We have our JUNE group read WINNERS!!

[Tom]

Cat 2 - Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

[Charity]

oops sorry mixed up my cat's 1 & 2 my bad :o)

Ha! I understand. :-)

[Stacey]

Cat 2: The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

[Samantha McNulty]

This is my first nomination

Cat 2: Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell

[Allison]

Sam wrote: "This is my first nomination

Cat 2: Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell"

oooh nice, I have that on my shelf to read.

[Caitlin]

Category 1: Bel Canto by Ann Patchett

[Valerie]

Cat 1: Wonderful Tonight An Autobiography by Pattie Boyd

[Salsadancer]

Cat 1: Secret Son by Laila Lalami

[Jeane]

cat 2 Persuasion by Jane Austen

[Angie]

Hola everyone. I am new to the group and can't wait to participate in the discussions. So here's my first official nomination as a member of the Next Best Book Club:

Cat1 The Seamstress by Frances de Pontes Peebles

Cat2 Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini

[Stephanie]

Cat 1 - Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blum

[Cathyb]

Cat 1- Bitter Sweets by Roopa Farooki

[Barbara]

Brand new to this.

Cat 2-David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

[Lori, Super Mod]

Angie, It's great to see newbies nominate for the first time! However, you can only nominate ONE book. Pick one and edit your post to delete the other. Thanks!

[Jessika]

Category 2 - Invisible Man - Ralph Ellison

[Angela]

Cat. 1- Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

[Lori, Super Mod]

Here is a recap of the nominations so far.
Please remember, only ONE NOMINATION per person, not one nomination per catagory. One.. that's all you get!


Cat1 (reg fic/non fic)
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books - Azar Nafisi
Suite Française - Irène Némirovsky
Sail - James Patterson
Elsewhere - Gabrielle Zevin
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, - M.T. Anderson
The Girls from Ames - Jeffrey Zaslow
Moloka'i - Alan Brennert
World War Z An Oral History of the Zombie War - Max Brooks
Cold Mountain - Charles Frasier
Gravity's Rainbow - Thomas Pynchon
A Thread of Grace - Mary Doria Russell
The Quincunx - Charles Palliser
The Yiddish Policemen's Union - Michael Chabon
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh A Novel - Michael Chabon
White Teeth - Zadie Smith
The English Patient - Michael Ondaatje
Atonement - Ian McEwan
Bel Canto - Ann Patchett
Wonderful Tonight An Autobiography - Pattie Boyd
Secret Son - Laila Lalami
Those Who Save Us - Jenna Blum
Bitter Sweets - Roopa Farooki
Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides

Cat2 (classics)
Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
Little Women - Louisa May Alcott
Three Musketeers - Dumas
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain
The Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins
Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy
The Diary of Anne Frank - Anne Frank
The Power of One - Bryce Courtenay
The Phantom of the Opera - Gaston Leroux
Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
A Passage to India - E.M. Forster
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass - Lewis Carroll
A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess
The House of Mirth - Edith Wharton
Wives and Daughters - Elizabeth Gaskell
Persuasion - Jane Austen
David Copperfield - Charles Dickens
Invisible Man - Ralph Ellison

[Lori, Super Mod]

We have almost 50 nominations in, 23 for Cat1 and 22 for Cat2. I know I said I was going to keep the noms open until Wednesday, but I think I am going to cut it off early!! We'll see how many more come in tonite... I may cut it later... or in the morning!!

So many people nominated this month.... that's awesome!!!

[Mosca]

My Lord! So many of these are really so good that it is hard to imagine a June pair that will not be a real treat.

[Morgan P]

Fiona said: Maybe we should have a third book next month Lori, it is a huge group!

I think a third book would be a great idea!

[Jill]

Morgan wrote: "Fiona said: Maybe we should have a third book next month Lori, it is a huge group!

I think a third book would be a great idea!"

I third this notion.

[Apokripos]

I had never seen a good selection of classic and contemporary reads thus far... i think I'll have a hard time choosing what to vote... ^_^

[Diane]

Cat 2 - Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Cat 1 - Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts

[Jamie]

You can only nominate one book, Diane

[Lori, Super Mod]

oh boy.. a third???? We just did a third last month...
Lets see how close the votes get before we start adding on :)

[rebecca j]

Cat. 1: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies - Seth Grahame-Smith

[Amy C]

Cat 1: The Help
by Kathryn Stockett

I read a book review and it sounded really good.

[[deleted user]]

Cat 1: Waking Lazarus by TL Hines

[Lori, Super Mod]

Cat1 (reg fic/non fic)
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books - Azar Nafisi
Suite Française - Irène Némirovsky
Sail - James Patterson
Elsewhere - Gabrielle Zevin
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, - M.T. Anderson
The Girls from Ames - Jeffrey Zaslow
Moloka'i - Alan Brennert
World War Z An Oral History of the Zombie War - Max Brooks
Cold Mountain - Charles Frasier
Gravity's Rainbow - Thomas Pynchon
A Thread of Grace - Mary Doria Russell
The Quincunx - Charles Palliser
The Yiddish Policemen's Union - Michael Chabon
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh A Novel - Michael Chabon
White Teeth - Zadie Smith
The English Patient - Michael Ondaatje
Atonement - Ian McEwan
Bel Canto - Ann Patchett
Wonderful Tonight An Autobiography - Pattie Boyd
Secret Son - Laila Lalami
Those Who Save Us - Jenna Blum
Bitter Sweets - Roopa Farooki
Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies - Seth Grahame-Smith
The Help - Kathryn Stockett
Waking Lazarus - TL Hines

Cat2 (classics)
Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
Little Women - Louisa May Alcott
Three Musketeers - Dumas
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain
The Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins
Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy
The Diary of Anne Frank - Anne Frank
The Power of One - Bryce Courtenay
The Phantom of the Opera - Gaston Leroux
Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
A Passage to India - E.M. Forster
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass - Lewis Carroll
A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess
The House of Mirth - Edith Wharton
Wives and Daughters - Elizabeth Gaskell
Persuasion - Jane Austen
David Copperfield - Charles Dickens
Invisible Man - Ralph Ellison


Ok, this is our list.
I will create a poll soon and revise the thread to let you know when voting will open.
NO MORE NOMINATIONS PLEASE!

[Lori, Super Mod]

Nominations have been closed. We have over 50 books to vote on!! Great job everyone! And the lists look amazing.

I will be creating a poll shortly for each catagory. Wait until you see the title of this thread change to VOTING IS OPEN and then you will have until Sunday to cast your two votes.

Thanks again everyone!

[Lori, Super Mod]

POLLS ARE OPEN!!!

Vote
Vote
Vote!!

[Nikki]

Darn it! I just voted for a book I've already read without realising!!! :-(

[Charity]

Nikki, if you go back to the polls, there is a link under the poll that says change your vote. Just click on that and you can change your vote (up until the poll closes).

[Fiona (Titch)]

Voted Lori x

[Angie]

where are the polls located so I can vote?

[Charity]

On the right of your screen, there are several green links. The bottom link is polls. Click that link and you'll be taken to the list of polls open for voting.

[Angie]

thanks ladies. :) Found it hehe

[Jeane]

Lori wrote: "Nominations have been closed. We have over 50 books to vote on!! Great job everyone! And the lists look amazing.

I will be creating a poll shortly for each catagory. Wait until you see the titl..."

Lori, how many do you think will keep nominating this time??:-)

[Jeane]

Aaaaaaaaaaa, help....one of the books I couldn't stand and woud even give less than one star is leading: alice in wonderland!!!!!:-(((((((((((((

[Becky]

Atonement and The Woman in White. Yay! :)

[Kandice]

Alice has some great poems. Just re-read those bits if it wins:)

[Lori, Super Mod]

Ooohhh.. dont jinx the voting. You will sway the people on the fence! Ha ha...

I read it this year b/c it was on the Lost Lit List... It was ..meh.. for me.

[GracieKat]

Cat. 2 The Three Musketeers

[Angela]

Grace- Noms are over... TIME TO VOTE :)

[Charity]

Lori, maybe you should change this thread title to: **VOTING IS OPEN IN THE POLLS SECTION (Junes Group Read)

Hopefully that will help...

[GracieKat]

Sorry! Late to the party I guess!

[Charity]

No problem, Grace. It isn't anything personal...there are usually a slew of people who either are still nominating even after voting opens or think this is the place where they are supposed to vote. I was just trying to give Lori a suggestion that might (*cross fingers*) cut down on some of the confusion. That being said...go vote! :-)

[Lori, Super Mod]

ok, cross fingers!!!!

[Yvonne]

when do we find out what book we are reading for June?

[Jamie]

Voting ends May 24th, Yvonne, so we'll find out then.