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It's time to nominate your choice for our April 2023 group fiction read - please use this thread to nominate.

Nominations start today and will close on 9th March 2023 (or as soon as the poll has six books).

During this time anybody can nominate and second one book each. You cannot second the book you have nominated. The 6 books with the most second votes at the end of the 7 day nomination period will go into the poll. There are no limits to the number of seconds a book can receive, although please be mindful of this as most times we do not receive enough nominations for the poll to open.

The poll will then run until the 16th March 2022 and the winner will be announced shortly after. I hope this will leave everybody with enough time to obtain the chosen book.

Please also check that your chosen nomination hasn't been a group read in the past. You can do this by looking at the group bookshelf, contact one of the moderators or post on 'Ask the Moderators' thread.

If you have any questions on the nominations process please contact me, use the 'Ask the Moderators' thread or post on here and we will be happy to help.

I nominate The Rag and Bone Shop by Robert Cormier

I nominate Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

I nominate Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout

I second Kindred by Octavia Butler.

Nominated Books:
The Rag and Bone Shop by Robert Cormier
Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout

Books Going to Poll:
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

I nominate Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson

Nidhi wrote: "I nominate Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson"

I read it once many years ago, and I'd like to read it again. I'll second this one.

Thanks for the nominations everyone, keep them coming! :)

Nidhi wrote: "I nominate Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson"

I will second this. I just bought the audiobook of this book a few days ago!

Leslie wrote: "Nidhi wrote: "I nominate Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson"

I will second this. I just bought the audiobook of this book a few days ago!"

It seems like the audiobook just appeared on Audible recently - I'd searched for it in the past, and it wasn't there. Glad it's there now!

I nominate gin and daggers by Jessica Fletcher and Donald Bain

I nominate The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J Klune.

Lucie wrote: "I nominate The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J Klune."

I second this

I nominate Birman Wood by Eleanor Catton

That should read: I nominate Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton (spell checker got me)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...

Nominated Books:
The Rag and Bone Shop by Robert Cormier
Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout
Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Gin & Daggers by Jessica Fletcher
Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton

Books Going to Poll:
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune

Nominations close in two days.

I nominate The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak

Nominated Books:
The Rag and Bone Shop by Robert Cormier
Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout
Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Gin & Daggers by Jessica Fletcher
Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton
The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak

Books Going to Poll:
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune

Jade wrote: "Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid"

I will second this.

Nominated Books:
The Rag and Bone Shop by Robert Cormier
Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout
Gin & Daggers by Jessica Fletcher
Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton
The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak
A Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins

Books Going to Poll:
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

I have nominated A Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins

l second Lucy by the Sea

Nominated Books:
The Rag and Bone Shop by Robert Cormier
Gin & Daggers by Jessica Fletcher
Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton
The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak
A Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins

Books Going to Poll:
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout

One more book to go.

I will second the island of missing trees alannah

Jade wrote: "I will second the island of missing trees alannah"

Thank you Jade, I will set the poll up now.

Poll linked here: https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/2...

Voted! Thanks Alannah