House of Jaghuts 2020!

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

House of Jaghuts


Captain: Scott
Captain: Jenna
Angela Jr.
Anni
Bea
Bill
Choko
Chris
Diana
Elinor
Hailee
Iain
Jessica
Karishma
Kathrine
Manju
Maria
Melissa
Petrik
Saar
Shaitarn
Yanique
Zaara

[Em Lost In Books]

First year - House of Chains
Second year - Jaghut Guardian
Third year - House of Jaghuts... 😀

[Petrik]

You can't escape them, Manju! And hey we're in the same team!!!

[Bea]

I'm a Jaghut! *polishes tusks*

Is this an Azath house, though? Then we'll never be able to leave! 😯😀

[Saar The Book owl]

Em Lost In Books wrote: "First year - House of Chains
Second year - Jaghut Guardian
Third year - House of Jaghuts... 😀"

@Em: this calles for a (re-) read of Malazan! You can't escape it :)

And also: hello, everyone! On my bikeride this morning to work, I was wondering when the teams will be posted. It got so busy at work that I now just found the time to look. On to a great year of reading and chatting :)

[Saar The Book owl]

First year I was in House of Chain and last year was Blood Eagles.

[Em Lost In Books]

Petrik wrote: "You can't escape them, Manju! And hey we're in the same team!!!"

Lolss... Yeah. *high five*

[Em Lost In Books]

Saar The Book owl wrote: "Em Lost In Books wrote: "First year - House of Chains
Second year - Jaghut Guardian
Third year - House of Jaghuts... 😀"

@Em: this calles for a (re-) read of Malazan! You can't escape it :)

And al..."

Me and Malazan didn't part ways on friendly terms, so no rereads (for me atleast). 😅

[Em Lost In Books]

Bea wrote: "I'm a Jaghut! *polishes tusks*

Is this an Azath house, though? Then we'll never be able to leave! 😯😀"

Hello!

[Anni]

Oh yay! Hello everyone :)

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

In contrast, these are the 2 teams I HAVEN’T been on...

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

Wow~ this is the first time I've been on a team that is so chatty! Great to have very active participants :)

[Anni]

Jenna wrote: "Wow~ this is the first time I've been on a team that is so chatty! Great to have very active participants :)"

It's nice to be back with the Jaghuts, at least halfway :)

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Hopefully with only 2 teams, all will be chatty... Tome Raiders was very chatty every year...

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

Timelord Iain wrote: "Hopefully with only 2 teams, all will be chatty... Tome Raiders was very chatty every year..."

That's what we were hoping. :)

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

Sir Anni wrote: "It's nice to be back with the Jaghuts, at least halfway :)"

Hahaha yes, Jaghuts forever!

[Hailee]

Hi guys happy to be on this team. A direct head to head should make for an interesting year.

Reading slumps to the enemy!! Changed my mind I wouldn't be cruel enough to wish reading slumps on anyone 🙊😅

[Hailee]

What is the status of everyones reading at the moment? Do you think you'll get what ever you are currently reading finished for the new year so you can start earning point asap?

I'm reading 3 books at the moment. I'm confident I'll get 2 finished by the 31st but I'm only about 1/3 of the way through Gardens of the Moon so that's going to take up some point earning time 😱

[Bill]

Hey everyone. Nice to be on a team with both my former captains. Looking forward to destroying the other team.

I should be able to get everything done by tomorrow and start the year off with a fresh read.

[Anni]

Hailee wrote: "What is the status of everyones reading at the moment? Do you think you'll get what ever you are currently reading finished for the new year so you can start earning point asap?

I'm reading 3 book..."

Haha, I'm in the same boat. I have 2 books I might be able to finish and I've got Gardens of the Moon... We could always restart it 😅

Plus I've got How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems, not sure what to do with that 🙈

[Hailee]

Sir Anni wrote: "Haha, I'm in the same boat. I have 2 books I might be able to finish and I've got Gardens of the Moon... We could always restart it 😅..."

I've genuinely considered doing just that!! I have a self-ban on reading book 1 in series during January so in Feb maybe a restart is in order 🙈🙈

[Anni]

Hailee wrote: "Sir Anni wrote: "Haha, I'm in the same boat. I have 2 books I might be able to finish and I've got Gardens of the Moon... We could always restart it 😅..."

I've genuinely considered doing just that..."

February sounds good, I don't think I should squeeze GotM into my January :) Also third time's the charm, isn't it? 😂

[Mayim]

I used to be a Jaghut so I will cheer for you guys next year!

[Virginie]

Copy-pasting of Iain's message in the sign-up thread, for those that didn't see it:

"Me and Virginie (mostly Virginie) have been working on the 2020 Score Sheet the last few days/weeks. For 2020, we want to simplify formulas and the amount of calculations being done where we can.

To do this, we have a quick question we'd like everyone to answer, over in the newly created 2020 Google Scoresheet thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Head over there now, when you get a chance, to pick how many bells and whistles you want/need on your sheet, so we can copy the appropriate template when the new sheets are ready.

Also, this will be the sheet to report any errors/issues throughout 2020. Thanks a bunch. (Veteran participants know the rigamarole)"

[Anni]

Mayim wrote: "I used to be a Jaghut so I will cheer for you guys next year!"

Hooray :) I vote for Mayim to be a non-participating, but honorable member!

[Hailee]

Sir Anni wrote: "February sounds good, I don't think I should squeeze GotM into my January :) Also third time's the charm, isn't it? 😂"

Absolutely. We might be able to give Scott a run for his money on knowlege for the first 3rd of GotM. Or then again maybe not in my case. I'm still not 100% confident on my level of comprehension 😂😂

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Sir Anni wrote: "Hailee wrote: "What is the status of everyones reading at the moment? Do you think you'll get what ever you are currently reading finished for the new year so you can start earning point asap?

I'm..."

Let's restart ;)

We've already got a ton of BRs lined up for January, to get the points rolling :D

It's almost like we knew we'd be on the same team this time ;)

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Hailee wrote: "What is the status of everyones reading at the moment? Do you think you'll get what ever you are currently reading finished for the new year so you can start earning point asap?

I'm reading 3 book..."

Just finished Owl and the Tiger Thieves & Boundary Haunted this morning... have The Light of All That Falls (66%) and Worm (95%) to finish... then I'll probably read another book or 2 before New Year's...

I'm in the middle of How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems with Anni, and just suggested we restart, since we're only on Chapter 6, I think...

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Hailee wrote: "Sir Anni wrote: "February sounds good, I don't think I should squeeze GotM into my January :) Also third time's the charm, isn't it? 😂"

Absolutely. We might be able to give Scott a run for his mon..."

I'm putting a bunch of longer series on my TBR for 2020, to focus on in my downtime, without BRs necessarily... Malazan, Realm of the Elderlings, Hercule Poirot, Anne Perry mysteries...

[Anni]

Timelord Iain wrote: "Sir Anni wrote: "Hailee wrote: "What is the status of everyones reading at the moment? Do you think you'll get what ever you are currently reading finished for the new year so you can start earning..."

True :) There're also the two Hope and Red Prequels and Grey Sister 😂 But I don't think I'll be able to read all of them in January...

[Virginie]

Oh no, I'm now the odd one out in our 3-man BRs, Iain, Ghost... Damn it :p

[Anni]

Virginie wrote: "Oh no, I'm now the odd one out in our 3-man BRs, Iain, Ghost... Damn it :p"

Or it's just because you're cool enough for two people 😉

[Virginie]

If only that would translate to double the points... :D

[Siobhan]

Virginie wrote: "Oh no, I'm now the odd one out in our 3-man BRs, Iain, Ghost... Damn it :p"

And I'm the odd one out in our 3 man BRs! (Spellslinger, Impossible Times etc).

The only sensible answer here Virginie is to make them all 4 man BRs! Raiders unite!

[Hailee]

Siobhan wrote: "And I'm the odd one out in our 3 man BRs! (Spellslinger, Impossible Times etc).

The only sensible answ..."

Haha I was going to suggest Virginie drag you in on the action to even it out. Great minds...😋

[Anni]

Siobhan wrote: "Virginie wrote: "Oh no, I'm now the odd one out in our 3-man BRs, Iain, Ghost... Damn it :p"

And I'm the odd one out in our 3 man BRs! (Spellslinger, Impossible Times etc).

The only sensible answ..."

Yeees, you really should join us for our next weekly read, The Wandering Inn: Volume 1

[Siobhan]

Hailee wrote: "Siobhan wrote: "And I'm the odd one out in our 3 man BRs! (Spellslinger, Impossible Times etc).

The only sensible answ..."

Haha I was going to suggest Virginie drag you in on the action to even i..."

And then you, then Charlie, and oh heck let's have everyone join in!! XD

[Siobhan]

Sir Anni wrote: "Siobhan wrote: "Virginie wrote: "Oh no, I'm now the odd one out in our 3-man BRs, Iain, Ghost... Damn it :p"

And I'm the odd one out in our 3 man BRs! (Spellslinger, Impossible Times etc).

The on..."

I'll check it out, Anni. I've not heard of it before.

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Sir Anni wrote: "Timelord Iain wrote: "Sir Anni wrote: "Hailee wrote: "What is the status of everyones reading at the moment? Do you think you'll get what ever you are currently reading finished for the new year so..."

Yea... Holy Sister has been staring at me on my audiobook app, since I listened to a couple pages in November, and the app tracks started books separate from unplayed books...

I've put Hope & Red on the backburner, since they're books I need to Text-To-Speech, and I still need to do the Florian Bates series, with or without Elinor...

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Virginie wrote: "Oh no, I'm now the odd one out in our 3-man BRs, Iain, Ghost... Damn it :p"

We still have Skulduggery Pleasant wasting away on Dark Days... SP has been stuck in the Cthulhu dimension for 3 months now :(

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Siobhan wrote: "Virginie wrote: "Oh no, I'm now the odd one out in our 3-man BRs, Iain, Ghost... Damn it :p"

And I'm the odd one out in our 3 man BRs! (Spellslinger, Impossible Times etc).

The only sensible answ..."

Except me and Anni are Malazan-ites...

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Siobhan wrote: "Virginie wrote: "Oh no, I'm now the odd one out in our 3-man BRs, Iain, Ghost... Damn it :p"

And I'm the odd one out in our 3 man BRs! (Spellslinger, Impossible Times etc).

The only sensible answ..."

Definitely... Wandering Inn is a web serial that's slowly turning into audiobooks... so you can make an ebook using a web app I linked info on, over in the WORM thread... you go to the web serial Table of Contents, do some stuff, and end up with an epub... you can join for free, if you don't want to buy the audiobook I/we will be using...

[Elinor]

Hiiii everyone !!
This is a nice winning time that we have here.

Sir Anni wrote: "Hailee wrote: "What is the status of everyones reading at the moment? Do you think you'll get what ever you are currently reading finished for the new year so you can start earning point asap?

I'm..."

I kind of thought about starting over GotM AGAIN but I fear this book is going to be the death of me xD I don't think I can do it, but cheeeeer for you guys !! You can do it !!!

Also I'm just trying to finish a poetry collection before the end of the year (easy peasy) and then I'm not going to start anything (I still have a few books to finish before that that I don't think I will be reading during the earning points time).
I plan on starting 2020 with a bunch of graphic novels and comics, and the books that I am the most interested in reading right now are Wayward Son, The Winner's Crime, Tower of Dawn (that i should have started looong ago), These Witches Don't Burn and The Lightning Thief. I will definitely be reading too many books at the same time in 2020 as well xD
What are you guys thinking of reading to start the year ?

What I really want to do is try and be better at BR, and for that I think I will only join BR right when they start and not planning anything, because when I plan, 50% of the time I don't do it, and 20% of the time that I do, I don't get past 100-ish pages and then...

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Elinor Master of Gifs wrote: "Hiiii everyone !!
This is a nice winning time that we have here.

Sir Anni wrote: "Hailee wrote: "What is the status of everyones reading at the moment? Do you think you'll get what ever you are cu..."

Vanished!

[Elinor]

Timelord Iain wrote: "Elinor Master of Gifs wrote: "Hiiii everyone !!
This is a nice winning time that we have here.

Sir Anni wrote: "Hailee wrote: "What is the status of everyones reading at the moment? Do you think y..."

Exactly ! *ultimate facepalm* ok I'm buying it TOMORROW and we can start it January 1st. I WILL DO IT.

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Elinor Master of Gifs wrote: "Timelord Iain wrote: "Elinor Master of Gifs wrote: "Hiiii everyone !!
This is a nice winning time that we have here.

Sir Anni wrote: "Hailee wrote: "What is the status of everyones reading at the ..."

the title was too perfect :D

[Elinor]

Timelord Iain wrote: "Elinor Master of Gifs wrote: "Timelord Iain wrote: "Elinor Master of Gifs wrote: "Hiiii everyone !!
This is a nice winning time that we have here.

Sir Anni wrote: "Hailee wrote: "What is the statu..."

Exactly, I was just kind of doing a really elaborate word play that's totally why.

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

This is the most talkative the group has been since Halloween... now that it's slowed down a bit, again, I can get back to my 2019 reading, and hopefully end the year strong...

[Siobhan]

Timelord Iain wrote: "This is the most talkative the group has been since Halloween... now that it's slowed down a bit, again, I can get back to my 2019 reading, and hopefully end the year strong..."

I know right? It's nice to feel motivated and sociable again! :) Good luck with your end of 2019 reading!

[Mayim]

Sir Anni wrote: "Mayim wrote: "I used to be a Jaghut so I will cheer for you guys next year!"

Hooray :) I vote for Mayim to be a non-participating, but honorable member!"

Yay! I’ll wear this honor badge proudly.