TSK poll results -- and icons!

[shimotsuki]

The poll about book discussions for the Sharing Knife series was pretty evenly split between votes for one discussion per book and one discussion for every few chapters. So here's what I'm thinking: Because some people may still be waiting for their book orders to arrive, let's start things off on Monday with a discussion for Ch 1-3 of Beguilement.[*] But the chapters are somewhat shorter than I was thinking when I made that poll (didn't have the books on hand), and some people wanted to read faster than three chapters per week. So for the next post (on or around Monday, July 9), maybe we could try covering something on the order of 5 chapters, and see how that goes.

[*]Now that I have my copy of Beguilement to check, I see that the end of Ch 3 turns out to be an evil cliffhanger. I bet no one will actually stop there, lol.

Also, instead of spending my Friday night working on my conference talk for next week(!!), I spent it making icons. If anyone would like to grab some Sharing Knife icons, help yourself. :) (Non-spoilery.)
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Comments

[jadeddiva.livejournal.com]

Aw crap, it's paper time and I totally missed the poll for the read-along. I might have to pass on that then :(

[shimotsuki.livejournal.com]

The books are a really fast read -- if you're still interested when you're finished with your papers, you might be able to get on board?

(I may have *cough* bulldozed most of the series last week while we were all figuring out how to set up a read-along, heh. But I'm looking forward to a reread.)

[mrstater.livejournal.com]

Ooh, sorry I'm kind of behind with LJ stuff and only just saw this. Basically it's a gorup read of The Sharing Knife series and the first discussion will be next week? Maybe I can do this... Do you know if there are e-books of the series?

[shimotsuki.livejournal.com]

Basically it's a gorup read of The Sharing Knife series and the first discussion will be next week?

That's right! It would be fun if you decided to join in. :) I think we're starting tomorrow on the first few chapters of Beguilement, but I'm guessing we'll settle in to a schedule of no faster than two weeks (two discussion posts) per book, so, plenty of time to catch up.

Do you know if there are e-books of the series?

Not free ones like for the Vorkosigan series, sadly; it's a different publisher. But etiam_quietus mentioned getting an e-book for Beguilement from her library, so I think they're out there somewhere.

I've been interested in TSK for a while, and katyscarlett76 and I were talking about reading it together -- and then things kind of grew!

Here's a post (http://shimotsuki.livejournal.com/92751.html) with a link to some non-spoilery reviews (though watch out for mild spoilers in some of the comments), including one by philomytha that really convinced me to check the series out. I'd say I agree fairly well with her evaluation so far -- this is not a high-powered action/adventure story, it's about people from different backgrounds coming to understand each other's societies, with some adventures and escapades mixed in. I'm really enjoying the characters and the romance aspect. And there's just something really fun about reading a Hobbit-style adventure story that's set in a place with recognizably North American landscapes, from chipmunks to armadillos...

[katyscarlett76.livejournal.com]

OMG I'm up to chapter 7!! I only started this afternoon. Cannot put this book down, this is all your fault!! :)

[shimotsuki.livejournal.com]

I know, right?! I've been staying up too late reading lately...