For August, as we did in the past 2 months, we will be reading 2 books. You are only able to nominate for one category. We will be having our "regular" fiction/non-fiction category (category 1) where you can nominate anything and then our "themed" category (category 2). The theme for the month of August is Young Adult..since most people will be going back to school..it might be a nice way to wrap up the summer!

Guidelines for Nominations:

-Only one nomination per person and you must choose one category.
-Please specify which category you are nominating for. The Themed category is always category 2. Your post should look something like this:
Category 1: "This Book" by An Author
- Please make sure you have the book and author in your nomination
- If you have nominated the same book more than 2 times and it has only ever received one or two votes..please try and pick another book! :)
-We will be taking the first 12 nominations for each category or we will close nominations on July 8th if not all categories are filled.
-Voting will begin soon after nominations are done and will be open for a week.
- If your books wins..please let us know whether or not you would like to lead the book discussion.

As always, if you have any questions about the process, please feel free to message Lori or myself!

Category 2: A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray

Ooh what a lovely thing to see before I go to work! :)

Category 1: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Category 2: Fire and Hemlock by Diana Wynne Jones.

Because it is very discussable and I think the ending needs to be talked about. Ooh, but there are SO many good YA that might not be great for discussion, but are excellent for reading! Anything chosen I'm sure will be well-worth reading.

Category 2: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

although I've already read this book, I'd be really interested in hearing discussions on it! (Plus, who can resist reading Alexie again and again?)

Category 1: Peyton Place by Grace Metalious

Category 2: The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

Category 1: Fifth Business by Robertson Davies

Category 2: The God Box

Category 1: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

Category 1: The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood

Category 1: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith (and Jane Austen)

Category 1: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz

I'd love to nominate but it won't be released until OCTOBER ..ugh.. :P I want to read it! I used to work at a coffee shop, so I can relate to some of the humor and stuff in her book's description... plus it's loosely based on Jane Austen's Emma, so.... could be good!



Instead, I'll nominate Julie and Julia My Year of Cooking Dangerously by Julie Powell for Category 1. The movie's coming out next month, too.

wow! some great nominations so far!! I have no idea what I'm going to vote for!

Category 2:

Holes by louis Saschar

Category 2: How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn--Category 1

I'm glad someone nominated Holes! I've been wanting to read that forever :]

Category 2: This Lullaby

Category 1: Reading Lolita in Tehran A Memoir in Books by Vladimir Nabokov

Molly, Lolita is by Nabokov. Reading Lolita in Tehran is by Azar Nafisi. Which one did you mean?

category 1: Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

We have ONE spot left for category 1 & THREE spots left for category 2.

Thus far:

Category 1-

Memoirs of a Geisha
Reading Lolita in Tehran
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Julie and Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
The Robber Bride
Never Let Me Go
Fifth Business
Peyton Place
Fahrenheit 451

Category 2:

Phantastes
This Lullaby
Holes
How I live now
The God Box
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian
Fire and Hemlock
A Great and Terrible Beauty

Category 2: The Solitaire Mystery by Jostein Gaarder

Category 2: The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

We have one spot open for each category!

Any takers? Then I can make this poll! :)

Category 1: Then We Came to the End

one more left for the YA category.
if anyone who already nominated cares to nominate another book..feel free!
I'd love to get this poll up tonight because I actually have time for once :)

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson.

:)

yay!

NOMINATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED!

A poll will be up shortly!

Both polls are up!

The group reads for August will be Reading Lolita in Tehran A Memoir in Books & A Great and Terrible Beauty.

Thanks to all those who nominated and voted!