All About Books discussion

It's time to nominate your choice for our February and March 2025 group non-fiction read - please use this thread to nominate.

Nominations start today and will close on 11th 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. There are no limits to the number of seconds a book can receive, however please be mindful of this as the polls are not filling up as quickly anymore.

The poll will then run until the 18th 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 am going to start this off and nominate The Woodville Women: 100 Years of Plantagenet and Tudor History by Sarah J. Hodder

Nominated Books:
The Woodville Women: 100 Years of Plantagenet and Tudor History by Sarah J. Hodder

Books Going to Poll:

I'd like to nominate Cher: The Memoir Part I by Cher. Sorry on my phone so can't link it.

I nominate The Witches Are Coming by Lindy West (260 p., pub. 2019).

How I Learned to Speak Israel: An American’s Guide to a Foreign Policy Language by Alex McDonald. This is a very timely book with the situation in Israel/Palestine and McDonald artfully deconstructs narratives we have been led to believe in the West for decades. If you feel helpless about the situation as do I, this book is a must-read to equip yourself with additional knowledge to make a fair assessment of the conflict and what we can all do about it.

Virginia (Ginny) wrote: "How I Learned to Speak Israel: An American’s Guide to a Foreign Policy Language by Alex McDonald. This is a very timely book with the situation in Israel/Palestine ..."

Hi Ginny, glad to have you here!

My only concern about this nomination based on the very low number of Goodreads reviews (7 ratings, 2 reviews) is whether the book is easily available worldwide for all our members. We have members in several different countries that participate.

Alannah, when you get a chance, can you check if this book is available in the UK in your library systems or by some other method? Is this book easily accessible to members in your region?

I nominate Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Nidhi wrote: "I nominate Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates"

I'll second this one

I'll nominate The World of Yesterday by Stefan Zweig again. It's worth another try.

I second The World of Yesterday. Let's plan a buddy read if it doesn't get selected.

Alannah wrote: "Nominated Books:
The Woodville Women: 100 Years of Plantagenet and Tudor History by Sarah J. Hodder

Books Going to Poll:"

I second this

Nidhi wrote: "I second The World of Yesterday. Let's plan a buddy read if it doesn't get selected."

That would be great Nidhi! My work is more predictable now; so I am better able to commit. Really sorry I disappeared during the IQ84 read!

Yes Greg. You vanished like Ariel. lol And I am now not motivated enough to finish it. It's great story and construction but it seems I more demanding when it comes to literature.

Greg wrote: "Virginia (Ginny) wrote: "How I Learned to Speak Israel: An American’s Guide to a Foreign Policy Language by Alex McDonald. This is a very timely book with the situa..."

It seems to be available only on Amazon. Due to the low numbers on GoodReads, I wouldn't be able to accept this one, Ginny, sorry. You are welcome to nominate another book.

Erica wrote: "I'd like to nominate Cher: The Memoir Part I by Cher. Sorry on my phone so can't link it."

That's no problem Erica, as long as you've provided the author.

spoko wrote: "I nominate The Witches Are Coming by Lindy West (260 p., pub. 2019)."

I will second this one.

Kat wrote: "Alannah wrote: "Nominated Books:
The Woodville Women: 100 Years of Plantagenet and Tudor History by Sarah J. Hodder

Books Going to Poll:"

I second this"

Thank you Kat.

Nominated Books:
Cher: The Memoir, Part 1 by Cher

Books Going to Poll:
The Witches Are Coming by Lindy West
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
The World of Yesterday by Stefan Zweig
The Woodville Women: 100 Years of Plantagenet and Tudor History by Sarah J. Hodder

Four books in the poll, two spots left.

Nidhi wrote: "I second The World of Yesterday. Let's plan a buddy read if it doesn't get selected."

I would love to join you. I touched upon the Austro-Hungarian Empire during my last history modules. I would love to revisit it.

Erica wrote: "I'd like to nominate Cher: The Memoir Part I by Cher. Sorry on my phone so can't link it."

I will second this

I will nominate Patriot by Alexei Navalny

Nominated Books:
Patriot: A Memoir by Alexei Navalny

Books Going to Poll:
The Witches Are Coming by Lindy West
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
The World of Yesterday by Stefan Zweig
The Woodville Women: 100 Years of Plantagenet and Tudor History by Sarah J. Hodder
Cher: The Memoir, Part 1 by Cher

I will second Patriot: A Memoir

We have our six books!

Thanks so much everyone for the nominations and seconds - some great ones! A good variety of choices to choose from too.

Thank you Ruth, I will set up the poll now.

Poll linked here: https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/3...

Thank you for your nominations and votes. I'm pleased to announce that the winner is: The Woodville Women: 100 Years of Plantagenet and Tudor History by Sarah J. Hodder

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