[Reading Group] May 2014 VOTING OPEN

Our books open for voting this month: (Please choose your top 2 since we don't have as many nominations this time). Post your votes to this thread. Voting will be closed at the end of the week (April 26th).

Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed
The Warded Man (or The Painted Man) by Peter V. Brett
A Shadow of Summer by Daniel Abraham
Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente
The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold

Please vote for your top 2. Also use only one vote for your own nomination if you nominated any.

 

My two votes are the following:

Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

Both of these are on my TBR lists. Deathless is my alternate in case there is some sort of tie, just because I think that one sounds really interesting as well.

 

I wouldn't mind reading any of the nominations this go around. There's not a single one that I read about that I said, "Ugh, that sounds boring and/or not my thing." I'm also hoping for a meatier book in terms of content so the discussion doesn't get slowed down or anything. I started reading The Ocean at the End of the Lane (the sample) and so far I like the quick pace. However, it feels like it's a book that will take me some getting acclimated to.

 

I thought the MC's mother was in the first 70 pages, but I could be wrong. I liked what I read, but I got sidetracked with other stuff. I wanted to give it another try since people have told me how much they like it. But I'm honestly happy with whatever gets picked for this month.

 

The votes tallied so far:

The Name of the Wind: 4
The Warded Man: 3
Deathless: 2
The Ocean at the End of the Lane: 2
The Thief: 2
Throne of the Crescent Moon: 1
The Curse of Chalion: 1
A Shadow of Summer: 1

Since we didn't have too many nominations this time, I'm counting the top 2 unless there is a tie. Unless we get some more votes before the weekend, The Name of the Wind will be our May choice.

 

Of note, The Name of the Wind is 700 something pages. If needed, if this is the final choice, we could always carry over the discussion into June. Although I'll set up another vote for June for those that are interested in doing something separate.

Is it better to just do open themes from now on? I find that it's easier to make nominations without a theme, but I did like having a monthly theme before.

Also I understand the discussions aren't always going to be on fire the whole time, so if there is a lull in the discussion, always feel free to bring up whatever you want to talk about concerning the book.

 

Anyone get any final votes in this weekend. It's looking like either The Name of the Wind or The Warded Man (The Painted Man) unless we get a surge of more votes.

 

I think that would be impossible.

However, always feel free to nominate any books you want to read or have heard good things about. The ones I nominated have been on my TBR list forever it seems.