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Well poo! Someone said this was on sale for $1.99 in Jan. I missed it. I would have tried to read it. Oh well, enjoy!
Melissa ♥ Dog/Wolf Lover ♥ wrote: "Well poo! Someone said this was on sale for $1.99 in Jan. I missed it. I would have tried to read it. Oh well, enjoy!"I wish it was on sale now! My personal book club chose this to read in April and I have to buy it.
I just got it from my library! They freaking had it!! I don’t know if I can get to it because I have several due soon 😫. My stress!! Sorry you have to buy it!
Melissa ♥ Dog/Wolf Lover ♥ wrote: "I just got it from my library! They freaking had it!! I don’t know if I can get to it because I have several due soon 😫. My stress!! Sorry you have to buy it!"My library is lame and doesn't have it.
My library is 99% of the time lame! I almost fell over. BUT, I prob wouldn’t ny get to read it anyway. Sigh
Melissa ♥ Dog/Wolf Lover ♥ wrote: "My library is 99% of the time lame! I almost fell over. BUT, I prob wouldn’t ny get to read it anyway. Sigh"I just requested that they get it. That has worked in the past, so maybe it will this time.
I have done that at my tiny library. 6 months to a year later they will get said book and I have already bought abd read it 😂🤣
Melissa ♥ Dog/Wolf Lover ♥ wrote: "I have done that at my tiny library. 6 months to a year later they will get said book and I have already bought abd read it 😂🤣"Haha that's pretty slow. Mine is usually pretty quick to respond.
Ihghggvjfgjyghuy shit 😂🤣
I have owned this book for a while now but unfortunately I won't be able to fit it in in April but I'll be interested to see if you all like it, if so i'll try and get to it soon myself.
Sooooooo many books!!!!! This is trying to push me into a reading slump 😕
Melissa ♥ Dog/Wolf Lover ♥ wrote: "Sooooooo many books!!!!! This is trying to push me into a reading slump 😕"I suffered a slump sooooo badly in the last three months of 2018 from trying to fit in more than I could manage. I wasn't able to fit in books I could just pick up on a whim and so I couldn't then face picking up books I had committed to. But the good thing about this group is even if you end up missing out on a buddy read that you want to join chances are good that a buddy read of the same book/series will come around again sooner rather than later.
Its what happened with the Demon Cycle last year. I ended up not being able to fit it in and neither could Anni so we decided to read it together in 2019 instead and now more people are planning to join us :-)
Hailee wrote: "Melissa ♥ Dog/Wolf Lover ♥ wrote: "Sooooooo many books!!!!! This is trying to push me into a reading slump 😕"I suffered a slump sooooo badly in the last three months of 2018 from trying to fit in..."
That’s good to know!! I also have had some tell me they will come back to the threads whenever someone talks about a book. I’m hopeful. There are soooo many of my books and preorders laying around on the floor because I can’t pick them up so I can read others. 😕. I just want to belong with everyone 😫
I’m going to try to slack off or something
Melissa ♥ Dog/Wolf Lover ♥ wrote: "That’s good to know!! I also have had some tell me they will come back to the threads whenever someone talks about a book. I’m hopeful. There are soooo many of my books and preorders laying around on the floor because I can’t pick them up so I can read others. 😕. I just want to belong with everyone 😫"Just do what you can. We will always wait for you and discuss later.
I am starting early since I have finished my other books :)At first the summary didn't really interest me. Alternate-history is not my favourite genre, but I am glad this buddy read made me pick this book. I really enjoyed it! First chapter in and I am hooked already!
The main character is definitely by normal definition not sane, what kind of young woman would want to go to a place where she will likely be robbed, then raped and killed? And if she didn't then she might die of disease or burned at the stake instead. Definitely the kind like Dian Fossey or Jane Goodall apparently.
Anny wrote: "I am starting early since I have finished my other books :)At first the summary didn't really interest me. Alternate-history is not my favourite genre, but I am glad this buddy read made me pick ..."
How is the read going? Are you still enjoying it? I'm running behind schedule so I won't be getting to this for two or three days.
Tammie wrote: "Anny wrote: "I am starting early since I have finished my other books :)At first the summary didn't really interest me. Alternate-history is not my favourite genre, but I am glad this buddy read ..."
I'm almost done since I can't stop reading it. It's just so good! The tension is constantly palpable throughout the book. It's almost the end and I still can't tell what will become of our poor Kivrin, so worried.
Me too. I’m almost done (Ch 32). The story is just so captivating, despite one annoying thing ((view spoiler)). The mysteries surrounding Kivrin are so interesting, which kept me turning page after page. (view spoiler)
I'm finally starting this! I hope I like it as much as the rest of you.
Barry wrote: "Me too. I’m almost done (Ch 32). The story is just so captivating, despite one annoying thing ([spoilers removed]). The mysteries surrounding Kivrin are so interesting, which kept me turning page a..."The technology is indeed weird. (view spoiler)
The author did a great job keeping the tension throughout the book. I can say that until the very end the reader is kept on tenterhook.
@Tammie I hope you like it as well! Do tell what you think of the first few chapters. In my case, I got hooked straight away from chapter 1 and can't put it down.
Im in chapter 2 and so far I'm finding it a little slow, but not bad. I do think Kivrin is a little crazy for wanting to go back to that time period.
Tammie wrote: "Im in chapter 2 and so far I'm finding it a little slow, but not bad. I do think Kivrin is a little crazy for wanting to go back to that time period."I think Kivrin is more than a little crazy to want to go to a period where a doctor would suggest nose cauterization. Definitely not a squeamish girl.
Btw, after reading this book I'm interested to learn more about (view spoiler). Anybody knows a good introductory book for that particular subject?@ Anny : I was definitely annoyed by the countless pages spent describing (view spoiler)
One thing that still bothers me: (view spoiler)
The characters in this book were sneakily good, IMO. At first I didn't connect with any of them. But by the end, there were quite a few who were endearing, both positively and negatively. The antagonists were especially memorable with how much I disliked them while reading.
I'm in Chapter 5 now and I'm not sure how I feel about the book yet. It is still very slow for me. I also think there is a lot of repetitive dialog that is rather annoying. Too much time is being spent in present day instead of with Kivrin.
Barry wrote: "Btw, after reading this book I'm interested to learn more about [spoilers removed]. Anybody knows a good introductory book for that particular subject?@ Anny : I was definitely annoyed by the cou..."
Badri (view spoiler)
@Tammie if it's too annoying, you can just skip the present day and read Kivrin's chapters instead, not gonna lose much. It's from the end of book 1 when the tension start rising in both present and past.
Just a heads up that book 2 is completely different in tone. It’s much lighter.
Bill wrote: "Just a heads up that book 2 is completely different in tone. It’s much lighter."Yeah, I read the summary and totally lost interest. Light romance and comedy. Totally not my cup of tea, I don't think I will read it. Not sure if book 3 and 4 are more similar to book 1?
I'm about halfway through and I'm still struggling with it. It's just really slow and boring to me, although the parts with Kivrin are significantly better than the other parts. It's obviously just not for me. I do wonder how this won the Hugo and Nebulla awards. There is next to no science fiction in this book. In fact I don't think I would classify it as sci-fi, but historical fiction with a slight sci-fi element to it, or maybe just historical fiction with a time travel fantasy element to it. Anyway, sorry to be such a downer as I know everyone else really likes this book, but as I said, it's obviously just not for me. I do want to try and finish it though.
Barry wrote: "Me too. I’m almost done (Ch 32). The story is just so captivating, despite one annoying thing ([spoilers removed]). The mysteries surrounding Kivrin are so interesting, which kept me turning page a..."Regarding the tech. (view spoiler)
Bill wrote: "Just a heads up that book 2 is completely different in tone. It’s much lighter."I'm not really liking this one so I doubt I will read beyond it.
Anny wrote: "Bill wrote: "Just a heads up that book 2 is completely different in tone. It’s much lighter."Yeah, I read the summary and totally lost interest. Light romance and comedy. Totally not my cup of te..."
Yeah it’s kind of a comedy of errors.
Books 3 and 4 are one story divided into two books. They are closer to book 1 in tone but not quite as dark.
Tammie wrote: "I'm about halfway through and I'm still struggling with it. It's just really slow and boring to me, although the parts with Kivrin are significantly better than the other parts. It's obviously just..."I don’t know how I would classify these books either. They are definitely very light on sf elements.
Tammie wrote: "Chapter 19 [spoilers removed]"Sadly in middle ages I think Rosamund already(view spoiler)
I forgot to post my final thoughts on this, but here's a link to my review. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
April 16, 2019.