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queensthiefOh. My. Gosh. Where has this series been all my life? I read a lot, I mean A LOT. How could I have missed this? I am completely obsessed. I read the first three books last weekend and then I had to just stop and let it all soak in. I am dying because I have no one to talk to about these amazing stories, these amazing characters. I know my daughter would love them too but she has two more weeks of an intensive six week college session (microbiology and precalc, good times) and can’t start reading them until she’s done.
Aargh! Y’all!! Do you know how spoiler-y these books are?? (Of course you do.) You literally cannot say ANYTHING! When I finished KoA (absolute favorite) I was about to burst. I said to my daughter, “Omigosh, this series! So good! I...I...I...it...it...it...oh, I can’t say anything about it without ruining it! There are these....characters....this...this...this...relationship! Omigosh, I’ve already said too much!” My daughter’s response: “Mother, you’ve said literally nothing!” Lol!
Anyway, sorry for the crazytown rant, but I just wanted to say thank you for this group. I’ve been crawling around the bowels of the archives, vicariously enjoying all the discussions, but I wanted to come up for air long enough to say hi and thanks for existing. :)
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Date: 6/8/18 02:32 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 6/8/18 11:01 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 6/8/18 10:59 pm (UTC)As for how you "missed" these books... I'm baffled by how many readers I meet who haven't heard of them. :( But when I meet someone who HAS read them, we are always in instantaneous agreement that they are some of the BEST BOOKS OF ALL TIME. It's been the genesis of many a great friendship!
Glad you're here!
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Date: 6/9/18 04:57 am (UTC)I agree with readsintrees above - I've loved these books for years and reread many times, but somehow almost every time I reread I find something new that hints at future books and events, as well as things that pay tribute to some of MWT's favorite authors.
Seeing someone enjoy the series for the first time is almost as good as reading it yourself - please feel free to share all the thoughts you've had after it's had a chance to settle.
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Date: 6/10/18 11:57 pm (UTC)Thank you all for the very warm welcome! I had planned to start reading CoK on Friday when I had a 5 hour flight. I love having something good to read on a plane. But when I started it I realized I really hadn’t paid enough attention to Sophos to really have a good feel for him as a character, so I switched gears to reread the first three books before going on. My husband was on the flight with me and I got him to start reading The Thief too. Woot! Only problem is he’s a very methodical (ahem, slow) reader. So it will be a while before I can discuss anything with him but he will catch a lot more on the first read than I did because he reads much more carefully and with much more thought. :)
I’ve jotted down some thoughts and questions as I’ve been reading and I hope to be able to share some of them with you fine folks. We are flying back home tomorrow so I’ll have more reading time. Here’s the weird thing—I can’t quite bring myself to start QoA because I know where it’s going. I just can’t with the hand thing. It’s like reading about it happening to a friend or worse, a child. I have four kids ranging from 15-21 and trust me, when you realize this is happening to someone the age of your children it’s pretty disturbing. :( Anyway, I just need to push through it because at least I know it has a happy ending.
So I’ll be back —hope you don’t get tired of me! :)
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Date: 6/11/18 01:13 am (UTC)no subject
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