ignite the books discussion

The Tearling books have been the epic hate-read of my life thus far.

STILL reading A Discovery of Witches, which is more like a laugh-read. Also have Wytches, Vol. 1 waiting for me, which I think I will enjoy more.

There is potential in the Tearling books, but I can't get over the terribad worldbuilding. Also, Kelsea is THE WORST.

Still making my way through Warbreaker. I haven't been trying too hard with it. Probably going to start Lair of Dreams or Queen of Shadows over the weekend though.

The Queen of the Tearling still holds the title for worst book I read this year. Such a good hate read.

Victoria wrote: "The Queen of the Tearling still holds the title for worst book I read this year. Such a good hate read."

It miiiight just replace Kresley Cole's Arcana Chronicles as my top hate read of the year. We'll see.

Gave up on A Discovery of Witches 3/4 through. Now onto Lair of Dreams!

Taking a break from the Wicked Lovely series because I caved and bought the second to last Fables volume...I don't want it to end!

i''m perpetually stuck on heir of fire, i feel like i've been reading it for years and i just can't seem to get any further on it.

But i started listening to H is for Hawk and it's read by the author which is a nice touch.

i thought The Invasion of the Tearling would be my top hate read this year but at this rate Heir of Fire is beating it just by nature of the fact that i can't even work up the hate needed to... finish it. Apathy read.

Aw, Heir of Fire was one my favs from last year, but it did take a bit to get into it.

I just finished Warbreaker, which was great, as expected. I'm probably going to start Queen of Shadows once I get back from the gym.

Jess wrote: "Aw, Heir of Fire was one my favs from last year, but it did take a bit to get into it.

I just finished Warbreaker, which was great, as expected. I'm probably going to start Queen of Shadows once I..."

i gotta admit i just... don't like Throne of Glass? i feel like to like it you have to care about Celaena and... honestly of the cast I only like Dorian, so it makes it hard for me. But yeah. i'm HOPING i'll finish it. I don't want to give up on it totally.

Oh, I totally understand that. Heir of Fire was the book that took me from, "Meh, this series is all right, I guess I'll keep reading," to "CRAP I LIKE THIS SERIES A LOT NOW," mostly because I did finally start to care about Celaena. The relationship she develops with Rowan is mostly what did it, and I don't think they start getting along until like the 300 page mark.

Talk to me about Lair of Dreams, guys!!

Just started Slasher Girls & Monster Boys, which along with Lair of Dreams will kinda be my intro into spooky fall reading for the year.

The Miseducation of Cameron Post is actually going to destroy me.

Just finished the Martian (AMAZING) and I'm finally getting to Howls Moving Castle.

Yes! The Martian was so good; totally excited for the movie.

I'm reading the sixth Kate Daniels book. Still working my way through the Queen of the Tearling audiobook, which has moments of goodness but is just generally terrible.

Six of Crows, you guys.

/lies down forever

^ s a m e.

I am distraught. That book wrecked me.

Nooooo don't tell me that! My copy hasn't come yet!!

On the currently reading front...I'm nearly done with Receiver of Many and A)I love it even more than I did before and B)I don't want it to be over. (Though if I really wanted to read the rest of it I do have it...)

I'll have to wait to get through my most recent purchase before snagging Six of Crows. :(

Right now, I'm reading Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard and listening to The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith. There's something off with the narrator's cadence this time around (I'm pretty sure it's the same guy, anyway) that bugged me through the first two discs. I think I might've just gotten used to it again.

So I did finish RoM today...however I also finally got my Six of Crows! So yay!

*appears from the abyss of homework and recovery from surgeries*

SIX OF CROWS WAS EVERYTHING THAT I'VE HOPED FOR.

See, Riordan? This is how you do a sequel series.

i loved soc-- especially the core four. wylan and jesper i was sort of meh about, but im assuming they'll get more coverage in the sequel

working my way through the diviners atm and also slowly listening to an audiobook on queen hatshepsut

Reading When a Scot Ties the Knot by Tessa Dare, which is super cute and fluffy so far.

Has everyone heard about the official Twilight genderswap that was released today? BEAUFORT AND EDYTHE. I can't handle it.

So, to try and recover from SoC I've started rereading the Temeraire series.

Jess wrote:
Has everyone heard about the official Twilight genderswap that was released today? BEAUFORT AND EDYTHE. I c..."

I just listened to the excerpt, and nothing's really changed.

FINALLY got my hands on Station Eleven for extremely late book-clubbing. I'm only like a chapter in (SoC was very distracting) but I'm intrigued.

I'm about halfway through Six of Crows and my chosen ships are KILLING ME.

I'm about halfway through Six of Crows and my chosen ships are KILLING ME.

Jess wrote: "I'm about halfway through Six of Crows and my chosen ships are KILLING ME."

important question, which ships??

Hannah wrote: important question, which ships??"

Nina/Matthias is the worst at the moment, but Inej/Kaz seems to have the potential to hurt me infinitely more the deeper I get into the book.

Jess wrote: "Hannah wrote: important question, which ships??"

Nina/Matthias is the worst at the moment, but Inej/Kaz seems to have the potential to hurt me infinitely more the deeper I get into the book."

YEAH those were pretty much my exact thoughts too. i am completely unsurprised with you being on board the Nina/Matthias boat :'D

Hannah wrote: "i am completely unsurprised with you being on board the Nina/Matthias boat :'D"

Is my love of of ships who passionately hate each other but NO ACTUALLY THEY DON'T that transparent? ;)

i am currently reading The Martian (after seeing the movie) and the book IS SO MUCH BETTER OMG (and the movie was fantastic!!!! so there you go)

Station Eleven, as most of you already know, was flatly amazing. Now onto Vengeance Road which Emily kindly sent to me!

Would also highly recommend The Martian both in movie and book form. The audiobook is so good.

I started The Sword of Summer, the first book in Rick Riordan's Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard series yet. I'm enjoying it so far.

Finished The Silkworm and the eighth Kate Daniels book over the weekend.

I'm now listening to Patricia Briggs' Moon Called, which I started reading last year but didn't make it very far for whatever reason. Hopefully the audiobook will make it easier to get through!

I'm probably going to start Burn For Me by Ilona Andrews. I did start The Winner's Curse yesterday, but I may give up on it early. I've been avoiding it because I'm not a big fan of the slave/good slavemaster romance trope, but it has a lot of praise from people on GR I usually trust/agree with.

I just recently finished the first two books of the raven cycle and I HIGHLY recommend. Fantastic writing, characters, and plot. I'm starting the third book today and I have high expectations.

Also another book I've started is Proxy by Alex London and this book is so fabulously diverse in a number of ways. I'm about halfway through and it's really enjoyable.

Jess wrote: "Finished The Silkworm and the eighth Kate Daniels book over the weekend.

I'm now listening to Patricia Briggs' Moon Called, which I started reading last year but didn't make it very far for whate..."

-YAY KATE DANIELS

-Sigh I have a lot of Disappointed Feelings about Patricia Briggs. The first few books of the Mercy Thompson series are really good and a lot of fun, but the series gets progressively misogynistic (the last two[ish] books are bad, the most recent ones in both Mercy Thompson & Alpha and Omega were enough to make me quit the series)

-The Winner's Curse does some very interesting things with that dynamic, including calling kestrel out on her shit (for invoking good slavemaster, actually). but i can also totally see why it wouldn't be someone's bag as well. if you want to have a more spoilery conversation about it let me know and i can give you the main trajectory of what goes down

Just finished Vengeance Road! It was a fun read, not too heavy, sweet and adventurous, grumpy heroine, cute cowboys. I can't speak to the representation of the Apache, though I would've liked more of Liluwye.

The overall feel reminded me of Oh, Those Harper Girls!, Or, Young and Dangerous, which I loved when I was a kid. I should read more Westerns with girl characters (...or...any Westerns at all. I had to make a 'western' category just for Vengeance Road :B).

Taking a break from Temeraire to read To Hold the Bridge, because Garth Nix y'all.

I wasn't that impressed with the first Mercy Thompson book, but I decided to give the second book a try since a series usually picks up by that point. Plus, there weren't any other audiobooks I wanted available.

I'm also sorta kinda reading Phoenix Rising, the first in the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences series - as in I've been reading it off and on for months, and it was the only book that fit in my purse after I finished my latest paperback. It's okay and I think the style is growing on me, but it'll become a DNF if it doesn't pick up within the next 100 pages or so.

Just started Carry On. I admit that while reading Fangirl I kind of skimmed the Simon Snow pieces, largely because I was never a Harry/Draco fan (...Simon/Baz is supposed to be like Harry/Draco, right?? am I wrong). But Carry On itself is pretty fun so far, undemanding, and totally unlike what I'm trying to write for NaNo, so I think it'll be a nice brain-break book.

Just finished A Court of Thorns and Roses. Not my favorite, but it wasn't horrible. I still like Cruel Beauty better.

No idea what I'll be reading next.

Taking a brief break from Temeraire to read Not Quite A Lady; a wonderful light palate cleanser before I dive into Blood of Tyrants.

Just finished The Darkest Part of the Forest. I usually love Holly Black and I did enjoy this one, but I found the pacing a little odd, and never really connected with Hazel (though I wanted to).

Reading Brandon Sanderson's Shadows of Self, the fifth in his Mistborn series. I love this series so much.

Currently reading Carry On, by Rainbow Rowell. The hype for this book is massive, and since I'm approximately 100 pages in, I have to say it's been pretty decent so far.

Finished Temeraire (why is the last book coming out next year!?) but since I have yet to be able to go to the library to pick up Raven Boys, I'm going to read some Emma Holly to pass the time.

Gave up on Carry On, just couldn't get into it. Read all of Wolf By Wolf in one shot and would love to hear people's thoughts on it.