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Vagabond Buddy Read Options ~ Updated 01/13/22- The Diamond Throne #1 by David & Leigh Eddings (Brian & Narilka, Maybe Soo)
- The Pariah #1 by Anthony Ryan
- Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger
- Crown of Vengeance #1 by Mercedes Lackey, James Mallory
- The Messenger #1 by Terry Maggert, J.N. Chaney (This is on Audible +)
- Now, Then, and Everywhen #1 by Rysa Walker
- Artful by Peter David (KU Read & Listen)
- The Bright Empire Series by Stephen R. Lawhead (Library or Bundle Pack on Audible)
- The Gates #1 by John Connolly
- A History of What Comes Next #1 by Sylvain Neuvel
- The Bard's Blade #1 by Brian D. Anderson
- The Eerie Adventures of the Lycanthrope Robinson Crusoe by Peter Clines
- Battle Royale by Koushun Takami
- The Power of the Dog #1 by Don Winslow
- Norylska Groans by Michael R. Fletcher, Clayton W. Snyder
Books/Series Vagabonds Read: ~ Updated 03/07/2022(If you want to read a book that has been buddy read before, feel free to ask or hop over to the Buddy Read Invite thread to post for interest.)
Psst! What all did we read? I can't remember. Also, anyone check out the books mentioned in the old thread? We talked enough books to be listed on six pages. Woo!
- Threadbare series by Andrew Seiple
- Joe Ledger series by Jonathan Maberry
- Space Team series by Barry J Hutchison
- Vorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster Bujold
- Tufa series by Alex Bledsoe
- Eddie LaCrosse series by Alex Bledsoe
- Pendergast series by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
- System Apocalypse series by Tao Wong
- Cradle series by Will Wight
- The Wandering Inn (WebSerial) by Pirateaba
- Phule's Company series by Robert Lynn Aspirin, Peter J Heck (Incomplete)
- Sandman Slim series by Richard Kadrey
- Alex Verus series by Benedict Jacka
- Parker series by Richard Stark
- Chimera series by Cate Glass
- Legendary Moonlight Sculptor (Korean WebNovel) by Hee Sung Nam
- Constance Verity series by A. Lee Martinez
- Orphan X series by Gregg Andrew Hurwitz
- Middle Falls Time Travel series by Shawn Inmon
- Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
- Andrea Vernon series by Alexander Kane
- Incryptid series by Seanan McGuire (Spelunking Through Hell #11)
- Skyward series by Brandon Sanderson
- Terrible Fall of Angels by Laurell K. Hamilton
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Iain and I talk about it but we haven't really BR'd it here. But we talk about it enough that it counts. Also, I realized that the books mentioned list is only curated by books that are linked into the posts. Not the ones we just write out. Heh.
Outside of the wandering inn are there any dystopia's that we've ever read here? I don't know what it is about them but they are one of my favorite sub genres.
Short answer is yes, people here have read them, but I can't remember if we did a BR here. Hmmm. Which dystopian books did you enjoy reading?
Also, refresh and scroll back to the top posts because they will be updated as I get feedback from others. Heh
So far I haven't read too many but here's the ones I can think off the top of my head:The Hunger games
Divergent series
1984
Legend (only read the 1st book and got like a 2 month hold for the 2nd book :/ )
I'm starting The Giver tonight now that it is 2022 also.
I've read Hunger Games & Divergent series. Take a look at these series, listing 1st book:
- Red Rising
- Feed
- Rot & Ruin
- Enclave
- The Girl with All the Gifts
- The Book of Koli
- Scythe
My brain hurts from looking at the Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction list. Most of those books are neither. *eyeroll*
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Quantum Evolution, maybe?
A Peculiar Peril (I think this had it's own thread)
Didn't Brian & Soo read Extinction?
Queen's Road, maybe?
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Take a look at these series, listing 1st book:
- Red Rising
- Feed
- Rot & Ruin
- Enclave
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My dystopian list:
Dry
Feed (altho I shelve it more as zombie)
Symbiont (same) (also didn't enjoy)
Later Laundry Files books are getting pretty messed up
A Psalm for the Wild-Built (pretty up-beat dystopian... society has kinda reverted to a pre-technological era, tho)
Wake Me After the Apocalypse (didn't think it was good)
Blackwing (shelved as dark fantasy, for obvious reasons)
Scythe / Thunderhead / The Toll (loved this trilogy)
Mercury Striking (dystopian romance series)
Beyond Redemption (dystopian fantasy)
The Queen of All that Dies (my low number of dystopian shelved books is making this look predominantly like books I didn't like)
More Than This (weird one, Matrix-element)
The Last Hunter: Descent (another not-great one)
Wool Omnibus
The Knife of Never Letting Go (nope)
The Giver (nope)
That seems to be it, for me...
I definitely seem to prefer other niche genres, like steampunk and weird western or dieselpunk... genres it'd be nice to find more books to read in...
Is this where we do the new Wondering Inn BR?
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I was wondering if you were going to wait and show up on New Years'
To answer your question, I'm not sure... Wandering Inn is such a big series, I think it needs it's own thread, even if it's just us reading it, to keep track of book/series-related comments...
I've been throwing that idea at Soo the last few days... Julian has been antsy to start and read the first 20-30 pages already... Brian was getting his hands on it still, I think?... and me and Soo are re-readers, so we were down to wait until whenever...
If you've started, feel free to discuss here, until we decide either way... me and Soo are quick to start talking Wandering Inn, when the topic arises, regardless...
CHOKO!!! I've missed you! Welcome back, friend! =DFor the Wandering Inn, we'll make a club thread for it. I think that'll be better. Easier way for us to keep track of what we read and chat.
I'll make the WI thread. All of my plans and stuff that I was going to get done yesterday went out the window. Rolling into the new year with stuff I should have done yesterday. Heh
I'll make the club thread for WI.
Yay! New thread for the new year :)
The Wandering Inn Buddy Read Club thread link.Wee~ Happy 2022!
I put 420 as my GR goal this year. Cause, 42 is the answer for life's everything. 42(0). Heh. Since the goal # is mostly a joke with myself. XD
Wow I've never heard of any of these series that you all recommended. I'm adding a few of these to my tbr collection! I started the Giver last night and am already almost finished with it. The concept has been interesting but at the same time probably the most boring dystopia that I've read so far.
Vagabonds! Everyone should make a list of stuff they would like to BR in the Treehouse. We'll all take a look at the lists. As long as two people want to BR, sweet! It will go on the Vagabond Shelf and someone remind me to update the Read Shelf List. lol
Can it be any genre? Including non fiction?
Happy New year everyone!!! I missed all of you so much! Great, I will start WI in a day or so:) I hope I can keep up... I am not what I was before the chemo and radiation... Takes me much longer... Sorry in advance:)
Welcome back Choko!!! Great to see you again :) I didn't realize you were having health issues. Take it easy and feel better soon. I'll keep you company in the slow lane :DLet's see... I have my formal BR tracker set up for 2022 with Cradle, World of the Others, Locked Tomb and likely Wax & Wayne. Stuff I don't have listed there yet...
Joe Ledger #7 - Probably not a BR but I'll post thoughts here when I get to it
Witchshadow with Iain in Feb or March
Blood Heir
The Diamond Throne with Brian when we decide on a month
I'm sure there's more.
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It can be basically any genre around here... but I don't really read non-fiction, so if there's interest, it'll probably be from someone else... I also don't read much horror, and have weaned myself off romances of pretty much any kind (paranormal, historical, contemporary, etc)... altho the storylines in some ongoing series lure me back in occasionally (Guild Hunter, Psy-Changeling, etc)...
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Great, I will start WI in a day or so:) I hope I can keep up... I am not what I was before the chemo and radiation... Takes me much longer...."
I say similar things about having Covid in late 2020... not 100% sure it's true, but I dropped back down from 3x speed audiobooks to 2x speed around the same time, and haven't really tried going back up... I rewind enough sometimes, at 2x now...
Read what you can manage... we still manage to read more than most people, including in this group ;) :D
Choko wrote: "Happy New year everyone!!! I missed all of you so much! Great, I will start WI in a day or so:) I hope I can keep up... I am not what I was before the chemo and radiation... Takes me much longer...."
I've seen your book updates in my feed. You're a reading champ! No worries on pacing. Super happy to have you back and chatting with us. *BIG HUGS*
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Let's see... I have my ..."
I just setup my sheet with BRs... I have like 5-8 in January, including some loose ones that haven't been fully scheduled yet...
3-4 in Feb / beginning of March...
And a handful the rest of the year so far... but alot of the January stuff is ongoing, with more books throughout the year... but I think I'm fully booked, between stuff I already had, stuff I signed up for, and stuff I just sought buddies for (and stuff I forgot)...
Wandering Inn #1+, Wayward Children #4-7, Cradle #1+, Lot Lands #3, Invisible Library #8, Witchlands #4, Books of Babel #4, Age of Madness #2-3, Spellslinger #0.5, Locked Tomb #3, Mistborn #4-7, Vlad Taltos #4-5+ chronological, Cormorant Strike #1+, Cork O'Connor #10+, Dresden Files #4+
I really hope I didn't forget anything else, because that's already a bunch...
Okay well let's see then if anything catches anyone's interest, here's the current lineup of books I'm eyeing (including all genres) that aren't part of an already planned BR:-The Giver series (already about 2/3 done with book 1)
-The Life of Henrietta Lacks
-Skyward
-The Dichotomy of Leadership (already about 30% done)
-Fahrenheit 451
-Brave New World
Out of the two nonfiction books that I listed, the life of Henrietta Lacks might be an interesting read. According to my friend who recommended it to me it's about a poor woman who had her cells taken from her without her knowledge/consent and those human cells were then multiplied to where they are still being used to this day in modern medicine +60 years after her death. It goes into the science and ethics of what happened.
Making small progress on my GR To Do list. =DCreated new threads for:
- Vagabond
- Wandering Inn
- LitRPG Portal
Updated 2022 Team Challenge Tracker with new thread links. At least have my first two books for 2022 on the list. Should be done with both tonight.
Updated my personal tracker and cleaned it up for 2022.
Still need to reorganize my TBR books/series lists on 2022 TC Tracker.
Gotta look over the books, comics and webnovels I read and write up my 2021 GR Review post. =D
@Soo I just noticed that light novels and mangas are present in goodreads cause of your comment. I've never tracked either on here and used myanimelist for those style of books.
=D This is the link to my post for my Comic spree:
Asian Comic/Light Novel Spree List (2021-2022)
That's like 95% of the comics/etc that I read last year. I needed to make a list. That way I know which ones to check on later to catch up.
Iron Widow #1 was great! Lots of action, stark + dark grit, fun main cast of characters and couple of cool hooks for overall arc. I got it from my library. Plan to buy the audiobook when it goes back on sale on Audible. =D
#2 should be out sometime this year. Woo~
Ha! I got ready to write up my 2021 GR Review, looked at the stack of books and lists I have to read over to write it and decided to do it tomorrow. LOL **goes back to reading Master Hunter K**
@Soo wow that's a lot of comics! I didn't see them anywhere in the list but if you haven't already, try out grand blue and relife as well!
Relife looks like fun. That may require a real bookstore. =D
I apologize to your wallet ahead of time lol. It has a pretty basic story but is well executed! I read it last year and really enjoyed it.Oh and if you can find the light novel for classroom of the elite that one looks really good too! I've wanted to read that for a while now but haven't been able to find it.
Here ya go:https://www.lightnovelpub.com/novel/c...
I didn't read it. So, no idea of the translation quality. Light novel translations tend to be more awkward. LoL
Oooh I never knew about this website. I'll check it out later. Thanks Soo!
I found a bunch of new websites last year. Yay for net searching!
You'll have to share some of them with me! I've now got this one bookmarked. Reading light novels feels nearly impossible at times.Also I downloaded hoopla (in part indirectly thanks to lain) and I now have a way to bypass at least a few of my holds!
Do you use a tablet? I use tablets to read the webserials/light novels/comics. It's more like a book that way. That's cool about Hoopla. =)
As for searching for light novels, just add web novel or novel to the title. That should get results.
I mostly use my phone for mangas and light novels. There's an app that I use that let's me watch pretty much any manga imaginable but light novels are tougher to find. My phone is massive and is almost like a mini tablet
Tachiyomi. It's android only and you need to install it outside of the app store. Once setup though it works amazingly
Thanks! I'll look it up.
*crossed fingers* I'm on a good reading streak. 4 stars for Iron Widow, re-read of Wandering Inn Vol1 and just finished Master Hunter K (Ch56-186). I don't think I had 4+ ratings streak in the beginning of the year before. =D
Same here! I’ve started off the new year strong so far with now 6 books finished. If I can keep up the pace then I’ll hit my 100 books goal in a couple months lol. Also I’ve now managed to work my way up to 1.75x speed on the audiobooks I’m listening to which has helped. I can do 2x but it starts to feel a bit rushed at that point
Iain, I can't find my post about my Audiobook + Reading Print experiment. I thought I had it in my personal tracker, but it's not there. Man... I don't want to re-write that.ETA: Aw man, I must have deleted the post and thought I had reposted it in another spot. Nope! It's gone. Boo
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ETA: Aw man, I must h..."
try searching for "audio print" and then using the browser find function / Ctrl-F to search for "Soo:" to find posts you made with those words in it... audio print gave me 9 pages of results... I didn't dig too deep into the result, but on page 8, I found one of your earliest discussions of it: https://www.goodreads.com/comment/sho...
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I'm sure some people are gonna seem superhuman, being able to carry over 2021 read a bit... but things will even out...
I upped Wandering Inn to 2.2x, might go up some more, because Parsneau was seeming slow... it's funny how you get used to fast narration, to the point where slower narrator/readers seem like they're pausing between words, when they're zooming to people not used to faster narration...
Thank you for all the good wishes! Love you all!Now back to the books we go:)
I linked the post in the 2018 GR Year Long Review. It sent me to a post that I have edited. *sniff sniff* It's gone. Though, it's not hard to rewrite about the experiment.
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Vagabond Treehouse is a hangout place for casual Buddy Reads between planned BR's at FBR. Anyone to stop by, chat about books or life, plan for a spontaneous buddy read, chill, and have fun.
Vagabond Treehouse Rules:
- Anyone can plan a buddy read in the treehouse. Just ask if anyone is interested in reading the book or books you are thinking about reading.
- Reading Start Date will be chosen by participating Vagabonds.
- Read & Chat at your own pace! No such thing as a dead book topic.
Buddy Read Posting Format:
- Name of Book/Series
- Spoiler Tags for Big Plot Points
Vagabonds enjoy a wide variety of genres. We tend to read fantasy, sci-fi or thrillers, but most books/genres are open for buddy read suggestion and conversation.