Fantasy Buddy Reads discussion

This is a Buddy Read for The Dragon's Path by Daniel Abraham starting October 15, 2018.

in!

In!

Thank you, Niki! :)

Yw!

I'm also totally in. I've been meaning to try this again.

Niki Hawkes wrote: "I'm also totally in. I've been meaning to try this again."

Yay!

Even though I fizzled out on his LPQ series, I'll give this one a try.

Yes! Welcome on board!

Veronica wrote: "Even though I fizzled out on his LPQ series, I'll give this one a try."

Awesome! This one seems to be very different from LPQ, so hopefully it will be more your style. :)

I finished this series a month or so ago. It was great! Too soon for a reread though I'll be following the threads.

Girls, I will be dropping this series for the moment. With my reading slump I am way behind on my schedule. I will focus on the series I still have to finish before adding a new one to the list.

Sorry!

Well, I have been MIA as well so don't feel bad.

No worries, Miche! :)

I have every intention of reading these. With the BR. I just might be late lol.

I have a lot of personal shit going on. And I have to finish the second Powder Mage book before it gets returned to the library (I waited 3 months to get it this time lol). And then I have a review commitment. THEN I should be able to dive in.

Sometimes I feel like such a flake. But I caaaareee.

Niki, I am happy to wait for you. I am going through personal shitstorm too. Hugs.

Mayim wrote: "Niki, I am happy to wait for you. I am going through personal shitstorm too. Hugs."

Thank you, Mayim - hugs back! <3

And thank you for offering to wait 😭 Lol. How much of a heads up would be preferable? :)

A couple of days should suffice Niki. I have the book on the shelf, so I would only need time to finish whatever I will be reading then. Would that work for you?

Mayim wrote: "A couple of days should suffice Niki. I have the book on the shelf, so I would only need time to finish whatever I will be reading then. Would that work for you?"

Yes, perfect! Thank you ^_^

Super. Then let me know when you are ready.

Mayim wrote: "Super. Then let me know when you are ready."

Will do!

Niki Hawkes wrote: "Sometimes I feel like such a flake. But I caaaareee."

I feel you, Niki! I am at the same situation at this moment.

That is the issue of being an emotional reader. I need the perfect mood for the books.

Mayim wrote: "Well, I have been MIA as well so don't feel bad."

:)

I will stalk the comments and for sure I will come back to the thread when I finally get to read the books. Hopefully I can catch up for the later books.

Haha, I came to check on other's progress on this one, and I see I'm not the only one who was too busy to start this on the 15th.

Terry wrote: "Haha, I came to check on other's progress on this one, and I see I'm not the only one who was too busy to start this on the 15th."

lol that's funny! I'm glad I'm not the only one haha.

Mayim (and Terry if you have time to join us) I was thinking either a Tuesday or Wednesday start this week if you're in the mood to read it next. :)

Wednesday works perfectly for me!

I'm going to make the time! And Tuesday or Wednesday work just fine.

Sweet!!!

Great people here for this BR so I'll make time too. :)

Laura wrote: "Great people here for this BR so I'll make time too. :)"

:D

OH I'm very happy to hear it, Laura!

So I have started and I like it a lot. I have read only a couple of chapters and the prologue, so there is a lot of exposition but the protagonists are interesting and balanced and the world looks exciting (13 races! wow!).

Don't have a favourite so far.

I’m intimidated about keeping 13 races straight already! Lots of learning to do off the bat.

It is not that bad. He immerses us slowly.

I started today as well, but I'm not that far in. I've actually read this first book before and thought that it was just okay. I'm told it gets better and better with each book, so that's why I'm giving it another go. Maybe I'll even like it more this time around. 🤞

I did like the characters and the concept. I remember exactly nothing about anything though lol.

I like the slowly emerging intrigue. But I have only made the first round of the protagonists.

A note to anyone reading this on Kindle - there's an error with publishing that the epilogue is out of order. Mine was after the acknowledgements stuff. That was many months back so I have no idea if it was fixed yet.

About all the races, they get an appendix in later books. At least I don't remember one after the first book? Here's a non spoiler reference: http://www.danielabraham.com/books-by...

Narilka wrote: "A note to anyone reading this on Kindle - there's an error with publishing that the epilogue is out of order. Mine was after the acknowledgements stuff. That was many months back so I have no idea ..."

Thanks for that link, Narilka! That will be very beneficial. An appendix with the first book would have been good idea.

I'm about 1/3 of the way in. I agree about the slow buildup of the intrigue. It's been good so far. It has a realistic feel to it. I did read the page on the different races. It was definitely helpful in giving me some imagery as I'm going.

It is hard to post without spoilers as the chapters are not numbered but I just wanted to say that I LOVED the Gandalf "We shall pass" and "you have no power here" moment.

Terry wrote: "I'm about 1/3 of the way in. I agree about the slow buildup of the intrigue. It's been good so far. It has a realistic feel to it. I did read the page on the different races. It was definitely help..."

Yeah, I was thinking that I need more a visual guide than the description. I'll try to find something later.

Mayim wrote: "It is hard to post without spoilers as the chapters are not numbered but I just wanted to say that I LOVED the Gandalf "We shall pass" and "you have no power here" moment."

Yes! And (view spoiler)[ an all-in bluff to make it the highest stake, too! (hide spoiler)]

Post spoilers using page percentages?

Dawson's chapters are stressing me out (view spoiler)[because I anticipate his downfall from afar. And even though I like him the least of all the protagonists I don't want to go through kind of Eddard Stark arc again... ouch (hide spoiler)].

Narilka wrote: "Post spoilers using page percentages?"

It is an idea but I'd have to check how to change to %. Thanks. :)

Cannot do this in iBooks. So I will try to be enigmatic and unspoilery.

Ever since the Gandalf moment (view spoiler)[I have suspected that Master Kit is the apostate (hide spoiler)] but the scene when they pretend to walk five drunken men (view spoiler)[finally confirmed my suspicions. He can tell truth from lie and he can make people believe him. He is the one. Good, because I liked the Apostate so I hope he will play a key role in the unfolding story and maybe even get his own POV in the coming books. (hide spoiler)]

I rewatched one of my favorite tv series of all time, which is Merlin, and the tv mini series The Pillars of the Earth. Gorgeous productions.
Give them a try when you can, they are totally worth it!

Andreea Beatrice wrote: "I rewatched one of my favorite tv series of all time, which is Merlin, and the tv mini series The Pillars of the Earth. Gorgeous productions.
Give them a try when you can, they are totally worth it!"

I am not sure this is the best thread for this kind of things.

I can't really get it from your comments how far you all are in it. Halfway through or almost over? If you're still not done and I get a chance to catch up I'll start tonight.

I got caught up with Halloween and trick or treating and kids exams and competitions at school and I still have to finish a book I'm beta reading now. Planning to get that done by today.

I'm still not very far but I have to say I'm liking it a lot more than my 2 star rating. I think I read it before I was really used to multiple pov stories. Now that I've read like a billion of them, I like this lol. I'd also just finished LPQ and my expectations were astronomical.