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It's time to nominate your choice for our February and March 2020 group non-fiction read - please use this thread to nominate.

Nominations start today and will close on 12th January or when we filled the poll with six books.

During this time anybody can nominate and second one book each. 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 20th January 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'm going to kick this off and nominate 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann

I'll nominate Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

Paul wrote: "I'll nominate Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men"

Thank you, Paul.

Nominated Books
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado-Pérez

I’d like to second 1491.

And I’ll nominate They/Them/Their: A Guide to Nonbinary & Genderqueer Identities.

Chinook wrote: "I’d like to second 1491.

And I’ll nominate They/Them/Their: A Guide to Nonbinary & Genderqueer Identities."

Thank you Chinook, your nomination looks interesting. I will second that one.

Nominated Books
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado-Pérez

Books Going To Poll:
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann
They/Them/Their: A Guide to Nonbinary & Genderqueer Identities by Eris Young

I'd like to second Invisible Women

Thank you Maria, I will update the list when I’m at my laptop.

Invisible Women was great!

I'm currently reading Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of Russia, so I'll nominate that.

I'd like to nominate We Killed: The Rise of Women in American Comedy because I'll be reading that in February and I find this topic interesting :)

Nominated Books
Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of Russia by Orlando Figes
We Killed: The Rise of Women in American Comedy by Yael Kohen

Books Going To Poll:
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann
They/Them/Their: A Guide to Nonbinary & Genderqueer Identities by Eris Young
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado-Pérez

Three slots filled in the poll, three more to go.

THE LIBRARY BOOK
By Susan Orlean
Illustrated. 317 pp.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/15/bo...

I haven't read it yet. It's been on my TBR list since it came out.

I’ll nominate Blood in the Snow: The True Story of a Stay-at-Home Dad, his High-Powered Wife, and the Jealousy that Drove him to Murder

Thank you Terrie and Christine.
I am adding your nominations to the list now.

Nominated Books
Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of Russia by Orlando Figes
We Killed: The Rise of Women in American Comedy by Yael Kohen
The Library Book by Susan Orlean
Blood in the Snow: The True Story of a Stay-at-Home Dad, his High-Powered Wife, and the Jealousy that Drove him to Murder by Tom Henderson

Books Going To Poll:
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann
They/Them/Their: A Guide to Nonbinary & Genderqueer Identities by Eris Young
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado-Pérez

I'll second blood in the snow

Kat wrote: "I'll second blood in the snow"

Thank you Kat

Nominated Books
Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of Russia by Orlando Figes
We Killed: The Rise of Women in American Comedy by Yael Kohen
The Library Book by Susan Orlean


Books Going To Poll:
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann
They/Them/Their: A Guide to Nonbinary & Genderqueer Identities by Eris Young
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado-Pérez
Blood in the Snow: The True Story of a Stay-at-Home Dad, his High-Powered Wife, and the Jealousy that Drove him to Murder by Tom Henderson

Two spots left

The Library Book

On the morning of April 29, 1986, a fire alarm sounded in the Los Angeles Public Library. As the moments passed, the patrons and staff who had been cleared out of the building realized this was not the usual fire alarm. As one fireman recounted, “Once that first stack got going, it was ‘Goodbye, Charlie.’” The fire was disastrous: it reached 2000 degrees and burned for more than seven hours ...

Antonio wrote: "The Library Book

On the morning of April 29, 1986, a fire alarm sounded in the Los Angeles Public Library. As the moments passed, the patrons a..."

You want to second this?

yes please

Antonio wrote: "yes please"

Ah, thank you, Antonio.

Nominated Books
Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of Russia by Orlando Figes
We Killed: The Rise of Women in American Comedy by Yael Kohen

Books Going To Poll:
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann
They/Them/Their: A Guide to Nonbinary & Genderqueer Identities by Eris Young
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado-Pérez
Blood in the Snow: The True Story of a Stay-at-Home Dad, his High-Powered Wife, and the Jealousy that Drove him to Murder by Tom Henderson
The Library Book by Susan Orlean

One slot left, which book is going to take it?

Nominations are closed. Setting the poll up shortly.

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

Voted!

Winner has been announced, the thread is right here:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...