Read Women discussion

January 2024 nominations! One week-ish, and go
Fiction: Sci-Fi
Non-Fiction: Nature / Science / Climate Change / Environment

Criteria:
1. Book must be by a female author (transwomen and women using male pseudonyms are women).
2. No books that have already been group reads within the past 3 years/36 months (check the group's bookshelf).
3. Do not nominate a book you have written or for which you are the publicist or lead marketer.
4. Consider availability. If a book is available in the US and UK (at minimum), and in paperback and ebook formats, more members can participate than if not.

To Nominate:
1. Give both the title of the book and the author's name when nominating to avoid confusion. Please use the 'add book/author' button when nominating.
2. Indicate whether you are willing or not to lead discussion if your nomination is chosen.
3. Maximum - one nomination per member, per category.

For the Fiction read, I nominate Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel.

For the Non-fiction read, I nominate Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer. Testosterone Rex: Myths of Sex, Science, and Society by Cordelia Fine

I can lead.

Liesl wrote: "For the Fiction read, I nominate Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel.

For the Non-fiction read, I nominate Braiding Sweetgrass by [author:R..."

Looks like Sweetgrass was a group read Dec 2021.

Jen wrote: "Liesl wrote: "For the Fiction read, I nominate Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel.

For the Non-fiction read, I nominate [book:Braiding Sweetgrass|17465709..."

Oops! Thanks for letting me know. I've edited my nomination

I'd like to nominate Under the Sea Wind by Rachel Carson for the nonfiction.

I nominate Frankissstein: A Love Story by Jeanette Winterson for sci Fi and The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert for climate change
I can lead

For fiction I nominate A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers.

I can lead.

For the nonfiction read, I nominate Soil: The Story of a Black Mother's Garden by Camille T. Dungy. I can lead.

Hannah wrote: "I nominate Frankissstein: A Love Story by Jeanette Winterson for sci Fi and The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by [author:Elizabeth Kolbert|458..."

The Sixth extinction is brilliant!

For NF I nominate The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery. I can lead.

For Non-Fiction I nominate Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest by Suzanne Simard. It won The National Outdoor Book Award in 2021 in the category of Natural History Literature.

If the book is selected, I'd be happy to lead.

Adding Forager: Field Notes for Surviving a Family Cult by Michelle Dowd for NF for Lyn in a message. But please do continue to post nominations here and not in private message to myself or Carol.

These noms look great though, and agree about Sixth Extinction, but I like anything I've read by Kolbert

All Systems Red by Martha Wells for sci fi. I can lead

Polls are up through Monday the 20th. Please vote here:
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Polls have been updated to include 2 NF nominations I missed! Sorry and thank you to MJ for letting me know

PSA: Today's the last day to vote (or change your vote). Polls close at midnight PST.