Fantasy Buddy Reads discussion

Fantasy A-Z:

Alchemy - Moving Pictures ✓
Banishing - Elantris ✓
Coven - Lords and Ladies ✓
Demons - City of Bones ✓
Elves - Half a King ✓
Fairies - Dark King ✓
Griffin - Menagerie ✓
Horror - Heart-Shaped Box ✓
Interstellar - The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet ✓
Joust - A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms ✓
Kraken (sea monsters) - The Extinction Trials ✓
Lucifer - The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue ✓
Medium - Midnight Crossroad ✓
Necromancy - Prince of Thorns ✓
Orcs - Bodyguard Of Lightning
Phoenix - Spectacle ✓
Quest - King of Thorns ✓
Reincarnation - Warbreaker ✓
Steampunk - The Waking Fire ✓
Tarot - Spellslinger ✓
Unicorns - The Last Unicorn ✓
Vampires - City of Ashes ✓
Werewolves - Men at Arms ✓
Xenmorph - Old Man's War ✓
Yeti - Thief of Time ✓
Zombies - Crooked Kingdom ✓

Total: 25/26

*All subject to change!


Names A-Z
A - Asha (The Last Namsara by Kristen Ciccarelli)
B - Brittle (Sea of Rust by C. Robert Cargill)
C - Çeda Ahyanesh'ala (Twelve Kings by Bradley Beaulieu)
D - Dalinar Kholin (The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson)
E - Evie Black (Sleeping Beauties by Stephen & Owen King)
F - Falcio val Mond (Traitor's Blade by Sebastien De Castell)
G - Githa Ogg (Carpe Jugulum by Terry Pratchett)
H - Hadrian Blackwater (Theft of Swords by Michael J. Sullivan)
I - Ishak (Charmcaster by Sebastien de Castell)
J - Jorg Ancrath (Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence)
K - Kaz Brekker (Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo)
L - Lan Kaul (Jade City by Fonda Lee)
M - Mia (One Word Kill by Mark Lawrence)
N - Nina Zenik (Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo)
O - Otah Machi (A Shadow in Summer by Daniel Abraham)
P - Pyotr Vladimirovich (The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden)
Q - Quinn (Made to Be Broken by Kelley Armstrong)
R - Reichis (Shadowblack by Sebastien de Castell)
S - Snorri ver Snagason (Prince of Fools by Mark Lawrence)
T - Thorn Bathu (Half a War by Joe Abercrombie)
U - Uq-Ispad, Chassar (The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon)
V - Val Kirk (The Gods of Winter by Dale Harker)
W - Wax Ladrian (Shadows of Self by Brandon Sanderson)
X - Xenocrates (Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman)
Y - Yarvi (Half the World by Joe Abercrombie)
Z - Zelie (Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi)

26/26

Non-Fantasy A-Z

A: Alaska
B: BC (Before Christ) - Just One Damned Thing After Another✓
C: China
D: Documentary - Hell's Princess: The Mystery of Belle Gunness, Butcher of Men ✓
E: England - The Day of the Triffids ✓
F: Fiction (like a free spot) - Shift ✓
G: Germany
H: Historical Fiction - The Bird King ✓
I: India
J: Japan - The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya✓
K: Korea (Jenna Special)
L: Law (fiction or non) - The Dark Heart: A True Story of Greed, Murder, and an Unlikely Investigator ✓
M: Mystery - The Boy in the Burning House ✓
N: Nonfiction - The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women ✓
O: Original (author's first work) - What Happened That Night ✓
P: Police (fiction or non) - To the Bridge: A True Story of Motherhood and Murder ✓
Q: Queen
R: Russia - The Bear and the Nightingale ✓
S: Satire - The Last Continent ✓
T: Thriller - Genuine Fraud ✓
U: U-Choose - The Ice Twins ✓
V: Victorian Era - Once Upon a River ✓
W: Wild West - Red Country ✓
X: Xray (anything medical fiction or non)
Y: YA - The One Memory of Flora Banks ✓
Z: Zoology

Total: 18/26

I'm aware some of these are technically fantasy, but I don't own anything else that would fit the category..! 😂


Locations A-Z:

A: Australia (Tongues of Serpents)
B:
C: California (Dry)
D:
E: Edinburgh (City of Ghosts)
F: Fatrasta (Sins of Empire)
G: Ghent (The Crown Tower)
H:
I: Istanbul (Black Powder War)
J:
K:
L: London (Fated)
M: Maryland (Kindred)
N: Nigeria (Rosewater)
O:
P:
Q:
R:
S: South Africa (Empire of Ivory)
T: Toronto (Safe Harbour)
U: USA (A Beautiful Poison)
V: Villon sur Sarthe (The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue)
W: Wales (Victory of Eagles)
X:
Y: Yscalin (The Priory of the Orange Tree)
Z: Zosma (Muse of Nightmares)

16/26

Your list looks really promising, good luck with it :)

Anni wrote: "Your list looks really promising, good luck with it :)"

Thanks hun! :D

Oh and by the way, I also like to read A knight of the seven Kingdoms and Shadow and Bone next year ;)

Nice, we'd best get them scheduled in ;)

HAHA yes, we shouldn't wast the points! And if you are still up to read Spellslinger I am in as well :)

Sure thing! :) I shall look at our trackers when I get time and propose some dates!

You've filled in so many of these already, go you!

Charlie wrote: "You've filled in so many of these already, go you!"

Yes but the hard part will be reading them! XD haha.

That's Griffin crossed off! Never thought that would be my first one! XD

Great job.

Thanks Scott :)

Go you!!

Charlie wrote: "Go you!!"

Thanks hun! :D

Great job

8/26! I'm doing better than I thought I would haha! :)

FINALLY! A friggin Yeti!! - Thief of Time 😂

Can anyone think of any books with characters whose names start with Q or U? Any help appreciated! XD

All I can think of is The Curse of the Gloamglozer (whose illustrations gave me nightmares when I was a kid :p).
MC's name is Quint.

Virginie wrote: "All I can think of is The Curse of the Gloamglozer (whose illustrations gave me nightmares when I was a kid :p).
MC's name is Quint."

OK, that looks terrifying....! I'll check it out XD

It's pretty good middle-grade fantasy. Easy to read, likable characters and cool illustrations of the various (and sometimes creepy) creatures inhabiting the world. And sky pirates. Let's not forget the sky pirates :p
I loved it as a kid, and will start re-reading the second trilogy soon :)

Siobhan wrote: "FINALLY! A friggin Yeti!! - Thief of Time 😂"

Congrats on finding a book with a Yeti! That's hard one.

Tammie wrote: "Siobhan wrote: "FINALLY! A friggin Yeti!! - Thief of Time 😂"

Congrats on finding a book with a Yeti! That's hard one."

Thanks hun! I thought I never would! 😅

Virginie wrote: "It's pretty good middle-grade fantasy. Easy to read, likable characters and cool illustrations of the various (and sometimes creepy) creatures inhabiting the world. And sky pirates. Let's not forge..."

Sounds fab! :D thanks for the recommendation!

A shame that Yeti didn't have a name starting with U :p

Virginie wrote: "A shame that Yeti didn't have a name starting with U :p"

Maybe he has a nickname...

I'm an absolute moron! I'm literally reading a book now with a character called Quinn.... 🙈🙈 Honestly, my brain is all over today. I'm probably reading a U one too...

Haha! Well, you realized it at least.

A name starting with U, huh.... Uriel, Ursula, Ulysses... Not very common :p Good luck!

Ulysses, that's a book that exists... Thanks! XD

Just thought of that earlier, but you could also read some arthurian fantasy for Uther Pendragon :)

Virginie wrote: "Just thought of that earlier, but you could also read some arthurian fantasy for Uther Pendragon :)"

Ohh good idea! Thanks for thinking of me :D