Monthly Group Reads: Monthly Group Reads Polls and Voting Showing 251-300 of 1,359

[Anne]

Terri wrote: "Yes, exactly what robin said. Click on the 'comment' word and it will take you to the books showing covers.

Also, please be aare that you can change your vote at any stage. For as many times as yo..."

Thanks terri, I knew i could count on you. :)

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Always.:-) Well, I hope always.

If in any doubt of what the book is and you don't want to go through any of those processes mentioned, you can ask me here. As you know, I am never far away. :-)

[Bobby]

Terri wrote: "Yes, exactly what robin said. Click on the 'comment' word and it will take you to the books showing covers.

Also, please be aare that you can change your vote at any stage. For as many times as yo..."

Good info, Terri...as usual!!

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Hope it saved you some confusion for next time. :-)

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Still plenty if days to go before the poll closes, but at the moment, these two are leading.



Which is good for me because I could not get the other Ancient book from the library.

[Betty]

Got my votes in. Terri, when I typed "mercenaries" into the GR search bar, the only one that came up was a romance-sort of book - you know, the 6-pack abs kind. Lordy me! When I finally quit laughing, I found the cover in message #252 and went to the book with no trouble. LOL.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

hahaha! Oh goodness. It was definitely not THAT mercenaries. *fans self* never one of those, my friend. :)

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

What a shame that the covers of potential winners are both helmet themed.
Neither of them have a decent alternative for me to post..so its helmets aplenty for A&M in February.

[Simona]

Mercenaries sounds good. I think I'll read it even if it doesn't win..so thanks for the suggestion.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

No problem. I will be reading it either way also.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

These are our February winners!!!

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

I have reserved the losing Medieval book form the library, so if anyone wants to buddy read Niccolo Rising, please feel free to join me in the loser thread. I will probably read it around the end of January.
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

[Mark]

I have ordered all 4from amazon should get them at the end of the week..

[Anne]

Terri wrote: "I have reserved the losing Medieval book form the library, so if anyone wants to buddy read Niccolo Rising, please feel free to join me in the loser thread. I will probably read it around the end o..."
I was interested in this one Terri, and voted for it. Alas, my library has 14 of her books but not that one. But it should not be hard to get on ILL. So I will try and get it so we can read it too.

[Anne]

I also checked on the other two books. Our library has "Attila" all three books.Did you know "Attila" is the first book of a trilogy? They do not have "mercenaries" either so I'll go the ILL route because it also looks interesting.

[Darcy]

I will try to get to it in February, but it might be touch and go. So many books, so little time.

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

D wrote: "I will try to get to it in February, but it might be touch and go. So many books, so little time."

That's become my motto these days, D.

[Bryn]

Yay Attila. I'm pretty interested in this presentation of him after a trawl through reviews. --Already reading a Christian Cameron (Alexander), so can't do two at once can I? ? But now I want to get to Tyrant in future.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Anne wrote: "I also checked on the other two books. Our library has "Attila" all three books.Did you know "Attila" is the first book of a trilogy? They do not have "mercenaries" either so I'll go the ILL route..."

Hi Anne, yes I did know that. I am hoping people will like it enough to go on with the series....and I am hoping that 'I' will like it enough to go on with the series. :-)

What a pain that your library has so many Dunnett, but not that one. Was going to read it in January, only seeing as you have to ILL I will put off reading it until Feb (after the other two group reads). To give yourself and others time to source it so we can read it around the same time.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Bryn wrote: "Yay Attila. I'm pretty interested in this presentation of him after a trawl through reviews. --Already reading a Christian Cameron (Alexander), so can't do two at once can I? ? But now I want to ge..."


I really am surprised that Tyrant did not do better. It was on so many GR friends tbrs and it is fairly well known. Even though I voted for Attila, I thought Tyrant might be a shoe in to win.

[Darcy]

Anne wrote: "I also checked on the other two books. Our library has "Attila" all three books.Did you know "Attila" is the first book of a trilogy? They do not have "mercenaries" either so I'll go the ILL route..."

I wonder how successful you'd be in having them purchase it if you 'hinted' that they don't have this particular title, yet have a wealth of her other novels.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Yeah. That's an idea. I wonder if they would buy it in for you Anne? Or maybe they think they have enough of hers?

[Bryn]

They need the first Niccolo if they have other Niccolos! And I guess they do as it's a big series of hers. I'd tell my library that's just silly.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

I think a lot of 'firsts' in a series get stolen or wrecked. I find that #1 in the series is the one the libraries are least likely to have and it is annoying. I have had to get my library to buy in #1 in series' before.

[Bryn]

Right. Learning about libraries. No doubt they need ten copies of a 1st. It's only sensible.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

My library doesn't seem to buy multiple copies of a first in a series. If it is a really well known author, they may buy 3 copies of a new series by that author. But if it is a series that isn't marketed to them heavily, then they get one copy.
All libraries are different though.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

I will be releasing the polls today peeps. In a few hours, (not right now as it is morning and I only woke up 30 minutes ago..still sleepy...)

Hope you like the look of the books again. You know my goal is to make it hard for you to choose. :-)

[Simona]

and you usually succeed.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Excellent *rubs hands together* world domination starts here...:D

[Monica]

Are these titles under the wrong headings? Should be flipped?

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

I will check.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Blimey, that could have been embarrassing. Thankyou!
Thanks, M.

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Monica wrote: "Are these titles under the wrong headings? Should be flipped?"

Yes they are. And yes they should. :p

[Monica]

Terri wrote: "Blimey, that could have been embarrassing. Thankyou!
Thanks, M."

Terri, you were really just testing us to see if we were paying attention, weren't you? ;-)

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Oh yeah. That was totally my reasoning. You got me. :D

[Bryn]

I voted anyhow. If I get an unconventional Hannibal story transplanted into the 18thC, that's what I ordered.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Don't worry folks. LOL. It is fixed. You will not be misled any longer. ;)

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Wow. The voting is evenly matched on both polls.

[Darcy]

Although I voted on each of the polls I've decided to get all 4 books. They were all brilliant choices and of great interest. Well done! (as usual)

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Thanks, D! That makes it all worth it. I agonise over the choices for weeks. I change my mind often. :-)
Trying to find the kind of books that members would read, that rate well, that are fairly easy to access in many countries, that compliment the last months reads and yet are not too similar to the last months reads....so many reasons why I land on the books that I put up. So it is a relief when all 4 inspire people. That makes me happy. :-)

[Dawn]

Terri wrote: "I change my mind often. :-) ...."

Yes, yes she does... :)

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

haha. yeah dawn has seen it for herself. I make up my mind. Send her the four and say. "I am thinking about doing these four"...then the next day I will pm her and say "no, forget 'so and so book', i don't like that one. I'll think of another". And onwards it goes.

And Dawn gives me 'pats on the head' replies and some words of encouragement, until I settle on the final four. :)

[Dawn]

Sounds about right! lol

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

At this stage these may be our winners.



Which actually works out well. There is a adventure historical fiction in Hannibal, for readers who are after that kind of book, and for the other readers who want something that doesn't involve high adventure and war, they have the Coffee Trader option.

If these two win...

I'll be on The Coffee Trader group read and Dawn will do the Hannibal Group Read.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

I'm going to call it. Coffee Trader is a dead certainty, and I'd say Hannibal is too.
Start checking your libraries and bookstores folks. :-)

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

The ppolls have a few hours to go, but I am making it official and setting up the threads. :)

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Hope you are all ready for the next Polls. I have them lined up ready to launch today. :)

[Darcy]

*awaits with baited breath*

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

*yawn* I got in an afternoon sleep and did not get the polls up as early as I had expected.
Shall work on it now.

[Dawn]

About bloody time! ;)