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It's time to nominate your choice for our October and November 2019 group non-fiction read - please use this thread to nominate.

Nominations start today and will close on 14th September 2019 or when we filled the poll with six books.

During this time anybody can either nominate or second a book. The 6 books with the most second votes at the end of the 7 day nomination period will go into the poll. Each person can either nominate one book or second one book. There are no limits to the number of seconds a book can receive.

The poll will then run until the 22nd September 2019 and the winner will be announced shortly after. I hope this will leave everybody with enough time to obtain the chosen book.

Please only nominate, second or vote for a book you will read with the group if it should win. Please also check that your chosen nomination hasn't been a group read in the past. You can do this by looking at the group bookshelf, contact one of the moderators or post on 'Ask the Moderators' thread

If you have any questions on the nominations process please contact me, use the 'Ask the Moderators' thread or post on here and we will be happy to help.

I will nominate Unnatural Causes by Richard Shepherd

I’d like to nominate Solito, Solita: Crossing Borders with Youth Refugees from Central America

I'm nominating Fascism: A Warning

I would like to nominate Secondhand Time by Svetlana Alexeivich. If it’s not been already read by the group.

I'd like to nominate The Book of Humans: The Story of How We Became Us by Adam Rutherford

I wonder, just as a suggestion, if we might consider allowing each person a nomination plus a second. It seems to me that it’s a smaller group participating right now and I wonder if it might help.

I’m basically excited to read non-fiction with the group, the only barrier being library wait lists. I’m not overly tied to my own suggestions, necessarily, they are just books I already have out or am close to the end of a waitlist. So I’m interested in them, but can be easily persuaded to another’s suggestion.

Adam Kay this is going to hurt

Chinook wrote: "I wonder, just as a suggestion, if we might consider allowing each person a nomination plus a second. It seems to me that it’s a smaller group participating right now and I wonder if it might help...."

Yeah, I've been thinking this as well. I want to trial it and see if it works but I haven't been actively looking for anyone who does both. I would happily accept it at the minute.
I understand how having to wait for books in the library can be frustrating, especially when the group has moved on to other books, I would try and encourage members to come back and post their thoughts on the book even if it was our group read a couple of years ago, it might get a conversation going again amongst newer members who weren't around at the time.

Books Going To Poll:

Nominated Books:
Unnatural Causes by Richard Shepherd
Solito, Solita: Crossing Borders with Youth Refugees from Central America by Steven Mayers
Fascism: A Warning by Madeleine K. Albright
Secondhand Time by Svetlana Alexeivich
The Book of Humans: The Story of How We Became Us by Adam Rutherford
This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay

Based on Chinook's suggestion, I'm going to second This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay and send it to poll.

Books Going To Poll:
This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay

Nominated Books:
Unnatural Causes by Richard Shepherd
Solito, Solita: Crossing Borders with Youth Refugees from Central America by Steven Mayers
Fascism: A Warning by Madeleine K. Albright
Secondhand Time by Svetlana Alexeivich
The Book of Humans: The Story of How We Became Us by Adam Rutherford

I would like to nominate:
Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia by Christina Thompson

Diana S wrote: "I would like to nominate:
Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia by Christina Thompson"

Thank you for your nomination Diana S.

Books Going To Poll:
This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay

Nominated Books:
Unnatural Causes by Richard Shepherd
Solito, Solita: Crossing Borders with Youth Refugees from Central America by Steven Mayers
Fascism: A Warning by Madeleine K. Albright
Secondhand Time by Svetlana Alexeivich
The Book of Humans: The Story of How We Became Us by Adam Rutherford
Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia by Christina Thompson


Still five slots left for the poll.

I'd like to nominate a book I've ALWAYS wanted to read: I nominate Tom Wolfe 's The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test . Thanks. --Jen from Quebec :0)

I’ll second Secondhand Time.

Books Going To Poll:
This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay
Secondhand Time by Svetlana Alexeivich

Nominated Books:
Unnatural Causes by Richard Shepherd
Solito, Solita: Crossing Borders with Youth Refugees from Central America by Steven Mayers
Fascism: A Warning by Madeleine K. Albright
The Book of Humans: The Story of How We Became Us by Adam Rutherford
Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia by Christina Thompson
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe

Two slots filled, four to go.

I will second Fascism A Warning By madeleine k Albright

I would like to nominate Diana the making of a terriost by Thomas Powers

Books Going To Poll:
This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay
Secondhand Time by Svetlana Alexeivich
Fascism: A Warning by Madeleine K. Albright

Nominated Books:
Unnatural Causes by Richard Shepherd
Solito, Solita: Crossing Borders with Youth Refugees from Central America by Steven Mayers
The Book of Humans: The Story of How We Became Us by Adam Rutherford
Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia by Christina Thompson
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe
Diana the making of a terriost by Thomas Powers

Thank you Nidhi and Samantha, that's three books going to poll now, three slots left to fill.

I’ll nominate Boy Erased: A Memoir of Identity, Faith, and Family, an believable memoir by Garrard Conley.

PattyMacDotComma wrote: "I’ll nominate Boy Erased: A Memoir of Identity, Faith, and Family, an believable memoir by Garrard Conley."

Thank you for nominating :)

Books Going To Poll:
This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay
Secondhand Time by Svetlana Alexeivich
Fascism: A Warning by Madeleine K. Albright

Nominated Books:
Unnatural Causes by Richard Shepherd
Solito, Solita: Crossing Borders with Youth Refugees from Central America by Steven Mayers
The Book of Humans: The Story of How We Became Us by Adam Rutherford
Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia by Christina Thompson
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe
Diana the making of a terriost by Thomas Powers
Boy Erased: A Memoir of Identity, Faith, and Family by Garrard Conley.

That's Not What I Meant! I would like to nominate by Deborah Tannen

Jennifer wrote: "That's Not What I Meant! I would like to nominate by Deborah Tannen"

Thank you for your nomination Jennifer.

Books Going To Poll:
This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay
Secondhand Time by Svetlana Alexeivich
Fascism: A Warning by Madeleine K. Albright

Nominated Books:
Unnatural Causes by Richard Shepherd
Solito, Solita: Crossing Borders with Youth Refugees from Central America by Steven Mayers
The Book of Humans: The Story of How We Became Us by Adam Rutherford
Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia by Christina Thompson
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe
Diana the making of a terriost by Thomas Powers
Boy Erased: A Memoir of Identity, Faith, and Family by Garrard Conley.
That's Not What I Meant! by Deborah Tannen

I nominate Last Woman Hanged by Caroline Overington.

I would like to second Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia

With all that I have going on in my life right now, I am trying to avoid books that will add to my stress level and every fiction book we have in the poll will do that right now :). PLUS, this looks fascinating!

Books Going To Poll:
This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay
Secondhand Time by Svetlana Alexeivich
Fascism: A Warning by Madeleine K. Albright
Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia by Christina Thompson

Nominated Books:
Unnatural Causes by Richard Shepherd
Solito, Solita: Crossing Borders with Youth Refugees from Central America by Steven Mayers
The Book of Humans: The Story of How We Became Us by Adam Rutherford
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe
Diana the making of a terriost by Thomas Powers
Boy Erased: A Memoir of Identity, Faith, and Family by Garrard Conley.
That's Not What I Meant! by Deborah Tannen
Last Woman Hanged by Caroline Overington

Another book added to poll. Who is going to get the last two slots?

Karin wrote: "I would like to second Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia

With all that I have going on in my life right now, I am trying to avoid books that will add to my stress level and every..."

It does look interesting, choosing from this poll is going to be tough.

Two days left to nominate before the poll opens!!

The poll is now open:

https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...