SciFi and Fantasy Book Club discussion

Dandelion series thread is up!

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

I would love to join the buddy read of the Dandelion Dynasty starting with the first book on 19th February

Yes please do join us! The more the merrier!

I will try to remind everyone about one week prior to give people time to grab it from the library, etc.

If the timing works out, I would love to join a BR for Sheine Lende - I also picked it up off of Netgalley. I will mostly likely read it in Jan/Feb/early March.

I will also try to join the Dandelion Dynasty BR - I own the first two books already.

I'll add Sheine Lende to the list when there's a tentative month!

I’ve got Scheine Lende as well. Wouldn’t
Mind waiting until March to read it.

I just finished reading Scheine Lende this morning, so I’ll probably join in the discussion whenever the date is decided.

Would anyone like to read Braking Day along with me?

I voted for it in the poll for next month's group book, but it came in second - and it's been in a poll twice. I'm not extremely excited to read it, but I am interested, and curious. I don't read much sci-fi - but do like watching it. It didn't use to be in our library, but now is, so I'd like to take advantage of that. Not fussed about when.

Unfortunately my library doesn't have this. They're bookish slackers!

edit: No longer updated after 2024! The account won't be deleted, so old buddy reads will still be available through this account.

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New GR account for buddy readers!

Friend or follow to keep up to date with current/upcoming buddy reads.

This account is not actively monitored! Please don't message this account, instead contact one of the moderators directly.

Friend requests might take a while before they're accepted, but please don't hesitate to ping Anna via DM on Discord! (I have the account logged in and ready to use at all times, I just don't get notifications for it, and don't want to uselessly refresh it all the time.)

^ That is legit.

Oh wow.

Just wanted to drop a 2 week reminder (Feb 19 start) in the chat for the Dandelion Dynasty buddy read starting with The Grace of Kings in case anyone needs time to track down the book!

Here is the thread for anyone who needs it: Dandelion Dynasty Buddy Read Master Thread

Anyone interested in reading Firewalkers sometime in February or March? It’s 184 pages long novella.

Aga wrote: "Anyone interested in reading Firewalkers sometime in February or March? It’s 184 pages long novella."

I'm interested! I know I won't get to it until March though.

Sarah wrote: "Just wanted to drop a 2 week reminder (Feb 19 start) in the chat for the Dandelion Dynasty buddy read starting with The Grace of Kings in case anyone needs time to track down the bo..."

My copy of The Grace of Kings should be arriving any day. :-)
Also Sarah, it doesn't look like the link to the BR is working.

Cheryl L wrote: "Sarah wrote: "Just wanted to drop a 2 week reminder (Feb 19 start) in the chat for the Dandelion Dynasty buddy read starting with The Grace of Kings in case anyone needs time to tra..."

Thanks! I think I fixed it now.

Cheryl L wrote: "Aga wrote: "Anyone interested in reading Firewalkers sometime in February or March? It’s 184 pages long novella."

I'm interested! I know I won't get to it until March though."

March is good. I’m still reading Amina al-Sirafi and Jade City is waiting for me.

Despite my slowness, or perhaps because of it, this is probably a good time to recruit for a buddy read of The Stone Sky, which is Book 3 in the Broken Earth series.

Time limit is the Virtual Book Club towards the end of February 2024 (probably February 25 or March 3, as VBCs tend to be on Sundays).

That BR friend is a great idea, mods!

a.g.e. montagner wrote: "Despite my slowness, or perhaps because of it, this is probably a good time to recruit for a buddy read of The Stone Sky, which is Book 3 in the Broken Earth series.

Time limit is..."

My hold for it just came up!

Michelle wrote: "That BR friend is a great idea, mods!"

Hooray to Anna for her seemingly endless ability to organize!

Sarah, I've just started The Obelisk Gate, but feel free to start the Buddy Read whenever you're ready.

The thread for Stone Sky is here, and there are links to all other books/threads in the series, too:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Anyone else interested in joining us for Firewalkers in March.

Aga wrote: "Anyone else interested in joining us for Firewalkers in March."

sounds good to me as it's on my TBR pile

I’m interested in Firewallets I think.
lol - Firewalkers 😊

Interested - wallets too ;)

Yey! Any preferences about when we start? Is beginning of March okay, or rather the second half of the month?

no preference here

I'm flexible!

What's the pitch for Firewallets Firewalkers? Adrian Tchaikovsky, check. He's got lots of books though, why this one?
:-)

I voted for this book in SF poll for February. It lost to the competition but I want to read it anyway. There were more people voting for Firewalkers, so I thought about a BR.

A lot of my friends recommend Tchaikovsky’s novellas and I thought it might be a good start. Sounds interesting and it’s a part of a series containing three standalone novellas set in different worlds.

I hadn't noticed that these three novellas are in a series together! I've read Ogres, which was very good!

About the start date, is the 4th of March ok?

Anna wrote: "I hadn't noticed that these three novellas are in a series together! I've read Ogres, which was very good!"

I have Ogres on my TBR list too :)

You don't have to, but if you want to start the BR thread already, I can add it to both the BR list and the BR account review, so it will (hopefully) be easy to find, and people will have time to turn notifications on for the thread. This has always been an option, but with the BR account, after GR fixes the "new friends don't show up in the friends & following section on book page" bug, it'll be even easier to find the BR thread through the book page. Hopefully :D

Anthony and I have been talking about a BR for Harrow the Ninth, with Feb 21st as possible start date.
Would anyone else like to join us?

Aga wrote: "About the start date, is the 4th of March ok?"

it's good for me

Haha! I still have Gideon to finish!

Well, you better hurry up, then!

Mareike wrote: "Anthony and I have been talking about a BR for Harrow the Ninth, with Feb 21st as possible start date.
Would anyone else like to join us?"

I would like to join, but I was going to reread Gideon before trying Harrow. I feel like I missed a lot in the audiobook the first time round and because of that wasn't impressed by the book in general.

TSG Readalong for The Stone Sky, just in case anyone wants to discuss it over yonder.

https://app.thestorygraph.com/readalo...

Ok, maybe it’s time to bite the bullet. If I can finish Gideon by or near the 21st, I’ll join you on Harrow!

The Locked Tomb (Gideon/Harrow) thread is here:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

(Series BRs are not added to the BR list, they're on the series list, that's why I'm posting links for this and Broken Earth.)

I’ll be lurking on Harrow ! Finished it last month.

I’m about 30% into stone sky and loving it but I don’t have story graph…I don’t think I could keep up with 2!

Thank you, Anna!

It's been a while since I participated in a BR, so I forgot there's two separate list.

Are people still doing The Grace of Kings starting February 19?

Bonnie wrote: "Are people still doing The Grace of Kings starting February 19?"

I am! I'm about 1/4 through now. I needed a little fantasy before tackling Word for World.

Olga wrote: "Mareike wrote: "Anthony and I have been talking about a BR for Harrow the Ninth, with Feb 21st as possible start date.
Would anyone else like to join us?"

I would like to join, but I was going to..."

I totally agree, Olga! I listened to the audiobook, which was excellent, but I do feel like I missed quite a lot of the intricacies. It was really hard to keep track of all of the characters. Gideon is on my shelf, waiting to be read, but I don't think I can get to her this month. And I definitely want to finish the series!