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!

We will have two catagories this month:
Cat1- Regular Fiction/Non-Fiction
Cat2- International Fiction (A book that was translated from it's original language)


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.

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

Are you ready?
I will accept nominations through Wednesday morning. 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!

Cat. 1 - Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

Catagory 2: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami

Cat. 2 - One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez

Cat.2: Every Man Dies Alone-Hans Fallada

Cat 1: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

cat 2: Kaddish for an Unborn Childby
Imre Kertész

Cat.2: The Solitude of Prime Numbers by Paolo Giordano

F1Wild wrote: "Cat.2: The Solitude of Prime Numbers by Paolo Giordano"


I second that

Fiona wrote: "2. Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami"
You need to include the category or it won't count (I know from experience).

Vikz wrote: "F1Wild wrote: "Cat.2: The Solitude of Prime Numbers by Paolo Giordano"
I second that"
Not sure if Lori would count this as a nom - may need to renominate??

Cat2 -- The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery

I nominate "Cat.2: The Solitude of Prime Numbers by Paolo Giordano"

Cat. 2: Out by Natsuo Kirino

is it me or is eberybody nminating for cat 2? lol

Ha! I am glad to see so much interest in Cat 2 :)

Here's what we look like so far -

Cat1
Gone With the Wind - Margaret Mitchell
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd - Agatha Christi

Cat2
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle - Haruki Murakami
One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel García Márquez
Every Man Dies Alone - Hans Fallada
Kaddish for an Unborn Child - Imre Kertész
Kafka on the Shore - Haruki Murakami
The Solitude of Prime Numbers - Paolo Giordano
The Elegance of the Hedgehog - Muriel Barbery
Out - Natsuo Kirino

Keep em coming!

Oh good then there is hope!

The Red Tent by Anita Diamant

Cat. 1: Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City by Greg Grandin

I felt bad for Cat. 1. It's like the plain stepsister of glamorous, worldly Cat. 2.

Sweet, that's on my TBR.

Cat 1: Island by Aldous Huxley

Cat. 1 Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

Is Cat.1 getting pity votes now? It doesn't want your pity votes.

Cat 1: The Raw Shark Texts - Steven Hall

I usually do vote cat. 1 but I really need to get Out off my TBR and I neeed a excuse to do so...

Shhh, Cat 1. You're pretty in your own way.

Bridgit, I just heard about Raw Shark Texts a few days ago and thought it sounded wicked interesting. I almost nominated it. Nice one. :)

(But you should link the author too!)

Its not a pity vote, its rational choice - the less people have nominated for a category, the more likely my book will win. LOL.

Bridgit- Although The Raw Shark Texts is an interesting book it has already been a group read in the past and can't be nominated again I believe...

Love the pity votes and the strategy moves.....

Alex wrote: "Shhh, Cat 1. You're pretty in your own way.

Bridgit, I just heard about Raw Shark Texts a few days ago and thought it sounded wicked interesting. I almost nominated it. Nice one. :)

(But you ..."

RST was recommended to me last year by a friend who saw that i was reading The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and said I would love it. It has been on my shelf for months, but am planning on getting to it in the next 3-4 weeks! Very excited!

Bridgit- Although The Raw Shark Texts is an interesting book it has already been a group read in the past and can't be nominated again I believe...

Yep! So you may want to change your nom, Bridgit. :)

well look at that - who knew. I rescind my nomination.

well look at that - who knew. I rescind my nomination.

It happens. :) C'mon, nominate something else. You always seem to be reading something good.

Recommend a new Cat 1, Bridgit!! I double dog dare ya! :)

alright. here we go. 1. Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

Cat. 1 The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl

Category 1: Everything Is Illuminated--Jonathan Safran Foer

Cat 1: These Is My Words by Nancy E. Turner

Kristen wrote: "Cat. 1 The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl"

Good book. I enjoyed it. Hope you do too.

Category 1: 'Pompeii' by Robert Harris.

You gotta link the title and author, Matthew. Click "Add book/author" to do it. And I hope you do do it, 'cause I'd totally be into reading Pompeii.

I'd like to nominate The Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons for Category 1.

Mitzie wrote: "I'd like to nominate The Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons for Category 1."

That sounds really good Mitzie!

Cat1: American Pastoral by Philip Roth

Cat 2. The City of Dreaming Books by Walter Moers

Any of those . . . in particular, I'd like to see The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset Maugham . . . anything by Somerset Maugham.

It's my 2k10 project, to read all his works.

Erika wrote:

Oh, I've been hearing about this author. I didn't know he was German...neat!"

He's one of my absolute favorites

I've never heard of him before. His books sound crazy weird/cool! I almost might have to vote for that instead of my nomination, Adrienne.

Category 1: Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee

Just a heads up... Its not necessary to link the author and title, they just have to BE there! Linking them is nice becuase it gives everyone an opportunity to check them out and see what they are about... but really, it wont get your nomination kicked out.

The three necessary things in order to have a nomination count are:

the category you nominate it for
the author name
the title

Keep em coming!