Fantasy Buddy Reads discussion

Bingo Challenge~
1. A buddy read with someone in the group ~ The Slow Regard of Silent Things / 01.13.20
2. A debut novel
3. A book under 300 pages ~ Wishful Drinking / 01.05.20
4. A book you own and haven’t read yet ~ Six of Crows / 02.13.20
5. A book with a blue cover
6. A book in a series you have already started ~ The Last Wish / [02.06320]
7. A book with an anti-hero
8. A book recommended by someone on Goodreads ~ A Wizard of Earthsea / 01.19.20
9. A Young Adult book ~ Five ​Dark Fates / 01.30.20
10. A book by an author you have not read before ~ A Time of Dread / [03.06.20]
11. A book with a one-word title
12. A book you can read in one day ~ Tunnel of Bones / 01/31/20
13. FREE SPACE ~ Paper Girls, Vol. 6
14. A book featuring an unlikely friendship ~ City of Ghosts / 01.28.20
15. A book over 800 pages ~ The Eye of the World / 03.31.20
16. A book published before 1970
17. A book on your to-read list for more than one year
18. A book with a person on the cover ~Alanna: The First Adventure / 01.17.20
19. A book from a (sub)genre you don’t usually read
20. A book by an author under 25 at the time it was published
21. A book with a dragon in it ~ Sword of Destiny / 01.30.20
22. A book published this year
23. A standalone book ~ The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday / 03.13.20
24. The last book in a series ~ Fool's Fate / 01.10.20
25. A book of your choice ~ The Dragon Keeper / 03.30.20

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Good luck! :)

Thanks so much Virginie ^~^ Are you continuing your Bingo challenge this year?

Good luck hun!

Thank you Siobhan! :D

Katie wrote: "Thanks so much Virginie ^~^ Are you continuing your Bingo challenge this year?"

Just answered you in my own Bingo thread haha. Not the standalone one, though I have my SF Tropes Bingo still. I'm doing this one passively, only filling it when I come across a book that fit but won't go out of my way to advance it :)

Oohhh. Gotcha gotcha XD

I love the visual bingo card idea! Good luck, Katie :)

Thank you very much Navi! I got the idea from Anni and Virginie and their bingo challenges ^~^

Almost to that Bingo ! :D

Well done! You're tearing through that challenge :O

hehe. Thanks Virginie~ I'm honestly just lucky with where things are lining up and my tbr list XD

It's gonna take me forever to read a good standalone book XD there are too many series in the works. Anyone have any suggestions? :D

Yay standalones!

The Goblin Emperor is great for political intrigues - almost no action. (a sequel has been announced but it stands on its own)

The Tangled Lands is actually a compilation of 4 novellas (by 2 different authors) in a shared world. It's pretty dark at times. The audiobook is a treat: Tim Gerard Reynolds and Kate Reading

Hollow Kingdom is pretty fun: zombie apocalypse as viewed by a pet crow. This lead me to research a little crows, and those animals are pretty damn smart :O

Sea of Rust is subversion of the "AI/robot apocalypse" as the book is from the point of view of a robot, after mankind has gone extinct. Some musings about what it means to be "human" (or a sentient individual in this case).

The Ten Thousand Doors of January was buddy-read recently. Beautiful writing (especially for a debut), is a bit YA in tone. It reads as a love-letter to escapism through books :)

The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday is incredibly fun. It's a novella so it's great if you're already swamped in books (but it's worth reading even if you're not :p). This book is just... crazy. Ancient arrogant djinn (+ pistachio-eating old soldier) VS AI.

Tooth and Claw is delightful. A Victorian drama, but with dragons.

City of Bones was one of my favorite reads of 2019, has inventive world-building. Martha Wells deserves more recognition (for her Fantasy novels, not just Murderbot).

@Virginie ~ Oooh! All of those books look amazing! Thank you for the suggestions <3 I'll have to pick one of these up in March when my BR calm down a bit ^^;

You're welcome :)

I second The Goblin Emperor and Tooth and Claw!

Also, The Sword of Kaigen is awesome! :)

Bea wrote: "I second The Goblin Emperor and Tooth and Claw!

Also, The Sword of Kaigen is awesome! :)"

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The Sword of Kaigen is a standalone Bea?! O.o

Katie wrote: "Bea wrote: "I second The Goblin Emperor and Tooth and Claw!

Also, The Sword of Kaigen is awesome! :)"

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The Sword of Kaigen is a standalone Bea?! O.o"

Yes. There are more books set in the same world (I haven't read them) but the author herself calls it a standalone story :)

@Bea ~ no way!!! Even more reason for me to pick this one up! It's on my tbr for a while :D

From now on, when I start a series, I guess I have to check if there is a prior connecting series first ~ ala A Time of Dread lol

And that's BINGO!!! Cue the confetti! lol. Thank you Virginie for the stand alone recommendations. I really enjoyed the little romp with the djin in The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday :D

Filling up those slots to try and get a full board~

Katie wrote: "And that's BINGO!!! Cue the confetti! lol. Thank you Virginie for the stand alone recommendations. I really enjoyed the little romp with the djin in [book:The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday|4345966..."

A little late, but you're welcome! I'm glad you had fun with The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday :)

No worries Virginie ^~^