Nominations for February 2017 group read - winner!

[Judy]

it's time to nominate for our February group read already! You are welcome to nominate books by Golden Age authors, or titles which were written later but are set during the Golden Age. Just one nomination per group member, please.

[Rosina]

Death at the President's Lodging (The Seven Suspects) by Michael Innes.

[Abigail]

Beat me to it, Rosina! I was thinking it was time to put forward a Michael Innes novel again. My favorites! You will have my vote.

[Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂]

The Royal Box by Frances Parkinson Keyes. First published 1954 & set in London.

[Susan]

The Royal Box looks good, Carol. I have quickly nabbed a cheap second hand copy, as it is not on kindle and I fear it might be hard for some to get hold of.

Death at the President's Lodging is a good read. I've read that before - so two good suggestions already :)

[Michelle]

I shall be on a book buying moratorium in 2017 apart from book club books. So I want an excuse to buy this one:

The Poisoned Chocolates Case

As I've heard it's good and an interesting take on the genre, so would like to nominate that please. I think there is a new edition out with another potential solution added by Martin Edwards.

[Judy]

I had also been planning to nominate The Poisoned Chocolates Case, but you got in first, Michelle!

I remember loving this book by Anthony Berkeley as a teenager, so am keen to reread it in the new British Library Crime Classics edition you mentioned.

[Judy]

I also enjoyed Death at the President's Lodgings and have been meaning to read more by Michael Innes.

Frances Parkinson Keyes is an author I don't think I've read anything by, who sounds very interesting too. As you say, Susan, great suggestions already!

[Michelle]

Judy wrote: "I had also been planning to nominate The Poisoned Chocolates Case, but you got in first, Michelle!

I remember loving this book by Anthony Berkeley as a teenager, so am keen to rer..."

Great minds think alike!

[LovesMysteries]

Michelle wrote: "I shall be on a book buying moratorium in 2017 apart from book club books. So I want an excuse to buy this one:

The Poisoned Chocolates Case

As I've heard it's good and an interest..."

I'll also nominate The Poisoned Chocolates Case by Anthony Berkeley as well. I never read the book before, but I heard a lot of good things about it and it's definitely on my list of future reads.

[Jan C]

I have read Poisoned Chocolates Case and enjoyed it. I recently discovered that I have 2 copies of the Michael Innes book, one on kindle and one in paper, presumably because I had forgotten all about having a Kindle copy.

[Wend]

Please can I nominate The Light Of Day by Eric Ambler

[Judy]

Welcome, Wend. Great nomination - I've been thinking about trying some Ambler.

[Jan C]

Wend wrote: "Please can I nominate The Light Of Day by Eric Ambler "

A month ago I believe this was a $1.99 special. Glad I picked it up then. It is the basis for the movie Topkapi, which I remember enjoying years ago.

[Susan]

I have only read one Eric Ambler, but enjoyed it very much. Oh, spoilt for choice this time! Decisions, decisions...

[Jill]

Yes ,certainly is a difficult choice this time. I'm hoping that those that don't win will be resubmitted for future polls

[Susan]

I think Death at the President's Lodging has been nominated before, or perhaps I am incorrect?

[Wend]

Judy wrote: "Welcome, Wend. Great nomination - I've been thinking about trying some Ambler."

Thanks Judy, great to be with the group

[Abigail]

Hi, Susan, yes, Death at the President’s Lodging (John Appleby mystery #1) was nominated for September; I believe it tied for second in the poll? And Appleby’s End (John Appleby mystery #10) was nominated in April and May. Is there a rule against nominating the same book more than once if it doesn’t win? I see other books being nominated more than once, such as Fer de Lance.

[Judy]

No, there's no rule against it, Abigail. We've had several books nominated more than once and sometimes they win through in the end! :)

[Susan]

I would love to re-read Death at the President's Lodging. I think that is edging it for me, this month. However, my copy of The Royal Box turned up yesterday...

[Judy]

Any more nominations? I'd like to get the poll up this weekend, a bit early this month because of Christmas.

[Judy]

The poll is now up! It's going to be a difficult choice once again...

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

[Judy]

Death at the President's Lodging has taken an early lead - but there's a long way to go yet...

[Susan]

They all look good. Whichever we read, I'm happy :)

[Sandy]

They all look good and are available at some library in some format so I voted for the only one that was already on my TBR list - I would so like to whittle that list down.

[Judy]

Michael Innes has quite a lead now! I read Death at the President's Lodging not so long ago and, if it wins, I think it will make for a great discussion. :)

[Lynne]

President's Lodging gets my vote too---new author for me, which is always fun!

[Susan]

I read it a while ago and enjoyed it. I like books with an academic setting too.

[Susan]

There has been a resurgence in the Poisoned Chocolates Case, but let's see whether it will be enough for a win? Possibly a book that will deserve a second nomination?

[Judy]

Innes still has quite a lead, but we'll see! :)

[Judy]

Just to let people know, this poll is set to finish a bit earlier in the month than usual, on December 21.

[Susan]

Good idea, Judy. We can organise our reading :)

[Judy]

Thanks, Susan. Also gives us a chance to have a couple of fun polls about favourite reads of the year :)

[Susan]

Yes, that will be interesting!

[Marcus]

I cast my vote.

[Susan]

Thanks, Marcus. We always welcome votes - and nominations.

[Judy]

We have a winner - our February group read will be Death at the President's Lodging by Michael Innes.



The full results are:

Death at the President's Lodging (Sir John Appleby, #1) 13 votes, 56.5%

The Poisoned Chocolates Case (Roger Sheringham Cases, #5) 6 votes, 26.1%

The Royal Box 2 votes, 8.7%

The Light of Day 2 votes, 8.7%

[Marcus]

Ok. Looking forward to read it!

[Leslie]

Judy wrote: "We have a winner - our February group read will be Death at the President's Lodging by Michael Innes.



The full r..."

I think that the Inspector Appleby books get better as you progress in the series but am glad that this has won.

[Susan]

Haven't read that for ages, but remember enjoying it. Excellent nominations as always.

[Jessica-sim]

Wasn't sure if I was going to participate this months, as I've put myself on a book buying budget and my library doesn't have it, but audible has it! And it's read with by a good voice (Stephen Hogan). Looking forward to it.

[Rosina]

Forf those who are listening, the Look Inside feature on Amazon (UK. at least) allows you to look at the plan of the college!

I'm not sure if it would be wrong to post the plan on the site, but at least it is available.