The Paper Magician (The Paper Magician Trilogy #1) by Charlie N. Holmberg - Restarting March 15th 2017

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Ceony Twill arrives at the cottage of Magician Emery Thane with a broken heart. Having graduated at the top of her class from the Tagis Praff School for the Magically Inclined, Ceony is assigned an apprenticeship in paper magic despite her dreams of bespelling metal. And once she’s bonded to paper, that will be her only magic…forever.

Yet the spells Ceony learns under the strange yet kind Thane turn out to be more marvelous than she could have ever imagined—animating paper creatures, bringing stories to life via ghostly images, even reading fortunes. But as she discovers these wonders, Ceony also learns of the extraordinary dangers of forbidden magic.

An Excisioner—a practitioner of dark, flesh magic—invades the cottage and rips Thane’s heart from his chest. To save her teacher’s life, Ceony must face the evil magician and embark on an unbelievable adventure that will take her into the chambers of Thane’s still-beating heart—and reveal the very soul of the man.

[Sarah Elizabeth]

The Paper Magician (The Paper Magician Trilogy #1) by Charlie N. Holmberg will be our second Group Buddy Read for January 2015.

Please read at your own pace, and hide any spoilers ☺ You are welcome to join at any time during the month ☺

Happy Reading Everybody!

[rachel, x]

I'll join this one. :)

[Divya]

I'll join this one too :)

[Shannan]

Oh, Man. Such a good book. Can't wait for everyone to read it!

[Bren]

I'm in!! (:

[[deleted user]]

I'll join too! Been wanting to read this one!!

[rachel, x]

Chapter two - (view spoiler)[Poor Ceony not getting her field of magic. I would be pretty upset too. (hide spoiler)]

Chapter three - (view spoiler)[I like this! Cool tricks with the paper. Amazing brining books to life. I wonder if it's a real coincidence that he's also her scholarship donor... (hide spoiler)]

Chapter four - (view spoiler)[Making the dog for her is the sweetest thing ever! (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Rachel wrote: "Chapter two - [spoilers removed]

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(view spoiler)[ she did seem pretty put out by it all. I think she seems to be getting a bit more used to it now though. It seems there is quite a lot of things you can do with paper! (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 5 (view spoiler)[ She is so nosey! I can't believe she's going through his draws!
I do like how many things you can do wit Paper though, it seems pretty versatile! (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 5 (view spoiler)[ blimey! didn't see that coming! (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 6 (view spoiler)[ it was clever of her to make a paper heart, shame it won't last long though! (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 7 (view spoiler)[ it kinda seems fitting that someone who has magic over flesh could heal themselves. (hide spoiler)]

[Abi]

Starting in a bit. :)

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 8 (view spoiler)[ i figured there was history between Thane and Lira, so weird that she's in his heart now! just bizarre! and i see why she lost her scholarship now, what a vile man! (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 9 (view spoiler)[ drowning in blood does not sound nice. and now she's in a prison? and lira thinks she's thanes whore? what is this book about?! (hide spoiler)]

[Abi]

Rachel wrote: "Chapter two - [spoilers removed]

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(view spoiler)[ I'd be quite upset too. The tricks she's done so far with paper though are pretty cool. (hide spoiler)]

[Abi]

Sarah wrote: "chapter 5 [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[ That was interesting! (hide spoiler)]

[Abi]

Sarah wrote: "chapter 8 [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[ Horrible man! (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

ugh, I'm losing the will to live. and I still have 21% to go. i hope the next book is better!

[Sarah Elizabeth]

80% (view spoiler)[ what? what? what? she's falling in love with him?! i don't believe it. (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Yes! It finishes at 96%!!

[Abi]

Sarah wrote: "Yes! It finishes at 96%!!"

Yay!

[Abi]

Starting book two in a bit. :)

[Abi]

Internet is being annoying today!

Read 35% of book 2 so far, and i'm really bored.

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 4 (view spoiler)[ good use of that spell to get away from the exicisor. (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 5 (view spoiler)[ oh dear, a river with Ceony's fear of water! not good! (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 6 (view spoiler)[ poor dog got all wet and soggy! hope they really can fix it! (hide spoiler)]

chapter 9 (view spoiler)[ this mirror hoping is pretty handy! I really hope she is setting up a trap if she's going to meet with him again. (hide spoiler)]

chapter 10 (view spoiler)[ I can't believe she spoke to her superior like that! it really is her problem if she's in charge and knows that a student is in love with their magician! (hide spoiler)]

chapter 11 (view spoiler)[ hmm, she's got it bad if she wants to wait 2 years for him! (hide spoiler)]

chapter 12 (view spoiler)[ and now she's waving that darn pistol about again! (hide spoiler)]

[rachel, x]

Sarah wrote: "Rachel wrote: "Chapter two - [spoilers removed]

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(view spoiler)[I like the animation! (hide spoiler)]

[rachel, x]

Abbie wrote: "Rachel wrote: "Chapter two - [spoilers removed]

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(view spoiler)[I would be if I didn't get the one I wanted but paper doesn't seem so bad. (hide spoiler)]

[rachel, x]

Sarah wrote: "chapter 6 [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[I wish it did last! I really liked him. The paper gliders would have taken sooo long to make. (hide spoiler)]

[rachel, x]

Sarah wrote: "chapter 9 [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[I am having the same dilemmas. I was really, really enjoying this book but this whole "being in Than'e heart" thing is stupid. (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Rachel wrote: "Sarah wrote: "chapter 9 [spoilers removed]"

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(view spoiler)[ that's the point where the story lost me. I didn't want to keep reading it at all, and then it got even more ridiculous. (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 14 (view spoiler)[ stranded in a foreign country with no idea how to get back. she's in a pickle now! (hide spoiler)]

[Abi]

Sarah wrote: " chapter 14 [spoilers removed]"

Yep!

[Sarah Elizabeth]

the end (view spoiler)[ well it was interesting that they were able to change what they were bonded to, but if it was that easy, wouldn't someone have figured it out before now? (hide spoiler)]

[rachel, x]

Sarah wrote: "Rachel wrote: "Sarah wrote: "chapter 9 [spoilers removed]"

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(view spoiler)[It did get a little more ridiculous but I liked the ending. (hide spoiler)]

[rachel, x]

, the end - (view spoiler)[Once she got out of the heart, it picked up again. I'm glad it ended well. The middle was awful but the beginning and ending were really good. (hide spoiler)]

[rachel, x]

Sarah wrote: " chapter 5 [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[If that ever happened to me, I think I would die of fright before I drowned! (hide spoiler)]

[rachel, x]

Sarah wrote: "

chapter 9 [spoilers removed]

(view spoiler)[I read about it in another book as well. It would be pretty fun! (hide spoiler)]

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(view spoiler)[I would never have told her I was in love with Emery! You would think they would kick her out right away. (hide spoiler)]

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(view spoiler)[I think they both have it pretty bad! (hide spoiler)]

[rachel, x]

Sarah wrote: " chapter 14 [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[That would be pretty scary being in Belgium and scary not knowing the language. (hide spoiler)]

[rachel, x]

Sarah wrote: " the end [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[I don't many people would want to change - if they get to pick their type (most do) then no-one would probably think about it.... (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Rachel wrote: "Sarah wrote: " the end [spoilers removed]"

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(view spoiler)[ I don't know, the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. (hide spoiler)]

[rachel, x]

Sarah wrote: "Rachel wrote: "Sarah wrote: " the end [spoilers removed]"

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(view spoiler)[I don't know then. Maybe no-one else has been smart enough or motivated enough or maybe the author just didn't think of that. Silly her in that case. :) (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

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Date Changed. Restarting April 12th 2015. Happy Reading ☺

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[Tayla]

woo

[[deleted user]]

yay!

[Abi]

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Reading from the 5th of September 2015

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[Alyson]

Checking in!

[Alyson]

Starting this a bit early to be able to do all of my BRs

The first two chapters/ 15%:
(view spoiler)[Why is it mentioned every page or so that our main character is some academical, financially struggling prodigy?
But I do love the idea of turning origami into full out illusions, it sounds so beautiful in my head :> (hide spoiler)]