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.

Cat1 - A Sealed Fate - Lisa Gordon

Cat1- The Art of Hearing Heartbeats - Jan-Philipp Sendker

Cat 2 - The Red Badge of Courage - Stephen Crane

Cat 1 - The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf - Mohja Kahf

Cat 2 - Vashti by Augusta Jane Evans

Cat 1-The Round House by Louise Erdich
Cat 2-Who Has Seen the Wind by W.O. Mitchell

Cat 1 - The Aviators Wife by Melanie Benjamin

Cat 1- A Visit from the Goon Squad - Jennifer Egan

Cat 1-The Round House by Louise Erdrich

Cat. 1- The One I Left Behind by Jennifer McMahon

Cat1 - Simon and Hiroko - Marius Hancu

Elizabeth wrote: "Cat 1-The Round House by Louise Erdich
Cat 2-Who Has Seen the Wind by W.O. Mitchell"

Elizabeth - you can only nominated for 1 category

Dee wrote: "Elizabeth wrote: "Cat 1-The Round House by Louise Erdich
Cat 2-Who Has Seen the Wind by W.O. Mitchell"

Elizabeth - you can only nominated for 1 category"

Man, Dee, you are on your A game :) Thank you!

Cat 1. Laura Meets Jeffrey: Both Sides of an Erotic Memoir- Jeffrey Michelson

Lori wrote: "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 forw..."

Cat 1 (I think it belongs here): The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry

Cat 1. Heft - Liz Moore

Category 1 - Shanghai Girls by Lisa See

Cat.1. We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver

Cat.1 A Naked Singularity by Sergio De La Pava

Cat 2. Death Comes for the Arch Bishop - Willa Cather

Cat 1. Columbine - David Cullen

Seems like a timely book as we experience the wake of Newtown.

Cat 2. Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote

Cat 1 - Wings to Redemption Paul H Landes Amazon bestseller.

Cat 1- Knock Knock by Suzanne McNear...after reading it i felt like i had found a diamond in the rough.

Cat 2The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

Cat 2 Middlemarch by George Eliot.

cat 2- Emma by Jane Austen

how can I be cool and get my nomination to show up in red and underlined???

David, are you talking about having it hyperlinked? There's a link right above the comment box that says "add book/author". Click on that and you can type in the name of the book you are nominating. Once you add that book, it will autofill here in the comment box, and viola! underlined. (on my pc, it comes up gold, not red)

I always wondered that too ,thanks Lori.

Cat 1: Someone Knows My Name by Lawrence Hill

sorry guys, I know I am waaaaay overdue for the polls. I'll be putting them up soon, I swear!

Lori wrote: "sorry guys, I know I am waaaaay overdue for the polls. I'll be putting them up soon, I swear!"

No worries, Lori! I think a lot of us have enjoyed the extra time to nominate :D

Ok guys, polls are up

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

One vote per category... go!

Polls close on the 23rd at midnight EST, may be the best books win!!!

Cat 1 The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh

Anne - the nominations are closed and the voting has already finished - wait until next month to nominate

The votes are in and the winners are......


The Round House by Louise Erdrich

and

Emma by Jane Austin.


The group discussion threads will open on March 1st!
Congrats to the winning books!

Ashley wrote: "Cat 1- A Visit from the Goon Squad - Jennifer Egan"

Good one,same here!

Can't wait to read these!

The Round House really seems awesome :) if I manage to read it I'll surely share my impressions here!!

Just finished that book,thoroughly enjoyed it,I'm on the list of my local library for 'Indian Horse',can't wait to read it.
You might enjoy 'February' and 'When God Was A Rabbit'also.