2022 Bookshelf Rereads

[Anthony]

I did a little something to break the tie…

[Anna]

Still tied! :D


14 Rosewater (432 pgs)
14 Uprooted (438 pgs)
13 Ancillary Justice (386 pgs)
13 Rivers of London (Midnight Riot) (310 pgs)
13 The Sword of Kaigen (651 pgs)

12 Brown Girl in the Ring (250 pgs)
12 Good Omens (430 pgs)
12 A Natural History of Dragons (334 pgs)

[Olga]

If I could, I'd add one more tick for A Natural History of Dragons to my selection )))

[Anthony]

I did a little something…

[Anna]

Woot! Not tied at the moment. Now let's hope it's still not tied tomorrow :)


15 Uprooted (438 pgs)
14 Ancillary Justice (386 pgs)
14 Rosewater (432 pgs)
13 Good Omens (430 pgs)
13 Rivers of London (Midnight Riot) (310 pgs)
13 The Sword of Kaigen (651 pgs)

12 Brown Girl in the Ring (250 pgs)
12 The Martian (369 pgs)
12 A Natural History of Dragons (334 pgs)

11 The Neverending Story (396 pgs)
11 To Say Nothing of the Dog (493 pgs)

[Jemppu]

😎

(Also, ever since this

Anna wrote: "How do I decide? It depends, but if there's one that someone talked about here, I'll likely pick that one :) What I'm saying is that if I know active people want to read something, I can make sure it makes it through if it's tied with something no one has mentioned."

I've been meaning to mention The Martian).

[Anna]

Noted!

[Ryan, Your favourite moderators favourite moderator]

I made it a five way tie for sixth place (XD), but as Jemppu would like The Martian to make the cut I undid my shenanigans.

[Ryan, Your favourite moderators favourite moderator]

(Why is squabbling over which books get into the Top 6 often more fun than reading them?)

[Anna]

How was it not obvious it was all Ryan's fault? >_<

[Anna]

Oh and btw we do have a tie again.

[Ryan, Your favourite moderators favourite moderator]

The more books tied for sixth the better imo. Means we can reject more Fantasy options.

[Jemppu]

Ryan wrote: "I made it a five way tie for sixth place (XD), but as Jemppu would like The Martian to make the cut I undid my shenanigans."

Aww! Don't let me stand in the way of your shenanigans 🐤🔪 (Sweet of you).

[Anna]

Ryan wrote: "The more books tied for sixth the better imo. Means we can reject more Fantasy options."

Yes but you do know that *I* am the one who makes the final tiebreak if there is one? Another thing I consider when tiebreaking is the SF/F balance. So it doesn't matter if there are seventeen SF and one F book tied, I'll pick the F if there's more SF in the top 6.

[Ryan, Your favourite moderators favourite moderator]

It's okay. This is only a different kind of shenanigans at play.

[Ryan, Your favourite moderators favourite moderator]

As always, I trust you to do the right thing.

[Anna]

I don't trust your trust in me.

[Ryan, Your favourite moderators favourite moderator]

Only thing I trust more on the Internet than you is my ad blocker.

[Tina Reads]

I'm thrilled Ancillary Justice jumped up to the top! I've been meaning to read it this year so it's high on my TBR. Same goes for Uprooted and Rosewater.

[Anna]

lol, are you (too) saying I'm a script? XD

[Ryan, Your favourite moderators favourite moderator]

Hardly. With my improv ways you'd have thrown up error messages by now.

[Anna]

You just haven't been reading the log!

[DivaDiane]

I did some creative rearranging.

[Ryan, Your favourite moderators favourite moderator]

The Top six doesn't look too shabby

17 Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie (386 pgs)
16 The Martian by Andy Weir (369 pgs)
16 The Sword of Kaigen: A Theonite War Story by M.L. Wang (651 pgs)
16 Uprooted by Naomi Novik (438 pgs)
15 Rosewater by Tade Thompson (432 pgs)
14 Rivers of London (Midnight Riot) by Ben Aaronovitch (310 pgs)

[Ryan, Your favourite moderators favourite moderator]

Correction!

160 The Sword of Kaigen: A Theonite War Story

:)

[SFFBC, Ancillary Mod]

Here are our winners and proposed reading schedule! You have a couple of days to comment if this does/doesn't work for you.

Option 1:

October 15
The Sword of Kaigen (651 pgs)
The Martian (369 pgs)

November 15
Ancillary Justice (386 pgs)
Uprooted (438 pgs)

December 15
Rosewater (432 pgs)
Rivers of London (Midnight Riot) (310 pgs)

[Ryan, Your favourite moderators favourite moderator]

Can we switch The Sword of Kaigen and Rivers of London around? Or The Martian and Rosewater? I prefer those pairings for possible VBC chat.

[Anna]

Like always I paired them shortest SF/F with longest [other], so sure if no one minds?

[SFFBC, Ancillary Mod]

Option 2:


October 15
The Sword of Kaigen (651 pgs)
Rosewater (432 pgs)

November 15
Ancillary Justice (386 pgs)
Uprooted (438 pgs)

December 15
The Martian (369 pgs)
Rivers of London (Midnight Riot) (310 pgs)

[DivaDiane]

I would prefer if Sword, Rosewater and Rivers were in different months…

[Anna]

I can switch Rosewater and Ancillary, but I don't know if that messes with Ryan's plans?

[SFFBC, Ancillary Mod]

Option 3:


October 15
The Sword of Kaigen (651 pgs)
Ancillary Justice (386 pgs)

November 15
Rosewater (432 pgs)
Uprooted (438 pgs)

December 15
The Martian (369 pgs)
Rivers of London (Midnight Riot) (310 pgs)

[SFFBC, Ancillary Mod]

Anyone coming in to comment, option 3 isn't the "current" option, they're all equal options, so just say which one works best for you :)

[Tina Reads]

Could we swap either Rosewater or uprooted to December? I plan on reading both and that would make one of my TBR per month. Thanks!

[Anna]

I don't know how to do that without f*cking with one of the previous requests, but I'll put up an option 4 and let's see :D

(Last month no one had preferences :D )

[SFFBC, Ancillary Mod]

Option 4:


October 15
Ancillary Justice (386 pgs)
The Sword of Kaigen (651 pgs)

November 15
The Martian (369 pgs)
Uprooted (438 pgs)

December 15
Rosewater (432 pgs)
Rivers of London (Midnight Riot) (310 pgs)

[Tina Reads]

Thank you! Option 4 has my vote!

[Ryan, Your favourite moderators favourite moderator]

I'm okay with any of the options so long as Sword of Kaigen and Uprooted are read in October and November for VBC. I forgot that life usually gets too hectic for a VBC in December.

[Anna]

Yep, that's why I didn't put those two in December :)

[DivaDiane]

I vote for option 3.

The only one I really can’t do is no. 2

[Jenni]

I like the option that has the shorter ones in Dec. I think option 3 it was. December is a rough month emotionally speaking. Short, easy books during the really busy holiday season sound like a good idea to me.

[Aga]

Options 3 and 4 are fine for me.

[Beth]

Option 3 would work best for me.

[Anna]

Option 3 is winning with option 4 hot on its heels. I think we can keep this open through the weekend and see where things settle by Monday.

[Ellen]

Option 3 is good

[Anthony]

I’m happy with option 3 as well.

[Ryan, Your favourite moderators favourite moderator]

Does this work for Tina and those of you picking option 3?

Option 5:
October 15

Ancillary Justice (386 pgs)
Uprooted (438 pgs)

November 15

The Sword of Kaigen (651 pgs)
Rosewater (432 pgs)

December 15

The Martian (369 pgs)
Rivers of London (Midnight Riot) (310 pgs)

It doesn't.

[Beth]

From a perfectly selfish standpoint (as these things must be, I suppose) 3 and 5 are functionally identical, evenly distributing the books I have (AJ, U, M) and haven't read (SoK, R, RoL). So I would be fine with either.

[Anna]

Ryan, your option 5 == option 3?

[Ryan, Your favourite moderators favourite moderator]

Gah, I pasted the wrong thing. Correcting now.