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Watch this space for announcements and info about the group. Please keep discussion on this thread focused on group announcements.

Starring this thread is highly recommended so that group announcements are seen.

The basic structure is in place, I'll add to the group challenges as they are created in this year's group.

Anybody have a good group picture to suggest?

And just a note: I didn't make the "What We Are Reading" threads this year. We just weren't using them. But if someone wants to sponsor a particular genre, I'm happy to add that to the group wiki!

>2 drneutron: I like this one:

https://imgix.bustle.com/rehost/2016/9/13/9b64218a-939c-485d-89c6-ae247784ddc3.j...

Nice! We'll start with that.

>5 drneutron: cats aren't my favorite things. :-(
how about https://www.wearetheliving.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/000-reading-795x510.pn...

Oooo - I like that!

Amanda has kicked off the British Author Challenge! Threads so far are:

General Thread

January: Children's Classics (before 1997)

Wildcard I: Read the movies

Wildcard II: Rereads

>4 fuzzi: Books & dogs, with coffee and good munchies. Life is not so spare of comforts. Also Becky, she's fun, and Mike and I have ground on tolerably well most of the time and know how to make each other laugh.

Berly is hosting a group read of Red Clocks by Leni Zumas in January here .

The American Authors Challenge is up!

Here's the General Discussion Thread

Thanks, Jim....I just came here to post that link, and these as well:

The January thread is here.

and
The Wild Card Thread

In 2022 it will be five years since Rebecca (rebeccanyc) passed away. As many of you know, she was an active member here in the 75ers and in some other groups here on LT.

As a tribute to her, I set up a thread in Club Read 2022 with a plan to read all the books she still wanted to read with all her friends here at LT. You are welcome to join, even if you did not have the pleasure of knowing her. Because one thing you can be sure of: Rebecca had exceptionally good taste and read a wide variety of books, so there is probably something for everyone.

You can find the HOPE TO READ SOON: a tribute to Rebeccanyc thread here.

>13 Trifolia: That is lovely. Rebecca was a very special lady who was very helpful to me when I first joined the group and whose reading tastes were invariably on point. I miss her presence in the group and her wonderful, if concise, reviews.

Hi, all, I tried putting out some feelers last year about doing a group or buddy read of Mahabharata with me - maybe not finishing in a year....very informal. I found two people on a Discord group I'm part of who want to join me. I was wondering if anyone here would like to join? I could either try to get them to come over here, or have you join us on Discord. Just putting it out there. 😊

ETA: maybe I should drop a line in the Asian Author group?

The January Nonfiction Challenge thread is up! Theme is prizewinner. Stop by and see what folks are reading!

https://www.librarything.com/topic/338089

Stasia is sponsoring a thread for those who like to play board games!

Board Games, Anyone?

Stasia is also sponsoring Here’s to Our Health in 2022.

SilverWolf28 has pt together the 2022 Louis L'Amour Shared Read. See here.

>19 drneutron: thanks for letting others know. The more the merrier!

Lisa (labfs39) and I have created a new group dedicated to Holocaust Literature. We have created threads for discussing articles, exposing the fakes, graphic novels, juvenile literature, films & documentaries, the Righteous Among Nations, and more. If this topic interests you please stop by and join the discussions and/or create a thread to track your Holocaust-related reading.

Paul, Nina, Roni and I are doing a group read of David Eddings Belgariad series, starting with Pawn of Prophecy beginning on January 15th. Anyone is welcome to join us here: https://www.librarything.com/topic/338624

A site-wide group read of Art Spiegleman's Maus has just been announced.

https://www.librarything.com/topic/339164

I believe there are a few Wordle fans in this group. I just read that the NY Times has bought Wordle! Yikes! They say that the game will remain free to all (at least for now), but that NYT bought it to firm up their digital cred.

Karen O.

The February thread for the American Authors Challenge is now open. Our author this month is Tess Gallagher.

The Memory of Love Group Read: https://www.librarything.com/topic/339479

Please join us!

https://ebookclub.tor.com/

Until Friday, you can get

Witchmark b CL Polk
Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh
All Systems Red by Martha Wells (not that anyone needs this one :) )

All in one "Bundle O' Love". And by that, they mean one ebook file.

The Green Dragon is reading Arcadia by Iain Pears this March, if anyone will be interested in joining the group read there :)

There is a group read this month of Margaret Oliphant's The Perpetual Curate. It is being conducted through the Virago group, but all welcome. :)

The thread is here.

There are a number of 75er's reading Winesburg,Ohio this month.
Feel free to join in, here is the link

The April BAC thread is up. We'll be reading Kamila Shamsie and Clive Barker.

https://www.librarything.com/topic/340803#

How does one upload a photo that they've taken to a message/post?

>34 ocgreg34: Go to your profile page. Find the link to "Your member gallery". There you will find an "Add a picture" link. You can upload from your device, or from the internet. Once the photo is in your member gallery or junk drawer, you copy the link location by right clicking on it and selection that option. Then use this code, between carets, to put it in a message:
IMG SRC=" " Paste the link between the double quotes.

Here’s a link to instructions to do all sorts of things in a message: https://wiki.librarything.com/index.php/Basic_HTML_/_How_to_do_Fancy_Things_in_Y...

That link can be found on the group wiki page.

>35 laytonwoman3rd: Thank you! That worked perfectly. :)

>36 drneutron: Thanks for the information. I bookmarked the page in my browser. :)

There will be a group read of Anthony Trollope's Miss Mackenzie in June.

I will post the link here when I create the thread.

All welcome!

The thread is now up for the group read of Miss Mackenzie by Anthony Trollope - here.

>32 Carmenere:
Hi Lynda. Good to see that you are still in LT.
I’ll search for your thread

DRUM ROLL........



My "near" daughter, the amazing Holly Wendt has a sporty novel in the pipeline. I knew they would one day, and I'm thrilled. Some of you will love it, I'm sure.

Anyone wanting to read more classics this year is more than welcome to help Geeks who love the Classics to nominate and vote for the Quarter 3 (July) and 4 (Oct) group reads!

Planning thread is here.

I am hosting a Group Read of Arctic Dreams if anyone is interested in joining us. I will start tomorrow. Sorry, I should have given a better heads-up. If you have wanted to read this one, especially if it has been languishing on your TBR shelf, please join us.

Here is the link: https://www.librarything.com/topic/342435#unread

There is a group read of Shakespeare's Timon of Athens starting on 1 July (and stretching all through the end of September) over in the Geeks who love the Classics group.
Anyone interested in joining is most welcome!

Just a heads up...

I received an email from Amazon after loading an eBook to my Kindle that beginning August 2022, users will no longer be able to upload .mobi files to the devices. It shouldn't affect .mobi files that are already on Kindles, though.

Amazon Dropping Mobi Support on Send-to-Kindle Apps

Yep, they've finally decided to go epub along with everyone else. It should simplify getting ebooks - no more separate button for Kindles.

>41 xieouyang: Hi there! Yes, still on LT but not as active as I would like.

Because of recent events, I would like to read my first Salman Rushdie but I'm in a bit of a tithy, his catalog is so extensive, I'm unsure where to begin. My thread doesn't get a lot of traffic so I'm hoping this thread will garner some recommendations. Thank you!

>49 Carmenere: I loved Midnight's Children. It was my first Rushdie and I thought it was a good place to start.

>50 cbl_tn: Seconding Midnight's Children! Haroun and the Sea of Stories is also lovely and a bit of an easier entry point as it's aimed at a younger audience (it was written for one of his sons). But for the same reasons, I would say it's not as impactful as Midnight's Children.

>50 cbl_tn: >51 curioussquared: Thank you, both, for your input. Midnight's Children it will be. "impactful" intrigues me.

I first read Shame. If you can find it- there was a film made from Midnight's Children.

I loved Shame and Midnight's Children but couldn't get along with Grimus.
I am currently reading Joseph Anton about his time in hiding.

How to change my Password?

>55 OldDan: if you click on your name in the top menu bar, and the click on settings and then click on Account Settings. You should see a Change Password option, near the bottom of the screen.

Many thank you's mahsdad. I got it.

There will be a group read of Margaret Oliphant's Miss Marjoribanks next month, through the Virago group but all welcome.

I will be setting the thread up on Friday or Saturday and will post back here when it is up.

The thread is now up for the group read of Miss Marjoribanks - here.

All welcome!

If anyone would be interested in The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy, you are more than welcome to join our Oct-Dec '22 Group Read!

>60 Majel-Susan: I'd love to join and will have Tolstoy books to recommend.

And, how to get the Oct-Dec '22 Group Read to come up under "Topics?"

>61 m.belljackson: It would be lovely to have you join us!

One way to get a topic of interest to appear in "Topics" is to star the topic you want. It will then appear under "Starred Topics."

>62 Majel-Susan: Okay - confusion here for new person - I do not see it listed anywhere under the Topics.

>63 m.belljackson: The Death of Ivan Ilyich group read is part of the "Geeks who love the Classics" Group, not this 75 Books Challenge Group. So you won't see it in the 75 Challenge Group list of topics, even though the announcement was posted on the 75ers Message thread.

You'll see it as a topic listed here: https://www.librarything.com/ngroups/1481/Geeks-who-love-the-Classics

>64 kac522: Thank you!

The November British Authors Challenge thread is up!

https://www.librarything.com/topic/345472#

The November thread for the American Authors Challenge is ready for contributions. We're doing a Native American theme this time.

Like we need more to read, but if you're interested and your library is participating, the Big Library Read (http://biglibraryread.com) is reading A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger, this month.

No waitlists on Libby thru the 16th.

Nina is a Lipan girl in our world. She's always felt there was something more out there. She still believes in the old stories. Oli is a cottonmouth kid, from the land of spirits and monsters. Like all cottonmouths, he's been cast from home. He's found a new one on the banks of the bottomless lake. Nina and Oli have no idea the other exists. But a catastrophic event on Earth, and a strange sickness that befalls Oli's best friend, will drive their worlds together in ways they haven't been in centuries. And there are some who will kill to keep them apart. Darcie Little Badger introduced herself to the world with Elatsoe. In A Snake Falls to Earth, she draws on traditional Lipan Apache storytelling structure to weave another unforgettable tale of monsters, magic, and family. It is not to be missed.

>68 mahsdad: It was one of my favorites this year!

>68 mahsdad: I grabbed a copy from Libby just now. Thanks for the heads-up!

Karen O

The planning thread for next year's British Author Challenge is now up.

https://www.librarything.com/topic/345635#

It's time to get your Christmas Wishlist's in order. The Christmas Swap is here!

https://www.librarything.com/topic/345651

Signal Boost - if you're interested come check out the Christmas Swap Page for 2022

https://www.librarything.com/topic/345651

LT's Santathing is active. Come join the 75 Christmas Swap instead, where you know the people buying you books, rather than a random stranger. I'm just joking, join both, either or none. Just want to make sure everyone has the opportunity.

https://www.librarything.com/topic/345651

>74 mahsdad: I think several of us opted out of SantaThing this year. I didn't have nearly as much fun last year with it, and the Swap is more to my liking!

>72 mahsdad: Feel free to post this on my thread, too, to get the word out. And thanks for doing this again! 8 years!! How time flies when you are having fun. : )

Signal Boost - if you're interested come check out the Christmas Swap Page for 2022

https://www.librarything.com/topic/345651

>74 mahsdad: why I left Santathing: it was impersonal, without exception the person who I was given never acknowledged the books in any way? I sent them PMs to make sure they received the books, nothing.

In the Swap I not only know who I'm assigned, I talk with them afterwards. It definitely is more personal and welcoming.

Just a reminder that the planning thread for next year's British Author Challenge is up.

https://www.librarything.com/topic/345635#

Signal Boost again for the 75 Christmas Book Swap. I'll probably be doing the selections on Sunday, so there's still time to join. Just let me know. If I get a few more, I'll stop pestering you. 😁

https://www.librarything.com/topic/345651

Last Signal Boost back to the top of the message list. If anyone is still interested, let me know. I'll make the selections sometime tomorrow.

75 Christmas Book Swap - https://www.librarything.com/topic/345651#n7985735

The December thread for the AAC is up. We're reading Martha Gellhorn to finish the year.

hello?

Here's a good article about buying second-hand books on-line. I subscribe to Fine Books & Collections, and this link came through my e-mail from them, so I don't know if those who don't will encounter a paywall.

There was a popup suggesting I subscribe, but when I dismissed that I was able to read the article. Yeah, I've had that happen. I was looking for one specific edition of a book, found it listed, ordered it...and got the more recent, rewritten edition, which I already had. Grr! Got my money back, though, and I don't think I had to return the book (I donated it to the library, probably).

ETA I think that was the seller not understanding the difference, rather than actual malice/cheating, though.

>86 jjmcgaffey: I've had that happen. I have found that eBay has better return policies than Amazon (marketplace). Once I ordered a hardcover children's book from Amazon, listed in very good condition, and got a stained, bent paperback! I had to argue with the seller who didn't want to refund my money. With eBay I can message the seller and ask them specifics that may not be mentioned in the description. I got the exact edition of Savage Sam that I wanted that way, and I am very pleased.

I've never had an issue with any of the vendors on Abe Books, though I believe most of my experience came before it was purchased by Amazon. (They may or may not have since decided to bring their acquisition down to the low standards of things run under their own brand name.)

I've had no issues with Abe Books but I haven't bought direct on amazon used books which is an option. I have run into troubles with people using Amazon to sell their stuff.

>87 fuzzi: With Amazon, it really depends on the seller. The sellers I buy from will refund the book with no questions asked (some will ask for a photo) and no need to send it back. I have a list in my head of "safe" sellers, they're usually the big ones, so I can find cheap books fairly easily.

The Geeks who love the Classics group is planning their 2023 Q1 and Q2 group reads!

Nominations close tomorrow so it's not yet too late to propose a book of your choice!

Our current nominations are:
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne

https://www.librarything.com/topic/346119#n8002855

There will be a group read of Anthony Trollope's The Belton Estate in January; I will post again when the thread is up. All welcome!

The list for the 2023 American Authors Challenge can be found here. Old friends and newcomers, stop in and check out the choices. January's thread will go up once there is a 2023 Group, but feel free to make early plans to join us as often as you like.

Would anyone be interested in a Discworld group read starting next year? I would like to read them by sub-series, perhaps starting with the Unseen University Collection since that contains the first book in publication order:

1. The Colour of Magic
2. The Light Fantastic
3. Sourcery
4. Eric
5. Moving Pictures
6. Interesting Times
7. The last Continent
8. Unseen Academicals

Maybe one every 2 months?

>94 The_Hibernator: I might be interested in this.

>95 SandDune: Great! Let's see who else bites. 😊

>94 The_Hibernator: Sign me up, Coach!

I would pop in and out as I have read some of them. I have not read them in order.

>94 The_Hibernator: I'm totally for Pratchett's Discworld - well, except maybe the Unseen University Collection as it includes most of my least favorite Discworld books. I'm not sure I've even ever re-read the first two or the last 3.

>99 quondame: Where would you propose starting, then?

I'd be interested in a Pratchett read (provided life/work doesn't get in the way) but am currently reading the Witches series and was thinking of reading Death after that.

>100 The_Hibernator: Mort is one good start, Equal Rites works as does Guards! Guards!. In the chart it indicates that Pratchett recommends starting at Sourcery.


By Krzysztof Kietzman, Jakov Olekstein, Diana Nock and others

It's not that The Color of Magic and The Light Fantastic don't have lots of good points, but they are a somewhat mean spirited take down of fantasy up to their time, including some fantasy that was better than those two books, if not unassailable.

>102 quondame: LOL. I have seen that chart before, but find it incredibly confusing. But if you would like to pick 6 of them for 2023, I would be happy to let you choose them.

>103 The_Hibernator: My favorites start with Guards! Guards!. But maybe start with Mort featuring Death as a character who shows up rather a lot throughout the series, not always in a strictly nominative role....

>104 quondame: Ok, I'm fine starting with the Death novels.

Mort is great! I always think that The Colour of Magic isn’t a great starting point either.

February - Mort
April - Reaper Man
June - Soul Music
August - Hogfather
October - Thief of Time

>107 The_Hibernator: If life and work permits it, I’m in!

For that sequence, I'll try it. I stalled out on Rincewind, and have managed to read...I think one, possibly two Tiffany Aching books in the intervening...20 years? I've been wanting to get solidly into the series.

So I'm feeling a little lonely over here... https://www.librarything.com/ngroups/23884/75-Books-Challenge-for-2023

>107 The_Hibernator: Willing to give it a try!!

The 2023 British Author Challenge is up! https://www.librarything.com/topic/346901