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Sir Anni wrote: "Sorry for my part in drowning you with Buddy Reads! 😅"Hey you! You should be reading Oathbringer! :p 😂
Siobhan wrote: "Sir Anni wrote: "Sorry for my part in drowning you with Buddy Reads! 😅"Hey you! You should be reading Oathbringer! :p 😂"
I did today! I read till chapter 14 😬 But Paper Magician will be audio ;)
Virginie wrote: "PIFM Recommendations: Spoonbenders and/or Johannes Cabal the Necromancer and/or Kiss of SteelHaven't read any of them, and will happily BR those wit..."
Virginie and Iain - Johannes Cabal is SO GOOD ! Read it fast and then I can join you guys for the next books.
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Haven't read any of them, and will hap..."
Virginie lobbed me some softballs... I already planned to read both her choices this year... with her or without her :)
Heeeeh, don't you dare read my recs without me! ;)I chose only from your TBR, and those are books I put on your radar to begin with, I think... See, I can be nice. I'm not completely evil :D
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I chose only from your TBR, and those are books I put on your radar to begin with, I think... See, I can be nice. I'm not completely evil :D"
Manju did similar... just had to dig through the books I added to my TBR on October 29th...
Did you still want to try to fit Sabriel in next week? I wrapped up my current audio and will want to start another on Tuesday. It's no rush if you aren't ready - I have an audible credit waiting and already own Sabriel :D
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Awesome! I'll go request a thread if you haven't yet.
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Sounds good... wasn't sure where you wanted to read...
I was thinking of the team reading challenge. It looks like an official buddy read with its own thread, though it probably doesn't matter :)
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90 seconds into the book and I was fast-forwarding to make sure this musical bull$hit wasn't going to last much longer... because holy $hit... it was like a horror movie soundtrack, overpowering Tim Curry, for a minute there...
LOL Yeah, it's temporary. It comes back at the very end too, to close out the book. So you're prepared.Did I mention this is technically the start of a trilogy? It reads just fine as a stand alone. If you enjoy this one, we can queue up the other two for whenever you want.
At this point I'll probably start Monday.
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Norwegian Wood / Beyond RedemptionNW because I’ve read some Haruki and BR because this book has been rec’d to me a few times, I own it, but haven’t read yet.
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Double recommendation for Beyond Redemption... I tried to join a BR back in 2017, but it's hard for me to push through ebooks these days... I keep checking to see if an audiobook has been amde, but no luck...
I'll try and do Beyond Redemption, otherwise I'll go with the others, which have audiobooks...
Timelord Iain (Eeyawn) wrote: "I actually read Poppy War in November... not sure if I rated my November books or not... I need to go back and fill in the last 30-60 books I read... I skipped them in favor of keeping up with my 2..."I think Kari, Virginie and me want to BR Beyond Redemtion this year, not sure when tho, you should join! I can also provide you with translations of all the german names ;)
From your shelves I pick Scourge of the Betrayer and The Way of Shadows. I think they have audio but not sure. :)One I have on my TBR for this year also and the other I loved.
And I'd like to rec some of my 5 stars that I think you may like, because you and I usually rate the same. A Soul For Trouble, Song of the Beast
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All 3 are easy recommendations :) ... i want to read Foundryside this year, Empire of Black and Gold is scheduled for a BR in a few weeks, and I need to get back to the rest of the Winternight trilogy at some point...
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sounds great
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One I have on my TBR for this year also and the othe..."
Not sure how I missed rating Way of Shadows... we BR'd it some time last year, and I continued with the 2nd book before abandoning... I read a synopsis of the 3rd book online... Scourge of the Betrayer is on the pile, since someone else just recommended it... this is a symptom of how small my TBR piles are, I think...
Both your personal recommendations sound great... probably going to go with those...
Do you still need suggestions? Do you want LitRPG ones or audios on my TBR and we can BR them later?
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How about The Giver series by lois lowry? We're currently doing a buddy read and the audiobooks are pretty short. There's four of them and we're doing one a week, starting on feb 1st.I already finished the first one and it's a really intriguing set-up.
I'm also planning on starting Finding Audrey in the next one or two days.. also pretty short and I've heard good things.
Some more faves of mine are The Circle, The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry, The Humans and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo.Didn't check if they all have audio, but they're popular enough for it
Since you always overbook yourself with fantasy I am going to recommend non-fantasy.The Great Train Robbery
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Shutter Island
Room
Let the Right One In
Ordinary Grace
The Feast of the Goat
Tell the Wolves I'm Home
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell
All the Ugly and Wonderful Things
These are on my TBR, available on Audible & I'd like to get them in at some point. =)
hey!!if you don't have many BRs after 20, can we BR Boy's Life?
I am done with my current reads. Will be starting Boy's Life today, will be slow as I am not getting much reading time these days.Shall we discuss it here or we need a thread?
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I cant tell if the narrator is a bad singer, or the producers were dodging copyright issues with singing lyrics...
Nemo: (view spoiler)
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Before that, I was just intrigued by how meta the book became all of a sudden... Vernon's book mirror's the book we're reading...
looks like you will be done with it by the time I finish first part. you are on fire!I am reading Wasps at Easter, granddad Jaybird is hilarious but I hated him when he left Cory to play cards. poor poor kid had to walk. :(
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one of the chapters I want to forget about. too far fetched imagination on author's part.
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I wonder which you are talking about... so many scenes are fantastical... hard to tell...
Like the one where the baseball might have been thrown into space...
I was talking about kids flying.
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The zombie dog sequence is even weirder to me...
I kinda lost steam towards the end, between home and work, but I'm basically done now... you get me to read the most interesting books... reminded me of Heart's Invisible Furies, on a much narrower focus...
are you done? how many stars?not getting enough time to read, I am still in first part. but I still remember important parts of it.
flying kids event was a thing that I want to forget about this story as it does not help story in any way. other magical events propel story towards that big finale, though I must admit I never saw that coming.
I digested the existence of ghosts, an evil monkey, candystick kid, the demon, death of dog and the friend (both were tear-jerking moments), the painting and it's significance, all were magical moments. on the other hand, deep down this story talked about faith, love, friendship, trust, religious beliefs, and pain. McCammon mixed all these in perfect portions to give us this beautiful stories.
what are you favorite moments? I will still stalk this thread to put my thoughts as I read the book. :)
Thanks! Furies was a surprise for me too.
I noticed your profile pic before but always forgot to ask. Is it inspired by
in any way?
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Re: the book... I loved the first 2/3 alot... was hard to put down... I was always kinda surprised when serious topics crept in, like the bullying injuries and the (view spoiler)... but that's the price you have to pay when you're reading a book that isn't just an idyllic childhood portrait...
Another good example is the gambling you mentioned above... and the walk home with the salt...
I never really watched more than a little bit of Stranger Things, but I got that vibe a bit, with Corey solving the mystery, only to get in danger because he wasn't old/strong enough to handle the consequences...
That evil monkey thing is another aspect that becomes larger that life, like an overactive imagination, but the initial scenes in the church are just more examples of things not going to plan for somebody (in this case the preacher)
Hey you! I finished Turn Coat last night, I'm starting Spoonbenders now! :DDo we discuss it here? Or ask for a thread?
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It seems to keep jumping around the timeline, a bit... which would be fine, except the characters in the timelines are confusing... mostly Irene/Maureen, I think...
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHW1h...
I read up to chapter 4 and was very, very confused by the time jumps. I'm probably shouldn't listen to this one while playing WoW :pI have to admit, this isn't what I was expecting at all. I'm mostly curious about Buddy.
Oh boy, I was still a kid back then, but I remember those dial up noises! :D
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Sorry if my tone came off frustrated earlier... I just seem to be constantly on catchup... somehow my recommendation challenge has turned into a BR Invite challenge..."
No worry. We can read it later this year. 😊