March's Group Reads are.......

[Becky]

Night Fiona, Good Luck! I have an interview Thursday, so I'm kinda nervous myself!

[Emma]

Good Luck Fi!

I hope that goes well Becky.

[Becky]

Thanks Emma! Me too... Mine's just for a promotion, but I still want it badly!

[Lori, Super Mod]

ok.
what happened to my nominations thread?
I thought I left it around here somewhere...but I can seem to find it.....

Ladies.
Ladies.
Ladies.

Please.... for the love of all things group reads.... take the chit chat patty whack vote padding lip flapping posting to another thread.

seriously.
please.....!!!!!

[Lori, Super Mod]

Joanna..
Its one or the other. you can only nominate one. Which will it be?

[Jamie (The Perpetual Page-Turner)]

category 1-- Finding George Orwell in Burma by Emma Larkin

[Nikki]

Ohh...The Gathering - Anne Enright...please! I was about to start it anyway so would be good to be able to discuss it too.

[Meghan]

Category 1: By George by Wesley Stace (because it has been TBR for awhile, and my friends keep talking about it - I need motivation!!!!)

And I've already read the entire Gemma Doyle trilogy, so I can't vote for that one (otherwise, I would!)

[Lori, Super Mod]

Quite a list we have here everyone! Keep them coming. Tomorrow is the cut off for Noms!

Cat1
Howls Moving Castle - Diana Wynne Jones
Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Eye Contact - Cammie McGovern
Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen
A Great and Terrible Beauty - Libba Bray
Across the Nightingale Floor - Lian Hearn
March - geraldine brooks
The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
Astrid & Veronika - Linda Olsson
Mrs. Dalloway - Virginia Woolf
I Am the Messenger - Markus Zusak
The Kite Runner - Khalid Hosseini
Fool - Christopher Moore
By George - Wesley Stace
Finding George Orwell in Burma - Emma Larkin


Cat2
There's No Place Like Here - Cecelia Ahern
Ulysses - James Joyce
In the Woods - Tana French
The Poor Mouth: A Bad Story About the Hard Life - Flann O'Brien
The Heat of the Day - Elizabeth Bowen
Angela's Ashes - Frank McCourt
Dubliners - James Joyce
The Gathering - Anne Enright
Love - Rosie Cecelia Ahern
Patrick - Stephen Lawhead
The Testament of Gideon Mack - James Robertson
The Copper Beech - Maeve Binchy
A Portrait of the Artist as Young Man - James Joyce
Bard The Odyssey of the Irish - Morgan Llywelyn

[Joanie]

As I'm still struggling with Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell I pray that we don't end up reading A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, I may die!


Okay, for Category 2

Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Roddy Doyle

[Andrew]

Category 2 - Between The Bridge And The River - Craig Ferguson

Ignore me. I forgot, he's Scottish, not Irish.

[Lori, Super Mod]

I think Scottish is ok.... its still in the vicinety... yeah?

[Allison]

but they both have really cool accents!

[Mosca]

For Category 2:

Felicia's Journey by William Trevor

Love his short stories! This is a novel.

[Jeane]

(G)Emma wrote: "Kandice,

*big emu eyes*

AND cake.

Any type of cake that you want.

I will also buy WHATEVER books you want me to buy with my 100 dollar gift card.

Actually, I'll buy YOU books with..."

uhm, I thought this was the group read page.....:-)

[Jeane]

Fiona wrote: "And now I have to get to bed cos I have the dread interview tomorrow and I gotta get up in 6 hours and I really don't want to go.

"

How did it go? But tell about it in the other thread, the random one..:-)

[Jeane]

Lori wrote: "I think Scottish is ok.... its still in the vicinety... yeah? "

Lori, better don't start putting them together, axes could be thrown and so:-) Irish isn't really Scottish at all.....

[Jeane]

Lori wrote: "Quite a list we have here everyone! Keep them coming. Tomorrow is the cut off for Noms!

Cat1
Howls Moving Castle - Diana Wynne Jones
Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
The Time Traveler's..."

I am going to try to add all those irish related books to my mountain!!!

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

Category 2: Heartbreak House, by George Bernard Shaw

I'm assuming that we can nominate plays.

[Andrew]

Lori wrote: "I think Scottish is ok.... its still in the vicinety... yeah? "


Yeah, while I would love to be able to nom Ferguson, ask an Irishman if a Scot is close enough. ;-)

[Bettie]

hello there - how about section one CJ Sansom Winter in Madrid.

[Bettie]

Lori wrote: "I dont usually nominate books for the Group Reads, however, I feel this is a book that should be added to the list. Take a look at it!


Catagory 2:[b:The Testament of Gideon Mack|850256|The Tes..."

That's a brilliant choice - loved it

[Lori, Super Mod]

Well, if we arent in agreement, then we wont do Scottish authors/Scotland. SOrry. I dont mean to cause a war.

So we will nix my nom for Gideon Mack and the Ferguson nom. Damage is undone!

[Allison]

well you still accomplished something Lori, I had to add Gideon Mack to my TBR list!

[Andrew]

Lori wrote: "Well, if we arent in agreement, then we wont do Scottish authors/Scotland. SOrry. I dont mean to cause a war.

So we will nix my nom for Gideon Mack and the Ferguson nom. Damage is undone!"

Don't weep, Lori! You are the awesome sauce!

[Adriana]

A Great and Terrible Beauty - Libba Bray

[Lori, Super Mod]

This list is rounding itself out quite nicely methinks!

Cat1
Howls Moving Castle - Diana Wynne Jones
Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Eye Contact - Cammie McGovern
Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen
A Great and Terrible Beauty - Libba Bray
Across the Nightingale Floor - Lian Hearn
March - geraldine brooks
The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
Astrid & Veronika - Linda Olsson
Mrs. Dalloway - Virginia Woolf
I Am the Messenger - Markus Zusak
The Kite Runner - Khalid Hosseini
Fool - Christopher Moore
By George - Wesley Stace
Finding George Orwell in Burma - Emma Larkin
Winter in Madrid - CJ Sansom

Cat2
There's No Place Like Here - Cecelia Ahern
Ulysses - James Joyce
In the Woods - Tana French
The Poor Mouth: A Bad Story About the Hard Life - Flann O'Brien
The Heat of the Day - Elizabeth Bowen
Angela's Ashes - Frank McCourt
Dubliners - James Joyce
The Gathering - Anne Enright
Love - Rosie Cecelia Ahern
Patrick - Stephen Lawhead
The Copper Beech - Maeve Binchy
A Portrait of the Artist as Young Man - James Joyce
Bard The Odyssey of the Irish - Morgan Llywelyn
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha - Roddy Doyle
Felicia's Journey - William Trevor
Heartbreak House - George Bernard Shaw

[Jon]

yes..id have to strongly protest against Scotland being like Ireland cos its in the same vicinity. That would be like saying Canada and USA are almost the same place, or Australia and New Zealand - youd have a mutiny on your hands :)

[Lori, Super Mod]

I think I got it.
Thanks.

[Andrew]

A Wrinkle in Time--Madeline L'Engle---category 1

[Robin]

Joanie wrote: "As I'm still struggling with Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell I pray that we don't end up reading A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, I may die!

I literally LOL'd on this one.

[Robin]

Hmmmm as I am married to an "Irishman" I'm not sure he would agree that "Scotland" - is "closest enough".

[Louise]

For catagory 1 I'd like to nominate:


The End Of Mr. Y by Scarlett Thomas

Thank you!

[Liesl]

Cat 1 In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez

[Jon]

not wanting to sway anyone but ive just started on a Ulysses audio book... oh my god, hardwork is an understatement and all ive got to do is listen...very clever literary style, but tortuous. Still. will be glad to say ive crossed it off

[Lori, Super Mod]

DId anyone watch Lost last nite? Ulysses was on the show. Ben was reading it!

[Jeane]

Lori wrote: "I think I got it.
Thanks."

:-))))

[Kandice]

I love all the literary references in Lost. I think they add the widespread appeal. Even us "bookish" people feel justified in watching;)

[Teresa]

Druids by Morgan Llywelyn category 2

[Joanie]

Lori, I have Lost on my DVR to be watched tonight, I'll have to look out for Ben reading Ulysses. Not that that will make me want to read Ulysses mind you, Joyce is some seriously hard work!

[Jen B]

Joanie wrote: "Not that that will make me want to read Ulysses mind you, Joyce is some seriously hard work!"

I see the name James Joyce and I start having bad flashbacks to high school Senior English class! Nooooo!

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

James Joyce. :::shudder:::

[Selena]

Jen & Susanna - he's not that bad, I promise!

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

:::shudder:::

[Lori, Super Mod]

Do you know I have yet to read a James Joyce novel. Isnt Finnegans Wake his? I have this urge to buy it and try it.....

and that being said....
Noms are offically closed!!

I will begin creating the polls and will post when they are ready!

[Jon]

Im excited about the Gathering if its a booker - i have a secret mission to do as many of those as i can - so far ive liked most i read.

[Lori, Super Mod]

Cat1
Howls Moving Castle - Diana Wynne Jones
Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Eye Contact - Cammie McGovern
Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen
A Great and Terrible Beauty - Libba Bray
Across the Nightingale Floor - Lian Hearn
March - geraldine brooks
The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
Astrid & Veronika - Linda Olsson
Mrs. Dalloway - Virginia Woolf
I Am the Messenger - Markus Zusak
The Kite Runner - Khalid Hosseini
Fool - Christopher Moore
By George - Wesley Stace
Finding George Orwell in Burma - Emma Larkin
Winter in Madrid - CJ Sansom
A Wrinkle in Time - Madeline L'Engle
In the Time of the Butterflies - Julia Alvarez

Cat2
There's No Place Like Here - Cecelia Ahern
Ulysses - James Joyce
In the Woods - Tana French
The Poor Mouth: A Bad Story About the Hard Life - Flann O'Brien
The Heat of the Day - Elizabeth Bowen
Angela's Ashes - Frank McCourt
Dubliners - James Joyce
The Gathering - Anne Enright
Love - Rosie Cecelia Ahern
Patrick - Stephen Lawhead
The Copper Beech - Maeve Binchy
A Portrait of the Artist as Young Man - James Joyce
Bard The Odyssey of the Irish - Morgan Llywelyn
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha - Roddy Doyle
Felicia's Journey - William Trevor
Heartbreak House - George Bernard Shaw

[Lori, Super Mod]

OK

Polls are open. They will remain open until Tuesday.
Have at em!

[Liz]

The Gathering by Anne Enright (Category 2: Ireland)

[Carol]

In the Woods - Tana French (Category 2: Ireland)