Goodreads Choice Awards Book Club discussion

Time to nominate your additional monthly read for April!.

These nominations are open to any book (with the exception of the points below)*.

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- *Please do not nominate a second (or later) book in a series read. Your nomination will be not counted if you do.

- Only one nomination per person will be accepted.

- Nominations will close on Sunday 22nd, 5pm GMT and will be followed by a poll.

I nominate My Sister's Keeper

The Perfume Collector by Kathleen Tessaro

- Ephram Jennings has never forgotten the beautiful girl with the long braids running through the piney woods of Liberty, their small East Texas town. Young Ruby, “the kind of pretty it hurt to look at,” has suffered beyond imagining, so as soon as she can, she flees suffocating Liberty for the bright pull of 1950s New York. Ruby quickly winds her way into the ripe center of the city--the darkened piano bars and hidden alleyways of the Village--all the while hoping for a glimpse of the red hair and green eyes of her mother. When a telegram from her cousin forces her to return home, thirty-year-old Ruby Bell finds herself reliving the devastating violence of her girlhood. With the terrifying realization that she might not be strong enough to fight her way back out again, Ruby struggles to survive her memories of the town’s dark past. Meanwhile, Ephram must choose between loyalty to the sister who raised him and the chance for a life with the woman he has loved since he was a boy.

Full of life, exquisitely written, and suffused with the pastoral beauty of the rural South, Ruby is a transcendent novel of passion and courage. This wondrous page-turner rushes through the red dust and gossip of Main Street, to the pit fire where men swill bootleg outside Bloom’s Juke, to Celia Jennings’s kitchen where a cake is being made, yolk by yolk, that Ephram will use to try to begin again with Ruby. Utterly transfixing, with unforgettable characters, riveting suspense, and breathtaking, luminous prose, Ruby offers an unflinching portrait of man’s dark acts and the promise of the redemptive power of love.

I nominate Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

I nominate In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette by Hampton Sides

As featured on The Diane Rehm Show: http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/201...

Kirsten wrote: "I nominate In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette[bookcover:In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette|..."

I want to read that one as well! I was hoping as the History & Bio buddy read in Sept!

I'm curious what all the hubbub is about. :)

Kristie wrote: " I'm curious what all the hubbub is about. :)"

You read my mind! Was just about to nominate this

I just finished . It was pretty good. is Oprah's book club pick since a year ago. I guess she took some time off. I also want to read . I also read and thought it was just o.k..

I would like to nominate by Jasmine Warga. It's only just recently come out but had quite good reviews.

I second Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng.

I nominate Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys.

I'm going to nominate by Nick Cutter.
I'm currently reading "The Deep" by him and really enjoying it. Plus Stephen King blurbed The Troop.

☆αlly☆ (litєrαry єscαpist) wrote: "I'm going to nominate by Nick Cutter.
I'm currently reading "The Deep" by him and really enjoying it. Plus Stephen King blurbed The Troop."

Ooh I've been wanted to read this! I read The Deep and it was really creepy!

I second The Troop

Kirsten wrote: "I nominate In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette[bookcover:In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette|..."

I've wanted to read that for a while now!

Kristie wrote: " I'm curious what all the hubbub is about. :)"

I'm curious too... But the holds list on my library's Overdrive for the ebook is at 445, and for the ebook it's at 131. Oh my!

Donna wrote: "Kristie wrote: " I'm curious what all the hubbub is about. :)"

I'm curious too... But the holds list on my library's Overdrive for the ebook is at 445, an..."

Holy moly, Donna! That's a long wait. Yuck.

Wow. that is an insane wait time.

I'm currently 94th on the list for one of 10 copies of the audio book. I may just end up buying the Kindle book. :/

I just checked my library network out of curiosity. The Girl on the Train has 406 holds.
They are ordering a bunch more copies to have a total of 80 copies available.
Wow.

Seems to be this years 'it book'.

☆αlly☆ (litєrαry єscαpist) wrote: "I just checked my library network out of curiosity. The Girl on the Train has 406 holds.
They are ordering a bunch more copies to have a total of 80 copies available.
Wow.

Seems to be this years 'it book'."

It sure does! That's why I'm curious.

I'm a librarian and we put 3 copies on order as well as the audiobook -- so many are asking for this book!!

Nominations are closed and poll is up
https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

Oh, dear God... GIRL ON THE TRAIN has 37 holds on the book and 54 for the e-book... If it wins, I may have to pass...

Put the hold on now! If it wins, it won't be our BOTM until April.

Kristie wrote: "Put the hold on now! If it wins, it won't be our BOTM until April."

Exactly, you've got over a month before we event start it. Get the hold on now as I have a feeling it will be the winning book.

Maybe we should be picking books that are a little more available.

Kirsten wrote: "Maybe we should be picking books that are a little more available."

Well the book is widely available at stores and libraries, with a long lead time before we start reading the book and everyone has a wide choice of books to vote for. If the majority want to read it then that's what we'll do :)

I'm 150 out of 295 for The Girl on the Train. I don't think it'll come by the April read but there's always hope! Haha. :)

I might have a look at the schedule and place it at the latter part of the month rather than starting on the first

Lisa wrote: "I'm 150 out of 295 for The Girl on the Train. I don't think it'll come by the April read but there's always hope! Haha. :)"

It's not quite that bad at my library, but still I'll be lucky if I get my copy by May! I'll join in if a minor miracle occurs.

It's the same here, but I'll just buy the ebook then. I rarely buy books these days and I'm intrigued by it.

I've also had to wait a long time on books that weren't really popular simply because the county library system only had the one copy. If 5 people want that one copy, you'll have to wait 2-3 months as well.

Wow! That's pretty long wait. My library's pretty cool but this book is really popular. I'm hesitant to buy it at full price because it may just be overhyped.

As of today, I'm #84 on the waitlist for 10 copies. I haven't progressed much since Feb 19th, when I was at #94. Looks doubtful I'll clear the list by April, so I'll have to join the discussion at a later time. Kirsten, I'm also hesitant to buy it at full price for the same reason. Looks like lots of people here in my shoes...

I may get it by April, but I'm not holding my breath. I'm definitely going to read it, but unless it shows up on the Kindle or Audible Daily deal, I am going to wait for the library copy. I've put in holds for a physical book, a Kindle and an MP3 copy.

I picked it up through Audible. Hope I like the audio version. The sample sounded good. My library consortium currently has 868 holds for 157 copies. There are 66 holds on the 11 audios.

At my library -- audio: 140 holds for 10 copies and Kindle: 552 for 10 copies. I'm sure the publisher is thrilled by all the buzz this book is getting!

Donna wrote: "At my library -- audio: 140 holds for 10 copies and Kindle: 552 for 10 copies. I'm sure the publisher is thrilled by all the buzz this book is getting!"

Indeed, it very much is the IT book at the moment!

The problem I have with it being the IT book is the fact that I distrust super-popular things (like, say, the Kardashians and preponderance of people to wear the pants dowan around their knees).

I thought about using my credit, but then I thought it might be a waste of the credit. So, I'm just going to wait it out.

I'm listening to it on Audible and the narration is great. I just wish I could actually read it so I could go faster. I used my credit so I could find out what all the hype is about.

On library hold but I'm #1052 - even with multiple copies I'm pretty sure I won't have it in time. Will look for other sources.

I'm currently 98 on a wait for 47 copies. I may opt for an Audible purchase since there is good feedback here on the narration. :)