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2020 Bookshelf Rereads
Starting on July 15th, and possibly discussed in Virtual Book Club:The Fifth Season >> First impressions | Final thoughts
The Bear and the Nightingale >> First impressions | Final thoughts
Voting is OPEN for October-December 2020!VOTE HERE until August 25th / Live results in spreadsheet
I'll start posting results here when we have enough votes that it makes sense.
GR links to all the books on the form: (view spoiler)
Top 6 will become our rereads for October-DecemberVOTE HERE until August 25th
Live results in spreadsheet / GR links to all books here
8 Leviathan Wakes (561 pgs)
7 1Q84 (925 pgs)
7 Alphabet of Thorn (291 pgs)
7 The Day of the Triffids (228 pgs)
7 Deathless (352 pgs)
6 The Calculating Stars (431 pgs)
6 Cold Magic (528 pgs)
6 Foreigner (428 pgs)
6 The Girl with All the Gifts (460 pgs)
6 The Grace of Kings (623 pgs)
6 Grass (544 pgs)
6 The Night Circus (400 pgs)
6 The Power (341 pgs)
6 Watership Down (478 pgs)
6 Wild Seed (320 pgs)
6 The Word for World is Forest (160 pgs)
5 Across the Nightingale Floor (305 pgs)
5 The Algebraist (434 pgs)
5 The Anubis Gates (387 pgs)
5 Artemis (305 pgs)
5 Assassin's Apprentice (480 pgs)
5 Dawn (248 pgs)
5 Doomsday Book (578 pgs)
5 Furies of Calderon (503 pgs)
5 Guards! Guards! (376 pgs)
5 Homeland (343 pgs)
5 Hyperion (483 pgs)
5 I, Robot (225 pgs)
5 John Dies at the End (469 pgs)
5 Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (1006 pgs)
5 The Last Wish (384 pgs)
5 Night Watch (455 pgs)
5 The Poppy War (544 pgs)
5 The Princess Bride (398 pgs)
5 Rivers of London (Midnight Riot) (310 pgs)
5 Soulless (365 pgs)
4 The Accidental Time Machine (278 pgs)
4 Blood Song (591 pgs)
4 The Caves of Steel (206 pgs)
4 The Changeling (431 pgs)
4 Charmed Life (252 pgs)
4 The Crown Conspiracy (296 pgs)
4 The Diamond Age (499 pgs)
4 Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom (208 pgs)
4 Dragonflight (299 pgs)
4 Good Omens (430 pgs)
4 Hounded (292 pgs)
4 Into the Drowning Deep (440 pgs)
4 The Last Policeman (322 pgs)
4 The Long Earth (336 pgs)
4 The Man in the High Castle (259 pgs)
4 Mort (243 pgs)
4 The Name of the Wind (662 pgs)
4 A Natural History of Dragons (334 pgs)
4 Neuromancer (271 pgs)
4 Nexus (460 pgs)
4 Oryx and Crake (400 pgs)
4 Pandora's Star (988 pgs)
4 Pawn of Prophecy (304 pgs)
4 Pushing Ice (458 pgs)
4 Red Country (469 pgs)
4 The Road (241 pgs)
4 Seveneves (881 pgs)
4 Six Wakes (364 pgs)
4 The Stars Are Legion (400 pgs)
4 Three Parts Dead (336 pgs)
4 Tigana (771 pgs)
4 Warbreaker (688 pgs)
4 A Wizard of Earthsea (183 pgs)
Oh man, I forgot that song comes from the story. Good song. CBRetriever wrote: "Pet Sematary by the Ramones - it's good ear candy
I don't want to be buried in a pet cemetery
I don't want to live my life again
I don't want to be buried in a pet cemetery
I don't want to live my..."
Top 6 will become our rereads for October-DecemberVOTE HERE until August 25th
Live results in spreadsheet / GR links to all books here
9 1Q84 (925 pgs)
9 The Day of the Triffids (228 pgs)
9 Leviathan Wakes (561 pgs)
8 Grass (544 pgs)
8 The Night Circus (400 pgs)
7 Alphabet of Thorn (291 pgs)
7 The Anubis Gates (387 pgs)
7 The Calculating Stars (431 pgs)
7 Deathless (352 pgs)
7 Foreigner (428 pgs)
7 The Grace of Kings (623 pgs)
7 The Poppy War (544 pgs)
7 The Power (341 pgs)
7 Soulless (365 pgs)
7 Wild Seed (320 pgs)
6 Assassin's Apprentice (480 pgs)
6 Cold Magic (528 pgs)
6 Dawn (248 pgs)
6 Doomsday Book (578 pgs)
6 The Girl with All the Gifts (460 pgs)
6 Guards! Guards! (376 pgs)
6 I, Robot (225 pgs)
6 The Princess Bride (398 pgs)
6 Station Eleven (336 pgs)
6 Watership Down (478 pgs)
6 A Wizard of Earthsea (183 pgs)
6 The Word for World is Forest (160 pgs)
5 Across the Nightingale Floor (305 pgs)
5 The Algebraist (434 pgs)
5 Artemis (305 pgs)
5 Cat's Cradle (179 pgs)
5 The Caves of Steel (206 pgs)
5 The Changeling (431 pgs)
5 Frankenstein (273 pgs)
5 Furies of Calderon (503 pgs)
5 Good Omens (430 pgs)
5 Homeland (343 pgs)
5 Hounded (292 pgs)
5 Hyperion (483 pgs)
5 Into the Drowning Deep (440 pgs)
5 John Dies at the End (469 pgs)
5 Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (1006 pgs)
5 The Last Wish (384 pgs)
5 The Man in the High Castle (259 pgs)
5 Mort (243 pgs)
5 The Name of the Wind (662 pgs)
5 Neuromancer (271 pgs)
5 Night Watch (455 pgs)
5 Old Man's War (362 pgs)
5 Oryx and Crake (400 pgs)
5 Rivers of London (Midnight Riot) (310 pgs)
5 Seveneves (881 pgs)
5 The Stars Are Legion (400 pgs)
5 The Underground Railroad (306 pgs)
5 Warbreaker (688 pgs)
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Rereads starting on August 15th:
The Color of Magic >> First impressions | Final thoughts
City of Bones >> First impressions | Final thoughts
Top 6 will become our rereads for October-DecemberVOTE HERE until August 25th
Live results in spreadsheet / GR links to all books here
10 1Q84 (925 pgs)
10 The Day of the Triffids (228 pgs)
10 Grass (544 pgs)
9 Deathless (352 pgs)
9 Leviathan Wakes (561 pgs)
9 The Night Circus (400 pgs)
8 Alphabet of Thorn (291 pgs)
8 The Anubis Gates (387 pgs)
8 The Girl with All the Gifts (460 pgs)
8 The Grace of Kings (623 pgs)
8 Soulless (365 pgs)
8 Wild Seed (320 pgs)
7 The Calculating Stars (431 pgs)
7 Cold Magic (528 pgs)
7 Dawn (248 pgs)
7 Doomsday Book (578 pgs)
7 Foreigner (428 pgs)
7 Frankenstein (273 pgs)
7 I, Robot (225 pgs)
7 The Poppy War (544 pgs)
7 The Power (341 pgs)
7 The Princess Bride (398 pgs)
7 Watership Down (478 pgs)
7 A Wizard of Earthsea (183 pgs)
6 The Algebraist (434 pgs)
6 Assassin's Apprentice (480 pgs)
6 Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (306 pgs)
6 Furies of Calderon (503 pgs)
6 Good Omens (430 pgs)
6 Guards! Guards! (376 pgs)
6 Hyperion (483 pgs)
6 The Last Wish (384 pgs)
6 The Man in the High Castle (259 pgs)
6 Rivers of London (Midnight Riot) (310 pgs)
6 Seveneves (881 pgs)
6 Station Eleven (336 pgs)
6 Warbreaker (688 pgs)
6 The Word for World is Forest (160 pgs)
5 The Accidental Time Machine (278 pgs)
5 Across the Nightingale Floor (305 pgs)
5 Artemis (305 pgs)
5 Blood Song (591 pgs)
5 Cat's Cradle (179 pgs)
5 The Caves of Steel (206 pgs)
5 The Changeling (431 pgs)
5 Childhood's End (224 pgs)
5 Cloud Atlas (509 pgs)
5 Dragonflight (299 pgs)
5 Fuzzy Nation (303 pgs)
5 His Majesty's Dragon (353 pgs)
5 Homeland (343 pgs)
5 Hounded (292 pgs)
5 Into the Drowning Deep (440 pgs)
5 John Dies at the End (469 pgs)
5 Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (1006 pgs)
5 Mort (243 pgs)
5 The Name of the Wind (662 pgs)
5 A Natural History of Dragons (334 pgs)
5 Neuromancer (271 pgs)
5 Night Watch (455 pgs)
5 Ninefox Gambit (384 pgs)
5 Old Man's War (362 pgs)
5 Oryx and Crake (400 pgs)
5 Pandora's Star (988 pgs)
5 Pushing Ice (458 pgs)
5 Red Rising (382 pgs)
5 Rendezvous with Rama (252 pgs)
5 The Rook (486 pgs)
5 The Stars Are Legion (400 pgs)
5 Tigana (771 pgs)
5 To Say Nothing of the Dog (493 pgs)
5 The Underground Railroad (306 pgs)
5 Watchmen (416 pgs)
5 The Windup Girl (359 pgs)
5 Wool (509 pgs)
5 Zoo City (416 pgs)
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Rereads starting on August 15th:
The Color of Magic >> First impressions | Final thoughts
City of Bones >> First impressions | Final thoughts
Top 6 will become our rereads for October-DecemberVOTE HERE until August 25th
Live results in spreadsheet / GR links to all books here
13 The Day of the Triffids (228 pgs)
11 1Q84 (925 pgs)
11 The Night Circus (400 pgs)
10 Alphabet of Thorn (291 pgs)
10 Deathless (352 pgs)
10 The Grace of Kings (623 pgs)
10 Grass (544 pgs)
10 Leviathan Wakes (561 pgs)
10 Wild Seed (320 pgs)
9 The Calculating Stars (431 pgs)
9 The Girl with All the Gifts (460 pgs)
9 The Poppy War (544 pgs)
8 Across the Nightingale Floor (305 pgs)
8 The Anubis Gates (387 pgs)
8 Frankenstein (273 pgs)
8 The Power (341 pgs)
8 Rivers of London (Midnight Riot) (310 pgs)
8 Seveneves (881 pgs)
8 Soulless (365 pgs)
8 A Wizard of Earthsea (183 pgs)
7 The Algebraist (434 pgs)
7 Assassin's Apprentice (480 pgs)
7 Blood Song (591 pgs)
7 Cold Magic (528 pgs)
7 Dawn (248 pgs)
7 Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (306 pgs)
7 Doomsday Book (578 pgs)
7 Foreigner (428 pgs)
7 Furies of Calderon (503 pgs)
7 His Majesty's Dragon (353 pgs)
7 I, Robot (225 pgs)
7 Old Man's War (362 pgs)
7 The Princess Bride (398 pgs)
7 Station Eleven (336 pgs)
7 Warbreaker (688 pgs)
7 Watership Down (478 pgs)
Well, sure would like to see The Grace of Kings, The Girl with All the Gifts, or The Poppy War move up a couple more spots...I've got a few incentives around here soewhere...
I'm also hoping Grace of Kings and Girl with all the Gifts make it. Leviathan Wakes is another I've been wanting to read for a while, and even more so after seeing the Expanse TV show.
Here's what the top looks like right now:13 The Day of the Triffids (228 pgs)
12 1Q84 (925 pgs)
12 Grass (544 pgs)
12 Wild Seed (320 pgs)
11 The Night Circus (400 pgs)
10 Alphabet of Thorn (291 pgs)
10 Deathless (352 pgs)
10 The Grace of Kings (623 pgs)
10 Leviathan Wakes (561 pgs)
9 The Calculating Stars (431 pgs)
9 The Girl with All the Gifts (460 pgs)
9 The Poppy War (544 pgs)
9 Soulless (365 pgs)
Top 6 will become our rereads for October-DecemberVOTE HERE until August 25th
Live results in spreadsheet / GR links to all books here
15 1Q84 (925 pgs)
13 The Day of the Triffids (228 pgs)
13 Leviathan Wakes (561 pgs)
12 Deathless (352 pgs)
12 The Grace of Kings (623 pgs)
11 Grass (544 pgs)
11 The Night Circus (400 pgs)
10 Alphabet of Thorn (291 pgs)
10 The Calculating Stars (431 pgs)
10 The Girl with All the Gifts (460 pgs)
10 Seveneves (881 pgs)
10 Soulless (365 pgs)
10 Wild Seed (320 pgs)
9 The Poppy War (544 pgs)
9 The Power (341 pgs)
9 A Wizard of Earthsea (183 pgs)
Right? There are so many great books that got too few votes. But we're still free to do buddy-reads of them. :-)
In general we have about 50% of the votes we usually do. I have no idea why.I added my vote to Alphabet, it's now in tied 6th place.
Anna wrote: "In general we have about 50% of the votes we usually do. I have no idea why.."I was already wondering about that. Usually it is livelier here in the re-reads. (I voted for everything I haven't read yet, just to be on the safe side ^^')
Maybe it's just 2020 getting to everyone. Good news: The next time we vote, it'll be in the 2021 thread, w00t! :D
Anna wrote: "In general we have about 50% of the votes we usually do. I have no idea why.."It is because I'm still undecided and yet to vote :)
Maybe most of the active members in the group have already read most of the books in the poll while the rest of the options - those that actually have a shot, like the top 20 - are not interesting to them?The current top 6: I read 3, not interested in the rest.
Haha Oleksandr, do you vote with 40+ different email addresses? :DWe usually have a little over a 100 votes, now we have 60.
Anna wrote: "Haha Oleksandr, do you vote with 40+ different email addresses? :D"It is trivial if one have funds to pay for the services of a Russian troll company :)
Oleksandr wrote: "Anna wrote: "Haha Oleksandr, do you vote with 40+ different email addresses? :D"It is trivial if one have funds to pay for the services of a Russian troll company :)"
LOL! Made my day, Oleksandr! :D
I can only speak for myself, but last time, I just clicked on anything I was remotely interested in, whereas this time, I was much more selective and only clicked on those I thought I was really likely to participate in.
Top 6 will become our rereads for October-DecemberVOTE HERE until August 25th
Live results in spreadsheet
15 1Q84 (925 pgs)
14 The Grace of Kings (623 pgs)
14 Leviathan Wakes (561 pgs)
13 Alphabet of Thorn (291 pgs)
13 The Day of the Triffids (228 pgs)
13 Deathless (352 pgs)
12 Grass (544 pgs)
11 The Girl with All the Gifts (460 pgs)
11 The Night Circus (400 pgs)
11 Seveneves (881 pgs)
10 The Calculating Stars (431 pgs)
10 Soulless (365 pgs)
10 Wild Seed (320 pgs)
Here we are, our last rereads of 2020!Come to the BR thread to talk about the schedule.
1Q84 (925 pgs)
The Grace of Kings (623 pgs)
Alphabet of Thorn (291 pgs)
Deathless (352 pgs)
Grass (544 pgs)
Leviathan Wakes (561 pgs)
Wow, this is a wonderful list, I think I want to read all of them! And thank you so much to whomever it was for adding more votes to Grace of Kings - that was very sweet of you.
Eva wrote: "Or do a Day of the Triffids buddy-read?"I'd be up for this after September, depending on when I can get a copy. I've been meaning to read it for a long time, so external pressure is always a helpful incentive!
I was totally underwhelmed by the Day of Triffids but I listened to it. I might have to join the reread to see if it makes a difference. Although I listened to the unabridged version.
Oh, no, I’m happy with a later date, since there sooooo many books I have on my imminent TBR. December is good.
Here is the agreed rereads schedule for the end of 2020!October 15th:
The Grace of Kings >> First impressions | Final thoughts
Grass >> First impressions | Final thoughts
November 15th:
Deathless >> First impressions | *Coming Soon*
1Q84 >> First impressions | Final thoughts
December 15th:
Alphabet of Thorn >> First impressions | Final thoughts
Leviathan Wakes >> First impressions | Final thoughts
Diane wrote: "Oh, no, I’m happy with a later date, since there sooooo many books I have on my imminent TBR. December is good."December would work great for me too!
I've been wanting to read Leviathan Wakes for a long time and will definitely be joining you in december!
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