The Fantasy/Sci-Fi Books Thread Book • Page 61

good looking out

 

Just starting Assassin’s Quest. Been really, really enjoying this series.

 

Hey everybody, you guys feel like doing the book exchange again this year? I thought it was super fun last year.

 

I'm down.

 

I've had mine from last year at the top of my physical TBR list since I got it and just keep not reading fiction. Feel bad about it.

 

how dare you, I'm sending you the same book every year until you write a thesis on it

 

It’s made it into my travel bag for three flights!

 

well that's all that counts!

 

I actually bought a copy of that book recently at a local bookstore. At this rate I'll be reading it before @Garrett haha

 

It's fun if not fluff. One of the very first series I read, bought it in like 9th grade simply for the badass cover

 

I'm reading a book I love, that's rather large and complex and I need to take my time with it (Children of Ruin), and it's killing me because I've got the new Mistborn sitting right here staring at me. I've looked at the maps about a hundred times.

edit: lol finished the book but was at work and realized I forgot the Lost Metal at home. A final little slap

 

I'm gonna say let me know by December 7 if you're participating in the gift exchange and I'll get it sorted then? That work?

Hopefully that gives people who don't obsessively check fora time to respond lol.

 

Yup

 

I’d love to but it’s hard when you’re in the UK :((

me assuming most are in the US.

 

We'll sort it if you want to be involved! I don't mind shipping to the UK and in reverse would be totally fine with a digital copy of something, for example. I'm sure we can accommodate your unfortunate living circumstances :P

 

Was all in until the end :((((

 

Lol, my username should be an indication that I'm kind of a fan of that part of the world

 

https://www.orbitbooks.net/orbit-new-voices-2022-ebook-sale-us/

I have read exactly none of these, haha.

 

Okay last call for gift exchange.

Me, @Garrett, @GBlades, @Vivatoto, @theagentcoma. Anybody else want in?

 

Money is tight this year so I'm sticking to like a $10 budget but I'm in!

 

Messages have been sent out!

Like last year, a perusal of Goodreads profiles is probably in order, haha. No limitations or requirements or whatever, just send something cool. If anyone runs into any trouble, let me know and I'll help sort it out.

everybody send Garrett a bunch of Renshai copies until he reads it

 

lmao I'm sending that book to everyone, signed by me

 

That's my favorite bookmark so you know it's serious.

 

It took me forever, but I really, really enjoyed Jade City and I thought that while it wasn't an entirely new story, it did a lot of things that I didn't expect, especially with Lan's death, I felt for sure it was a fake out and also the end with Andon refusing to accept his jade though we'll see if that arc remains, or if it follows a more familiar path by the end. I'm about 15% into the sequel. There's a larger political aspect to pay attention to, so I have already had to reread a few sections to make sure I'm following the 'new' players, but it's as good so far (and from what I've seen online, most people rate each entry in the series as improving on the last).

I am not sure what I will go to after this series. I'm so far behind on Sanderson but I don't think I'll ever catch up there. I'm also intimidated now as from what my friend has said, the connections between the series are so numerous. I feel like if I read them and began to discuss them, people would school me on stuff I missed and then I'd end up self conscious like 'wtf... did I even read them?'.

I don't participate enough in here for the gift exchange but that's neat ya'll do it. Maybe next year I'd like to have contributed more, read more and jump in.