Rachel Reads Randomly - Vote #76

 

Thank you everyone for your input last time. The results of the last vote were:

3 Votes -  Twelve Days of Christmas by Debbie Macomber 

7 Votes - Christmas Secrets in Snowflake Cove by Emily Harvale

21 Votes - Sleigh Rides and Silver Bells at the Christmas Fair by Heidi Swain

Well that was an overwhelmingly decisive decision, and what a great one it was - I loved the book so much that my "review" is a set of thoughts that I hope make sense - or just go buy the book in short! 

It's official, its the run up to Christmas, give or take Halloween (tomorrow!), hence its time for us to do a few weeks of Christmas random reads, or until I run out of eligible books! This is purely as I only like reading them at this time of year, and never like having too many left over year to year! For the next couple of months, there will only be 3 choices each week due to the smaller pool to pick from. I have added in this year a few of the wintery sounding books too, just for a bit of variety!  

Below is my initial theory for this feature, and then a bit further, what you are all waiting for... This weeks's vote! Enjoy!

I am also awful at deciding what book to read next, as I often have about 10 titles or authors jumping into my brain at any time, shouting at me to read them, and I tend to worry I have made the wrong decision while reading a perfectly good book. I am hoping this will save me having to make at least 1 choice a week, while possibly providing a review to the site of a book you all either love or are curious about yourselves. 

So what I am proposing, is my lovely loyal readers of Rachel's Random Reads, select one book for me to read a week, and I will post the review the following week. 

This week's random numbers are...

And the books these numbers correspond to are...

So the 3 choices with my gut feeling responses are:

9 - Jenny Kane's Christmas Collection by Jenny Kane - This is a collection of Christmas Jenny Kane short stories that I bought last year. I have since read one of her full length books and really enjoyed it so would love to get stuck into this collection. 

14 - The Snow Rose by Lulu Taylor - An author I always tend to enjoy, I really do need to catch up on reading all of her wintery covered books! 

15 - Winter at the West Sands Guest House by Maggie Conway - This put up a decent showing a couple of weeks ago, but will it win this time?

This is an interesting looking selection, I suspect there could be an overwhelming winner again but equally I can also see it being a three way time! Honestly not sure what my gut desire from these three would be pulling me towards, luckily its not me that has to make the decision! Have fun! 

And authors, if its your book up on this feature, feel free to take part, vote for yourself, or stir up excitement amongst your fans! 

Pick your favourite or the one you most want me to review, or just the one you are curious about, and leave me a comment below, before midnight on Wednesday. 

I look forward to seeing what I will be reading over the weekend, courtesy of you all. 

The explanation if you haven't seen the feature before. 

How is this going to work?

Every Monday, I am going to have a post like this, which is going to have some choices on it. I am planning on using random.org to select 7 random numbers, to coincide with my spreadsheet of unread books.  

I will from that produce a list of hopefully 5 books, I reserve the right to veto any books, and will give reasons for them, if it occurs.

I will take screenshots and post them, of the chosen books, and also give you my instinctive reactions to the choices (without checking blurbs or any other info about them, which could be interesting as there are probably many forgotten about books on my spreadsheet!). 

Your task is to post a comment on this post, with the book you would like me to read this week. At midnight on Wednesday I will take a tally of the votes and the book with the most, I will read and review for the following Monday, where you will also get a new choice post. 

In the event of a tie, I will chose which one appeals most, for the Monday review, and possibly try and read and review the other to appear when I can. 

I am hoping this will provide some variety to the books appearing, and will let me potentially read or discover some great authors that I have wanted to read but not got around to yet.