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[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Mind over Matter...

After I year or more, back down at 2x speed after managing 3x before Covid, I forced myself back up to 2.4x for the most part, with a bit of a learning curve... 20% more reading accomplished :D

[Nirkatze]

Hiya folks, sorry I've gone AWOL lately--had a hectic couple of weeks helping my mom move (she sold her house, and she knew it was coming, but still when closing came there was SO MUCH STUFF!!) and now I only have a week left of vacation before the work season starts up again and I am so not ready... >.<

Not sure how work starting up again is going to affect things either--I'm often completely drained for the first month or so, before I remember How To Work And Live, so it's pretty likely I'll be spotty appearancewise for a while...

I *did* still read some--going to try to find the energy to get over and comment--finished:

Gideon the Ninth--really enjoyed the characters, world, voice, and word choice. The ending felt a bit rushed. Plenty of mysteries left for the following books, but a lot wrapped up too.

St. Mary's #...8? The one after the Markham short. Um... found it! And the Rest Is History. I just read through everyone's comments in the last two weeks that I've missed and it looks like St. Mary's has kinda stalled out? I thought I was two weeks behind but I don't know if anyone else has read this one yet. Anywho, it had a couple of hard hitting emotional spots, which I enjoyed because Conflict! (view spoiler)[Matthew being kidnapped--and then recovered, but eight years later--being robbed of main bonding time with her child... that hit all the spots. And then poor Petersen... losing Helen, and then just starting to give Max a try (Petersen's always been my favorite, so I was rooting for him) when it turns out leon is Not Dead (not that I thought he was--putting it on a bit too thickly with the "you have to accept that he's dead Max (ie: reader)" from Bairstow. Reminded me of Book 1 with Bitch-Face Barclay all over again. But poor Petersen!! I actually prefer him to Leon, though I do think his friendship with Max is one of the highlights of the series and wouldn't want that ruined. (hide spoiler)] The William the Conqueror historical stuff was fun too, and had me looking up facts.

The Skull Throne--book 4 of the Demon Cycle--a lot of awful stuff happens in this series, but I just can't stop reading... and I actually really like the Graphic Audio rendition.

Almost done with Winter's Heart (sorry @Choko!! I WILL be over to type up things, because I HAVE THOUGHTS)

Starting One Day: The Extraordinary Story of an Ordinary 24 Hours in America today for a local book club on Friday--not really interested because I'm prejudiced against non-fiction (where are my DRAGONS?), but I'm giving the audio a try.

I also picked up the audiobook for Memories of Ice--I have NOT given up on Malazan, it just hasn't been what I need right now so it's stalled somewhat. Going to see if the audio can help move me forward since I haven't been reading as much as I'd like lately...

I don't know how much reading I'll do the next few weeks, but I'm looking forward to catching up on what y'all have been reading--clicking open the spoiler tags for Rich Man's War, Time of Witches, etc... really enjoyed all the little tidbits about what y'all have been reading and added some more to my TBR (looking at you, @Iain...)

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Nirkatze wrote: "Hiya folks, sorry I've gone AWOL lately--had a hectic couple of weeks helping my mom move (she sold her house, and she knew it was coming, but still when closing came there was SO MUCH STUFF!!) and..."

Just don't disappear completely... I was beginning to think our little reading group was slowly dissolving... Soo AWOL, you AWOL, Emily and Choko and Brian and Julian super busy and commenting very little...

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Nirkatze wrote: "Hiya folks, sorry I've gone AWOL lately--had a hectic couple of weeks helping my mom move (she sold her house, and she knew it was coming, but still when closing came there was SO MUCH STUFF!!) and..."

St. Mary's: I felt like we were waiting for you, to continue, and just wondering the other day what the plan was, if you didn't return... proof to my previous comment, that I posted before actually reading your whole post...

With this comment, I now feel I can continue with #8... I've done the 2 short stories between, with the Shakespeare and the My Name is Markham stuff... "none of this contemporary time BS" :D

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Nirkatze wrote: "Hiya folks, sorry I've gone AWOL lately--had a hectic couple of weeks helping my mom move (she sold her house, and she knew it was coming, but still when closing came there was SO MUCH STUFF!!) and..."

I'm great for TBR suggestions, when I bother to read something new, or just mention yet more of my long list of already read favorites... having read around 3000 books, and nearly 1000 Urban Fantasies / Paranormal Romances...

I should pop into the WoT threads, considering I re-listened to the entire series in 2020...

And am also a big non-fan of non-fiction and the Classics...

[Narilka]

Nirkatze wrote: "Hiya folks, sorry I've gone AWOL lately--had a hectic couple of weeks helping my mom move (she sold her house, and she knew it was coming, but still when closing came there was SO MUCH STUFF!!) and..."

If you have some time I hope you'll come comment on our Gideon the Ninth thread. Good to see you posting again :)

[Brian]

Timelord Iain wrote: "Nirkatze wrote: "Hiya folks, sorry I've gone AWOL lately--had a hectic couple of weeks helping my mom move (she sold her house, and she knew it was coming, but still when closing came there was SO ..."

I am here buddy! Just been slowly reading through Mistborn #2. Been quiet lately since trying to enjoy the sun. Now I realize sun is overrated and too hot, Ill be back inside reading! lol

[Tonari no Emily]

@ Nirkatze, glad to see you're not totally AWOL! haha and yeah I think it was unspoken we were waiting for the next St. Mary's... I'll go ahead and squeeze that one in too and then maybe we'll take the next few a bit slower than our early summer pace?

And yes Brian, the sun is totally overrated xD

[Choko]

I have been totally quiet too, because my guy has been sick the last couple of weeks and taking care of him has been exhausting... I actually haven't really read anything, so when I am not sleeping in between busy times, I have been catching up on the news ... TV... I can't believe I have been so lazy!

I plan on starting St. Mary's after I finish the Sci-Fi one about the precog... She seems to be having some setbacks with boot camp right now... As I said, going slow because of being the only caregiver and trying to deal with everything at the same time... I truly apologize!

[Brian]

Hey Choko!!

On a side note Iain I am loving the Poor Man’s fight series. I’m on book 3. What a hidden gem you found

[Tonari no Emily]

No worries Choko, take the rest you need and I hope he gets better! As you so often say, we'll be here when you're ready :)

[Tonari no Emily]

Deffo agree Brian! Loved those books so far

[Choko]

I actually finished all the Poor Man Fight books, I loved them and I really hope that the author writes more in the series, because I don't feel that was an end ...

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

He’s writing more… there are snippets on patreon…

[Tonari no Emily]

Nirkatze wrote: "St. Mary's #...8? The one after the Markham short. Um... found it! And the Rest Is History. I just read through everyone's comments in the last two weeks that I've missed and it looks like St. Mary's has kinda stalled out?"

I went through And the Rest is History pretty quickly! Agree with a lot of your main points..
Re Peterson (view spoiler)[ Right??? I so feel bad for him and I don't feel like we got to grieve with him for Helen very much this book because of Matthew being missing and then Leon presumed dead.. But yeah I'm also Team Peterson here, can't quite forget how Leon treated Max initially that totally pissed me off! The wound stings less now, but I still remember! NOt that I wanted Leon to die, but I think Max and Peterson could have found comfort in eachother... But Idk on the other hand trauma relationships are not the most stable haha (hide spoiler)]

I'm MOST thankful that (view spoiler)[ Markham didn't die though! I love that guy, definitely a favorite of mine. And the trio of Peterson, Markham and Max is just great. So thankful to have him back and contracting all sorts of weird diseases and accumulating various injuries xD (hide spoiler)]

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

iirc, (view spoiler)[it was the missing Leon from this book that saved Max in the previous book?... hadn't seen her in awhile, made her think she was dead in the future (hide spoiler)]

[Tonari no Emily]

Timelord Iain wrote: "iirc, [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[ He wasn't missing from his perspective, but from Max's perspective it was after he "died" and visited her right after he saved the past Max..

Wow that's a confusing sentence xD (hide spoiler)]

[Tonari no Emily]

@Iain, do you know when the audio for the newest October Daye book will be released by any chance? I think the print will be out this month!

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

No idea... this happens every couple years, tho... with Mary Robinette Kowal being a successful writer, her schedule doesn't always line up to release the audiobook on time...

Then, Audible has an annoying habit of just not listing a release date, it'll just exist one day, with a release date pretending it's been there since the ebook released, weeks/months prior...

I deal with this almost every year, with the Invisible Library series...

Best source of info on this stuff is generally twitter, if the narrator is active, but twitter locks you out after about 2 pages of scrolling, without an account, now...

[Tonari no Emily]

Ah, just did a Twitter search, looks like it will be released 9/13.. I suppose I can wait that long :D

[Tonari no Emily]

Ugh kinda wanted to do a full reread of October Daye before the release, but I have too many other reads planned to do a binge...
I think I'll try next year though..

[Tonari no Emily]

2 for 1 sale on audible right now... Not much I've wanted, and the things I do want I can get from the library easily or get it cheaper with KU.. Bummer.. Though I really don't need anymore books right now haha

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

I’ve re-read October Daye a few times…

Re-reading the Tarot Sequence now… the first of three planned trilogies ended this year, but it’s been 3 years since the first 2 books came out… the easiest comparison is an M/M Hidden Legacy series with houses and titles linked to tarot cards…

[Narilka]

Emily wrote: "2 for 1 sale on audible right now... Not much I've wanted, and the things I do want I can get from the library easily or get it cheaper with KU.. Bummer.. Though I really don't need anymore books r..."

Blasphemy! You always need more books :D

[Narilka]

Would anyone like to BR Ruby Fever? It releases on the 23rd if I remember right.

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

I'll be reading it...

[Narilka]

I'll request a thread. I'm sure more will be interested. I'll date it for a week after though I intend to start as close to release date as I can assuming I'm not finishing something else at the time.

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Finished my re-read of The Last Sun, and jumped right into The Hanged Man... it's honestly as if I've never read these before, my memory for the details is so terrible... clearly wasn't paying close enough attention...

But they ARE really good... and I was just on the author's GR page and saw a Q&A which indicated he's a heavy planner, and has outlines for the whole 9 book series... he says the first 3 books reveal the secrets that the MC has been keeping from the reader, the 2nd trilogy reveals the secrets that have been kept from the MC by those around him (there are mentions of more prophecies and instances of weird impossible powers)... and the final trilogy is the Endgame... has me really looking forward to all the books... hopefully the delays on book 3 were pandemic related, and not a sign of things to come... first 2 books came out in 2018-2019, and then nothing until this year...

[Tonari no Emily]

Narilka wrote: "Emily wrote: "2 for 1 sale on audible right now... Not much I've wanted, and the things I do want I can get from the library easily or get it cheaper with KU.. Bummer.. Though I really don't need a..."

You're not wrong xD

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

I’m starting to seriously doubt I read The Hanged Man, Tarot Sequence #2… if I did, I was paying terrible attention… I think I’d remember reading a book so similar to Hidden Legacy #2… all it’s missing is ninja ferrets…

[Choko]

I am finally getting to St. Mary's #8, And The Rest is History... Just finished Ch. 5 and wow!!!!! (view spoiler)[ Ronan really wanted a truce and the Time Police screwed the whole thing big time! So much tragedy would have been prevented if they only didn't interfere!!! I can't believe Helen is dead and Mathew is gone! I am not mad at Pierce, because he is devastated and lashing out, but I hope that Max listens to Markham and doesn't take his words to heart at this moment... And doctor B. is so awesome! (hide spoiler)]

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Yea... there's no way I read Hanged Man before... and what a mistake that was... it was awesome...

On a sidenote, I love how the author clearly labels the climax of the story Endgame, and splits it into Parts if it needs to be multiple chapters... makes it clear we're heading into the final action sequence...

And, a dinosaur with arthritis might beat ninja ferrets... depending on the ramifications of winning it as a spoil of war at the end :D

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Gonna start St. Mary's #8 now... if I read enough of it today, I can still do Tarot Sequence #3 tomorrow... priorities :D

[Choko]

I loved St. Mary's #8... A bit sad, a bit hopeful... But all together it had that St. Mary's awesomeness that I love so much! I have to say, the raid on Constantinople was absolutely horrific!!! I thought the William sequence was very well done as well. And I felt very sad for (view spoiler)[Pierce... He lost the most from our main characters and his date totally fell through as well... As far as Mathew is concerned, I have no idea how to feel about that whole situation. It is so horrible that he wasn't able to grow up with the love and care of his parents, and that he was obviously abused, but I am sad that they are going to compound the loss of family bonding by letting him go with the Time Police... I feel sad for the whole family... I am very curious to see where this goes from here. Also, I just thought we finally got rid of Ronan and it turns out he is still about... Ghhhrrrr!!!! I need that fucker dead!!! (hide spoiler)]

[Choko]

I need to check that Tarot sequence series! Never even heard of it before...

[Tonari no Emily]

There you go again Iain adding things to my neverending TBR :D
Too bad that one wasn't on the sale ><

Re St. Mary's 8 (view spoiler)[ Very much agree with Peterson's loss.. I hope we see some recovery from him in the next book! Or there's some St. Mary's shenanigans to bring back Helen... Though this one seems like a permanent loss to me.. How come Max always gets back Leon??

And 1000% Ronan needs to be offed! (hide spoiler)]

[Nirkatze]

Timelord Iain wrote: "iirc, [spoilers removed]"

Yeah, that was made me positive (view spoiler)[that Leon wasn't dead, because we hadn't seen "old" Leon that saves Max at the standing stones yet... (hide spoiler)]

re: a dinosaur with arthritis might beat ninja ferrets whoa, where'd that come from?? I want to read that....

@Emily, ditto on everything. Though, per Max & Leon--(view spoiler)[most of the uncomfortable treatment was with previous universe Leon--new universe Leon has been solid with Max as far as I can remember--no blaming, no silent treatment, no mistrusting or cold shouldering. I think. (hide spoiler)] Can anyone confirm?

As for Ronan--(view spoiler)[his death was in Other dimension right? So we don't know what his timeline is like in this one? Though I don't think Taylor is overly concerned about messing with her own timeline... (hide spoiler)]

@Choko--wishing you and your family good health and relaxation!

[Nirkatze]

Started A Time for Witches today. Not quite jiving with it yet, but it's still early, and I'm in a jittery mood anyway.

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Nirkatze wrote: "Timelord Iain wrote: "iirc, [spoilers removed]"

Yeah, that was made me positive [spoilers removed]

re: a dinosaur with arthritis might beat ninja ferrets whoa, where'd that come from?? I want to ..."

Been raving about Tarot Sequence, the past few days: The Last Sun, The Hanged Man, and soon to be The Hourglass Throne... the ebooks are on Hoopla, but not the audio... I got the first 2 a long while ago, and the 3rd book I picked up earlier this year and haven't read yet... the arthritic dinosaur was a minor character in Hanged Man, but I think it'll appear again in the next book, now that it's become property of the MC... the ninja ferrets featured heavily in Hidden Legacy #2, and in more minor roles in later books: White Hot... some reviews had fanart, but I'm not searching for it in the new and annoying book page...

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Anytime I talk about something in here, especially more than once, I’m probably trying to get it added to your TBRs 😁😈

Muhahahaha

[Choko]

You are successful at it, you evil, evil man!!!

[Tonari no Emily]

What Choko said 😂

[Nirkatze]

Emily wrote: "Ugh kinda wanted to do a full reread of October Daye before the release, but I have too many other reads planned to do a binge...
I think I'll try next year though.."

I'd be down for that, I've always wanted to read October Daye and haven't any. But next year sounds good. :)

@Choko do be good with words. :) Ditto that too.
@Iain--those books are already on my TBR! I just didn't realize until I looked at the cover. Waaaa so many books I want to read and so little time...

[Choko]

The little time is the problem!!! I once again come back to our need of discovering a way to create that bubble of space and time which we can use just for reading, without affecting our daily life... You know, spend hours and hours without any worries or bills or taking care of others, just reading, drinking tea, not aging, and missing from the real world for just minutes... I would do anything for that to come true!!!

[Narilka]

Choko, if you figure that out you have to let me know. I could use my own little reading bubble right now.

[Tonari no Emily]

Oh yeah! We definitely need to figure out a way for that to happen :)

[Choko]

Hahaha, right?! I am working on it:)))

[Nirkatze]

Joining the cheerleading squad for Choko to come up with that bubble of time thingy!

So, would we continue to age inside the bubble, or does it stop everything? I wouldn't mind if I could just go in it to sleep!

A bit further in Time for Witches. Getting into the Medea business, and things be heating up. The Hero concept ins interesting. And I felt really bad for poor Bill.

[Yanique, Thread Master]

I could really use that bubble tech Choko, so let me know once you figure it out! I’m planning on marathoning Malazan next month…

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

From everything I've learned in LitRPGs, we just need someone to make a Virtual Reality MMORPG (VRMMORPG)... alot of them seem to work on compressed time, where it days pass in game (and feel like real time) while only hours/1 day pass in the real world...

In the Awaken Online series, the MC uses that to do his homework in the compressed time, then spend like 3 days in game before his next school day... the VRMMO also has this like bedchamber you can lay in while playing that stimulates your muscles, so you can also get a free workout and maybe some abs :D

Catharsis