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For our non-fiction group read in April and May our theme is The Arts

Nominations will run for a maximum of 7 days or until 7 poll-contestants are chosen. In order to move into poll a book needs to receive a second vote. So second if you are not nominating!

Please stick to one nomination OR one second vote per person.

Should you have a question, feel free to ask in this thread!

I would like to nominate Ways of Seeing by John Berger.

Ah I love this book passionately!! So here's me seconding it :)

Oh thank you very much Jenny! :) That was quick! LOL!

Do you mean to say that it surprises you that I respond in under a month time?! LOL. God it feels good to be back :)

Oh dear - foot in mouth again, Jean. *blushes*.

Jenny - NO! Now I recollect, we may have discussed this book briefly before. But when I nominated it just now, I wasn't sure it was very widely known. So I thought if it got any secondings it would be because someone had been digging out the info. I remember being very impressed when I read it though; it was key when it was published, as was the TV series with all the visual examples. And now I find it's on Kindle I'd really like to read it again!

*Phew* ;)

LOL Jean, I was just making fun of the fact that it DID take me a month at times this winter to reply to something because I was gone so much ;) No foot anywhere near mouth I promise.

Yes, I loved the book and would really like reading it again , still have to look at the TV series though!

I can't think of anything personally, but Ways of Seeing does look very interesting, so I'd be happy to read this.

I like to nominate THE DIARY OF FRIDA KAHLO: AN INTIMATE SELF-PORTRAIT by Frida Kahlo.

My nomination is FLANNERY: A Life of Flannery O'Connor by Brad Gooch.

Oh I want to read that one about Frida Kahlo too! Shame I can't second as well. LOL!

I will second Frida Kahlo. The thing with these nominations is that I end up wanting to read all of them.

Jean wrote: "Oh I want to read that one about Frida Kahlo too! Shame I can't second as well. LOL!"

I've been interested in this one for a while as well, it's a shame there are no copies at the library :(

They might have this one, Pink Frida Kahlo. That's the one I have on her, and the illustrations are fabulous!

Yes they do have that one Jean, good to know your enjoying it, I'll add it to my list :)

Oh good :)

Oh this will be fun! I admit that I don't know much about the arts but I'm very interested.

OK so far we've got:
Ways of Seeing by John Berger seconded
The Diary of Frida Kahlo: An Intimate Self-Portrait by Frida Kahlo seconded
Flannery: A Life of Flannery O'Connor by Brad Gooch
Bohemian Paris: Picasso, Modigliani, Matisse and the Birth of Modern Art by Dan Franck

Ian wrote: "I'll nominate Bohemian Paris: Picasso, Modigliani, Matisse and the Birth of Modern Art"

I'll second that!

Does this book fit? Paris, Paris: Journey into the City of Light. Paris is the city of art.

Ian, I would love to read your suggestion but I cannot get my hands on it.

definitively! Flannery: A Life of Flannery O'Connor

Can I nominate Dear Theo by Vincent van Gogh?

Ian, well I would like to. Read it I mean.

I don't know who is in charge of this thread but can I nominate Paris, Paris: Journey into the City of Light? Doesn't anyone else want to read this???? It looks so good.

With the most recent nominations we have:

Ways of Seeing by John Berger seconded
The Diary of Frida Kahlo: An Intimate Self-Portrait by Frida Kahlo seconded
Flannery: A Life of Flannery O'Connor by Brad Gooch seconded
Paris, Paris: Journey into the City of Light by David Downie seconded
Bohemian Paris: Picasso, Modigliani, Matisse and the Birth of Modern Art by Dan Franck
Dear Theo by Vincent van Gogh

Oh thank you, Sandy! doesn't Paris, Paris: Journey into the City of Light look good?!

Sandy wrote: "It really does look interesting, Chrissie, and surprisingly it is available in our little rural library system!"

It is also available on Kindle and at Audible. So pretty easy to get.

I vote for "Flannery".

There was a copy of the frida Kahlo diary on display at the library today, so I went through the pages while I was waiting. It was really lovely and colorful to look at . ... although some of the drawibgs were a little disturbing.

@ Chrissie, the book about Paris you nominated gave me so much nostalgia ;) it seems great.

Giorgia, I am definitely going to be reading it!

Are we going to vote soon? I don't find a poll available."

ETA, I see we will wait until 13/3.

The poll is up: https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

Thank you for your great nominations!