Read Women discussion

Hello members,

This is the thread for our December nominations.
We’re looking to read a Fiction: Open choice and a Non-Fiction: Food, cooking, restaurants, agriculture.

You may nominate in both fiction and non-fiction.
One nomination per category.
No books that have been read in the previous three years.
Please use the ‘add book/author’ tab to avoid confusion.
Written by an author who identifies as female.
Please indicate whether you will be leading the discussion.

Nominations will close in about one week.

I swore I wasn't going to nominate this month - but I have one I will be reading either November or December and thought why not. Set in the Dominican Republic by an own voices author, this is a fiction mystery/thriller. I was able to see the author through the City of Asylum program in Pittsburgh and she was delightful.

The Grand Paloma Resort by Cleyvis Natera

For fiction, I nominate The Monsters We Defy, a paranormal, historical fantasy mystery by Leslye Penelope. Check out this gorgeous cover:


Synopsis: A woman able to communicate with spirits must assemble a ragtag crew to pull off a daring heist to save her community in this timely and dazzling historical fantasy that weaves together African American folk magic, history, and romance.

In the summer of 1925, along Washington, DC’s “Black Broadway”, a malevolent entity has begun preying on Negro residents. Twenty-three-year-old Clara Johnson is determined to discover what’s going on in her community. Using her natural ability to talk with spirits, she begins to investigate, but a powerful spirit tasks her with a difficult quest: steal an ancient, magical ring from the finger of a wealthy socialite.

When Clara meets Israel Lee, a supernaturally enhanced jazz musician also vying for the ring, the two decide to work together. They put together an unlikely team including a former circus freak, a pickpocketing Pullman Porter, and an aging vaudeville actor to pull off an impossible heist.

But a dangerous spirit interferes at every turn and conflict in the spirit world is leaking out into the human world. With different agendas, even if Clara and Israel pull off the heist, only one of them can truly win.

for the nonfiction read, I nominate, How to Cook a Wolf, a classic by M.F.K. Fisher.

It is 30 on The Guardian's best 100 nonfiction books.

For Fisher, How to Cook a Wolf was “about living as decently as possible with the ration cards and blackouts of World War II”. It was also a poignant farewell to the author’s youthful exuberance:

“There are very few men and women, I suspect, who cooked and marketed their way though the past war without losing for ever some of the nonchalant extravagance of the 1920s. They will feel, until their final days on earth, a kind of culinary caution: butter, no matter how unlimited, is a precious substance; meats, too, and eggs, and all the far brought spices of the world, take on a new significance, having once been so rare.”

https://www.theguardian.com/books/201...

In any event, I've always heard that Fisher is one to read and I haven't read a thing by her so this is my attempt to correct both.

I'll nominate Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner for nonfiction, which is not exactly all about food but it is apparently a running theme through the book?

A memoir. With noodles on the cover!

Jen wrote: "I'll nominate Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner for nonfiction, which is not exactly all about food but it is apparently a running theme through the book?

A mem..."

that definitely fits, Jen. would could lead to a great group discussion, too.

I nominate Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens by Shankari Chandran for fiction category.

The book is set in Australia, a Sri Lankan immigrant tries to setup a nursing home fighting against racism in many forms.

And for non-fiction I nominate The Kitchen Counter Cooking School: How a Few Simple Lessons Transformed Nine Culinary Novices into Fearless Home Cooks by Kathleen Flinn

I want to read this book because i love cooking and good stories , this book will tell me how both connect with each other and ultimately with life.

I nominate Maternity by Sheila Heti
Vivid, real and deep

I nominate By Her Hand, by Marion Taffe for fictionBy Her Hand

For nonfiction, I nominate
Living with Jane Austen

I'm so glad GailW nominated The Grand Paloma Resort ! I started reading it and put it down for some reason (deadlines or travel or something--I don't remember). I want to finish it!

I nominate The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich for fiction. I can lead

Fiction: "Sugar Cage" aka "Sugar Cane" (different eds. bear different titles) by Connie Mae Fowler, and yes, I know, the "food" category is different, but just the same I guess the sugar reference may make a tie-in to food!

A Singular Life: Secrets to Living Well With or Without a Traditional Partner

خرائط التيه بثينة العيسى

Polls are up everyone. If you don’t see your book then it didn’t appear to fit the guidelines or I couldn’t find it.

Thank you everyone who nominated. Polls will close on the 13th

https://www.goodreads.com/poll/list/1...

If you're interested in participating in either December read, please vote - today's the last day and these are intriguing options!

Anita wrote: "Hello members,

This is the thread for our December nominations.
We’re looking to read a Fiction: Open choice and a Non-Fiction: Food, cooking, restaurants, agriculture.

You may nominate in both f..." I nominate Dispatches from the Couch by Stacey Hettes!

Heike wrote: "Anita wrote: "Hello members,

This is the thread for our December nominations.
We’re looking to read a Fiction: Open choice and a Non-Fiction: Food, cooking, restaurants, agriculture.

You may nomi..."

Heike - hold that thought! We're at the voting stage for December and nominations are closed, but January nominations will open in a couple of weeks.