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 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!

**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 2 A tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

Cat 1 - Homer's Odyssey: A Fearless Feline Tale, or How I Learned about Love and Life with a Blind Wonder Cat by Gwen Cooper

Cat 1: Me and the Ugly C by Becky Dennington

Cat 1: A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness

Cat 1: Winter Moon by Dean Koontz

Cat 2:The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

Cat1: City of Thieves by David Benioff

Cat 1: Love the One You're with by Emily Giffin

Cat 1: Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly

cat 2: No Name by Wilkie Collins

cat 1: The Invisible Mountain by Carolina De Robertis

Cat 1 - Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford

Cat. I The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey

Cat1: Wild by Cheryl Strayed.

What a small list this month. Here's what we are looking at for each cat:

Cat1
Homer's Odyssey: A Fearless Feline Tale, or How I Learned about Love and Life with a Blind Wonder Cat - Gwen Cooper
Me and the Ugly C - Becky Dennington
A Discovery of Witches - Deborah Harkness
Winter Moon - Dean Koontz
City of Thieves - David Benioff
Love the One You're with - Emily Giffin
Revolution - Jennifer Donnelly
The Invisible Mountain - Carolina De Robertis
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet - Jamie Ford
The Snow Child - Eowyn Ivey
Wild - Cheryl Strayed

Cat2
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - Betty Smith
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain
No Name - Wilkie Collins


Polls will be up shortly. I will let you know when to vote :)

Ok guys, voting is open!!!

It closes on the 27th so get your votes in now. May the best books win

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

Cat2 - a tree grows in brooklyn - betty smith

Votes are in.

Your April group reads are....

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Don't forget as well, we have Sarah McCoy joining us on the 15th (through the end of April) to discuss her novel The Baker's Daughter!!!

The discussion threads will be opened for your group reads on the 1st of the month.

Happy reading and I'll see you around the threads....