#tandem read

[a-library-ghost]

me watching booktokers complain about the empire of storms/tower of dawn tandem read as if that’s not something they literally invented for no reason 🤔

[unyieldingwings]

I still cry every time I re-read EoS and realize that Fenrys has been loyal to Aelin since the Ilken attack 😭😭😭

Baby boy has wanted to serve and protect her since then. He has valued Aelin so much. 😭😭😭😭

[mentallyinwalmart]

TOG TANDEM READ RANT (spoiler free! My recommendation for first time readers)

There are two major issues with the EOS/TOD tandem read ESPECIALLY the way everyone is pitching it to first time readers. I originally read the series in order, and did the tandem read on my reread. My opinions/two major critiques are as follows:

1. TOD is not a completely terrible book like some people pretend, it is interesting, and stands just fine on its own. EOS however is the best paced and one of if not the most exciting and thrilling books in the series. While swapping between the two stories can improve some of the more tedious or frustrating parts of TOD, so much more of the magic of EOS is lost when you constantly jump back and forth from the incredibly well written book that Empire of Storms is. Tower of Dawn doesn’t suck badly enough to warrant chopping up one of SJM’s best books across the board, and objectively lowering the quality of the cohesion of the writing/story progression.

2. they were literally released in this order on purpose, if you’ve read the series already you should know why it’s so important that the length of time between EOS and KOA is and feels so fucking long and that certain characters fates are ALWAYS on your mind… SJM emphasizes that and effectively ups the stakes by choosing to write the penultimate book from the POVs/geographical locations she does, so far removed from our typical POV protagonists

If you want to tandem read, that’s fine go ahead! If you want to skip TOD completely, slay, that’s what my sister did and frankly idgaf! But the whole “tandem read is the BEST way to do it” trend I’ve been seeing was making me angy :)

[bookish-content]

~ Getting ready for the Empire of Storms and Tower of Dawn tandem read, fellow Maasochist enjoy ~

[reading-moongirl]

i finished Queen of Shadows last night and now it’s time to do the tandem read of the Throne of Glass series ✨

Empire of Storms and Tower of Dawn

it took me one and a half hours to mark all the chapter with annotating tabs and it just so happened that my sister had the perfect matching colors for the two books ✨

im so proud of that result 😅✨

[starfallserotonin]

Abraxos taking injured Manon to Aelin’s court in the middle of the ocean is my new Roman Empire. . .

[motherfeyre-archeron]

Reading 2-3 book's at the same time<<<<<

[partywithcoco]

idk if anyone cares but I have about 160 pages left of my tandem read of TOD and EOS and i had to put it down bc I am not emotionally or mentally ready for the end of these books

[bllshtbel]

just got to THAT part of tower of dawn. i mean i knew she was a bitch straight from hell but I didn’t mean it LITERALLY. LIKE WHAT??? free my boys fenrys gavriel and lorcan!!

[manon1313]

Tandem read is about to start. Got my coffee, my books and blankie and my cute Book Beau reading pillow.

[phantomcat13]

Progress Tandem Read (reread ToG series)

Empire of Storms / Tower of Dawn

62% / 63%

This book will break my heart into 1000 pieces.

[sarahnotjmaas]

Everyone says Tower of Dawn is the boring book but I find myself sad when I have to switch books. Empire of Storms is obviously great but it is directly reflective of the rest of the books and TOD is somewhere new and this very exciting. Can’t believe I’m mostly alone in this opinion

[unyieldingwings]

Finally attempting my first tandem read of Empire of Storms and Tower of Dawn. I have never read ToD lol. But EoS I have read multiple times.

And Lorcan Salvaterre is such a big goofball. 😂

[maepolzine]

Tandem Reading Guide of Twilight and Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer

Sharing a tandem Reading Guide for Twilight and Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer

I’ve mentioned it before on my blog, but I used to be obsessed with Twilight. I helped run a fan forum back in the day on Gaia Online. I wrote a series of novels (never published) that were very inspired by Twilight. And I read every post that Stephenie Meyer put up on her website about this series including Midnight Sun after it was leaked. Then I went to college, grew up a bit, and haven’t…

[andreai04]

“She had fallen in love with him well before he’d ever stood. She would love him no matter how he moved through the world.”

[browneyedgirly93]

HELP!

I'm halfway through Empire Of Storms and just got Tower of Dawn, do I catch up and continue with the tandem read?

I did the Romantic read btw