The Next Best Book Club discussion

Lori wrote: "Anne (Booklady) wrote: "Cat 2 Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand"

Whoa.. that one killed me. I've tried it twice and cant see to get past the 60-ish page mark. Have you read it?"

Yes, I read it years ago. I need to read it again though...I've forgotten much of the story after 35 years :)

cat1: The Boy In The Suitcase by Lene Kaaberbøl

cat 1: The House at Riverton by Kate Morton

Category 1: Divergent byVeronica Roth

Cat.1: Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami

Cat 1: Reconstructing Charlie by Charmaine Gordon

Ok.. nominations are closed.
And the categories look like this:

Cat1

The Bourne Identity - Robert Ludlum
The Fault in Our Stars - John Green
The Orphan Master's Son - Adam Johnson
Kafka on the Shore - Haruki Murakami
One Hundred and One Nughts - Benjamin Buchholz
I Am The Messenger - Markus Zusak
In Bed with a Highlander - Maya Banks
A Dog's Purpose - W. Bruce cameron
The Cat's Table - Michael Ondaatje
Into The Light - Darcia Helle
The Dovekeepers - Alice Hoffman
Shine - Lauren Myracle
That Which Should Not Be - Brett J. Talley
One Day - David Nicholls
Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
Fairest - Gail Carson Levine
Rules of Civility - Amor Towles
Prague Cemetery - Umberto Eco
The God of Animals - Aryn Kyle
Secret of the White Rose - Stefanie Pintoff
All In: The Education of David Petraeus - Paula Broadwell
Death Comes to Pemberley - P.D. James
The Descendants - Kaui Hart Hemmings
The Boy In The Suitcase - Lene Kaaberbøl
The House at Riverton - Kate Morton
Divergent - Veronica Roth
Reconstructing Charlie - Charmaine Gordon

Cat2

Captain Blood - Rafael Sabatini
1984 - George Orwell
Call it Sleep - Henry Roth
Little Women - Louisa May Alcott
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain
Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
Agnes Grey - Anne Bronte
East of Eden - John Steinbeck
The Great Gatsby - F.Scott Fitzgerald
The Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne
Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand
Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
The Plague - Albert Camus
The Painted Veil - W. Somerset Maugham
Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen

Polls to go up shortly.... hang tight!!

http://www.goodreads.com/poll/list/12...


Polls are open, and will close Tuesday night.

Go Vote!! May the best books win!!!!!

Lori wrote: "Anne (Booklady) wrote: "Cat 2 Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand"

Whoa.. that one killed me. I've tried it twice and cant see to get past the 60-ish page mark. Have you read it?"
One of my all time favorites and one of very few books I have read and re-read multiple times. Try it again!

Cat 2: The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy

Judy wrote: "Cat 2: The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy"

Judu, suggestion already not accepted because voting started!

Votes are in, polls are closed and February's Group Reads are:

KAFKA ON THE SHORE and THE GREAT GATSBY

Happy reading everyone! The discussion threads will open on the first of February......

Don't forget, we are also reading The Ruins of Us: A Novel by Keija Parssinen as our Author/Reader Discussion book starting on Feb 15th. Keija will be here for the second half of the month to discuss the book and answer any questions you may have for her!!

Judy wrote: "Lori wrote: "Anne (Booklady) wrote: "Cat 2 Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand"

Whoa.. that one killed me. I've tried it twice and cant see to get past the 60-ish page mark. Have ..."

I can only second Judy's suggestion - it's a beast but I loved it. :)

cat2: The Winter of our Discontent - Steinbeck

Debbie the poll has already been voted and the winners annouced (see msg 64 above yours)

Lori: Maybe you need to start closing the topic to replies once polls are up? That's what they do in other groups I am in.