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.

Please do not nominate a book more than once. A book can only be voted on once, so multiple nominations within this thread are not counted.

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 Wednesday evening. 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!

**Important note: At no time is it acceptable for an author to nominate one of his/her own books for the monthly group read. Likewise, it is not acceptable to "push" nominations or votes within this group. It also follows that "a nomination for a nomination" is not acceptable. If I suspect a push, or inappropriate actions have taken place within the group read nominations or votes, I reserve the right to deem those nominations or votes as ineligible.

Classic
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn byMark Twain

cat 1. The Little Friend by Donna Tartt

Cat. 2: Walden and Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau

Cat. 1: The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings

Cat. 2: Cannery Row by John Steinbeck

Cat1.Hellfire: A Novel by Mia Gallagher

Cat.2 Nana by Émile Zola

Cat.2 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey

Cat 1.Lost memory of skin by Russell Banks

Cat1: Isaac's Storm by Erik Larson

Cat 1: The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery

Cat 1: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

Cat 1: The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket

Cat 1: The Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons

Cat 1: The Book of Madness and Cures - Regina O'Melveny

Can I changee mine to Cat 1: The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls?

Cat 1: The Art of Hearing Heartbeats by Jan-Philipp Sendker

Cat 2 The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

No more noms! I'm creating the polls so hang tight till I give you the green light :)

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

There ya go! Polls are up. The link will get you there.

One vote per category. May the best Books win.
Voting ends Saturday night at midnight EST

Hooray! Votes are in and the reading looks good!

TNBBC will be picking up THE DESCENDANTS and ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOOS NEST next month!!

Lori wrote: "Hooray! Votes are in and the reading looks good!

TNBBC will be picking up THE DESCENDANTS and ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOOS NEST next month!!"

One Flew ... read it a few years back, while winding my way through some classics. Compelling and complex, entertaining and disturbing. A lot like the movie and as always, more so.