Tuesday updatery

[rolanni]

Tali wants everybody to know that I was properly supervised this morning as I wrote:

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Tuesday. I have new glasses. Except for a change in color -- the old glasses were blue, these are a silvery pink -- they look pretty much the same. Titanium frames. The prescription pulls the right eye into line, as it continues its descent back into nearsightedness.

Regarding the read-along -- thanks to everyone who chimed in to say that their idea of reading along matched mine, and we will hope that those who were afraid they'd miss something unless recorded due to their work schedules and whatnot are now relieved to know that we're text-based, and they can check in whenever they have time.

So! People of the Read-Along, I ask your input. Do you prefer order or chaos? Which is to say, shall we commit to reading, eh, 50 pages a week, and look for an update on Monday afternoon? Or do you prefer that I just comment as I go along, and you'll catch up with me?

Please state your preference in comments.

 

Comments

Tali

[littlecatpants]

Your cat is beautiful. ♥

[leecetheartist]

I am happy for either.

Read along - please read at your own pace

[milliecy]

Hi Sharon,
Thanks for asking us for opinions on the reading pace. In my opinion, you should read at your own pace. \

My rationale: Since you have ~27 Liaden novels in the plan & a desire to complete the re-read in 2026, you will need to read slightly more than 1 book per 2 weeks to accomplish that (52 weeks = 26 x 2 weeks in a year). Looking at your reading list, you are at 60 novels this year so far. So if you read one of yours and then one of someone else's, and continue at a similar pace to this year, you are likely to be able to finish all of them in 2026 (and also give the rest of us a chance to keep up!)

The 50 pages/week will drag out the Read-Along: I think the novels are all 300+ pages long. [Diviner's Bow, on my end-table now, is more than 400 pages long] If you go at 50 pages/week, it will take 6+ weeks/novel, and you will finish fewer than 8 novels/year... and it will be at least 2029 before the Great Liaden Universe Read-Along is finished.

Tali is beautiful!

Millie C.-Y.

[ariaflame]

Definitely go at your own pace. I will do my best not to get too far ahead. At least if I do I can always pause briefly.

[hairmonger]

Definitely whatever pace suits you.

Mary Anne in Kentucky