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Join the “Pick For Me Book Club”!
At the beginning of the month, everyone who wants to participate posts a link to their to-be-read” list (it can be on Goodreads, an post on your LJ, a google document…whatever you prefer, just so it’s publicly available).
After all interested parties sign up, I will assign everyone a ‘buddy’. Then each person goes to their buddy’s to-be-read list and picks 2 books (a main choice and a back-up) that they want them to read during that month. (You can choose to read just one of the books picked for you or both of them if you choose.) Then at the end of the month, we have a post where everyone talks about the books they read.
This is the ‘perfect’ book club for anyone who has books that have been on your to-be-read list forever & you just keep putting them off. Maybe someone will pick a book to get you out of a ‘reading rut’. Maybe you’ll find a new favorite book or author.
Adventure is out there!
Sign-ups will be open thru Saturday January 4.
Buddy Assignments will be posted January 5. Check your buddy’s to-be-read list & select a 1st choice and a 2nd choice. Comment with your choices to the Buddy Assignments post. Be sure to check the comments to see what your buddy chooses for you!
IF YOU DO NOT RECEIVE A PICK FROM YOUR BUDDY BY JANUARY 10, PLEASE LET ME KNOW & I WILL PICK BOOKS FOR YOU.
I will open a ‘sharing’ post on January 27 (which will remain open thru February 1) where you can talk about the book that was selected for you. Give a short summary, tell us whether or not you’d recommend it, give it a letter grade, rant, rave, write a book report that’s a throwback to the 3rd grade, WHATEVER. If you don’t finish the book, comment to the ‘sharing’ post anyway: if you didn’t finish because you didn’t have the time, let us know what you thought of the part you did read…and if you hated it and gave up, we want to know the reasons why.
Sign-ups for Round 2 will run concurrently with the ‘sharing’ post (if there is enough interest, that is). I anticipate snags the first month, hopefully I can figure out how to fix them so things go more smoothly in the future.
Other random notes: if there are books on your to-be-read list that you don’t have access to at this time, please be sure to let your buddy know….audio books & graphic novels count…if you have questions/comments/concerns/suggestions during the month, feel free to send me a PM anytime.
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Favorite book: Other than the Harry Potter series...The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Favorite author: JK Rowling
Link to your to-be-read list (can be a google doc, an open post on your LJ, your goodreads account, a post on another blog, etc): My TBR shelf.
Anything else you think we should know? I only read 2 books in 2013 that weren't historical fiction (and all but 3 of the HF books I read were set during the War of the Roses/Tudor England/Borgia Italy)...I need to break out of my rut!
Favorite book: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, the Phantom Tollbooth, Eleanor and Park, The Spectacular Now, Just One Day, Helter Skelter, The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Favorite author: Nick Hornby, Tom Perrotta, Chad Kultgen, Chuck Klosterman, Jen Lancaster...
Link to your to-be-read list (can be a google doc, an open post on your LJ, your goodreads account, a post on another blog, etc):Goodreads to be read shelf ahh I didn't realize there were so many on there so GOOD LUCK PARDNER.
Anything else you think we should know? I just figured out you can purchase books on Google Play and have them added on to your cellphone bill... this could be trouble.
Edited at 2013-12-30 02:39 pm (UTC)
Favorite book: Harry Potter, the Hunger Games, the Secret Life of Bees, to Kill a Mockingbird, The Jessica Darling books, A Series of Unfortunate Events, the Lorian Legacy series (I Am Number Four,I forgot the name of the second one, The Rise of Nine, and there's another one out too)
Favorite author: JKR, Lemony Snicket, Megan McCafferty
Link to your to-be-read list (can be a google doc, an open post on your LJ, your goodreads account, a post on another blog, etc): My Goodreads. I don't have anything on my bookshelf...because I'm bad at using it. But, I have several books in my "to read" pile. Divergent, The Fault in Our Stars, the Great Gatsby...and I'm sure there are more that I can't think of rn.
Anything else you think we should know? Not that I know of? I'm just kind of needing to read more. I have a Kindle, but I prefer the experience of laying down and reading a book.
Edited at 2013-12-30 02:59 pm (UTC)
Favorite book:It's a toss up between the Harry Potter and the Song of Ice and Fire Series
Favorite author: Again, toss up! JK Rowling, Georger RR Martin, JR Ward
Link to your to-be-read list (can be a google doc, an open post on your LJ, your goodreads account, a post on another blog, etc): If you have a goodreads, here are my shelves.
Anything else you think we should know?Sometimes I read really really fast, but with work and all the other stuff I have going on, I haven't really read too much, or it doesn't seem that way, when it took me 4 months to finish a 1000 page book. Also, just started a book, so may not finish a large book if it's picked for me. Would also prefer a book on my not read shelf to read at first.
Okay, ramble over :)
Edited at 2014-01-04 08:47 pm (UTC)
Favorite book: I don't have one -- there's too many wonderful books out there.
Favorite author: Catherynne Valente
Link to your to-be-read list (can be a google doc, an open post on your LJ, your goodreads account, a post on another blog, etc): This Google doc has the list that I most want to work on reading this year (books that I own but haven't read yet!). My Goodreads to-read is huuuuge, and I'm trying to do some more targeted reading before I have to move later this year. ^^;;
Anything else you think we should know? I'm pretty busy -- I'm writing a dissertation, teaching, and looking for a new full-time job -- so although I've got all sorts of heavy math and philosophy books on my list, I really don't have time to get through them. I've bolded the books that are most likely to fit successfully into my schedule; luckily, there's a lot of them. :)
Favorite book: Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind
Favorite author: Fannie Flagg, David Eddings, Cecelia Ahern, Terry Pratchett...too many to list just one.
Link to your to-be-read list (can be a google doc, an open post on your LJ, your goodreads account, a post on another blog, etc): http://amuselikeruby.livejournal.com/17054.html
Anything else you think we should know? In 2012, I did a year of experimental reading and read 120 books in one year. I broke my brain. In 2013, I read 20 books. I'm trying to get back into reading because I miss it. I'm hoping this will help. Please don't be angry with me if I occasionally do not finish my book club book.
Edited at 2013-12-30 06:32 pm (UTC)
Favorite book: The Well of Loneliness, The Guns of August, Swallows and Amazons
Favorite author: Too hard... I love Steinbeck, Elizabeth Gaskell, Barbara Tuchman, Gail Collins, James Hillman...
Link to your to-be-read list (can be a google doc, an open post on your LJ, your goodreads account, a post on another blog, etc): Just linking to the ones I own and haven't read:
http://mabith.livejournal.com/629652.html
Anything else you think we should know? I don't think so... I'm very picky about science fiction and fantasy, so maybe don't choose those few that are on my list? Here are my Goodreads and LibraryThing accounts in case that's helpful:
https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/753075-meredith
https://www.librarything.com/profile/mabith
Favorite book: This is something that changes constantly depending on my mood, but right now I am in love with Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte and Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt
Favorite author: Juliet Marillier
Link to your to-be-read list (can be a google doc, an open post on your LJ, your goodreads account, a post on another blog, etc): https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/5556618?shelf=kindle-tbr
Anything else you think we should know?
Favorite book: East of Eden by Steinbeck
Favorite author: John Steinbeck, Kurt Vonnegut
Link to your to-be-read list (can be a google doc, an open post on your LJ, your goodreads account, a post on another blog, etc): https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/1705428-kelsey?shelf=to-read
Anything else you think we should know? I re-did my list, just know that some are series, so if you pick a book out of the series, it should probably be #1, haha (except for A Song of Fire and Ice because those are just brilliant).
Edited at 2013-12-31 06:09 am (UTC)
Favorite book: 1984, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Help.
Favorite author: Stephen King, Joe Hill, John Green
Link to your to-be-read list (can be a google doc, an open post on your LJ, your goodreads account, a post on another blog, etc): My GR one is too long, so here is a condensed one:
http://users.livejournal.com/_endangered/131653.html
Anything else you think we should know? Umm feel free to pick 2-3 because I tend to read about 6-10 books a month :)
Favorite book: Airman by Eoin Colfer, all the Percy Jackson books by Rick Riordan, Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult and like a million others.
Favorite author: Eoin Colfer, J.K Rowling, Rick Riordan, Jodi Picoult. Sophie Kinsella and J.R Ward for guilty pleasures.
Link to your to-be-read list (can be a google doc, an open post on your LJ, your goodreads account, a post on another blog, etc): https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/14397134-arctic-comet?shelf=to-read
Anything else you think we should know? I have access to almost all the books on my to-read list, so feel free to choose anything you want from the shelf :)
Favorite book: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Favorite author: It's between J.K. Rowling and Juliet Blackwell.
Link to your to-be-read list (can be a google doc, an open post on your LJ, your goodreads account, a post on another blog, etc): My to-be-read list on goodreads.
Anything else you think we should know? I finally put the library app on my Nook and I've been checking out e-books like crazy! Some of the books on my to-read list may not be available through the library, so I'll let you know if any of your book choices are unavailable!
Favorite book: Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov, Wolf Hall series by Hilary Mantel, Perfume by Patrick Suskind, Sa Seigneurie by Shaine Cassim and Vango by Thimothée de Fombelle.
Favorite author: Hilary Mantel has terrific style, and Thimothée de Fombelle is a top-notch human being with great ideas about writing. Also probably Sylvia Plath?
Link to your to-be-read list (can be a google doc, an open post on your LJ, your goodreads account, a post on another blog, etc): There you go.
Anything else you think we should know? I read pretty much everything, so that list isn't exhaustive at all. And I read in both French and English, so if you're into that, that's cool : )
Favorite book: Harry Potter, The Stand
Favorite author: Stephen King
Link to your to-be-read list (can be a google doc, an open post on your LJ, your goodreads account, a post on another blog, etc): My Goodreads
Anything else you think we should know? I really like all sorts of fiction, so if you have an awesome recommendation that doesn't fit my genres, feel free to throw it my way!