Nominate Our December Books of the Month

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Post your nominations here for the December group reads. A significant portion of the book must be set in the featured location. We will be reading books set in Costa Rica, the Rhône-Alpes region of France, and the historical county of Berkshire in the UK. Here are our group lists to get you started:

Costa Rica:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
https://www.goodreads.com/group/books...

Rhône-Alpes Region of France:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
(please scroll all the way down to the "Books Set in Rhône-Alpes" heading).

UK County of Berkshire:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... (please scroll down to the "Books Set in Berkshire" heading).

Books do not need to be present on these lists to be nominated. Authors, please do not nominate your own books.

For a list of books we have read in previous months, click here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Carol]

For Costa Rica, I nominate Roastmaster by Janice Lierz.

[Carol]

For the Rhone-Alpes region, I nominate The Scandals of Clochemerle by Gabriel Chevallier.

[Bonnie]

I'll nominate for the Costa
Rica read as it reminds me of my oldest son's travels this year.

[Laurie]

Costa Rica - The Year of Fog by Michelle Richmond
Rhone-Alpes - The Wars by Timothy Findley
County of Berkshire - Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome

[Bonnie]

And for the Alpes in France

[Bonnie]

And for the UK Berkshire area

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Laurie wrote: "Costa Rica - The Year of Fog by Michelle Richmond
Rhone-Alpes - The Wars by Timothy Findley
County of Berkshire - [book:Three Men in a Boat|..."

We read Three Men in a Boat for a previous group read, so I won't be able to use that one.

[Laurie]

Diane wrote: "Laurie wrote: "Costa Rica - The Year of Fog by Michelle Richmond
Rhone-Alpes - The Wars by Timothy Findley
County of Berkshire - [book:Three..."

Okay, sorry I forgot to check. I'll take a look for something else.

[Laurie]

Berkshire - The Tortoise and the Hare by Elizabeth Jenkins

[rebel]

Costa Rica: At the Bottom: A Woman's Life in Central America by Luisa Gonzalez

[Caitlin]

Costa Rica: Jurassic Park
Rhone-Alps: Madame Bovary
Berkshire: The Wind in the Willows

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Caitlin wrote: "Costa Rica: Jurassic Park
Rhone-Alps: Madame Bovary
Berkshire: The Wind in the Willows"

Good choices. We will not be able to include Wind in the Willows since it was a previous Group Read.

[Jean]

Costa Rica: When New Flowers Bloomed: Short Stories by Women Writers from Costa Rica and Panama by Enrique Jaramillo Levi

Rhone-Alpes: Whatever by Michel Houellebecq

Berkshire:Dumb Witness by Agatha Christie