Thick as Thieves Re-read starts May 6th!

[ninedaysaqueen.livejournal.com]

We're celebrating the first anniversary of Thick as Thieves here on sounis with a re-read! Think of all that waiting we've aleady gotten through! ignores collective groans

If you've participated in a re-read here on sounis in the past, we've decided to organize things a bit differently this time. I'm still dividing the book into four, mostly equal parts to be read and dicussed each week, but instead of a dicussion lead, we're trying to actively include everyone a little more this time. So, we're asking everyone participating to make their own post each week after reading the section.

Your post doesn't have to necessarily be about the section being read that week. Discussing the book and books in general is also fine! If you don't have anything to say that week, just skip on ahead to the next.

I will open each week on a Sunday with a post reminding everyone what we're reading that week. The comments of that post will be open for discussing as you go or just random and quick observations and/or questions.

Here's the schedule!

Opening chat in the Conspiracy Room on Sunday, May 6th at 7pm CT.

Week One
May 6th - May 12th
Chapters 1- 3 (p1-85)* 85 pages total

Week Two
May 13th - 19th
Chapters 4-6 (p86-181)* 96 pages total

Week Three
May 20th - May 26th
Chapters 7-10 (p182-269)* 88 pages total

Week Four
May 27th - June 2nd
Chapters 11-13+Envoy (p270-337)* 68 pages total

Closing chat in the Conspiracy Room on Sunday, June 3rd at 7pm CT.

If you'd prefer to start dicussing at the beginning of the week instead of the end, try starting the book a week ahead on April 29th.

*Page numbers are all from the 2017 hardcover edition.

The Thick as Thieves paperback is also coming out in May, (go HERE for pre-order options) and there will be a couple of special treats just for you guys to celebrate its release. So, keep your eyes peeled during the re-read!

Comments

[freenarnian.livejournal.com]

How exciting! And hard to believe that it's been a year already. I look forward to the book discussion and will do my best to participate, though how well I'm able to keep up with the re-read may depend on how immersed I am in reading Gaudy Night along with Helen. 0:) (Her first reading! My... fourth or fifth? So much yay.) I'm also looking at the Queen’s Thief Appreciation Week coming up on Tumblr, and thinking I should have prepared better and sooner. All the same, big THANK YOU to everyone organizing all the Thief-love. What a time to be alive. :D

Time to spit-shine the pigeon icon, methinks.

[ninedaysaqueen.livejournal.com]

What a time to be in the fandom, right? And your very welcome!

[checkers65477.livejournal.com]

Thanks for being so organized! I've put all the dates in my calendar and will be ready to reread!!!

[starmy63 (from livejournal.com)]

I'm excited! I think this will be the first time I've ever learned about a re-read before it started instead of reading through hundreds of comments and discussions after the fact. :)

I've also never actually made it for a group chat - will this be different than the occasional in-character chats I've seen posted about (not that I've attended one of those either, oops)?

[ninedaysaqueen.livejournal.com]

I hope you can participate! These group re-reads always make me hyper to discuss the book.

These will not be role playing chats, if that's what you mean. (Not sure when we're having one of those. Maybe, this summer?)

Regular chats are, basically, a faster, real time version of what we do on Sounis. We discuss QT and other random nerdy, bookish things. Sometimes MWT shows up and doesn't tell us anything. XD

They're tons of fun and a great way to connect with your fellow reprobates. So, do please stop by!

[starmy63 (from livejournal.com)]

Thanks! Good to know - I've just never actually seen a notice for a chat ahead of time and didn't know if they were all role playing or anything more than just signing in and showing up. :)

[ninedaysaqueen.livejournal.com]

Yup, our regular chats are pretty much show up at the allotted time, sign in to the Conspiracy Room, and chat. Same goes for the role playing chats with the exception that one signs in using a QT character name and can reserve a character ahead of time.

I always post a notice about a week in advance and again on the day of. Currently, our chats are always on a Sunday and always at the same time.

I try to schedule chats every other month or so and often on holiday weekends.

You can also log in to just read the backlog, leave messages, or have a impromptu chat with someone who happens to be logged in at the same time as you.

[readsintrees.livejournal.com]

I'm probably going to end up rereading it four times, because there's no WAY I'll be able to only read a quarter per week!

[ninedaysaqueen.livejournal.com]

I know for fast readers, less than a hundred pages will probably take you like an hour... XD but the extra time is there for discussion and post writing. Kinda the idea is one can read the section over the weekend and spend the rest of the week talking about it. However, there's nothing wrong with reading the book four times as well! XD

[drollittle.livejournal.com]

Coincidentally, I just discovered and read the whole series within the last two weeks. LOVE them. I would totally join these chats if they weren’t on Sundays. Are there typically people in the conspiracy room on other days too? Do I need a special type of account/membership to chat?

[ninedaysaqueen.livejournal.com]

Hi, thanks for joining! We love new people. Great questions!

We've tried chats on Saturday nights and some other days, but I've settled on Sunday night. It's always garnered the highest attendance.

However, anyone who wants to can schedule a chat. So, if you wanted to post: hey, I'm going to be in the Conspiracy Room this Friday night, that's perfectly fine.

Also, a lot of people log in the next day, read the backlog, and comment then. Chatters often log back in to go over the backlog, so plenty of people will see your message. I've held conversations on Chatzy just by logging in at random times and leaving messages.

You do not need to make a Chatzy account or pay anything to use the chat room. Just enter in a name and the password. Chatzy accounts are really only useful for making your own chat room or moderating one.