Group Read Nominations for August 2015

[Martha]

I liked doing this early last month. Gives us plenty of time to nominate, vote & get the book if we plan to participate. So .....


Please post nominations here for our August group read. Start date will be August 20. Please nominate a book from the list of 100 books on which our group is based that has not already been a group read. A list of previous & current group reads is below. All threads for previous group reads remain open, in case you are reading one of them now and want to make comments.

Here is a link to our 100 Books Challenge list ...
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Nominations will end on July 20 at midnight. If needed, a poll will be up for about a week after nominations end.

Previous group reads in chronological order:
55. A Room with a View - 2012
28. Persuasion - 2013
1. Anne of Green Gables - 2013
46. The Handmaid's Tale -2013
7. Gone with the Wind - 2013
40. Memoirs of a Geisha - 2014
80. Scarlet Feather - 2014
49. The Outsiders - 2014
13. Little Women - 2014
3. Outlander - 2014
6. 1984 - 2014
95. Swallows of Kabul - 2014
33. A Tale of Two Cities - 2015
36. Emma - 2015
7. Gone with the Wind - 2015
12. Jane Eyre - 2015
79. Sabriel - current June read
91. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency - July read

Previous reads in numerical order:
1. Anne of Green Gables - 2013
3. Outlander - 2014
6. 1984 - 2014
7. Gone with the Wind - 2013
7. Gone with the Wind - 2015
12. Jane Eyre - 2015
13. Little Women - 2014
28. Persuasion - 2013
33. A Tale of Two Cities - 2015
36. Emma - 2015
40. Memoirs of a Geisha - 2014
46. The Handmaid's Tale -2013
49. The Outsiders - 2014
55. A Room with a View - 2012
79. Sabriel - 2015
80. Scarlet Feather - 2014
91. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency - 2015
95. Swallows of Kabul - 2014

OCD is kicking in ... sigh.

[Book Concierge]

I nominate ...

#73. Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy Sayers

[Martha]

Oh, I love Sayers!! I don't think I've read this one yet. Or if I have it was so long ago that I don't remember. :-)

[Ilya]

Lord of the Rings

[Martha]

Yes!!

[Ilya]

Thank you)

[Martha]

Ilya, since they are listed separately on our list would you like to pick just one?
The placement in the series differs from placement on our list.
#14 The Fellowship of the Ring
#25 The Two Towers or
#9 The Return of the King

[Ilya]

14, cause i think nobody would read from the last one

[Martha]

Ok. Thanks. I need to find my book.

[Martha]

So far we've had 2 nominations. There are 3 days left in case you'd like to nominate a book for our August read. These are the 2 that have been nominated so far:

#73 Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy L. Sayers

#14 The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien

[Martha]

NOMINATIONS ARE CLOSED!

The poll will be up shortly.

[Martha]

Well, I don't know what the issue is, but I cannot get this poll to appear at the top of the page of polls. It's showing as #14 right now. Some of you have found it and I appreciate that.

[Martha]

Ok... I figured it out. It's now at the top of the polls in case you still need to vote. Just makes it a bit easier to find. Many thanks to the 5 of you who searched it out and voted already!

[Martha]

Our group read for August will be The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien. I'm looking forward to this one!

[Book Concierge]

Martha wrote: "Our group read for August will be The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien. I'm looking forward to this one!"

I read it before, and don't wish to re-read. I hope more people participate in the discussion, however.

[Martha]

So do I. Seems more people vote than participate in discussions. I think that's pretty standard for groups. Would really enjoy more participation though.