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I’ve got mine already. In fact, I just opened it randomly to page 166 looking for inspiration and... no, I better not quote this at this point. Remind me about when we get to Chapter 10. 😜
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Just to pick one and make a thread to introduce it, please. And ideally double check to make sure it’s readily available Online in 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 (I.e. not just in used bookstores or so new it’s only in hardcover.) People won’t be able to go hunting is s…
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@BarnerCobblewood Can you take April?
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I read Wearing the Cape and did my best to participate fairly and accept the book in its context - so I can do it. I also wasn’t overly excited by Rivers of London for similar reasons to why I don’t like Superheroes. In this I suspect I’m the onl…
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I don’t dislike it as much as my comments might let on. I’ve spoken at length about my dislikes mostly because I feel they need to be justified considering we’re talking Hugo Books here. I really don’t mind to continue reading, so obviously I don’t …
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I would add to the list that characters are all archetypes. They are Orogenes, Guardians, Stone Eaters, or Leaders. Those are the only kinds of people that exist here. There are no schoolteachers, road workers, linesmen, farmers (or even farms, it s…
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(Quote) Definitely not my preference. I really don't like the idea that people might feel they need to censor themselves because they don't like something, and all your comments have been well reasoned and constructed and, I think, perfectly fair (a…
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(Quote) I know he wasn't planning to re-read it, but I didn't know that also meant he didn't want to discuss it. I just assumed he was busy with other things (which I know he has been).
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That's a tough call - if I was just reading this for myself, I'd probably bail on the series (and the author, I think) here. Bit it's not like I actively dislike the book - it's not hard to read or anything, just not that compelling. In a pro-con an…
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(Quote) What kind of books warrant 1 and 2 stars in your system?
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9 PM GMT will then be 4PM EST - 5 hours being the usual difference.
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Good questions, overall. Is this a good book? I gave this 3 stars on Goodreads, which means 'I liked it' according to their ranking system. I only gave it three because I'm projecting forward to a point where all this is done and looking back on th…
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So, again I find myself largely in agreement with @RichardAbbott . I also re-read the prologue, and I think that was worth doing. The author was clearly hiding things from us- were this a serious mystery novel, you would argue that it violated the '…
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@clash_bowley You came in after most people left, but there were about 20 people spread between 3 rooms about an hour into the affair. I floated a bunch of books past those in my room and think I've got the June pick down.
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Reminder to @clash_bowley and @RichardAbbott and anyone else interested (@Michael_S_Miller ?) that this is on again today. 9pm GMT or 5pm EST.
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I’m a bit behind but should catch up by then.
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I have a growler (demijohn) but no way to get to you!
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@WildCard do you have an April book, yet? Btw, if anyone wants to swap months with someone due to real life issues, please don’t hesitate to speak up.
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(Quote) 5pm EST
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Thanks - that was fun, and I got to talk about Mythic Babylon a bit and High Strung, too. No idea who they all were, but have probably seen them all online by other names.
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I might give this a go...
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I was not surprised at the Essen/Syenite/Damaya = Dynamite reveal, obviously. I was surprised by the Tonkee = Binof reveal, however. For one thing, Binof seemed rather like a throwaway character - we've only seen her once. For seconds, we've been tr…
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The shaft seems way too perfect to be anything but magineering. My only guess right now, and it’s a wild one right now based on on the only other clue we’ve been given as to why the world is like this, and that’s that it might have something to do w…
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Either sounds good to me.
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@BarnerCobblewood Are you on for May, or would you like to hold off for a while?
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@WildCard Have you found the perfect book, yet? 😁
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@NeilNjae I don't think I got anything out of them that you didn't, and probably less than you did, LOL. I definitely took the comment about 'she.. you' in the interlude as confirmation that Syenite and Essun are the same. Apart from that, I haven'…
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(Quote) Yes, I know. I didn't think they were prescriptive - just demonstrating different ways to think about the book. And that's certainly helpful, as far discussion goes, so no worries. And yes, if I think of anything to add I certainly will. I d…
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Didn't we encounter the inside of a Geode in Dark Orbit? Anyway, it's OK - seems kind of like the expected thing to find in a book that's all about earth-science, no? Interesting analysis of the personality types, and contrasting the old with the n…
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I've been keeping up on my reading - less so on my commenting. I'm not altogether sure how much I have to say at this point. I'm basically seeing evidence in these chapters to support my early theories; in a few cases they have been shown to be corr…