Read Women discussion

Nominations for our June read are now open. It's an Open Choice month, so any genre welcome!


Criteria:
1. Book must be by a female author (transwomen and women using male pseudonyms are women).
2. No books that have already been group reads (see our list of previous reads)
3. You cannot nominate a book you have written yourself.

How to Nominate:
1. Give both the title of the book and the author's name when nominating to avoid mix-ups. Title only nominations may be missed
2. Please use the 'add book/author' button when nominating otherwise your nomination risks being missed.
3. Please indicate whether you are willing to lead discussion on the book.
4. Try to avoid using this thread for chatter as it makes it very hard to locate what are actual nominations and what is just discussion. If you really want to discuss something, please drop it in a spoiler tag.
5. One nomination per person.

Nominations will close on 8 April when the poll will go up.

Nominations so far
What is Not Yours is Not Yours by Helen Oyeyemi - Kristin to lead
Difficult Women by Roxane Gay - Sarah to lead
Island of a Thousand Mirrors by Nayomi Munaweera - Carol to lead
The Mothers by Brit Bennett - Grace to lead
The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - Fer to lead
Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann - Open Discussion
Can We All Be Feminists?: New Writing on Intersectionality, Identity, and the Way Forward for Feminism edited by June Eric-Udorie
The Honor Was Mine: A Look Inside the Struggles of Military Veterans by Elizabeth Heaney - Lyn to lead
The Color of Distance by Amy Thomson - Open Discussion

Difficult Women, by Roxane Gay

Added both.

@Sarah: Are you happy to lead discussion?

I nominate Island of a Thousand Mirrors by Nayomi Munaweera. I can lead.

Hello, I would like to nominate The Price of Salt by Claire Morgan (Pseudonym), aka Patricia Highsmith. I’d rather not lead.

Isabelle wrote: "Hello, I would like to nominate The Price of Salt by Claire Morgan (Pseudonym), aka Patricia Highsmith. I’d rather not lead."

Hi Isabelle, we read The Price of Salt as a group read last August so I'm afraid it's not eligible for rereading as a group so soon.

Feel free to nominate something else instead!

Louise wrote: "Added both.

@Sarah: Are you happy to lead discussion?"

I've never done it before, but happy to give it a try :)

The Mothers by Brit Bennett. Have not lead a discussion before but would be willing.

I nominate The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. I can lead :-)

Louise wrote: "Isabelle wrote: "Hello, I would like to nominate The Price of Salt by Claire Morgan (Pseudonym), aka Patricia Highsmith. I’d rather not lead."

Hi Isabelle, we rea..."

Sorry for that but I totally skipped it. Is there a list where we can check before nominating? I’ll try another one then: Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann.

the Big List of Group Reads (organised by date read or by author).

Added both The Thing Around Your Neck and Valley of the Dolls.

Is it possible to nominate an essay anthology? All the essays are by women. Can We All Be Feminists?: New Writing from Brit Bennett, Nicole Dennis-Benn, and 15 Others on Intersectionality, Identity, and the Way Forward for Feminism

Of course! Open choice means pretty much anything goes.

Would you be happy to lead discussion if it wins?

I see some great choices, but I'll add "The Honor Was Mine" by Elizabeth Heaney. I can lead.

Louise wrote: "Of course! Open choice means pretty much anything goes.

Would you be happy to lead discussion if it wins?"

Yes, I would be willing to lead the discussion for Can We All Be Feminists?: New Writing from Brit Bennett, Nicole Dennis-Benn, and 15 Others on Intersectionality, Identity, and the Way Forward for Feminism if it wins.

If not too late, I'd like to nominate The Color of Distance by Amy Thomson. I cannot lead, unfortunately.

Not too late. But I'm going to make that the last one.

Nominations closed

Poll now up - https://www.goodreads.com/poll/list/1...