Rachel Reads Randomly - Vote 82

 

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

2 Votes -  And A Sixpence For Luck by Lilac Mills

5 Votes - Twelve Days of Christmas by Debbie Macomber

12 Votes  - The Deaths of December by Susi Holliday

Feels like forever since I last had one of these posts, was only really a month but never mind. The Deaths of December was a well deserved winner and I absolutely loved reading it.  I have since read and the reviews are live for both the runners up, as I was clearly in lets read Christmas book mode. 

So this year I've decided instead of changing what part of the TBR I randomise each week, I'm going with at least until I get bored books released in the current month - so for the next few weeks all the options will be books released in January - that is January from whatever year they were published! (At least based on the publication date I put on my master spreadsheet). Should give all books a few chances to get picked over a year and be slightly quicker for me to set up!  

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 5 choices with my gut feeling responses are:

9 - Further Confessions of a GP by Benjamin Daniels - I remember reading the first Confessions of a GP book and enjoying it enough to buy this second one. However apparently I have never got around to reading it. Should be full of amusing anecdotes! 

16 - Not Another Happy Ending by David Solomons - Genuinely don't recall anything other than knowing its been on my kindle for absolutely ages! Could be a great wildcard choice! While googling for the cover image I have discovered this has since been turned into a film, with the screenplay by this author. 

19 - Too Close to the Sun by Diana Dempsey - Another book i have had on my kindle for ages, but this time, I do know I have enjoyed other books by the author before, believe this is a rom com. 

43 - Wing Jones by Katherine Webber - Won this in a giveaway last year and the paperback is very pretty. 

58 - A Little Bit of Madness by Sheryl Browne - Love this author, and this is one of her back catalogue that I have just never got around to reading yet. 

Well this is arguably a completely random selection of books (picked at random, and with very few instantly recognisable titles), I don't recall a lot about a few of them, so not really got an inkling on what you guys are likely to decide. Even if you have never hear of them, which one are you most drawn to, be it title, cover,  or anything else? 

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.