Bailey's/Orange Women's Fiction Group discussion

Nominate away!!!

Can we nominate from the new longlist?

I nominate:
Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels.

This won the 1997 prize and it seems to be either loved or hated by reviewers here, which might lead to a good discussion. It is the story of a young man coming to terms with traumatic events in his childhood in a poetic and contemplative way.

I loved that book, but I remember people either loving it or really not liking it, which was fun and made for very spirited book club discussions!

Just finished "The Bear" by Claire Cameron -on the new longlist, interesting, very quick read because it was hard to put down! Also very interested in reading Americanah by Adichie, also on the new longlist.
Sorry - I don't know how to put the photos and links up in my post!

I will nominate The Strangler Vine from the new long list and if it's not allowed then just don't include it.

I would like to nominate Americanah from the new long list, if we can... not sure what the archive rules are for nominating :)

I guess that at some point the 2013 list will become part of 'archive' and the 2014 list will be the current list, so I am going to hold off nominating from the 2014 list until then.
Penny: Is that a correct assumption?

I have read one of those and have the other on my to-read list and am looking forward to discussing both.

Val wrote: "I guess that at some point the 2013 list will become part of 'archive' and the 2014 list will be the current list, so I am going to hold off nominating from the 2014 list until then.
Penny: Is that..."

yes when they award the prize, '2013' will become 'archive' and 2014 current - hope that's OK with everyone - I too am looking at the books with anticipation.

Do you all want to add the 2014 books into 2013 choices? sounds a bit mad but we cant really add them to the archive - let me know what you want as we have 2 nominations for books from the 2014 longlist - I am perfectly happy to read those if that is what the group would like. Dont think they would replace the archive read though - they would have to be in the poll with the 2013 book.

oh - my nomination for the archive is

From the archives, I nominate Swamplandia by Karen Russell. It is sitting on my pile, sounds different...it has very mixed reviews and the comments on Goodreads are pretty funny.