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[Choko]

Emily, you are a joy to read with! You and Nirkatze have been a wonderful more permanent addition to our book addition help group! We are so lucky to have you here with us:)))

[Choko]

Book addicts support group, my phone made a mistake... :) Nyssa and Iain and the rest have been a permanent fixture for a while, but you guys really brought it in 2022! I hope you continue:)))

[Nyssa]

Choko wrote: "Nyssa, new year, new stresses... I am sorry... Life keeps on going and trying to involve us in its drama... Let's have a toast for less stress and more leisure and joy this year!"

Thanks, Choko! (((HUGS)))

[Nyssa]

Choko wrote: "Book addicts support group, my phone made a mistake... :) Nyssa and Iain and the rest have been a permanent fixture for a while, but you guys really brought it in 2022! I hope you continue:)))"

Wait. Are you calling me "old"!?! ;) LOL

[Choko]

Haha! Old addicts, not old folks:))) We stay young because of the awesome books and even more awesome buddies:)))

[Tonari no Emily]

Awww thanks so much Choko! I'm honestly so glad I found this group and stayed active.. It's been so nice actually being able to talk to someone about ALL the books! Even if I have more of a book addiction now :) 🧡

[Choko]

Haha! Emily, we are a horrible addiction support group! We are great at making the addiction worse, but Ooohhh, what a marvelous addiction it is:))) And talking about all the books makes the experience so much better!

[Nirkatze]

Thanks y'all! And dittoing Choko's toast for less stress and more joy in the new year! That's a resolution I can get behind... Hugs all around!

And dittoing Emily too, looking forward to that Mavis scene in the next one. :)

[Nirkatze]

Tonari no Emily wrote: "Awww thanks so much Choko! I'm honestly so glad I found this group and stayed active.. It's been so nice actually being able to talk to someone about ALL the books! Even if I have more of a book ad..."

Oh so much ditto on this!

[Nyssa]

I ditto Nirkatze’s dittoing Choko and Emily!! :D

This is a wonderful group!

[Tonari no Emily]

Ditto to all the dittos! xD

[Choko]

Hahaha! This is why I love being here:) I will be back for the next book on Monday:)

[Monika]

I found book number 2 in charity shop! Over 100 pages behind me :) I really like Eva :) why on earth she's so afraid to admit her feelings to Roarke?

[Nyssa]

Monika wrote: "I found book number 2 in charity shop! Over 100 pages behind me :) I really like Eva :) why on earth she's so afraid to admit her feelings to Roarke?"

Oh. You have much to uncover!!
I'm so glad you can join us fully!!

Sending you an official welcome to your newest obsession! :D

[Nyssa]

Speaking of obsessions. I am writing my mini reviews for each book in the Vengeance in Death / Holiday in Death / Conspiracy in Death / Loyalty in Death / Witness in Death omnibus and reading book #10 Witness in Death.

What book are we supposed to be on at this point? I have lost track.

The reviews will be similar to my updates for each book. I may or may not add additional details (it's a memory and mood thing).

In the future, however, I am encouraged to start working on my reviews as I read a book, especially when in the format of an omnibus.

I did that with Nine Princes of Amber and feel it helped me immensely. It allows me to write enough of a review to where I'll remember the details should I reread the review later but still avoid adding spoilers.

I can't tell you how many of my previous reviews I've read, and I had no idea what I meant at the time.

I am also attempting to make/keep a book journal this year for those very reasons. This will also be a time and mood thing. I hope I'm successful at it.

[Choko]

Those are great plans! I have always wanted to do that, but somehow never find the time and commitment to do it. However, I find it very rewarding when I actually sit down and write a real review, for myself that is, I don't really care if other people read it, but in case they do, I try to be non-spoilery and try to include whom it might be appropriate for.

As far as which book we should be on, I am pretty sure #9. We are right on schedule!

Monica, yay!!! These books read so fast, and are written in a manner that keeps your attention throughout, thus you don't even notice time flying... You are still at the beginning of their relationship:) She is so clueless when it comes to any close relationships, that she tends to bungle them in the beginning no matter what:)

[Monika]

You're right Nyssa with this obsession LOL! Choko I'm almost done with book 2, less than 100 pages left hihihi, just about hour or hour and a half and I'll be done with it :)

[Monika]

Finished :) Tomorrow book number 3. Need to catch up with you guys :)

[Choko]

See, what did I tell you:) They are like enticing bites of murder:) Kind of gruesome, but kind of true...

[Nyssa]

I hereby dub McNab an ILI - Intelligent, Lovable, Idiot!

[Choko]

Hahaha! Totally!!! I will remember this:)))

[Monika]

Catching up speed with The Blinding knife, but afternoon will be for Immortal in Death :)

[Nyssa]

I finished Witness in Death and the omnibus last night. It was good too. The twist was well played!

Since that pushes me like two weeks ahead, I'll take a Break In Death and work on the rest of my list for this month.

I started Fairy Tale by Stephen King this morning, and I will begin The Fairy-Tale Detectives by Michael Buckley at some point today.

[Tonari no Emily]

Break in Death xD that really made me chuckle

Seems you have a theme, Nyssa with the fairy-tales! :D

[Nyssa]

Tonari no Emily wrote: "Break in Death xD that really made me chuckle

Seems you have a theme, Nyssa with the fairy-tales! :D"


:D

[Choko]

Haha!!!

[Monika]

As waiting for books from library taking ages, I decided to buy another 6 on eBay :) I started book 3. I like Peabody I think, she seems competent. Situation between Dallas and Roarke - interesting :) I'm on kindle ,so... No spoilers for peeps who catching up like me ;)

[Choko]

So glad you are enjoying the books, Monika! You are a speedy reader. I hope your household is getting healthier:)))

[Nirkatze]

Hah! Nyssa, I love your ILI dubbing and your Break in Death! Needed that laugh today, thank you!

Glad you're joining us Monika!

[Nirkatze]

Planning on starting #9 Loyalty today. :) A little early, but I need it...

[Monika]

Thank you Choko. Slowly but surely coming out from this crap-y cold, little man seems ok, me and his Daddy still with bit of coughs. Almost reach 50% of book 3 yesterday. Didn't read as much as I could, lazy reader on Sunday ;) Maybe start Strange the Dreamer today.... We'll see.

[Monika]

Book 3 finished! Omg! That was good one!

[Nyssa]

Nirkatze wrote: "Hah! Nyssa, I love your ILI dubbing and your Break in Death! Needed that laugh today, thank you!"

Glad to be of service! :D LOL

Monika wrote: "Book 3 finished! Omg! That was good one!"

Book #3 was my first 5-star of the series.

[Monika]

I gave it 4* but is more than 4.5 really :) end was unbelievable!

[Choko]

Yeah, #3 was pretty awesome! I think it's about when we really start falling in love with the characters...

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Focused on other reads for a few days, and I'm 40 comments behind, here... sheesh :D

Starting Loyalty in Death now... sounds like one of the ones with the weird Robo-Voice Manifesto...

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Choko wrote: "Nirkatze, vacation is almost over...:((( Back to the daily grind and I wish you all it is not as grindy and less difficult, so we all have time for the people and books we love and enjoy:)))"

Time for my mini-vacation, to get a chance to catch up / overtake, on the leaderboards >:D

Choko wrote: "Nyssa, new year, new stresses... I am sorry... Life keeps on going and trying to involve us in its drama... Let's have a toast for less stress and more leisure and joy this year!"

Here, Here!!! (Hear, Hear?... I'm not sure, honestly)...

Nyssa wrote: "I am almost finished with Loyalty in Death.

I haven't really been feeling this one, but I think it's more stress-related on my part than the story itself.

I do want to say, though..."

I think part of her spaciness comes from her made up words (Mag, Ice, etc), and the narrator's character voice (if you do audio, I forget, with all the people here)...

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Tonari no Emily wrote: "Ditto to all the dittos! xD"

Nyssa wrote: "I ditto Nirkatze’s dittoing Choko and Emily!! :D

This is a wonderful group!"

Choko wrote: "Haha! Emily, we are a horrible addiction support group! We are great at making the addiction worse, but Ooohhh, what a marvelous addiction it is:))) And talking about all the books makes the experi..."

Tonari no Emily wrote: "Awww thanks so much Choko! I'm honestly so glad I found this group and stayed active.. It's been so nice actually being able to talk to someone about ALL the books! Even if I have more of a book ad..."

Books in isolation are nice... but being able to share them makes them better...

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Nyssa wrote: "Speaking of obsessions. I am writing my mini reviews for each book in the Vengeance in Death / Holiday in Death / Conspiracy in Death / Loyalty in Death / Witness in Death omnibus ..."

My reviews are vague... I generally talk about how it made me feel, how much I love the author, how excited I am for future books, and things the book reminded me of, generally...

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Nyssa wrote: "Speaking of obsessions. I am writing my mini reviews for each book in the Vengeance in Death / Holiday in Death / Conspiracy in Death / Loyalty in Death / Witness in Death omnibus ..."

I've started changing the date in the title, when I update the week/month/book, so it's easier to figure out what book we're on, when I'm behind on updating the title... like, next week, if it still says Jan 9th, you know it's 1 book behind...

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Nyssa wrote: "I hereby dub McNab an ILI - Intelligent, Lovable, Idiot!"

lol... that sums him up pretty well... I think him and Peabody make a good team, when they get along...

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

20%: "If your feet aren't happy, you aren't happy"

PREACH!!!

:D

[JL]

I starting writing a comment that got lost since I am on my phone so I will just summarize.

Loyalty in Death

(view spoiler)[ I am feeling frustrated at this female character who driller her boyfriend in the heart to death. She is a total sicko to me and I can’t believe she is not in prison.
I’m only a quarter of the way through, but I just found out that she killed him over some photos. What I don’t understand is how she could do this period, let alone with so little evidence. She lives in a time where there is a lot of technology to create illusions and she’s going around murdering people over mail she received. Wow (hide spoiler)]

[Nirkatze]

JL wrote: "I starting writing a comment that got lost since I am on my phone so I will just summarize.

Loyalty in Death

I am feeling frustrated at this female character who..."

I hate it when tech eats my comments...

And dang, with your comments, I just realized I listened to the wrong story. Whoops! Apparently I just did Witness and thought it was Loyalty the whole time.

[Nirkatze]

I just finished #9 EDIT, #10 Witness in Death--it went really fast! Then again, they all do, don't they...

General impressions: (view spoiler)[It's fun seeing Peabody get her groove on. And I am so happy for Mavis!! I also loved the little dinner scene between E&R--some growth there for Eve, trying out little romantic gestures, and the candybar made me laugh! Eve certainly has a sweet tooth. I think there's even a donut line in there somewhere. (hide spoiler)]

I really liked how this one was structured like an Agatha Christie story. Very meta. I wasn't tracking any of the suspects (I still have a hard time keeping people straight on audio--I should try to look up cast lists before I start listening to things...).

And eeeeeekgh that ending revelation. (view spoiler)[No sympathy for the dead, me. Stab him again, please. (hide spoiler)]

[Nirkatze]

Ah well. I just started another Audiobook, but when I finish I'll backtrack to Loyalty. >.<

[Nyssa]

Timelord Iain wrote: "I've started changing the date in the title, when I update the week/month/book, so it's easier to figure out what book we're on, when I'm behind on updating the title... like, next week, if it still says Jan 9th, you know it's 1 book behind."

Thank you, TI!! That will help a lot. :)

[Nyssa]

JL wrote: "I starting writing a comment that got lost since I am on my phone so I will just summarize.

Loyalty in Death

I am feeling frustrated at this female character who driller her boyfriend in the he..."

Yeah, (view spoiler)[ as soon as she said, "I saw pictures," I was like, "Oh no, woman, you messed up!! Those are too easy to fake!" Besides, if he was clearly confused by that accusation (not just denying it but full-on confused), how do you not take a breath and have a conversation instead of committing murder! (hide spoiler)]


Edited to Add; LOL at your last comment about the "victim."

[Nyssa]

Nirkatze wrote: "I just finished #9 EDIT, #10 Witness in Death--it went really fast! Then again, they all do, don't they...

General impressions: (view spoiler)

I really liked how this one was structured like an Agatha Christie story. Very meta. I wasn't tracking any of the suspects (I still have a hard time keeping people straight on audio--I should try to look up cast lists before I start listening to things...).

And eeeeeekgh that ending revelation. (view spoiler)"


I have not been officially diagnosed with any disorders. Still, I know accidentally reading a series out of order would cause an anxiety-induced reaction from me (It's why I can't 'skip' books).

The series order pages are actually one of the reasons I liked GR initially, and catching and fixing book-related issues is why I applied to become a librarian.

My issues aside, I agree with you about E&R. That whole scenario was one of my favorite parts of the book. (view spoiler)[Summerset begrudgingly offering to help, even though neither of them wanted that, made me smile. I was proud of Eve's efforts.

I wish she would acclimate to her surroundings better and learn how to use the resources she has access to instead of feeling guilty about everything all the time. It's like she's looking down on herself because she's wealthy now instead of putting it to good use. (hide spoiler)]

[Choko]

OMG, Nyssa, you and I girl, have the same exact problem!!! I go insane if I have to miss a book or a chapter or if any of those are out of order! It was especially hard in college, because often the courses will start at Ch. 5-6, and will be staying home reading everything from page one, because I just couldn't do it!!! and if it finished with missing some chapters, because we were not covering that material, I still had to read everything in order... It was torturous! Let alone very time consuming, since you know how big those textbooks are. My 4.0 GPA was not worth all that anxiety..