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[Choko]

I think there are only three books in it, but I had no idea it was a TV show...

Let me know if Plain Bad Heroes would be something I might like or not, would you please?:)

[Choko]

Midnight Texas #1... In Ch. 23, did the cat really talk, or was it only a perception of it? Also, that Maggie, the old creature lady who came for the broche, what kind of monster is she???? Can't wait to find out, if it is at all relative though....

[Brian]

I should not be allowed in books stores!! Took my daughter to Barnes and Noble tonight for some children books (she's 4). Went a little crazy and bought about 10 ten new books to go to my never ending pile of paperbacks to get to.

[Narilka]

Brian wrote: "I should not be allowed in books stores!! Took my daughter to Barnes and Noble tonight for some children books (she's 4). Went a little crazy and bought about 10 ten new books to go to my never end..."

What did you buy?

[Tonari no Emily]

Most of my hardcopies are secondhand, so when I go into a new bookstore I feel safer because the prices hurt me lol (Don't let me into a halfprice though 😅)

But agree with Narilka here, what books did you get?? :D

[Julian]

For me it's always the thrift stores that get me. My local one sells nearly new books for $0.50-$1.00 depending on paperback or hardback. I always end up finding some hidden gems and can't resist at those prices

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Brian is my Iain (TBR filler)

[Brian]

Tonari no Emily wrote: "Most of my hardcopies are secondhand, so when I go into a new bookstore I feel safer because the prices hurt me lol (Don't let me into a halfprice though 😅)

But agree with Narilka here, what books..."

Oh they had a good sale. I am with you, sometimes the Barnes and Noble prices can be ridiculous. I bought:

The Reckoning
Jekyll & Hyde Inc.
End of Days
The Killing Moon
Temple
An Illusion of Thieves
The Chain
Cell
Furies of CalderonSteel Fear
The List of Seven

Also, in the last audible sale I bought like 30 books, to include all of the Malazan series. I am determined to finally start it and finish it next year.

I have a problem!!! lol. With Soo, Chocko, and Iain my pile just keeps growing forever.

[Choko]

I am a book hoarder and this is why I have a self imposed ban on book stores. I have so many, that usually when someone says, hey you want to read so and so book, I am like, sure, let me just dig it out. It is mostly the new books I have to actually buy... But I also go around the rural libraries and donate the books I think are good and I am done with... Unless, of course, it's Sanderson, Ericson or other of my super -favorites... Those I keep for myself for ever:))))

[Choko]

Finished Midnight Texas #1... A very pleasant and cute cozy paranormal mystery, perfect for the Halloween season for people like me, who do not like horror... I didn't see the killer coming, despite catching the weird vibes from the start... I really like the ambiance of the setting though and am jumping in the next one right away:)

[Choko]

Brian, so many books, so little time!!! But how wonderful it is to have all these choices!:)))

[Brian]

Choko wrote: "Brian, so many books, so little time!!! But how wonderful it is to have all these choices!:)))"

I agree!!! It's a pretty great problem to have!

[Tonari no Emily]

Yeah I definitely bought way more on the audible sale than I should have xD

You got me to add a couple more to my TBR! I could use a speed bubble right about now...

[Narilka]

Choko wrote: "I am a book hoarder and this is why I have a self imposed ban on book stores. I have so many, that usually when someone says, hey you want to read so and so book, I am like, sure, let me just dig i..."

Self imposed ban on book stores does not compute hahaha

I'm a book collector too ;)

[Narilka]

Brian wrote: "list of books"

Oooo nice list. I'll keep an eye out for your review of An Illusion of Thieves. I've been curious about it but not enough to buy it yet.

[Choko]

I think those of us who are at home on the Vagabond thread, are all book addicts and should have a keeper every time we get even close to the vicinity of a book store or an audiobook sale... We kind of gravitate to one another... I love it!!!

[Choko]

Iain, speaking of having all the books, I actually do have all the Charlene Harris books, and whenever you want, I will join you in reading the rest of them...

Midnight Texas #2... about 10 characters in, and I feel for our young psychic. However, I don't understand the residents of Midnight when it comes to Olivia. They are all willing to believe that she might be (view spoiler)[ a prostitute, but it is obviously much more likely that she is a professional assassin. My first thought was that still in book 1... (hide spoiler)]

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Choko wrote: "Finished Midnight Texas #1... A very pleasant and cute cozy paranormal mystery, perfect for the Halloween season for people like me, who do not like horror... I didn't see the killer coming, despit..."

Right?... it was great... I devoured all 3 in under 24hrs...

I started watching the Aurora Teagarden books on youtube... they were turned into a 17 movie Hallmark series over the last couple years... taking me a few days to finish the first one, since I haven't been giving myself much time for TV...

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Narilka wrote: "Brian wrote: "list of books"

Oooo nice list. I'll keep an eye out for your review of An Illusion of Thieves. I've been curious about it but not enough to buy it yet."

I read the first 2 on Hoopla audio... 3rd book never made it to audio tho... and I haven't made time for the ebook...

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Choko wrote: "Iain, speaking of having all the books, I actually do have all the Charlene Harris books, and whenever you want, I will join you in reading the rest of them...

Midnight Texas #2... about 10 chara..."

Her backstory comes out in book 2-3... I love the new old people at the hotel in book 2+...

Book 3 resolved the main things of the series, but left room for future books...

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

And I'll let you know when I do more Harris books...

Recently added the next Gunnie Rose to my TBR... that's a new release tho...

[Narilka]

Timelord Iain wrote: "Narilka wrote: "Brian wrote: "list of books"

Oooo nice list. I'll keep an eye out for your review of An Illusion of Thieves. I've been curious about it but not enough to buy it yet."

I read the f..."

Did you like them?

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Yea... interesting world/magic system... much more easily digestible than Transformation / Revelation (same author, different pseudonym)

It was a BR with Soo & Julian in this thread, back in February, I think...

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

If we're scheduling series BRs for 2023 already (October Daye was mentioned in another thread), my votes are for Heartstrikers & Laundry Files...

I've been trying to find time to get you guys to try Laundry Files for months, and suddenly have a desire for a Heartstrikers re-read, as well...

They're kinda 2 ends of the spectrum... Heartstrikers is a pretty fun and fluffy read, for the most part... the one nice dragon in a family of manipulators...

Laundry Files, on the other hand, starts off like The Office for wizards, or something to that extent, and slowly morphs into an awesome Cthulhu-themed nightmare, as CODE NIGHTMARE RAINBOW events start happening with more and more frequency... some themes are reminiscent of Peter Clines' Threshold series (for why these things are happening)...

Nice Dragons Finish Last
The Atrocity Archives

[Narilka]

I bought a copy of The Atrocity Archives. I'd like to pencil that in for 2023. I plan to try the first and then decide from there.

[Tonari no Emily]

Yes would love to try the Laundry Files! I think that would be good for 2023

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Pretty much all the Laundry Files books are on Hoopla, with few exceptions, if you guys have library cards with access to that (I know it varies, and is mostly a USA thing)...

...and don't want to spend money...

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Narilka wrote: "I bought a copy of The Atrocity Archives. I'd like to pencil that in for 2023. I plan to try the first and then decide from there."

Just a word of warning, the Atrocity Archives is the dryest entry of the series... I'd say at least give book 2 a shot, if book 1 isn't the greatest for you... I really liked the twist of plot in book 2 alot... The Jennifer Morgue

[Choko]

OK, we also have to decide what are we going to be reading in the Vagabond for 2023... Maybe we can do the Laundry Files in it starting January? For the Nice Dragons Finish Last we should make a whole series thread, so others could join us if they wish...

[Choko]

Finished Midnight Texas #2 ... (view spoiler)[ I thought the kid was absolutely adorable!!! And they are Bengals! How awesome is that???

I feel horrible for Olivia's childhood, but I appreciated her talk with Preacher, where he pretty much agreed with her that she is dead inside... And I know that they feel most comfortable with calling her a thief, but I still say that she is an assassin, at least by nature.

Once again the killer and the reasons for the murder were unexpected, but I was very satisficed with the resolution:) However, I want to know more about Bellboy. I know it has something to do with Sookie, but although I have read all of those books, I don't remember much... I still don't trust the reasoning behind someone rebuilding and reopening that hotel in the middle of nowhere - very, very shady! The old people were fun though, despite obviously being used by the hotel folks as an excuse. I was thinking that they might actually take them somewhere to die, not to a high-end nursing home. I hope we get a follow-up on them....

I am totally infatuated with Fiji's character! I really hope Bobo opens his eyes and sees her for the person she is, not just a heavy-set eccentric friend lady.... I was also hoping that she will get the kid, but I guess the dad had other ideas. I didn't catch whom he chose to work with by the end of the book... (hide spoiler)]

Once again, I enjoyed it quite well and am looking to start with the last one tomorrow:)))

[Choko]

I was also going to ask, which series is better to start with - The Laundry Files or The Merchant Princes? Are they in anyway related?

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Choko wrote: "I was also going to ask, which series is better to start with - The Laundry Files or The Merchant Princes? Are they in anyway related?"

They're separate, I haven't read Stross's more fantasy fare... I've considered it, but the low reviews have pushed me away... not sure even Soo is a fan...

I love Laundry Files so much, I keep reconsidering, then still don't...

The Heartstrikers thread sounds like a plan... I'll mention it in the BR Invite thread in November/December... let 2023 get closer and the hype start building... things always heat up, close to New Years'...

[Tonari no Emily]

We also need to finish St. Mary's!

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

You guys just need to tell me when... I'm sure we can bust those out in the next few months... we're close to the end of the current St. Mary's books, and there's 3 Time Police books, I think...

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Are we waiting to start #11 still?... I've kinda lost track...

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

I have 10.5, 10.6, and 11 loaded on my ipod... so that's where I'm at, at least... if I'm behind, I can work on catching up when I finish my current book soon, and Scholomance 3...

[Choko]

I can do 10.6 today and start 11 this weekend?

[Tonari no Emily]

Yeah that works for me! I think we slowed down due to other BRs and Nirkatze had less time with her work season starting up again

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Yea... September and early October was a glut of Buddy reads.... mostly stuff we scheduled back at the start of the year...

[Narilka]

Timelord Iain wrote: "What an ending... I wouldn't have minded a few more chapters, but respect the decision..."

I finished The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August and have opened all your spoilers. You did a great job of guessing things. I also agree, it could've used a couple more chapters at the end. (view spoiler)[I'd have liked to actually read about how he kills Vincent's family before he's born to stop him and actually see that time returns to normal. And then have him delivery the letter. It's not like this is exactly linear story telling haha

Otherwise, pretty great book. Groundhog's Day with a huge twist. (hide spoiler)]

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Narilka wrote: "Timelord Iain wrote: "What an ending... I wouldn't have minded a few more chapters, but respect the decision..."

I finished The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August and have opened ..."

Seeing you reading the book definitely brought back memories... I loved how different people handled the time loop differently, like the merc that fought in wars...

And how drastically the MC was able to change his own life, when the need arose...

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Went "Full Nirkatze" today, after Jodi Taylor used firkle in like the 3rd book/story in a row... it's a word that makes sense in context, but I was curious if it was a real word...

The word is on urban dictionary, and was submitted to the Collins dictionary in 2014, but is still pending... the general definition is to root around or rummage/search...

But, I also found it in an article in the Irish Times from 2000, collecting words of contempt, and had an incident where someone called their neighbor a "dirty firkle", lol... from the German ferkle, which apparently means pig...

[Narilka]

Timelord Iain wrote: "Narilka wrote: "Timelord Iain wrote: "What an ending... I wouldn't have minded a few more chapters, but respect the decision..."

I finished The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August ..."

I could see how being a kalachakra would be frustrating with a need to keep boredom at bay. I guess it's good they can reset themselves once in a while that way.

[Choko]

Firkle, hahaha!!! It totally makes sense the way you explained it Iain, both ways:) I have to start trying to incorporate it into my daily vocabulary:)))

[Choko]

So, I just finished Midnight Texas #3 and I thoroughly enjoyed it! And it is very timely for Halloween:))) Favorite characters - mister Snuggly! Second favorite character - the tiger kid:))) Honestly, I wish there were more in the series, because it could have gone way longer... Did she write anything, like a spinoff , about any of the other characters? This setting feels really comfy to me...

[Brian]

Choko wrote: "So, I just finished Midnight Texas #3 and I thoroughly enjoyed it! And it is very timely for Halloween:))) Favorite characters - mister Snuggly! Second favorite character - the tiger kid:))) Honest..."

Dang it Choko!!! You've now forced me to download Midnight Texas #1. LOL

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

It’s a solid trilogy/series… great cozy characters…

I think most of Harris’ time since finishing the trilogy has been spent writing the Gunnie Rose series… it’s an alt-history weird western with magic and a splintered America… either the civil war or WWI went differently, and then the Russian stuff around 1900 went differently, and America was split in 3 with a Russian rebel group ruling California… been reading it for a few years now… book 3.5/4 is due out soon… it’s been labeled Gunnie Rose #4, but is from the POV of her younger sister so I dunno what to call it…

[Narilka]

I started The President's Vampire today on audio. Only one chapter in and (view spoiler)[We're taking on lizardmen! It puts me in mind of that conspiracy theory of lizard people living in tunnels and stuff lol While I was hoping for more about Dr Frankenstein, this should be fun too. Who knows, maybe the powder is his creation. (hide spoiler)]

@Choko, I'll be doing Space Team 4 after finishing this one. So 3-4 weeks out at best guess.

[Brian]

I loved the President’s Vampire series. Enjoy!

[Choko]

Narilka, I will join you for sure:)