Fox Book Club discussion

February Buddy Read is A Winter's Promise (Les Fiances de l'Hiver in French) by Christelle Dabos.
YA Fantasy that's recently been translated!

Je vais le lire en français 😊

Super !! J'ai le premier depuis un an et je ne l'ai toujours pas lu

Miranda wrote: "Je vais le lire en français 😊"

Moi aussi!

I will be reading this one! I’m waiting for it to transfer to my library so I can pick it up! It’ll be my first big book of the year (and low key my 1st in a longgg time since I didn’t do the challenge last year).

Ah!!! 😊 I'm really looking forward to reading this one!!!

Yeaaaah ! i'm so happy for this one ! Pour ma part ce sera une relecture ! ( mon édition de poche va encore souffrir).

I read it in january, really liked it and I am curious about how you (the book club) will recieve it!

Je vais peut-être le lire en français...? Je sais pas😂😅J'étudie le français a l'université mais j'ai juste fini le premier tome de deathnote en français donc je pense qu'il est possible que ce livre soit trop difficile pour moi... ㅠㅡㅠ

I might have to skip this months one, the library has 2 reservations on each copy of this book and I can’t get hold of it until march

For all my french fellows, are you going to read it in French or English ?! I'm thinking of reading it on Kindle in French first and then buy the English hardcover book and re-read it ...

Dang! I was planning on reading this when it comes out in my country, so that i can read in german, but it won´t be out before march.
when you drew the tite from the potter mug i considered reading it in english, but even though i´m capable in reading english, there is a chance i´m not quick enogh to keep up with you guys.
i´m still going to read this book since it´s been on my TBR for so long and i keep an eye open for your reviews^^
hope i can join u in march^^

I have a print copy on hold with my library, but I'm fourth in the queue. So, here's to hoping some copies get returned quickly! :)

J'espere le trouver dans mon pays pour pouvoir le lire avec vous

Kira wrote: "Dang! I was planning on reading this when it comes out in my country, so that i can read in german, but it won´t be out before march.
when you drew the tite from the potter mug i considered reading..."

I'm planning on reading it first in French, if you need a buddy read when you have it in German I'll be happy to join you and re-read it in english :)

In a happy coincidence I started this book a couple days ago without realizing that it would be the February Big Book of the Month.
Currently halfway through and really enjoying it! Love the main character (she’s strong but not your typical YA heroine) and it’s a surprisingly fast and easy read.

Just saw the ebook is available on scribd! Definitely gonna start it some time next week. Anyone know if theres an English audiobook? All I can find is what I think is the German version?

I read A Winter's Promise (and its sequel, The Missing of Clairdelune) earlier this month. I really enjoyed them and can't wait to see what everyone thinks! 💕

I started the book two days ago and Im 25% done for now. It's so easy going -at least compared to the last month's big book- The world building is very beautiful and I really liked Ophelia. I'm curious to find what's gonna happen

I am super excited to read this! I've never been in a "book club" before :) I just realized tho, this technically isn't a "big book" if you read it in Egnlish: it only has 490 pages, unless my copy is missing the last 10 lol. I guess it has more pages in the original French.

I found the book on sale today, so I will be joining the buddy read, and it's my first time reading with other people. I am very excited :D

Kayla wrote: "I am super excited to read this! I've never been in a "book club" before :) I just realized tho, this technically isn't a "big book" if you read it in Egnlish: it only has 490 pages, unless my copy..."

I bought the book in english today as well, and mine is the same amount of pages as yours, so if yours is missing pages, we will both miss out the ending :P

Kayla wrote: "I am super excited to read this! I've never been in a "book club" before :) I just realized tho, this technically isn't a "big book" if you read it in Egnlish: it only has 490 pages, unless my copy..."

I just got mine from the library and I think you're right- it must be longer in French. I am still counting it as a big book though lol 10 pages be damned!

Je vais le lire en français aussi! Le livre est disponible sur Kindle en langue française. Vu qu'il est écrit pour les jeunes, j'imagine que le vocabulaire n'est pas super difficile.

just got on the wait list.

Oh I've been wanting to read this book, and now's the perfect chance. I'll have to hold off on reading the Grisha trilogy then (wanted to read it so that I could read KoS ASAP), but those books aren't going anywhere haha.

i already read that book when it came out in french. I am excited to know what you will think of it :-)

I just got the English ebook version, and am hopeful that I'll like it! I've been trying to read more fantasy, sci-fi etc. this year, and just broaden my horizons (I also happen to be halfway done with my first read through of the HP series!)

So excited my library told me it's ready for pick up :) First buddy read looking forward to it.

L'm 25% into the book

(view spoiler)[Poor Ophélie, On one sire her family is pushing her to marry and on the other her "fiance" is a brute. What does he want with her? (hide spoiler)]

I think I’m the only man reading this, haha. Hopefully I will enjoy it nevertheless.

I wanna read this book so bad but I don't know if I should read it in french or english. My first language is french but I am used to reading in english. Uggghhhh such a struggle

If you want to count this as a “big book” (500+ pages) technically only the French version is. The English version comes up a little short. Je vais le lire en français parce que c’est la langue originale. Je trouve que les traductions manquent parfois la voix de l’auteur.

Mariame wrote: "I wanna read this book so bad but I don't know if I should read it in french or english. My first language is french but I am used to reading in english. Uggghhhh such a struggle"

95% of my books are in English but when it's a french author, I prefer to read their book in french.

If I could read French I would read the book in its original language, but I have a *basic* understanding when it comes to the language. (Like I was able to understand Stephen’s comment, but that’s about it 😬).

Are you saying my French is basic?? Haha! I get what you mean though. I’d guess that since it’s a YA book, the vocabulary won’t be super difficult, but it still may break the flow or lessen your enjoyment if you don’t like running into unknown words.

I read the English translation back in December and I think I'm going to be the odd one out in that I wasn't too impressed with it.

Stephen wrote: "Are you saying my French is basic?? Haha! I get what you mean though. I’d guess that since it’s a YA book, the vocabulary won’t be super difficult, but it still may break the flow or lessen your en..."

Haha omg no lol!!! And yes, I just got the English version from my library, but I am happy to practice a little French by reading everyone's comments in the discussion this month!

Library has mine listed as 'in transit,' so I should have it soon!

I got a copy from my library last night! I will be starting it as soon as I finish Crime and Punishment 😁

My copy is in transit so hoping to start it soon!

GOT MY COPY! So ready!

Je vais passer à la bibliothèque demain pour ma copie. J’ai bien hâte lire ce livre !

I read A Winter's Promise this month and liked it and didn't like it. It will be interesting to see what everyone else thinks so we can get into more spoilery discussions. ^_^

Borrowed this from my library today. Can’t wait to get started! I’m on a fantasy kick lately so this matches my mood perfectly.

I'm a couple hundred pages in and still not sure how I feel about it! at first I found it hard to get into (I read 14 books in January, including blasting through the entire The Passage series in 10 days and feeling a little burned out as a result) and it was sooo different to the books I'd been reading (heavily sci-fi or non-fiction) but I perservered. So far, I just don't really care about any of the characters which is making it difficult to really connect with the book, if that makes sense. I'll definitely finish it, as close to halfway through a nd might as well, but unless something actually begins to happen, I doubt it's a series I'd continue with.
But we'll see

Casey wrote: "I'm a couple hundred pages in and still not sure how I feel about it! at first I found it hard to get into (I read 14 books in January, including blasting through the entire The Passage series in 1..."

I totally agree with you. L'm 50% in and do not care about nobody in this book. I expected something more exciting but so far nothing happened that made we want to see what happens. I'll finish it, hopefully it gets better near the end.

Dominique wrote: "Casey wrote: "I'm a couple hundred pages in and still not sure how I feel about it! at first I found it hard to get into (I read 14 books in January, including blasting through the entire The Passa..."
I felt the same way when I read it. Even though I haven't read book two (because I can't read French), I feel like the author could have combined the second book with the first book in some way. It took too long to get somewhere in book two and ended when it was just getting exciting. I think I will read book two once it's translated, but if it's pacing is similar to book one, then I'll DNF it instead of making my way through it.

Je viens d’aller chercher le livre à la biblio. J’ai hâte de commencer la lecture ! Ça fait longtemps que je n’ai pas lu un livre en français :)

Natalya wrote: "Dominique wrote: "Casey wrote: "I'm a couple hundred pages in and still not sure how I feel about it! at first I found it hard to get into (I read 14 books in January, including blasting through th..."

I do hope if I do end up reading book 2 it won't drag as much.