Fantasy Buddy Reads discussion

Shield wall!!!
Book #4 of the Saxon Stories/Warrior Chronicles.
Starting...... when our holds come in from the library

I'm in when the hold comes due.

Why can't it be the first book!!!! I still haven't read any of his book.

Have y'all watched the BBC series? Season one was pretty awesome and season two starts in April.

I refuse to watch the show until I read the book

You'd only need to read 3 books between now and a couple weeks! Get it going Quinn!! Haha

Season one covers the first two books, approximately.

I'm excited for season 2 as I found book 3 really starts to set the story in motion

Well, that and Uhtred is eye candy for me

Margret wrote: "You'd only need to read 3 books between now and a couple weeks! Get it going Quinn!! Haha"

-_- have you check the list of the buddy reading books?

My copy came through today. So I have 4 days to check it out. Let me know when yours is in.

Also I'm probably going to put in requests quickly for the rest of the books. This one is the last I'll read. The library has all the rest on audio and this is a really easy series to listen to.

Mines available too. I'm reading DHG too but I can polish off a chapter a day if I start now

Luckily I searched again and the library has an omnibus edition so I checked that out.. we can at least time it together now!

So you're good to start today?

Yep! I'm through chapter 1!

Apologies.. my thoughts just tumble out of my head. I know, very stream of consciousness of me ;)

You should rephrase such as:

Apologies.. Kruppette's thoughts just tumble out of Kruppette's head. Kruppette knows, very stream of consciousness of Kruppette! ;)

I mean, through the prologue sorry haha

Ps. Loved that prologue will post thoughts later

That's my new MO-Kruppette! Like a crumpet but much more psychologically disturbed

Margret wrote: "Ps. Loved that prologue will post thoughts later"

Shhhhh! Jenna might be listening.

Margret wrote: "That's my new MO-Kruppette! Like a crumpet but much more psychologically disturbed"

When BotF meets Manifest Delusions!

Ugh anytime I think of manifest delusions I think about that disgusting huge dude with all the nooks and crannies. Such a good book though!

Margret wrote: "Ugh anytime I think of manifest delusions I think about that disgusting huge dude with all the nooks and crannies. Such a good book though!"

I would think you would think of the word rutting.

Favorite from the prologue-
(view spoiler)[ .....blood brightened the winter day. Blood splashed on my face. I was death come from the morning, blood-splattered death in mail and black cloak and wolf-crested helmet." (hide spoiler)]

Loving how BC is depicting the blood lust going into battle. And I like how he's talking as an old man, berating his wife for being pious. Shows he's still the same old cocky bastard as when he was young

That is a great quote.

(view spoiler)[
You just knew that priest wasn't going to be an ordinary priest and you knew the trick to the waking corpse as well but I found myself hoping it was going to be a real corpse arisen.
(hide spoiler)]

Through chapter 7. At times you would almost think BC was a Danish writing pining over the Danes losing a war fought 1200 years ago. Although raises Catholic I'm not a fan of the major religions so Uth's comments crack me up.

Slow the fuck down I gots to catch up!!!! Lol :)

I'm done. I think this one was on par with book one as my two favorites so far.

Funny, I preferred books 2 & 3. :)

Chris wrote: "Funny, I preferred books 2 & 3. :)"

That is funny, how far into the series are you?

I've read six. At the time, that was all that was released. It's up to like 10 now I think.

I think book 1 and 3 so far...

I haven't finished book 4 yet (gets all squinty at Scott)

Margret wrote: "I think book 1 and 3 so far...

I haven't finished book 4 yet (gets all squinty at Scott)"

I'm probably going to roll right into book 5 once it comes due at the library. I expect in the next few days.

Alrighty :)

Chris you should join us when we get to book 6

Margret wrote: "Chris you should join us when we get to book 6"

I've read #6, so maybe 7 and on. You doing them one/month, or three a week like Scott?

Chris wrote: "Margret wrote: "Chris you should join us when we get to book 6"

I've read #6, so maybe 7 and on. You doing them one/month, or three a week like Scott?"

I've put holds on the entire series and then I suspend the holds. So I'm #1 on all of them. When I lift the suspension a book can come due in an hour or fourteen days. Because the rest are all audio it's only going to take me a few days per book.

Sounds like a cool method.

These are great as audios too. I've done some of them that way 2-5, I think. Though I read 1 and 6 on ebook.

Chris wrote: "Sounds like a cool method.

These are great as audios too. I've done some of them that way 2-5, I think. Though I read 1 and 6 on ebook."

I read 1, 2 and 4. The rest will all be audio. Two I read because the wait on the audio book was ridiculous. Four I read because for whatever season it's the one the library doesn't have on audio. I agree they good both ways.

Yeah I wish the library had these audio but they have all the ebooks so I can't justify doing audible for them

Otherwise I'd be destroying them like Scott is

I'll slow down after the burning land and not remove the suspensions on my holds until you're caught up. I have holds on the last 3 Codex Alera books and I'm finishing off Moontide Quartet on Audible so that will give you some time to finish this and the next one.

Doing these on audio it's ridiculously fast. I just started book 5 this morning and I'm a third done.

Aethelred is a cockface

Margret wrote: "Aethelred is a cockface"

Yes I've wanted Uthred to spill his innards.