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Quantum Curators (#3) and the Missing Codex [August 12, 2023]
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Another great entry in the series... but, WOW... talk about throwing the world/worldbuilding into turmoil...
This series is bonkers... but I feel like the decisions make sense (more sense than the Beta Earth dogma)...
I feel like I'm definitely going to have to make time for the ebooks of the rest of the series, somehow...
Timelord Iain wrote: "I read this this morning...Another great entry in the series... but, WOW... talk about throwing the world/worldbuilding into turmoil...
This series is bonkers... but I feel like the decisions ma..."
I am going to read the next Galand book then this one. I believe they are in KU so if you didn't want to wait for the audio you can easily get the books.
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Timelord Iain wrote: "It's an eye-reading thing... I'm terrible at making time for eye-reading, 99% of the time... I'm working on Tsalmoth right now... 4 chapters in 2-3 weeks... out of 17"I understand that, I try to carve out at least a couple of hours each weekend to read an ebook but sometimes it is tough to do that even. I feel like these are super quick reads/listens though so I'm up for continuing now if you like. This depends on how I feel about this book though mind you lol
I read this yesterday and it was a ton of fun! I loved all the (view spoiler)I'm definitely interested in continuing--but considering that the first three books came out on audio just last year, I'm hoping that the others might also come out on audio... and I don't think I could cram in any more eyebooks before December.
Dammit, now I am sad I started the next Galand book before this one! It'll be this weekend before I get to this one most likely but I am looking forward to it!
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Finished the second Galand book for this month, will start this tonight!
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The middle of the month is packed for me so I have been trying to get 2 Galand books done early in the month. Having 2 days off of work did me in, I had shit to do and I didn't realize how much I listen to while I am working!
I keep trying to catch up... should've scheduled proper... I'm hoping to get to the second one this week...
Nirkatze wrote: "I keep trying to catch up... should've scheduled proper... I'm hoping to get to the second one this week..."You'll get there! They are stupid long, next month we only have 2 to read and it's like 1200 pages!
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Timelord Iain wrote: "When we were scheduling Cycles of Arawn/Galand/Scour, we were pretty resistant to another 14 month Buddy Read..."I complain about how long they are but honestly I am glad we did more than one a month, I am not certain I would have stuck with it for more than a year.
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Timelord Iain wrote: "I think trilogies work best… lets you resolve a plotline each month"Depends on the trilogy. I absolutely could have read Abercrombie's The First Law trilogy in a month, same with Klune's Green Creek or Verania series, I even read Schwab's Darker Shades (is that the series name?) in a month earlier this year but I found those very engaging. The Robertson books aren't bad, they just haven't grabbed me so I need to know what is going to happen. I am interested enough to continue but this one had a cliffhanger and I am fine waiting to read the next after I clear the books I have planned for the next week or so.
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Depends on the trilogy. I absolutely could have read Abercrombie's The First Law trilogy in a month, same..."
I was actually referencing these Cycle books... doing 3 a month lets us resolve a storyline each month, instead of basically getting 1/3 of a story...
I could have done Arawn monthly, since they were more complete stories...
Timelord Iain wrote: "Ann-Marie wrote: "Timelord Iain wrote: "I think trilogies work best… lets you resolve a plotline each month"Depends on the trilogy. I absolutely could have read Abercrombie's The First Law trilog..."
Ideally these would be much more engaging for me though. I am afraid that if I fall behind I will not finish and if so I do not see me re-reading/listening to catch up and finish the series. It's not yet a slog to get through but it's felt close a couple of times lol
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If I actually pause/stop to eat & watch TV, it's easier to convince myself to keep watching, than it is to convince myself to stop listening and watch instead...
I am okay letting a book go to 2 days to complete but I have been avoiding starting new shows. I do need to watch S2 of Good Omens soon, likely this weekend since it is only 6 episodes. The only other show I will definitely watch is Only Murders in the Building and soon Ahsoka!
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I really enjoyed Jack Ryan and I thought Krasinski played a good part, I am sad to see him go. My mom has been going through cancer treatments recently so we did watch some stand-up specials on Netflix to make her laugh so now I want to start listening to Two Bears One Cave podcast because I <3 Bert & Tom so much!!!! Nerd game shows sound fun, may look for some of those.....
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Dropout.tv has Gamechanger, which is kinda like Taskmaster on British TV, where the goal of the show changes every episode... there are 5 seasons, fair amount of episodes...
I also really like Um, Actually... that's the true nerd trivia show... the host reads note cards about fandom content, but one fact is wrong, and contestants buzz in and say "Um, Actually, _______" like you would in real life if you were a superfan and your fandom was being mangled... covers all sorts of shows/movies/comics/anime/etc/etc/etc... that one has 8 seasons and LOTS of episodes...
Both of these shows have some content, clips, or whole episodes on youtube...
Dropout.tv is $6/mo, or $60/yr... i signed up for the D&D stuff... few D&D seasons are on youtube, rest are on Dropout... some seasons also let you watch a few episodes on youtube to lure you in, and need Dropout to finish... later seasons also have Adventuring Party, an aftershow where the cast disects the previous episode and decompresses before the next campaign episode... from what I understand, campaigns are filmed in like 2 week spans or less, doing multiple episodes a day + the adventuring party episodes... then it releases several months later...
I also like Make Some Noise, a spinoff of Gamechanger, that involves doing improv to prompts written up by the host, solo, and in pairs and all 3 working together...
https://www.tiktok.com/@gamechangersh...
I watched some of the content on TikTok and it was funny, I'll check it out, thanks!
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The three dudes in that clip are pretty much the origins of the spinoff show... I think it was actually the first episode of Gamechanger ever... the show is hosted by Sam Reich, CEO of Dropout, which is what College Humor rebranded as, when it basically went bankrupt in 2018, and was bought out by Sam...
The premise is so fun and works so well with those 3 contestants, that it actually became a bit in the first 4 seasons that they were brought back on for a Round 4-6, 7-9, and 10-12, where their points kept carrying over...
Spinning it off into it's own show actually finally allowed other contestants to participate... they still appear as a trio once a season, tho... Make Some Noise is in the middle of season 2 right now... I hear Wayne Brady is going to be on it at some point... probably the season 2 finale... not sure if this is because of the Writer Strike, or if it's just serendipity... Sam Reich has gotten some pretty high profile guests and guest judges in the past... he did a zoom episode with Michael Winslow from Police Academy, and did a special event Game Changer multi-part Survivor game, with guest judges from one of those cake shows, Howie Mendel, and a few others...
Me talking about Dropout shows is starting to feel like me talking about Sanderson & the Cosmere :D
"Umm, Actually..." makes me think of the Andrea Vernon books...
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