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May 2023 Group Read Nominations
Matthew wrote: "The Spread by Iain Rob Wright."I loved "The Spread"! Such a great series!
Black River Falls- I do not know the author
"The Croning" by Laird Barron "Reanimatrix" by Pete Rawlik
Attack of the killer tomatoes by Jeff strand
I'm thinking this has something to do with creatures? Or is this nomination a stretch, LOL 
by Michael CrichtonThe story follows Norman Johnson, a psychologist engaged by the United States Navy, who joins a team of scientists assembled to examine a spacecraft of unknown origin discovered on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. The novel begins as a science fiction story but quickly transforms into a psychological thriller, developing into an exploration of the nature of the human imagination.
Ok I think this nomination fits the theme more...No one knows exactly when it began or where it originated. A terrifying new plague is spreading like wildfire across the country, striking cities one by one: Boston, Detroit, Seattle. The doctors call it Draco Incendia Trychophyton. To everyone else it’s Dragonscale, a highly contagious, deadly spore that marks its hosts with beautiful black and gold marks across their bodies—before causing them to burst into flames. Millions are infected; blazes erupt everywhere. There is no antidote. No one is safe.
by Joe Hill
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No one knows exactly when it began or where it originated. A terrifying new plague is spreading like wildfire across the country, striking cities ..."
The Fireman was a previous group read so is not eligible. Feel free to nominate something else.
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by Michael CrichtonThe story follows Norman Johnson, a psychol..."
No mutations in the story so far as I recall, but it will be up to Kasia as the host of this month's reads.
+1 Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer.
The Croning The day of the triffids
The blood beast mutations
+1 to Sister, Maiden, Monster as well as Annihilation.
Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer sounds great!
Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White
+1 Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
Sims Sims F. Poul Wilson. - admins must decide if it's horror enough; to me it's terrifying due to the topic, but others might feel it's not horror by genre.
+1 for Sister, Maiden, Monster
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The Troop was a previous group read so it's not eligible. Feel free to nominate something else.
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+1 Sister, Maiden, Monster+1 Annihilation
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Thank you Alan :)
Wowza. Lots of zombies and YA books suggested for this one. Well, here's a few +1's from me.+1 Attack of The Killer Tomatoes
+1 Infested
+1 The Night It Got Out
+1 The Montauk Monster+1 Exponential
+1 Malignant Summer
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The theme for May 2023 is Menacing Mutations, or DNA horror if you will. It can be creatures, people, experiments gone wrong, post apocalyptic miasma of human failure that leads to creepy reads with effects on future generations. Bring it on :D
Please do not nominate books that we have read as a group before.
Recent group reads can be found here:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Also as always no author promos for the group read, as we do have a section for you and your works on here :)
Nominations that get +1 have a greater chance of making the poll.
The noms will be open from 4/15 - 4/20 and the poll with the highest amount of votes will go up at the end of that day for you to vote on. The two books with the highest amounts of votes will be our group reads for next month, you know the drill :)