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you have not rated Oathbringer?"
2019 PIFM Bingo -- 12/25
The idea here, is you can either pick something from my old TBR shelves, or you can recommend something unshelved for me to read, based on my likes/dislikes and books I've read before... all I ask is that there be audio available somewhere (Audible is the best reference here... or just checking Amazon, which knows which books are on audible with the format options)...
Maybe pick 2 books, and I'll read 1 (or both, if the mood strikes)
1. Manju = Boy's Life / The Wolf's Hour / Fifth Business
4. Virginie = Spoonbenders / Johannes Cabal the Necromancer
6. Angela Jr. = Station Eleven / The Martian
8. Narilka = The Fold / 14 / Sabriel
11. Anni = The Rook / The Eighth Guardian / The Paper Magician / A Thousand Pieces of You
15. Soo = Patient Zero / Space Team / The Feedback Loop
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To help you pick, here are some links:
TBR shelves, mostly sorted by genre, where easy:
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My 5-star ratings, by genre:
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Some helpful shelves with things I didn't like (or got tired of):
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You got in, just before I stopped :)
I should have copied and pasted "comment padding"... I'm approaching 8,000 comments already... I've been commenting a ton, lately, mostly troubleshooting the spreadsheet...
As I started commenting you only had 10 comments... Damn, I was a tiny bit too slow 😂
PIFM. will you make a specific shelf for this challenge or put books here like Anni and Laura? I guess I am more excited to pick books than you getting to read them. :D
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I guess I am more excited to pick books than you getting to read them. :D"
It's a PIFM / Recommendations Bingo challenge, since I don't really add much to my digital TBR anymore... I'll create some multi-shelf links to give people ideas, but it's an either/or thing... you can pick something I have shelved or just use my high-ratings shelves as inspiration for recommendations unshelved... my main stipulation is that I need audio to exist, since I barely ever make time for eReading anymore...
great. I will wait patiently for you to put multi-shelf link here... P.S: You already have my recommendations.;) *hint*
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P.S: You already have my recommendations.;) *hint*"
I figured... most of the books you recommended in October/November are in the historical shelf, which is linked above, now...
multi-shelf links are all setup... it was actually easier than I expected, since my shelves are formatted for sorting... i just started editiing the genre name in the URL to make each link... (and make sure the hybrid shelf wasn't empty, which was the case with a couple small genres I rarely dabble into...)
My mystery/thriller shelves might be a little misleading, since I read most of the Harry Bosch, Mitch Rapp, Jack Reacher, and author John Grisham (not sure if I gave these 5 stars or not) books pre-Goodreads...
I pick Blood Song. as for second pick you can select anything from my recos. you have not rated Oathbringer?
PIFM Recommendations: Spoonbenders and/or Johannes Cabal the Necromancer and/or Kiss of SteelHaven't read any of them, and will happily BR those with you during the year :D (especially Spoonbenders, since I've got to read it for my own Bingo :p)
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you have not rated Oathbringer?"
there are some bugs in my shelves, where I TBR'd one edition of a book, and rated/reviewed another... I've tried to fix these problems when I notice them...
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Timelord Iain (Eeyawn) wrote: "Em Lost In Books wrote: "I pick Blood Song. as for second pick you can select anything from my recos. you have not rated Oathbringer?"
there are some bugs in my shelves, where I TBR'd one editio..."
did you try removing them by using duplicate option?
Timelord Iain (Eeyawn) wrote: "Trying my hand at inventing a challenge... all the cool kids seem to be doing it :)Iain's 2019 Wheel of Fortune Challenge
This is a cross between the November/December challenge I missed out on,..."
Interesting.
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Haven't read any of them, and will happily BR those wit..."
Em Lost In Books wrote: "I pick Blood Song. as for second pick you can select anything from my recos.
you have not rated Oathbringer?"
Somehow, you guys honed in on half the mistakes in my shelves... Oathbringer, Blood Song, and Kiss of Steel... somehow, I have rated/reviewed the 2nd & 3rd Raven's Shadow books, but not the first... and I haven't rated any of the London Steampunk books, even tho I'm pretty sure I read the whole series, then couldn't find the sequel series on audio...
YUP... just checked... I bought all 6 on Audible in November 2016...
For your bingo, I'll pick Station Eleven from your shelves, and recommend The Martian or Ready Player One :)
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Read RPO last March, so I put Station Eleven & The Martian on my list... I liked the Martian movie when I watched it a year or 2 ago...
The movie is a really good adaptation! I liked it too. Don't watch the RPO adaptation though, that one is unfortunately not that great...
For your bingo...Since you enjoyed Paradox Bound, you should give The Fold or 14 a shot. They are great on audio and I liked both of them more than Paradox Bound so far :) Another great audio listen is Tim Curry's narration for Sabriel, which also happens to be pretty darn good YA!
Let me know if I should go pick something from your TBR too.
Hmmm that's a tough decision, as you already read a ton of books, I will just pick books from my TBR that I think you might like :)The Rook and I also found something timetraveling-y: The Eighth Guardian 😬 I'm not sure about the audio tho... There is an audio version, as you can buy an aufio cd, but I don't think it's available on audible.
Or if you would like to read The Paper Magician right now, we could read it together, you know, BR Bonus points... 😂 The audio is free if you have kindle unlimited.
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The Rook has been on my radar for awhile, from a previous recommendation challenge, and Veronica reading it last year, I think... but the Paper Magician sounds awesome... definitely want to make time to read that with you over the next few days :)
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Since you enjoyed Paradox Bound, you should give The Fold or 14 a shot. They are great on audio and I liked both of them more than Paradox Bound s..."
I definitely want to read more Peter Clines... I've read Garth Nix before, as well: Mister Monday
I’ve been wanting to do a reread (listen) of Sabriel. Let me know if you’d like to do a buddy read. Otherwise it’s probably going to be my next audio whenever I finish my current one. I listen at a slower pace than you but that shouldn’t be a problem as it will be my 4th time around 😊
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I might have some time next week... this week is pretty full, all of a sudden, with LitRPGs and some other things...
No problem. I’m not likely to finish the odyssey until this weekend anyway.
Timelord Iain (Eeyawn) wrote: "Sir Anni wrote: "Or if you would like to read The Paper Magician right now, we could read it together, you know, BR Bonus points... 😂 The audio is free if you have kindle unlimited...."Hooray! Where do you want to read it? Should we ask for a thread or should we hijack the YA-book club?
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@Iain - When are you planning to pick Boy's Life?
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Uh... no idea... people keep talking me into things, to where I've always got 5-6 books on my plate and very little breathing room :S
In the last day or so, I went from mostly caught up, to interested in reading a half-dozen books with people:
The Reality Dysfunction
Sabriel
The Paper Magician
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Life in the North
On the Shoulders of Titans
Timelord Iain (Eeyawn) wrote: "Sir Anni wrote: "Timelord Iain (Eeyawn) wrote: "Sir Anni wrote: "Or if you would like to read The Paper Magician right now, we could read it together, you know, BR Bonus points..."As they are discussing other things right now in the YA thread, I asked for a new thread and set tomorrow as starting date. I think I will start tonight or tomorrow, as the audiobook is only 7 1/2 h you might read it in one session anyway 😂
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Yea, that's more like 3-5hrs once sped up... I'll get to it after Life in the North, and before Shoulders of Titans, I think...
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Sorry if my tone came off frustrated earlier... I just seem to be constantly on catchup... somehow my recommendation challenge has turned into a BR Invite challenge :)
I might be able to read it this weekend / early next week, if you want to join in...
Sorry for my part in drowning you with Buddy Reads! 😅
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Some helpful links:
2019 Competition Spreadsheet
Incomplete Series Spreadsheet
even older Incomplete Series threadBuddy Read Tracker
Old challenges:
old Bingo thread
old A-Z thread
old Book Cover thread
old/new TBRated thread
New challenges:
PIFM Bingo 2019 (Pick It For Me / Recommendations)
Pop Sugar 2019
2019 Wheel of Fortune Challenge