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Range of Ghosts
Range of Ghosts | Elizabeth Bear
Going into exile after barely escaping a war waged by his cousin and brother, Temur, the grandson and heir of the Great Khan, teams up against an enemy cult with former princess Samarkar, who after a series of bitter betrayals has pursued a life of magical study. By the Hugo Award and Locus Award-winning author of The Sea Thy Mistress. 15,000 first printing.
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HeyT
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I enjoyed this because it has an interesting world where the sky changes based on the mythology of the people that reign over the land. Not too much happens plot wise aside from learning about the world and who the players are. It‘s basically all set up to a global war with one faction sowing discord among the major players.
#CalibreRoulette
#BuriedAliveChallenge

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HeyT
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Starting my second #CalibreRoulette pick for this month. I have no idea why I had this on my tbr and I‘m going into this blind so who knows what‘s in store.

HeyT Did a little digging and found that this was a Tor freebie. 4y
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llwheeler
Range of Ghosts | Elizabeth Bear
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#7days7covers #covercrush
Day 7 - what a fun challenge! And I'm loving all the cool art and designs in my feed 😊

Cover art by Donato

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Sweetkokoro
Range of Ghosts | Elizabeth Bear
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Finally finished. Ever read a book we‘re the writer got so immersed in writing/describing the world they forgot they should include a plot. Well that‘s what this is, while there is a plot it‘s so small & sparse amongst the mass paragraphs of description about the world & horses (no I‘m not kidding) all plot parts were boring, short & never left me wanting more. (Also way to many characters.) 2 more in this set & im not looking forward to them.

Sweetkokoro To elaborate on the horses, there were paragraphs of descriptions on horses every-time they were brought up, one of the fight scenes focused more on how the horse fought then the rider who is an actual main character, and yet only maybe a small hint was given that this horse might be something super special, it was weird to say the least. (edited) 6y
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Sweetkokoro
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This book is slowly killing me. I have 88 pages left and I haven‘t enjoyed this at all. Also the most annoying/worst part I have read so far in this book, was when a certain man was in a war rage and the only way to break it was to show him naked breasts of a woman... Really are you serious?!?!? Ughh I have never rolled my eyes so much as I did when I read that. And it only made me want to stop but with 88 pages left I might as well finish it.

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Sweetkokoro
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I love when books include maps. Now if only the story was interesting that would be great. So far I am “enjoying” the parts with Temur but mostly I am very bored with it so far. Although I‘m forcing myself to read it since I waited so long to be able too. -_-

Literary_Siren Hmmmm keep us posted on how the reading goes. The map has me wanting to read the book but I don‘t want to waste my time. 6y
Sweetkokoro @Literary_Siren I‘ll make sure to keep the updates coming, I‘m 100 pages of 334 in and It just isn‘t making me excited at all. 6y
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Sweetkokoro
Range of Ghosts | Elizabeth Bear
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Finally starting this trilogy since the 2nd book is finally being sent to my library for my hold. This is a book where I know I‘m going to need to take my time and have no distractions. I‘m 70 pages into it and there has already been quite a few characters introduced as well as places and the names are not easy to remember. I feel overloaded already and I‘m not sure how I feel about that.

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DuckOfDoom
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It took me weeks to read this because of a music festival and having a annoying cold with fever and a mild sunstroke. I don't know if I would have had such a hard time getting into it during a normal week. There is room for improvement, and I don't think this can be compared to GoT, but I enjoyed the setting very much! Also, it has a kick-ass steppe pony named Dumpling

#sfftbrchallenge

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xicanti
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Elizabeth Bear is my all-or-nothing author. I either love the hell out of her books or I struggle with them like nobody's business.

At first, I loved the hell out of this one with its weighty world and complex characters, but as it rolled along I struggled to connect with it. I'm pretty sure that was down to narrator Celeste Ciulla's too crisp, often overdrawn performance, so while I liked it enough to continue the series, I'll do so in print.

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xicanti
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I did a lunchtime #audiorun today and it was weirdly hard. I definitely want to stick to morning runs from now on, whenever possible.

I loved the hell out of my current audio in the beginning, but I feel like I've lost the thread. Sadness. I sure hope I can sink back into it.

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Foragingfantasy
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Always so many irons in the fire...

DivaDiane I‘ve only read Bear‘s SF. I liked it a lot! 7y
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Reading.Over.Sleep
Range of Ghosts | Elizabeth Bear
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Once you get into it (I found it hard to start) it is a very interesting and compelling read. The novel is full of interesting turns and a bit of a cliff hanger leading to the next in the series.

The next book Shattered Pillars is definitely added to me reading list.

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Reading.Over.Sleep
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This-this was how Empires ended. With the flitting of wild dogs in the dark and a caravan of moons going dark one by one.

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RanaElizabeth
Range of Ghosts | Elizabeth Bear
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More fantasy by women! Trying to highlight lesser mainstream authors. Left starts the original trilogy and right is the start of a new trilogy set in the same world. Bear has done a ton of other stuff, all worth checking out.
#readingwomenmonth
@thereadingwomen

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llwheeler
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Day 3 #readingwomenmonth - amazing covers. This series has such gorgeous cover artwork. Range of Ghosts is equally amazing, I haven't read the rest of the trilogy yet.

night_shift Wow! These see really cool covers! 7y
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jennirl
Range of Ghosts | Elizabeth Bear
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tfw you are surprised in the best way by a book
(clarification: one male character in a group with three women, rather than the usual opposite)

MeganB Oh my 😱 *adds to stack immediately* 8y
Mc_cart_ny I love that! 8y
ColleenLindsay Elizabeth Bear is a fantastic writer! 8y
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kirylin
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Just finished reading Range of Ghosts from Tor's e-book of the month club. I'm slowly catching up! #readinglog #fantasy

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bandigiu
Range of Ghosts | Elizabeth Bear
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Two books on my TBR that are set in Asia, or to be precise alternative versions of Asia. Look forward to reading them!!

#septphotochallenge #somethingforsept