Modern Good Reads discussion

It’s time to nominate our SEPTEMBER Book of the Month. Let’s let the fun of a new book and discussion begin.


I’ve noticed that the month’s with the most discussion are the months without a specific theme of the book… so this month, let’s go with your favorites again. What do you want to read & discuss?

We will be picking from your choices, but one book will be decided by your votes and the second by the moderators. We try to maintain a balance between indie and more mainstream books, and will make sure the final choices reflect the two. If the popular vote is for an indie, then the moderators will choose a mainstream option. If the popular vote is mainstream, then we will chose an indie option.


Please nominate your favorite to our list and we will get the poll up soon. First the ground rules:
- No self-nominations
- The nominations will be open for three days
- Nominations will be listed in a first come first serve manner, with the books with the most nominations heading the list
- Total number of nominations taken for the poll is twenty.
- If you prefer to email me your choices, those will be added at the end of that day’s nominations.


This is a great group of book lovers… We have great genre discussions, more free offers than any other group. I am looking forward to a great discussion!!!

Time To Let Go by Christoph Fischer.

Silent Echo by Elisa Freilich

Council of Peacocks by M. Joseph Murphy

Deep as the Marrow by F. Paul Wilson

The Nightcrawler by Mick Ridgewell

The Spectrum Conspiracy by Craig Faris.
The Spectrum Conspiracy

Defiance by CJ Redwine

Invisible by James Paterson

David Hawkes and Jonathan Minford trans., The Story of the Stone

This is one of the greatest Chinese novels, also known as The Dream of the Red Chamber

Nice Dragons Finish Last by Rachel Aaron

The Longest Ride by Nicholas Sparks

The Alchemist

Mudwoman, Joyce Carol Oates

Identical by Ellen Hopkins-- one of the most raw books I have ever read.

First Night of Summer by Landon Parham

Flipped by Wendelin Van Draeen.

A Time to Kill by John Grisham

I nominate:
Call Me by Your Name

Call Me by Your Name is the story of a sudden and powerful romance that blossoms between an adolescent boy and a summer guest at his parents' cliff-side mansion on the Italian Riviera. Unprepared for the consequences of their attraction, at first each feigns indifference. But during the restless summer weeks that follow, unrelenting buried currents of obsession and fear, fascination and desire, intensify their passion as they test the charged ground between them. What grows from the depths of their spirits is a romance of scarcely six weeks' duration and an experience that marks them for a lifetime. For what the two discover on the Riviera and during a sultry evening in Rome is the one thing both already fear they may never truly find again: total intimacy.

The psychological maneuvers that accompany attraction have seldom been more shrewdly captured than in André Aciman's frank, unsentimental, heartrending elegy to human passion. Call Me by Your Name is clear-eyed, bare-knuckled, and ultimately unforgettable.

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André Aciman was born in Alexandria, Egypt and is an American memoirist, essayist, novelist, and scholar of seventeenth-century literature. He has also written many essays and reviews on Marcel Proust. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, The New York Times, The Paris Review, The New Republic, Condé Nast Traveler as well as in many volumes of The Best American Essays. Aciman received his Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Harvard University, has taught at Princeton and Bard and is Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature at The CUNY Graduate Center. He is currently chair of the Ph. D. Program in Comparative Literature and founder and director of The Writers' Institute at the Graduate Center.

Aciman is the author of the Whiting Award-winning memoir Out of Egypt (1995), an account of his childhood as a Jew growing up in post-colonial Egypt. Aciman has published two other books: False Papers: Essays in Exile and Memory (2001), and a novel Call Me By Your Name (2007), which was chosen as a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and won the Lambda Literary Award for Men's Fiction (2008). His forthcoming novel Eight White Nights (FSG) will be published on February 14, 2010.

I nominate Sniper's Honor.

In this tour de force—part historical thriller, part modern adventure—from the New York Times bestselling author of I, Sniper, Bob Lee Swagger uncovers why WWII’s greatest sniper was erased from history… and why her disappearance still matters today.

Ludmilla "Mili" Petrova was once the most hunted woman on earth, having raised the fury of two of the most powerful leaders on either side of World War II: Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler.

But Kathy Reilly of The Washington Post doesn’t know any of that when she encounters a brief mention of Mili in an old Russian propaganda magazine, and becomes interested in the story of a legendary, beautiful female sniper who seems to have vanished from history.

Reilly enlists former marine sniper Bob Lee Swagger to parse out the scarce details of Mili’s military service. The more Swagger learns about Mili’s last mission, the more he’s convinced her disappearance was no accident—but why would the Russian government go to such lengths to erase the existence of one of their own decorated soldiers? And why, when Swagger joins Kathy Reilly on a research trip to the Carpathian Mountains, is someone trying to kill them before they can find out?

As Bob Lee Swagger, "one of the finest series characters ever to grace the thriller genre, now and forever" (Providence Journal-Bulletin), races to put the pieces together, She, Sniper takes readers across oceans and time in an action-packed, compulsive read.

All the Sons of Abraham by Eldred Buck - a gripping Financial Thriller

This novel is set in the 1990s and gives you an insight into the world of banking, in a surprisingly exciting and engrossing manner. It is intelligently written with strong, well rounded characters and an enthralling plot line.

The central character, Alex Bell works in London, then Paris, followed by Jeddah, at a time when Princess Diana died and the Jihad was growing allegiance. He is drawn into situations beyond his control as the story gathers pace, with lots of plot twists and a surprising conclusion.

I really enjoyed it.

The Rotting Spot by Valerie Laws. A great crime thriller with an unusual main character whose hobby is collecting skulls!

The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht

Ysabel by Guy Gavriel Kay

Peiman wrote: "Naked in the star (a fiction erotica - release date 4 September 2014)
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I'm going to delete this one since the release isn't before September.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Artful by Peter David This is a fantasy in the Victorian style of Charles Dickens. The concept is brilliant.

The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen

Raising Abel Kathleen O'Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear

Nice Dragons Finish Last by Rachel Aaron.

One of the most enjoyable books I have read in many months.

Here are the nominations after the first day... remember, we take the top twenty nominations. If you like one of these, a second nomination will move it to the top... otherwise they are recorded on a first come first serve basis:

Time to Let Go by Christoph Fischer
Silent Echo by Elisa Freilich
Council of Peacocks by M. Joseph Murphy
Deep as the Marrow by F. Paul Wilson
The Nightcrawler by Mick Ridgewell
The Spectrum Conspiracy by Craig Faris
Defiance by CJ Redwine
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Invisible by James Paterson
The Story of the Stone by David Hawkes and Jonathan Minford trans
Nice Dragons Finish Last by Rachel Aaron
The Longest Ride by Nicholas Sparks
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Mudwoman by Joyce Carol Oates
Identical by Ellen Hopkins
First Night of Summer by Landon Parham
Flipped by Wendelin Van Draeen
A Time to Kill by John Grisham
Call Me by Your Name by Andre Acimen
Sniper’s Honor by Stephen Hunter
All the Sons of Abraham by Eldred Buck
The Rotting Spot by Valerie Laws
The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht
Ysabel by Guy Gavriel Kay
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
Artful by Peter David
The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen
Raising Abel by Kathleen O'Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear

Sandy wrote: "Invisible by James Paterson"

I second this!

All the Sons of Abraham by Eldred Buck
A thrilling romp through finance? yes its possible in this well written , clever tale. The irksome hero wends his way through the plot, gradually losing control over the events that beset him.
The story references important events in the 1990s and is very relevant to the situation between the West and Middle East today.
It has humour and plenty of thrill! Really good Goodread.

I nominate Dark Secrets by Josephine Harwood

I nominate Mom's Island Bakens: Over 50 Altered Recipes For a Happy Gut and a Healthy Heart
by Martha Char Love

This novel approach to recapturing Mom's down home cooking adapted to today's healthy nutritional standards is so easy that anyone can do it. No need to give up that sentimentality of Mom's best recipes.

I nominate Mom's Island Bakens: Over 50 Altered Recipes For a Happy Gut and a Healthy Heart
by Martha Char Love

Martha Char Love offers a new look at tried and true recipes and adapted them for a healthy and nutritional value for our well being. I was fortunate enough to be in Hawaii when we met her and she introduced my husband and I to the muffins-THAY ARE SO GOOD.

It's time we enjoy cooking again that gives us old ideas made simply enough yet safeguards our futures. And this book is fun to read as well.

Let's show our support for a new book that provides a healthier life style.

I nominate "Mom's Island Bakens" by Martha Char Love.

The Book Theif

I nominate Mom's Island Bakens: Over 50 Altered Recipes For a Happy Gut and a Healthy Heart
by Martha Char Love

I nominate Mom's Island Bakens: Over 50 Altered Recipes For a Happy Gut and a Healthy Heart
by Martha Char Love

I nominate Mom's Island Bakens: Over 50 Altered Recipes For a Happy Gut and a Healthy Heart. By Martha Char Love. I love Island cooking and to have the recipes re-worked so they become healthy is FABULOUS. I want this book to win! Mary Firmin.

I nominate Mom's Island Bakens: Over 50 Altered Recipes For a Happy Gut and a Healthy Heart
by Martha Char Love ---truly a book for our time.

I nominate "Mom's Island Bakens: Over 50 Altered Recipes For a Happy Gut and a Healthy Heart by Martha Char Love. This is a much need book for all cooks.

I nominate Mom's Island Bakens: Over 50 Altered Recipes For a Happy Gut and a Healthy Heart by Martha Char Love. Great book

I nominate Mom's Island Bakens: Over 50 Altered Recipes for a Happy Heart by Martha Char Love. This is truly a healthy and nourishing approach to Island cooking and provides great recipes.

I nominate Mom's Island Bakens: Over 50 Altered Recipes For a Happy Gut and a Healthy Heart
by Martha Char Love.

I nominate Mom's Island Bakens by Marth Char Love and have given it a five star review

I nominate
Highway to the Stars: The Beginning by B.E. Wilson

Highway to the Stars: The Beginning

I See You I nominate I See You by Frantiska Oliver. A shifter out for revenge against child predators. Yes!

Here are the nominations after Day 2:
12 - Mom's Island Bakens: Over 50 Altered Recipes For a Happy Gut and a Healthy Heart by Martha Char Love
2 - Time to Let Go by Christoph Fischer
2 - The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
2 - Invisible by James Paterson
2 - The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht
2 - All the Sons of Abraham by Eldred Buck
Silent Echo by Elisa Freilich
Council of Peacocks by M. Joseph Murphy
Deep as the Marrow by F. Paul Wilson
The Nightcrawler by Mick Ridgewell
The Spectrum Conspiracy by Craig Faris
Defiance by CJ Redwine
The Story of the Stone by David Hawkes and Jonathan Minford trans
Nice Dragons Finish Last by Rachel Aaron
The Longest Ride by Nicholas Sparks
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Mudwoman by Joyce Carol Oates
Identical by Ellen Hopkins
First Night of Summer by Landon Parham
Flipped by Wendelin Van Draeen
A Time to Kill by John Grisham
Call Me by Your Name by Andre Acimen
Sniper’s Honor by Stephen Hunter
The Rotting Spot by Valerie Laws
Ysabel by Guy Gavriel Kay
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
Artful by Peter David
The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen
Raising Abel by Kathleen O'Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear
Dark Secrets by Josephine Harwood
Life And Fate by Vasily Grossman.
Highway to the Stars: The Beginning by B.E. Wilson