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Oh and read the posts above for info on Crown Conspiracy vs. Theft of Swords!

I'm definitely planning to read Crown Conspiracy. But, two of my library holds came through back-to-back (of course) and I'm officially reading Too Many Books, so I need to finish something before I start this.

I started Crown Conspiracy today.

I’m reading Too Many Books too, Meredith.

Vote here:
Live results:
Voting ends: August 25th

Voting is open for October-December 2022 rereads! I'll start updating the results here in August.

Links to all books on the form:

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The Accidental Time Machine (278 pgs)
The Aeronaut's Windlass (630 pgs)
Against the Tide of Years (454 pgs)
The Algebraist (434 pgs)
Alif the Unseen (433 pgs)
All the Birds in the Sky (320 pgs)
All You Need Is Kill (200 pgs)
Altered Carbon (526 pgs)
American Gods (480 pgs)
Among Others (304 pgs)
Ancillary Justice (386 pgs)
Ancillary Mercy (330 pgs)
Ancillary Sword (356 pgs)
Arcadia (608 pgs)
Armada (349 pgs)
Babel-17 (192 pgs)
The Bear and the Nightingale (322 pgs)
A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe (480 pgs)
The Black Company (319 pgs)
The Black Prism (629 pgs)
Blackout (610 pgs)
Blood Song (591 pgs)
The Bone Witch (432 pgs)
Boneshaker (416 pgs)
The Book of Phoenix (232 pgs)
Brave New World (268 pgs)
The Briar King (553 pgs)
Broken Monsters (464 pgs)
Brown Girl in the Ring (250 pgs)
The Calculating Stars (431 pgs)
Caliban's War (595 pgs)
A Canticle for Leibowitz (335 pgs)
The Carpet Makers (297 pgs)
Cat's Cradle (179 pgs)
Catfishing on CatNet (288 pgs)
Catseye (224 pgs)
The Caves of Steel (206 pgs)
The Changeling (431 pgs)
Charmed Life (252 pgs)
Childhood's End (224 pgs)
The City & the City (312 pgs)
City of Bones (488 pgs)
City of Stairs (452 pgs)
The City We Became (437 pgs)
A Clash of Kings (761 pgs)
A Closed and Common Orbit (365 pgs)
Cloud Atlas (509 pgs)
Cold Magic (528 pgs)
The Collapsing Empire (336 pgs)
The Color of Magic (228 pgs)
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales (500 pgs)
Consider Phlebas (471 pgs)
Dawn (248 pgs)
The Dawnhounds (259 pgs)
The Diamond Age (499 pgs)
The Dispossessed (387 pgs)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep (256 pgs)
Doctor Who The Coming of the Terraphiles (343 pgs)
Doomsday Book (578 pgs)
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom (208 pgs)
The Dragon's Path (555 pgs)
Dragonflight (299 pgs)
Dreamsnake (312 pgs)
Early Riser (403 pgs)
Elysium (199 pgs)
Embassytown (345 pgs)
Ender's Game (324 pgs)
Eon: Dragoneye Reborn (531 pgs)
The Eye of the World (814 pgs)
The Eyre Affair (374 pgs)
Fahrenheit 451 (238 pgs)
The Farthest Shore (259 pgs)
The Fellowship of the Ring (398 pgs)
The Fifth Season (468 pgs)
A Fire Upon the Deep (613 pgs)
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August (417 pgs)
Flowers for Algernon (311 pgs)
Foreigner (428 pgs)
The Forever War (278 pgs)
Forty Thousand in Gehenna (445 pgs)
Frankenstein (273 pgs)
Furies of Calderon (503 pgs)
Fuzzy Nation (303 pgs)
A Game of Thrones (835 pgs)
Gardens of the Moon (666 pgs)
The Ghost Bride (368 pgs)
The Girl with All the Gifts (460 pgs)
The Goblin Emperor (446 pgs)
The Golem and the Jinni (486 pgs)
Good Omens (430 pgs)
The Gospel of Loki (302 pgs)
The Grace of Kings (623 pgs)
Grass (544 pgs)
The Graveyard Book (312 pgs)
Guards! Guards! (376 pgs)
Gun, with Occasional Music (271 pgs)
The Gunslinger (231 pgs)
The Handmaid's Tale (311 pgs)
Haze (352 pgs)
Here and Now and Then (336 pgs)
His Majesty's Dragon (353 pgs)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (216 pgs)
The Hobbit (366 pgs)
Hollow Kingdom (308 pgs)
Homeland (343 pgs)
Hounded (292 pgs)
The House of the Spirits (448 pgs)
Hyperion (483 pgs)
I Am Legend (160 pgs)
In the Night Garden (483 pgs)
Infernal Devices (384 pgs)
Into the Drowning Deep (440 pgs)
The Invisible Library (329 pgs)
Island in the Sea of Time (608 pgs)
The Island of Dr. Moreau (160 pgs)
John Dies at the End (469 pgs)
The Just City (368 pgs)
Karen Memory (350 pgs)
The Killing Moon (418 pgs)
Kushiel's Dart (1015 pgs)
The Last Policeman (322 pgs)
The Last Unicorn (294 pgs)
The Lathe of Heaven (176 pgs)
The Left Hand of Darkness (304 pgs)
Legend (345 pgs)
Leviathan (440 pgs)
The Library at Mount Char (388 pgs)
Lions of Al-Rassan (528 pgs)
Little, Big (538 pgs)
Lock In (336 pgs)
The Long Earth (336 pgs)
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (512 pgs)
Lord of Light (296 pgs)
Machine Man (185 pgs)
The Magic of Recluce (501 pgs)
Magician (Riftwar Saga) (681 pgs)
The Many-Colored Land (415 pgs)
The Martian (369 pgs)
The Martian Chronicles (182 pgs)
The Master and Margarita (407 pgs)
Memory of Water (263 pgs)
The Memory Police (274 pgs)
The Mere Wife (308 pgs)
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (382 pgs)
Mort (243 pgs)
The Mote in God's Eye (596 pgs)
The Name of the Wind (662 pgs)
The Native Star (387 pgs)
A Natural History of Dragons (334 pgs)
Neuromancer (271 pgs)
The Neverending Story (396 pgs)
Neverwhere (370 pgs)
Nexus (460 pgs)
A Night in the Lonesome October (280 pgs)
Night Watch (455 pgs)
Nimona (272 pgs)
Nine Princes in Amber (175 pgs)
Ninefox Gambit (384 pgs)
Old Man's War (362 pgs)
On the Oceans of Eternity (630 pgs)
The Once and Future King (639 pgs)
Opening Atlantis (440 pgs)
Oryx and Crake (400 pgs)
The Outside (401 pgs)
Pandora's Star (988 pgs)
The Passage (766 pgs)
Pawn of Prophecy (304 pgs)
Perdido Street Station (623 pgs)
Planetfall (336 pgs)
The Player of Games (320 pgs)
The Power (341 pgs)
Preludes & Nocturnes (Sandman Vol. 1) (233 pgs)
Prince of Thorns (384 pgs)
The Princess Bride (398 pgs)
Promise of Blood (545 pgs)
Pump Six and Other Stories (239 pgs)
Pushing Ice (458 pgs)
The Quantum Thief (336 pgs)
The Raven and the Reindeer (226 pgs)
Ready Player One (374 pgs)
Recursion (336 pgs)
Red Country (469 pgs)
Red Mars (572 pgs)
Red Rising (382 pgs)
Red Sister (469 pgs)
Regarding Ducks and Universes (344 pgs)
Remnant Population (336 pgs)
Rendezvous with Rama (252 pgs)
Rivers of London (Midnight Riot) (310 pgs)
The Road (241 pgs)
The Rook (486 pgs)
Rosewater (432 pgs)
A Scanner Darkly (219 pgs)
Sea of Rust (416 pgs)
Servant of the Underworld (432 pgs)
Seveneves (881 pgs)
The Shadow of the Torturer (262 pgs)
Shadow's Son (278 pgs)
Shadowshaper (297 pgs)
The Sheep Look Up (388 pgs)
Ship of Magic (880 pgs)
The Silent Tower (369 pgs)
Six Wakes (364 pgs)
Slaughterhouse-Five (215 pgs)
Snow Crash (470 pgs)
The Snow Queen (448 pgs)
Soulless (365 pgs)
The Sparrow (431 pgs)
The Speed of Dark (369 pgs)
Sphere (371 pgs)
Spin (458 pgs)
The Stand (1153 pgs)
The Stars Are Legion (400 pgs)
The Stars My Destination (258 pgs)
Starship Troopers (335 pgs)
Storm Front (355 pgs)
The Strange Affair of Spring-Heeled Jack (510 pgs)
Stranger in a Strange Land (528 pgs)
The Suicide Collectors (304 pgs)
The Summer Tree (383 pgs)
The Sword of Kaigen (651 pgs)
The Sword-Edged Blonde (256 pgs)
Swords and Deviltry (224 pgs)
The Terror (769 pgs)
This Alien Shore (564 pgs)
Those Who Hunt the Night (350 pgs)
The Thousand Names (513 pgs)
Three Parts Dead (336 pgs)
The Three-Body Problem (400 pgs)
Tigana (771 pgs)
The Time Machine (118 pgs)
To Say Nothing of the Dog (493 pgs)
The Tombs of Atuan (180 pgs)
Too Like the Lightning (432 pgs)
Touch (426 pgs)
The Traitor Baru Cormorant (399 pgs)
Ubik (288 pgs)
Under Heaven (573 pgs)
The Underground Railroad (306 pgs)
An Unkindness of Ghosts (351 pgs)
Uprooted (438 pgs)
The Vanished Birds (391 pgs)
War for the Oaks (336 pgs)
The War of the Worlds (192 pgs)
Warbreaker (688 pgs)
Warchild (451 pgs)
The Warded Man (416 pgs)
The Warrior's Apprentice (372 pgs)
Watchmen (416 pgs)
Watership Down (478 pgs)
The Way of Kings (1007 pgs)
The Way of Shadows (645 pgs)
Weaveworld (721 pgs)
The Well of Ascension (590 pgs)
When Gravity Fails (288 pgs)
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang (251 pgs)
White Cat (310 pgs)
The Windup Girl (359 pgs)
Winter Tide (366 pgs)
The Wise Man's Fear (994 pgs)
Witchmark (318 pgs)
Wizard's First Rule (836 pgs)
The Wolf in the Whale (544 pgs)
Wool (509 pgs)
The Word for World is Forest (160 pgs)
World War Z (342 pgs)
The Yiddish Policeman's Union (414 pgs)
Zodiac (308 pgs)
Zoo City (416 pgs)
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Anyone wanting Allison and I to argue on VBC should vote for Uprooted.

I'd also recommend voting for The Mere Wife, The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress, Remnant Population, The Sword of Kaigen, All You Need Is Kill, The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August, and A Canticle for Leibowitz but Allison and I are less likely to butt heads over those.

(That's three nods at fantasy books, Melanie)

I'm staying out of it!

Cool! You can vote for Uprooted and step aside as Allison & I disagree about Uprooted being any more problematic than Spinning Silver.

(Unless a reread convinces one of us to change her mind)

I'm just voting for books on my TBR pile that I haven't read, hence the Salvatore book

I need to know why Ryan thinks Silver is problematic? I don’t remember it well enough to guess. (Making assumptions based on other books, but pretty sure I know what Allison thinks is the nope in Uprooted.)

I think it's... a good reason to vote for a reread of Uprooted. :)

😜

CBRetriever wrote: "I'm just voting for books on my TBR pile that I haven't read, hence the Salvatore book"

Same here including the Salvatore book.
I've been wondering which of the bookshelf books people put off reading.

Uprooted would make a great comparison for VBC since we recently discussed Spinning Silver!

But don't pick it, w shall all rue.

Unless you enjoy a row, in which case, let's rock.

The Salvatore book is Homeland btw.

A book not having been read, doesn't mean it's worth reading. (not pointing at a specific book mentioned on this page, or anything.)

I've voted! Only one of the books I voted for is in the top ten, but it's early yet.

Vote here:
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Rereads voting above updated!

Next round of rereads starting next week:

August 15th
Redshirts >> First impressions | Final thoughts
The Ten Thousand Doors of January >> First impressions | Final thoughts

If Eye of the World makes it I will be lurking in the threads to see if anyone got as angry and frustrated and bored by it as I did.

Anthony wrote: "If Eye of the World makes it I will be lurking in the threads to see if anyone got as angry and frustrated and bored by it as I did."

Saaame.

And I challenge anyone to count the *exact* number of inns mentioned. I lost count when they started to be thrown in in bundles.

Jemppu wrote: "Anthony wrote: "If Eye of the World makes it I will be lurking in the threads to see if anyone got as angry and frustrated and bored by it as I did."

Saaame.

And I challenge anyone to count the *..."

Uggggh and all the horrible generalizations about gender: men do this, women do that, etc

looks like Ryan is influencing this pretty heavily, I see lots of his faves in the list!

campaign, folks! what are you really looking to get off your shelf?

also wth I can't believe we read sword of Kaigen that long ago!!

I have less than zero interest in Eye of the World. I will gladly read all but this and the Dr. Who novel and call the challenge complete.

I hope to see Rosewater make the cut.

I will give Rosewater a vote. I never finished the series, and I'd need to reread book one if I want to do that.

Did someone *remove* a vote from Rosewater? I added a vote to it but it's still at 11.

I’ll just say Rivers of London is a book I have on a TBR challenge list so I’d be happy to have other folks reading it with me.

I've got Ancillary Justice on my TBR this fall and I'd like to read with other people, so it's got my vote!

At least so far, the top six a nice selection of books I've either already read, or that I wouldn't mind reading.

I'd like to see Sword of Kaigen make a better showing, though!

Anthony wrote: "I’ll just say Rivers of London is a book I have on a TBR challenge list so I’d be happy to have other folks reading it with me."

On my list too (one of the oldest so). It seems to me the kind that might benefit from others' impressions, indeed.

I had chosen River of London also.

Fine! I've voted for Rivers of London too without even checking it's availability.

There are a few reasons why I'd love a reread of The Sword of Kaigen, but one of the less personal reasons is how I think it compares with our current BOTM, The Witch's Heart. Amongst other things it might be interesting to talk about the difficulties in writing a story where the main POV character is a stay at home mum that actually stays home.

I’m pretty sure Rivers of London would be available. I also have a PB copy if you wanna borrow it.

Allison wrote: "looks like Ryan is influencing this pretty heavily, I see lots of his faves in the list!

campaign, folks! what are you really looking to get off your shelf?"

Do you know what the books on the shelf and my children have in common? I don't like the older ones.

Vote wisely, people!

DivaDiane wrote: "I’m pretty sure Rivers of London would be available. I also have a PB copy if you wanna borrow it."

Thanks but my library has me covered.

What happens if there is a tie for last place?

a mod unties it, usually lol

Yeah I vote (or unvote) before I close to break the tie. I've had to do it twice I think.

How do I decide? It depends, but if there's one that someone talked about here, I'll likely pick that one :) What I'm saying is that if I know active people want to read something, I can make sure it makes it through if it's tied with something no one has mentioned.

Cool, thanks, fearless Mods!

I would be likely to read Sword or To Say Nothing��, which are both on my TBR (I think I have the Willis on this year’s challenge even). I just read the Leckie last year.

The third book in Adrian Tchaichovsky's Children of Evolution series is released in November so it might be worth getting a reread of Children of Time scheduled.

Edit: Although I now see that it isn't an option on the poll so I should bring this up in a different thread. Sorry.

Reread The Sword of Kaigen!

I think Children of Time's not there because we read that Soul book of his in 2021, so 24 months.

I would tiebreak with The Sword of Kaigen too. Why. Hank, YouKneek, Ryan and Kaa all liked it. :-)

Excellent reasoning, Bonnie. ;)

Bonnie wrote: "I think Children of Time's not there because we read that Soul book of his in 2021, so 24 months."

It's because the last reread of CoT was in January 2021. So it'll be in the next batch. Same 24 months, but nothing to do with what new BOTMs get added to the shelf :)

Vote here:
Live results:
Voting ends: August 25th / GR links to all books here

Top 6 will become our rereads for October-December.

14 Rosewater (432 pgs)
14 Uprooted (438 pgs)
13 Rivers of London (Midnight Riot) (310 pgs)
13 The Sword of Kaigen (651 pgs)

12 Ancillary Justice (386 pgs)
12 Good Omens (430 pgs)
12 The Neverending Story (396 pgs)

11 Brown Girl in the Ring (250 pgs)
11 The Martian (369 pgs)
11 A Natural History of Dragons (334 pgs)
11 To Say Nothing of the Dog (493 pgs)

10 The City We Became (437 pgs)
10 The Three-Body Problem (400 pgs)
10 The Way of Kings (1007 pgs)

9 The Accidental Time Machine (278 pgs)
9 The Bear and the Nightingale (322 pgs)
9 City of Bones (488 pgs)
9 The Eye of the World (814 pgs)
9 Oryx and Crake (400 pgs)
9 Red Mars (572 pgs)

^ list updated

Last chance to vote!

You were supposed to *break* the tie, not keep adding to it!


14 Rosewater (432 pgs)
14 Uprooted (438 pgs)
13 Ancillary Justice (386 pgs)
13 Rivers of London (Midnight Riot) (310 pgs)
13 The Sword of Kaigen (651 pgs)

12 Brown Girl in the Ring (250 pgs)
12 Good Omens (430 pgs)
12 The Martian (369 pgs)
12 A Natural History of Dragons (334 pgs)
12 The Neverending Story (396 pgs)