And we've reached the end! Thank you so much to ninedaysaqueen for coordinating.

This week's discussion covers chapters 10 through the end, from "When I woke, the sun was up and the day was already warm." to " 'Thank you, thief.' 'You're welcome, my queen.' "That is, I believe, the first time we hear anyone addressed directly as "My queen." It certainly isn't ( Read more... )

For the third week of The Thief read-along, we’re covering chapters 7 to 9, from “Good feelings persisted between myself and the Magus until the next morning...” to “Darkness that was deeper than the river swallowed me up.”They’re some pretty exciting chapters, as we finally get to see Gen ‘in action’ professionally, as it were, rather than just ( Read more... )

Welcome to the second part of the anniversary read-along of The Thief! This week's read-along is chapters 4-6. It starts with the sentence "WE STOPPED AGAIN EARLY IN the evening." and ends with "Did he sound genuinely flattered?" I'm not going to give page numbers because I have an ebook version, but my discussion's mostly chronological and I'll ( Read more... )

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I had so much fun during the character chat, that I thought it was worth it to pay ten bucks in order to save the full transcript. I do think it's a pretty sneaky way for Chatzy to get money. Honestly, it is better than ads though. Can you imagine being forced to watch a commercial for toilet paper before you are allowed to enter the chat room? ( Read more... )

Yes, that is a terrible title, and no, I couldn't think of a better one. (But I'll take suggestions.)

Lately I've been thinking about father figures in fiction. And, in the ongoing quest to discuss every single aspect of the Queen's Thief series, I naturally turned the focus of these thinkings onto Gen and company.

( I am your father. )

I remember there was a discussion on pry bars way back. In The Thief, Pol hands Gen a pry bar when he is breaking in the temple to find Hamiathes's Gift, and Gen mentions that it is his. We were wondering about the logistics of a thief carrying one around, since pry bars are big and heavy, and a thief needs to be fast and sneaky. Well, I was on ( Read more... )

I work on a farm, and recently I was looking around the shop for a pry bar to tear apart an old chicken coop.

I'm sure you know exactly where my mind went, and if yours doesn't go to the same place I will be greatly disappointed in you.

When I finally found it (it was cleverly hidden right in front of me) I picked it up, and it was a comfort to have ( Read more... )

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ETA: Please keep your comments completely ACoK-Spoiler-Free so everyone can participate! :-)

Hello everybody! I hope you are ready for discussion times, because I am bringing them! (I hope.)

This week we read from "I didn't know how long I had been in the king's prison" to "As far as I could see there was nothing to steal, nothing at all."

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