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.

Please do not nominate a book more than once. A book can only be voted on once, so multiple nominations within this thread are not counted.

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 Saturday 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!

**Important note: At no time is it acceptable for an author to nominate one of his/her own books for the monthly group read. Likewise, it is not acceptable to "push" nominations or votes within this group. It also follows that "a nomination for a nomination" is not acceptable. If I suspect a push, or inappropriate actions have taken place within the group read nominations or votes, I reserve the right to deem those nominations or votes as ineligible.

Cat 1. The House of Silk: A Sherlock Holmes Novel - Anthony Horowitz.

cat 1. Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow- Peter Hoeg

Cat 2. Dangerous Liaisons by Choderlos de Laclos - the movie Cruel Intentions is a modern version of this story.

Cat 2. The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle

Cat 2. Gone with the Wind - Margaret Mitchell

Cat 1. The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach

Cat 1. Freedom - Jonathan Franzen

Cat 1. Queen Of America- Luis Alberto Urrea

Category 1: Marcelo In The Real World by Francisco X. Stork

Cat. 1 The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey

Ellie wrote: "Cat 2. Gone with the Wind - Margaret Mitchell"

Looks like we've already this book Ellie.

Cat 1: People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks.

Category 1: The Distant Hours by Kate Morton

Category 1: Mice by Gordon Reece

Category 1: The Garden of evening mists by Tan Twan Eng

Category 1: Moloka'i by Alan Brennert

Category 2: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

Cat. 1 State of Wonder by Ann Patchett

Category 2: Fanny Herself by Edna Ferber

Dani wrote: "Ellie wrote: "Cat 2. Gone with the Wind - Margaret Mitchell"

Looks like we've already this book Ellie."

In that case, can I change my nomination to:

Cat1. March by Geraldine Brooks

Cat 1.Atonement - Ian McEwan

Cat 1. American Gods by Neil Gaiman

Cat 1. One Day by David Nicholls

Cat 1. The Language of Others by Clare Morrall

Cat 1. The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach

Cat 2 - Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë

Wendy wrote: "cat 1. Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow- Peter Hoeg"

Awesome book!!!! Read it even if not selected!

Cat 1 - Water Music by T.C. Boyle

Cat 2 - Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck

Judy wrote: "Wendy wrote: "cat 1. Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow- Peter Hoeg"

Awesome book!!!! Read it even if not selected!"

its been on my TBR shelf for ages so i think i will.

The Art of Hearing Heartbeats by Jan-Philipp SendkerThe Art Of Hearing Heartbeats

David - which category are you nominating the book for?

Sorry - Cat 1: Regular Fiction - Didn't mean to enter same book twice...first entry didn't show up, until now.

Cat 1 - The Sisters Brothers by Patrick DeWitt

Cat 1 - The Adults by Alison Espach

Ana wrote: "Category 2: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith"

Yep!

March's line up looks something like this:

Cat1
The House of Silk - Anthony Horowitz
Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow- Peter Hoeg
The Art of Fielding - Chad Harbach
Freedom - Jonathan Franzen
Queen Of America- Luis Alberto Urrea
Marcelo In The Real World - Francisco X. Stork
The Snow Child - Eowyn Ivey
The Distant Hours - Kate Morton
Mice - Gordon Reece
The Garden of evening mists - Tan Twan Eng
Moloka'i - Alan Brennert
State of Wonder - Ann Patchett
March - Geraldine Brooks
Atonement - Ian McEwan
American Gods - Neil Gaiman
One Day - David Nicholls
The Language of Others - Clare Morrall
Water Music - T.C. Boyle
The Art of Hearing Heartbeats - Jan-Philipp Sendke
The Sisters Brothers - Patrick DeWitt
The Adults - Alison Espach


Cat2
Dangerous Liaisons - Choderlos de Laclos
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood - Howard Pyle
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - Betty Smith
Fanny Herself - Edna Ferber
Agnes Grey - Anne Brontë
Tortilla Flat - John Steinbeck



Polls are open ... Go Vote!!!

Poll will be open through Tuesday evening.

May the best books win!!!!

First time voting as first time I actually have time to read in a while so hopefully I vote here?

Cat 1. March - Geraldine Brooks
Cat 2. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - Betty Smith

Click on the polls thing at the side and scroll down a little and you'll end up with a selection of books. Click on the one you want.

Regan,

As Jonathan stated, there are polls set up.

http://www.goodreads.com/poll/list/12...

This is the link, which is also located to the top right hand side of this page...

Cat 1. The Distant Hour by Kate Morton

Julia, the polls are open. no more nominations till next month.

Thanks, Lori

No problem. Keep that one handy, though, so you can use it again then :)

Votes are in! The winners for March group reads are....


AGNES GREY and AMERICAN GODS.

Go. Buy. Read. We start discussions on March 1st.


Also, don't forget our March Author/Reader Discussion novel BANNED FOR LIFE! If you didn't win a copy during our giveaway, you still have time to run out and buy it!

yay agnes grey finally won!!! lol!! must have been because i didn't nominate it...lol

Lori wrote: "March's line up looks something like this:

Cat1
The House of Silk - Anthony Horowitz
Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow- Peter Hoeg
The Art of Fielding - Chad Harbach
Freedom - Jonathan Franzen
Que..."

Sorry, I missed the poll, but noticed my nomination wasn't on this list: People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks. Had it already been chosen another time?

Olivia, yes, it was a group read a long time ago.

In the rules for posting nominations, I ask that members check the group bookshelf before nominating to avoid this type of thing. I can't rely on my own memory of all of the group reads :)