2018 Group Bookshelf Reading Calendar

[Allison, Fairy Mod-mother]

:)

[Rachel]

You are welcome John! I went and edited my responses to add a few including The Last Unicorn to bump it up! 😁

[Sarah]

98 votes and only two days left!

Man in the High Castle - 20
Handmaid's Tale - 20
Neverwhere - 20
Ender's Game - 19
Good Omens - 19
Fahrenheit 451 - 19
Brave New World - 19
Armada - 18
The City & the City - 17
Fifth Season - 17
Old Man's War - 17
Last Unicorn - 17

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Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell - 16
Perdido Street Station - 16
Wool - 16
Golem and the Jinni - 16
Dispossessed - 15
Elantris - 15
Kindred - 15
Ubik - 15
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency - 15
Ocean at the End of the Lane - 14
Ready Player One - 14

[Sarah]

I'm kinda bummed that Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell slipped below the line. I really want to reread that.

[Patricia]

I really wanted to reAd Jonathan Strange too. BooHoo.

[Chris]

I voted for two in the current top 12. I will probably read some of the less popular titles that I own and hope that some of my mid-list picks will win in the next vote.

[Beth]

I recalibrated my votes slightly, and added a few more books and... still don't have one in the top tier. Missing the zeitgeist like a pro. I have three in the second rank now, so that's good!

[AndrewP]

Now only 3 in the top 12 that I haven't read and quite of a few of the others I have no desire to re-read.

[Sarah]

We're up to 100 responses but I dont have time to type them up tonight.

REMINDER: Voting ends tomorrow night! I'll get the schedule up this weekend.

[Silvana]

I have still four on top 12.
Looks like Jon Strange is now in it too.

[Sarah]

100 Responses.

Man in the High Castle - 20
Neverwhere - 20
Handmaid's Tale - 20
Ender's Game - 19
Good Omens - 19
Fahrenheit 451 - 19
Brave New World - 19
City & the City - 18
Fifth Season - 18
Armada - 18
Old Man's War - 18
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell - 17
Last Unicorn - 17

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Kindred - 16
Perdido Street Station - 16
Wool - 16
Golem and the Jinni - 16
Dispossessed - 15
Elantris - 15
Ubik - 15
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency - 15

Voting closes tonight. If there are any ties for 12th place the books will be put into the list randomizer at random.org and the appropriate number will be chosen.

[John]

In the top 13 looks like I've only got one and that would be the "Last Unicorn"

[Sarah]

Ooookay, voting is now closed! Here are are chosen 12:

The Man in the High Castle - 20
Neverwhere - 20
Handmaid's Tale - 20
Good Omens - 20
Ender's Game - 19
Fahrenheit 451 - 19
Brave New World - 19
Last Unicorn - 19
The City & the City - 18
Fifth Season - 18
Armada - 18
Old Man's War - 18

I'll get the schedule up this weekend.

[Sarah]

Well, you guys made it super easy on us this time by voting for shorter books with a nice average of 644 pages per month. Edwin and I put our metaphorical heads together and here's the schedule! I spread the dystopias out as much as possible and put happy/fun books as the second books those months, if possible.

Handmaid's Tale - Jan 15
Armada - Jan 15

Neverwhere - Feb 15
The City & the City - Feb 15

Fahrenheit 451 - March 15
Good Omens - March 15

Man in the High Castle - April 15
Fifth Season - April 15

Ender's Game - May 15
Last Unicorn - May 15

Brave New World - June 15
Old Man's War - June 15

[Allison, Fairy Mod-mother]

Thanks Sarah Anne!!

[John]

Thanks, Sarah we appreciate you

[Chris]

Thanks, Sarah!

Nothing for me on the schedule until April. I am thinking of reading Regarding Ducks and Universes and Childhood's End at some point in the first few months of 2018.

[YouKneeK]

Thanks Sarah and Edwin! I look forward to participating in January, March, and June. :)

[Jen]

Thanks! Looking forward to a lot of these reads!

[Sarah]

Nice! Thank you. There’s at least one in almost every group I’d like to read.

[Ashley in Wonderland]

Sarah wrote: "Nice! Thank you. There’s at least one in almost every group I’d like to read."

I second this.

[John]

Nothing for me until May and that would be the The Last Unicorn

[Beth]

Sarah, thanks for all the effort you put into creating and tracking the survey!

[Sarah]

You're welcome, Beth :)

[Bill's]

Thanks for putting this together.

I may have read Brave New World & Fahrenheit 451 before but there was no Goodreads for tracking my reading in the 70s, so I am not sure. Imagine a world with no internet and the only books to read were what was found in the school library.

The University here also had an extension library where they would mail out books to rural areas. We also got books from there. Once a year we would go through the catalog and make a list of books we were interested in. The staff would then pick from the list and add books they thought we might like to send out a box of books once per month, which we would send back in a months time. I started making out the list, because when my father did it we would mostly get westerns.

Reading those 12 books in 6 months should be easy, but chances are I will get distracted by other reading and not get all of these finished.

[Rachel]

I have WAAAY to much on my TBR list to be doing re-reads but I am hereby committing (publicly - you know what they say about accountability) to Neverwhere and Last Unicorn!

[HeyT]

I’m going to try to join in for February’s books since those are the two I haven’t read. I also have a gigantic tbr pile so rereads are out.

[Patricia]

I hope I can get in at least one each month without rereads.

[John]

Rachel wrote: "I have WAAAY to much on my TBR list to be doing re-reads but I am hereby committing (publicly - you know what they say about accountability) to Neverwhere and Last Unicorn!"

I know what you are saying about the TBR list. Mine seems to be growing instead of getting smaller

[Silvana]

February will be a busy month.
Thanks Sarah Anne and Edwin!

[Dj]

John wrote: "Rachel wrote: "I have WAAAY to much on my TBR list to be doing re-reads but I am hereby committing (publicly - you know what they say about accountability) to Neverwhere and Last Unicorn!"

I know ..."

Mine has taken on a life of its own. I have a little over 1k in the TBR

[John]

Dj wrote: "John wrote: "Rachel wrote: "I have WAAAY to much on my TBR list to be doing re-reads but I am hereby committing (publicly - you know what they say about accountability) to Neverwhere and Last Unico..."

Your right it has taken a life on its own. But you'll have admit one thing; with a list that long you won't have a problem with what to read.

[Dj]

Well, I have them all now, the only question is will I be able to read them all on time. LOL

[Esther]

Dj wrote: "John wrote: "Rachel wrote: "I have WAAAY to much on my TBR list to be doing re-reads but I am hereby committing (publicly - you know what they say about accountability) to Neverwhere and Last Unico..."

I put my TBR on a diet but it's back over 1K and my physical TBR (ie books on my shelves) has breached 400 as I have started to catalogue my Agatha Christie collection.

[Dj]

Esther wrote: "Dj wrote: "John wrote: "Rachel wrote: "I have WAAAY to much on my TBR list to be doing re-reads but I am hereby committing (publicly - you know what they say about accountability) to Neverwhere and..."

I find that is the key to immortality. You can't die if you have books to read. Well maybe.

[Allison, Fairy Mod-mother]

Sort of morbid, but have you gotten to the point where you check your average reading speed against your estimated lifespan? I had to do that earlier this year. I am trying to keep my TBR under 3 years of reading to do. More than that feels like a frightening commitment. The good news is it seemed to put the fear of not finishing all my beloved books into me, and nearly tripled my reading for the year! I hope I can keep this up.

[Rachel]

Allison I frequently feel like I’m trying to ‘catch up’ on my fiction reading which seems silly....but I really do feel ‘behind.’ I blame twin babies...I don’t think I read for a few years! I was just a cow. So I missed so much!

[Allison, Fairy Mod-mother]

Rachel wrote: "Allison I frequently feel like I’m trying to ‘catch up’ on my fiction reading which seems silly....but I really do feel ‘behind.’ I blame twin babies...I don’t think I read for a few years! I was j..."

Yeah. I hear you. I had 9 consecutive years of going to school and working full time where I could only read for myself on vacations. Dismal. But you're finding time! You're making it work!!

[John]

Rachel wrote: "Allison I frequently feel like I’m trying to ‘catch up’ on my fiction reading which seems silly....but I really do feel ‘behind.’ I blame twin babies...I don’t think I read for a few years! I was j..."

Twin babies that in itself would take up most of your time and not give you much of a chance to read very much. Super mommy.

[Sarah]

I've done that Allison. Even if I read 200 books per year, which I can't, and I live another 30 years, it's only 6000 books. This is why I DNF. I have no patience with books I'm not enjoying.

And now I've gone back to work and I'll be lucky to read 30 per year. So maybe 1000 books in my lifetime? And I own 6-700. Ugh.

[Dj]

Allison wrote: "Sort of morbid, but have you gotten to the point where you check your average reading speed against your estimated lifespan? I had to do that earlier this year. I am trying to keep my TBR under 3 y..."

I never check my estimated lifespan, after all, I was voted least likely to see 30 in my graduating class. I am 54 now. So I would like to think that I will keep on proving them wrong. LOL.

[Allison, Fairy Mod-mother]

Dj wrote: "Allison wrote: "Sort of morbid, but have you gotten to the point where you check your average reading speed against your estimated lifespan? I had to do that earlier this year. I am trying to keep ..."

heehee! Well then I have faith you'll finish your entire TBR, cause clearly you'll live forever!

[Dj]

Allison wrote: "Dj wrote: "Allison wrote: "Sort of morbid, but have you gotten to the point where you check your average reading speed against your estimated lifespan? I had to do that earlier this year. I am tryi..."

See that's the spirit.

[Melanie, the neutral party]

Time can be quite precious. It used to be if I mad it past chapter 2 of a book I’d finished it no matter what, but now I have a second job and I find I am soo much more willing to abound on a book.

I’m hoping to join in for a reread of Ender’s Game. I also plan on finally reading The Last Unicorn. I’ll join in for others I haven’t read before if I can acquire a copy of the book cheaply.

[Sarah]

This is the first time this side group has done Last Unicorn :)

[John]

Sarah Anne wrote: "This is the first time this side group has done Last Unicorn :)"

The Last Unicorn will be a re-read for me as I read it back years ago when I was in High school along with the Hobbit series

[Dj]

About half of them are re-reads for me and the other half are new. I will focus primarily on the new ones, but there is only one re-read that I don't have much interest in, so it will be interesting.

[Esther]

Dj wrote: "Esther wrote: "Dj wrote: "John wrote: "Rachel wrote: "I have WAAAY to much on my TBR list to be doing re-reads but I am hereby committing (publicly - you know what they say about accountability) to..."

Then I am going to live for-ever!! :0)

[Esther]

Allison wrote: "Sort of morbid, but have you gotten to the point where you check your average reading speed against your estimated lifespan? I had to do that earlier this year. I am trying to keep my TBR under 3 y..."

I tried to do that but gave myself a panic attack. Instead I make plans about when beg a sick note from my doctor and use up my sick days.

[Bill's]

The shelf is called "Want to Read". I add books which I would like to read, which doesn't mean that I plan to read all of them. I use it as a way to bookmark interesting books.