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!

The categories going forward will remain as follows (based on your feedback):

Cat1- Regular Fiction/Non-Fiction
Cat2- Classics

In order for a novel to count as "Classic" it must be published pre-1980.

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.

Ideally, you can type it as follows -
Cat 1. Room - Emma Donoghue

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

Are you ready?

I will accept nominations through Monday. 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!

The Tiger's Wife: A Novel - Téa Obreht for Cat. 1

I would probably make nominations but I'm not very comfortable leading a discussion. Just in giving my opinion. :) But I can't wait to find out the results. And I love getting the chance to look at all of the nominations to find just what I desperately need - more books to read! :D

Karendenice - no one leads group discussions here. Every book that gets voted in as a group read is simply open for discussion.... so don't let that hold you back.

Feel free to nominate one book if you like :)

Lori, Thank you, thank you. It's like that in some other groups. Oh, now I have to find a book. :)

Cat 1: Russian Winter by Daphne Kalotay

Cat 1: Naomi by Junichiro Tanizaki

Cat 1: The Traitor's Emblem by Juan Gomez-Jurado

I second The Traitor's Emblem ---

going to throw it out there again

Cat 2. Agnes Grey - Anne Bronte

Cat 2. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

sounds great. i'll third that.

I second The Tiger's Wife!

hey guys, nominations will be voted on in the polls so no need to second and third books.... you'll have your chance to do that when you vote :)

Cat 1- Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman

Cat 2 - Dom Casmurro by Machado de Assis

Cat 2. Jamaica Inn by Daphne duMaurier

Cat 1: She Who Remembers by Linda Lay Shuler

Cat 1 - July's People - Nadine Gordimer

cat 1 - snowflower and the secret fan - Sara Lee. I just read this book and it is definitely a must read

Cat 1: Beatrice and Virgil by Yann Martel

Kelly wrote: "cat 1 - snowflower and the secret fan - Sara Lee. I just read this book and it is definitely a must read"

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan is by Lisa See not Sara Lee. ;)

Lol oops... I'm craving sweets :3

snort, giggle...that's funny kelly...now you've made me crave something sweet

Cat 1: Far To Go by Alison Pick

Nominated for the Booker Prize this year.

Here's the list:

Cat1
The Tiger's Wife: A Novel - Téa Obreht
Russian Winter - Daphne Kalotay
Naomi - Junichiro Tanizaki
The Traitor's Emblem - Juan Gomez-Jurado
Saving CeeCee Honeycutt - Beth Hoffman
She Who Remembers - Linda Lay Shuler
July's People - Nadine Gordimer
snowflower and the secret fan - Sara Le
Beatrice and Virgil - Yann Martel
Far To Go - Alison Pick


Cat2
Agnes Grey - Anne Bronte
Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
Dom Casmurro - Machado de Assis
Jamaica Inn - Daphne duMaurier


Polls will be opened shortly. I'll link you when they are ready! Thanks for the nominations!

Ok guys... polls are open. Votes will be taken until midnight 8/20. Winners announced 8/21

Lori- I think you missed the author correction for Snow Flower and the Secret Fan -- it's by Lisa See, NOT Sara Le. ;)

Damn.... That's what I get for cutting and pasting... haha. Next time, let's edit the post :)

Hahahaha!! Sorry XD

Looks like we will be reading

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan and Sense and Sensibility
for September!


(I'm noticing an S theme here!!)

Yay! I will finally be participating a group read. I have Snow Flower right here next to me. If I can wrap up one of my other current reads, I'll be in S&S, too!

Cat 2 - "The Thirty Nine Steps" by John Buchan.

A-hem..... Garry, not sure how you missed it but the title of the thread states that we have our group reads already :)

Hang on to your nomination for next month, ok?

I loved Snow Flower, so looking forward to discussing!

Lori wrote: "A-hem..... Garry, not sure how you missed it but the title of the thread states that we have our group reads already :)

Hang on to your nomination for next month, ok?"

Oh really. Ah, I never read on far enough. Well, I'll keep that one for next month, and I'll just nominate Agnes Grey, yeah?