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Olga wrote: "Aga wrote: "So, how about the 29th of August as a start date for Ancillary Justice BR?"

August 15 is theoretically the start sate of reread for the second book in the series (if I ..."

Hah, PMS brain. I meant July 29. Thank you for pointing that out.

Happens. I sometimes blunder even worse.

I'm optimistic and hope to get to it a bit sooner :) I have too many concurrent eye-reads right now and need to read the Castle in the Mirror (or Raven Tower) first for VBC, but I hope to get to AJ some time between July 20 and 25.

I've just started my reread of Ancillary Justice on audio. The same person who narrated Firewalkers, Adjoa Andoh, is narrates Ancillary Justice. I loved her interpretation of Firewalkers and so was excited to see she also narrates the whole Radch triology.

I still want to read Firewalkers!

I want to start the series with you. It was gifted to me and I still haven’t read.

Sarah wrote: "I still want to read Firewalkers!"

I generally don't generally love novellas, but I really enjoyed Firewalkers. The end is tied up a little to quickly but Tchiakovsky's ideas are very interesting and Andoh's narration is excellent.

Olga wrote: "Happens. I sometimes blunder even worse.

I'm optimistic and hope to get to it a bit sooner :) I have too many concurrent eye-reads right now and need to read the Castle in the Mirror (or Raven Tow..."

We could start on 25th.

Aga wrote: "We could start on 25th."

I'm happy with that! :)

Haha, there's like half a dozen books in my Want to Read shelf before Leckie... But as I said, you're welcome to start without me.

So, let’s start on June 25. If anyone wants to start early or join us later, no problem.

July 25th! :D

Ancillary Justice >> First impressions | Final thoughts & More & Series

OMG! Again! What is going on with my brain? JULY 25th.

Let’s just write it down in the calendar, until I mess with the dates more.

I guess it's the brain's default mode:

Jan Feb Mar Apr May S U M M E R Sep Oct...

a.g.e. montagner wrote: "I guess it's the brain's default mode:

Jan Feb Mar Apr May S U M M E R Sep Oct..."

Haha, so true.

Aga wrote: "OMG! Again! What is going on with my brain? JULY 25th.

Let’s just write it down in the calendar, until I mess with the dates more."

Just don't ever ask me to remember a number correctly. About a 60% chance I'll get it right. 😏

Ancillary Justice has been on my want to read shelf for a long while. would love to read along with everyone, see y'all in the thread!

Yeah, let's do this.

I will be joining in for the imperial Radch re reads.

I'm in too obviously! I've had Ancillary Mercy and Ancillary Sword on the TBR since I finished Justice last year.

Ooh, I've been wanting to reread this trilogy for a while. (I don't reread much, too much new stuff to read!) I just finished Translation State, which was excellent, and it made me even more itchy to go back to the original trilogy. So, I've put these on my reading calendar and I look forward to seeing you all in the threads!

Meredith wrote: "Ooh, I've been wanting to reread this trilogy for a while. (I don't reread much, too much new stuff to read!) I just finished Translation State, which was excellent, and it made me even more itchy ..."

I loved Translation State

CBRetriever wrote: "Meredith wrote: "Ooh, I've been wanting to reread this trilogy for a while. (I don't reread much, too much new stuff to read!) I just finished Translation State, which was excellent, and it made me..."

It was so good. I loved being back in the Radch universe.

That's my plan exactly, a deep dive into the Imperial Radch. That's basically going to be my August and September!
Happy to know that the later novels are good, I read a comment somewhere that kinda said the opposite.

Buddy read for the third book in the Dandelion Dynasty series, The Veiled Throne is starting today. Please feel free to join if you are interested: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

I’m starting Ancillary Justice today. Join me when you’re ready in the no spoilers thread

Cheryl L wrote: "I've just started my reread of Ancillary Justice on audio. The same person who narrated Firewalkers, Adjoa Andoh, is narrates Ancillary Justice. I loved her interpretation of Firewalkers and so was..."

I recently read Translation State and loved it - so now I want to go back and start Ancillary Justice again.

Yey! Let’s meet in the thread, Kirsten.

Kirsten wrote: "Cheryl L wrote: "I've just started my reread of Ancillary Justice on audio. The same person who narrated Firewalkers, Adjoa Andoh, is narrates Ancillary Justice. I loved her interpretation of Firew..."

Me too! Translation State was great, but it's been so long since I read the original trilogy.

This year, for the first time, I will be teaching Beowulf.
I'm also currently floundering a bit in my reading schedule (well, apart from the Ann Leckie Omnibus, which is still a thing, at least in my mind).

The two facts suggest that it's a good time to shake things up by enacting "il protocollo Beowulf": this is a 'not really short term' plan to read a few selected famous translations of the poem: surely Tolkien's and Heaney's, more recently Maria Dahvana Headley's and also probably Kevin Crossley-Holland's as a baseline against which to measure the others (I have greatly appreciated his Penguin Book of Norse Myths and found it certainly more profound than Gaiman's Norse Mythology, for instance).
There is probably a cap to the amount of versions I'm willing to read: I have no interest in ammassing all known translations. As much as anything else, this is also a peek into each translator's smithery, and... let's say I need to put Tolkien, Heaney and Headley under my belt before venturing deeper.

I have no idea how far I'll manage to get in this plan, or how quickly.
I'm planning to have great fun.
Does anyone want to join?
Moreover, recommendations and suggestions are always appreciated.

Here are two Beowulf BRs that you can take over, depending on which edition you read!


Beowulf

Beowulf: A New Translation

a.g.e. montagner wrote: "This year, for the first time, I will be teaching Beowulf. ..."

We listened to Heaney - dang that was good! Something about a spoken version really hits with Beowulf. Suggest your students attempt speaking a page from a phonetic of the Old English. The cadences of the original are amazing.

Wind and Truth is out today!
Anyone up for a buddy read?

I've started, Olga! 21% in, and loving the intricacies so far.

Olga and Leonie,
There is a Stormlight Archives series thread if you need a discussion space: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Anyone interested in reading these books around February-March next year?

Sargassa
The Jaguar Mask
Remnant Population
Gobbelino London & a Scourge of Pleasantries
The Weaver and the Witch Queen

Hey everyone!
A few of us from Sci-fi Team are going to buddy read Translation State for the coolest game we participate next year (https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... ) and anyone interested in joining is welcome (you don't have to join the game to join the buddy read).

We're going to start on or about January 10.
Thread for BR - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

I should be able to join, if I finish the trilogy in time.

a.g.e. montagner wrote: "I should be able to join, if I finish the trilogy in time."

Fingers crossed :)

Thanks!
Worst case scenario, I'll be a little late.

Olga wrote: "Hey everyone!
A few of us from Sci-fi Team are going to buddy read Translation State for the coolest game we participate next year (https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/......"

Thanks for organizing for us, Olga! I'm very excited to continue our discussion of the Radch and Presger.

Silvana wrote: "Anyone interested in reading these books around February-March next year?

Sargassa
The Jaguar Mask
Remnant Population
Gobbelino London & a Scou..."</i>



I’m in for [book:Gobbelino London & a Scourge of Pleasantries but my January reading schedule is already pretty packed, so February is the soonest I can start.

Silvana wrote: "Anyone interested in reading these books around February-March next year?

Sargassa
The Jaguar Mask
Remnant Population
[book:Gobbelino London & a Scou..."

I've had Remnant Population on my shelf for a while, so I'm up for a buddy read, Silvana!

cool, how about February?

Olga wrote: "Hey everyone!
A few of us from Sci-fi Team are going to buddy read Translation State for the coolest game we participate next year (https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/......"

I'm interested! Is reading the trilogy first necessary in order to fully appreciate it?

Silvana wrote: "cool, how about February?"

Sounds good! Feb 1 to start reading or to discuss the whole book? Or another date in Feb? It's all fine with me....

No. It is a stand alone novel that is set in the same world as the trilogy.

Those of you following the BR account, first of all, sorry for the spam! I had edited the feed settings and clicked save, but didn't notice that GR unfortunately did one of its laggy loops and therefore it didn't go through before I started the import of 200+ books. So sorry!

The good news related to that though is that all 2018-2024 buddy reads should now be on that account's shelves with links to discussions, so you should be able to find them on the book page of anything we've buddy read. For series it's the first book in the series, or first not on group shelf.

The bad news is that this was a trial project, and with very little interaction, it's not worth keeping it up, so it will no longer be updated in 2025. The account is there to stay, it won't be deleted, so all those 2018-2024 BRs will still be there!

I haven't checked anything after importing, because this is not an official mod project, but should you find errors, you're welcome to dm *me* (not the other mods), and I might fix it :) Discord is probably the best way to reach me, my GR account is private.

(If you have no idea what I'm talking about, that's most of you :D, don't worry, you don't need to know!)

Nadine in California wrote: "Silvana wrote: "cool, how about February?"

Sounds good! Feb 1 to start reading or to discuss the whole book? Or another date in Feb? It's all fine with me...."

Start reading. But let's move it a bit to the 5th since it's the rule ;p

Aga wrote: "Silvana wrote: "Anyone interested in reading these books around February-March next year?

Sargassa
The Jaguar Mask
Remnant Population
[book:Gobbelino..."

Sorry I just saw this message, Aga!

How about the third week of February, let's say 21st onward?

Remnant Population >> First impressions | Final thoughts