Fantasy Buddy Reads discussion

::gasp:: !!!

1 star = I actively loathed this book while reading it.

5 stars = I loved this book so much, I want to have it's children.

Definitely representing both ends of the spectrum here at FBR. Lol

Liam wrote: "Depending on the mood I'm in, I can go both ways. I love books with great action (The Alloy Era Mistborn books have some of the best action of all time imo), but I also really, really appreciate su..."

I love action too and if there isn't any you have to give me great character depth, empathy, philosophical elements to make me think and challenge me. This has that. Book that don't offer this and lack action I'm probably going to give a 1-2*.

Petrik wrote: "Scott wrote: "Niki Hawkes wrote: "Night Circus completely captivated me - 5 stars. Booya Liam haha."

Petrik chastised me for having the gaul to give it 2*'s so you're in for it. :) (I caved and kn..."

I'm just having it fun. I hated it too.

Well said Scott, exactly my thought as well! :D

The writing got me too. It made it feel like more than the sum of its parts. Totally immersive. I don't even remember the characters to be honest haha. Just how the book made me feel.

Okay... May 10. Not that I don't have enough to keep me occupied by until then but that seems like forever away haha. Something to look forward to I guess.

I'm nervous it won't live up to expectation.

Definitely Words of Radiance.

I'll set it up

Niki Hawkes wrote: "::gasp:: !!!

1 star = I actively loathed this book while reading it.

5 stars = I loved this book so much, I want to have it's children.

Definitely representing both ends of the spectrum here a..."

Uprooted
The Bear and the Nightingale

Were the other two books this year that I finished and gave 1*'s to. DNF is auto 1* from me.

Niki Hawkes wrote: "Okay... May 10. Not that I don't have enough to keep me occupied by until then but that seems like forever away haha. Something to look forward to I guess.

I'm nervous it won't live up to expecta..."

It is forever away but starting Expanse in November I don't want to burn through all the DA and aliases at once.

Totally understand. Maybe I'll take that time to revisit dagger and coin.

Niki Hawkes wrote: "Totally understand. Maybe I'll take that time to revisit dagger and coin."

Where did you quit? For me each book was a slight notch better.

The Bear and the Nightingale was definitely a little bit of a disappointment for me, although I loved a very large majority of it.

After the first. Read it shortly after LPQ and found it really boring in comparison (which is ironic considering there's probably a lot more action in D&C). The characters were interesting, but it just didn't grab me. It's one I think I just need to try again. I don't believe anything beyond the second book was published at the time, so maybe now I can just breeze through. Of course, that means I'll have to do a reread lol.

Scott wrote: "I know everybody wants an Elantris sequel but if I could only have one of the two I'd choose Emperor's Soul."

I would too.

I also highly recommend Long Price Quartet. I read it back in 2016 and was blown away. Easily the best series I read last year, and a top 5 all-time series for me. I still get emotional reading this line from the series' epilogue:

“We say that flowers return every spring, but that is a lie. It is true that the world is renewed. It is also true that that renewal comes at a price, for even if the flower grows from an ancient vine, the flowers of spring are themselves new to the world, untried and untested.

The flower that wilted last year is gone. Petals once fallen are fallen forever. Flowers do not return in the spring, rather they are replaced. It is in this difference between returned and replaced that the price of renewal is paid.

And as it is for spring flowers, so it is for us.”

The Night Circus never even interested me enough to want to pick it up and read it hehe. I think I'm one of the only people who hasn't read it.

cough cough.

I also loved LPQ.

Love that quote too Andrew it was such an emotional series

I just started the last book of LPQ today. Such a great series.

Can we make LPQ a litmus test for new members? I mean, if someone's read it and hated it...do they really belong here? :)

Andrew wrote: "I also highly recommend Long Price Quartet. I read it back in 2016 and was blown away. Easily the best series I read last year, and a top 5 all-time series for me. I still get emotional reading thi..."

Great quote. Also a top 5 series for me.

Andrew wrote: "Can we make LPQ a litmus test for new members? I mean, if someone's read it and hated it...do they really belong here? :)"

That's an awesome idea.

Tammie wrote: "The Night Circus never even interested me enough to want to pick it up and read it hehe. I think I'm one of the only people who hasn't read it."

I read it for a challenge or I might not of either. I should know better. I think I've hated every circus/traveling show portion of a book I've ever read.

Scott wrote: "Tammie wrote: "The Night Circus never even interested me enough to want to pick it up and read it hehe. I think I'm one of the only people who hasn't read it."

I read it for a challenge or I might..."

Yeah, same here. Circuses just don't interest me.

I had to go back and see if I actually finished anything in September.

What I came up with is a book I started in July lol. But it fits, and I couldn't call it my Top book before, so here it is:

Red Sister

Only one five-star read last month: The Black Lung Captain by Chris Wooding.

Well, okay, NK Jemisin's The Killing Moon can be the runner-up. Four solid stars.

I finished Lord of Emperors yesterday and it absolutely outclassed all other books this month. Highly recommended.

My September top read was The Heroes by Joe Abercrombie. It was just fabulous!

Ghost Girl in the Corner and Future Shock