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 Tuesday. 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!

Cat 1. Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954-63 - Taylor Branch

Cat 1 Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger

Cat 2 - 10days in a mad houseby Nellie Bly

Cat 2. The Stand - Stephen King (after all it is for October)

Cat 2: Tess of the D'Urbervilles

Laura (The Shabby Rabbit) wrote: "Cat 1. The Homecoming of Samuel Lake - Jenny Wingfield
Cat 2. The Stand - Stephen King (after all it is for October)"

Laura, only one nomination per person. Take a peek back at the rules in post #1 and then edit your comment to reflect which book you would rather nominate.

Cat 2- Audrey's Door

sorry, that's for cat 1.

and the authour is Sarah Langan.

Cat 1. The Potato Factory by Bryce Courtenay

Cat 1. Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay

Cat 2. The Tenant of Wildfell Hallby Emily Brontë

Cat 2. The Princess Bride by William Goldman

Cat 1: Still Me by Christopher Reeve

Cat1: The Great Lenore by JM Tohline

Duma Key by Stephen King - Category 1

Cat 2: [Book: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof] by Tennessee Williams

Cat. 1 - The Dolphin People: A Novel by Torsten Krol

Cat. 1 - Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin

Cat 2 The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury

Cat 1: Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire

Cat 1: Lucy by Laurence Gonzales

Cat 2: A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

The Tiger's Wife - Téa Obreht Cat. 1

cat 2 Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier

Here are the lists as they stand:

Cat 1
Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954-63 - Taylor Branch
Her Fearful Symmetry - Audrey Niffenegger
The Potato Factory - Bryce Courtenay
Sarah's Key - Tatiana de Rosnay
Still Me - Christopher Reeve
The Great Lenore - JM Tohline
Duma Key - Stephen King
The Dolphin People: A Novel - Torsten Krol
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter - Tom Franklin
Wicked - Gregory Maguire
Lucy - Laurence Gonzales
The Tiger's Wife - Téa Obreht


Cat 2
10 days in a mad house - Nellie Bly
The Stand - Stephen King
Audrey's Door - Sarah Langan
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall - Emily Brontë
The Princess Bride - William Goldman
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - Tennessee Williams
The Illustrated Man - Ray Bradbury
A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess
Jamaica Inn - Daphne du Maurier



I will let you know as soon as the polls are ready! Hang tight!

Nominations are closed at this time!!!!!!

Ok guys and gals... polls are open! You can vote once in each poll, and the polls close on Saturday Morning!!!

Let the best books win!

And just as a reminder... we have our Author/Reader Discussion novel for October already set up - we'll be reading The Bee-Loud Glade and discussing it all month with author Steve Himmer!!!!

The October Group Reads are.....

Her Fearful Symmetry and The Princess Bride

Both awesome books!!! And Her Fearful Symmetry is quite fitting for October too :)

Looking forward to discussing with you!

Also, don't forget that Author Steve Himmer will be here all month discussing his novel The Bee-Loud Glade..... So be sure to pick that one up too!

And Atticus has lowered the price this month so hop over there and buy it while the buying is good :)

Hi folks. I'll just add to what Lori wrote and thank you all for your interest in reading my novel. I'm really looking forward to discussing it with TNBBC.

And as she mentioned, my publisher has temporarily made it available at a discount with free US shipping, if you order through their website.

Yay! First time something I nominated won. Really looking forward to reading The Princess Bride and maybe re-reading Her Fearful Symmetry! Two great books, like Lori said.

For those who are going to buy the princess bride, I just ordered mine off of amazon for 3.58 and I'm a prime member so I get free 2 day shipping.

Kelly wrote: "For those who are going to buy the princess bride, I just ordered mine off of amazon for 3.58 and I'm a prime member so I get free 2 day shipping."

I LOVE it!!! Read first time when I was 9! and since then, I keep re reading it till today!

That's always good to hear! It does have really good reviews so I'm looking forward to reading it.

The Princess Bride is one of my favorite books! :) Looking forward to seeing what everyone thinks. I'll be joining in on reading Her Fearful Symmetry- looking forward to it.

I've seen the movie for Princess Bride and I'll look forward to reading it! Hope I can sqeeze the time to do Her Fearful Symmetry too

Kyle, what is the meaning of that post?

Cat 1 Those Who Save Us Jenna Blum

Denise, were are already reading Octobers group reads... they were chosen weeks ago.