What's Our Next Group Read?

[Lenore]

BTW, what IS our September read? (And if the answer is that it's posted somewhere obvious that I have missed, please forgive me.)

[Pat]

I understood that "Garments" was our October selection...but I don't know what the September one is either.

[Regan]

Ooooooh! I just notice that for September we're doing a re-read of OJER! This is my favorite Mary Russell book. I don't know why, but it's the book where I see MR & SH falling in love even though it's still 2 years until MREG.

[Margaret]

OJER! Great! It's time to read it again. 5th? 6th? 7th? Who's counting? It has so many delicious scenes, I'm not sure which are my favorites, Russell tossing Ali over her head? The swim in the Dead Sea? Russell vamping at the dinner party while Holmes grinds his teeth?

Delete this if it has too many spoilers.

[Erin]

Just a heads up: I posted discussion selections for the rest of 2012 today. I know one of the books we're nominally (it's kind of a side bar to the main reference book) discussing is out of print, but widely available used. Wanted to make sure those who wanted to read it had ample time to get hold of a copy!

[Linda]

Hello, All.This is my first post, but I have been following your group for several months. I am relatively new to the Laurie R. King books. I just finished The Moor and bought O Jerusalem, and what do you know...you are rereading it this month. Perfect. Sounds as though this is going to be one of the best. Can't wait to get into it and share your discussion.
Linda

[PatF]

The U.S. publication date of one of our proposed November books, Books to Die for, is October 2. I checked Amazon's "Look Inside" feature and decided that this anthology of reviews is a reference book I want to own. It's also available on Kindle. I couldn't find it listed at Barnes & Noble until I looked under John Connelly's name as editor. IMO the U.S. cover is much more attractive than the UK one. More often than not I like UK covers best.

[Regan]

Erin, can you clarify the reading schedule? There are three books and two months left in the year. It looks like there are two books for November, but I'm not sure.

[Erin]

Regan wrote: "Erin, can you clarify the reading schedule? There are three books and two months left in the year. It looks like there are two books for November, but I'm not sure."

We're doing kind of not-so-specific discussions for November and December.

The discussion for November is going to be a "what's your all-time favorite mystery" discussion inspired by this wonderful anthology that came out this month (Books to Die For) in which prominent mystery authors have written about their favorite mystery books and authors. LRK contributed to the athology with an essay about Peter Dickenson's The Glass Sided Ant's Nest. So we've got those two books (the anthology and the Peter Dickenson) as a dual reading selection for November. Read either or both. The anthology is easier to get (it's in hardcover and ebook), but we thought people might be interested in something with a plot too (the Dickenson is out of print, but there are a lot of used copies around).

The discussion for December is going to be a general discussion about mysteries with holiday settings. We've nominally selected the Poirot Christmas book by Agatha Christie as a starting point, but I'm hoping everyone will chime in with comments about their favorite (or most disliked...since discord is the spice of discussion!) holiday mysteries.

Hopefully that makes sense!

[PatF]

I got a good used copy of The Glass Sided Ant's Nest from Amazon for $.51 plus postage. It's a small 186 page book which can be quickly read. I interrupted my reading when books I'd had on reserve became available.

[Regan]

Yes, that makes sense! Thanks.

[PatF]

If anyone would like my copy of The Glass Sided Ant's Nest I will be glad to send it to you.

[Carole]

I've ordered The Glass Sided Ant's Nest from the library, but they don't have Books to Die For. How odd! I haven't made up my mind whether to buy the ebook.

[PatF]

Since Books to Die For was just published this month, maybe they haven't gotten it yet. So far our library has purchased every book I've suggested they add to their collection.

[Sabrina]

My library didn't have The Glass Sided Ant's Nest so I just ordered a used copy from Amazon for 65 cents plus S&H. What an odd sounding plot...

[Linda]

Same here. Got it used for a couple dollars from Amazon. I agree about the intriguing plot. Could be fun!

[Erin]

Hi All!

I just posted a new poll to the homepage (which you can access through this link too) asking for some direction for our January book pick. We had thought to maybe read J.K. Rowlings new one, The Casual Vacancy, but unsure how many of you would be interested. So a Poll! It's a quick one; up until Friday, just to see if there's any interest at all. Commentary welcome ;-)

Many Thanks! I'll get books for the next few months posted over the weekend so we can all prepare for forthcoming discussions.