The Next Best Book Club discussion

Please read the rules for nominating BEFORE you create your post!! And check our bookshelves to be sure you are not nominating something we have already read as a group!

The categories going forward will remain as follows (based on your feedback):

Cat1- Regular Fiction/Non-Fiction
Cat2- Classics

In order for a novel to count as "Classic" it must be published pre-1980.

Please do not nominate a book more than once. A book can only be voted on once, so multiple nominations within this thread are not counted.

Only ONE nomination per person.
If you nominate a book for catagory 1, you CANNOT nominate a book for catagory 2, and visa versa.

Please be sure to post the title, author, and the catagory it belongs to.

Ideally, you can type it as follows -
Cat 1. Room - Emma Donoghue

If your post does not have those three things, it will not be counted.

Are you ready?

I will accept nominations through Saturday evening. If we get tons of nominations, I may pull the plug on it a little early, so get them in as soon as you can!

Once I close nominations I will create the polls and let you know when it is time to vote!

Hit us with your best noms!

**Important note: At no time is it acceptable for an author to nominate one of his/her own books for the monthly group read. Likewise, it is not acceptable to "push" nominations or votes within this group. It also follows that "a nomination for a nomination" is not acceptable. If I suspect a push, or inappropriate actions have taken place within the group read nominations or votes, I reserve the right to deem those nominations or votes as ineligible.

Cat 1 - The Kite Runner - by Khaled Hosseini

Cat 1 - The Carrion Vine - by Erane Scully

Cat 1--Where'd You Go Bernadette--by Maria Semple

Cat 2 -- The Complete Stories
by Flannery O'Connor

Cat 2. The Man Who Loved Children - Christina Stead

Cat 1-The Dressmaker by Kate Alcott

Cat 1.A Partisan's Daughter-Louis de Bernières

Cat 1 - Simon and Hiroko - by Marius Hancu

Cat 1 - Zero Sight by B. Justin Shier

Cat 1 - Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter
by Adeline Yen Mah

Cat2 - Ivanhoe by Walter Scott

Cat 1 - Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson

Cat 2 - A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute

Cat 1 - The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery

Room

Sorry, Cat 1 : Room

I think Room has already been read

Cat. 1 The Fault In Our Stars by John Green

Cat.1 We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver

Paula wrote: "I think Room has already been read"

Yes, Room was already a group read.

Trina wrote: "Cat 1 - Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson"

Trina, you are only allowed one nomination per person -- you'll need to decide which of yours you want to keep and delete the other, or Lori won't count either. ; )

Dani wrote: "Cat 1: Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist"

Dani, this was already a group read. Feel free to nominate something different -- you might want to check the bookshelf first (link at top of right sidebar). ; )

Cat 1: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

cat 2:Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

Cat 1: Night Madness by Richard R. Pyves

Heather L wrote: "Dani wrote: "Cat 1: Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist"

Dani, this was already a group read. Feel free to nominate something different -- you might want to check the bookshelf first (li..."

Dang it! I did take a look at the list but I must have missed this one being on there. Sorry!

Hahah. Heather, thank you so much for your help! You're great at this!!

Cat 2- Passage to India by E.M. Forster

Cat2- I, Robot By Issac Asimov

Lori wrote: "Hahah. Heather, thank you so much for your help! You're great at this!!"

No problem, Lori. I have prior experience with this. : )

cat1 - The Third Sunrise: A Memoir of Madness by Natalie Jeanne Champagne

Cat.2 The Diary of a Young Girlby Anne frank

cat1-Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo. Non-fiction that reads like a novel.

Cat 1-The Art of Racing in the Rain

Nominations are now closed.


Alright ladies and gentlemen, go get your voting on!

http://www.goodreads.com/poll/list/12...

Polls are open until January 23rd.
One vote per category...

May the best books win!!!

Hey everyone!

Votes are in; Polls are closed.

The books with the most votes, which will become our February Group Reads, are....

The Elegance of the Hedgehog - Fic/Non Fic category

and

Northanger Abbey - classic category


See ya in the threads to discuss both starting Feb 1st!

I read The Elegance of the Hedgehog for my library discussion group about two years ago. I thought it was very good and it would be worthwhile reading again. I also saw the movie that was based on the book.