?

[[deleted user]]

Ian wrote: "I might be interested in joining your reading of The Eye of the World. Did you have a time scale in mind for completing it?..."

Ian, that buddy read & discussion began in October: here.

[Andrea]

Although given the length of that series, even something started in October would likely be ongoing :)

[[deleted user]]

Andrea wrote: "Although given the length of that series, even something started in October would likely be ongoing :)"

Could have been, but Bryan chose not to continue with the series buddy reads. (I was a little disappointed; I thought it might be an excuse to re-read the whole series :)

[[deleted user]]

Andrea wrote: "Been a while since we've had a buddy read so thought I'd throw out here a few things I plan to read in the near future

These four are series continuation of group reads we've had over the years:..."

I read An Autumn War (and the final volume, The Price of Spring) last year; if you manage to organize a discussion I'll skim it to refresh my memory & drop a few comments in.

[Andrea]

Doesn't seem like I'll be organizing a discussion, but I used your post as motivation to pick An Autumn War next, and I'll post my thoughts on the existing buddy read thread, maybe others will add a comment or two too.

[Brittany]

Would anyone like to read with me =}

??

[Andrea]

Tempting, since I do want to read it again, but I have so much stuff already...maybe if we get a mini-group going I might join in. After all it does tie into my reading theme next year of gods/angels/demons as Paul becomes a messianic/divine being, with his son going even further in later books...

When were you thinking of starting reading it?

[Caitlin]

I'd be interested in joining a read of Dune, I've been meaning to re-read it in 2021 since I haven't read it since high school.

[The Joy of Erudition]

I plan to read Dune this year, too. As Andrea asked, around what time would you want to read it? Most of my January reading is already lined up.

[Rosenblue(promoting non-biased,honest reviews & a dislike button on GR)]

Is the group still doing "buddy reads" or is this discontinued?

[Andrea]

It kind of died out on it's own, but, well if no one suggests anything then they just won't happen, so definitely go ahead and see if anyone wants to join you in a read! Would love to see that revived.

The group reads aren't happening right now, we started getting only like 3 nominations, and then like 5 votes, and 2 people actually participating so that wasn't any fun. But a buddy read only needs 2 people so will be much easier to start up again.

[Rosenblue(promoting non-biased,honest reviews & a dislike button on GR)]

Okay I see...
How about I suggest a book?
Hideyuki Kikuchi's Vampire Hunter D (Saiko Takaki version) is the book I choose.

[Adora]

I have just started
Does anyone want to read this with me? It is available on Kindle, but I don't recommend it - some of the pages would be too hard to read that way. It should be available at your local library and it's fairly cheap from Amazon. This is a re-read for me, but it's been a while since I first read it.

[Peony]

Does anybody want to maybe buddy read the wheel of time? 👀 its the main book i want to finish, but ofc my attention span isn’t committing to the task.

[Audrey]

Peony wrote: "Does anybody want to maybe buddy read the wheel of time? 👀 its the main book i want to finish, but ofc my attention span isn’t committing to the task."

Maybe in a couple months -- I should read it but I'm also afraid of it.

[Tony]

Peony wrote: "Does anybody want to maybe buddy read the wheel of time? 👀 its the main book i want to finish, but ofc my attention span isn’t committing to the task."

Not for me - I got three books in and gave up, it just wasn't able to keep my interest.

[Audrey]

That's what I'm afraid of.

[Andrea]

I do plan to read it, but I think I'd make it a year long project, in which case earliest I'd start is January next year. I dunno if reading it within one year would be a good idea either. I did Shannara that way, but the fact that the books got repetitive because very evident when you read two a month. If you had years between them it might give off more a nostalgia vibe than I "this is a near repeat of of something that came before"

[Peony]

Update: Went ahead and did it alone. As of 58%, the writing is very enjoyable, the psychology adequately complex, the side characters are many and humanizing and enjoyable, the world is thoroughly built and less gritty-toned than Sanderson’s (and its also awe-filled and mysterious in an adventurous way), and the pacing good and ever-shifting-the way the plot is tied together is simultaneously simple and covertly complex, so many moving pieces but not overwhelming at all. Ofc books change across their lengths, but this one….I think the writing is *improving* was we go on, and it was never frustrating, though there was one slow bit from 16%-40% or so. I suspect I’ll find it the type worth reading even for the one book.

Still not bothered by the notorious hair-tugging, and there hasn’t been too many instances of the notorious men vs women conflict. If this book keeps it up, it’ll be the second one i give 5 stars and goes on my favorites. Fingers crossed it won’t drop the ball!


Ps, the new narration by Rosamund Pike gets better as we go, too. At one point, her character voices for the men were auto-correcting into real ones in my head, and it took me a moment to pick out the femininity behind them, she really went all-in to the limits of her vocal range.

[Andrea]

While not the same as a buddy read, Tor.com is doing a read of The Wheel of Time if you wanted to follow along with them - https://reactormag.com/tag/the-wheel-...

[Peony]

No thanks. The story has picked up enough that I don’t even want to pick up another book. I’m just going slow-ish because I’m enjoying the audiobook narrator’s voice.

[Audrey]

Peony wrote: "Ps, the new narration by Rosamund Pike gets better as we go, too. At one point, her character voices for the men were auto-correcting into real ones in my head, and it took me a moment to pick out the femininity behind them, she really went all-in to the limits of her vocal range."

That's good to know. I haven't done the audio yet because I hate Kate Reading.