Fantasy Buddy Reads discussion

Categories

Incomplete
Path to Ascendancy 1/2 (3)
The Fionavar Tapestry 2/3
Lightbringer 3/4 (5)
The Shadow Campaign 4/5
Inda 3/4
The Stormlight Archive 2/3 (10)
Bloodsounder's Arc 1/3
The Drenai Saga 4/10
Seven Forges 2/4
Expanse 4/7 (9)
Chaos Seed 6/7 (unknown)
Spells, Swords, & Stealth 2/3 (4?)
Green Rider - 3/6 (?)
The Murderbot Diaries 1/4

Up to date
The Chronicles of the Black Company 10/10 (11)
Tales of the Kin 2/2 (unknown)
Gentleman Bastard 3/3 (unknown)
The Wakening 1/1 (unknown)
The Dragon's Wrath, 3/3 (10?)
King's Dark Tidings 3/3 (4? unknown)

Finished
Malazan 10/10
The Wheel of Time 14/14
The Riyria Revelations 6/6
Codex Alera 6/6
Fallen Blade 6/6
Moontide Quartet 4/4
Legend 3/3
Six of Crows 2/2
The Elemental Mage 3/3
Play to Live 6/7 (skipped a book)

Abandoned
Throne of Glass - pure crap
Sword of Truth - only the first one was good
World of the Five Gods - the second was a huge disappointment
A Song of Ice and Fire - GRRM writes too slow
Sword of Shadows - not good enough
Tyrants and Kings - the second book wasn't good enough
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn - boring
Crown of Stars
Symphony of Ages
Tiger and Del - it stopped being fun
The Last Apprentice / Wardstone Chronicles - no character development
Daniel Black - repetitive, nerdy sex fantasy

That's not too bad of a list. Book two of PTA was excellent. Book five of Shadow Campaigns was just OK.

It's just the ones I can remember from the top of my head.

I try to finish a series when I start it, but sometimes it just takes too long for the authors to write the books.

I'm really looking forward to Deadhouse Landing, though, it will probably wait until April. I've enjoyed SC a lot so far, so it's disappointing to hear that.

Nice list - it looks like you've been focusing on all the good ones. :)

Thanks Niki - While I read my share of pulp, it's the great ones you remember.

I just finished Fionavar Lundos. I don't know if you liked the 2nd book (I rather disliked it) but the final wasn't as bad as I feared it would be.

Will you be reading Drenai Saga with us this year? I think it's monthly scheduled.

Yeah, Mayim, the second one wasn't as good as the first one and I sort of lost interest.

That is a really good idea!

Looks like its time to read Deadhouse Landing to me. It was quite good.

Rob wrote: "Looks like its time to read Deadhouse Landing to me. It was quite good."

I'll try to fit it in in April or later this month. As the competition is going all points are needed and therefore I'll focus on books that gives the BR bonus...

EDIT: And after this comment I've more or less just been reading easy-ro-read books that aren't BRs.