Group Read Books - 2019

[Ann]

Carol: Scrublands was quite a book!

Carol/Bonadie wrote: "I've started to listen to Scrublands in the car and am looking forward to the discussion. Can't do summaries unless a hard copy comes in though."

[Ann]

Hello all! Are there any suggestions for November or December (or January 2020) group read books? We've had some lively discussions so far.
The October book is going to span over into November based on availability.
Options include these recent releases that look good as a possibility
The Secrets We Kept,
Sarah Jane,
The Guardians , or
The Girl Who Lived Twice, or _____ any other suggestions?

Current Group Read list for 2019
Jan-2019 The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
Feb-2019 The Lost Man
Feb-2019 The Hiding Place
Mar-2019 Before She Knew Him
Mar-2019 Cemetery Road
Apr-2019 Redemption Point
May-2019 Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee
Jun-2019 Crown Jewel
Jun-2019 The Silent Patient
Jul-2019 I'll Never Tell
Aug-2019 Conviction
Aug-2019 Lady in the Lake (edited to include!)
Sep-2019 Scrublands
Oct-2019 The Ghosts of Eden Park: The Bootleg King, the Women Who Pursued Him, and the Murder That Shocked Jazz-Age America
Nov-2019
Dec-2019

[Barbara K]

The Bird Boys sounds good. Also What Rose Forgot: A Novel, a stand-alone (i. e. not Anna Pigeon).

[Ann]

Rita and Barbara: Great suggestions from both of you! Thanks!
Let’s see if there are any seconds for any of these; I can second the David Lagercrantz book : I am going to be reading The Girl Who Lived Twice, hoping to get my turn soon. I love Nevada Barr’s books so What Rose Forgot: A Novel has already been on my radar.
I read The Bird Boys and agree it is s terrific book and a possibility. I hadn’t heard of Raven Black before this mention. (It does sound good!)

[OMalleycat]

Too many of these look good to me!

I don’t read Grisham or The Girl Who. . . books but I know they have a long history here so I’d happily sit out the group reads and maybe catch up on some other reading. (“Catch up” is a highly relative term.)

But I like the looks of Sarah Jane, Raven Black, The Bird Boys, and What Rose Forgot: A Novel and would gladly read any of them.

[Barbara K]

Since I have a copy of a Raven Black sitting around waiting to be read, I’d be happy with that. :-)

[Ann]

Barbara, Rita and Jan O'Malleycat: Great!! With the four of us interested in Raven Black, I suggest we add it for our November group read!
Three of us are interested in What Rose Forgot: A Novel so perhaps add it for December.
I am out of digital holds so it may be a few weeks before I get a copy of Raven Black.
Barbara if you can let me know the chapter count from your copy I can set up comment threads.

Rita wrote: "I would also be interested in Raven Black by Ann Cleeves..."

OMalleycat wrote: "Too many of these look good to me!
I like the looks of Sarah Jane, Raven Black, The Bird Boys, and What Rose Forgot: A Novel and would gladly read any of them

Barbara wrote: "Since I have a copy of a Raven Black sitting around waiting to be read, I’d be happy with that. :-)"

[Barbara K]

Of course! It may take me a few days since it's in one of the as-yet-unpacked boxes of books, but I'm happy to do it.

[Ann]

Thanks Barbara - no rush, we have until November 1!
I've requested the audio, I expect it will be a few weeks for my turn at Raven Black.
Barbara wrote: "Of course! It may take me a few days since it's in one of the as-yet-unpacked boxes of books, but I'm happy to do it."

[Russ]

Sounds like a full list!

I'm thinking of reading Blood Orange later on--maybe January--if anybody else is interested.

[Ann]

Russ: Blood Orange does look good! Anybody else interested in discussing it in early 2020?

[OMalleycat]

I’m interested in Blood Orange.

[Ann]

Thanks for the second motion, Jan! I'll add it!

OMalleycat wrote: "I’m interested in Blood Orange."

Russ wrote: "Sounds like a full list!
I'm thinking of reading Blood Orange later on--maybe January--if anybody else is interested."

[Romy]

Hi everyone. This is my first post on goodreads. How can I learn how this reading group works?

[Ann]

Excellent question Romy! I copied this general answer about how this group handles Group Reads from previous post #99 on this thread. Please let us know if you have further questions!
When there is a good book that just screams for an opportunity to talk about the book, it's impact, and your thoughts with others - it is a great way to do it.

The books we have selected will show up on our group home page and the group bookshelf with a link to the active thread folder in the home page body of information for each group. Or search for a book by title on this group's home page search field. Then -
You may grab a copy of the book when you can, read at your own pace and we’ll comment with spoilers exposed on the specific chapter grouped topics as we go.
The first person to post is asked to do a brief summary of that set of chapters to guide the discussion and corral any spoilers for future segments into the right thread.
As others read we add comments and it can be a lot of fun to explore a book we read a bit more deeply as others chime in their thoughts.
Timing is fluid. There may be weeks between comments when different readers join in. (Helped by the summaries we are able to recall and keep discussions going)

Romy wrote: "Hi everyone. This is my first post on goodreads. How can I learn how this reading group works?"

[Ann]

Rita:
Good luck with getting Overdrive to purchase Blood Orange Sometimes my library buys immediately and sometimes they don't when I ask. And now sometimes audible.com has exclusive rights to the audiobooks. That works for me since I am an audible member but sometimes I don't want to use a credit that way. I checked on this book and it is available on Overdrive so hope yours will add it too!

Rita wrote: "I'm really interested in reading What Rose Forgot: A Novel but I can't even get Blood Orange from Overdrive. I did recommend that Overdrive get it but I will wait an..."

[CYIReadBooks]

Blood Orange
is on my current reading list. Managed to get the audio book via an Audible free trial membership. Overdrive had a super long wait list.

[Ann]

Claire: I've enjoyed my audible membership for years, especially for longer audiobooks, I like being able to take my time without a due date. I also like to take my time with non-fiction through audible. Enjoy!

Claire wrote: "Blood Orange
is on my current reading list. Managed to get the audio book via an Audible free trial membership. Overdrive had a super long wait list."

[Susan (on hiatus)]

I just finished The Secrets We Kept and loved it!

Blood Orange was also good.

I've missed the last couple of months, so what ever you choose, I'll read and join in.

[Ann]

Susan: Good to hear you enjoyed The Secrets We Kept. I am looking forward to it!

Susan wrote: "I just finished The Secrets We Kept and loved it!

Blood Orange was also good.

I've missed the last couple of months, so what ever you choose, I'll read and join in."

[Geri]

Are there any book nominations for February? I am looking forward to Long Bright River and would enjoy reading this with the group. Anyone else interested in reading this?

[Ann]

Geri: We don't have a February group read book yet! Long Bright River looks like a good one. I am happy with adding it, it is already on my virtual tbr list.
I was listing a few books for consideration in a notebook, I guess its time to start a thread to discuss new books for group read options with 2020 speeding towards us!

Geri wrote: "Are there any book nominations for February? I am looking forward to Long Bright River and would enjoy reading this with the group. Anyone else interested in reading this?"

[Geri]

Great, Ann! The book looks timely and I have read another book by Liz Moore and really liked it.