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[Choko]

Yes, and I have it cued, but I have several major books going at the moment and we should try to get it sometime in December...

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Sounds good... November and January are busy :D

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Found another book we should read... since I'm hyping on Rachel Aaron right now... she released her new book over the summer, and I missed it... it's on KU, and you can get audio for $7.49 with KU ebook checkout...

The Last Stand of Mary Good Crow (Crystal Calamity #1)... sounds like a weird western variant of Rachel Aaron's other series (Eli Monpress, Heartstrikers, DFZ)... 1866 Montana, a crystal mine is discovered in Montana with some sort of valuable properties... upends the world, but the mines whisper and drive men crazy / into monsters... but the MC just hears a nice singing voice... plot seems to involves exploring deeper into the mines and uncovering secrets... beginning of a series...

I constantly want to find/read more weird westerns...

[Tonari no Emily]

Iain, probably a good idea to use series threads for longer BRs... and we'll still have plenty of stuff to BR here from what you get us all to read xD

Need to read The Heretic Royal when it comes out!

[Tonari no Emily]

Also I loved Heartstrikers so definitely down for anything by Rachel Aaron!

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Tonari no Emily wrote: "Iain, probably a good idea to use series threads for longer BRs... and we'll still have plenty of stuff to BR here from what you get us all to read xD

Need to read [book:The Heretic Royal|59646600..."

Fuck Yea, we do... I need to know how things play out, now that Annwyl the Bloody has shown up in the North-North-Northlands amid the Blacksmith Queen's group...

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Tonari no Emily wrote: "Iain, probably a good idea to use series threads for longer BRs... and we'll still have plenty of stuff to BR here from what you get us all to read xD

Need to read [book:The Heretic Royal|59646600..."

I'll rave and make the Laundry Files thread tomorrow... probably set it to start around January 29th-ish... I'll have to look at the Upcoming BR list, again...

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

In other Rachel Aaron news, her SF trilogy as Rachel Bach (I think this is her married name/pseudonym, and Aaron is maiden name/pseudonym?... she wrote a LitRPG with husband and they both use Bach last name)... anyway... the Paradox trilogy is finally all on audio... more impetus for me to finish it... first 2 books got audio a decade ago... 3rd book got audio last week...

[Choko]

I am in for all of that!!! But you know it:)))

[Choko]

Narilka, Space Team #4... Just finished it and once again, I thoroughly enjoyed it. The dude with the clones was fascinating and I am glad the girl's situation was resolved in the manner it was. Splurt!!!❤️❤️❤️ He is really one of the cutest mass murderers there are in literature and he steals every scene he is in. Kevin is still the worst AI , but he is exactly what The Space Team needs! I am glad he was not "fixed"...

I am here to see what you think of it:)))

[Brian]

I love Space Team. One of the best hidden Gem series out there.

[Narilka]

Choko wrote: "Narilka, Space Team #4... Just finished it and once again, I thoroughly enjoyed it. The dude with the clones was fascinating and I am glad the girl's situation was resolved in the manner it was. Sp..."

Awww awesome! I'll report back soon. Didn't get hardly any reading in today and what I did read was my physical book.

[Tonari no Emily]

I have the first three Space Team! I've really been wanting to read but I need to get a few other books out of the way first.

[Choko]

I will totally read them with you, Em! I listen to them as a treat from time to time:)))

[Nirkatze]

Dang, I'd love to do Space Team also, and @Iain, the Rachel Bach trilogy has been on my TBR for a while too, but I am very backlogged with my audios... still need to catch up with St. Mary's and also want to join the Deathalon of J.D. Robb books... but all that's on hold until I run out of Goodreads Choice Audiobooks...

[Narilka]

I think you'd enjoy Space Team :) Just let us know when you are ready. You'll get lots of comments from the peanut gallery lol

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

I already read the first 2 bach audiobooks at some point... so I need to see if I remember enough to skip to the finale...

And I feel the burn of too many BRs :D

Especially when I'm not reading much on my work days at the moment... I have to go on weekend sprees to keep up, like I did last Tuesday/Wednesday with all them GR Award books...

[Narilka]

Oh dear. Audible has started their Black Friday sale already. Lots of titles $5-$8. I haven only just started looking through them.

[Brian]

Dang it! I still have like 25 titles to get to from last sale

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Are the Girl Genius books on sale?... I can't check, I don't think, with everything on sale... I own them all, but it's another series I'd like to see people try... nobody ever makes time for them, and I've read them like 3-4x...

Agatha H and the Airship City
Agatha H and the Clockwork Princess
Agatha H. and the Voice of the Castle
Agatha H. and the Siege of Mechanicsburg

[Brian]

Nope not on this sale.

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Not terribly surprised... they're a pretty niche author...

[Brian]

My Libby app has all four but only #4 in audio format.

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

I think the audio is worth it... the narrator did a phenomenal job with the voices/characters/accents... it's a very multicultural Europa book... comic turned novel/audiobook... the 4 existing books cover the first story arc of the series... the 2nd story arc is still ongoing in comics (and should be the final arc, i think)...

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Hoopla also seems to have the 4 ebooks and the 4th audiobook only... I assume it's because the first 3 came out close to a decade ago, and then they focused on the comic for awhile, and only recently released the 4th book, and it took another year for audio, so it's newish...

[Brian]

I’d be down to read them sometime this year

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Sounds good... we probably plenty booked up through the spring... we can revisit in March/April...

[Nirkatze]

I have the Girl Genius books on audile from a previous sale... would love to read together. :) also, it should tell you a book is "in your library" if you already own it--at least on the webpage it does, I don't know about phone apps.

Any recommendations for this sale? So far I put:
Iron Prince
Rosewater
Beyond the Empire
Optional Retirement Plan
in my cart--I had some others, but I cross checked on Hoopla and was able to delete some.

[Brian]

I picked up Optional Retirement Plan too

[Nirkatze]

Brian wrote: "I picked up Optional Retirement Plan too"

:) I thought it looked fun, and I like RC Bray's narration. Lessee, I also selected some random books by Katherine Arden, Fonda Lee, Marissa Caruso, Josiah Bancroft, Mercedes Lackey, and Pat Barker that're on my TBR. Added to that Blood of Empire and Starless, which I loved, and would be interested in rereading with audio, and giving the following a try:
The Blood Trials
Hall of Smoke
Forest of a Thousand Lanterns

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

I'm feeling pretty jazzed up, today... a solid new Sanderson finale will do that... I finished Lost Metal... having to sleep and work the past 18hrs was rough... now I need to find something else to read... I settled on the Toast of Time... who else but Jodi Taylor wouldn't be crushed under the weight of post-Sanderson reading malaise :D

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Brian wrote: "I picked up Optional Retirement Plan too"

Have you seen the new Connelly and Lee Child releases?

I still love Michael Connelly / Bosch & Ballard & the rest... but Jack Reacher is starting to feel like a joke, especially since Andrew Child basically took over...

I read the blurb for the new Reacher book and it sounded corny AF... the whole blurb was designed for the punchline of "when Jack Reacher is after you, there is No Plan B"... Ba-Dum-Tsh...

[Choko]

I never read anything Connelly or Child... I thought about it, but just never got to it...

About that sale - I am not even looking this time! I refuse to! Audible took all of my money the last two times around and I think I singlehandedly financed their yearly expenses in 2022... But I will join in reading whatever you guys decide to read:)))

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Connelly and Child were 2 of the authors I read in 2012ish, early in my Kindle days, before I moved to Urban Fantasy...

Re:Audible/Amazon: they seem to be getting desperate to drum up sales... all these new rewards programs...

[Narilka]

I admit I am more fond of the 2-for-1 sales on Audible than reduced pricing. I already pay monthly so don't necessarily want to spend more even if it's on a nice discount. That said, they have a Joe Ledger short story collection I'm eyeing. It reminds me that I had to give that series a break due to life and I think I'll be ready to pick it back up in 2023.

[Narilka]

Space Team 4, Ch 6, Splurt is awesome. (view spoiler)[Best player of hide and seek ever lol Nice save of Cal's arm. (hide spoiler)]

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Narilka wrote: "I admit I am more fond of the 2-for-1 sales on Audible than reduced pricing. I already pay monthly so don't necessarily want to spend more even if it's on a nice discount. That said, they have a Jo..."

Because of the dark tones of the series?... the books definitely get DARK, over time...

[Narilka]

Yeah. I had a hard time reading dark books the last two years for some reason ;) After the holidays sounds about right since I have Space Team to finish and then What If 2 already purchased.

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

I mostly avoid Dark books... it's also why some stuff ends up stuck on my TBR forever... but some series I just love too much to abandon, even tho the subject matter is dark... mostly Maberry... the last Rogue International book and Kagen the Damned were bother super dark...

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

I have the same problem with Audible sales I have with all book/game sales... buying things and then never reading/playing them... the lure of the sale, and a blurb that sounds interesting in the moment... I buy too many similar books, then don't want to read them all because too similar...

[Narilka]

Grimdark isn't my thing either in general though I have enjoyed some.

I may stop Joe Ledger with the main series. Or at least let his second series build up first then make a decision. I also have Kagen in my TBR that I just can't pick up yet after scanning the BR from earlier this year.

[Nirkatze]

I guess since this is my first year (not even full year) doing audiobooks, I'm still in acquisition-mode, trying to flesh out my collection to acceptable standards. I have a lot of catching up to do!

re: Connelly & Child--I haven't read any of their books either, but I'm also not very interested... I'm not much for straight-up mysteries or thrillers. I need me a more speculative bent.

re: St. Mary's--it's parsley. It cleanses the palate after every post-book ache.

[Choko]

So agree on St. Mary's!!!

I also stopped Joe Ledger at book 2 last year, because of real life, but I would like to pick it back up eventually... It does get dark though...

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

so dark... you don't even know... dark stuff happens in the original series, but the end of the first book and the whole 2nd book of the sequel series cranks it up 100x... it's so bad (for Joe)...

[Choko]

Now, how is that even possible??? The dude already has it hard, what more could be heaped up on him?

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Choko wrote: "Now, how is that even possible??? The dude already has it hard, what more could be heaped up on him?"

You asked to know... it's bad... (view spoiler)[all his family members that survived the first series are killed by a suicide bomber at a family barbecue in the final pages of the book... for serious... some terrorist payback shit...

So, the second book, he has a complete mental breakdown and goes rogue, a new Dark Joe persona emerges and takes over, ang goes on a solo mission with his trusty dog, John Wick style, hunting all surviving members involved... it's seriously dark for like 80% of the 2nd book... the team isn't sure if Joe can be brought back from the brink... (hide spoiler)]

Yea... there's a reason Soo said she didn't finish the book the first time, I think... I had trouble with it myself, but finished...

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Just found that Amazon has a 3rd Rogue Team International book listed for August 2023...

Cave 13: A Joe Ledger and Rogue Team International Novel... (view spoiler)[13th Cave is found with Dead Sea Scrolls... and honest books of magic spells that work... hunt is on to get them, but anyone that gets near them goes insane... is it a new bioweapon? (I think it's more Eldritch/Cthulhu shit)... Eldritch stuff and magic sound designed to bring the series more in line with the fact that Kagen the Damned somehow takes place thousands of years in Earth's future, despite being a Dark Fantasy... (hide spoiler)]

[Narilka]

Choko wrote: "Now, how is that even possible??? The dude already has it hard, what more could be heaped up on him?"

I paused at book 6. Book 2 isn't really dark in comparison...

[Choko]

Wow! That sounds like a lot to put a character through... I definitely plan on getting back to the series and hopefully read the whole thing!

[Narilka]

Space Team 4, through Ch 10 (view spoiler)[They just landed at the space version of Castle Dracula and Cal shot the guy twice lol I don't know why that was so funny but it was :) (hide spoiler)]