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Soo's Tracker of All Bookish Things ~ Lair of Paradox (2025)
New Releases for 2025Stuff I added to Audible Wishlist from Audible's 2025 The Stories We Can't Wait to Hear blog.
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Debut
- Mask of the Deer Woman 01/25/25 - Mystery/Suspense
Horror
- Badlands 06/03/25 - Agent Corrie Swanson & Nora Kelly (No idea why this is in horror and not Mystery. XD)
- The Staircase in the Woods - 04/29/25
- The Buffalo Hunter Hunter - 03/18/25
- Their Monstrous Hearts - 04/08/25
- Whistle: A Novel - 06/10/25
- Overgrowth - 05/06/25
- Old Soul - 01/28/25
- Rose of Jericho - 03/11/25
- Never Flinch - 05/27/25
Mystery
- The Queens of Crime - 02/11/25
- Nobody’s Fool - 03/25/25
- Midnight Black #14 Gray Man - 02/18/25
- Nemesis #10 Orphan X - 02/11/25
Romantasy
- Immortal - 01/17/26
Sci-Fi/Fantasy
- When the Moon Hits Your Eye - 03/25/25
- Breath of the Dragon - 01/07/25
- The River Has Roots - 03/04/25
- A Language of Dragons - 01/07/25
- This Inevitable Ruin #7 DDC - 02/11/25
- When We Were Real - 04/01/25
- Once Was Willem - 03/04/25
- The Devils - 05/13/25
YA
- All Better Now - 02/04/25
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Audible Plus (02/03)
- Disillusionists series by Carolyn Crane #1-3 Mind Games
- Frontera
- Sleepless series by Nancy Kress #1-3 Beggars in Spain
- The Last Dog on Earth
- Death Stranding - Death Stranding: The Official Novelization – Volume 1
- Cutter's Wars series by Steve Perry #1-3 The Ramal Extraction
- Broken Destiny series by Jeaniene Frost #1-3 The Beautiful Ashes
- The Broken Sword
- Three Californias Triptych series by Kim Standley Robinson #1-3 The Wild Shore
- Ghostbusters: The Supernatural Spectacular
- Yamada Monogatari: Demon Hunter
- The Palace of Illusions
- The Dragon and the George
- Truth series by Dawn Cook/Kim Harrison #1-3 First Truth
- Fifth Column series by JN Chaney + Molly Lerma #1-2 The Fifth Column
- Return of the Elves series by Bethan Adams #1-6 Soulbound
- Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
- Tiger and Del series by Jennifer Roberson #1-2 Sword-Dancer
- Lily of the Nile
- Middle Falls Time Travel series by Shawn Inmon #1-12 The Unusual Second Life of Thomas Weaver
- Edgar Rice Burroughs - John Carter & Tarzan books
- Lord of the Isles series by David Drake #1-6 Lord of the Isles
- Time Odyssey series by Stephen Baxter + Arthur C. Clarke #1-3 Time's Eye
- Cowboy Bebop: A Syndicate Story: Red Planet Requiem
- Mysteries of Cove series by J. Scott Savage #1-3 Fires of Invention
- Pendragon Cycle series by Stephen R. Lawhead #1-6 Taliesin
- The Influence
- The Hush
- MacCoinnich Time Travel series by Catherine Bybee (Romance) #1-5 Binding Vows
- Midnight Never Come
- Hunter trilogy by Mercedes Lackey #1-3 Hunter
- Owner Trilogy by Neal Asher #1-3 The Departure
- The Singing Stones
Kindle Unlimited: Updated 02/05/2022
- Duel at Broken Furniture Inn #1
- Sword of Sorrow, Blade of Joy #1
- Spirits of Vengeance
- The Century Blade: A Mortal Techniques short story
- The Orchid Farmer's Sacrifice #1
- Mud #1
- Legends of Ogre Gate
- Patriarch Reliance #1
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Standalone
- The Wrack by John Bierce
- The Bone Maker by Sarah Beth Durst
- Make Me No Grave by Hayley Stone
- Among Others by Jo Walton
- The Company Man by Robert Jackson Bennett
- Corpies by Drew Hayes (SuperPowereds World)
- Children of Earth and Sky by Guy Gavriel Kay
Series: First Book
- Smoke Thieves: The Smoke Thieves
- New Game Minus: Changing Faces
- Dwellers: The Moon Dwellers (Ties in with Country Saga + Connected Novel)
- Frankenstein: Prodigal Son
- Multiverse Trilogy: Hell's Gate
- Sins of the Fathers: Dead God's Due
- Warrior Bards: The Harp of Kings
- Powder Mage: Promise of Blood
- The Dagger and the Coin: The Dragon's Path
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Series to Finish (ReRead/Wrap Up)
- Wars of Light & Shadow by Janny Wurts (Print)
- Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan (Print)
- Realm of the Elderlings by Robin Hobb
- Crown of Stars by Kate Elliott
- Renshai Chronicles by Mickey Zucker Reichert (Print) Flight of the Renshai
- Deverry by Katharine Kerr (Reread from Daggerspell #1?)
- Healer by Maria V. Snyder Scent of Magic #2
- Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder Shadow Study #4
- Bookburners - Shock and Awe #2.11
- Craft Sequence by Max Gladstone Full Fathom Five #3
- Broken Earth Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin - The Obelisk Gate
- A Pattern of Shadow & Light by Melissa McPhail - The Dagger of Adendigaeth
- Quantum Evolution by Derek Kunsken - The Quantum War
- Dortmunder by Donald E. Westlake - Bank Shot (Sale/Library)
- Articles of Faith by David Wragg - The Righteous
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Read Print
- Carter Beats the Devil by Glen David Gold (Kindle)
Wait Until Series is Finished
- A Chorus of Draongs series by Jenn Lyons (Only Sale/Library)
Authors I Need to Throw Back into Rotation
- Melanie Rawn
- Raymond E. Feist
- Tad Williams
- Judith Tarr
- Jo Clayton
- Piers Anthony
- Morgan Lywelyn
- Michael Pryor
- Kurt Vonnegut Jr
- David Mitchell
- Haruki Murakami
- T. Kingfisher
- Donald E. Westlake
- Eiji Yoshikawa
Library Romance:
- Mary Jo Putney
- Jude Deveraux
- Lynn Kurland
- Amanda Quick
- Nora Roberts
- Maya Banks
- Eloisa James
- Jane Feather
- Iris Johansen
- Jayne Ann Krentz
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Web Serials
- Worm by Wildbow/J.C. McCrae (Complete): http://parahumans.wordpress.com/
- Pact by Wildbow/J.C. McCrae (Complete): https://pactwebserial.wordpress.com/
- Twig by Wildbow/J.C. McCrae (Complete): http://twigserial.wordpress.com/
RoyalRoad - Amateur/Indie WebNovels
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LitRPG Rec List ~ Read & Recommend
LitRPG (Audio) Rec List ~ 01/2022
Old 2019 LitRPG Top of TBR + Incomplete Read
Old Threads
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Challenge Links
~ Updated 2024/12/28-=- 2025 Challenge Tracker:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
-=- 2025 Challenge Team: Silver Swords, Team Captain Yanique
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LitRPG Rec List ~ Read & Recommend
LitRPG Top of TBR List
-=- Soo's Challenges ~ One for All, All for One 2021
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Old Team Challenges:
2019 ~ Team Challenge Year 2: Team Jaghut Guardians (Captains Angela & Jenna)
2019 Tracker: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
2020 ~ Team Challenge Year 3: Bloody Tome Raiders - Leaders Margret & Niki
2020 Tracker: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
2021 ~ Team Challenge Year 5: Tome Raiders - Team Leader Niki
2021 Tracker: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
2022 ~ Blood Eagles: Team Captain Margret
2022 Team Challenge Tracker: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
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BRT History
~ Started 2018-102025
2025 BRs
2024
2024 BRs LoLs
2022
2022 BRs
2021
2021 BRs (Completed BRs were Jan-April)
2020
2020 January to June BR List
2020 July to December BR List
2019
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2018
GR Year in Books Links ~ Updated 12/25/2024- 2024
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- 2022
- 2021
- 2019
- 2018
- 2017
- 2016
- 2015
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- 2012
- 2011
Good luck :) Don't worry after posting this thread you will soon be loaded with Buddy Reads as well. 😜 It happened to all of us!
this looks so neat and clean. :)
Soo wrote: "I can resist! =D Bwahahahah"Are you sure?
Oh, you join us on Traitor's Blade? That's great! 😁
Creating this thread is the first step towards the scheduling-BR-madness :pYay to your joining for City of Lies and Traitor's Blade :D
Empress Virginie wrote: "Creating this thread is the first step towards the scheduling-BR-madness :p"You were late and Soo made her reserved posts 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Edit: Sorry for the auto corrected Name Soo.
City of Lies is the only new book added to my TBR but I figured I'd give it a shot. The rest were already in the pile and I figured I'd do them with ya'll. Don't bother trying to recruit me for the Team Challenge. You can't make me! The scoring for that challenge makes my eyes bleed and I like math & organizing. =P
But, it’s all done by the google sheet😁Welcome to the club. I’m expecting your BR to fill up to Dec2019 pretty shortly lol
Soo wrote: "Don't bother trying to recruit me for the Team Challenge. You can't make me! The scoring for that challenge makes my eyes bleed and I like math & organizing. =P "Heeeh... But the spreadsheet is doing everything! I'll even make it all beautiful for you if you want :p
Empress Virginie wrote: "Heeeh... But the spreadsheet is doing everything! I'll even make it all beautiful for you if you want :p "
Yes, really beautiful! :) Aaaaand it's great for tracking all your reads
Yay, a new tracker to stalk! :)Your reading experiment sounds really interesting! I wouldn't have thought it possible to 'read' two books at the same time! I have to admit that I find it very hard to concentrate on audiobooks.
RE audiobooks: Funny coincidence, I just watched a video today on voice-overs and technology settings for blind people and the girl in the video listened to voice-overs that seemed ridiculously fast to me, I couldn't understand a single word, but she said it is actually relatively slow for blind people standards. So apparently it's really just a matter of getting used to it :)
@Bea - That's really cool! Yes. I believe that how you define "normal" and what you expect from yourself is a big part of what you do on a regular basis. All I did was take stuff I already do and then work on it so I can do it consciously. I can do a lot without thinking about it step by step. It's some work to get me to do it on purpose whenever I want to vs just going into a mode because I expect myself to do it. If that makes sense. I went to Barnes & Nobles to pick up a few books in print. I'm pretty excited for the Buddy Reads in October & all the audiobooks I just got last night. Between Audible, stuff on Kindle Unlimited, my library and personal library - I really should not buy new books. LOL
It's great you are able to improve what you're doing like that!'I really should not buy new books'. Every book lovers mantra lol
Yes, October has some nice BRs. I want to do Traitor's Blade as well and maybe Scourge of the Betrayer if I manage to find the time :)
Ship of Theseus by Doug Dorst J. J. Abrams
Anyone want to Buddy Read this book?
It's an interactive novel and comes with materials inserted between the pages.
October 2018 - 6 Buddy Reads
1) 10/01 City of Lies #1 by Sam Hawke Read Later
2) 10/01 Scourge of the Betrayer #1 by Jeff Salyards ~ Done Audio/HB
3) 10/08 Traitor's Blade #1 by Sebastien de Castell ~ Done Audio/eB
4) 10/09 Exit Strategy #4 by Martha Wells - Done Audio
5) 10/20 Cursor's Fury #3 by Jim Butcher Read Later
6) 10/30 Fury #3 by Rachel Vincent
The Acts of Caine
There are holes in this series. Yup. But man is the writing fraught with images and emotions that are utterly stark, brazen and absolute drive.
Adding this one to my favorite list. It wasn't perfect but it had the right mix of characters, story arc & all the feels. =)
Dr Who: The love story element has always been a wacky. I keep thinking it won't get more bizarre and then it does. hahahha
That is a terrible promotional picture.Enjoy watching the season. I'm due for a rewatch too.
There are no good pix of the Doc for this particular season. All of them are unflattering. lol
Oh, I DNF'd the first book around 20% :OIs the show good? :)
I can't stand Charlaine Harris' writing but I tend to like the shows. I tried the book sample and couldn't stand it. LOLThe show is great! Excellent Urban Fantasy. I can't wait for S2 to come out.
Soo wrote: "Adding this one to my favorite list. It wasn't perfect but it had the right mix of characters, story arc & all the feels. =)"
This is one of the covers you can never read in public 😂
Also, that moment when you find BRs you have to do (->Season of Storms) on somebody else's tracker because your own tracker isn't up to date 😅
It's like we're watching out for each other! =D I'm trying to keep my BR's on a manageable level. I can handle about 10 a month without a problem as long as the books stay within the mode I want to read.
My reading pace was totally derailed by getting sucked back into watching TV Shows & Movies on Netflix/Net. I'm starting to get antsy watching the shows though so I'll be back to books soon.
November 2018 - 2 Buddy Reads
11/01 Veil of the Deserters #2 by Jeff Salyards ***
11/06 Skyward by Brandon Sanderson ***
Bookburners Season 2, Episode 8 by Brian Slattery
A chorus of notes scoured the air. Asanti turned toward their source. From the faraway sphere, a phalanx of seven knights had issued, clad in armor and riding beasts with leathery wings and long necks that ended in faces that looked like owls. Three of the knights had long bugles that they swapped out for pikes to match the other four. They moved as if this place were filled with only air, less than air. They moved like falcons.
Books Read in November & December 2018
I like how you're using this thread like a journal of sorts :)The latest illustration is cute! Is it from an anime/manga, or an original design?
I'm not posting any original art. I haven't drawn in a while. This is from a manga. I prefer the manga drawings or Deviant Art anime style drawings to post. =D
Oh, I meant an original design as in 'not taken from a manga' but not necessarily drawn by you; I didn't even know that you draw. It's super cool though! I couldn't draw anything to save my life :pI like browsing the Fantasy & Anime categories of Wallpapers Abyss. :)
Ooo that one's new for me. I like it! I've just been using google with whatever type of drawing I want to post. =DIt's great for Fantasy/SF stuff but not entirely useful for finding stuff with characters reading. lol
Yup. I've never seen a single library/character reading on that website haha.I really like it too :) I have a non-existent imagination (I can never picture landscapes or characters even with a lenghty description haha) so I love looking at those images!
I loved S1 of How to Get Away With Murder. S2 was weird and S3 is a mess of too many relationships but I have to say that the series is rather excellent at showing various forms of toxic & healthy relationships. And how that can come from the same person.
It made me think about intimacy & how easily everyone labels it as sex being a thing that either matters or doesn't. Like the value of an act can be tied up easily in a neat bow and left without any complications. The act of tying a knot is a matter of something complex made simple.
Intimacy is not just about the sexual act. It's also about being vulnerable, taking chances on connecting emotionally and a host of other things.
Good stuff to think about. =D
C-Drama - Love 020
Ok ok, I'm totally loving the whole online MMORPG becoming real life love story. =D Bwahahah
Soo wrote: "C-Drama - Love 020Ok ok, I'm totally loving the whole online MMORPG becoming real life love story. =D Bwahahah
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I don't know what is this but it look very interesting... So what's this?
Fantasy Buddy Reads
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The Staircase in the Woods (other topics)
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~-~ Current Buddy Read Tracker ~-~ Updated 04/14/2025 ~-~
Ongoing BR Book Club Threads:
- Vagabond Treehouse Book Club
- Mystery Book Club
- The Wandering Inn Buddy Read
GR Year in Books Links: 2011-2024
My Books Stats Per Year
Page to Find Old GR Reading Challenges
Light Novel List (2021-2022)
International Comic Spree List (2021-2022)
2024 Settlement Portal Challenge ~ Hope I can pick this up in 2025 & have fun with it!
2025 Reading Plans
01/01 The Gunslinger #1 by Stephen King (Library) ~ 01/01
01/05 Sparrow Hill Road #1 by Seanan McGuire ~ 01/05 Enjoyed the Reread a lot!
01/06 Mystery Club: Silenced Girls #1 by Robert Stelljes (KU Read & Listen) ~ 01/07 Not a bad intro to a new author & series. Solid Characters. Ok plot.
01/07 Finder #1 by Suzanne Palmer ~ 01/15
01/11 Black Company #1 by Glen Cook ~ 01/07 Really enjoyed my re-read!
01/13 Mystery Club: The Maid's Diary by Loreth Anne White (KU Read & Listen) ~ 01/16 Ok story that lost my engagement once the pieces were in place.
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02/07 Mystery Club: Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone #1 by Benjamin Stevenson ~ 02/07 Audio via Spotify
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03/20 Mystery Club: Trouble Walked in by Mike Kupari ~ 04/02 Finished
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04/01 When the Moon Hits Your Eye by John Scalzi ~ 04/02 It was great fun!
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05/?? Mystery Club: Winter Girls #2 by Robert Stelljes ~
05/13 The Devils by Joe Ambercrombie ~
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06/25 Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong ~
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07/25 Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong ~
07/26 Truthwitch #1 by Susan Dennard ~
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08/26 Windwitch #2 by Susan Dennard ~
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09/26 Sightwitch #2.5 by Susan Dennard ~
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10/26 Bloodwitch #3 by Susan Dennard ~
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11/26 Witchshadow #4 by Susan Dennard ~
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12/26 Witchlight #5 by Susan Dennard, NR 11/04 ~
Potential BR's
- 04/01: Wizard and Glass #4 by Stephen King
- 04/01: Brothers of the Wind #0 by Tad Williams
- 04/09: When Darkness Falls #3 by Mercedes Lackey & ???
- 04/17: Long Hot Summoning #3 by Tanya Huff
- 04/18: Skyborn #4 by Eric R. Asher
- 04/25: Anything #2 by Dakota Krout
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- 05/01: Wolves of the Calla #5 by Stephen King
- 05/18: Skyforged #5 by Eric R. Asher
- 05/25: Everything #3 by Dakota Krout
- 05/28: Dead Man's Hand #1 by James J. Butcher
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- 06/01: Song of Susannah #6 by Stephen King
- 06/18: Skysworn #6 by Eric R. Asher
- 06/28: Long Past Dues #2 by James J. Butcher
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- 07/01: Dark Tower #7 by Stephen King
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Reread Series & Last Book to Complete Series
- Wars of Light & Shadow by Janny Wurtz (Read Print)
- Fitz Books by Robin Hobb (Print/Audio)
- Nightrunner by Lynn Flewelling (Reread via Audio)
- Lightbringer series by Brent Weeks (Audio)
- Greatcoats series by Sebastien de Castell (Audible Plus)
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