Eragon (The Inheritance Cycle #1) by Christopher Paolini -- Restarting April 1st 2025

[Dr. Andy]

I listen to my audiobooks at 1.75 speed or faster so it's about the same as if I actually read or faster.

[Maddie]

I listen to mine 1.6 speed.

[Maddie]

And you're 3 chapters ahead of me, which I'll get to tonight I hope.

[Dr. Andy]

Sounds good!

[Maddie]

Already got a lot to catch up on haha.

[Dr. Andy]

I feel a reading slump coming on with . I'm so bored with it. Ugh

[Maddie]

Oh wow I've heard good things haha.

[Dr. Andy]

I've just been bored with it. Hopefully it will get better now that things seem to be happening.

[Maddie]

Start is always boring haha.

[Maddie]

Reading this one now.

[Maddie]

Are the Ra'zac and the Urgals working together?

[Maddie]

Andrea wrote: "
Magic is the Simplest thing [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[Na I like the selfish reasons haha. It's realistic. But Eragon's pettiness and spoilt-bratness are annoying me, even though they're also believable. (hide spoiler)]

[Dr. Andy]

Maddison wrote: "Are the Ra'zac and the Urgals working together?"

That's probably true.

[Dr. Andy]

An Old Friend (view spoiler)[ I like Brom's friend he seems nice. Always I think Brom was supposed to train Eragon. I think his job he was whispering about is to protect the dragon rider. (hide spoiler)]

[Dr. Andy]

A Costly Mistake (view spoiler)[ Holy crap battle with the Urgals! Safira is my fierce baby dragon, I love her. I'm confused as to how Eragon was separated from Brom (probably by doing something stupid). Hopefully he didn't kill himself with using all that magic. And I remember him breaking his wrist, that's why I'll never catch myself with my arms when falling haha.

I WISH THAT WERECAT CAME WITH I LOVE HIM TOO (hide spoiler)]

[Maddie]

Oh no here's another huge amount to read :p

[Dr. Andy]

Ill have more once I drive home too :)

[Maddie]

Oh bummer. XD It's gotten to the point where I hope no one reads haha.

[Dr. Andy]

If you have other things you need to read you can take care of that first.

[Maddie]

Haha I will. I need to read all of Splintered for Hunger Games. Has to be read by 3 days time. And then this is my list:

Hunger – Chp20
If I Stay duology – end
Lightning Thief – Chp8
Eragon – A Costly Mistake
Am I Normal Yet – end
Holes – end

[Maddie]

And all of those end books I haven't started yet...

[Dr. Andy]

You can do it! Maybe try to finish some first so that those will be out of the way?

[Dr. Andy]

Du Sundavar Freohr (view spoiler)[ Man so much happened! I'm so sad Brom died, I didn't remember that happening! But the Murtagh character has appeared so that's that mystery solved. But then Eragon had to go and get captured by Urgals and is in some prison! At least he found the Elvin girl he kept dreaming of. I sigh very melodramatically. (hide spoiler)]

[Maddie]

I need to read Splintered for Hunger Games and If I Stay for Cranium, and then I'll try catch up.

[Dr. Andy]

That's fine, catch up on those. I'll be around for a while and if I forget you can always message me to check on the thread. :)

[Maddie]

Alright will do :)

[Dr. Andy]

A Path Revealed (view spoiler)[ Poor Eragon and Murtagh, always being chased around. At least he knows what's wrong with Ariya now. I hope they make it to the Varden in time. I love how Safira held the boys done until they talked like sensible adults. :D (hide spoiler)]

[Maddie]

I'm assuming these chapters are real far apart now XD Any idea how far through you are?

[Haley]

I'm waiting for my copy to come in. What chapter are you all on?

[Maddie]

Andrea's up to A Path Revealed and Shae and I are 30% in.

[Dr. Andy]

The Glory of Tronjheim (view spoiler)[ I'm so glad they made it to the Varden, Urgals are evil! I'm super worried about Murtagh, I hope he'll be okay. His story was pretty sad. I feel like something might happen to Eragon bc Murtagh was a servant of Galbatorix (?) and he brought him to the Varden. (hide spoiler)]

I'm 80% done! Should be done either tomorrow or Saturday then I'll start Eldest. :)

[Maddie]

Oh wow XD Shae and I aren't reading Eldest this month, just going to try and get Eragon finished.

[Dr. Andy]

I'm going to listen to the whole series. It works perfect for all of MMC.

[Maddie]

Oh wow. I suppose you did listen to Eragon so fast. How many hours was it?

[Dr. Andy]

I think something between 14-15. I'm not sure if it takes the time off for the speed I listen to it at or what though.

[Dr. Andy]

Bless the Child, Argetlam (view spoiler)[ I wonder if Eragon will meet this child later on in his life. That would be awesome. Ajihad had a lot of things to say. At least Eragon is safe for now. I hope he'll be able to gain everyone's trust. (hide spoiler)]

[Maddie]

Oh wow, it has to be way more than that XD A normal-sized book for me is around 11-12 hours haha. My library says 16.5 hours.

[Dr. Andy]

I was just guessing because my audiobook is 14 parts with each being about an hour. I'm not sure how much listening to it at 1.75 speed affects that.

[Dr. Andy]

Finished! (view spoiler)[ Boy that battle at the end was crazy!!! I was so worried about Eragon. And I don't trust that voice the came into his head while Eragon fought of the shade's memories. (hide spoiler)]

[Maddie]

Awesome!

[Dr. Andy]

I started Eldest, but I'm only 3% through haha

[Maddie]

Haha go you.

[Janor]

Is it possible to take part in this buddy read? Haha it seems like I'm a little late, but I saw in the buddy reads thread that it would start the 6th of August...

[Dr. Andy]

Yes of course! I'm the only one on Eldest everyone else is still in various parts of eragon.

[Janor]

haha okay! Then I think I'll start this evening :)

[Maddie]

Awesome Janor :)

[Dr. Andy]

Az Sweldn Rak Anhuin (view spoiler)[ I wonder what happened to Murtagh and the Twins. I didn't like the Twins so I feel like whatever happened was not good. I hope the Varden would be okay with the council wanting to use Nasuada. I think she has the right idea to move. I hope the journey to Ellesmera goes by quickly and without too many problems.

I'm not sure how much I like Roran's perspective, but I also don't want him or the village to be eaten by Ra'zac. (hide spoiler)]

[Maddie]

So my library finally had a copy of Eragon on audio available, so I'm going to jump into that on Tuesday.

[Dr. Andy]

Woot! I hope you like the narrator as much as I do!

[Maddie]

I hope so too. I'm not sure we have the right edition, but let's just see :p