2026 Reading Challenge discussion

This thread is to discuss The Subtle Knife, the second book in the His Dark Materials Series by Philip Pullman.

Pages: 370 pages

Length: 1 Month (July)

Participants: Michelle, Carissa

Everyone reads at their own pace during a Buddy Read. Because participants can be at different parts of the book at different times, it is extremely important to mark spoilers so that the book is not ruined for someone who is not as far along as others!!!

Mark spoilers by placing {spoiler} before the text and {/spoiler} after the text but use the < and > instead of the { and }.

Happy Buddy Reading!

Our own topic. I'm curious how this story will progress. I did read it already long long long ago, but I cannot really remember how everything worked out ;).

I liked the second book more than the first! I'll join y'all for the third as I haven't read it yet

I have 2 or 3 chapters left in the first book!! I will definitely be reading The Subtle Knife immediately afterwards for sure :D x

Woohoo! I'm glad to hear. I need to finish my book I started last month, which is like 200 pages left and then choose out of 4 books that I'm doing for buddy reads this month (quite ambitious) which one to read first. Its gonna be either this one or another one :).

Update from Mods

Please confirm here (Buddy Read Sign-up Thread) by July 24th if two or more of you plan to continue with this series next month. Thanks in advance!

I have not yet started this book, but I'll probably finish it just before or just after the end of the month. Either way I will be excited to continue the series next month. What about you Carissa?

I'm marking this confirmed.

I am very late with this book as well. I'm halfway through my third book this month and hoping to at least start this book this month :). how far are you in Carissa?

I suddenly read really quick and finished my last book. Will start this book tonight or tomorrow!

I'm halfway through now. I like this book better then the first book and I really like Will. More than I like Lyra who is more reckless. I guess I can identify more with Will.

I finished this book last night and I liked it better then the first book. I think it was less predictable and I really loved Will and the witches!

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I hope Serafina and Lyra come back to Will, since they were a great team. I'm curious what plan the angels have for will and am ready to explore new worlds in the next book!
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