Eddis, Attolia, Sounis

Hello, one of the mods here. I think it's a lovely idea, but it's already something we seem to do quite a bit in 'The Conspiracy Room' and in active comment threads. I think that may have been one of the reasons so many of us wander off to 'The Conspiracy Room' actually, the chance to discuss other things (and books, quite often).

That said, it might be nice to do it here in Sounis too. I'm not sure there'd be enough to sustain it every week - perhaps every other week to start with? We could always give it a go and see if it takes off.

I should also mention that we've already done a post of recommendations, and it can be found in the communities memories (linked to on the profile page) or here (http://community.livejournal.com/sounis/76784.html). It might be interesting to do another one though, and I'm sure that people have more recommendations. It really depends on what everyone else thinks.

Do feel free to drop by 'The Conspiracy Room' and chat about books anytime though, whether we decide to do this or not.

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tiloo.livejournal.com

a little random, but I love your icon Ro!

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I don't do chat, at all. If there's no need for it here, then I'll stop being needy. ^_^

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You all usually know what I'm reading at any given time. *points to icon* I like it when the icon sparks a discussion about the book. Sounisians are some of the best-read (most well-read?) people around.

Though I think it's important that the focus here stays on the Gen books, I'd love to participate in a regular discussion of other books. Since Chatzy seems to be out (and we do discuss books quite a bit there) there might be a couple of ways to do it.

You could do a regular post here, as you said. Do you see it as posts like, "It's Friday, so what are you all reading?" Or, organized in a different way? It might make sense to keep it to a day a week, rather than just allow lots of random posts about other books. You might want to call it something that's the same all the time, as Emerald does with the chat notices. Like, "booktalk" or something much more clever.

Or, would it make more sense to have a seperate place that would just be for the random posts about other books? We could begin another community, like the ones dannybailey (http://community.livejournal.com/queensthief_fic/) ane mycenaeth (http://community.livejournal.com/themegaron/) did. Then people could post to it whenever they wanted.

I think the first idea might work best. There are almost 200 members of Sounis now, and most read lots of books and have this community on their friends' list already. A seperate community might find it harder to catch on.

I'd be in favor of giving the book discussion a try.

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Yeah, that's what I had in mind!

I just haven't found a schnazzy moniker for the day, yet, so didn't write one.
Then anyone can post a topic, while the threaded madness continues.

If it starts overwhelming normal posts certainly we'll want to break off...but until then, is there a chance the discussion won't be tied up with Gen references anyway?

NOT LIKELY.

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is there a chance the discussion won't be tied up with Gen references anyway?

OH, just wait! *pokes Jade*

*pokes Jade again*

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jade-sabre-301.livejournal.com

*squeals loudly*

I'm working on it, I'm working on it, I swear! XD

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Should we announce it, give people a chance to read?

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estarria.livejournal.com

Ooh, I like the idea of a book discussion.
Just for the record. :)

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I like talking about books.

I'm apt to be reading the same one over a month or more, just because that's how my life shakes out these days, but I think a "snapshot" approach of the comm would be fun.

Friday might be a good day - they tend to be slow post days.

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Hey, then I'm already scoring! The trend is started.

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Sounds like fun.

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jade-sabre-301.livejournal.com

I think this is a fantastic idea--it also might help us out with getting more lurkers to talk, and for the people who don't do the chat, it gives them a chance to get on all the yummy book talk that goes down in there.

I'm glad you made this suggestion--it was still lingering in the back of my head. :-)

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adnamarine.livejournal.com

Sweetness! wonderful idea-in-the-making there deary. Love it, love it, love it.

" is there a chance the discussion won't be tied up with Gen references anyway?
NOT LIKELY"

*breathlessly* I second that.

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Anybody got any good moniker ideas then?

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Is there an appropriate line from one of the books?

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Like Eddisian Sheets or something? {Yes, I excell at the UberObscure.}

Or just Freedom Fridays?

Speaking of which...how do you like The Dark is Rising, Checkers? I loved that series, but King of Shadows is something I'd really recommend to any ThiefLover.

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I really like King of Shadows, too.
Mariah

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Butting in, but I love both The Dark is Rising and King of Shadows (and hate what they seem to be doing to it with this new movie).

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Eddisian Sheets, or Sheep. :)

So far I like The Dark Is Risng very much, though I'm not too far into it, being the Slowest Reader Ever nowdays.

Ooh, I know someone who would love King of Shadows from the sound of it.

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crazyviolin.livejournal.com

I like books!

I love talking about books!

Yay for great idea!

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Friday--From the Archives

Freedom Fridays

Sheets of Eddisian Parchment

A Room in the Library

Something about the Magus? Something about Freeing Sophos?

Friday Frenzy

Queen's Thief Finds

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What about "Books. Lots of books." Gen says that in thief.

I kinda like Eddisian Sheets.

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Off topic, but I thought Peggy would find this here easier than at the original post:

I found another out-and-out lie in Thief, when Gen says "He broke my arm" and then admits (to us) that that was a big, fat lie. Unfortunately, I just lost the page and can't find it, but I swear it was there a minute ago!

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Megan is ~~whining~~ shocked, simply shocked, her fickle readers would turn to other authors while waiting for new stories about Gen.

"oh woe. woe is me. my readers are giving up. they are going to go off to read OTHER PEOPLE'S books. Traitors! feckless, disloyal children with no concept of delayed gratification! don't they realize that when they've spent -- i dunno, eight? nine-- years without a book to read they'll be so happy to get mine that they won't care what's in it? think how happy they would be if they just sat around being bored until then."

"eight? nine-- years without a book to read" ... OK, so now it's me who is Shocked! Simply Shocked! ... anyway, she suggested the following titles for the post:

"While the wait goes on" or
"What else we're reading" or
"Why isn't Megan done yet?"

I suggest "What else we're reading during the seemingly endless wait for Megan to finish the next book *pokes Megan* "

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not whining, but knitting . . .

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How about "while she knits"?

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Maybe that should be the tag ....

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While She Knits sounds perfect.

~checkers, a feckless, disloyal traitor who thinks delayed gratification sucks.

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Feckless. What a great word. I'll have to use that in conversation today.

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* also thinks Delayed Gratification is seriously over-rated *

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hey now - I corrected the "whining" comment!

* considers stealthy ninja moves suitable for removing all knitting supplies from the vicinity of She Who Knits *

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willow-41z.livejournal.com

Someone called for a ninja?

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willow-41z.livejournal.com

What, does she want us to decay into a bunch of illiterate yokels while we wait?

Nine years? I can't go nine days without a book. We're a special breed-- we require not only food and water, but books to survive. No books... no fans left in nine years to read.

*goes off to feast on the glut of Wimsey books on the couch*

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* thinks a bookless Willow-Ninja-Zombie would be a high price to pay for Megan's nine-years-in-the-making-ever-so-lovely-hand-knitted-pucey-mauve sweater *

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Wimsey books! Yay.

Watch out for Peggy, Willow. She's threatening to SLAP people these days.

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only excessively reverential ones. Willow doesn't need to worry.

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Ooh, burn!

Nice icon.

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rosaleeluann.livejournal.com

I just read The King of Attolia this week. Three times. And I'm sure there are several things I still don't quite understand about what was going on. In fact, I KNOW there are some things I didn't understand. But, anyway... I was just looking around online and found this community. I was THRILLED because the site I would normally go to to discuss books (Readerville.com) is kinda... slowing down, and I never did any more than lurk there anyway. And I've really been wanting to talk about KoA because... it's really good!

Not only that, but there are a whole lotta good books out there I'd like to discuss too ;)

So I know that *I'd* really love to discuss books every week/couple weeks/month/whatever.

That said, I'll just... leave. *hides*

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No need to hide. Welcome -- we will be happy to talk books with you and even happier to talk about KoA!

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Welcome! There was a great discussion (though it's a couple of years old now, I think it's still there) on The Thief and QofA on Readerville. That whole site has really died lately, I agree.

If you want to poke around at some older posts, go to the main Sounis page, find where it says "Links" then click on "search Sounis tags." If you click on "King of Attolia" you can wade through past comments.

If there are things you want to discuss about King, create a new post! Everyone loves discussing and no one minds a bit if the topics are ones that have been talked about before. We have to do something for the next eight years while Megan knits.

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rosaleeluann.livejournal.com

Ooh, friendly peoples. *waves happily* I actually read the whole R'ville discussion on the Thief and Queen of Attolia the other day, but the thread was so very old, and I so very rarely post anyway, I didn't really want to post there, so looked elsewhere to talk about the books, and found this community. :D And now I have an urge to re-read the Thief and Queen of Attolia, because I read those back in May. I didn't get KoA immiediately because I actually, eerm, lost the copy of QoA I'd checked out from the library, and to punish myself I told myself that I wouldn't get KoA until I found it and returned it. To make a long story short, QoA is still lost, but I just had to read the next book. This is the first time I can remember actually totally completely losing a library book, I'm usually pretty careful. (I've misplaced them before, but not so that I can't find them for months after they're due...)
And none of you wanted to know all that, but you get to anyway.

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Are you sure someone didn't steal the book? Are you missing earrings, too?

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