House of Jaghuts 2020!

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

And, making the two teams equal in number, welcome to the House of Jaghuts, Kathrine!

[Mel]

Yay, it's nice to see the group perk up again in anticipation for the 2020 Reading Challenge... myself included.

Good to see new and familiar faces on the team. I myself have been a:
Tome Raider ⇒ House of Chains ⇒ House of Jaghuts!

Good luck everyone!

[Diana Stormblessed]

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..."

I've been anticipating the competition to restart so I'm ready for it. Going to finish my audiobook tomorrow and my physical book probably in the next couple of days. Need to check on the br threads to see which ones I can join asap 😊

[Yanique, Thread Master]

I am currently not reading much, just in full finish-or-dnf mode for all my partials so I can start off with new reads immediately for 2020.

[Jessica]

Fun! Got some reading to finish up before the new year. Excited to join the competition again!

Past teams: Blood Eagles - House of Chains - House of Jaghuts

[Hailee]

Sounds like we've got our currently reading shelves under control and will be bringing our A game point earning reading to the competition as early as possible.

Now that Anni and I have decided to restart GotM together next year I'll also be starting with a clean slate. In fact I might have a few hours in the evening with nothing to read 😱😱. Unless I can use the excuse that its already gone midnight somewhere in the world lol

[Yanique, Thread Master]

Hailee wrote: "Sounds like we've got our currently reading shelves under control and will be bringing our A game point earning reading to the competition as early as possible.

Now that Anni and I have decided to..."

Yeah I'm also planning on restarting the Malazan series next year and marathoning it.

[Maria]

Jenna wrote: "And, making the two teams equal in number, welcome to the House of Jaghuts, Kathrine!"

Welcome, Katherine!

[Anni]

Jenna wrote: "And, making the two teams equal in number, welcome to the House of Jaghuts, Kathrine!"

Yaaaay! Welcome Kathrine 🎉

[Anni]

Timelord Iain wrote: "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 th..."


Argh, yes I'm sorry I'll catch up the beginning of January, promised!

[Siobhan]

Big sorry to Jenna for commenting chatter on the sign up thread!! Totally forgot what thread it was when posting. Please forgive me/us ❤️

(Also nearly replied on the sign up thread to say sorry then realised I'd be fucking up your thread again so purposefully moved over here!! :D)

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Yanique wrote: "Hailee wrote: "Sounds like we've got our currently reading shelves under control and will be bringing our A game point earning reading to the competition as early as possible.

Now that Anni and I ..."

I was thinking of marathoning, too, in a shorter timeframe than previous BRs went... I was going to do it alone, but if we have similar reading speed/scheduling, we could try it together... I was going to skip the novellas that lack audio, so maybe we can try something similar to Imperial Radch (which was a partial success)...

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

@Siobhan haha thank you <3 I think a lot of people forgot what thread they were in, hence the reason for the post. :)

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Jenna wrote: "@Siobhan haha thank you <3 I think a lot of people forgot what thread they were in, hence the reason for the post. :)"

It gets worse if you open a ton of thread tabs like me... sometimes I post a response in one tab meant for another... to disastrous effect...

[Saar The Book owl]

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..."

Very strange, but yesterday I've finished all my books that I was still reading. So, starting with a clean plate tomorrow.

[Saar The Book owl]

Hailee wrote: "Sounds like we've got our currently reading shelves under control and will be bringing our A game point earning reading to the competition as early as possible.

Now that Anni and I have decided to..."

Oh, that's very tempting! I've been thinking on re - reading the first. I didn't got to the 2nd one. Is there allready a date in mind?

For next month I have 2 small books planned and 2 BR's for the first 2 weeks. I've been looking with anticipation to the start, but I will take it relaxed. Well, I hope, haha...

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Saar The Book owl wrote: "Hailee wrote: "Sounds like we've got our currently reading shelves under control and will be bringing our A game point earning reading to the competition as early as possible.

Now that Anni and I ..."

They were talking about starting in February, I think... Anni is booked in January, and has less reading time now, with her job, similar to Scott...

[Saar The Book owl]

Hm, I'll keep an eye on it.

[Siobhan]

Timelord Iain wrote: "Jenna wrote: "@Siobhan haha thank you

It gets worse if you open a ton of thread tabs like me... sometimes I post a response in one tab meant for another... to disastrous effect..."

That's exactly what I do! Haha.

[Chris]

Oh look.

I'm baaaaaack

[Kathrine]

Jenna wrote: "And, making the two teams equal in number, welcome to the House of Jaghuts, Kathrine!"

Thank you for letting me join, Jenna! :D And thank you, Maria and Anni! So excited to be a Jaghut!

[Scott , Karsa Orlong]

Welcome all. I'll try and participate as much as I can. Glad to be teaming up with Jenna. When combining forces House of Jaghuts was a better name than House of Beagles but House of Tomes would have been somewhat cool. But Azaths rule!

[Hailee]

Saar The Book owl wrote: "Hm, I'll keep an eye on it."

Hi Saar Iain was right we did decide on February, probably near the start but an exact date wasn't discussed. Anni is booked heavily and I don't ever read the first books in series in January anymore so it worked out well. You'd be more than welcome to join us if you decided to.

[Hailee]

Welcome Katharine!!!

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Scott wrote: "Welcome all. I'll try and participate as much as I can. Glad to be teaming up with Jenna. When combining forces House of Jaghuts was a better name than House of Beagles but House of Tomes would hav..."

House of Tomes sounds like House of Cards... Scott and Niki, and their (Malazan) political machinations...

[Yanique, Thread Master]

Timelord Iain wrote: "Yanique wrote: "Hailee wrote: "Sounds like we've got our currently reading shelves under control and will be bringing our A game point earning reading to the competition as early as possible.

Now ..."

We could definitely try that. The every other month timeframe was too stretched out for me too and I lost momentum.

[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..."

I have the book, this is not a drill, I have the book !

[Scott , Karsa Orlong]

Timelord Iain wrote: "House of Tomes sounds like House of Cards... Scott and Niki, and their (Malazan) political machinations...."

I didn't go straight to that. I just went straight to library.

[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 ..."

LOL... I kinda started on Christmas, while waiting to head to lunch/dinner... listened to a page or 3, to reacquaint myself with Rachel, my robo-reader... then got sidetracked with other things... so I didn't really get into it at all...

[Elinor]

Reading it starting tomorrow (or later if you want) ?

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Elinor Master of Gifs wrote: "Reading it starting tomorrow (or later if you want) ?"

You know me... I'll make it work... I've already super-booked myself, and 2020 was blank until recently... my free reading time is definitely shrinking... but I'm looking forward to everything I'm setting up, so it's all good...

[Elinor]

Timelord Iain wrote: "Elinor Master of Gifs wrote: "Reading it starting tomorrow (or later if you want) ?"

You know me... I'll make it work... I've already super-booked myself, and 2020 was blank until recently... my f..."

Great :)

[Hailee]

I finished my last book of 2019 about half an hour ago. So I'm all read to go when midnight hits.

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Despite Virginie distracting me for hours, this morning, on the spreadsheet, I'm close to ready...

Finished The Light of All That Falls this morning (last 9hrs of 31hr audiobook, disappointment, great epilogue)... and approaching the end of Worm (last 4.5hrs of last 20hrs of 190hr audiobook, rollercoaster megabook, glad to say I finished, in epilogue now)...

(gave 1x speed numbers... listened at 3x speed... did nearly 30hrs of audio today)

Staying up a bit late to finish, then I'll sleep and start fresh tomorrow morning around 4-5am (usually sleep around 7pm to 3am with my 4am to 12:30pm work schedule)... 7pm right now... not doing anything for New Years...

[Petrik]

I finished my first book of 2020 due to extreme insomnia. Yes, I haven't slept at all since midnight... The book took 5 hours to read!

It's Unsouled by Will Wight!

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Petrik wrote: "I finished my first book of 2020 due to extreme insomnia. Yes, I haven't slept at all since midnight... The book took 5 hours to read!

It's Unsouled by Will Wight!"

WOO... future people getting an early lead... us past people can't get extra points till Halloween...

Just finished WORM... all ready for tomorrow... got 3 BRs and my first couple side reads planned, already...

[Anni]

Happy new year everyone :) I haven't quite made it, I still have an hour left of one of my two started books, but I should finish that pretty quickly :) But now I have to go to bed, it's nearly 4 am over here...

[Bill]

Happy New Years!. I finished my last book of the year earlier today so will start fresh in the morning. I’ve been so busy lately that i haven’t planned out anything for 2020 yet. I’m hoping to jump into some more BRs this year.

[Soo]

Yay! More people need to read the Cradle series by Will Wight. I listened to the whole thing twice and laughed more the second time around. Once I had the characters (there are many) established in my head, it was really cool to see dollops of humor woven into the story but the impact was lighter/missed the first read & more meaningful on the second. It is one of the better cultivation style stories I've read. Pacing can be a little lopsided but I enjoyed the series a lot as a whole.

[Elinor]

Happy New Year everyone !
I finished two books yesterday and cleaned a bit my currently reading shelf and now I'm ready for all the books !

[Virginie]

Timelord Iain wrote: "Despite Virginie distracting me for hours, this morning, on the spreadsheet, I'm close to ready..."

Argh! My evil plan failed! :p

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

Happy New Year team! I have one more book to finish off from 2019 before I can start adding to the challenge. Happy reading, everyone!

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

Welcome to the House of Jaghuts, Angela Jr.!

[Virginie]

Scoresheet created with monthly template, as requested :)

[Chris]

Happy New Year...

I am carrying 4 books into the new year that I didn't finish, but the good news is that with 3 of them, I'm on the cusp of completion.

The other is just a brick and will take a bit lol

[Bea]

Happy New Year, guys!
I still have one book to finish that I started in 2019.

I'm also still considering how many books I should enter into this years GR challenge. Last year I did 100 books but I don't want to pressure myself this year. I'm thinking maybe something like 25 books, which should be really manageable and if I surpass it by a lot, well, all the better!

How many books are you guys planning to read?

[Anni]

Bea wrote: "Happy New Year, guys!
I still have one book to finish that I started in 2019.

I'm also still considering how many books I should enter into this years GR challenge. Last year I did 100 books but ..."

Last year, I did 100 as well, but due to my new job I have less time to read physical books. I choose 75 for next year, 5-6 books a month sounds doable with shorter audiobooks and a novella here and there. :)

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Bea wrote: "Happy New Year, guys!
I still have one book to finish that I started in 2019.

I'm also still considering how many books I should enter into this years GR challenge. Last year I did 100 books but ..."

I say go with a number more in line with there being 52 weeks in the year?

26 = a book every 2 weeks... 39 is 3 books every 4 weeks...

You could also focus on months... 24/36/48

[Hailee]

Bea wrote: "Happy New Year, guys!
I still have one book to finish that I started in 2019.

I'm also still considering how many books I should enter into this years GR challenge. Last year I did 100 books but ..."

I've set it to 52 books for the second year in a row. I'm relatively confident I can do that without stressing out too much but if it doesn't happen I'll just reduce it later on in the year. I read 72 in 2019 but a lot of them were shorter books and not many of them were epic fantasy which takes me longer to read. I'm hoping to up my fantasy and scifi reading in 2020 so I expect to read a few less this year.

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

I'd like to do 500 books and 200k pages next year... with luck, I can hit 550 and 225k pages...