nominate first group read, (open until further notice)

[Natalie]

I am ready for our inaugural group read whenever I have enough people in my group. This will probably end up being early next year instead of next month. We will see how fast people join.

[Margaret]

I have taken the liberty of nominating one of my titles. It is not a religious work, but it is free from bad language or explicit sex. I would be happy for you to read the reviews of this and any of my other collections of vignettes to establish my credibility and that of my titles.
Thanks.Encore

[Natalie]

@Margaret: Thanks for joining and nominating.

[Natalie]

Nominations as of August 17, 2013:
1. Encore, Margaret Sharp, (Margaret), (secular but clean)
2. The Shunning, Beverly Lewis, (Natalie), (Amish)
3. Dawn Comes Early by Margaret Brownley, (Shannah), (Christian-historical)
4. The Doctor's Lady by Jody Hedlund, (Caitlyn), (historical-western)

[Natalie]

Authors are free to nominate their own books or recent favorites that would qualify in this genre. Anyone with more than one comment or someone asks to be a moderator and follows the rules can also help. Moderator(s) can also feel free to nominate until there are more members.

[Natalie]

I'm also thinking about doing an additional group read once we have more members and nominations for this one.

[Natalie]

I will nominate The Shunning by Beverly Lewis.

[Natalie]

Books should be the first in a series unless we;re further in and have already read the first one. Novellas are also included as long as they follow the rules. You can "second" a nomination. I will start with one nomination a person and see how many more members and options we get. I would prefer there to be at least a few months between the books in a series. This is to make sure we don't read to books by the same author a month apart.

[Natalie]

FYI: Some classics might even qualify as long as they fit the rules.

[Natalie]

I've decided to let members e-mail me their nminations to speed up the process.

[Shannah]

I'll nominate by Margaret Brownley

[Natalie]

@Shannah: Thanks for nominating. What sub-genre of fiction would you say this books goes with?

[Shannah]

It's a Christian historical romance, I would say.

[Natalie]

@Shannah: Thanks. I've never read that author before.

[Natalie]

FYI: I will probably close the nominations in the next few days depending on how many more member and voets I get.

[Caitlyn]

I would like to nominate The Doctor's Lady by Jody Hedlund

[Natalie]

@Caitlyn: Thanks for nominating. I will add this to the shelf.

[Natalie]

The nominations will be closing next Saturday. I will try to announce the winners by Labor Day. It should be easier since I've not set up with Random.org. This means I will pick the book. If you don't get to nominate this month, no worries. I plan to start a new thread sometime on September first for the October-November main group read. I don't know exactly when I will do a thread for the second additional group read since I am still trying to close the nominations for the first one.

[Natalie]

I will try to add the discussion thread once I have some idea of what the book is going to be,. Feel free to join in if you remember enough about the book or your opinion of it.

[Natalie]

Still planning to close these nominations on Saturday. This is a good amount for the first time. I plan to start the nomination thread for the next main group read sometime after I pick the winner of this one. I will attempt to keep a list of which authors are ineligible after we have done a few group reads.

[Natalie]

The thread is closed. I apologize to all who didn't get a chance to nominate this time.

[Natalie]

I am choosing The Shunning by Beverly Lewis for next month's main group read since it's the only title I've read.