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2021 Series Group Read - Nominations & Voting
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Hi I recommend Louise Penny / Detective Gamache series. There are 5.
The David Wolf Mystery thriller series is great as well but has only 4 books.
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Amy wrote: "Hi I recommend Louise Penny / Detective Gamache series. There are 5."I'll second this. I've read the first book and I did enjoy it.
Amy wrote: "Hi I recommend Louise Penny / Detective Gamache series. There are 5."I think there are actually more than 15 books in this series...great nomination!
I nominate:Lucas Davenport, by John Sandford
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Pendergast, by Lincoln and Child
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I nominate the Roy Grace series
by Peter James. I think there are 16 in the series.
I would like to nominate the Rockton / Detective Casey Duncan Series by Kelley Armstrong. The 6th book came out this month!
I’ll also nominate Myron Bolitar series by Harlan Coben. 
Charlene wrote: "Amy wrote: "Hi I recommend Louise Penny / Detective Gamache series. There are 5."I think there are actually more than 15 books in this series...great nomination!"
26 with the 27th due later this year.
Kimberly wrote: "I would like to nominate the Rockton / Detective Casey Duncan Series by Kelley Armstrong. The 6th book came out this month
Krewe of Hunters Series by Heather Graham!
I’ll also nominate Faces of Evil series by Debra Webb.
I nominate the Caitlin Strong series by Jon Land
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Sebastian St. Cyr Series by C.S. Harris.
Amy wrote: "The David Wolf Mystery thriller series is great as well but has only 4 books."If it’s the David Wolf series by Jeff Carson, it looks like there are 14 and one prequel novella.
Kimberly wrote: "Amy wrote: "The David Wolf Mystery thriller series is great as well but has only 4 books."If it’s the David Wolf series by Jeff Carson, it looks like there are 14 and one prequel novella."
Thanks wanted to mention it and it's full of action.
I nominate the Miss Fortune series starting with Louisiana Longshot if it works for this group. It starts as cozy-mystery and evolves into soft-boiled mystery/thriller with more and more action.Book #19 was published two weeks ago.
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It more than fits the criteria!
Sandra ~ ♥ Cross My Heart ♥ wrote: "I'm going to nominate a historical mystery suspense series. I've read book 1, loved it and intend to continue. This one is a bit different, but most definitely a suspense thriller. There are 16 (or..."I love this series! I can't remember if we had a buddy read of it in another group though 🤷🏻♀️
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We had a series group read of this one in the 2-3-4 Challenge Group when there were about 12 or 13 books in the series. Love it!
Jonetta wrote: "We had a series group read of this one in the 2-3-4 Challenge Group when there were about 12 or 13 books in the series. Love it!."Thanks Jonetta!
I knew we had read it together somewhere :)
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I’m sorry Jonetta and I’ll delete two Jonetta
Wow I like several of these series!
Jonetta wrote: "I also nominate Tony Hill/Carol Jordan by Val McDermid. It has 11 full length books and two novellas. [bookcover:The ..."I'd love a reason to get back to this series! Val McDermid is such a fantastic writer.
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I love this series. Got waylaid after the third book and would love to resume, too.
Jonetta wrote: "I’ll start things off. I nominate Amos Decker by David Baldacci. It currently has six books in the series.[bookcover:The Fix|315622..."I love this series and would be happy for an excuse to read them all over again!
Charlene wrote: "Amy wrote: "Hi I recommend Louise Penny / Detective Gamache series. There are 5."I think there are actually more than 15 books in this series...great nomination!"
I agree, and I'm not all the way through the series; I'd go back to the beginning and read these with our group.
Sandra ~ ♥ Cross My Heart ♥ wrote: "I'm going to nominate a historical mystery suspense series. I've read book 1, loved it and intend to continue. This one is a bit different, but most definitely a suspense thriller. There are 16 (or..."These are great books, too!
So many choices.. my head's spinning!
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https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/2...
Can I ask what are the rules for a second round?When 5 out of 25 people are picking the books for the next two years.... just asking if maybe we should have the top 4 or 5 for a second vote...or do you think it would not change the outcome?
Cindy wrote: "Can I ask what are the rules for a second round?When 5 out of 25 people are picking the books for the next two years.... just asking if maybe we should have the top 4 or 5 for a second vote...or ..."
I'm with you on that idea.
I agree, a run off it definitely called for. There were a lot of titles and with no clear winner at this point.
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To answer your direct question, Cindy, the decision to have a second round depends on what the outcome looks like at the end of the first round. I’ve normally come back to the group to support or offer alternatives to my proposed next step. It’s immensely helpful that you weighed in early.
I also appreciate your comments, too, Jo Ann & Anita. It’s always helpful getting points of view early on.
I agree with having a second round, which looks like it’s either the top 4 or 7.
Okay. I was just looking at the voting and wondered how this went. I remembered having at least 2 rounds the last time (maybe even 3 - it’s been a while) I just think with so many 1 vote series we need to narrow it down and come to a better consensus. Especially if we’re talking another gonzo big series like this one that takes years to get through.
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https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Interesting. I think that maybe we should keep it to the top 4 (11 seems a wee bit largish, lol). It’s cool to look back at what we were voting on 2 years ago. Some of the same series are back, some are new.
My suggestion is top 5. All of those got at least 3 votes. Should 3 be the cut off? That was the cutoff in the previous voting ... although I still think 11 is too many.
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Nominations are now open to recommend a series. It should be from the Mystery/Suspense/Thriller genre or any one of its many sub genres. We will read one book a month and the series should have five or more books, including novellas.
We will continue our monthly group reads separately from this group series read. This may also be an opportunity to continue some of the series we started through the monthly group reads.
Please include the series and author names with your nomination. Links to the series are helpful but optional. Each member may recommend up to three series.
Nominations will close at midnight EST on March 2 and we will open the voting on March 3. Depending on the number of nominations, we may have more than one round of voting.
Let the nominations begin!