You'll love this one...!! A book club & more discussion

Time to nominate themes for our September group reads.

Please avoid blatant nominations for themes that fit into the yearly challenge.

If you don't have a theme idea, you can second someone else's nomination instead, but that will count as your own nomination, and that theme will be entered twice in random.org - giving the theme an additional chance to make the cut.

Only 5 themes will make the cut and end up in the poll.

Nominations can be seconded multiple times by different people. If you second a nomination, please make clear that is what you are doing. E.g. If I nominate "Books whose title starts with A", you need to state "I second Books whose title starts with A".

Nominations end August 6.

Nominations:
1. Books by Agatha Christie (Nistha)
2. Books set in Seattle (Janice, Margo)
3. Beloved children classic books (Sandra)
4. HARVEST in the title or fruits/vegetables on the cover in their natural form (Katrisa, Sharon)

As Agatha Christe was born in September, I would like to nominate books by her (I am highly excited to read some underrated books from her)

There's an obscure holiday in September that is "Stay Away From Seattle" day. Because I'm ornery and contrary, I suggest we visit Seattle by reading a book set in Seattle.

Books set in Seattle

This is not an exhaustive list and only captures those that have a setting noted on the main book page.

Janice wrote: "There's an obscure holiday in September that is "Stay Away From Seattle" day. "

Now I want to know more about that holiday. Lol

Here's an article that might shed some light on it.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/stay-a...

We have a festival in Virginia Beach in September (it's not exactly a holiday) called "Take Back the Beach". After all the tourists have left after Labor Day the locals can finally enjoy a crowd less beach in September. I believe it is Saturday, Sept 6th this year. Local food, beer and bands play at the amphitheater on 32nd St on the boardwalk.

That's funny. I can empathize with both, Seattle and Virginia. I live in a college town, and we have similar feelings towards the students. We should have a "Go back to your hometown Day" in May. :)

We lived in Williamsburg, VA for a year and it was too touristy for us. Unfortunately, it's a year round thing there.

I love Williamsburg, Kristie. That's where we go to escape the tourists. LOL

So funny! I love Williamsburg too - to visit. lol

Janice wrote: "Here's an article that might shed some light on it.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/stay-a..."

I think it's symptomatic of the "us" and "them" pandemic that's sweeping the world at the moment. Outsiders not welcome!

We do like students and welcome them in August, but by the end of the school year we are ready to have a break. :)

We do appreciate the money that tourists bring to our economy (not thrilled with the extra 15% tourist tax at restaurants though). It is definitely a love/hate relationship though.

Tourists can be welcome, but they can be obnoxious as well. When my sister was living on Oahu, their driveway was constantly plugged off by people thinking they had the right to park wherever they wanted. Some would park as if there was no driveway there at all and others would park right in the driveway. No amount of signage made a difference. Now, they live on The Big Island and away from the tourist areas.

I didn't mean to stir things up by suggesting this topic. I just thought a holiday saying to avoid Seattle was funny and didn't even look into what it was about until we started discussing it.

It was a fun chat, Janice. :)

That's good. As long as we're seeing the fun side of things, it's fine.

No worries, Janice. I might "b*itch and moan" about living in a tourist town - especially in the summer, but I've lived here almost 30 years and we're in the middle of intense renovations to make this our for-ever-home so we must like it here LOL

Janice wrote: "Tourists can be welcome, but they can be obnoxious as well. When my sister was living on Oahu, their driveway was constantly plugged off by people thinking they had the right to park wherever they ..."

I second Janices nomination. Lets go to Seattle in august just to be ornery (I always like to be ornery!!!)

I wasn't criticising the nomination. I think it's interesting and funny, it's just the way the article was worded got me thinking.

I took all the comments on this thread in the light hearted way they were intended. We get a lot of visitors in my town during the summer months too and, yeah, I could do without the extra people and traffic. I wouldn't like to like in a college town either - all those students must be exhausting!

Not to worry. I didn't take it as criticism.

Janice wrote: "Tourists can be welcome, but they can be obnoxious as well. When my sister was living on Oahu, their driveway was constantly plugged off by people thinking they had the right to park wherever they ..."

We used to live in countryside, close to a church and we had a mass path through our land. We were regularly blocked into our driveway by mass goers who seemed to take it for granted that we'd be attending church. One day someone came and parked in drive way and seemed honestly puzzled when we asked him not do it again! Holy folk 🙄😂

I'm going to nominate beloved children classic books that we haven't read yet. I feel there are so many books I would have loved to read as a child and for some reason never got to them. A few that comes to mind are: Where the Red Fern Grows, The Phantom Tollbooth, A Wrinkle in Time, The Wind in the Willows, etc. I don't mean picture books, though.

Sandra, keep in mind that different people have read different books. So from your example some of your didn’t read books won’t qualify for me because I’ve already read them. Maybe take off the ‘that we haven’t read’ part?

Margo wrote: "Janice wrote: "Tourists can be welcome, but they can be obnoxious as well. When my sister was living on Oahu, their driveway was constantly plugged off by people thinking they had the right to park..."

LOL Oh those church folk!!

Because I am a farmer's wife, September is our month of seeing the most fruits of our labor (literally). I nominate books that have the word HARVEST in the title or feature fruits/vegetables on the cover (in their natural form not cooked)

Kristie wrote: "Sandra, keep in mind that different people have read different books. So from your example some of your didn’t read books won’t qualify for me because I’ve already read them. Maybe take off the ‘th..."

My idea was to avoid rereading and read books that for some reason we missed reading at that age, but I understand it can make nominations complicated. I will modify the wording.

I second the word HARVEST in the title.

Thank you all for you nominations!