The Next Best Book Club discussion

Please read the rules for nominating BEFORE you create your post!! And check our bookshelves to be sure you are not nominating something we have already read as a group!

The categories going forward will remain as follows (based on your feedback):

Cat1- Regular Fiction/Non-Fiction
Cat2- Classics

In order for a novel to count as "Classic" it must be published pre-1980.

Please do not nominate a book more than once. A book can only be voted on once, so multiple nominations within this thread are not counted.

Only ONE nomination per person.
If you nominate a book for catagory 1, you CANNOT nominate a book for catagory 2, and visa versa.

Please be sure to post the title, author, and the catagory it belongs to.

Ideally, you can type it as follows -
Cat 1. Room - Emma Donoghue

If your post does not have those three things, it will not be counted.

Are you ready?

I will accept nominations through Tuesday evening. If we get tons of nominations, I may pull the plug on it a little early, so get them in as soon as you can!

Once I close nominations I will create the polls and let you know when it is time to vote!

Hit us with your best noms!

**Important note: At no time is it acceptable for an author to nominate one of his/her own books for the monthly group read. Likewise, it is not acceptable to "push" nominations or votes within this group. It also follows that "a nomination for a nomination" is not acceptable. If I suspect a push, or inappropriate actions have taken place within the group read nominations or votes, I reserve the right to deem those nominations or votes as ineligible.

WHY DID NO ONE REMIND ME????

I can't believe I forgot to post the nominations. Sorry they are so late, guys!!

You know, I was going to ask about it Thurs, and then I got interrupted and never made it back to the computer, and completely forgot about it yesterday. :-/

Cat 2 - Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

Cat 1 - Faith Bass Darling's Last Garage Sale - Lynda Rutledge

Cat 2 - Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

cat 2 - War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

Cat2 - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

Cat 1 - Tigers in Red Weather: A Novel by Liza Klaussmann

Cat 2 - The Night in Lisbon by Erich Maria Remarque

Cat2. The Outermost House: A Year of Life On The Great Beach of Cape Cod - Henry Beston

Cat 1 - The Chaperone - Laura Moriarty

Cat 2- Emma- by Jane Austin

CAT1 - Tell The Wolves Im Home - Carol Rifka Brunt
Cat 2 - shroud for a Nightingale - PD James

David, please go back and read the rules for nominations. Only one nom per person. I need you to adjust this before I pull them for the polls, otherwise neither of your nominations will be counted.

Cat 1.
The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht

Cat. 1 This Bright River: A Novel by Patrick Somerville

Cat 1. Enduring Love by Ian McEwan

I hope the nominations are not yet closed.

Nominations are closed (Sarah - yours made it in!)

Polls are open - http://www.goodreads.com/poll/list/12...

They will close September 1st at midnight so get on it!!! You can vote once in each poll!

May the best books win.

will do better next month.

Thank you!

I so wanna read Cloud Atlas <3

Annnnnd polls are closed!

Looks like we will be reading CLOUD ATLAS and ANNA KARENINA this month!!!!

Thanks for voting, everyone.

Yaay! I have just started Cloud Atlas, im just 20 pages in. I think this is the month of reading HUGE books as Cloud Atlas and Anna Karenina are massive reads :D <3 so excited xD

Cat 1 - The Violin mans legacy

Matthew wrote: "Cat 1 - The Violin mans legacy"

it's close long time ago!