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message 1: by Lori, Super Mod (last edited May 19, 2009 04:19AM) (new)
May 17, 2009 02:02PM

369169 Nominations have been closed. We have over 50 books to vote on!! Great job everyone! And the lists look amazing.

I will be creating a poll shortly for each catagory. Wait until you see the title of this thread change to VOTING IS OPEN and then you will have until Sunday to cast your two votes.

Thanks again everyone!




Hi everyone!
Let's get nominating... I almost forgot it's past the middle of the month already! Where DOES the time go??

We will have two catagories this month:
Cat1- Regular Fiction/Non-Fiction
Cat2- Summer Read (classics)

I chose classics because the begining of the summer is when most bookstores will stack up and display the oldies but goodies, with signs for "summer reading"....


One nomination per person.
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 leave nominations open until Wednesday.....

Go.....



message 2: by Fiona (last edited May 17, 2009 02:04PM) (new)
May 17, 2009 02:03PM

1356469 Cat 2 - Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck


message 3: by Becky (new)
May 17, 2009 02:05PM

1376766 Cat 2- To Kill a Mockingbird :)


message 4: by Lori, Super Mod (new)
May 17, 2009 02:05PM

369169 Becky... ahem.... your missing something....


message 5: by Becky (new)
May 17, 2009 02:08PM

1376766 Excuse me. *blush*

Cat 2- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.


message 6: by Jessica (new)
May 17, 2009 02:08PM

1524827 Category 2-- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald


message 7: by Becky (new)
May 17, 2009 02:08PM

1376766 :)


message 8: by Jenni (new)
May 17, 2009 02:09PM

1289966
Category 2 - Classics
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott


message 9: by Lisa (new)
May 17, 2009 02:10PM

1151972 Cat 2 - Three Musketeers by Dumas


message 10: by Hayes (last edited May 17, 2009 02:11PM) (new)
May 17, 2009 02:10PM

1724711 Category 2 - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain

look at all the classics!! Bravi!!


message 11: by Kyle (new)
May 17, 2009 02:11PM

2183713 Category 2--Dracula--Bram Stoker

Hey its a classic! :D

((So I can't give a recommendation for Category 1 now?))


message 12: by Lori, Super Mod (new)
May 17, 2009 02:11PM

369169 Wow, I guess classics was a good choice huh??????


message 13: by Hayes (last edited May 17, 2009 02:12PM) (new)
May 17, 2009 02:12PM

1724711 Lori wrote: "Wow, I guess classics was a good choice huh??????"

Brilliant Lori!! perfect for us o-fo's ; )


message 14: by Jenni (new)
May 17, 2009 02:12PM

1289966 Lori wrote: "Wow, I guess classics was a good choice huh??????"

Yes!!! And btw Lisa - I was also considering nominating The Three Musketeers! :)


message 15: by Charity (last edited May 18, 2009 01:01PM) (new)
May 17, 2009 02:15PM

129343 Cat. 1 - (Nonfiction) Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi


message 16: by Jamie (new)
May 17, 2009 02:30PM

1518370 Category 1-- Suite Française by Irène Némirovsky


message 17: by Cait (new)
May 17, 2009 02:37PM

1419944 Cat. 2 - The Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoevsky


message 18: by Fiona (new)
May 17, 2009 02:44PM

1356469 OHHHH good one Cait.

hardly anyone has voted for cat. 1!


message 19: by Kyle (new)
May 17, 2009 03:39PM

2183713 Cat. 1 - Sail - James Patterson




message 20: by Lori, Super Mod (new)
May 17, 2009 03:44PM

369169 Bro's Karamazov is awesome! Great pic!


message 21: by Petra (new)
May 17, 2009 03:51PM

1733683 Cat 1: Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin


message 22: by Alisha (new)
May 17, 2009 04:21PM

1585205 Cat 2: The Woman in White-Wilkie Collins


message 23: by Morgan (last edited May 17, 2009 06:26PM) (new)
May 17, 2009 04:21PM

2003912 Cat. 2 Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte


message 24: by BJ Rose (last edited May 17, 2009 04:30PM) (new)
May 17, 2009 04:30PM

2030200 Category 1: The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, by M.T. Anderson


message 25: by Jessica (new)
May 17, 2009 04:40PM

1133601 Category 1: The Girls from Ames by Jeffrey Zaslow


message 26: by Kristen (new)
May 17, 2009 04:40PM

1085678 Category 1: Moloka'i by Alan Brennert


message 27: by Patricia (last edited May 17, 2009 09:20PM) (new)
May 17, 2009 05:04PM

912547
Category 2: Far From The Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy


message 28: by Jamie (new)
May 17, 2009 05:23PM

1518370 Patricia: You are only able to pick one category to nominate..just thought you might want to know so you can edit your post and just pick one so that your nomination will count! :)


message 29: by Yvonne (new)
May 17, 2009 05:37PM

1454886 The Diary of Anne Frank.........I have been wanting to reread that novel.


message 30: by Yvonne (new)
May 17, 2009 05:39PM

1454886 oops! The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank......a classic in my book......no pun intended


message 31: by Jamie (new)
May 17, 2009 05:44PM

898662 Yvonne - You're going to want to do this: "Please be sure to post the title, author, and the catagory it belongs to." Otherwise, your nomination won't be accepted. Anne Frank is a great choice, though.


message 32: by JG (new)
May 17, 2009 05:58PM

48404 Kyle wrote: "Category 2--Dracula--Bram Stoker"

Kyle, this was our group read back in October. I'm pretty sure we don't choose them twice, so you probably need to nominate something else. Great book though! :-)




message 33: by Jen B (new)
May 17, 2009 06:44PM

529177 Cat 2 - The Power of One - Bryce Courtenay (I'm not sure how "classic" it is, but I found it on the summer reading table in B&N)


message 34: by Rachael (new)
May 17, 2009 06:56PM

706494 Cat 1- Cold Mountain-Charles Frasier
Cat 2- I second Wuthering Heights


message 36: by Fiona (new)
May 17, 2009 07:02PM

1356469 Blayre wrote: "Cat 1- Cold Mountain-Charles Frasier
Cat 2- I second Wuthering Heights"

Psst you can only choose one category.


message 37: by April (new)
May 17, 2009 07:02PM

1405910 Jen B wrote: "Cat 2 - The Power of One - Bryce Courtenay (I'm not sure how "classic" it is, but I found it on the summer reading table in B&N)"


Jen, in my book, The Power of One is a classic, and on my top 10 list!



message 38: by Mosca (last edited May 17, 2009 07:26PM) (new)
May 17, 2009 07:15PM

1837675 At one time there had been a sugestion that we would have a World War II themed group read for June. Don't worry, I'm not suggesting that we should now do that; let's stick with the selected agenda.

However, because of that, "Gravity's Rainbow" got stuck in my mind as a June read. Also, I really need an excuse to finally finish this book.

So I'm nominating for Category 1:

Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon


message 39: by Jill (new)
May 17, 2009 07:22PM

1345249 Category 2: The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux.

Because too many people have seen the musical and not read the book.


message 40: by Melanie (new)
May 17, 2009 07:44PM

2216565 Category 2: Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen


message 41: by El (new)
May 17, 2009 07:44PM

83144 Category 2: A Passage to India, E.M. Forster.


message 42: by Tammy (new)
May 17, 2009 07:59PM

1009750 Category 1 - A Thread of Grace, Mary Doria Russell


message 43: by Bridgit (last edited May 17, 2009 08:00PM) (new)
May 17, 2009 07:59PM

2101331 Category 1 - Charles Palliser - The Quincunx


message 45: by Patricia (last edited May 17, 2009 09:21PM) (new)
May 17, 2009 09:19PM

912547 Jamie wrote: "Patricia: You are only able to pick one category to nominate..just thought you might want to know so you can edit your post and just pick one so that your nomination will count! :)"


Thanks!



message 47: by Fiona (Titch) (new)
May 18, 2009 01:25AM

402486 Cat 1: White Teeth - Zadie Smith


message 48: by Potjy (new)
May 18, 2009 01:34AM

943370 Mosca wrote: "At one time there had been a sugestion that we would have a World War II themed group read for June...

However, because of that, "Gravity's Rainbow" got stuck in my mind as a June read..."

Me too! The one that stuck in mine is The English Patient. So I nominate...

The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje for category 1. ;)


message 49: by Nikki (new)
May 18, 2009 04:43AM

1425970 Cat 2 - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, by Lewis Carroll



message 50: by Dionisia (new)
May 18, 2009 07:01AM

2140293 This is my first ever nomination, yay!

Cat 2: A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess


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