The Next Best Book Club discussion

Please read the rules for nominating BEFORE you create your post!! And Check our bookshelves to be sure you are not nominating something we have already read as a group!

We will have two catagories this month:
Cat1- Regular Fiction/Non-Fiction
Cat2- Halloween Theme (scary/horror)


Only ONE nomination per person.
If you nominate a book for catagory 1, you CANNOT nominate a book for catagory 2, and visa versa.

Please be sure to post the title, author, and the catagory it belongs to.

If your post does not have those three things, it will not be counted.

Are you ready?

I will accept nominations through Friday evening. If we get tons of nominations, I may pull the plug on it a little early, so get them in as soon as you can!

Once I close nominations I will create the polls and let you know when it is time to vote!

Hit us with your best noms!

Category 2The Haunting of Hill House-Shirley Jackson

Super book for Halloween

Cat2. The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker

Category 1: Island Beneath the Sea: A Novel by Isabel Allende

Cat 1: A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute

Category 2 - Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist

Cat. 2: Dracula the Un-Dead by Dacre Stoker

Category 2: I Am Legend by Richard Matheson

Stephanie wrote: "Category 2 - Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist"

An American remake (film) is coming out in October. The original book and Swedish film adaptation were both quite good.

CAT 1: The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett

Dionisia wrote: "Stephanie wrote: "Category 2 - Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist"

An American remake (film) is coming out in October. The original book and Swedish film ..."

Chloe Moretz! I had no idea. She's starring in a lot of good things lately. Looks like I need to get a jump on reading this book before the new movie comes out.

The House at Riverton looks like a good one!

Cat 2: The Turn of the Screw by Henry James

Category 1 - The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

Interview With the Vampire by Anne Rice in the horror category

Under the Dome by Stephen King in the horror category.

The Time Traveler's WifeAudrey Niffenegger in the regular fiction category.

Shiver byMaggie Stiefvater in the regular fiction category

I'd like to nominate
Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann for Cat 1!

Tabatha... I love your enthusiasm, but I think you skipped over the part in the rules for nominations where it states ONE nomination per member.

I need you to decide which one you would like to nominate most, and then delete your other entries. Otherwise none will be counted.

Thanks so much!

SO here we go. noms in place so far:

Cat1
Island Beneath the Sea - Isabel Allende
A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute
Garden Spells - Sarah Addison Allen
The Color of Magic - Terry Pratchett
The Master and Margarita - Mikhail Bulgakov
Let the Great World Spin - Colum McCan


Cat2
The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson
The Hellbound Heart - Clive Barker
Let the Right One In - John Ajvide Lindqvist
Dracula the Un-Dead - Dacre Stoker
I Am Legend - Richard Matheson
The Turn of the Screw - Henry James

Karen wrote: "The House at Riverton looks like a good one!"

Karen, is this a nomination? If it is, I need the author and category please.

Keep the nominations coming guys. Be sure you are checking our group shelf before you nominate so we do not list a book the group has already read.

Thanks! Looking good so far!

Cat 1 - The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga

Cat 2 - In Cold Blood - Truman Capote

Lori wrote: "Karen wrote: "The House at Riverton looks like a good one!"

Karen, is this a nomination? If it is, I need the author and category please."
Oops sorry - Cat 1 The House at Riverton by Kate Morton

Cat 2 - The Shining by Stephen King

Cat 1: The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood

Stephanie wrote: "Dionisia wrote: "Stephanie wrote: "Category 2 - Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist"

An American remake (film) is coming out in October. The original book ..."

Sorry to continue this in the nomination thread, but the American version is going to murder this book.

Leslie T. wrote: "Sorry to continue this in the nomination thread, but the American version is going to murder this book. "

Undoubtedly. Americans don't have the cojones to make a film as disturbing as the original version.

Cat 2: The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson

I dunno. I certainly enjoyed the original Let the Right One In, but thought the pacing was rather too lax in many parts, and the school bullies lacking in nuance. It could be improved (I'm not betting that it *will* be).

Category 1: The Book of Night Women by Marlon James

Cat 2: 'Interview With The Vampire' by Anne Rice

Category 1: Kindred by Octavia Butler.

Cat 2: Pet Cemetary - Stephen King

Cat 1: Sarah's Key - Tatiana De Rosnay

Cat 1: The Language of Trees by Ilie Ruby

The Woman in Black: A Ghost Story by Susan Hill- category 2

To Have and Have Notby Ernest Hemingway for Cat 1

In what thread do we do the voting? This will be my first time so just making sure I don't miss out :)

Once nominations are over, I create polls for us to vote on, and post here when the polls are open. Polls can be found on the upper right corner of any page in this group. It's a hyperlink - you just click and it brings you there.

Thanks Lori!

Category 1- Regular Fiction: South of Broad by Pat Conroy. (Hope I'm not too late!)

I agree with Cat 1: Island Beneath the Sea

Ok guys, Nominations are closed. I will put up the polls later on this afternoon and let you know when it is time to start voting.

Thanks!!

Here's our list, I am creating the polls for them now....

Cat1
Island Beneath the Sea - Isabel Allende
A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute
Garden Spells - Sarah Addison Allen
The Color of Magic - Terry Pratchett
The Master and Margarita - Mikhail Bulgakov
Let the Great World Spin - Colum McCan
The White Tiger - Aravind Adiga
The House at Riverton - Kate Morton
The Year of the Flood - Margaret Atwood
The Book of Night Women - Marlon James
Kindred - Octavia Butler
Sarah's Key - Tatiana De Rosnay
The Language of Trees - Ilie Ruby
Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
To Have and Have Not - Ernest Hemingway
South of Broad - Pat Conroy



Cat2
The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson
The Hellbound Heart - Clive Barker
Let the Right One In - John Ajvide Lindqvist
Dracula the Un-Dead - Dacre Stoker
I Am Legend - Richard Matheson
The Turn of the Screw - Henry James
In Cold Blood - Truman Capote
The Shining - Stephen King
The Amityville Horror - Jay Anson
Interview With The Vampire - Anne Rice
Pet Cemetary - Stephen King
The Woman in Black - Susan Hill

OK, Polls are open. They will close at Midnight Wednesday the 22nd!

You get one vote per category so choose carefully :P)

For Category 1:

Mickelsson's Ghosts (1982) by John Gardner

Erich, the nominations ended last nite. We are voting now. See the poll section to vote on book.