Additional Nominee Read Schedule & Results - 2016

[Lynn, Moderator]

Alongside the group's monthly reads of the award winners, we also have a Monthly Additional Nominee Read.

Group members will vote on each the awards category nominees (minus the winner of course!) throughout the year to decide which runner up will be the additional group read.

The poll voting is always scheduled so members will have approximately a month's notice before the read is scheduled to start. The schedule and results will be posted below.

[Lynn, Moderator]

Additional Nominee Read Schedule

February

Science Fiction
The Heart Goes Last

Poetry
Pop Sonnets: Shakespearean Spins on Your Favorite Songs

March

YA Fantasy
An Ember in the Ashes

Food & Cookbooks
The Nerdy Nummies Cookbook: Sweet Treats for the Geek in All of Us


April

Mystery
Luckiest Girl Alive

May

Debut Goodreads Author
The Library at Mount Char


June

Historical Fiction
A God in Ruins

Fantasy
A Darker Shade of Magic


July

Middle Grade & Children
Serafina and the Black Cloak

Non Fiction
Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town


August

Fiction
After You

Memoir & Autobiography
The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story


September

Humour
Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things

Picture Books
Winnie: The True Story of the Bear Who Inspired Winnie-the-Pooh


October

Horror
The Ice Twins

History & Biography
The Witches: Salem, 1692


November

Romance
The Secret of Pembrooke Park

Graphic Novels & Comics
Nimona


December

YA Fiction
Everything, Everything

Science & Technology
Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA and More Tell Us About Crime

[Lynn, Moderator]

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[Virginie (chouettblog)]

No January? :(

[Lynn, Moderator]

No, it was more about wanting enough time to inform all the members about the changes, followed by enough time to vote and leave space to organise getting the book.
Decided to start the reads in Febraury because of this.

[Virginie (chouettblog)]

Lynn wrote: "No, it was more about wanting enough time to inform all the members about the changes, followed by enough time to vote and leave space to organise getting the book.
Decided to start the reads in F..."

Makes sense

[Lynn, Moderator]

Our first nominee additional read poll of the year can be found at https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

It will go live Dec 27, 2015 12:00AM PST

[ally ¯\(ツ)/¯]

Lynn wrote: "Our first nominee additional read poll of the year can be found at https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

It will go live Dec 27, 2015 12:00AM PST"

Woooo! Scifi!!

[Lynn, Moderator]

The winner of the Science Fiction Poll was .......

The Heart Goes Last

We will be reading this at the beginning of February.

[ally ¯\(ツ)/¯]

I found Oryx and Crake so boring I dont know if I want to try another Atwood. :(

[Lynn, Moderator]

ally ¯\(ツ)/¯ wrote: "I found Oryx and Crake so boring I dont know if I want to try another Atwood. :("

Ditto

[Janina]

I'm not sure about it either. I loved Oryx & Crake, but the summary of this one doesn't interest me at all. I'm probably going to read Beacon or Armada instead.

[Kristie, Moderator]

The Heart Goes Last doesn't really appeal to me either. I plan to skip that one. I wonder if it got more votes for the author or the story? Just curious if there are a lot of Atwood fans that want to read it just because she wrote it. (Nothing wrong with that - I read books based on the author sometimes too.) I hope the voters read and discuss.

[Lynn, Moderator]

Janina wrote: "I'm not sure about it either. I loved Oryx & Crake, but the summary of this one doesn't interest me at all. I'm probably going to read Beacon or Armada instead."

My vote was for Armada .... which did come in second.

[Kristie, Moderator]

I thought Beacon looked interesting. That would have been my first choice. I also would have been interested in The Fold, but neither came really close.

[ally ¯\(ツ)/¯]

I voted for Beacon too, Kristie. Seveneves and The Water Knife are also on my tbr. The Fold looks interesting as well.

[ally ¯\(ツ)/¯]

Lynn wrote: "My vote was for Armada .... which did come in second. ."

I read Armada last year. I liked it. Regardless of what the Ready Player One fanatics say, it was still a good book.

[Vicki Willis]

I haven't really read a lot in this category, ever. I am looking forward to The Heart Goes Last. I actually haven't read anything by this author yet so crossing fingers. I did think Beacon 23: The Complete Novel also looked good so I want to fit it in somewhere at sometime.

[Liz]

I think Seveneves sounds really good. The description makes me think of the tv show The 100, which I absolutely love.

[Savanes]

Liz wrote: "I think Seveneves sounds really good. The description makes me think of the tv show The 100, which I absolutely love."

Me too Liz, I think I will propose it as a buddy read.

[ally ¯\(ツ)/¯]

Savanes wrote: "Liz wrote: "I think Seveneves sounds really good. The description makes me think of the tv show The 100, which I absolutely love."

Me too Liz, I think I will propose it as a buddy ..."

I would join this

[Janina]

I'd like to read it as well, but I'm not sure when I'd find the time. Sounds like a rather long read ...

[Savanes]

I made the buddy read request ally!

[Lynn, Moderator]

Next additional read poll is up - poetry this time.

https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

Poll will close on Sunday 17th

[Kirsten]

ally ¯\(ツ)/¯ wrote: "I found Oryx and Crake so boring I dont know if I want to try another Atwood. :("

Boring? *shakes head in disbelief*

[Kirsten]

Not a big fan of poetry - I just never have gotten the hang of reading it. But the Shakesperean one looks fun.

[Lynn, Moderator]

The winner of the poetry additional read poll was:

Pop Sonnets: Shakespearean Spins on Your Favorite Songs

We will be reading it from the 15th of February

[Lynn, Moderator]

The YA Fantasy additional read poll is now open for voting.

https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

[ally ¯\(ツ)/¯]

Does anyone know if is a duology, trilogy, series? If it's a duology, then I'd read it because book two is set to come out in April. If its a trilogy (or more) I'm going to pass.

[Lynn, Moderator]

ally ¯\(ツ)/¯ wrote: "Does anyone know if is a duology, trilogy, series? If it's a duology, then I'd read it because book two is set to come out in April. If its a trilogy (or ..."

Obviously they could be incorrect but according to this, there will be 4 books.

[Savanes]

I read the Q&A and that's one of he answer:
"Penguin originally bought just 'An Ember in the Ashes' as a standalone book. The end wasn't exactly a huge cliff hanger, it just left room for a second story if there ever was going to be one and now that there is I'm super excited about it! I believe the first one ends fine, some people really want to find out what happens and others don't. It can be left just where it ended I don't think it matters too much but I definitely know that when the second book comes out I'm definitely going to read it. So basically it just depends on the person. Hope that helped!"

[Kristie, Moderator]

I like that you can read it as a standalone, if you choose.

[Lynn, Moderator]

Kristie wrote: "I like that you can read it as a standalone, if you choose."

Every review I've read has complained about the ending and calling for a second book ..... I'm not sure many would agree about the standalone theory lol

[Kristie, Moderator]

Ahhh...well that stinks. lol

[ally ¯\(ツ)/¯]

Thanks ladies :)

So I'm out. LOL! Unless the books follow different characters...

I'm always so hesitant to go looking for info like this because I don't want to read spoilers!

[Kristie, Moderator]

Well, it hasn't won the poll yet, but most of the other nominees are parts of series too.

[Janina]

Actually, that makes it more intriguing to me as I love open ended books.

In a way, I wish there were more standalone books in the fantasy genre, but I also always want more if it's a good world ...

[Lynn, Moderator]

ally ¯\(ツ)/¯ wrote: "Thanks ladies :)

So I'm out. LOL! Unless the books follow different characters...

I'm always so hesitant to go looking for info like this because I don't want to read spoilers!"

Nope, it's the same characters

[Lynn, Moderator]

So the YA Fantasy poll ended up in a tie between two books.

An Ember in the Ashes (An Ember in the Ashes, #1 and Library of Souls (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #3)

We are having a quick tie breaker poll which can be found at:
https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

Only two days for voting, ending tomorrow (2nd Feb)

[Lynn, Moderator]

So at the end of a close run poll and a tie breaker, our winner for YA Fantasy additional read is .......

An Ember in the Ashes

[Savanes]

YES!!!!

[Virginie (chouettblog)]

Ooooh, looking forward to this one!

[Janina]

Me too! I've been wanting to read this anyways.

[Kristie, Moderator]

lol, Savanes! Hooray for you!! *\o/*

[Lynn, Moderator]

Next additional read poll for Food & Cookbooks is currently open until Sunday 14th, 11.59pm GMT
https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

[Lynn, Moderator]

Another close poll, the winner for Food & Cookbooks additional read is:

[Lynn, Moderator]

Mystery & Thriller additional read poll is up and waiting for your votes. You can find it at https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

Poll will close Feb 27th, 11.59pm GMT

[Lynn, Moderator]

Lynn wrote: "Mystery & Thriller additional read poll is up and waiting for your votes. You can find it at https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

Poll will close Feb 27th, 11.59pm GMT"

And the winner was ........

Luckiest Girl Alive

[Valerie]

Hurray! My library hold came in quickly for Luckiest Girl Alive! I will get to discuss it in the correct month.

[Kristie, Moderator]

That's great, Valerie!