Monthly Group Reads: Monthly Group Reads Polls and Voting Showing 1,101-1,150 of 1,359

[Margaret]

Wishing Terri a speedy recovery.

[Paul]

Get well Terri, and thank God you're not in Medieval England or whatever other historical period you like. Nasty health care back then.

[Pamela]

Adding my best wishes to Terri for her recovery, and thanks to Margaret for setting us up with a group read to finish off the year.

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Pamela wrote: "Adding my best wishes to Terri for her recovery, and thanks to Margaret for setting us up with a group read to finish off the year."

No worries, Pamela. I hope the book is enjoyed. :)

[Ace]

Margaret wrote: "Okay. Here's the thread for our December group read, One Corpse Too Many

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/..."

Good choice. I will do my best to join as I haven't read book 1 yet, but they are both very short reads.

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Ace wrote: "Margaret wrote: "Okay. Here's the thread for our December group read, One Corpse Too Many

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/......"

You don't really need to read the early Brother Cadfael's in order. After about book 7 you do or you lose track of characters. The first one I read was The Virgin in the Ice which is book 6.

[Lynne]

Hope Terri is well and recovering. I am fairly new to this group, but am wondering what the group read will be for January 2017. Has there been a poll? Thanks for answering!

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Hi Lynne,

Terri usually does the polls and I've been waiting for her to get back to me. I think we may end up doing another 2nd in a series read, but I'm not sure yet.

[Jane]

Margaret wrote: "Hi Lynne,

Terri usually does the polls and I've been waiting for her to get back to me. I think we may end up doing another 2nd in a series read, but I'm not sure yet."

I've been trying to find where it says in black and white, but I think the first couple of months of the new year are up to the reader--books not read so far out of past poll winners/losers.

[Dawn]

If I recall, we did that in January and February of 2015 and January of 2016. I'm not sure if the plan was to have it as an annual thing but we have done it a couple times.

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Dawn wrote: "If I recall, we did that in January and February of 2015 and January of 2016. I'm not sure if the plan was to have it as an annual thing but we have done it a couple times."

Just waiting for Terri to get back to me on whether we're doing it again next month.

[Lynne]

Jane wrote: "Margaret wrote: "Hi Lynne,

Terri usually does the polls and I've been waiting for her to get back to me. I think we may end up doing another 2nd in a series read, but I'm not sure yet."

I've been..."

Thanks all of you for responding. I like the idea of 2nd in a series, but also "losers" in previous polls.

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

I've spoken with Terri. January will be Read of Monthly Read You Didn't Get A Chance to read month.

Does that make sense?

Basically, chose a read from 2016 that you didn't get to, and make that your read. There are discussion threads still going for all of them. :)

[Lynne]

Thanks for the guidance!

[May]

I love that idea! I missed several as the year raced by!
Happy Holidays all!!

[Ace]

May wrote: "I love that idea! I missed several as the year raced by!
Happy Holidays all!!"

I'm going to try to finish A Burnable Book which was the group read in May 2014 (before I joined).

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Ace ☃ wrote: "May wrote: "I love that idea! I missed several as the year raced by!
Happy Holidays all!!"

I'm going to try to finish A Burnable Book which was the group read in May 2014 (before I joined)."

Good luck. It's hard going in some places. I mostly kept going for Eleanor/John Rykener. :)

[Dawn]

So, no group read for February either??

[Jane]

Dawn wrote: "So, no group read for February either??"

Isn't Feb. the same as Jan.--read a past winner or loser of poll?

[Dawn]

Well, it seemed specifically just January for this year, but I wasn't sure so thought I'd ask.

[Patricia]

I thought that was just for January as well.

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

We'll need to do Feb the same as January, I'm afraid. I haven't been able to get hold of Terri to arrange a poll.

[Daniel]

I can do another 'catch up' read :P

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Terri will hopefully get a poll up tomorrow. Things are a bit hectic in her neck of the woods at the moment.

[happy]

I hope everything is ok

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Yeah, happy, Terri's fine. :)

[May]

Good to know. Was getting concerned for her...

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Thanks for being patient everyone. I had a medical emergency late last year and it is taking a while to get back to 100 percent. I just needed some time off from group duties.

[happy]

Welcome back, Terri!

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Thanks, happy.
Sorry I dropped out of group activities aftermy medical issue. Right before it happened I was all back in action in A&M. For a fresh start :-) Fate intervened though.

Also renovating atthe moment. A big reno. So I am juggling recovery with trying to do reno. I may be a little too exhausted for a lot of activity on GR in the next two months, but I'll definitely be back posting as much as I can.

[happy]

Good luck on your reno! We will be doing a major renovation to our home starting in the spring - completing gutting the kitchen and opening up the living room along with putting on a garage - We got some inheritance money that will pay for most of it (I hope :))

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Oh boy. Good luck, mate. That is a big disturbance. Especially kitchen.
We're ripping out and redoing two bathrooms, reconfiguring some of our kitchen in order to put a very big stove in. Getting a new roof put on. New floorcoverings downstairs. New doors inside and out. Repainting inside and out. Refurbing 3 bedrooms (finished those last weekend) and a bunch of other small things.

The major works begin next week, although hubby and I have been painting and cleaning like wild things. Glad we got a good builder to do the hard stuff. I think theres some things that shouldn't be DIY so are very glad the bank manager gave us some money for reno. Unfortunately the bank wants it back eventually...with interest would you believe! :-)

[Jane]

Glad you're back and all is ok.

[Daniel]

Terri wrote: "Unfortunately the bank wants it back eventually...with interest would you believe! :-)

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Banks....Sheesh

[May]

Glad you're are feeling well enough to take on this huge reno! I have trouble renovating one room at a time! Wishing you success on time & under budget!!

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Thanks May and Jane. :-)

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Daniel wrote: "Banks....Sheesh"

I know right. Sheesh.

[Marilyn]

Glad you're feeling better.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Thank Marilyn. :-)

[Bobby]

Good to see your name again old friend! Still driving the "Winebulance" here!

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Good to see you too, mate! Been too long. The Winebulance hey...bet that has a thirsty tank in it. Must refuel every few miles.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Not long to go now. Only a couple more days and only 4 votes seperating and

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Crikey. Paladin is in front now by 1 vote. It really did make a big comeback.

[Jane]

Either one is good.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

April group read poll is open. I am sure you all have the message in your inboxes by now. :-)
The choices are..

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

The Last of the Templars won the April Poll. Discussion thread is open. Find it in the group read folder.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

I have a really interesting pair up coming in the May Poll. No hints. Just saying, :-)
Will be fascinating to see which way the votes go,

[Jane]

Robert wrote: "I read that book many years ago and really enjoyed it. It was during a time when I read any decent book on the topic and some bad ones too. I came across it at Powell's used book store in Portland,..."

Either is worthwhile. I've read both and enjoyed both. Either is rereadable.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

A couple very different books in the poll this month.
This is the pairing I spoke of a couple posts back.
I suspect it will be a close poll. Let's see how it goes.

[Jane]

Terri wrote: "A couple very different books in the poll this month.
This is the pairing I spoke of a couple posts back.
I suspect it will be a close poll. Let's see how it goes.

[bookcover:Sons of the Blood|298..."

Library has neither and I'll buy one only if it's an el cheapo. I'll probably bow out this month.