2019 Bookshelf Rereads

[Anna]

Kushiel is also back in the mix with 18 votes! This is getting exciting! :D

[Meredith]

current top 6. I'm impressed Kushiel pulled itself back up when it seemed like voters had reconsidered things, and I also note that the voters (except for the Pratchett fans) are a bunch of masochists.

26 Dune (604)
20 The Black Prism (629)
20 Perdido Street Station (623)
19 The Color of Magic (228)
19 Red Mars (572)
19 Kushiel's Dart (1015)

[DivaDiane]

Arrgh! I really wanted to read Sabriel (it’s the only book in the top 6 that I have not read and already own. Black Prism I don’t own). I really DON’T want to read Kushiel.

[Anna]

Sabriel is still in the top seven!


26 Dune (604)
20 The Black Prism (629)
20 Perdido Street Station (623)

19 The Color of Magic (228)
19 Kushiel's Dart (1015)
19 Red Mars (572)
19 Sabriel (491)

18 Hyperion (483)

[Allison, Fairy Mod-mother]

I helped!

[Beth]

I went back in and voted for Sabriel, too. :D

[Allison, Fairy Mod-mother]

House Governance Methodology of Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs: An Inside Look at the Need for Ranked Choice Voting in Consensus-Based Communities.

In this treatise I will...

[DivaDiane]

Haha!! 🤣 I voted for everything I thought I’d be interested in (re)reading, based on whether I currently have it on my shelves. Therefore, I can only watch with hope that the ones that make it to the top 6 are among them.

[Anna]

Sabriel is at 24! :D
The three books currently fighting for the last spot are:

19 The Color of Magic (228)
19 Hyperion (483)
19 Kushiel's Dart (1015)

[Hank]

I am up for a re-read and will break the tie.

[Anna]

Haha, here's our current top six. Let's see how many times it'll change before voting closes!


26 Dune (604)
24 Sabriel (491)
21 Perdido Street Station (623)
20 The Black Prism (629)
20 Hyperion (483)
20 Red Mars (572)

[DivaDiane]

I’m happy happy with that!!

[Anna]

Last update! Voting will close in about 12ish hours.


26 Dune (604)
24 Sabriel (491)
21 Perdido Street Station (623)

20 The Black Prism (629)
20 Hyperion (483)
20 Kushiel's Dart (1015)
20 Red Mars (572)

19 Cat's Cradle (179)
19 The Color of Magic (228)

18 Dragonflight (299)
18 Elantris (638)
18 Wild Seed (320)

[DivaDiane]

No no no! Quick! somebody vote for Red Mars!!

[Bobby]

how do we determine a tie breaker if we still have 3 or 4 with the same number of votes?

[Hank]

Diane wrote: "No no no! Quick! somebody vote for Red Mars!!"

I unvoted Hyperion which should be the same thing.

[Beth]

Bobby wrote: "how do we determine a tie breaker if we still have 3 or 4 with the same number of votes?"

Number of pages. ;)

[Kaa]

I vote for Beth's tie-breaker!

[Rachel]

I guess it’s good that I don’t have to fit more books into my reading schedule 🤷‍♀️

[Anna]

Final results:


26 Dune (604)
24 Sabriel (491)
21 Perdido Street Station (623)
20 The Black Prism (629)
20 Kushiel's Dart (1015)
20 Red Mars (572)

Come talk about the reading schedule in the BR thread.

[DivaDiane]

That’s awesome! There’s only one book I’m not at all interested in (Kushiel’s Dart) and only one which is brand new to me (Black Prism, which I already bought in anticipation). I will try to reread the others, but I may just skim to refresh and join in the conversation anyway.

[DivaDiane]

Oops! Two that are new to me: Black Prism and Sabriel (which I already had on my shelf). If we can avoid doing those 2 in the same month, I’ll be very happy! Although, Black Prism is an audiobook, so I *could* read them in the same month.

[Cheryl]

I'm glad the one that I'm most interested in is the shortest.... ;)
But so long as I have notice, I'll consider any at any time.

[Beth]

It's kind of funny how big the average page count is the time around. (Good bringing it down there, Sabriel!) I voted for four of these, so it's gonna be tight regardless of how they're arranged.

[Ethelinda]

I've heard about Sabriel for a long time, but never read it. Seems like a good time to try! And I was thinking of possibly re-reading Kushiel's Dart, so that I would remember well enough to give the rest of the series a try as well.

[Anna]

This is our reread schedule for July-September:


July 15:
Dune (604)
Perdido Street Station (623)

August 15:
Sabriel (491)
Kushiel's Dart (1015)

September 15:
The Black Prism (629)
Red Mars (572)

[Dawn F]

Yay, I’ll join for two of those XD

[DivaDiane]

This looks great! Thanks!

[Doc]

Read 4/6 in last 6 mos.All great

[Kateb]

don't know which thread to put this on but I just know I will have people on here that will understand
We had a terrific storm, tore the skylight off the roof, lots of rain and my book cupboard was drenched. I had a collection of about 700 favs
I had reduced the books last year to just the ones I want to re read, now I am throwing out books that were in as new condition before this.
aaaahhhhh its like cutting an arm off as I throw each one in the bin

[Nanu]

Kateb wrote: "don't know which thread to put this on but I just know I will have people on here that will understand
We had a terrific storm, tore the skylight off the roof, lots of rain and my book cupboard was..."

My city flooded a few years ago and we had the same problem. It's heartbreaking. I am really sorry, that sucks

[Sarah]

Aw Kate that’s awful- I’m so sorry.

On the bright side- you get to start a new collection?

Still 700 is a lot. Are they all damaged?

[Kateb]

no, not all are damaged, the annoying thing is that the older books are damaged, I went on line to see if I could replace them and many are out of print. eg John Wyndam: the chrysalids

I will keep looking for them, but to replace all of those books will be more than the insurance will cover. I had the complete set of Issac Asimov's books, all Arthur c Clarke, all Scott Orson Card. all gone. More modern books were at the other end of the cupboard

thanks for the kind word , it is needed. I belong to a family of no readers so their expression of sorrow is a bit glazed

[Allison, Fairy Mod-mother]

i'm so sorry Kate! when you figure out what you cannot replace, you should make a post here, maybe some folks could help you out! sending thoughts and wishes for good book sales!

[Rachel]

Ah yes last year we had a big expensive flood from a bust pipe - one of my few bright spots was how few of my total book collection had to be tossed. But moldy books are the saddest thing .....

[Hank]

Always looking for the silver lining but part of the fun for me with books is searching for them. Now maybe you have an excuse to go to all those library sales and what Allison says.

[CBRetriever]

you might consider getting some of them in digital format as they're usually able to be downloaded at any time.

[Anna]

Here are the rereads starting in about a week:


June 15th:
A Canticle for Leibowitz >> First impressions | Final thoughts
The Library at Mount Char >> First impressions | Final thoughts

[Melanie, the neutral party]

I started Canticle a couple of days ago!

[Anna]

Rereads starting on July 15th:


Perdido Street Station >> First impressions | Final thoughts
Dune >> First impressions | Final thoughts

[Meredith]

Anyone else jumping in on the Dune reread?

[YouKneeK]

I will be, although not for a few days. I’m reading this month’s group picks first.

[Lesley]

Similar question, anyone planning on reading Perdido Street Station? I’m on the fence right now, but I’ll jump in if others are.

[Gabi]

Lesley wrote: "Similar question, anyone planning on reading Perdido Street Station? I’m on the fence right now, but I’ll jump in if others are."

I bought it in a sale some months ago, so I should read it, but I'm not sure I can keep to the schedule.

[Anthony]

I’ll be reading Perdido. I read Dune a few years ago so I won’t be rereading that now.

[Lesley]

Anthony wrote: "I’ll be reading Perdido. I read Dune a few years ago so I won’t be rereading that now."

Great, then I’ll definitely plan to read Perdido, and I’ll probaby start pretty close to the 15th. Gabi, you should join in whenever you can fit it in!

[Tomas]

Can anyone give me a working ASIN for the Black Prism Kindle edition? I've tried a few times already and Amazon still gives me the 'title not available for purchase' instead of 'buy'.

[Anna]

Tomas wrote: "Can anyone give me a working ASIN for the Black Prism Kindle edition?"

This one works for me, but we're not in the same country so who knows if it helps you: The Black Prism

[Tomas]

Anna wrote: "This one works for me, but we're not in the same country so who knows if it helps you."

It seems to work, at least now. Let's hope it stays for when the time comes.
Thanks.

[DivaDiane]

I would really love to reread Perdido, but I won’t be able to until later this month into August. The end of the school year here is crazy busy, but then my son is going to Italy to be with the Nonni, so I’ll have lots of free time to read! Yay!!!