hold your horses....
we have one more week till we can start nominating for January.....

patience.
:)

Yeah, I want to start voting already!

When does this group choose books? Say for January?

I was able to get in now.

Nope. :(

So I guess no one has gotten in yet, huh?

I was hoping it was just a probleam whit my browser

They better not be or else I'm going to be so peed off. I had some of the list saved but hadn't saved the more up to date one... grr.

I just hope the threads weren't deleted, because I can get into the other folders just not the one I need to get into. Grrr!

Haha, just so typical isn't it?

GRRRR Me Niether!!!!

Fiona, I can't open it either.

Loriiii... I can't open the general topic folder, it won't let me... will it let you or anyone else? If so I'd like to get on the xmas exchange thread...

Doni, are you nominating that book, because the nomination time ended a few days ago. Please go to the polls to vote on the two novels you would like to see chosen as our group reads.

Ohhhh...I don't know what to vote for. So many excellent choices.

The Master Planets by Donald Gallinger. Half the Amazon reviewers say they read it in one day. I know I did. It's beautifully crafted, too. The best new book I read in 2008, DEFINITELY.

me too! twice!

I voted!

I've jsut orderes the christmas book by dickens. seems tale of two cities will be delayed yet again (wont read 2 dickend in the same month)

I voted too! And then I voted in all the polls that were there... should have been reading instead!

Wohoo! I voted!

I voted on both polls!!!!

I voted for both polls!!!

I was a little worries at first cuz I didn't see the Xmas one but I found it and voted for both WAHOO!!!

*crossing fingers*

I voted. *cheers on her vote*

Great idea for two posts - I voted for both!!


--
Wife of fantasy author: Michael J. Sullivan
The Crown Conspiracy (Oct 2008)
Avempartha (April 2009)

Voted on both xx

Thanks Lori! Great idea.

Yeah, that's cool Lori.

OK, I created two polls, one for christmas/holiday/winter themed novels, and one for non-holiday related novels....

I decided to do this for two reasons.
1- We had alot of books to choose from this month.
2- We will have the chance to vote twice, instead of only once.

Polls are open now for voting, they will be closed on November 30th. You can access the polls at the bottom of the group home page (click more) or on the far right hand side of the group, click the link for polls.

happy voting everyone!

Lori, I think that sounds like an excellent idea :)

Good idea!

Oh that's good too!

Yes, sounds like a great idea Lori xx

Orrr... I could create two polls. One with all the christmas themed novels, and one with all the non-christmas novels. Then we could vote twice, and will have the opportunity to read both.....?????

How does that sound?

Yes, I agree as well. I think it is a Marvolous (sp?) Idea.

I agree with Hayes, that way it'll be easier to eliminate.

Just a thought...
it's an awfully long list. Would it be a good idea to do two rounds of voting? In other words, everyone votes on the first round. Then the top 10 winners (8, 12, 5...) go to the finals.

Tomorrow, I will create a poll for these books, and will open a thread to announce when it is ready. We will leave the voting open for a week, and then top two books will be chosen as the December Group Reads.

Thanks everyone!

Little Women - Louisa May Alcott
Let It Snow - Maureen Johnson
A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
To Siberia - Per Petterson
The Tomb - F Paul Wilson
Skipping Christmas - Grisham
And the Band Played On: Politics People and the AIDS Epidemic - Randy Shilts
Holidays on Ice - David Sedaris
An Idiot Girl's Christmas: True Tales from the Top of the Naughty List - Laurie Notaro
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler - Italo Calvino
The Winter of Our Discontent - John Steinbeck
The Innkeeper's Song - Peter S. Beagle
Peace Like a River - Leif Enger
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down - Anne Fadiman
Portrait of a Lady - Henry James
Little Men - Louisa May Alcott
Dr. Zhivago - Boris Pasternak
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Shaffer/Barrows
He Sees You When You're Sleeping : A Novel by Mary Higgins Clark - Carol Higgins Clark
The White Tiger - Aravind Adiga
A Christmas Story: The Book That Inspired the Hilarious Classic Film - Jean Shepherd
The Stupidest Angel - Christopher Moore
Breakfast at Tiffany's - Truman Capote
The Last Noel - Michael Malone
Marley & Me: Love and Life with the World's Worst Dog - John Grogan
A Wedding In December - Anita Shreve
Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift
War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy
The Christmas Candle - Max Lucado
Tale of Two Cities - charles dickens
Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes
The World According to Garp - John Irving
Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
Mayor of Casterbridge - Thomas Hardy
Stardust - Neil Gaiman

Annnnnnd.... nominations are done.
I am going to post the books that made the noms as soon as dinner is over.....

thanks everyone!

There are some great books nominated!! I am not going to nominate one, but I will vote and read the winners!!!!

Stardust by Neil Gaiman, there i just went ahead and did it for ya ! :)

You need to put the author or Lori will not accept it .

Great idea Jane!

Stardust

Thank you Heather (sorry Lori) I missed that! :)

Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy
http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?s...

Great Expectations, Charles Dickens

The World According to Garpby John Irving

--
Robin, Wife of fantasy author: Michael J. Sullivan
The Crown Conspiracy (Oct 2008)
Avempartha (April 2009)