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!

The categories going forward will remain as follows (based on your feedback):

Cat1- Regular Fiction/Non-Fiction
Cat2- Classics

In order for a novel to count as "Classic" it must be published pre-1980.

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.

Ideally, you can type it as follows -
Cat 1. Room - Emma Donoghue

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

Are you ready?

I will accept nominations through Saturday. 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 2. To the Lighthouse- Virginia Woolf

Cat 2. The Turn of the Screw - Henry James

Cat 1. Tomato Rhapsody by Adam Schell

Cat 1. The Fool's Progress: An Honest Novel by Edward Abbey

Cat 2.Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See (Goodreads Author)

Cat 1. State of Wonder by Ann Patchett

Angela wrote: "Cat 2. To the Lighthouse- Virginia Woolf"

I love any book by Virginia Woolf!

Cat 1 Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King

Cat 2: Another Country by James Baldwin

Cat: 2 A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O'Connor.

Cat. 1 - A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan

Marla wrote: "Angela wrote: "Cat 2. To the Lighthouse- Virginia Woolf"

I love any book by Virginia Woolf!"

I've never read any of her books, but have been meaning to. I figured that if it became July's month read, I would be more motivated to read it :)

Rosanna wrote: "Cat: 2 A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O'Connor."


oooooh great book! I havn't read it in years!

Cat. 2 RObinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

Cat. 2 A Room With a View by E.M. Forster

Mary wrote: "Cat. 2 A Room With a View by E.M. Forster"

I love A Room with a View!!!

Cat 1 We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver

Cat 2 - The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

Leslie T. wrote: "Cat 2 - The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck"

Anything Steinbeck is good for me :)

Zee wrote: "Cat 1 We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver"

Fantastic book!!!!!!!!!! I hope that one gets voted for as I'd love to discuss it again.

Cat 2 Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier

Cat 2: This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Cat 1: This Is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper

Colleen wrote: "Cat 2 Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier"

I love Jamaica Inn!!!

Cat. 1 The Little Stranger - Sarah Waters

Cat. 2: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Think wrote: "Cat 1: This Is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper"

I am a Tropper fan, but this is not his best work. I much preferred The Book of Joe and .How to Talk to a Widower, both of which I adored.

Cat.2 The Time Machine by H.G. Wells

Tina wrote: "Think wrote: "Cat 1: This Is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper"

I am a Tropper fan, but this is not his best work. I much preferred The Book of Joe a..."

I loved the Book of Joe. Nominated This is Where I Leave You bc it is sitting on my bookshelf calling my name!

Oh man am I behind on this or what?

Let's get this list up and the poll running, shall we?

Cat 1
Tomato Rhapsody - Adam Schell
The Fool's Progress - Edward Abbey
State of Wonder - Ann Patchett
Full Dark, No Stars - Stephen King
A Visit from the Goon Squad - Jennifer Egan
We Need to Talk About Kevin - Lionel Shriver
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle - Haruki Murakami
This Is Where I Leave You - Jonathan Tropper
The Little Stranger - Sarah Waters
The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald


Cat 2
To the Lighthouse- Virginia Woolf
The Turn of the Screw - Henry James
Another Country - James Baldwin
A Good Man is Hard to Find - Flannery O'Connor
Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Defoe
A Room With a View - E.M. Forster
The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
Jamaica Inn - Daphne du Maurier
This Side of Paradise - F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Time Machine - H.G. Wells

I will let you know when polls are open. Give me a minute to get them set up :)

http://www.goodreads.com/poll/list/12...

Polls are open! Go vote!

One vote per category. Polls are open through the 22nd. winners announced on the 23rd!

Lori wrote: "Oh man am I behind on this or what?

Let's get this list up and the poll running, shall we?

Cat 1
Tomato Rhapsody - Adam Schell
The Fool's Progress - Edward Abbey
State of Wonder - Ann Patchett
..."

Should The Great Gatsby be in Category 2?

Whoops! That's what I get for rushing!

Okay, we need a couple more votes for Lighthouse, 'cause I really don't want to read Grapes for a third (or is it fourth??) time. Please? *Whimper* ;)

Grapes....Grapes....Grapes..... *chanting*

Lahni... :-P~~~~

;)

Sorry, Heather. :)

July's group reads winners are in!!!

The Wind Up Bird Chronicle

and

To the Lighthouse


and let's not forget our author/reader novel Eden Lake!!!!

I will open discussion for these novels on July first!

SO who's in????

cat. 2- Twilight Eyes-Dean Koontz

AR wrote: "cat. 2- Twilight Eyes-Dean Koontz" Sorry but voting is over. Look 2 entries above yours for the winners.

Ugh, looks like my library doesn't have either book. :(

"To the Lighthouse" is the only one my library has.

I've reserved to the lighthouse, but its an audiobook - guess i'll listen to it on the drive into work - but i managed to fit it into another challenge, so that's good