March 2016 Post-Apocalyptic Group Read Nominations

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Literary Adrenaline Junkie]

It's time to nominate our March group read in the the theme of Post-Apocalyptic Fiction. Wikipedia defines Post-Apocalyptic as fiction set in a world after a catastrophic/global disaster. You are welcome to nominate a book with some degree of action/adventure content that also fits the post-apocalyptic theme and the following guidelines.

Considerations:

1. One nomination per group member. The books must be nominated with a Goodreads link by clicking on 'add book/author'. If a book does not have a Goodreads link, it will not be added to the poll.
2. Books need to be readily available, ie, in print (able to buy new or in ebook format).
3. Books should have some degree of action/adventure content.
4. Past group reads are not eligible to be nominated again. The past group discussions remain open for members to comment. You may see the list of past reads here:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

5. Books must be either standalone or first in a series (or they may be later in a series if constructed to be read as a standalone).

The poll will go up on February 8th.

[Mike (the Paladin)]

Okay this is one of my all time favorite books. Now up front, there was an unfortunate attempt at making it a movie. Don't let that put you off. As often happens the movie does nothing like justice to the book.

I'll nominate:
The Postman,

[Jim]

I'll nominate Way of the Wolf by E.E. Knight. It's called the Vampire Earth series, but there aren't Stoker type vampires. Earth has been invaded & there are aliens that can feed on us, but mostly want our resources & us as a resource. It's a great series & this is the first book.

[Lisa P, My weekend is all booked up!]

Mike (the Paladin) wrote: "Okay this is one of my all time favorite books. Now up front, there was an unfortunate attempt at making it a movie. Don't let that put you off. As often happens the movie does nothing like justice..."

I actually enjoyed the movie...you can't go wrong with Kevin Costner in my mind!

[Mike (the Paladin)]

Well I'll give him this, he tried to follow the story. It just ended up dragging too much. The book is (if I may use the word) infinitely better.

Really.

:)

[Justin]

I'd like to nominate Hunger by Jeremiah Knight aka Jeremy Robinson.Hunger

[The Pirate Ghost, Long John Silvers Wanna-be]

How aboutThe Purge of Babylon

[The Pirate Ghost, Long John Silvers Wanna-be]

The Pirate Ghost wrote: "How aboutThe Purge of Babylon"

The Purge of Babylon also comes as a 1-3 set (for the price of one) both as audiobook (Audible.com), kindle book, paperback, or hard copy.

[Mike (the Paladin)]

I looked at the reviews of the Audible edition and they were mixed. I'm a little concerned about the narrator...but I think the 3 in 1 deal may swing me.

[The Pirate Ghost, Long John Silvers Wanna-be]

I will concede that I did not think this narrator was "great".. Be managed the story okay... Certainly not the worst I've heard.

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Literary Adrenaline Junkie]

Oops. I'm sorry the poll is late! I thought it was supposed to go up on the 10th. My bad.

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

The poll is up. It closes on the 17th!

[Justin]

the link takes you to the discussion with shane brown not the poll

[Mike (the Paladin)]

Just click on the polls entry in the header at the top left of the page.

[Justin]

the book I nominated is missing from the poll

[Justin]

Hunger

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Literary Adrenaline Junkie]

Justin wrote: "the link takes you to the discussion with shane brown not the poll"

Sorry about that. You can see what kind of week I'm having! It's fixed. Here's the poll:

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

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Literary Adrenaline Junkie]

Justin wrote: "Hunger"

Sorry, our nomination period is closed. You can save it for the next group read nomination that applies.

[Justin]

I nominated it 2 weeks ago

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Literary Adrenaline Junkie]

I'm so sorry about that. I've added it to the poll.

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Literary Adrenaline Junkie]

Because I left a book off the poll, I'm going to extend the voting until February 20th. I'm so terribly sorry about that, Justin.

[Justin]

Hunger is on sale for 0.99 till thursday

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Literary Adrenaline Junkie]

Well, apparently I never reset the poll. Again, i am sorry. I have had a crazy schedule. I extended the poll until the 22nd.

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Literary Adrenaline Junkie]

We ended up with a tie. Vote in the runoff poll before Midnight on 2/26.

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

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Literary Adrenaline Junkie]

The Postman won the poll. Thanks to everyone who participated in the nominations. I apologize for the mistakes I made in the process. We'll start the discussion on March 1st.

[Magiccats]

i thought the poll closed midnight tonight. it is only 9 :30 pm here and i was going to vote for hunger.

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Literary Adrenaline Junkie]

Midnight on 2/26 would have been this morning. The poll closed at 11:59pm yesterday.

[Magiccats]

Danielle The Book Huntress (Self-Proclaimed Book Ninja) wrote: "Midnight on 2/26 would have been this morning. The poll closed at 11:59pm yesterday."

LOL, will keep that in mind next time. I thought midnight was at the end of the day. I posted that note on feb 26th at 9:30 pm, but then I didn't know what time zone you were in. Will just make sure I am earlier next time.

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Literary Adrenaline Junkie]

Magiccats wrote: " Danielle The Book Huntress (Self-Proclaimed Book Ninja) wrote: "Midnight on 2/26 would have been this morning. The poll closed at 11:59pm yesterday."

LOL, will keep that in mind next time. I thou..."

Sorry for the confusion.