Votes are in.... see who won!



Please read the rules for nominating BEFORE you create your post!!

We will have two catagories this month:
Cat1- Regular Fiction/Non-Fiction
Cat2- Mystery/Crime


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.

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

Are you ready?
I will accept nominations through Sunday night. 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 - Step on a Crack by James Patterson

Category 2 -

An Unpardonable Crime by Andrew Taylor. That is the US title. In the UK it is known as The American Boy!

I put the US title first because I think the majority here are from the US.

Category 1 - My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult

Category 1-

2666 by Roberto Bolano

Category 2

The Neighbor by Lisa Gardner

Hello!

For Category 1, I would like to nominate One of Ours by Willa Cather.

Here is the description:

"One of Ours is Willa Cather's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about the making of an American soldier. Claude Wheeler, the sensitive but aspiring protagonist, has ready access to his family's fortune but refuses to settle for it. Alienated from his uncaring father and pious mother, and rejected by a wife whose only love is missionary work, Claude is an idealist without ideals to cling to.

Only when his country enters the Great War does he find the meaning of his life. In One of Ours, Willa Cather explores the life of a young Nebraskan whose ambitions drive him to a frontier wilder and more violent than the one tamed by his pioneer ancestors."

I think it would be an appropriate November read, in honour of Remembrance Day.

Category 2- And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

Category 1 - Olive Kitteridge A Novel in Stories by Elizabeth Strout

Category 1: The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson.

Cat 2:

The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown

I've read that it was poorly rated. I wanna find out why.

Cat 2: The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle

Decisions. Decisions....

I'll nominate cat. 1 Say You're One of Them by Uwen Akpam

Cat. 1: Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon

Cat1: I, Robot by Isaac Asimov

Cat1: Await Your Reply;A Novel by Dan Chaon

Cat 2: In The Woods - Tana French

Jessica wrote: "Category 1-

2666 by Roberto Bolano"

Nice. :o)

Category 1: Little Bee by Chris Cleave

Cat. 2: In the Memory of the Forest by Charles Powers

Category 2: The Blessing Way by Tony Hillerman

Category 2: Seven Deadly Wonders By Matt Reilly

Donna wrote: "Decisions. Decisions....

I'll nominate cat. 1 Say You're One of Them"

Donna, I need the author in this post or it wont be counted! Edit it and plug it in please :)

Category 2: The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson

Lori wrote: "Donna wrote: "Decisions. Decisions....

I'll nominate cat. 1 Say You're One of Them"

Donna, I need the author in this post or it wont be counted! Edit it and plug it in please :)"

Just in case Donna doesn't reply, the author is Uwem Akpan

Thank you Fiona!!!!!

So day one and here are the nominations so far:

Cat1:
My Sister's Keeper - Jodi Picoult
2666 - Roberto Bolano
One of Ours - Willa Cather
Olive Kitteridge A Novel in Stories - Elizabeth Strout
The Gargoyle - Andrew Davidson
Say You're One of Them - Uwen Akpam
Wonder Boys - Michael Chabon
I, Robot - Isaac Asimov
Await Your Reply - Dan Chaon
Little Bee - Chris Cleave


Cat2:
Step on a Crack - James Patterson
An Unpardonable Crime - Andrew Taylor
The Neighbor - Lisa Gardner
And Then There Were None - Agatha Christie
The Lost Symbol - Dan Brown
The Hound of the Baskervilles - Arthur Conan Doyle
In The Woods - Tana French
In the Memory of the Forest - Charles Powers
The Blessing Way - Tony Hillerman
Seven Deadly Wonders - Matt Reilly
The Girl Who Played with Fire - Stieg Larsson

We have all day today and tomorrow to get them in.

Cat 2. The Name of the Rose Including Postscript by Umberto Eco.

Cat 1. Tomcat in Love by Tim O'Brien

Cat 2: Berlin Noir March Violets; The Pale Criminal; A German Requiem by Philip Kerr

Because even after 15 years since being published it's still noir at its best. Taking his cues from Chandler but making them its own, Kerr takes us into Berlin, 1936.

cat 1 NeedCarrie Jones

Jill wrote: "Cat 1: Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice

cat2: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
by Mark Haddon "

Jill we can only nominate 1 book, so you need to pick one of those and edit your post. :o)

cat 2: The Cater Street Hangman - Anne Perry

Sorry, I swear I thought I read the whole top comment but obviously didn't.

Cat 1: Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice

Psst Lori, don't forget to include the british title of An Unpardonable Crime as well when you put the polls up. Sorry for choosing an annoying book. :P

El wrote: "Cat 2. The Name of the Rose Including Postscript by Umberto Eco."

El - I have really been wanting to read that book!!

Category 2: The Birthday Present by Barbara Vine

BJ Rose wrote: "Category 2: The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson"

I agree!

Category 2: The Drowning Tree by Carol Goodman

Cat 2: The Monster of Florence, Douglas Preston

Cat 2 : The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon

Wow, not too many nominations this month, what happened? We still have a few hours to get some in before I close up and start the polls.....

Hurry Hurry

Cat 1: Love A Novel by Toni Morrison

This is the list... Do we want one more day to get nominations in? For some reason, participation in the nominations has been low this month! Are you guys getting tired of the group reads?


Cat1:
My Sister's Keeper - Jodi Picoult
2666 - Roberto Bolano
One of Ours - Willa Cather
Olive Kitteridge A Novel in Stories - Elizabeth Strout
The Gargoyle - Andrew Davidson
Say You're One of Them - Uwen Akpam
Wonder Boys - Michael Chabon
I, Robot - Isaac Asimov
Await Your Reply - Dan Chaon
Little Bee - Chris Cleave
Tomcat in Love by Tim O'Brien
Interview with the Vampire - Anne Rice
Love A Novel - Toni Morrison



Cat2:
Step on a Crack - James Patterson
An Unpardonable Crime/American Boy - Andrew Taylor
The Neighbor - Lisa Gardner
And Then There Were None - Agatha Christie
The Lost Symbol - Dan Brown
The Hound of the Baskervilles - Arthur Conan Doyle
In The Woods - Tana French
In the Memory of the Forest - Charles Powers
The Blessing Way - Tony Hillerman
Seven Deadly Wonders - Matt Reilly
The Girl Who Played with Fire - Stieg Larsson
The Name of the Rose Including Postscript - Umberto Eco
Berlin Noir March Violets; The Pale Criminal; A German Requiem - Philip Kerr
The Cater Street Hangman - Anne Perry
The Birthday Present - Barbara Vine
The Drowning Tree - Carol Goodman
The Monster of Florence - Douglas Preston
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime - Mark Haddon

I say go with what is there...plenty of good choices!

Yeah I wanna vote!

Fiona wrote: "Yeah I wanna vote!"

I agree - and there are already great choices here!

I think it's that there's plenty of good choices :)

I agree that there are are a lot of good choices on the list.

Hi Lori!

For what it`s worth...I think there are enough to choose from with a lot of good books on each list. The more books there are the weirder the percentages get split.

I really like the monthly reads so I hope it will continue (and thanks for doing it thus far!!). Maybe people are switching into Thanksgiving and Christmas mode. November and December get a bit funky for demands on people`s time.