Rereading

[trobadora]

More and more I'm realising how many details from the books I don't remember because when I reread, I tend to reread certain parts much more than others. Methinks I need to read the books again from start to finish, all the way through, without skipping ahead to the sexy parts. *g*

Of course, that would be easier if I wasn't reading alone.

And that might also make it more interesting - it'd be pretty cool if we did chapter-by-chapter discussions on this comm.

Anyone be interested in rereading with me?

[Poll #1252613]

And if you are interested, how quickly should this go? That is - one or two chapters a week? More frequently? Of course it would take us a while to get through it all that way. *g*

What do you think? Let me know!

ETA: And hey, new people could join in and read along! Here's everyone's chance to finally start reading Coldfire, if for some inexplicable reason they haven't already! So go and pimp this poll. :D

Comments

[carmentalis.livejournal.com]

I think we should do two chapters per week, or we'll need a year per book. :-)

What might help to keep interest going is a brief summary of the chapter in the discussion post - that way people who didn't re-read that particular chapter still know where we are and can join the discussion.

[trobadora]

Yeah, I was definitely thinking a good kick-off post for each chapter would be important. Of course, that might get a bit much for one person to do, all the way through the trilogy! So maybe we could take turns with that.

(Did you see my ETA? Never let it be said that I'm not doing everything I can to pimp Coldfire! *g*)

[nebulia.livejournal.com]

I agree. Some of the chapters are pretty short (*cough*onepage*cough*), too, so even if we're busy, that wouldn't take too long to get through, you know?

[gwendolen.livejournal.com]

I have the first book on my shelves and on my to read-list, so I might be interested. I would be a new reader.

I also love talking about books I'm reading.

[trobadora]

Yes yes YES!!!!!!!!! *bounces*

You definitely need to read these books - they are seriously awesome, and not just for the slashiness, although that also just goes through the roof. kennahijja called them a love story, and it's so, so true. Even if it doesn't look anything like it on the surface.

[kennahijja.livejournal.com]

I'd be game, mostly because I devoured each book at record speed and I tend to skip over the details when doing that. And I'm seriously shaky on all the non-character-focussed underlying theory :).

[trobadora]

Woohoo!

I've read some parts of the trilogy more times than I can count, but it's been a long time since I've read them completely. And there are some parts (*cough* Andrys *cough*) that I'm pretty sure I haven't read more than once or twice at all. I'm pretty sure I missed some good stuff that way! Just today, I discovered something from the first book that I'd completely forgotten about - that was what prompted this post. :-)

[sinisterf.livejournal.com]

I'd love to do this, but unfortunately I have very little free time (actually none) to read anything other than school stuff right now. Pooh on school :(

[trobadora]

You can still join in the discussions even if you don't have the time to read along! And it should take us quite a while to get through, so when you have more time you can catch up with us. :-)

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

I was just thinking it was time for a reread.

I was supposed to write the ship manifesto back in march and I definitely need to reread for that anyway

[trobadora]

Excellent! This looks like it's going to be great fun. :-)

And a ship manifesto! That would be so cool. You should definitely reread and then write it!

[unavalible.livejournal.com]

Bah! I just re-read the books! But I'll try and discuss certain chapters as I remember them~! =D

[trobadora]

That's cool! And we're going to take quite a while to get through them, so maybe you'll want to reread them again in a while. :D Not like you can read them too often!

[zalem.livejournal.com]

That seems like a fun idea, but alas with school I probably won't be reading anything else but admin law, patent law and federal courts. Yuck. I'd much rather be reading the Coldfire trilogy.

[trobadora]

I can imagine! We're going to be going pretty slow, all things considered, so it shouldn't be hard to catch up when you've got more time again. And you can always join in the discussion anyway!

[trobadora]

Hi there! Glad to see you commenting. :-)

It's a great idea to make it not strictly two chapters, especially with the one-page chapters! Thanks for that suggestion. Whee, this is going to be so much fun!

[geek-muffin.livejournal.com]

I'm one of those that doesn't have much time at the moment for reading anything other than books for school, but I'd definitely try and stop by to participate in the discussion anyway. I think it's a great idea.

[trobadora]

That's cool! And we're not going to be reading that fast, so it shouldn't be hard to catch up with us once you've got a bit more time again. :-)

[niciasus.livejournal.com]

Gawd, because of time, I'm really terrible with keeping up with book discussions. But, I love the Coldfire series so I'm going to really try. Coldfire and Carol Berg's Transformation series are two of my fav.

[trobadora]

Excellent! I'm really happy to see so many people interested in this discussion. Can't wait to get started!

I haven't read the Transformation series; maybe I'll have to give that a try next. :-)

[cross-stitchery.livejournal.com]

i'm keen, but i will be heading off on holiday (limited internet access) next month. other than that, you can count me in.

[trobadora]

Yay, that's great! If even half the people who said they're interested will stick around, we're going to have some great discussions. :D

[stormbringer986.livejournal.com]

I've been meaning to re-read the whole series, but school always has other ideas. I'm interested, but it's really going to depend. I have 16 school books for four classes...poor Coldfire might have to take a back seat.

[trobadora]

I hope you can manage! But if you're too busy at the moment, well, we're going to be moving quite slowly, so it shouldn't be hard to catch up with us once you've got a bit more time. :-)

[silver-ariane.livejournal.com]

I said yes, because I'd definitely like to re-read and discuss the books, if time decides to let me. At this point that's a big "if", considering school and a book discussion going on in one of my other comms this fall. But I am interested, and would try to keep up as much as possible.

[trobadora]

That'd be great! Whee, I'm so glad so many people are interested. And if time gets in the way, it still shouldn't be that hard to catch up with us again when things get better - we're going to be reading pretty slowly, after all. :-)

[alice_montrose]

I'm definitely game, especially since I was planning to reread anyway. two chapters per week would be great. Three even, when we get the really short ones.

[trobadora]

Excellent! I'm really looking forward to it, this is going to be great fun. :D

[fluffyllama.livejournal.com]

Hehe, count me in *g*

[trobadora]

WOOHOO!!!!!! *bounces*

I knew we'd get you eventually. :D

[fakewing.livejournal.com]

I was just thinking of re-reading the other day, but was hesitating because my schedule is pretty terrible 2-3 chapters per week will be a great compromise.

I've had three fics outlined for six months or so, but I'm always afraid that I'll miss some vague but crucial detail of the world when I write them out. This should help.

[trobadora]

Yay, it's great to have you on board too! :-) I'll try to draw up a schedule tonight, because some of these chapters are really short. Less than half a page, even! We'll definitely be doin more than one chapter in one go there. *g*

And double yay for fic! (And if you need someone to beta for you when you're done writing, I'd be happy to volunteer.)

[squeakygeeky]

I actually started re-reading BSR, I'm about halfway through and SO in the mood to discuss it with people. (After Ciani loses her memory she whispers every third line of dialog. It's so annoying!) I can't wait till we get to the third book...

[trobadora]

Another one! \o/

This is going to be fantastic!

(I hadn't noticed the whispering, but now that you say it, I do seem to recall it ... weird!)

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[fragorl.livejournal.com]

Wow an actual active coldfire community!! (may just swoon) the wonderful Lara told me of this and i so had to check it out!!! So exciting!! I would luuuv to get to discuss coldfire chapters with other people who r actually as obsessed as i am (tried to with peeps that wont read the books but not nearly so satisfying + i think they think i am insane!) purrs contentedly!!!

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[trobadora]

Hi there, and welcome aboard! You've arrived at the right time. I'm sure we'll have lots of fun discussing Coldfire. The books are really marvellous, so glad to meet another fan. :-)

[trobadora]

Yes, I've been doing the same way too much! I'm really looking forward to this. :-)