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The Locked Tomb trilogy: teenage lesbian necromancers... IN SPAAAAACE!!!!
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Why, you could even start today!
I never even read the first chapter yet! Agh we're only partway through our Gideon re-listen, we haven't even gotten to Harrow yet!
I listened to Gideon and Harrow (vs eye-reading which I did the first time) recently myself--finished Harrow just last week. Harrow in particular benefited a lot from a second go-through and I ended up loving and feeling for her just as much as I had Gideon (which wasn't really the case, first time around). Great narration, highly recommended if you have access to it.
My plan for Nona is to go about it similarly: eye-read it, go to the internet to learn about the things my dumb brain couldn't figure out for itself, and reread in audio before Alecto comes out.
My plan for Nona is to go about it similarly: eye-read it, go to the internet to learn about the things my dumb brain couldn't figure out for itself, and reread in audio before Alecto comes out.
K is all about audiobooks, so while I read words the first time for each I've since listened to Harrow again once and Gideon again...probably six times? (She also likes to fall asleep to audiobooks, so one or another is usually the soundtrack to bedtime, and Gideon has been a mainstay in the rotation ever since I finally got her to listen to it the first time). I have basically no choice in listening to Nona on audiobook, but this time it'll probably be my first read, or I might read along with the book (never done that before, but it could be interesting?).
And I've said it before, but I'll say it again over and over every chance I get: Moira Quirk's read of these two books (so far) is the best audiobook reading I've ever heard. There are so many characters and she gives each and every one an immediately recognizable distinct voice, each of them loaded with so much personality. You could even forget that this is one person doing all of those voices. I seriously cannot praise it highly enough.
And I've said it before, but I'll say it again over and over every chance I get: Moira Quirk's read of these two books (so far) is the best audiobook reading I've ever heard. There are so many characters and she gives each and every one an immediately recognizable distinct voice, each of them loaded with so much personality. You could even forget that this is one person doing all of those voices. I seriously cannot praise it highly enough.
I listen to audiobooks with phone + earbuds to get to sleep at least 70% of the time. Saying a book is a sure cure for insomnia is a joke for most people, but when it comes to a familiar, loved book and a listener with a brain that spins itself sleepless more often than is good for it, it's a huge plus. I might not choose these specifically, but I totally get behind the general idea.
Yeah. And for what it's worth, we only use books we've read before to fall asleep to, otherwise we'd get hooked and stay up all night (or lose our place and have to worry about finding it). When you've listened to a book 5-10 times you don't need to worry so much if you miss a chapter here or there.
Nona The Ninth minus 7 days! :frothing-bird:
Halfway through my reread of Gideon. Still a pretty good book, y’all.
Our Harrow re-read is way behind schedule! fuuuuuuuuuuu
Unsurprisingly, I love Nona so far (and she loves you).
waaaaahhhhhhh my preorder copy hasn't even shipppppped yettttttttttt (and we're not done relistening to Harrooooooooooowwwwwwww)
I just finished my second read of Harrow last night, and I enjoyed it a whole lot more this time. But my library hasn't gotten Nona in yet so I'm feeling as whiny as Paul.
I think I'm gonna check out of this thread until I get to read it just to avoid any potential spoilers.
I think I'm gonna check out of this thread until I get to read it just to avoid any potential spoilers.
I am 20% in. I'm savoring it slowly but, yes, it's really, really good. And is removing the fog from the lore much, much faster than I expected.
My copy's in at the store but I've had daaaaays of COVID vaccine blahs so I haven't picked it up yet.
My copy arrived at the mail! The tracking number was wrong!!
I still can't read it yet!!!
I still can't read it yet!!!
Interview with Tamsyn Muir about Nona and the Locked Tomb series. Heads up for the spoiler-averse, there are a couple of "spoilers for Nona" (jail for mother?) questions along the way that are clearly marked ahead of time.
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Tamsyn Muir on Lyctorhood as Genderfuckery and Greasy Bible Study in Nona the Ninth
The best way that I can sum up the experience of reading Nona the Ninth is (and I say as much below in this interview) like watching Captain America: The Winter Soldier and sitting on your hands sc…
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I'm a few chapters into Nona and liking it so far!
Every time Camilla Hect shows up in one of these books I have to look up which one she was in the first book, I can't keep it straight.
Every time Camilla Hect shows up in one of these books I have to look up which one she was in the first book, I can't keep it straight.
C’mon man, she’s the librarian planet’s resident ninja.
I mean once I check I remember but for some reason I always mix her up with Abigail Pent at first.
Of all the characters to mix up! She's like, one of the biggest ones!
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should've had fewer characters with three-syllable first names and single-syllable last names I guess
should've had fewer characters with three-syllable first names and single-syllable last names I guess
Well, I mean, they are all number puns so you just need to memorize 9 weird societies based on all the fun different ways of raising the dead and cross reference the name. Easy peasy.
I'd say your confusion is easy to clear up since Abigail is dead... but so is Palamedes. Just your usual necromantic occupational hazards, keeping track of who's alive, dead, undead or unliving. And that's before lyctors appear and they start playing shell games with souls..
Just finished. It was a great book - as it's traditional, the book leaves you hungry for so much more. Can't wait for Alecto!
(the best line in the book has to be "To which a voice on the opposite side of the shore was raised, exceeding wroth, and Alecto heard it shout in a very great shout: Get in line, thou big slut.“)
(the best line in the book has to be "To which a voice on the opposite side of the shore was raised, exceeding wroth, and Alecto heard it shout in a very great shout: Get in line, thou big slut.“)
This post-Harrow The Ninth interview with Tamsyn Muir was brought to my attention this weekend. It's an old interview, but for those who haven't read it, here's an interesting excerpt (bold phrases emphasized by me):
I had read the interview before, but it hadn't clicked on me - no wonder I love these books, we grew up liking the same stuff. And the Nceromancer/Cavalier relationship being similar to the Sorceress/Knight relationship from FFVIII? Might not be a coincidence.
