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It's time to nominate your choice for our April 2024 group fiction read - please use this thread to nominate.

Nominations start today and will close on 8th March 2024 (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 15th March 2024 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've been told Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry is an extramly good book - even if a bit long.
I'd like to nominate it!

I second Lonesome Dove.

Nominated Books:

Books Going to Poll:
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

Jade wrote: "The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern"

I will second The Starless Sea

I nominate Fifth Business by Robertson Davies

I second Fifth Business

Thanks everyone - three great selections already! I would be happy to read any of them.

Alannah, if Lonesome Dove happens to win, do you think we can make the fiction read last 2 months instead of 1 this time? I would like to join, but it's tough for me to finish such a long book in one month.

Sounds good Greg, I’m happy to do that if Lonesome Dove wins.

I will put that on the poll anyways.

Nominated Books:

Books Going to Poll:
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
Fifth Business by Robertson Davies

I will nominate The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah

Alannah wrote: "I will nominate The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah"

I will second this.

I second The Great Alone

I nominate This Other Eden by Paul Harding.

I will second This Other Eden

Nominated Books:

Books Going to Poll:
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
Fifth Business by Robertson Davies
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
This Other Eden by Paul Harding

One more spot to go until the poll opens.

I nominate Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley (263 p., pub. 1990).

Nominated Books:
Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley

Books Going to Poll:
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
Fifth Business by Robertson Davies
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
This Other Eden by Paul Harding

I nominate Shark Heart by Emily Habeck

spoko wrote: "I nominate Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley (263 p., pub. 1990)."

I'm out of seconds, but I did enjoy that one when I read it a while ago spoko

Diana S wrote: "I nominate Shark Heart by Emily Habeck"

I will second this.

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

Thank you all for your nominations and votes. I'm pleased to announce that the winner for April 2024 is: The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah

The links to the threads are here:

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