Rachel Reads Randomly - Vote #84

 

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

1 Votes -  Calling Romeo by Alexandra Potter

1 Votes - Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins

2 Votes  - A Year at Meadowbrook Manor by Faith Bleasdale

4 Votes - The Expats by Chris Pavone

4 Votes - Sweet Home Summer by Michelle Vernal

It was a tie, and I went for Sweet Home Summer mainly because it was a review book too, so killing two birds with one stone always appeals. However lets just say you guys have picked better in the past, and I hope you will do again this week. 

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:

18 - The Widow by Fiona Barton - I've heard such good things about this book, but still not read it myself. I did get given a copy of her second book by someone on holiday which I hope to read at some point too! 

21 - The Year of Living Danishly: Uncovering the Secrets of the World's Happiest Country by Helen Russell - I have a copy of her new book Gone Viking on my review shelf for April and looking forward to it but would be very interested in this first book by the author and to hear more about Denmark. 

27 - All The Bright Places by Jennifer Niven - I recall seeing this on every blog and all over twitter when it was first released. I then won a copy but not got as far as reading it yet. 

41 - The Secret Life of Lucy Lovecake by Pippa James - Loved the look of this while I saw it around the blog-osphere last year that I had to buy it! I know this one involves baking so should make me hungry. 

42 - The Real Lady Detective Agency: A True Story by Rebecca Jane - This is the one I can't place in my mind, but was almost certainly bought in a sale with good intentions! 

I have never read anything by any of these authors which makes this a potentially very interesting vote to watch from my point of view. I know that some of these books have been seen on blogs before so hopefully you may have heard of them, or read them. At this point in time I'm pretty confident I should enjoy all 5 of them which makes me very excited to hand them over to you all! 

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.