Book Loving Kiwis discussion

It's that time again! Let's fill our Book Pool!

If you've never played, here are the RULES:

1. When you sign up pick 3 books you want to be included in the "book pool."

2. You can pick any book as long as they have been released before the challenge has started. Please no duplicates. Consider how easy it would be for others to access the book.

3. Once the challenge starts you will read books from the "pool."

4. At the end of January whoever read the most books from the pool is the champion!

Remember, Have fun!

The challenge begins on December 1st.
To claim points, please don't finish your books from the pool until then!

You can sign up below and add books until November 30th.
After November 30th, You can join right in by claiming points - you just don't add books to the pool.

Simple as that, so let's play!

Woo-hoo! Looking forward to this! Have some books I'm wanting to read over the Xmas break so will have a look at my TBR and pick three.

OK - I'm in! Back in a mo with books......

I was a bit longer than that but here are my three.....they are all available in Auckland Library system

It normally takes me a few days to pick book, so a few hours is pretty good! I really have to think about whether or not i will jump the gun and read the book before the challenge even starts :) Will add your picks to the pool soon.

BOOK POOL

PARTICIPANTS

1. Deborah - 8
2. Kerry - 3
3. Erica - 5
4. Carol ♛ Type, Oh Queen! ♛ - 2
5. K.A. (may pick 3 new ones)
6. Sharlene - 3
7. Craig
8. Angie B - 11
9. Darkpool - 8
10. Ella's Gran - 5
11. Katrina - 11
12. Marlene
13. Mariana - 3
14. Bronwyn - 12
15. Rachel
16. Angie
17. Kelli - 7

Updated to message 152

Trying to keep my reading in December simple and quick. My picks are

Exciting, I didn't do so well last time round.

My three:
The Wild Girl by Kate Forsyth
The Spring of Kaspar Meier by Ben Fergusson
Trust No One by Paul Cleave

This is my first time so I'm not sure how to add points or post here so that the cover pictures appear:

Fool's Gold
Peak Hill
The Rehearsal

Here are my three (all available at the Wellington library):

The Muse

The New Girl

Earthly Joys

Such a great selection already!

HI, K.A. - I do see you are new.....one of your suggestions is only available in Kindle - would you consider a different one as I (it's all about ME, of course!) don't use Kindle or e reader-type-thingy.

Whatever the whole group thinks, of course - am not sure about the rules on that?

btw to show the cover, when you look up the book link on the pop up box look at the bottom of it and you'll see an option for book cover - click in that and the link will post as a book cover :)

Hi K.A,
Even though it's only available on Kindle, I will allow Peak Hill purely as it's a Kiwi new release. I also see that you've rated it recently. Are you going to re-read it for this challenge? This challenge is about picking books that you plan on reading during December-January months. Just want to make sure you know :)

Will add everyone's picks to the pool soon.

Hi Sharlene

Thanks for the time & energy you put into this.

I'll just add by Charles Dickens at this stage, I want to think about my other 2 a bit more. :)

Kia ora everyone,

I'm going to support some of our great Kiwi authors with my three choices:

- Red Herring by Jonothan Cullinane (thriller set against the 1951 Waterfront Strikes)
- Like Nobody's Watching by L.J. Ritchie (young adult novel about bullying, social media, and surveillance)
- The Last Time We Spoke by Fiona Sussman (contemporary drama about the aftermath of a brutal home invasion)

Cheers,
Craig
(Kiwi in London)

Craig wrote: "Kia ora everyone,

I'm going to support some of our great Kiwi authors with my three choices:

- Red Herring by Jonothan Cullinane (thriller set against the 1951 Waterfront Strike..."

My local library has Red Herring! Will certainly try toget hold of this one!

I'm so in!!! but will need a little time to contemplate my selections. I've had a few ideas, I just need to remember them now...

Yay! Super excited about this.

Enjoying the selection so far.
I didn't include a NZ writer in my three though I do have two Aussies, should I change one of them? I'd probably go for Paul Cleave's Trust No One over the Nevil Shute.

Hi Erica -
The Muse looks like a good read and I have requested it from Auckland Libraries, unfortunately I'm #113 in the queue.

Yay! Looking forward to a new book pool. Have to think about what is on my TBR list.

So I remembered there were two Angie's last time! To make things easier I'm Angie B.

I've had a quick look at the books that have been waiting for me :$

Right, I have two pinned down, will get back to you on a 3rd.

(seemed timely with the Lindauer Exhibition at the Auckland Art Gallery at present, plus it has been on my 'to read' list for a while)

Craig wrote: "Kia ora everyone,

I'm going to support some of our great Kiwi authors with my three choices:

- Red Herring by Jonothan Cullinane (thriller set against the 1951 Waterfront Strike..."

Red Herring is a great debut book from Jonothan Cullinane. I recommend it.

My three picks will be -
Life in a Jar: The Irena Sendler Project by Jack Mayer
The Art of Secrets by Vicky Adin
The Last Letter by Kirsten McKenzie

Kerry wrote: "Enjoying the selection so far.
I didn't include a NZ writer in my three though I do have two Aussies, should I change one of them? I'd probably go for Paul Cleave's Trust No One ov..."

Hi Kerry,
Can you confirm if you want this changed? I'm happy to do so. Or if someone can't pick one of their pool choices, this could be an option for someone else.

Hi Sharlene - Ok, let's do the switch. The Paul Cleave has a short waitlist but lots of copies at Auckland Libraries.
This also means I can change my mind about which Nevil Shute book I read for another challenge.

Darkpool (protesting GR censorship) wrote: "Right, I have two pinned down, will get back to you on a 3rd.

(seemed timely with the Lindauer Exhibition at the Auckland Art Galle..."

Even though Georgette Heyer is my favourite author I won't be reading this one with the group as I reread earlier this year. But last time I looked this particular title was on Project Gutenberg & is also available to read free online.

http://www.publicbookshelf.com/romant...

or

http://digital.library.upenn.edu/wome...

If anyone else is sitting on the fence not sure whether to join - please do so :) This is a very low pressure challenge, it doesn't matter whether you read 1 book or all the books. The bigger the pool of books though the more fun it is.

Carol ♛ Type, Oh Queen! ♛ wrote: "Even though Georgette Heyer is my favourite author I won't be reading this one with the group as I reread earlier this year"

Yeah, I'd spotted that you'd read it this year, but it is the one I'm up to in my personal "Read them all in chronological order by setting" challenge.

Darkpool (protesting GR censorship) wrote: "
Yeah, I'd spotted that you'd read it..."

It's a sentimental favourite of mine - first one I read in it's entirety! :)

Ok I'm in! I havent done this before, so hope I'm doing this correctly.

First one is Make Me, cause I'm a big Jack Reacher fan



Second, Orphan X



Third, All the light we cannot see



:-)

Welcome Katrina! thanks for joining in...and the good picks too! I've been meaning to read 'All the light you cannot see' for ages.

Count me in Shar! I really enjoyed participating in the last one - even if I didn't do too well.

And I'll post my three titles up later.

I have book 2.

by Vanda Symon

Bones are forever by Kathy Reichs
Down the Darkest Road by Tami Hoag
The Bride Stripped Bare by Nikki Gemmel

Hi there, I'll be in. Thinking about 3 to nominate...

& my final one! After much deliberation I've decided on



It was published 2007, but I checked on WorldCat & plenty of NZ libraries stock it.

My three choices:

1) All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven


2) A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson (I've previously struggled to finish this book so I'm hoping this will motivate me to actually finish it this time!)


3) Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor (second book in trilogy)

Our Pool is coming along nicely. Still a few weeks to go, so go tell your friends to join us :)

Can I play?
I would nominate these ones:

The Shattering
(NZ Author)

Cloud Cuckoo

Life of Pi

Great - I'm thrilled to see more people are considering NZ books and authors this time. You all know I’m a keen supporter of Kiwi authors (if not, see flaxroots.com/flaxflower) so, as with the last challenge, I’ve selected titles from 3 more, though 2 went astray along the way!
1) Baby No-Eyes by Patricia Grace has been a favourite of mine for years. I hope others will like it too.

2) The Frost and the Fire, by Ruth Park. I’ve been promising myself for years that I’ll reread this – I remember its stunning opening sentence and the vivid descriptions of the goldfields. Yes, she was born and raised in NZ – another NZ icon claimed by the Aussies.

3) The Rosie Project, by Graeme Simsion, who was also born here, in Auckland, but now admits to multiple nationality – Australian, NZ, UK

I have my book #3...
Daughters of the Nile
it is the 3rd book in a series, but the reviews indicate it is not necessary to read the first two first.

Can't wait for December to start!

Oh so many good books to get into! I hope I have the time to read more than my own selection over the holiday break!!

Only 1.5 weeks to go before we can get stuck into the book pool :) I have so many I want to read! I'm gonna try and get my library books all read next week so I can start from day one.
I think I'm gonna try and read Wolf Hall first, even though it isn't one of the three I picked, cos it's been on my shelf for years!

I'm not sure how far I'm going to get. I'm still plodding through The Far Pavilions & I have only just started Night and Day by Virginia Woolf. I have a third non fiction that I am confident I'll be finished by the end of the month. The other two I may well still be reading in December.

I'm also wanting to read Wolf Hall - & also Red Herring That may be as far as I get, but if I have time I'll tackle Rangatira

I've already read The Black Moth & the Rosie Project - both 5* reads for me!

Please sign me up. My three picks are...
Oryx and Crake
Dead to Me
The Children of Men

Angie - great choices! This might the push I need to finally read Orxy and Crake that's been on my shelf for years! My good friend read the series last year and loved it!

I loved Oryx and Crake too! It's such a good story, you wont regret picking it! :-)