SF/F Read Alongs discussion

Here is our official schedule for Full Fathom Five!

Week 1: July 20 Ch 1-13 (pg 102) - Allie
Week 2: July 27 Ch 14-32 (pg 204) - Lynn
Week 3: August 3 Ch 33-50 (pg 302) - Heather
Week 4: August 10 Ch 50-62 (pg 382) - Lisa

July 5th is the last Kushiel post so maybe a week break and then we start?

Sounds good to me! ^_^ Thank you so much for looking up the page count!

I can help host as well and taking a break between Kushiel and FFF sounds like a good idea. That'll put us a week after the release of Last First Snow, I think?

I'm along for the ride but can't host. I am still having trouble eyeball reading. Phosphorous deficiency really messes with the ability to concentrate, so I can't dependably say I can have a section read in time to send out questions. The book isn't on audio.

That plan looks good to me, and I'm up for hosting too. :)

I'm also still in for this one, and would be available for hosting! I'd prefer to do week 1 or 2, because I'm going to be traveling a lot and attending a conference for the 2nd two weeks (I can still read and discuss then, though :) ).

I'm up for it. I can also host a week if it's needed.

Okay, so if we want to start somewhere mid-July-ish and give everyone reading Kushiel's Dart a bit of a breather before starting a new readalong, the schedule would look like this:

Week 1: July 20 Ch 1-13 (pg 102)
Week 2: July 27 Ch 14-32 (pg 204)
Week 3: August 3 Ch 33-50 (pg 302)
Week 4: August 10 Ch 50-62 (pg 382)

What do you all think? That gives us a whole week between Kushiel's Dart and Full Fathom Five.

Schedule looks good to me. I will try to keep up with the eyeball reading. I have already bought the ebook and will probably start it this week.

Are any of you going to be interested in a read along of Book 2 of the Kushiel's trilogy? I'd like to start talking to folks on the Kushiel's Dart read along about scheduling book 2. If there is a lot of interest from you guys, I can schedule the read along to start in August. If not, I will schedule sooner. Thanks!

Schedule looks good to me! I can host whenever though the beginning will be easier for me.

Schedule looks good to me! I can host whenever though the beginning will be easier for me.

All of that sounds good to me! Put me down to host FFF whenever. :)

I'm at ALA currently so if someone else could assign hosts dates I'd appreciate it and I'll edit the post at the top when I get to a computer ;)

Unfortunately, I haven't read the first two books in the series, so wont be able to participate, but I think I will read the first book during this time period and answer the questions posed during that read-along.

For FFF, we have potential hosts: Anya, Lynn, Me, Lisa, and Heather. So in the end, we have one more host than week. Do we want to try doing 5 weeks instead or just one of us not host this time around?

To Susan, I am also interested in the book 2 read-along!

I don't have to host. But I'm here if you need me :)

I'll skip hosting since I will probably get busy ;)

How about the following schedule?

Week 1: July 20 Ch 1-13 (pg 102) - Allie
Week 2: July 27 Ch 14-32 (pg 204) - Lynn
Week 3: August 3 Ch 33-50 (pg 302) - Heather
Week 4: August 10 Ch 50-62 (pg 382) - Lisa

Does that sound fair to everyone? Anyone want to/prefer to switch things around?

Works for me.

Sounds good to me, too!

Works for me!

Looks great! I'll update the first post when I get off the airplane :D

James wrote: "Unfortunately, I haven't read the first two books in the series, so wont be able to participate, but I think I will read the first book during this time period and answer the questions posed during..."

Heya James - the first 2 books each worked as a stand alone. Each book happens in the same world but with different characters.

I am!

I'd be in for Last First Snow, too :). Also, I've put together some questions now for our first week of Full Fathom Five (Ch 1-13)! I'm just going to send them here, since I'm afraid I'd miss somebody on email. I think we've all read the first two books as well, but I'll try to keep vague on references to them in any case, to avoid spoiling:

1) Kai kicks off the story by risking her life in an attempt to save the idol Alpha Seven. Why do you think she chose to try? Do you think idols truly non-sentient?

2) I think this is the first time we've seen idols, and they have their similarities and differences to gods and craftsmen. Do you think they serve a useful purpose? If you were in this world, would you prefer faith, Craft, or idols?

3) I found it interesting that priests/priestesses are able to change or reform their bodies in the pool, during their initiation. If it were possible, would you want to make use of this power or not?

4) A few familiar faces show up from Three Parts Dead, Cat and Ms. Kevarian! Is this how you would have expected them to be living, after the events of that novel? [Three Parts Dead spoiler warning for answers to this question]

5) Izza is in a difficult situation; she wants to take care of the other street children, but she also wants to protect herself. What do you think of how she is attempting to meet both goals? Do you think she was right to stop leading the stories and rituals for the other children?

6) There is a lot that is hinted near the end of this section, with the line "Howl, Bound World" and the poet Edmond Margot. What do you think it is that ties together Seven Alpha, Kai, Izza, and Margot?

Count me in for this Readalong too! I've been meaning to join up with this group for a long time and I've had FFF on my catch-up list for a while so this is just perfect! Hello and happy to read with you all :)

Yey!!!

Fairly certain I'm committed to this series now, so count me in for Last First Snow as well. My first FFF post will go up late tonight/early tomorrow, schedule willing. :D

Hey everyone, I made a banner for my posts for this and you're welcome to use it: http://www.onstarshipsanddragonwings....

I just put FFF on my "you seriously need to read this real soon" list. This is perfect motivation.

Yey!!!

Yay!

http://www.onstarshipsanddragonwings.... here's mine!

Mogsy and Tiara will probably be joining me next week, but here's ours for this week: http://bibliosanctum.com/2015/07/20/f...

Here's mine: https://thebastardtitle.wordpress.com...

Here's mine! http://tethyanbooks.blogspot.fr/2015/...

And mine!
http://www.leoconnacht.com/wp/2015/07...

Lynn, I actually can't go to your link, it says "Advanced blocking in effect". Am I doing something wrong?

Weird Allie, it works for me, do you have a firewall running or something?

No firewall, and I'm blocked on both my macbook and my windows desktop... could it be a regional block? (Edit: In case it's relevant, I'm in France :) )

Allie wrote: "No firewall, and I'm blocked on both my macbook and my windows desktop... could it be a regional block?"

Try now? I've had a lot of hacking attempts out of France for some reason.

Thanks, it works now!

Allie wrote: "Thanks, it works now!"

Huzzah! I'm glad it was a pretty easy fix in the end. I'm sorry for the trouble and inconvenience. :(

Hacking attempts from France huh, weird!

Here's my post for week 1!

http://overtheeffingrainbow.co.uk/201...

Hiya! A little early perhaps, but here's this week's (ch 14-32) set of questions. ^_^ I've put them behind a spoiler cut just in case, so hopefully no one will accidentally see them before reading the chapters.

(view spoiler)[1) So Margot too is hoping that Izza can lead him to the Blue Lady. What do you make of his vision? Especially in relation to the nightmares that Kai is having. Do you think they're related?

2) Teo! Did anyone expect to see Teo? What role do you think she'll play in the rest of the story?

3) Kai is worried that Mara has set her up. Do you think it likely?

4) It seems everyone is having discussions of faith with one another. That's not particularly surprising given the tenor of the books, I know, but still. How does what we've learned from Cat and Margot in these chapters affect your feelings on the idea of gods, Craft or Idols that Allie asked?

5) We're getting a better idea of what Penitence means for the people of Kavekana. What do you think of their idea of punishment now that you have a better idea of how it works?

6) Kai has built up an idea of what's going on, but what do you think happened? Did Margot really steal soul without realising it or is there something else going on? (hide spoiler)]

My week 2 post: https://thebastardtitle.wordpress.com...

My week 2 post is here: http://www.leoconnacht.com/wp/2015/07...

My week 2 post is here: http://tethyanbooks.blogspot.fr/2015/...

Bibliosanctum for Week 2: http://bibliosanctum.com/2015/07/27/f...