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Hi everyone!

Nominations are now open for our April Fiction Group Read.

The 'rules' are:

- One nomination per person
- First six 'seconded' nominations will be put in a poll where members can vote on their choice.
- The book should be fiction but should not be a 'classic' novel, as we have a separate bi-monthly classics read.
- The book nominated should be available in paperback form.
- If you nominate a book, you cannot second one as well (and vice versa).

Please post your nominations on this thread, which will remain open until 16th March or until six seconded nominations are made. The poll will be set up and run for a week, and the winner will be announced shortly afterwards.

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask on this thread :-)

I nominated it last time and I think it got a few votes so I will try again.

I nominate The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster

I will second this, Heather, as I have a copy I'd like to read!

It came third last time so fingers crossed for this time!

Can I nominate Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry

Paul wrote: "Can I nominate Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry"

I will second that!

I'd like to nominate Cloudstreet by Tim Winton

I nominate Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell.

I would like to nominate 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami

I will second1Q84

Elisa wrote: "I would like to nominate 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami"

I re-second it!

I nominate The Farming of Bones by Edwidge Danticat.

I've only "read" one other book by Paul Auster, and became so annoyed with the deus ex machina factor of his turning up very late in the book as a character that I never finished it. He seems to have as many supporters as detractors, so it may be time to give him a fair chance. My library has 5 holds on 2 copies of the eBook, 3 on 5 of the paperback. I'll read it even if it is not selected here.

Leslie wrote: "Paul wrote: "Can I nominate Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry"

I will second that!"

I third that! A great read

I will second Cloud Atlas

I will go with 1Q84 Murakami.

I found Family Matters not nearly as good as A Fine Balance!

I nominate The wrong girl by Zoe Foster

Hhm, I was trying to think of something, but I think we have our 6 seconded books already!

I nominate my own debut romance fiction Undying Affinity for this category. :)

I think you'll find it's against the rules to self-promote here, Sara.

So many great choices here.

Cloud atlas too!;)

Sara wrote: "I nominate my own debut romance fiction Undying Affinity for this category. :)"

Hi Sara, you cannot nominate your own book - please check our rules on the group homepage, we have a strict no self-promotion policy here.

Nominations are now closed for April!

The six seconded nominations are as follows - look out for the poll to be announced soon:

The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster
Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry
Cloudstreet by Tim Winton
1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
The Seeds of a Daisy by Alison Caiola

There are some chunksters in that list if I am not mistaken! We might need to make it a two month read...

Yes, I think you're right!

me too

The poll is now set up! Please vote for your choice, and if the winner is a very long book we will change it to April & May to give us all time to read it!

Where do we vote?

Suzanne wrote: "Where do we vote?"

Hopefully you have now received a message with a link to the polls. But if you haven't, you can click on the small green link "polls" on the upper right (just above the search box).