Fantasy Buddy Reads discussion

Scott wrote: "Finished my 3rd series of the challenge Red Rising 3/3 Red Rising. 7 have also been brought up to date."

Sweet!

Finished Stiletto bringing the Chequey Files up to date

Scott wrote: "Finished Stiletto bringing the Chequey Files up to date"

Do you ever sleep? :D

Samir wrote: "Do you ever sleep? :D"

Once. :)

Audiobooks greatly aid my reading. Both Red Rising and Stiletto were audio.

Finished The Death of Dulgath brining Riyeria Chronicles up to date.

Starting the Demon Cycle Feb-1 The Warded Man so I'm open series total remains the same.

Samir wrote: "Scott wrote: "Finished Stiletto bringing the Chequey Files up to date"

Do you ever sleep? :D"

I wondered the same thing. Scott, you are so great at keeping to a reading schedule.

Angela wrote: "I wondered the same thing. Scott, you are so great at keeping to a read..."

Thanks. Again audio is key.

Also finished The Bands of Mourning
finishing off Mistborn Era 2.

The Autumn Republic Finished off the Powder Mage series bringing the total to 4 completed and 11 up to date since starting the challenge.

Congrats! I just read the first book in the Powder Mage series and really liked it.

Well done Scott. Were you trying to get it done before his new series comes out?

Bill wrote: "Well done Scott. Were you trying to get it done before his new series comes out?"

Yes. It had been on my to read for forever and I figured getting it done quick to be ready for the new one would be best.

Sweet! :)

Well done Scott.

Finished Shades of Magic 3/3 A Darker Shade of Magic series. Good series that I almost abandoned after book one. Books 2 and 3 were quite good.

Well done Scott!

Thanks. I feel like I'm fighting against the tide sometimes. I finished two this month and brought another up to date but I'm starting two new ones with group reads next month.

Well I think this is the life of a book devour as you are!

I was doing so well then had a mid challenge crisis and started probably like 5 new series

Margret wrote: "I was doing so well then had a mid challenge crisis and started probably like 5 new series"

Lol "mid challenge crisis"

Margret wrote: "I was doing so well then had a mid challenge crisis and started probably like 5 new series"

The worst part is I haven't even suffered that yet but know it will comes just like yours has. All my new series have either been group reads or first book in series which instantly go into the up to date.

To be fair though they're pretty much all audio, which moves the fastest for me, and I get bored listening to series back to back

I think you'll be pleased if you decide to move on in the Saxon Stories/Warrior Chronicles though, book 3 seems to have a lot less pissing contest, more hard-learned lessons for Uhtred

Margret wrote: "I think you'll be pleased if you decide to move on in the Saxon Stories/Warrior Chronicles though, book 3 seems to have a lot less pissing contest, more hard-learned lessons for Uhtred"

Book one was really good. Book two got better as it went along. I plan on doing the entire ten books in the series. I'm not sure if he's done at ten of if there will be more.

They're definitely enjoyable and easy to read! And I like that it's not just more of the same stuff over and over. We should start BR them after you read #3! It would be doable for me to keep up

Margret wrote: "They're definitely enjoyable and easy to read! And I like that it's not just more of the same stuff over and over. We should start BR them after you read #3! It would be doable for me to keep up"

I started three already. The one complication with a BR is I'm doing these all out of the library so I'm dependent on wait times. Are you buying them?

Nope, library. There's generally just 1 hold on the copies at a time for me so if I put a hold on 2 weeks before we start it would likely still work out

OK we'll try to coordinate. I can't start #4 until probably the middle of the month.

Yep as long as it's before Traitors blade

Feb totals:

Books read: 11
Series finished: 2
Series brought up to date: 1 (first book in series)
Series abandoned: 2 (both first book of series)
Series started with more than 1 book published: 0

Finished another series

Farseer 3/3 Assassin's Apprentice

Well done! Do you plan on continuing with Hobb?

Bill wrote: "Well done! Do you plan on continuing with Hobb?"

Thanks. Eventually but not right away. It was a good series not a great one for me. Books one and three were good but could have been shorter. Two was a snorefest.

Brought up to date:

Divine Cities (2/2, 3 expected) City of Stairs

That's 12 series brought up to date and 6 finished since the start of the challenge.

Well done Scott!
How did you like City of Stairs? That is another series very high on my wanted list!

Aristea wrote: "Well done Scott!
How did you like City of Stairs? That is another series very high on my wanted list!"

Thanks. I like the series but don't love it. Both books were round-ups to 4* for me. Certainly worth reading but not drop everything to do it. Most of the reviews on my friend list like it more than I do.

On the upside it kind of bridges a gap between urban, steampunk and epic fantasy will elements of all of them. Jackson has an easy writing style. The characters all have flaws.

Scott wrote: "Brought up to date:

Divine Cities (2/2, 3 expected) City of Stairs

That's 12 series brought up to date and 6 finished since the start of the challenge."

Way to go!

Danke!

Nice one!

Scott wrote: "Brought up to date:

Divine Cities (2/2, 3 expected) City of Stairs

That's 12 series brought up to date and 6 finished since the start of the challenge."

Great work Scott. You are making fantastic progress.

I can't seem to get below 20! I have new ones starting on the 15th and 22nd.

March Totals:

Finished: 0
Brought up to date: 0
Advanced: 5
Started: 3
Abandoned: 1
Total books: 11

Not a banner month.

Completed

Malazan BotF 10/10 The Crippled God

Still reeling from that ending.

Congrats on finishing a huge series!

Congrats!

Complete series

Codex Alera 6/6 Furies of Calderon

Blood and Bone and Ascendent's Rite are still in progress but I have no doubt I'll finish them this month now so I can do the totals.

April totals:

Total books towards challenge: 12

Abandoned: 0

Up to date 2 and Started 3

The Rithmatist 1/1 Rithmatist
Sins of Empire 1/1 Gods of Blood and Powder
Hope and Red 1/2 Empire of Storms


Completed: 3

The Crippled God 10/10 BotF
First Lord's Fury 6/6 Codex Alera
Princeps' Fury 5/6 Codex Alera
Ascendant's Rite 4/4 Moontide Quartet
Unholy War 3/4 Moontide Quartet

Moved Along:

A Betrayal in Winter 2/4 Long Price Quartet
Death of Kings 6/10 Saxon Stories
The Pagan Lord 7/10 Saxon Stories
The Crippled God 20/28 Malazan All
Blood and Bone 21/28 Malazan All, 5/6 Malazan Empire

Finishing off series of 10, 6 and 4 where the average book size is nearly 800 pages takes a large bulk out of this challenge.

Scott wrote: "Blood and Bone and Ascendent's Rite are still in progress but I have no doubt I'll finish them this month now so I can do the totals.

April totals:

Total books towards challenge: 12

Abandoned: ..."

Those are some bulky books you got there... Your completed list is awesome! I think I have 2 finished series for the entire year so far, so wtg. I'm itching to start Malazan soon, but keep thinking I should finish a few others first so I can really commit. I want to do the Ultimate Reading Order.

Great job finishing MBotF. How did you like Moontide Quartet? Been on my tbr for a few years.

Bill wrote: "Great job finishing MBotF. How did you like Moontide Quartet? Been on my tbr for a few years."

Thanks. Moontide has been good. I'd put it on par with Codex Alera where it got better each book and by the last it was a 4.5*.

Niki Hawkes wrote: "Scott wrote: "Blood and Bone and Ascendent's Rite are still in progress but I have no doubt I'll finish them this month now so I can do the totals.

April totals:

Total books towards challenge: 1..."

Malazan is just so worth it.