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

Nominations start today and will close on 8th November 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 November 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 will kick this off and nominate The King's Witches by Kate Foster

I nominate Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo (432 p., pub. 2020).

Alannah wrote: "I will kick this off and nominate The King's Witches by Kate Foster"

I will second this

spoko wrote: "I nominate Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo (432 p., pub. 2020)."

I will second this.

I nominate Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

I'll second Tom Lake by Ann Patchett :)

Nominated Books:

Books Going to Poll:
The King's Witches by Kate Foster
Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

Midnight’s Children - Salman Rushdie

Thank you, Jade.

Nominated Books:
Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie

Books Going to Poll:
The King's Witches by Kate Foster
Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

I recommend Case Histories

Thank you.

Nominated Books:
Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie
Case Histories by Kate Atkinson

Books Going to Poll:
The King's Witches by Kate Foster
Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

Alannah wrote: "Thank you, Jade."

It's a long one, but I'll second Midnight’s Children

Thank you Greg.

Nominated Books:
Case Histories by Kate Atkinson

Books Going to Poll:
The King's Witches by Kate Foster
Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie

nehasbookcorner wrote: "I recommend Case Histories"

I second this

Nominated Books:

Books Going to Poll:
The King's Witches by Kate Foster
Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie
Case Histories by Kate Atkinson

One slot left.

I’ll nominate Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

I second Station Eleven.

Sorry Steve and Nidhi, that was a group read in 2017.

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

I'll nominate Under the Skin by Michel Faber. I have really liked other books by him, and I'm curious about this one.

Steve and Nidhi, although we've read it too recently to qualify, I loved that book!

Sorry! I tried to check if it was a read and didn’t find it. 😕

Steve wrote: "Sorry! I tried to check if it was a read and didn’t find it. 😕"

It's no bother, easily done.

Nominated Books:
Under the Skin by Michel Faber

Books Going to Poll:
The King's Witches by Kate Foster
Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie
Case Histories by Kate Atkinson

Nominations close today.

Poll is now open!

https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/3...

Thank you all for your votes, I'm pleased to announce the winner is Tom Lake by Anne Pratchett

Spoiler Free:
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Spoilers:
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