October 2017 Open Pick Nominations

[Hugh]

Nominations are now open for the October Open Pick. They will stay open until August 22nd, after which there will be a poll.

Nominating guidelines:
- Fiction (original & translation, if applicable) first published between January 1, 2000 and October 1, 2016. For translations the latter date must be an English edition.
- One nomination per person (please do not nominate or vote for a book unless you are certain you can read and discuss if it wins)
- A book this group has not yet read (see group bookshelf)

If you are nominating, please begin your post by stating "I nominate [name with hyperlink to book]

Apart from that, anything goes!

[Carol]

I nominate Visitation by Jenny Erpenbeck. First published in 2008.

[Hugh]

Thanks Carol.

[Tamara]

I nominate Dust by Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor. First published in 2014.

[Hugh]

Thanks Tamara

[LindaJ^]

I nominate Any Bitter Thing by Monica Wood, one of my favorite authors. It was first published in 2005.

[Hugh]

Thanks Linda

[Hugh]

Three good nominations already, but there is still time to add a few more!

[Kirsten]

I nominate Redeployment by Phil Klay - unless we've read it already.

AOT #421: Phil Klay Podcasts Redeployment
http://authorsontourlive.com/phil-kla...

[Hugh]

Thanks Kirsten - that one looks fine to me

[Molly]

I would like to nominate A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing by Eimear McBride

[Hugh]

Thanks Molly

[Hugh]

Tomorrow is the last day for nominations - so far it looks like a very interesting selection!

[Hugh]

Nominations are now closed. I will create a poll shortly.

[Hugh]

The poll is up here, and will remain open until the end of August:
https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

[Hugh]

The poll closes tomorrow, and it could yet be another close one!

[Hugh]

Thanks to those of you who participated in the poll, which is now closed. Visitation was a comfortable winner.

When we discussed Erpenbeck's novel The End of Days last year, much of the discussion was about its similarities with Life After Life.

The October moderator pick is The Glass Room by Simon Mawer, which should offer a similar contrast, as it is another book which follows a central European building through the upheavals of 20th century history.

[Hugh]

Carol, are you happy to moderate the discussion?

[Carol]

Yes, Hugh.

[Dan]

Hugh wrote: "The October moderator pick is The Glass Room by Simon Mawer, which should offer a similar contrast, as it is another book which follows a central European building through the upheavals of 20th century history."
Great pick, Hugh!

[Beverly]

Can't wait.

I have ordered both books to have in time. :)

[Carol]

Carol wrote: "Yes, Hugh."

Hugh - remind me - are you setting up the discussion threads or should I?

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

I'm looking forward to the discussion of Jenny Erpenbeck's novel--I've had it on my shelves for several years, and have had a lot of good intentions toward reading it all this time.

I haven't contributed too much to this group, though I've lurked a bit, and might have posted to the introduction thread, but that was quite a while ago. Unfortunately, I'll probably be a little bit behind--I won't have the book in hand until the 5th or so, but I hope to read everyone else's thoughts and maybe add a few of my own soon after.