Under 200 Pages! discussion

Book recommendations for the month of March is now open.

HERE ARE THE RULES

✿ Recommend books that are under 200 pages or slightly more than 200 pages will do.
✿ No promotions of any kind!
✿ Please suggest a worthy title for the group to read as a whole.
✿Please suggest book that are readily available in the market and are budget friendly.
✿ Each member can nominate one book, and can endorse/second any one of the running nominations.
✿ Moderators have the final say in selecting a book for the poll.
✿ If there are no recommendations, the moderator will select two books for the poll.

Drop your recommendations in the comments

Nomination our open for the month of March. Please do nominate

Blizzard of Glass: The Halifax Explosion of 1917 by Sally M. Walker

Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson

Please do nominate a book for the Botm of the month March

The Story of Kullervo by J.R.R. Tolkien

This one shouldn't be too difficult to find.
I think the new rule about budget probably discouraged people. It puts a limit on what can be suggested.
Figuring out what short books are out there, then surfing to see if libraries have these books, or depending on public domain listings (which usually means classics, and those become a bore when suggested too often), or knowing where to 'yarr-harr-harr'. Just a guess.

RTNS wrote: "
The Story of Kullervo by J.R.R. Tolkien

This one shouldn't be too difficult to find.
I think the new rule about budget pr..."

I take your point. By stating a new rule, I don’t intend to put restrictions on what a member would want to suggest. You are certainly not restricted to nominate only public domain or classics, you are free to suggest any book you feel will make a great bookclub pick and urge more reads to join in and contribute to a fun and engaging discussion. But sometimes when a book is rare to find a reader can be discouraged from picking it up as well and sometimes books are also available in one country and not in another. I hope you understand what I mean.

I understand you, Caroline. All is well!

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
The Most Precious of Cargoes by Jean Claude Grumberg

Last day to nominate the Botm

Wow everything this month sounds really good!

I have ordered our winner thru my library, so should have it within a few days. But I have reservations. Much to everyone's chagrin I am not a Tolkien fan and this being an unfinished book, along with also being a translated story, has a number of hits against it for me personally. However, never let it be said that I was a quitter. I will get the book, and hopefully read the book, all the way through, AND maybe I will like it. 🤷 But I will give it the old college try...lol!

Can relate to Sandi. I suggested this book because it's been untouched on my shelf for years now.
I had picked it up once and found it difficult to get through Tolkien's writing despite Kalevala (the finnish epic in which Kullervo is a character) being of interest to me. Hopefully it'll be easier now with the input of this group hehe