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I nominate The Tenth Island: Finding Joy, Beauty, and Unexpected Love in the Azores by Diana Marcum. It was published this year, and it chronicles the author's pilgrimage to the Azorean islands. She keeps returning to the island where the different culture and people bring her unexpected joy.
I nominate A Gentleman in Moscow as it was pure joy to read and also it is about the art of not losing joy in difficult circumstances.
I'd like to nominate A Christmas Carol because I love Christmas and it always brings me great joy, that time of year!
Two books popped into my head as soon as I thought about the theme and after much self-debate I'm going to nominate The Egg and I by Betty MacDonald. It's about a young married couple who move to a chicken farm -- and it was the inspiration for a movie adaptation of the same name. To quote the review "through every trial and pitfall—through chaos and catastrophe—this indomitable family somehow, mercifully, never lost its sense of humor." They found joy in each other and in life's challenges.
Ashleigh wrote: "I'd like to nominate A Christmas Carol because I love Christmas and it always brings me great joy, that time of year!"Second
Susy wrote: "Ashleigh wrote: "I'd like to nominate A Christmas Carol because I love Christmas and it always brings me great joy, that time of year!"Second"
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I'd like to nominate Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew J. Sullivan, because books bring be joy :)
I’ll nominate The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. This story always brought me joy and laughter around Christmastime!
Rebecca wrote: "I’ll nominate The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. This story always brought me joy and laughter around Christmastime!"I second this one.
Ilona wrote: "I'd like to nominate Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew J. Sullivan, because books bring be joy :)"I'll second because books bring me joy too.
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It was one of the first books I read as a child and it definitely brought me a lot of joy. On top of that, the whole premise of the story is about keeping one's joy even during the hardest of circumstances. :)
Closing in a couple of days :)
Ilona wrote: "I'd like to nominate Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew J. Sullivan, because books bring be joy :)"I wish to fourth Ilona's nomination for Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore
Sorry I'm a bit late on closing and posting poll. I will nominate The Clan of the Cave Bear myself because it has brought me joy for many many years ^^
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Can you all believe it's time to nominate for December already?! The theme is Joy! Can't wait to see what books you guys come up with!
Please remember to state a connection to the theme when you nominate. Thank you :)
Here are some short rules for nominating books:
~ Each person can nominate 1 book.
~ Book must be available both as a physical copy and as an ebook.
~ Authors: Please do not nominate your own book.
~ Please include the name of the book and the author or link to the book.
~ Please do not nominate books that are part of a series, unless it is the first book.
~ You can second someone else's nomination, but that will count as your nomination.
~ When nominating, please state a connection to the theme.
~ You cannot nominate a book which has previously been a group read. Past buddy reads are fine. (See Group Reads in the bookshelf)
This thread will be closed by October 26th, and we will choose ten books for the poll. If there are more than ten books nominated, we will choose the ten most nominated. If there is still a tie to get into the top ten, we'll go back to the Goodreads average rating to see which is highest.