Pick-a-Shelf discussion

Well all - Anyone feel like cozying up before the fire with a good mystery-thriller for January (or on the beach for those of you in the southern hemisphere!)? Put your list here. It's early, but with the holidays coming up I know I need the time. There are 6000 choices on this list, so go find something good!!

Here is the shelf link: http://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/m...

So excited, didn't realize many of my TBRs were on this list.
I am going to read:
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Lost in a Good Book
Real Murders
Dead as a Doornail
Perfume The Story of a Murderer

Great pick Lyn!

This is great because a few of my next TBR's fit into this genre. Got quite a few I'll see how many I can do:

The Summons changed as I own this one.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
Dead to the World
Death du Jour
Deadly Décisions
The Thirteenth Tale

Here is my list for the month:

The Documents in the Case by Dorothy L. Sayers
Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
The Xibalba Murders An Archeological Mystery by Lyn Hamilton
A Monstrous Regiment of Women by Laurie R. King
The Well of Lost Plots by Jasper Fforde

And then either:
An Iron Rose OR Bad Debts by Peter Temple

OK I added The Weight of Silence by Heather Gudenkauf
Nightwalker by Heather Graham
A Cold Day In Paradise by Steve Hamilton

Thanks Sara - I have been in a "cozy up with a mystery" mood myself. I read Lost in a Good Book. It was great!! I hope you enjoy.

Lyn M wrote: "Thanks Sara - I have been in a "cozy up with a mystery" mood myself. I read Lost in a Good Book. It was great!! I hope you enjoy. "

I just finished The Eyre Affair last night, so definitely looking forward to it. I was going to read it this weekend, but now I am going to hold off until Jan and finish my stack of library books first. I have been in a reading frenzy lately ;-)

I am fairly certain I won't get through all these:

The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
Perfume The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Shades of Grey: The Road to High Saffron by Jasper Fforde



IF I finish those (which is highly unlikely): The Eight by Katherine Neville (a re-read from years ago and one of my faves)

Let's see . . . I'm going to try to go with books I already have at home, or that I know my dad or sister have:

The 6th Target
When the Wind Blows
The Lost Symbol
The Camel Club

Candiss - I loved The Eight and am hoping to read the sequel, The Fire A Novel in 2010 sometime.

Melissa - Great choices!!

I'm going (mostly) with books I have at home, and a couple that will fit into the Winter Challenge. If I finish these, I have several more I may add later.

Prey by Michael Crichton
Mary, Mary (Alex Cross, Book 11) by James Patterson
Déjà Dead by Kathy Reichs Jan 5
The Camel Club by David Baldacci

And, if I have time, I want to start Jeffery Deaver's Lincoln Rhyme series

Melissa, we'll have to discuss The Camel Club!

I thought the Camel Club was good. It will be interesting to see what you guys think of it.

I've got some serious catching up to do with many of the series that I read, they are perfect for this Lyn.

Scarpetta By Patricia Cornwell
Genesis By Karin Slaughter
206 Bones By Kathy Reichs
Kindred in Death By J.D. Robb
The Charlemagne Pursuit By Steve Berry
Sweetheart By Chelsea Cain
8th Confession By James Patterson
Map of Bones By James Rollins
The Secret Speech By Tom Rob Smith

(and that's not inluding the stand alones & the start of new series books I have on the shelf)

Well, I guess I'll read The Camel Club first so we can discuss it, Lyn and BJ Rose!

I'm going to start the month with Honeymoon. Then I'm going to see what else in on that bedroom shelf!

Melissa wrote: "Well, I guess I'll read The Camel Club first so we can discuss it, Lyn and BJ Rose!"

OK, moving The Camel Club to the beginning of the month!

Cool Melissa and BJ Rose - I look forward to what you think of it.

Cam - Some good books there. I am doing a pick-a-series challenge for 2010, and I have the Kathy Reichs series as one of the two I am going to try to read. I also have to catch up on the Women's Murder Club books. I am only on The 5th Horseman. And I love Steve Berry's books!

This is a great shelf choice - I love mysteries!

I'm on a lengthy library waiting list for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo...far enough back that I might not even get the book in January. I've also had Mystic River and The Likeness A Novel both on my list for awhile now. And I'm very slowly working my way through Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series. Don't know if I'll get to all those in January, but now I can make an extra effort!

I have a few I will try to get to...
Lost in a Good Book
Psych A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Read
The Surrogate: A Novel
The Weight of Silence
And Then There Were None

I am not sure how many I will get to since I have not had a lot of time for reading, but I will try to at least get to one or two of these.

Hmm, I don't read too many books in the mystery/thriller genre, but I've always wanted to read The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco.

Hi! I'm new to the group, this will be my first shelf :) Quite a few of my TBRs are on this list, here's what I'm gonna read:

Heartsick by Gretchen Lowell
Sweetheart by Gretchen Lowell
Evil at Heart by Gretchen Lowell
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Satterfield
Labyrinth by Kate Mosse
Finger Lickin Fifteen by Janet Evanovich
Every Dead Thing by John Connolly (Charlie Parker #1)

I'm gonna read The Alienist by Caleb Carr. Looks interesting!

It surprised me how many of my TBRs are on this list.
I have The Shadow of the Wind sitting on my shelf waiting to be read, otherwise I'm not sure. My brother likes thrillers so I'll see what I can steal off him and I'd like to read something by Agatha Christie.
Trying to avoid making too many promises because I never keep them :)

I was surprised at my number of TBRs that came up as well, Sarah. And I totally get the whole "avoiding promises" thing. I know these challenges aren't a competition (at least, not with anyone but ourselves), but I'm in so many groups and I always overextend myself and then feel guilty when I can't finish.

So one of my New Year's resolutions is going to be to actually finish every reading challenge I join. The shelf for January is right up my alley so this one should be easy, but I'm only going to commit to three books to leave myself some breathing room for other genres.

Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
Heartsick by Chelsea Cain
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

Good luck everyone! :)

Peace

I will be reading Nefertiti which has been lent to me by a friend at work and fits in with this shelf, there are plenty of others on my TBR pile at home that would fit as well so will see what I can get through on the holidays!

Sarah - I know, I always have a list of 5 or 6 books, of which I read maybe 1, then another 1 or 2 that aren't even on the list.

I went to the library yesterday and checked out my reads for January. I got WAAAAAY too many, but maybe it will rain a lot! LOL Anyway, here is what I got, who knows how many I will read, or even which one to start with:

The Maltese Falcon
The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Woods
The Lovely Bones
Dead to the World
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
The Nine Tailors
Grave Peril

Good choices. I've heard great things about Harlan Coben, but I've never read him yet.

I enjoyed "The Woods" by Harlan Coben.

These books are already at home on the bookshelf. Not sure how many I'll get to or in what order:

Darkly Dreaming Dexter
Perfume The Story of a Murderer
The Bourne Identity
The Girl Who Played with Fire
The Secret History
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
The Constant Gardener
Child 44

I was so excited about this shelf, that I immediately chose three books and checked them out from the library last week. They are currently taunting me at the bottom of my library book pile: "Ha ha, you have to wait until January to read us!" :)

I'm going to be reading a few more of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency:
Morality for Beautiful Girls
The Kalahari Typing School for Men
and one by Jeffrey Archer:
Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less

Luann wrote: "I was so excited about this shelf, that I immediately chose three books and checked them out from the library last week. They are currently taunting me at the bottom of my library book pile: "Ha ha..."

Luann, did you see the "Ladies Detective Agency" miniseries on HBO? It is available now on DVD. It was really good, in fact, it is one of the few where I liked the show better than the books.

Colleen wrote: "I enjoyed "The Woods" by Harlan Coben.

These books are already at home on the bookshelf. Not sure how many I'll get to or in what order:

Darkly Dreaming Dexter
[book:Perfume Th..."

i have been reading quite a bit from this shelf lately: the Milennium Trilogy, In the woods and The Likeness by Tana French, but I'm glad to see someone has Child 44 on their list - I was loaned it and my sister and I read it - very bleak but so well done! Quite tense!! Enjoy!!

Lynne wrote: "Luann, did you see the "Ladies Detective Agency" miniseries on HBO? It is available now on DVD. It was really good, in fact, it is one of the few where I liked the show better than the books..."

I did, and I loved it! Such great casting! Everyone looked and acted exactly like I thought they should from the books - even though I've only read the first two so far. :) I look forward to reading more.

Cathy wrote: "Colleen wrote: "I enjoyed "The Woods" by Harlan Coben.

These books are already at home on the bookshelf. Not sure how many I'll get to or in what order:

Darkly Dreaming Dexter
[..."

thanks Cathy, it's always good when you get some feedback on a planned read.

Hello everyone,

I am new to the group, but I am glad to have found it because I personally try to switch up my genres from read to read just to keep it interesting and expand my horizons.

This sounds like a great group and I will be starting with you guys for January.

I was able to find quite a few books on my "TBR" pile that would fall into the category. Since I belong to other clubs and this is my first go around I am just going to start with two.

1st to Die

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Welcome Cidney!

Welcome Cidney. I have read 1st to Die and it was really good. I have The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo on my TBR.

Welcome Cidney. I really enjoyed The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and am reading The Girl Who Played with Fire at the moment.

Thanks for the welcomes :)

Lyn you mentioned a "pick a series challenge". That sounds great. Is that a challenge here on goodreads or something you are doing personally?

I am actually doing something similar with one of my picks for the month. "1st to die". Never read a whole series straight through and thought it would be fun.

Cidney - One of the groups that I am in in real life is doing a challenge called "Series Catch Up" where you are supposed to pick one new series and two series that you are behind in, and finish them all three before the year is out.

Cidney wrote: "

Thanks for the welcomes :)

Lyn you mentioned a "pick a series challenge". That sounds great. Is that a challenge here on goodreads or something you are doing personally?..."

Cidney, there is a serial readers' challenge here on Goodreads - here's the link if you want to check it out:

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2...

BJ Rose wrote: "Cidney wrote: "

Thanks for the welcomes :)

Lyn you mentioned a "pick a series challenge". That sounds great. Is that a challenge here on goodreads or something you are doing personally?..."

Cid..."

I checked out the challenge and it looks totally fun, but too daunting for this working mom. I think my sis would like it though. Oh, I just noticed that she is the original "suggester". I guess she DID find it interesting. LOL

Thanks for the info bj

can i cheat and pick ones that are already on my list for the mini game to shrink my tbr pile if so these are my picks

finished
The Girl Who Played with Fire The Bone Collector

I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who is finding lots of my tbr pile on this shelf,when in doubt go with a murder

Karen - That's not cheating. I am doing the same thing myself.

If we could make this shelf last for two years instead of a month I might actually make a pretty decent dent in my tbr pile

It's not cheating, Karen. Reading a book that counts for more than one challenge/game/group read is encouraged!

Here is my list of what I hope to finish in January. The ones with the star ratings I have already completed.

1. The Whole Truth by David Baldacci (***1/2)
2. Rusty Nail by J. A. Konrath (****)
3. The Sleeping Doll (**1/2)
4. Face of Death (**1/2)
5. Three Weeks to Say Goodbye (***)
6. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (***)
7. Sunset Express
8. Blue Heaven
9. Dead to the World
10. Rough Country
11. Dirty Martini
12. Running from the Law
13. Legal Tender
14. Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
15. Halfway to the Grave
16. Mistress of the Art of Death

Wow Amy - If you read all of those, I will be really impressed. There are some great books on the list!!

I just started Grave Peril, the 3rd book in Jim Butcher's "Dresden" series. My sister keeps telling me that the books in the series get better and better, and if this one is any indication, that is certainly true. I can't put it down, even though I had to go back to work this week.

Have finished the ones that i had on my list,so am going to add

The Information Officer
Patient Zero: A Joe Ledger Novel