100 Books Challenge discussion

I enjoyed knowing all the group reads for the year so I'm doing it again. 5 random numbers from the list below have been drawn. Please see if any are of interest to you & let me know. Let me know if you have others that you would prefer to read instead of one or more of these.

Here are the 5 random numbers picked by Alexa - 64, 88, 86, 98, 85

And here is the list with each of these random selections in bold.

Please use this thread to suggest books for upcoming months.

Please select one from those listed below.
5.A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
9.Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien
11.Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
15.The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
17.Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt
19.Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
20.Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
21.Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
22.Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
25.Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
27.Matilda by Roald Dahl
29.The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
30.The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
34.Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison
35.Blindness by Jose Saramago
37.Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
38.Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
39.Jurassic Park by Micheal Crichton
43.The Bible
44.The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel
45.The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman
48.The Lizard Cage by Karen Connelly
51.The Stand by Stephen King
53.Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
56.A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
57.Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
59.Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
61.Cirque de Freak by Darren Shan
62.Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
63.David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
64.Deadly Appearances by Gail Bowen
70.Jennie: The Life of Lady Randolph Churchill by Ralph Martin
74.My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult
75.Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
76.North and South by John Jakes
77.Not Wanted on the Voyage by Timothy Findley
78.One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
81.Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
83.Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
84.The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum
85.The Cure for Death by Lightning by Gail Anderson-Dargatz
86.The Englishman’s Boy by Guy Vanderhaeghe
87.The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
88.The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
90.The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
92.The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
96.The Way the Crow Flies by Ann-Marie MacDonald
98.What Came Before He Shot Her by Elizabeth George
99.Without Remorse by Tom Clancy
100.Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

And, of course, if none of these interest you, please select another.

I haven't read any of these ... by chance this time. Not really interested in The Fountainhead, but I might be pleasantly surprised.

I haven't read any of them either. My advice for The Fountainhead is to read it over several months. Because it will be long and dense. Atlas Shrugged was a hard to follow read for me and I am sure that "Fountainhead" will be the same.

Also recommend reading a shorter, lighter read after it. :)

Sounds like a good plan. Maybe Matilda? It’s over 200 pages, but is a children’s’ book so might be a fast read.

That would work. :)

Do you have a schedule made for it?

I would like to recommend starting with Deadly Appearances. I love mysteries and this seems like it would be a quick read

I have not done a schedule. We can start with that one. Mid-January maybe. Give us a break from the holidays.

Here are the 5 books that were chosen by a random drawing that will be our group reads for 2022.

64.Deadly Appearances by Gail Bowen
85.The Cure for Death by Lightning by Gail Anderson-Dargatz
86.The Englishman’s Boy by Guy Vanderhaeghe
88.The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
98.What Came Before He Shot Her by Elizabeth George

The only one that concerns me is The Fountainhead. :-)

We will start with Deadly Appearances by Gail Bowen on January 15. That will give us a nice break from 2021 & give us time to locate the book. I've learned that I cannot order from my library's interlibrary loan. I'm going to wait and check with the librairian when they are back from their holiday break. I really don't want to buy it.

If anyone is interested in choosing the next group read from the remaining 4, please comment with your choice on this thread.

Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas/holiday. Positive thoughts for the new year!

How about The Englishman's Boy as the next read? It sounds interesting, is a different genre than "Deadly Appearances" and is one of the smaller books in terms of number of pages.

Melissa (ladybug) wrote: "How about The Englishman's Boy as the next read? It sounds interesting, is a different genre than "Deadly Appearances" and is one of the smaller books in terms of number of pages."

Sounds good to me. We can start it on the 15th of this month. Or whenever works best for you.

that is good with me. :)

I'm doing a challenge in another group and one of the authors I need to get to is Elizabeth George, so I think I'll go ahead and read What Came Before He Shot Her right away.

Sounds great! I'll list it next up for us so we won't be too far apart.

I'm going to go ahead a switch to What Came Before He Shot Her as our group read. If I can figure out how I'll add The Fountainhead as a quarterly/longer read. I've seen that done in some groups.

I'll do a thread for The Cure for Death by Lightning if I haven't already. I've started it and not sure what to think about it yet. Interesting.

I have not started The Fountainhead. May not get to it until next year.