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Book Club Nominations
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POLL IS OVER!!!!!!!!!!!
Anne of Green Gables! :)...most people have probably already read it, I'm just pressuring Fiona to read it sooner.
*waves* Hi Steph! Thanks for joining! I nominate Howl's Moving Castle, since I just bought it and want to read it!
Becky wrote: "*waves* Hi Steph! Thanks for joining! I nominate Howl's Moving Castle, since I just bought it and want to read it!"
Hey Becky! Thanks for the welcome :) Oooh, I want to read that one too!
Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr(I just looked at the books I had left for the Spring Challenge and picked one... :) )
The Secret Garden. This book has been on my TBR list for awhile and this morning I took the "Which Classic Book Are You" quiz on Facebook and it said, "The Secret Garden". I guess I NEED to read this book!
*looks at her shelf of library books that are YA* Do I really only have to pick one? *sighs* I nominate...Bones of Faerie
Okay, you guys have stolen all my nominations!I'm going to nominate Dogsbody by Diana Wynne Jones as I'm dying to re-read this again soon.
Kandice wrote: "The Book Thief Because I just bought it!"YES!!! Have you read it yet? Oh my gosh, it's so gorgeous and lovely and moving and funny. And sad. And... please please start a thread!
So far:Anne of Green Gables
Graceling
The Hunger Games
Howl's Moving Castle
Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr
The Secret Garden.
Bones of Faerie
I Am a Messenge
The Book Thief
Of course I forgot that May starts in a couple of days. Well I'll leave this open until the first and then we can vote in the polls and the winner will be announced and if anyone wants to read or discuss the book within May they can.
Ooh, can I add The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner? Otherwise Howl's Moving Castle looks good, I need to re-read it after watching the anime THREE times last week! :)
Anime is Japanese animated films.. they generally are geared towards young adults and adults and have more adult themes. They are definitely NOT little kid films.
Kristen wrote: "Ooooo. One of my favorites Kathryn. "I have started it but never finished it so I thought that I would nominate it... especially with the new one out!
Kathryn wrote: "Kristen wrote: "Ooooo. One of my favorites Kathryn. "I have started it but never finished it so I thought that I would nominate it... especially with the new one out!"
It's a good series. I read the first 3-4 but at uni I kinda got a bit busy and I forgot if I'd read the Opal one or not... might get back into them one day... maybe soon.
Anyway list so far:Anne of Green Gables
Graceling
The Hunger Games
Howl's Moving Castle
Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr
The Secret Garden.
Bones of Faerie
I Am a Messenge
The Book Thief
The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
Artemis Fowl
A Wrinkle In Time
The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
Crank by Ellen Hopkins
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbit.
I feel a little silly, but I had nominated the Book Thief, but know I will vote for Maus. Does that mean I need to take back my nomination?
Kandice wrote: "I feel a little silly, but I had nominated the Book Thief, but know I will vote for Maus. Does that mean I need to take back my nomination?"NO! (Although I'll vote for Maus too, just so I have a rock-solid excuse to buy it.) *wink*
Well, no one has to just vote for their nominations of course or each book'd probably only get one vote each. :P
Can I second 2? Maus and I am Messenger, both have been cqlling to me but I haven't gotten aorund to either yet.
Leora - don't need seconding, but when the time is right you may vote for them in the polls. Still nominating though.
I'll be brave and nominate The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman. See there, Fiona? I never nominate books because I'm afraid people will hate them if they're chosen, but in the spirit of getting your group up and running, I just officially made my first nomination in any group ever. A historic moment. :-)
There are so many great noms that I want to read that I think I'll just wait for the voting :)JG, I can't believe this is the first nomination you've made!!!! Great choice, by the way.
Heather wrote: "There are so many great noms that I want to read that I think I'll just wait for the voting :)JG, I can't believe this is the first nomination you've made!!!! Great choice, by the way."
for real Heather! I would gladly read every thing nominated that I haven't already :P
Allison, I bet you've read most of the ones nominated so far, haven't you? You reading machine, you....
Heather wrote: "Allison, I bet you've read most of the ones nominated so far, haven't you? You reading machine, you...."nope! Only like 5 or 6 of them :P
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Wild Things: YA Grown-Up
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Kristen reminded me about the monthly book nominations. Even though we're quite a new group I think we should just jump in at the deep end and start nominating.
Naturally, only books of a young adult nature will be accepted. :P
One vote each and I'll leave this up until next week sometime when hopefully we'll have more members!