Fantasy Buddy Reads discussion

Scott wrote: "I'd be willing to do any of these as a standalone starting on the 20th. Some are first books in series but we did well with A Crucible of Souls in this format.

[book:The Girl with..."

Finally someone wants to read Age of Iron with me :) I'd be good for that one.

I'd definitely read The Archived or
Age of Iron or
Cinder
The others I have either read already or don't fancy them !
The Girl with All the Gifts is fantastic by the way..

I'm interested in Age of Iron. I just hope I'll manage to squeeze it in my schedule...

Good to know on the girl with all the gifts.

Since we have a second and third for AOI I'll set it up and we'll go with that.

So it looks like The Thorn of Emberlain isn't coming out on September 22nd which frees me up a bit.

Any interest in doing The Dragon Engine

as a standalone and if it's good potentially going right into the sequel which comes out September 6th

Twilight of the Dragons

What honestly turned me onto doing this was bookwraith's review

If J.R.R. Tolkien and George R.R. Martin had gotten together to write a grimdark interpretation of The Hobbit, The Dragon Engine would have been what they came up with. Centered upon a quest to dwarven halls filled with mounds of gold and once inhabited by mighty dragons, it is a tale filled with pulse pounding combat, explicit sex, cringe worthy torture, and plenty of vulgar language. Literally, it is a story that gets your attention the simple, old-fashioned way.

There's more below but that description is pretty much a GrimDark Fantasy lovers version of porn.

https://bookwraiths.com/2015/09/04/th...

It's on my to read shelf so I'm interested.

Samir wrote: "It's on my to read shelf so I'm interested."

Cool. It only takes two so I'll create and add it.

I'm in!

Emma wrote: "I'm in!"

Sweet.

It's funny the fact that I read the same review and added the book on my to read list! End of September should be good for me! I am in!

Since I bailed on The Prince of Nothing series due to not liking it I have some open slots. I'd be willing to do one of these starting Nov 15 and a second starting Dec 15th. These are all first books in a series that can become a series read if we like them but for now only a single book commitment.

Low Town
The Demon King
Half a King
Hyperion
The Garden of Stones
Empire in Black and Gold
Acacia: The War with the Mein
The Fifth Season

Let me know which book and which month.

Scott wrote: "Since I bailed on The Prince of Nothing series due to not liking it I have some open slots. I'd be willing to do one of these starting Nov 15 and a second starting Dec 15th. These are all first boo..."

I'm only on chapter two of Prince of Nothing so if I bail on the series after this book, I will try to join in after others decide.

I've read some of these but one I have to read is The Demon King.
Low town, Half a King and the Fifth Season are all great too!

Emma wrote: "I've read some of these but one I have to read is The Demon King.
Low town, Half a King and the Fifth Season are all great too!"

Month preference?

I'd be interested in Hyperion. I've been meaning to read it for a long time.

Scott wrote: "Emma wrote: "I've read some of these but one I have to read is The Demon King.
Low town, Half a King and the Fifth Season are all great too!"

Month preference?"
Either but November if you needed a deciding vote..

Sorina wrote: "I'd be interested in Hyperion. I've been meaning to read it for a long time."

Month preference?

We'll do Hyperion one of the months and Demon King the other and if others join great.

Fab!

I scheduled Hyperion for Nov and Demon for Dec simply because I know a few people will be more likely to join Demon in Dec and they want to.

Scott wrote: "I scheduled Hyperion for Nov and Demon for Dec simply because I know a few people will be more likely to join Demon in Dec and they want to."

Yeah perfect, that works for me!

Ok. Here is a short list of books which are either first in series or standalone.Smiler's Fair this is leaning towards Grimdark

Ink and Bone

The Waking Fire

Sorcerer to the Crown

And Walk on Earth a Stranger this is a YA historical fantasy blend

Company Town this is fantasy- sci Fi

If anyone wants to read these in the next 6 weeks or so, please let me know and I can set up a thread.

Very cool suggestions...

... which totally bums me out because I'm (over)committed well into the new year so there's no way I could do any of them so soon.

Going to sulk into a corner now :-(

Emma wrote: "
Ink and Bone"

I'd have interest in this but probably not until next year.

Sorcerer to the Crown and Walk on Earth a Stranger are both on my to-read list. I can buddy read those.

Tammie wrote: "Sorcerer to the Crown and Walk on Earth a Stranger are both on my to-read list. I can buddy read those."

I was just about to start Walk on Earth a Stranger
Are you free to start soon (ish)?

I can start next week.

Tammie wrote: "I can start next week."

Great! I'll Set up a thread to start 31 October :)

A while ago we were talking about starting a BR of Uprooted in december. If I'm not mistaken, Dani, Aristea, Scott and Angela were interested at the time.

Are you guys still up for it? What do you think about 2 december as a start date?

Daniel wrote: "A while ago we were talking about starting a BR of Uprooted in december. If I'm not mistaken, Dani, Aristea, Scott and Angela were interested at the time.

Are you guys still up for it? What do yo..."

I've set you up a folder in Standalones for this.

Honestly, I forgot all about this. I'd still like to read it some time as it's on my tbr pile but I already planned to continue the Riyria Revelations and read The Golem and the Jinni in December.

Emma wrote: "I've set you up a folder in Standalones for this. "

Thanks! Hopefully you won't have to close it again due to lack of participants. :P

Anyone up for The Waking Fire? I was thinking of starting either 5 or 12 December if there is interest? I'm just reading Blood Song by this author and I'm impressed. I always thought The Waking Fire sounded more my taste than Blood Song, so now I'm keener to read it!

Daniel wrote: "A while ago we were talking about starting a BR of Uprooted in december. If I'm not mistaken, Dani, Aristea, Scott and Angela were interested at the time.

Are you guys still up for it? What do yo..."

Sorry Daniel, I can't fit it in next month. If there isn't enough interest I can look to read the book in January?

Emma wrote: "Anyone up for The Waking Fire? I was thinking of starting either 5 or 12 December if there is interest? I'm just reading Blood Song by this author and I'm impressed...."

I'm interested.

Definitely! I was just discussing this book yesterday.

There's a thread for uprooted starting soon. I'd love to do that and The Waking Fire but cannot take anything else on this year.

Great! Niki and Tammie and anyone else interested- any preference for 5 or 12th December?

The 12th will give me more time to read because I'll be a smidge less busy, but I can make the 5th work for sure. Although based on our last buddy read, you two will have it finished looooong before I will either way, so it doesn't matter much haha.

Angela wrote: "Sorry Daniel, I can't fit it in next month. If there isn't enough interest I can look to read the book in January?"

Well, it seems like most people can't fit Uprooted into their schedules anymore. January it is. ^^

Daniel wrote: "Angela wrote: "Sorry Daniel, I can't fit it in next month. If there isn't enough interest I can look to read the book in January?"

Well, it seems like most people can't fit Uprooted into their sch..."

I will update the thread. Sorry to hear that..

Emma wrote: "Great! Niki and Tammie and anyone else interested- any preference for 5 or 12th December?"

Either date works for me.

Great!
I will post it for 12 December and pace myself when reading it. There's no point in rushing through with A buddy read or you don't get the discussion and book chat!

Sounds good - thanks!

I'd love to propose reading Gods of Anthem. The sequel is coming out, so I'd love to reread it. It was SO good!!! Gets over 4.5 stars on here. Any interest? Perhaps for mid-February or so??

NOOOOOOOO not February!! Fully Booked until April! April or May will be best

Basia wrote: "I'd love to propose reading Gods of Anthem. The sequel is coming out, so I'd love to reread it. It was SO good!!! Gets over 4.5 stars on here. Any interest? Perhaps for mid-February or so??"

Basia, there's a folder for this now. Starting Feb 14th

Emma! You're awesome. Thank you!!!

And Quinn, it's SUCH A GREAT BOOK! :)

I know but already have other book schedule to read!

I know how that goes. Believe me!! I've no doubt there'll be so many others in the future! And who knows? Maybe you'll end up reading it at some point anyway, then want to get in on reading the sequel with others. ;)