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[Julian]

I just got a new library card from a much bigger library and all of a sudden the amount of books available to me on libby has just tripled!!

[Julian]

Also @Iian I'm starting book 2 of chimera today. I remember you were looking to get it read sooner rather than later

[Soo]

Orphan X #7: The book started lighter than most of the other books in the series, don't you think?

[Soo]

I can't load up the GR home page... More things broken? XD

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Until 60%: (view spoiler)[ and all of a sudden the whole thing with the daughter turned into a Romeo and Juliet thing… and Mia might have a brain tumor…

And Evan’s OCD seems to be worsening and risking his relationship with Joey? (hide spoiler)]

Just reached this part…

[Soo]

It's not his OCD. (view spoiler)[It's really about the fact that he had another traumatic experience and didn't have his safe zone to let go.

Joey didn't help by just being a kid and doing stuff without seeing that Evan's in pain. I thought it was a very stereotypical teen thing for her to do. Which is good considering she didn't have much of a childhood, but she's also aware of the dangers involved in these jobs and she was completely not seeing Evan in pain. That was sorta fitting and weird considering who they both are and she's a bit more aware than Evan is about being 'normal'. (hide spoiler)]

[Brian]

I feel like his OCD is way more prevalent in this one. I am about 50% into book now.

[Soo]

That's because his place was trashed in the last book. In most of the other books, he didn't worry about his home being not safe or lacking the elements he needs for comfort/ease.

The vodka stuff made me laugh and it was cool to learn about the more expensive vodka brands.

[Soo]

Julian, you may want to check out the Hunter Trilogy by Mercedes Lackey. It's on Audible Plus and YA dystopian.

[Julian]

The new library card has it available on libby!! Just borrowed it and will start after I finish chimera #2 in the next day or two

[Julian]

Ok this new library card is spoiling me. Swapped over to it on hoopla as well and they not only have a much broader range of books but allow 20 downloads each month!!!

[Soo]

Julian, don't you also have Audible Plus?

How did you get the new library card? lol
Nice perks!

[Julian]

So where I live I'm right on the border between Ohio and Kentucky. I already had the Kentucky library card which gives the entire state's library but also qualify to get the city of Cincinnati's library card which is even bigger. I've been meaning to get it for a long time now but just been lazy about it until now. This new one has 167k ebooks and 55k audiobooks compared to just 84k / 22k respectively on the other card

[Soo]

That's awesome. =D

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

@Choko: So I've been following through on my "threat" to start watching Doctor Who again... and season 1 really is my least favorite...

1x1 -- Pilot/Rose -- weird plastic monsters, weird Mickey & the trash bin
1x2 -- End of the World -- some solid moments, not a fan of Cassandra the skin tarp
1x3 -- Unquiet Dead -- weird zombies, but notable like Gwen that later played an important Torchwood character (different/similar role)...
1x4/5 -- Aliens of London & WW3 -- not a fan of the fart aliens, but Harriet Jones is introduced
1x6 -- Dalek -- decent episode
1x7 -- Long Game -- another weird one, with Simon Pegg
1x8 -- Father -- weird Reaper Monsters, but some real family moments...
1x9/10 -- Empty Child & Doctor Dances -- one of my favorites from season 1, introduction of Captain Jack Harkness, and notable creepy/misunderstood "bad guy"
1x11 -- Boom Town -- fart alien revisited (one, anyway) -- less juvenile humor, more depth to alien, more enjoyable
1x12/13 -- Bad Wolf & The Parting of the Ways -- finale, lots of good moments... first half is mostly misdirection...

Reward: I've reached the David Tennant era, and it's good from the get-go... from what I remember...

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Re:Orphan X: it's awful convenient how Evan always gets the mission he needs to make personal growth ;)

[Soo]

Orphan X: Isn't every non-mission interaction a mini-quest in Evan's slow & steady personal growth? lol

I do like Evan's interaction w/ the latest client.

[Tonari no Emily]

@Julian, wow that's a lot per month! Kinda jealous :D

Also might start Chimera 2 soon then. Pretty sure it's on my Hoopla

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Thing are definitely heating back up for OX in that epilogue… I’m assuming District Attorney Mia will play a part in de-escalating with (view spoiler)[the President (hide spoiler)]… their relationship is definitely getting more and more serious…

Wally was about as bumbling as could be, lol…

[Soo]

It was a good story, wasn't it? Orphan X

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Soo wrote: "It was a good story, wasn't it? Orphan X"

Yea... Evan's a much more interesting character, to me, than Gentry... Gray Man books are great for James Bond-esque action sequences...

Evan has more character growth... kinda like the show Barry or something... fish out of water, trying to be normal...

[Soo]

I already forgot the name of the client, but I really liked their interactions. I feel like Evan made a real adult friend. lol

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Soo wrote: "I already forgot the name of the client, but I really liked their interactions. I feel like Evan made a real adult friend. lol"

Someone who understood him, and all the complexities of life...

[Julian]

Almost 80% of the way done with Chimera #2. So far it is more of the same for the most part with some additional characters. A big thing I've noticed is that where as in the first book events took place over many months, here the events all take place in like less than a week of time.

[Soo]

Ugh, there's another Audible sale. It's too soon after the LAST one!!!

[Soo]

The current 2-for-1 credit Audible sale has great SF/F section. Ya'll should check it out.

I got Reincarnation to try. Hopefully, it'll be ok vs bad. XD

Plus a couple of books to fill series I've read & want to keep.

[Nirkatze]

I'm not very versed in using Audible--I don't see anything pointing to a sale...?

[Brian]

I’ll grab a few Soo.

Orphan X. I loved this story. Seemed like we got a more personal image of X this series. This series never gets old for me. Can’t wait til #8

[Soo]

Nirkatze wrote: "I'm not very versed in using Audible--I don't see anything pointing to a sale...?"

Normally, there's a banner on the front page, but sometimes Audible forgets to do it. I signed up to have the email sent and that's usually how I know. Though, sometimes I don't get the email. lol

One of us usually posts about the sale.

Here's the link: https://www.audible.com/special-promo...

The nice thing about the 2 for 1 credit sale is that you can get two books for the $10/1 credit. With this promo, you also get a $5 coupon too.

[Soo]

Orphan X: Anyone else have a problem with Evan letting Joey go on a road trip by herself? I mean, she can handle herself but I was hoping Evan would go with her.

[Soo]

GR Notifications are on the fritz. So don't expect to see that there are updates. You have to check GR Homepage Feed or Group Discussions tab.

WebToon releases new series every few weeks. I learned from friends that the English version gets the elongated releases. Probably because English customers are more likely to pay to read ahead. *eyeroll*

Anyways! There's a new action thriller called Manager Kim and it's like the comic version of the movie Taken. Gritty action and situational humor that made me laugh.

You can wait for the slow release on WT or read up to Ch20:
https://mangameta.org/manga/manager-k...

Kim and Joe Ledger would be great pals. Kim could be like Evan's dad. LOL

[Julian]

No wonder I haven't seen any updates today. I thought it was odd how quiet today was.

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

if you don't get any notifications for a few hours, check the discussions tab for new updates...

Goodreads is a mess of a website, anymore... they break weekly... accidentally or on purpose...

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Picked up Flametouched and Wraith... 2 standalones, so I didn't just expand my series TBR...

First one caught my eye because Simon Vance narrates, and the reviews are all super high...

Blurb reminds me of Goblin Emperor / sequel...

[Soo]

Wraith should be entertaining. She's a decent author. I thought about Flametouched and decided against it. If you listen to it now, you can tell us it if's worth the sale. =D

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

I'll try...

Notifications have been broken so long, the discussions tab is getting unwieldy... I also think discussions tab (new) notifications are breaking and not updating...

I'm really starting to be disappointed there isn't some alternative website we could all be using, that was functional...

I feel like GR is going to break, fundamentally, at some point, and we're gonna be screwed...

[Elizabeth]

I think the (new) sometimes stops working if people have deleted comments.

[Julian]

I haven't had notifications working since Friday lol

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Elizabeth wrote: "I think the (new) sometimes stops working if people have deleted comments."

yea... I understand that part... but discussions have been staying (new) even after I read them... the ol' "comments not registering they've been read already" bug that usually pairs with notifications breaking, for awhile...

[Tonari no Emily]

Yeah, I havent been getting any notifications...


Well since I resisted the last sale, maybe I'll get something this time :)

[Nirkatze]

TY for the sale link Soo. GR notifications being down is really throwing me off. >.< It's been almost a week now... I think I first noticed I wasn't getting notifications on Mon or Tues.

I picked up Deathstalker and Ancestral Night. Haven't read anything by either author yet, been wanting to give them a try.

So, do these 2-for-1 credit sales mean you can only get books if you have credits? It looked like it bumped me up a membership level when I checked out... will have to keep an eye on that.

Aaand then I tested that theory out by adding Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams and The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick Volume One: The King of the Elves up. So it seems like you can buy more than two books, but only two books at a time? Clunky system...

Anything on the Sale that y'all already have and would recommend? Looking to expand my audiobook library...

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

2-for-1 sales use credits... other sales use cash...

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

In the thriller category, we're fans of Gray Man, Orphan X, and Joe Ledger, when they pop up on sales lists...

UF we like Laundry Files and a ton of other stuff...

Michael J. Sullivan's Riyria series and connected works are good, in Fantasy

Sanderson we like, in Sci-Fi, Fantasy, anywhere really...

Small Medium isn't Seiple's best work, but it's connected to the Threadbare series...

We love Peter Clines' Threshold series... Paradox Bound, a standalone, is on sale here...

Robert Jackson Bennett is a good newish fantasy author... Foundryside is on sale... after reading that, I went back and read his previous trilogy... Foundryside trilogy ends this year, I think...

War of the Rose Throne is a series I've been reading last year... one book left to come, I think... Peaky Blinders + magic...

I think that's everything I can recommend from this sale... only like half the inspiration is 1st in series on sale... rest is mid-series, which isn't immediately helpful, and more of an investment...

[Soo]

Audible 2 for 1 sale means that you pick out 2 books and buy for 1 credit. I pay for the higher end membership and a credit = $9.49. So, I call it the 2 for $10 sale in my head.

Deathstalker is great. I wasn't a fan of Ancestral Night.

Iain's suggestion are great.

I always check the library to see if I can borrow a book. I use the sale to buy stuff that I can't borrow, get books to complete series I'm already reading or by authors I follow.

It's also a decent time to try out new books that I have in my Audio TBR and don't want to pay full price. Lots of indie authors don't necessarily make it to libraries.

Will try to list some books on the sale that Iain hasn't mentioned later. =D

-- Alt to GR: We could start a Discord server to chat. While we can't update our books on there, it would be an easy way to talk in general or chat about books.

[Soo]

Audible Sale - Good Books to Rec List
(Didn't list some books because it's in the middle of a series.)

- Artemis
- Skyward
- The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.
- Paradox Bound
- The Singularity Trap
- Foundryside
- Uncanny Collateral
- Arrows of the Queen
- The Quantum Magician
- Skullsworn
- Heart's Blood
- Orphan X
- The Boy from the Woods
- Devoted

[Nirkatze]

TY for recs Iain--went ahead and picked up Paradox Bound & book 1 of War for the Rose Throne.

Added book 1 of Laundry Files and Threshold to Wish List.

I've read everything Sanderson in print, and the main books of Sullivan, though I might try the Chronicles on audio. I haven't been able to make myself go back and read the prequels when I already know the ending, so maybe audio is a good compromise. Speaking of Sullivan--the Fairlane Kickstarter opens Tues! (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...)

I've noticed (so far) that I am really bad at "reading" audiobooks--I miss about 50% of the information when I'm listening. Wandering Inn has been kind to me, since I can spot check online, and the narration is frickin' amazing. But I tried Big Damn Hero and while I really enjoyed the narration, I had a hard time following. I'm hoping I will get better with practice.

Just saw your list Soo--looking into it! A bunch I've already read, but a bunch I've never heard of too!

[Nirkatze]

How does credits work on Audible anyway? You get one a month... but you can buy more? Or only can buy more during sales? Still figuring things out...

[Soo]

For my membership, I pay for 24 credits for the year and when I'm down to 0-2 credits, I get an offer to buy 3 credits for $9.49 per credit.

I believe you can buy extra credits whenever you need them.

A few of us have tried out a bunch of the paid membership book & audiobook programs. For me, I worked out a way to get my money's worth with Kindle Unlimited and Audible memberships.

With Amazon Prime & Kindle Unlimited - I have a decent selection of audiobooks that are part of the Read & Listen category.

I look for the KU membership sale and get 2 years at a time. You save 40-50% by getting 2 years on the discount.

There's a discount for some audiobooks if you have the Kindle book. A lot of those books tend to be on KU. Iain and I use that system a lot. Borrow ebook on KU and buy the audiobook for cheaper. I do it for the ones that are $1.99 to 7.49 range. Less than a credit on Audible.

This system works well for me as long as I read about 200 books a year. I see the paid membership as a way to get lower priced books/audiobooks. The regular price for everything costs 2-3x more.

If Audible didn't make the Audible Plus program, I was planning on limiting my audiobooks or canceling. With Audible Plus, it adds more options for me to listen to books and gives a lot more value to the membership.

It sucks that things are moving towards membership/paid, but I saw that coming for a long time.

[Tonari no Emily]

I'm really trying to use the library for everything that I can unless I've started something somewhere/ its not available. I do want to cancel audible eventually and just use Libro/my local books store for books I can't find in library. But some things are only available on audible which is super frustrating! And stupid Audible sales always tempt me and I think you have to have a membership for the sales...

[Choko]

I am not happy... The Bangles lost... A sad, sad day...