queensthief | Entries tagged with community

You're viewing

queensthief
Create a Dreamwidth Account Learn More

Reload page in style: light

checkers65477.livejournal.com

It was 20 years ago today Sargent Pepper taught the band to play...

Wait, that's not right. It was 20 years ago today that Rowena and the elusive Eddis created a little page on Live Journal to talk about a couple of books they loved--The Thief and The Queen of Attolia, both written by an author named Megan Whalen Turner.

Who could have known that their site would turn into a group of the smartest, most fun-loving, most welcoming people on the Internet. With hugely in-depth discussions, tremendously funny in-jokes, and so much excitement as each of the following books were published over the years.

I wish I knew how many real life meetups have happened between people who met here on Sounis. How many book recommendations have been passed along. How many meetings Megan graciously did (and still do) with fans from Sounis, some of which turned into years of friendship and communication. Or how many members have grown up, gotten married, had children or grandkids. Some have, sadly, passed away.

20 years! I'm so grateful for this place and all the fabulous folks here. Happy Birthday to us all!

ninedaysaqueen.livejournal.com

Don't forget about our last Chestomanci chat tomorrow, Sunday, in the Conspiracy Room at Noon PT/1pm MT/ 2pm CT/ 3pm ET.

We're discussing the final installment in the series, The Pinhoe Egg. Hope to see you there!

ninedaysaqueen.livejournal.com

Come one, come all, to Sounis's Annual Masked Halloween Chat! Dress up as your favorite QT character and LARP the night away. It will give you far fewer cavities than Halloween candy.

This Sunday in the Conspiracy Room. Noon PT/1pm MT/ 2pm CT/ 3pm ET.

See HERE for guidelines and other useful info. As always, please comment anonymously if you would like to reserve a character.

ninedaysaqueen.livejournal.com

The While She Knits Book Club community reread, and discussion of The Chestomanci Chronicles continues with Conrad's Fate. Join us in the Conspiracy Room Sunday, Ocotber 13th at Noon PT/1pm MT/ 2pm CT/ 3pm ET.

We've almost finished the whole series! Our annual masked Halloween chat will be October 27th and The Pinhoe Egg chat will be November 10th.

ninedaysaqueen.livejournal.com

The While She Knits community reading of the Chestomanci Chronicles is well under way. We will be discussing Charmed Life, the first in the series, one week from today in the Conspiracy Room on May 19th at...

Noon PT/1pm MT/ 2pm CT/ 3pm ET

No worries if you haven't started yet. This is a very short book, and you could probably finish it in an afternoon.

See you at the chat!

ninedaysaqueen.livejournal.com

I live! Tax season is over and that means I'm here to get the show on the road for this year's While She Knits event. In case you haven't heard, WSK is our book club here on Sounis where we read and discuss series recommended by MWT as well as our members.

The Chestomanic series seemed to be the most popular option for a DWJ series for us to read this year. (We can also do Dalemark at a later date.) I know many of you have only read Howl's Moving Castle, and Chestomanci has a similar appeal. (BTW, he is probably listening now since I've said his name several times. He's kinda like Alexa in that way.)

The Chestomanic series was written by the one and only Diana Wynn Jones and is a total of six books published between 1977 and 2006. This is a loosly connected series that could be read in any order, but I decided to go with the official recommended reading order. Paper copies and audiobooks should be readily available at libraries, and there is also a three volume omnibus edition. *deep breath* Have a chat date schedule!

Charmed Life — May 19th

The Lives of Christopher Chant — June 2nd

Witch Week — June 23rd

(intermission)

The Magicians of Caprona — September 15th

Conrad's Fate — ~~Ocotber 6th~~

Now October 13th!

The Pinhoe Egg — ~~October 27th~~

Now November 10th!

( Read more... )

ninedaysaqueen.livejournal.com

Hey, Sounisians! Quick reminder that we are discussing The Girl Who Drank the Moon later today in the Conspiracy Room at Noon PT/ 1pm MT/ 2pm CT/ 3pm ET. Don't let the time change make you an hour late for everything today! :)

On a side note, I won't be able to stay too long, so I will be logging in a half-hour early if anyone wants to come chat before the official start time.

See you soon!

checkers65477.livejournal.com

This is cool--in Shaker Heights, Ohio they have created a public art installation next to the library that features the work of local authors. Including Megan and The Thief. You can read more about it here.

I couldn't find much other info; the park was just dedicated on March 1. And I didn't see any other photos just yet. But it's great for a community to come together to plan out and create something like this, along with donors to fund it.

ninedaysaqueen.livejournal.com

So, what should we read in 2024? Let's talk longer series to start reading in late spring. We discussed reading a DWJ series after we wrapped up our re-read of QT, mainly the Chestomanici Chronicles (6 books) or the Dalemark Quartet (4 books). Does anyone have other ideas?

In the meantime, is anyone up for reading and discussing a stand-alone novel this winter? I humbly offer The Girl Who Drank the Moon. Not a direct MWT rec, but she said she was familiar with and liked the author, Kelly Barnhill.

Also, if you like, what are your 2024 reading goals? Mine in 25 books, with at least five of them being non-fiction.

ninedaysaqueen.livejournal.com

It's that time of year again! Are you ready for Sounis's annual masked Halloween chat? If you're not, it doesn't take long to get ready. Dress up as your favorite QT character and join your fellow reprobates in the Conspiracy Room this coming Sunday, October 29th at 6pm CT/7pm ET. (Note: this chat is at a later time for extra spooky goodness!)

If you are unfamiliar with masked chats, this a live roleplaying chat where you will pretend to be one of the QT characters. Please, log in with just your character name, and do not reveal your identity until the end of the chat. No one will know who is playing who and all sorts of shenanigans will ensue!

See below for the full list of codes of conduct and have a Happy Halloween!

( Read more... )

ninedaysaqueen.livejournal.com

Happy Labor Day, folks! In case you forgot, we are continuing our community reread with Return of the Thief. You still have two whole weeks to finish the book if you haven't started yet. The chat to discuss the books will be held in the Conspiracy Room Sunday, September 17th at Noon PT/ 1pm MT/ 2pm CT/ 3pm ET. We will complete the reread with Moria's Pen, that chat being Sunday, October 1st.

See you there!

ninedaysaqueen.livejournal.com

Late summer greetings, Sounisians! Hope you had a great summer, and I can't think of a better way to bring the season to a close than to spend it with Costis and Kamet!

Our community wide reread and discussion resumes with Thick as Thieves. Start reading the book this week, if you want a full two weeks to finish it; but if you're gonna read it in a day, you've got plenty of time.

The chat to discuss the book will be held in the Conspiracy Room Sunday, August 27th Noon PT / 1pm MT / 2pm CT / 3pm ET.

In the meantime, what have you been reading this summer? I'd love to know!

ninedaysaqueen.livejournal.com

I have a schedule for you! In case you haven't heard, Sounis is hosting a complete reread and discussion of ALL seven books of the QT series, now with Conspiracy Room chats at an earlier time.

The reread will be starting April 23rd! See below the cut for a full schedule.

( Read more... )

So, so, so.... That's two weeks to read each book with chat dates always on Sundays at Noon PT/ 1pm MT/ 2pm CT/ 3pm ET. You get three weeks to read RoT, due to its length, and incidentally, three weeks with Sophos in CoK. Not because I'm showing favoritism to Sophos (who could blame me), but because it proved impossible to avoid Easter, Mother's Day, Memorial Day weekend, and Father's Day without skipping a week. ~~Why are there so many holidays in spring?~~

Hope you can join us for some if not most of the discussions. If you want to just talk about the books and not reread, that's perfectly okay too.

Happy reading!

ninedaysaqueen.livejournal.com

Just your friendly neighborhood mod dropping by to remind you to finish reading Lavinia before the chat one week from today.

Join us to discuss Lavinia by Ursala Le Guin, a retelling of the Aeneid, in the Conspiracy Room Sunday, March 5th.

Now at the new and improved earlier time of 1pm MT/2pm CT/3pm ET.

I asked ChatGPT to write me a review for Lavinia, and it seemed to like it! XD

( Read more... )

AI aren't going to take over the world... nope....

Happy reading!

ninedaysaqueen.livejournal.com

The verdict is in! We will be reading Lavinia by Ursula Le Guin this February, a highly reccommended book by MWT. Published in 2008, this was the last novel written by Le Guin and is based on the Aeneid.

You can start reading now of course, but if you want to read in a two week window, then you should start Sunday, February 19th. The chat to discuss will be Sunday, March 5th. At 288 pages, this book is not overly long.

This year, we are going to be try something new with Conspiracy Room chats and start holding them in the afternoons. For a long time now, chats have been held in the evening to be considerate of those who work weekends; however evening chats can conflict with dinner plans, so this schedule may actually work better for members who currently attend chats. If you are unable to attend due to this earlier time, please let me know in the comments. Nothing is set in stone yet, we are simply trying something new to see if it works better.

The new chats times will be....

Noon Pacific Time
1pm Mountain Time
2pm Central Time
3pm Eastern Time

And don't forget! We will be doing a full series re-read this year of Queen's Thief starting in April. Happy reading!

ninedaysaqueen.livejournal.com

Hey, it's a lot more appealing than going to the gym.

In case you're like me and haven't revisited our favorite series since it's completion back in 2020 and also like me, need a push to finally listen to those audiobooks downloaded on your phone, never fear

sounis is here! During our last chat, we decided to stage a complete series re-read for the community this year. Yes, alll SEVEN books. With it now having been over two years since the release of Return of the Thief and the complete recontextulization of many parts of the series, we felt it's time to finally dig back in and annalize the story in its completed form.

The current plan is to start this April and proceed through the summer with two weeks to read each book (three for RoT) and a Sunday chat in the Conspiracy Room to discuss. Since it is seven books, we will also take a break in the middle during the height of summer busy-ness (July) and finish in the fall, hopefully before the end of October and the start of the Holiday season.

As always, you don't have to be re-reading in order to attend the chats. Also, how do you all feel about chats being in the early afternoon in order to avoid dinner guest interference? Do any of you work on Sunday? Let me know!

While I work on chat dates and a reading schedule, do me a favor and check out this interview with MWT. We wanted to do a stand-alone novel for our WSK Bookclub winter pick with one of the books she recommended. Personally, I'm leaning towards The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins, as it sounds especially particular to the tastes of most Sounisians, but let me know which one you would like to read.

EDIT: Seems we are leaning towards reading Lavinia by Ursula Le Guin, a retelling of the Aeneid, this February. Comment if this sounds good to you! :)

ninedaysaqueen.livejournal.com

Two back to back chats coming up next week!

Dress up as you favorite QT character for Halloween and join us in the Conspiracy Room next Sunday, October 30th 6pm CT/7PM ET for

sounis's annual masked Halloween chat! If you've never been, check out general guidelines and pointers on my post from last year. If you would like to reserve a character, please comment anonmously below with the name of that character. Don't want to give away your identity before the chat even starts!

If you're planning to stay up till midnight (ET) on the night of Monday, October 31st, refreshing your Kindle for the Moira's Pen ebook, I've got the party for you! Hang out with your fellow reprobates in the Conspiracy Room officially from 10pm - 11pm CT/11pm - Midnight ET. If you've gotta go to bed before then, many of us will be showing up earlier throughout the evening to speculate and discuss. So stop by once you're done trick-or-treating and before you go to bed! Even if you should be going to bed by like... 10pm... sigh.

As soon as you're done reading Moira's Pen, stop back in

sounis to squee about the new content. I will start a spoiler thread for discussing the new book on the morning of November 1st.

Happy Halloween!

checkers65477.livejournal.com

Hi folks. I adore our little

sounis community, but I wrote about some of my concerns with Live Journal a while back and have been meaning to put together an email list of all you wonderful sounisians, in case something happens to LJ and we need to regroup.

Here's what I'm thinking.

ninedaysaqueen and I will keep a spreadsheet with you all's LJ user names and email addresses, and I can promise you we won't ever use these email address except to maintain contact with you if LJ ceases to exist.

If you'd like to be included, you can send me an email at checkers65477 AT yahoo.com (obviously, add the @ in there). Or, if you prefer, message your email address to me here on LJ.

And, remember, we have a Dreamwidth backup of the sounis site. Bookmark it, and if we ever need a new home, we can migrate over there and still have all the old posts.

ninedaysaqueen.livejournal.com

If you haven't started yet, don't forget to read Instead of Three Wishes, MWT's short story antholoy, and The Baby in the Night Deposit Box, MWT's other non-QT short story. If you haven't heard, we are reading and discussing all of Megan's short-stories to celebrate the release of Moira's Pen, which is coming out November 1st!

These are perfectly bite-sized, charming stories that you can finish during your lunch break. (as I've been doing) So, no worries if you haven't started yet. The chat to discuss these stories will be held next Sunday, September 18th, 6pm CT/7Pm ET, in the Conspiracy Room.

.

If you're having trouble finding the Best Shorts anthology, you can read most of The Baby in the Night Deposit Box on Google Books. This story was also published in the Firebirds: Sci-fi and Fantasy Anthology. The schedule for the QT short story chats is HERE. Happy reading!

ninedaysaqueen.livejournal.com

Ready for some Arthurian/Sutcliff goodness? Don't forget to read Sword at Sunset if you haven't started already. The chat to discuss Sutcliff's more classical take on King Arthur will take place Sunday, August 28th at 6pm CT/7pm ET in the Conspiracy Room. This book continues the story of Dark Age Britian with the character, Artos, who you may remember from the Lantern Bearers if you participated in the WSK Bookclub read of Sutcliff's Roman Britian trilogy. For more upcoming chats, check this schedule.

Sword at Sunset bookcover

Hope to see you there!

Profile

Eddis, Attolia, Sounis

Links

Syndicate

Page Summary

Expand Cut Tags

No cut tags

Page generated Mar. 13th, 2026 08:35 pm

Powered by Dreamwidth Studios