Flights of Fantasy discussion

New year, new books.

Maybe I won't do quite so many rereads this year, since my tbr is ever growing...

That said, I'm starting my Discworld-a-thon with a reread of Thief of Time.

Maybe not on that reread thing?

If my challenge goals go as planned, I will be rereading at least half of the books I want to complete this year.

I'm starting with Dead Until Dark. It has been a decade (at the least) since I read this one.

My problem is that every time I got into a slump, I started rereading stuff I liked. Which is all well and good until you realize your tbr list is well over 300 books, and you just keep rereading stuff instead of tackling new stuff.

That said, I set my challenge to only 63 books next this year. It's lower than past years, but I struggled to get to 79 this year, so I decided I'm gonna just not stress about it next this year.

colleen the convivial curmudgeon wrote: "My problem is that every time I got into a slump, I started rereading stuff I liked. Which is all well and good until you realize your tbr list is well over 300 books, and you just keep rereading s..."

colleen the convivial curmudgeon wrote: "That said, I set my challenge to only 63 books next this year. It's lower than past years, but I struggled to get to 79 this year, so I decided I'm gonna just not stress about it next this year."

I understand!

Reading slumps suck, but if revisiting old favorites get you through it then I say keep them close by. The more you stress over your TBR, the worse it might get so just read what you can when you can. It'll sort itself out in the end.
Maybe challenge yourself to read one or two from your TBR for every reread...like adding vegetables to your favorite comfort food so that you remain healthy. :)

Vegetables. Ugh. I ate brussel sprouts tonight, made almost bearable by dipping them in honey mustard.

Lol! I hate Brussels sprouts! And they hate me; I get a stomach ache after eating them - so I don’t!

I cataloged the DTBs that I own to make them even more visible; I hope to read lots of them!

I've been reading a bit of Blood and Gold. I like Anne Rice, but new and shiny books have kept this on my shelf since 2010 and I'm finally starting to feel guilty. Today I finished The Ancient Magus' Bride, Vol. 1; not the best thing ever, but not awful. I intend to continue La Belle Sauvage and Winter's Heart soon. I've been taking forever with them even though I like them. Too much time wasting on sites like GR! ;)

I finally finshed Words of Radiance!

Just reading Edgedancer in a hurry before I FINALLY start Oathbringer.

Dawn wrote: "I finally finshed Words of Radiance!

Just reading Edgedancer in a hurry before I FINALLY start Oathbringer."

You'll still catch me, probably.

Chris wrote: "Dawn wrote: "I finally finshed Words of Radiance!

Just reading Edgedancer in a hurry before I FINALLY start Oathbringer."

You'll still catch me, pr..."

I'm finally starting Oathbringer tonight! I'm so excited!!!! NEW STORMLIGHT WORDS!!!!!

Awesome.

I have 170 pages left :)

Nyssa wrote: "I'm starting with Dead Until Dark. It has been a decade (at the least) since I read this one. ."

I finished earlier today, and am now reading the prequel to The Hollows series, The Turn: The Hollows Begins with Death.

It is longer than I was expecting, so I hope I can complete it by Saturday and start Dead Witch Walking on time.

Chris wrote: "Awesome.

I have 170 pages left :)"

Almost there! I definitely won't catch up, haha. What do you think so far?

I'm loving it, Dawn. I believe I'm under 100 to go now, as I read a lot last night. Nothing today at work though, as I've had to actually work. So annoying.

I'm about 3/4 into Fears of Henry IV: The Life of England's Self-made King, which I'm rather liking, and a third of the way into final trilogy entry Angel's Knight. The trilogy's ended up being a bit more derring do and less grimdark than I thought it might be early on, but still rather engaging.

I finished Oathbringer and my audiobook The White Tower.

Started Blood Song and enjoying it quite a bit.

I jumped into Captain James Hook and the Siege of Neverland after finishing the first book. I'm enjoying these books more than I expected to, tbh.

Nyssa wrote: "I'm starting with Dead Until Dark. It has been a decade (at the least) since I read this one. ."

I finished earlier today, and am now reading the prequel to The Hollows series, The Turn: The Hollows Begins with Death.

It is longer than I was expecting, so I hope I can complete it by Saturday and start Dead Witch Walking on time. "

Ok, so that didn't happen.

I finally finished The Turn: The Hollows Begins with Death (Hollows prequel 1 of 3) last night.

I want to start the second Sookie book, Living Dead in Dallas tonight.

Dead Witch Walking gets pushed back a week, and I hope I can also slip the two other Hollows prequels in there somewhere as well.

Spellbound by Nora Roberts in paperback
A short story with romance, suspense, magic, witches and an evil wizard. Calin Farrell goes to Ireland for a much needed rest. He has had dreams since childhood of certain place, with a red-headed young woman. He feels pulled to this place all of his life. When he arrives he finds a small cottage and very aggressive, beautiful woman named Bryna Torrence. She tries to convince him why he is there and the spell that has been cast over them. She needs his help to once and for all defeat the wicked wizard who want her body, soul and her powers. This book could have had a lot of potential, but I found it difficult to follow. The story line was not well defined and all over the place. For a short story, it took me long to read it. 2 stars

I recently read Captain James Hook and the Curse of Peter Pan and Captain James Hook and the Siege of Neverland, which I enjoyed more than I expected, honestly, and now I'm hoping for a third in the series.

Now I'm reading Year One: A Quincy Harker, Demon Hunter Collection. I found it a bit off-putting in the first chapter, but I've settled into it now. It's kind of a Dresden/Constantine hybrid, and while it seems to try too hard to be "badass" sometimes, it's pretty enjoyable overall.

Ever After by Nora Roberts in paperback
A fun, easy, fast read. It drew me in as it went on. A story filled with mystique, romance and some magic included. I like how she sort of left the core of the story towards more of the end, so it made me continue reading. 4 stars

In Dreams (Once Upon #3) in paperback by Nora Roberts
"In Dreams" by Nora Roberts in paperback.
A short story of romance, mystery, intrigue and magic. I predicted the ending, but it was a fun ride getting to it. 5 stars

Last weekend, I finished reading the MG/YA book, The Ruins of Gorlan, and though I'd quibble about a couple of things, I gave it five stars.

I love Ranger's Apprentice. One of my favorite series.