Fantasy Buddy Reads discussion

This is a Buddy Read for New Spring by Robert Jordan starting June 20, 2019.

Here! Short book so thats a change. Im actually excited to read this one.

I remember enjoying New Spring. Should be fun to read it again.

Andrew wrote: "I remember enjoying New Spring. Should be fun to read it again."

Yay! Good to see you Andrew!

Currently reading through WoT for the first time so definitely excited for this!

Steph, are you just startig by reading New Spring, or are you reading it after book 10?

Hoping that this one moves along and nice that it is short at about 400 pages, we will have some time to read other stuff before Knife in Sept. Yay

I read the first chapter tonight. I think I will likely read about a chapter per day, rather than rushing through it. I remember there being some interesting little nuggets in this one and I want to absorb it all. Plus, other books are beckoning at the same time.

I have started this one today :) I have read the whole of WoT, but never read New Spring for some reason. I am somewhere in chapter 4 at the moment and I am really enjoying it so far!

It is a fun one, Lola! Much shorter the the rest of the series, with more compact writing and a lot of interesting backstory. I'm up to chapter 5 and enjoying it just as much as the first time I read it.

I hope to start this by Tuesday night!

Almost halfway done already. I actually like this one as the writing seems tighter- no skirt smoothing or braid tugging as yet! We have been at this series for a while and it is nice to have a shorter book, though many I k ow would still consider it long at 400+pages. I like doorstops as some call them. It feels like you really k ow the characters and places that way.

I am on chapter 20 now and Andrew and Steph, you're right! The writing is a bit less flowery. I like it quite a bit!
Funny thing is that read Elantris a couple of weeks ago and Sanderson's writing reminded me of Jordan's style without the over the top descriptions - this book is more like Sanderson 😂

I started today and read the first chapter. I am glad we still have some people reading this! After 10 books, we lost a LOT of people.
Looking forward to a shorter, interesting prequel!

Jess wrote: "I started today and read the first chapter. I am glad we still have some people reading this! After 10 books, we lost a LOT of people.
Looking forward to a shorter, interesting prequel!"

They're all quitters and not even close to as cool as those of us that have stuck with the series :)

Just finished it - I really enjoyed this one. The writing was less elaborate and repetitive and there was only one mention of tugging a braid! Of course, the fact that we only have two perspectives helps a lot :)

I gave it 5 stars, though I would say it is about 4.5 for me really.

And yay for all of us sticking with the series!

Lola wrote: "there was only one mention of tugging a braid! .."

And by a man!

Im in Ch 5. I keep having to remind myself that this is Moiraine, not Egwene. They are very similar. Had any of you picked up on that? Egwene is a green, though, if I remember correctly.

Im also enjoying the faster pace to this novel.

Ch 12 (view spoiler)[
Odd that Moiraine was the one that put-together the clues that Cetalia is in charge of the Blue’s eyes n ears, when Siuan is the puzzle-solver!

I’m missing Lan! Where is he?!?! (hide spoiler)]

Scott wrote: "Lola wrote: "there was only one mention of tugging a braid! .."

And by a man!"

😂😂

Just finished...I finally enjoyed a book in the series! LOL. I am not a quitter after coming this far and will continue to read the series. And I have time to read some other stuff now as I finished so fast.

I have 100 pages left, and it is fine. Sometimes though I feel as if In reading fanfic. Because it is so much faster paced and a microcosm of the world; with 2 POVs.

BUT it is interesting to see how Moiraine got interested in Rand’s journey!

Finished, and I really really liked it. First time reading it back in 2016 I rated it 4*. This time I bumped it up to 5*. Things contributing to the 5* rating:
-Really appreciated the pacing. It was the perfect balance of detail vs efficiency.
-Loved seeing Moraine and Siune as Accepted and young Aes Sedai.
-Great explanation of how Moraine got started on her quest to find the Dragon Reborn. It seemed plausible, and clearly articulated why she was on a path that no other Aes Sedai knew about.
-And of course, seeing Lan and Moraine meet and begin their relationship as warder/Aes Sedai was awesome.

Prequels can be tricky things, especially something like this where literally the whole point of the story is known in advance if you've read the main series. I thought this was perfectly executed. *Slow clap*

Hello! I finally finished. It was good, but just good. I felt like Lan’s character differed a lot from the main series. Maybe getting his viewpoint was just detrimental to his brooding, fierce nature that I gathered from the first 10 books. Wish Id read this first and maybe that would make sense.

Finally got to this and finished listening/reading it for the third time, if you count the original shorter version in the Legends anthology.

I liked it a lot! Loved the friendship between M and S, and it gave you a sense of how long they have been looking for The Dragon Reborn and how much they had to sacrifice for their quest...

Next up for me is The Path of Daggers, however I have other stuff I want to read before that. In the fantasy genre, I have Imager by L.E. Modesitt Jr., King Javan's Year and The Bastard Prince by Katherine Kurtz lined up as my next 3 reads.

I have always wanted to read the Imager series... Is there a BR for it?

I don't think I have ever seen a BR for any of Modesitt's series or Kurtz's either.

Hm... We should have to do something about it, eventually...

Choko wrote: "Hm... We should have to do something about it, eventually..."

I also have Recluse 1 near the top of my TBR.

We should check if someone else is interested and start a BR for either one of those...