Planned Group Reads

Current list of up and coming Group Reads:

June
The Ghost Fields by Elly Griffiths : #7 in the Ruth Galloway Series
Blood Infernal by James Rollins and Rebecca Cantrell
The Templar Legacy by Steve Berry

July
Dark Watch by Clive Cussler : #3 in the Oregon Files
Silent Voices by Ann Cleeves : #4 in th Vera Stanhope Series
The Hour Game by David Baldacci

The Group Reads for June will take place on Leafmarks:
https://www.leafmarks.com/lm/#/discussions/forums/93/topics

And I will let the Group know where the July Reads will take place.

These are the start dates for the June Group Reads:

Dates for Group Reads - all June Group Reads will take place on Leafmarks.

The Ghost Fields by Elly Griffiths - start date Thursday 9th June

Blood Infernal by James Rollins and Rebecca Cantrell - start date Friday 17th June

The Templar Legacy by Steve Berry - start date Saturday 25th June

Group Read of The Ghost Fields by Elly Griffiths
#6 in the Ruth Galloway Series

Schedule
Thursday 9th June : Prologue and Chapters 1 to 8
Friday 10th June : Chapters 9 to 19
Saturday 11th June : Chapters 20 to 28
Sunday 12th June : Chapters 29 to 38

Location
https://www.leafmarks.com/lm/#/discussions/forums/93/topics

The first section of the Group Read of The Ghost Fields by Elly Griffiths has now been published. You can go straight to the postings by clicking on the link below.

https://www.leafmarks.com/lm/#/discussions/forums/93/topics/uXbJilC8Tb-c74CTyDTd...

The second section of the Group Read has now been published :

https://www.leafmarks.com/lm/#/discussions/forums/93/topics/uXbJilC8Tb-c74CTyDTd...

Apologies but the third section likely not to be posted until early Sunday morning, due to family commitments.

You're fired from your volunteer job, then. ;0)

>7 jguidry: I'll get my coat. :)

>7 jguidry: >8 Andrew-theQM: Andrew....STAY WHERE YOU ARE and PUT DOWN THAT COAT!!!! Jaret...Have you lost your mind???? since you've fired Andrew...when will you have the next set of questions ready?

Very funny!

>9 Carol420: Lol!

>9 Carol420: I don't know what you're talking about, Carol. I'm just minding my own business...

>12 jguidry: Sure you were:) Please offer Andrew a BIG raise and for goodness sake make him put down that coat!

Fine. Andrew, put down the coat (and make me a chocolate cake). ;0)

You guys crease me up...

>14 jguidry: 🍩

>16 Andrew-theQM: yummmmmmm

Hmm,a big raise....say 20%? ....whats 20% of nothing?

I think we should double his current salary.

>14 jguidry:,>16 Andrew-theQM:, >18 dustydigger:, >19 Olivermagnus: Even I can do that math Dusty:) Now that he knows he's getting NOTHING he'll want to get SOMETHING so he can get 20%. While you're making the chocolate cake and we're working out your pay scale...can you whip up some Bacon Butties also?

>20 Carol420: >14 jguidry: >18 dustydigger: >19 Olivermagnus: Now you are just plain making me hungry, the thought of bacon butties will do it every time. Bacon has such a powerful aroma - brings us all to our knees. I'd be very happy to accept Lynda's 100% increase in pay. I'll wait for the cheque to drop through my letterbox! :)

Blood Infernal by James Rollins and Rebecca Cantrell
#3 in the Order of the Sanguines Series

Location : Mystery and Suspense Plus Group
https://www.leafmarks.com/lm/#/discussions/forums/93/topics/j9_8A6EUQnWEbg9uEzYS...

Schedule
Friday 17th June : Prologue (untitled) and Chapters 1 to 7
Saturday 18th June : Chapters 8 to 16
Sunday 19th June : Chapters 17 to 25
Monday 20th June : Chaters 26 to 34
Tuesday 21st June : Chapters 35 to 44, and And Then...

Andrew, I didn't see where we get to nominate a book for a group read.

Bette I haven't set up a voting thread on Library Thing yet as we are still working through the books we nominated and voted for in the May nomination thread on Leafmarks.

https://www.leafmarks.com/lm/#/discussions/forums/92/topics/MRiu4WCOSlKZvmVpCd2v...

As it was a tie we decided to read:
The Templar Legacy by Steve Berry in June and Hour Game by David Baldacci in July. As a result of these two reads it will be July before the next nomination thread.

Blood Infernal is one of the additional reads we do, which is the final book in the Order of the Sanguines Trilogy by James Rollins and Rebecca Cantrell.

Section one of the Group Read of Blood Infernal has now been published.

https://www.leafmarks.com/lm/#/discussions/forums/93/topics/j9_8A6EUQnWEbg9uEzYS...

Group Read of The Templar Legacy by Steve Berry
#1 in the Cotton Malone Series

Location : Leafmarks Mystery and Suspense Group (Final Group Read on that site)

https://www.leafmarks.com/lm/#/discussions/forums/92/topics

Schedule
Saturday 25th June : Prologue and One to Thirteen
Sunday 26th June : Fourteen to Twenty-Five
Monday 27th June : Twenty-Six to Thirty-Six
Tuesday 28th June : Thirty-Seven to Forty-Five
Wednesday 29th June : Forty-Six to Fifty-Six
Thursday 30th June : Fifty-Seven to Sixty-Seven

As it is quite a long book I have split it over six days.

>26 Andrew-theQM: We will just all have to get our comments posted by 6/30 before Jacquie pulls the plug.

>Good point. I will ensure questions are posted very early.

>28 Andrew-theQM: You could always post duplicates of the last day's questions on here, for those who may be late in answering.

Another good idea as we could then see how it works. After this Group Read I will need to take a short break as I read and write 400 reports!

>30 Andrew-theQM: copy the info you need for your reports here and we'll help you out:)

>31 Carol420: All help gratefully appreciated. :)

>31 Carol420: lol

I can help too. Even better, some of us could actually understand the reports because we are or have been in education!

I can dig out the reports my children have received and brush up on the terminology, such as; social butterfly, enjoys playtime more than math, looks forward to lunch, shouldn't hide her uneaten sandwiches in her desk as the grape jelly gets all over her papers.

>35 EadieB: Lol! Might have to change to English terminology though as we have playtime rather than recess.

>34 jguidry: Jaret, I can leave you in charge of the EYFS (age 3- 5) and Key Stage 1 (5- 7) whilst I focus on the Key Stage 2 (7-11).

>36 Andrew-theQM: I had to write assessment and evaluation reports for my teen volunteers because some of them were receiving school credits for their summer work. Happy to help out. Love the "grape jelly on the papers" comment, Eadie:)

>34 jguidry: >35 EadieB: >37 Carol420: So many willing volunteers, this will certainly help me breeze through them! :)

>36 Andrew-theQM:
Changed recess to playtime. I'm a fast learner. How about this comment:

Peter complains that he is too warm but refuses to remove his jumper.

I especially liked the update I got from nursery school when my daughter was 3:

Kristin is progressing very well. She can now jump on one foot 15 times.

>39 EadieB: Lol! Don't think jumping on one foot 15 times is in our curriculum. Removing a jumper when you get too warm is, it's covered under one of the Personal, Social and Emotional Development parts of the Early Learning Goal.

>40 Andrew-theQM:
I found out that jumping on one foot shows that you are somewhat coordinated.

My stepson went to Montessori school which was quite expensive and his report said that he likes to polish the piano. When he came to stay at my house on the weekends, I gave his a dust rag and told him that I heard he was very good at dusting. lol

>41 EadieB: What did he do?

>36 Andrew-theQM: I am nationally certified in those stages here in the US. I think I can handle it. ;0)

My daughter's first grade teacher sent home a note that said "Jacquelynne insists on writing her entire name on her papers...thus there is no room for her written work." Seems she only had four lines and she used three of them to write her first, middle and last name. That left one line.

Jumpers...I spent the better part of an entire day searching for the "jumper" that my volunteer from London declared she had taken off and left in the volunteer room. I found a sweater but alas no "jumper". When i called her and told her what I had found she said "Well I can't imagine what happened to it." Neither of us realizing that we had solved the problem. Separated by a common language:) I couldn't figure out why she would have taken her jumper off in the first place and how she would have gotten home in just her under ware.

>40 Andrew-theQM:
He was about 4 so he really was into dusting and said he would help me dust. But that didn't last too long. He finally decided he would rather play with his dad. He did end up going to The Berkley School of Music in Boston but he played the drums not the piano. Now he works in New York for the Meredith Publishing Company. He does market research for their advertising department.

July Group Reads : Start dates
Dark Watch by Clive Cussler : #3 in the Oregon Files - Starts Friday 8th July
Silent Voices by Ann Cleeves : #4 in th Vera Stanhope Series - Starts Monday 18th July
The Hour Game by David Baldacci - Starts Wednesday 27th July

Schedule for Group Read of Dark Watch by Clive Cussler and Jack Du Brul
#3 in the Oregon Files Series

Friday 8th July : 1 - 6
Saturday 9th July : 7 - 10
Sunday 10th July : 11 - 16
Monday 11th July : 17 - 21
Tuesday 12th July : 22 - 25

As there are some long chapters it is not quite equal sections, but as close as can be.

Will be interesting to see how the new co-writer for the book affects the feel of the books.

Trying setting up a seperate group to do the group read of Dark Watch.
This is the location of the Group Read :
http://www.librarything.com/groups/darkwatchbookdiscuss

This is the schedule for the Group Read of Silent Voices by Ann Cleeves, #4 in the Vera Stanhope Series.

Schedule
Monday 18th July : Chapter One to Eight
Tuesday 19th July : Chapter Nine to Sixteen
Wednesday 20th July : Chapter Seventeen to Twenty-Five
Thursday 21st July : Chapter Twenty-Six to Thirty-Three
Friday 22nd July : Chapter Thirty-Four to Forty-Two

A seperate group has been set up for the group read, which can be found at this location:

http://www.librarything.com/groups/silentvoicesbookdisc

If you are planning to take part in the discussion please join the group so we can see who is taking part. All welcome to join in.

The questions for the first section of the Group Read of Silent Voices by Ann Cleeves have now been posted.

http://www.librarything.com/groups/silentvoicesbookdisc

August Group Reads, start dates to follow:

August
Caught in the Light by Robert Goddard : Standalone
The Book of Fate by Brad Meltzer : Standalone
The Glass Room by Ann Cleeves : #5 in the Vera Stanhope Series

>52 Andrew-theQM:
Great reads for August!

>52 Andrew-theQM: Okay you can have an extra slice of key lime pie. Good job on the reads.

The next Group Read is The Hour Game by David Baldacci. I have an e-copy (always hard to get a feeling of how big the book is). According to Amazon it has 736 pages! Given this do you want to do the Group Read over 6 or 7 days. May be a bit much over 5 days! But leave a post to say what you feel. The read starts on Wednesday.

I have an advanced reading copy that has 437 pages. I'd like to spread it over 7 days because I like the shorter reading sections. For my book in order to make 7 pretty even sections the reading chapters would be:

Day 1 - Chapters 1-14 - up to page 62
Day 2 - Chapters 15-29 - up to page 119
Day 3 - Chapters 30-43 - up to page 183
Day 4 - Chapters 44-58 - up to page 249
Day 5 - Chapters 59-74 - up to page 313
Day 6 - Chapters 75-87 - up to page 374
Day 7 - Chapters 88-101 - up to page 437

Hope this helps you because I know it will be hard to figure with an ebook.

>55 Andrew-theQM: >56 EadieB: My copy is paperback and 479 pages. I would also like to do 7 days for the shorter reading sections. I'll do whatever is easier for you, Andrew since you're on holiday and you are writing the questions. Hope the new boat is going to be ready, Eadie with those little rafts that can go round and round in circles.

>56 EadieB: >57 Carol420: Thanks to both of you and thanks Eadie for suggesting a schedule. I would suggest that we go with Eadie's schedule. This will help others who have other demands on their time. You are right Eadie, it is much easier to do a schedule when you have a physical copy.

The Group for the Group Read of Hour Game by David Baldacci, #2 in the Sean King and Michelle Maxwell Series, has now been Set Up.

http://www.librarything.com/groups/bookdiscussionhourga

Please join so that we know who will be taking part in the group read, all welcome 🤗

We will start the Group Read of Caught in the Light by Robert Goddard on Monday 8th August.

The Book of Fate by Brad Meltzer on Wednesday 17th August.

The Glass Room by Ann Cleeves on Saturday 27th August.

>60 Andrew-theQM: Is there any way...without inconveniencing your schedule... that we could read Book of Fate first? I'm still waiting for Caught in the Light and don't think I'll have it by the 8th. It's okay if you can't move it. I'll just catch up later but still be there if only in spirit. Someone has to man the boat:)

No problem Carol, if we do the Book of Fate starting on 8th August then.

This is now the new schedule:

The Book of Fate by Brad Meltzer : Monday 8th August
Caught in the Light by Robert Goddard : Thursday 18th August
The Glass Room by Ann Cleeves : Saturday 27th August

Schedule for Group Read of The Book of Fate by Brad Meltzer
Standalone

Monday 8th August : 1 - 17
Tuesday 9th August : 18 - 37
Wednesday 10th August : 38 - 59
Thursday 11th August : 60 - 80
Friday 12th August : 81 - 99
Saturday 13th August : 100 - 116 and Epilogue

This is the link for the Group Read of The Book of Fate by Brad Meltzer. It works best if you join the group.

http://www.librarything.com/groups/bookdiscussiontheboo

The book read for Caught in the Light by Robert Goddard will now start on Friday 19th August instead of Thursday 18th August as may not have Internet connection on the 18th. Apologies for any inconvenience caused, Andrew.

works out better for me too - I haven't been notified by the Library yet that the book is ready for me to pick up.

>65 Andrew-theQM: No need to apologize since you can't be expected to chisel the questions out on a stone. I have the book so anytime is fine with me.

Whenever is good for me too. When the questions show up, we will be there! Safe travels!

Schedule for Group Read of Caught in the Light by Robert Goddard.

Friday 19th August : Chapters One to Three
Saturday 20th August : Chapters Four to Six
Sunday 21st August : Chapters Seven to Nine
Monday 22nd August : Chapters Ten to Twelve
Tuesday 23rd August : Chapters Thirteen to Eighteen

The sections are uneven due to the length of the chapters, don't think we've ever had sections of only three chapters!

Please have a look at the questions on the August Chat page linked to Group Reads:

http://www.librarything.com/topic/227823

This is the schedule for Group Reads in September.

Skeleton Coast by Clive Cussler and Jack Du Brul : #4 in the Oregon Files
Starting Tuesday 6th September

The Woman in Blue by Elly Griffiths : #8 in the Ruth Galloway Series
Starting Friday 16th September

Ice Hunt by James Rollins : Standalone
Starting Saturday 24th September

>72 Andrew-theQM: Looks good to me. Can't wait!

Schedule for Group Read of The Glass Room by Ann Cleeves, Book 5 in the Vera Stanhope Series

Saturday 27th August : Chapter 1 to 8
Sunday 28th August : Chapter 9 to 16
Monday 29th August : Chapter 17 to 24
Tuesday 30th August : Chapter 25 to 32
Wednesday 31st August : Chapter 33 to 41

This is the schedule for the group read of Skeleton Coast by Clive Cussler and Jack Dud Brul, which is book 4 in the Oregon Files Series.

Tuesday 6th September : 1 - 4
Wednesday 7th September : 5 - 11
Thursday 8th September : 12 - 17
Friday 9th September : 18 - 21
Saturday 10th September : 22 - 27
Sunday 11th September : 28 - 32

Would love as many people as possible to join in our discussion. It is a series where reading out of order is not really an issue.

Schedule for Group Read of The Woman in Blue by Elly Griffiths, #8 in the Ruth Galloway Series.

Friday 16th September : Prologue and Chapters 1 to 8
Saturday 17th September : Chapters 9 to 14
Sunday 18th September : Chapters 15 to 21
Monday 19th September : Chapters 22 to 25
Tuesday 20th September : Chapters 26 to 30

Schedule for Ice Hunt by James Rollins, which is a standalone.

Saturday 24th September : Prologue and 1 - 3
Sunday 25th Spetember : 4 - 6
Monday 26th September : 7 - 9
Tuesday 27th September : 10 - 12
Wednesday 28th September : 13 - 15
Thursday 29th September : 16 - 18 and Epilogue

Schedule for Simple Genius by David Baldacci, #3 in the King and Maxwell series.

Friday 7th October : 1 - 15
Saturday 8th October : 16 - 30
Sunday 9th October : 31 - 46
Monday 10th October : 47 - 61
Tuesday 11th October : 62 - 78
Wednesday 12th October : 79 - 94

Schedule for Group Read of The Alexandria Link by Steve Berry, #2 in the Cotton Malone Series.

Saturday 15th October : Prologue and 1 - 16
Sunday 16th October : 17 - 30
Monday 17th October : 31 - 44
Tuesday 18th October : 45 - 57
Wednesday 19th October : 58 - 72
Thursday 20th October : 73 - 87

Schedule for The Crucifix Killer by Chris Carter

Thursday 27th October : One - Twelve
Friday 28th October : Thirteen - Twenty-Six
Saturday 29th October : Twenty-Seven - Thirty-Nine
Sunday 30th October : Forty - Fifty-Three
Monday 31st October : Fifty-Four - Seventy

I have now updated the Group Reads for the last two months of the year.

Current Situation

Finished or up to date
Ruth Galloway Series - Finished until new one published
Shetland Series - Finished until new one published
Vera Stanhope Series - Finished (by end of December) until new one published

In the Middle of Series
The Oregon Files - read 4 of 11
The Cotton Malone Series - Read 3 of 11 (by end of year)
Sean King/Michelle Maxwell Series - Read 3 of 6
Robert Goddard - reading through his standalones

Given this we have got scope to target another couple of series next year or one we read intensively (I.e. 1 Book a month)

Please make suggestions of any series you would like to read as a group. Could then look at a vote to decide the 1 or 2 series. Could be totally new Series or could even be a series we have already read the first book of in the Mystery and Suspense Group Read.

I'm really into our current group read The Crucifix Killer, so much so that I'm already hoping we carry on with this series as a group.

Maybe some of these series:

Will Robie by David Baldacci
Rizzoli and Isles by Tess Gerritsen
Mickey Haller by Michael Connelly
Alex Hawke by Ted Bell

>84 bhabeck: Not heard of the Alex Hawke Series or Ted Bell.

>83 Sergeirocks: And there was me worried it'd be too gritty for you. :)

I would also suggest the Ben Hope series by Scott Mariani, but only if others can get hold of them. Read them over a large number of years but would be happy to re-read them.

I like the ones that Brenda recommended and I also like the Ben Hope series. My library only has 3 of them and I'm not sure they are all Ben Hope. They probably could get more. I also agree with Sergie that we should do more of Chris Carter's Hunter books. We started the Kate Bunkholder series by Linda Castillo but didn't finish for some reason. Also more James Rollins books.

Lucas Davenport series by John Sandford
Samantha Owen series by J.T. Ellison - There are only 4 books so far in the series
Roy Grace series by Peter James
John Puller series by David Baldacci
Amos Decker series by David Baldacci

if you're going to do Kate Bunkholder - give me warning so I can catch up to where you are (I don't ROO). :)

>89 bhabeck: If we do Kate Burkholder we may need to find where everyone is first, as we may all be at different points in the series. I've read the first 3.

I've only read the group read (the first one), but I ROO, so I'm happy to jump in anywhere, :D

Going back on the "Books We Have Discussed on Mystery & Suspense Since the Group Began" topic thread... I can find that we have only read the first one Sworn To Silence and that was read #65 on Shelfari. We're up to 104 with the addition of Harbour Street.... Beyond Recall... The Hunters in November.

There are now 7 more books in the series and number 8 coming out in July 2017.

I have read all of them but it is a series that I would be more than happy to read them again. I'll be a good girl and not give anything away if I remember any of it:)

:) :) :) Yeah!!! Heard from my library this morning and they have found a copy of The Hunters and have ordered it. Now they have to get Beyond Recall. They had a copy but it strolled off and never found it's way home.

I think in the past Eadie has also suggested:

The Lucas Davenport Series by John Sandford (suggested by Carol)
The Lincoln Rhyme Series by Jeffrey Deaver
The Sigma Force Series by James Rollins

I've read the first 3 in the Lucas Davenport Series and enjoyed them but had great difficulty getting hold of book 4.
I've also read the first Lincoln Rhyme book which was a great read and a few of the Sigma Force Series but would have no problems with any of this series.

>93 Carol420: Why do people do that. Just return the book!!!

Good news about The Hunters. I loved his Payne and Jones series, some of the humour in that reminds me of Myron Bolitar and this is one of my favourite series. So looking forward to see what The Hunters is like.

>95 Andrew-theQM: More good news...they are ordering Beyond Recall. Now if they just get here before the discussion:)

>97 Andrew-theQM: Fingers crossed.

>94 Andrew-theQM: Lucas Davenport is great - I read the first 8 or so but so long ago that it'll all be new. I also read the first Lincoln Rhyme (needed to do that before the movie) but none of the others - just no time.

A couple other series:

Dewey Andreas by Ben Coes
Mark Beamon by Kyle Mills (Mills is the author who took over the Mitch Rapp series by Vince Flynn after Flynn's death)
Scot Horvath by Brad Thor
Elvis Cole by Robert Crais

sorry - I noticed most of mine tend to run into the thriller category rather than straight up suspense/mystery...lol

The Country House Mystery series by Georgette Heyer is also very interesting. It doesn't seem to actually be a "series" just a theme

>93 Carol420: amazon had the first 3 books in the series for $15 plus change for the kindle edition when I looked it up yesterday. Since none of my libraries had it, I got it.

>98 bhabeck: I always consider thrillers part of the mystery and Suspense genre. I sometimes find it hard to separate out thrillers, mystery and Suspense. Most books have an element of all these. I don't know the first two series but have read a couple of the Elvin Cloe books and enjoyed them. Also read one of the Scott Horvath series (ROO) and enjoyed the character.

Did we ever decide if we are doing any more Stuart MacBride?

I think we need to concentrate on stretching the year out:)

Has anyone read the Brother Cadfael series? It would be a historical mystery and one that looks intriguing to me.

>103 Lynsey2: I've watched all the DVD's. They are good. My mother loves them. She has also read the books. I don;t see why the books would be much different than the DVD's.

>103 Lynsey2: The Cadfael books are enjoyable mysteries but I wonder whether they might be too slow to get up a good discussion? I think Andrew might be hard pressed to come up with many questions on them. What do you think, QM?

>101 EadieB: I think we decided to give MacBride a rest, Eadie, though I can't remember the specific problem we had with him.

>98 bhabeck: I was going to ask if we'd forgotten about the Elvis Cole books...

>105 Sergeirocks: You might be right about the Cadfael books.

>98 bhabeck: I'm always for more Elvis and Joe.

How about the Maggie O'Dell series by Alex Kava? Her new Ryder Creed series is also good and his dogs are adorable.

>103 Lynsey2: I loved these books.

>102 Carol420: That would be a very good trick!

I'd love to read more Kate Burkholder.
I would prefer not to read a book a month of a series. But then I can always leave one out as I don't mind ROOing.

>103 Lynsey2: >105 Sergeirocks: Some Cadfael books quite short, whilst good books I'm not sure they will make the best Group Read Books.

>109 sushicat: I think I agree you with you Sushicat about not reading a series 1 a month. Better to stretch the series out with a bit more of a break between books in a series.

Schedule for Group Read of Harbour Street by Ann Cleeves, #6 in the Vera Stanhope Series.

This is following on from the last one quite quickly as I need to complete it before 8th November, and after that there will be a 10 day gap where I won't have time for a group read 😡

Thursday 3rd November : One - Nine
Friday 4th November : Ten - Sixteen
Saturday 5th November : Seventeen - Twenty-Five
Sunday 6th November : Twenty-Six - Thirty-Four
Monday 7th November : Thirty-Five - Forty-Five

This seems to be an interesting series - anybody read these?
A Clubbable Woman (Dalziel & Pascoe #1) by Reginald Hill

>112 sushicat: Not read them but there was a very good tv series a few years ago based on the books. Interesting characters.

The Group Read for Beyond Recall by Robert Goddard starts tomorrow. This is a standalone.

Due to the longer chapters all sections are not necessarily the same length.

Schedule

Thursday 17th November : Today, Yesterday : Chapters 1 to 3
Friday 18th November : Chapters 4 to 7
Saturday 19th November : Chapters 8 to 11
Sunday 20th November : Chapters 12 to 16
Monday 21st November : Chapters 17 to 21, and Tomorrow

All welcome to join in.

Schedule for Group Read of The Hunters by Chris Kuzneski - book 1 in the Hunters Series.

Saturday 26th November : Prologue and Chapters 1 - 14
Sunday 27th November : Chapters 15 - 30
Monday 28th November : Chapters 31 - 43
Tuesday 29th November : Chapters 44 - 57
Wednesday 30th November : Chapters 58 - 70 and Epilogue

Schedule for Group Read of The Moth Catcher by Ann Cleeves, Book 7 in the Vera Stanhope Series.

Friday 9th December : Chapters 1 to 9
Saturday 10th December : Chapters 10 to 18
Sunday 11th December : Chapters 19 to 27
Monday 12th December : Chapters 28 to 35
Tuesday 13th December : Chapters 36 to 47

Schedule for Group Read of The Venetian Betrayal by Steve Berry.
#3 in the Cotton Malone Series.

Saturday 17th December : Prologue and 1 to 17
Sunday 18th December : 18 to 32
Monday 19th December : 33 to 48
Tuesday 20th December : 49 to 62
Wednesday 21st December : 63 to 79
Thursday 22nd December : 80 to 95

This is the current situation re Group Reads for anyone trying to plan their reading for 2017

Finished or up to date
Ruth Galloway Series - Finished until new one published
Shetland Series - Finished until new one published
Vera Stanhope Series - Finished until new one published

In the Middle of Series
The Oregon Files - read 4 of 11
The Cotton Malone Series - Read 3 of 11
Sean King/Michelle Maxwell Series - Read 3 of 6
Robert Goddard - reading through his standalones
The Hunters Series - Read 1 of 3
Robert Hunter Series - Read 1 of 7 (no. 8 published in February)

Suggested first three months of 2017:

January
Plague Ship by Clive Cussler and Jack Du Brul (#5 of 11 in the Oregon Files)
First Family by David Baldacci (#4 of 6 in King and Maxwell Series)
The Girl in the Ice by Robert Bryndza (Mystery and Suspense Vote Winner for January)

February
Long Time Coming by Robert Goddard
The Charlemagne Pursuit by Steve Berry (#4 of 11 in the Cotton Malone Series)
Mystery and Suspense Vote Winner - TBC

March
The Executioners by Chris Carter (#2 of 7 in the Robert Hunter Series
The Forbidden Tomb by Chris Kuzneski (#2 of 3 in the Hunters Series)
Mystery and Suspense Vote Winner - TBC

May I suggest to swap Kuzneski and Goddard (or Carter and Berry - or...)? That way you balance the genres across the months. You may have noticed that I sit out the more "adventure" kind of reads. I'm happy with reading only two a month, three would be quite a squeeze.

Thanks Sushicat, I will make a swap.

>119 sushicat: I decided to change Carter and Berry as we have enjoyed the Steve Berry we are reading at the moment and it is the longer series. Let me know if this is okay. 😊

Works for me - thanks!

Group Read of Seeking the Dead by Kate Ellis, book 1 in the Detective Inpsector Joe Plantagenet Series.

Monday 26th December : Chapter One to Chapter Four
Tuesday 27th December : Chapter Five to Chapter Nine
Wednesday 28th December : Chapter Ten to Chapter Chapter Thirteen
Thursday 29th December : Chapter Fourteen to Chapter Chapter Seventeen
Friday 30th December : Chapter Eighteen to Chapter Twenty-Two

Some sections are shorter / longer than others due to the length of chapters, but much shorter sections than we normally have.

I need to make a slight change to the start date for the group read of Plague Ship by Clive Cussler. The first set of questions will not be posted now until Friday 6th January, not Thursday 5th as unable to pick the book up from the library until about 6 - 7 pm on the Thursday. Apologies for any inconvenience caused. As I don't have a copy of the book yet I will not be able to post the schedule until Thursday night on 5th January.

>124 Andrew-theQM: Perfectly okay, Andrew.

>124 Andrew-theQM: No worries! :)

I have published the group read schedule for January - August in a new thread.

http://www.librarything.com/topic/245578

>127 Andrew-theQM: wow...I'm impressed with your organization!

>128 bhabeck: I do like to be organised. 😊

>127 Andrew-theQM:
Great job, Andrew! We like that you're organized!

Schedule for Group Read

The Innocent by David Baldacci, #1 in the Will Robie Series

Wednesday 23rd August : Chapters 1 to 16
Thursday 24th August : Chapters 17 to 32
Friday 25th August : Chapters 33 to 50
Saturday 26th August : Chapters 51 to 67
Sunday 27th August : Chapters 68 to 84
Monday 28th August : Chapters 85 to 100

Andrew is in his busy period just starting back to school so here is the schedule for our group read:

Schedule for Group Read of The Emperor’s Tomb by Steve Berry.
#6 in the Cotton Malone Series.

Friday 8th September : Prologue and 1 to 12
Saturday 9th September : 13 to 28
Sunday 10th September : 29 to 43
Monday 11th September : 44 to 57
Tuesday 12th September : 58 to 71
Wednesday 13th September : 72 to 82

>132 EadieB: Thanks Eadie. I set up the Group last night but forgot to post the schedule on here. Only slightly differently posted on the Group to the above.

Friday 8th September : Prologue, and One to Twelve
Saturday 9th September : Thirteen to Twenty-Eight
Sunday 10th September : Twenty-Nine to Forty-Two
Monday 11th September : Forty-Three to Fifty-Six
Tuesday 12th September : Fifty-Seven to Seventy
Wednesday 13th September : Seventy-One to Eighty-Two

>133 Andrew-theQM: You're welcome! Almost got it right! lol

>133 Andrew-theQM: >134 EadieB: I caught this late but I will try to get on board with this one. Are we still reading King & Maxwell later on?

>135 ColinMichaelFelix: King & Maxwell will begin September 17th. Andrew will send you an invite to join the group. I think he sends them to the entire group. If you don't get it, let Andrew know.

>136 Carol420: I will send you an invite for each Group Read Colin but feel free to join as and when you're able to.

Apologies for being late with Saturday's questions - was in middlevof a forest with no phone signal and internet service down! Just got back to the land of the living!

I've been out of phone and internet range for two weeks 🌳🌲🦅🏕🏔 makes for a nice change of pace.

>139 sushicat: Welcome back!

>139 sushicat: Welcome back. Hope you are feeling rejuvenated:)

>139 sushicat: Sounds heavenly!

>142 Andrew-theQM: The days seem to have so many more hours with no TV and no electronic gadgets. And yet I managed to read only one book in all that time...

>143 sushicat: 😂 You must have had so many other tthings to do. The most important thing is that you enjoyed yourself.

Schedule for Group Read of The Night Stalker by Robert Bryndza, #2 in the Detective Erika Foster Series

Wednesday 27th September : Chapter 1 to Chapter 15
Thursday 28th September : Chapter 16 to 31
Friday 29th September : Chapter 32 to Chapter 45
Saturday 30th September : Chapter 46 to Chapter 65
Sunday 1st October : Chapter 66 to Chapter 84 and Epilogue