Monthly Group Reads: Monthly Group Reads Polls and Voting Showing 151-200 of 1,359

[Kat]

My library actually has Azincourt, so I will start with it, and maybe see if I can ILL the other one.

[Bryn]

I'm in for both.
Just bought Azincourt... meant to scout for 2ndhand but I can't make that gamble. I'll be away from home in the crucial 1st week of Dec group reads, and my copy of Gates of Fire is so teensy I'll take that one. It's only me, my feet and my backpack so I can't load up.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Kat wrote: "My library actually has Azincourt, so i will start with it, and maybe see if I can ILL the other one."

Fantastic.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Bryn wrote: "I'm in for both.
Just bought Azincourt... meant to scout for 2ndhand but I can't make that gamble. I'll be away from home in the crucial 1st week of Dec group reads, and my copy of Gates of Fire i..."

Doubley fantastic!

Where you off to Bryn?

[Bryn]

Terri wrote: "Bryn wrote: "Where you off to Bryn?..."

Only down the coast to visit my mother - Ulladulla. See the sea at least. And I'll take over her computer for the week, too.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

I am envious. I would love to see that coastline one day..as an adult. I saw it as a kid but don't remember it.

[Bryn]

I did the big outback trip as a kid and saw Queensland, in a way I haven't since. I miss childhood travels.

[Simona]

Bryn, haven't you ever been tempted to buy an e-book reader, at least for your trips? I've never exceeded my baggage weight since I received my Kindle.
Backpack + books seems a dire equation! And I would be in a difficult position to leave with just one book.

[Bryn]

Simona wrote: "Bryn, haven't you ever been tempted to buy an e-book reader, at least for your trips?"

Gidday Simona. I have to giggle - I'm a Kindle freak, I am permanently attached to my Kindle. I'll take that too.

The only trouble is the price of these sort of books as ebook. Almost as much as the pb, so I went the pbs.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

And the edition of Gates of Fire Bryn has, truly is a little book. She is not exaggerating.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Bryn wrote: "I did the big outback trip as a kid and saw Queensland, in a way I haven't since. I miss childhood travels."

I miss childhood travels too. Every school holidays the family would pack up the ute and we'd head out west camping and travelling. Places like the Birdsville Track and Sturt's Stony Desert. I miss trips. Doing so many as a kid put the bug in my blood. As an adult, hubby and I never get away anymore. We can't leave the farm and the animals for too long.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

WOOHOO, voting has ended.
Now I can do the discussion threads for the group reads and we can all chat about who's doing which and when and with whom. :)

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Only a few more days and I will be setting the January Polls free.
I put some thought provoking ones in these polls. Lots for you guys to think about....

[Tasha]

Yay! Can't wait to see them!

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

One is a real curly one and I am looking forward to seeing the reaction.

[Mark]

Can't wait, will be my first one.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

From what I can tell of your tastes, Mark, you will enjoy voting on the selection. :-) Especially the two Medieval reads in the Medieval 'or later' poll.

[Mark]

I am looking forward to it. Never done anything like this. It's normally me and mates talking books over pints lols

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

:-) It is nice talking books on GR. Over 'virtual' pints.

[Darcy]

*treats A&M as a virtual pub*

[Simona]

Terri, you are a tease! You KNOW how you make us suffer with these hints! Wicked, wicked girl...

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

It is a small sadistic pleasure I allow myself once a month.

Two more days to go......:D

Lets drink some more pints while we wait....(non alcoholic for me though)

[Tasha]

Sounds good to me. :)

[Kat]

Terri wrote: "One is a real curly one and I am looking forward to seeing the reaction."

Curly? O.o I do not know this term. (hoists a pint anyway, with a smile and a wink)

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Ha! Okay, let me explain..curly means not straight forward...not straight, but curly. :-)

[Tasha]

Love it. Again, the Aussies have the best slang!

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

It does surprise me sometimes when I discover some of our everyday slang is not other countries everyday slang. But then there are times when I hear or see Americans or whomever using a word that I thought was Aussie. :-)

[Bobby]

All right...all right...I'm buying the next round!! And it will taste wicked good!!

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

So much easier on the wallet to buy virtual rounds. :D

[Tasha]

And the head... ;)

[Tasha]

Thanks Bobby!! :)

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Hold onto your hats, people. I will be putting up the polls later today.....

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

*sits and waits*

[Darcy]

*takes the seat next to Margaret*

[Tasha]

*joins the crowd*

But I won't be seeing it until (my) tomorrow morning. :(

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

*sings* Why are we waiting? Why are we waiting?

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

*starts to get her poll fingers warmed up*
*clicks on Polls*

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

*turns on red light*

Open for some pole dancing people!!!
Oh..I mean poll dancing...;D

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

One of the books in the Ancient poll is more Medieval than Ancient.
Hey, its Christmas, you can't punish me so close to Christmas. :)

[Simona]

Oh! I opened my mail, and I like your choice very very very much! I actually was starting Swanston by myself, but now I'll return to Gates of Fire and wait, to see if we can read it together.
And you really surprised me with Crichton. I read it and liked it some years ago, but I'll happily re-read it if it wins.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

That Eaters of the Dead inclusion was a big gamble.
I will, or many of us will, be watching with great interest to see how the voting and responses to Chrichton go.

I don't think anybody would ever have expected me to pop that book in the mix. :D

So happy you like the choices. I was hoping it may inspire and excite you all. :)

[Bryn]

I've been told to read that for years... because of a Beowulf connection??

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Yes, there is a Beowulf connection. Not a fantasy one.

I can say no more on the actual story. :)

I read about why there is a Beowulf connection though.
A close friend and colleague of Michael Crichton did a lecture which included some coverage of Beowulf and how the story itself was boring.
Crichton rose to the challenge, wanting to prove him wrong. That the core Beowulf story can be far from boring.
So, he used the true story of the Arab and mixed it up with some elements of the Beowulf tale to get Eaters of the Dead.

[Bryn]

Two ingredients I muchly like. -- Not that Beowulf was ever boring.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

I agree. Beowulf was never boring. I bet the colleague was just being controversial. Pushing buttons.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

This is the true Arab that helped to inspire the book.
Ahmad ibn Fadlan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_ib...

[Michael]

I like the sound of :)

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

I thought that may be up your alley, Michael.
Have you seen the movie? The 13th Warrior? It is based in that book.

[Michael]

No I have not seen that one.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Is good. :-)