Additional Nominee Read Schedule & Results - 2018

[Lynn, Moderator]

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

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.

Once a category poll is closed we will then open up discussion for the rest of the nominee books to set up buddy reads for any members interested.


Additional Nominee Read Schedule

January
Fantasy: The Bear and the Nightingale (The Winternight Trilogy, #1)

February
Science Fiction: All Our Wrong Todays

March
Horror: Final Girls

April
Fiction: Beartown

May
Debut Author: We Were the Lucky Ones
Science & Technology: Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History

June
Young Adult: Turtles All the Way Down
Food & Cookbooks: 5 Ingredients – Quick Easy Food

July
Middle Grade: Beauty and the Beast: Lost in a Book
Picture Books: She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World

August
Humour: One Day We'll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter
Poetry: Long Way Down

September
YA Fantasy: Caraval and Scythe (It was a tie!)
History & Biography: Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

October
Mystery & Thriller: Never Let You Go
Memoir & Autobiography: Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body

November
Romance: The Duchess Deal
Graphic Novels & Comics: Wonder Woman, Volume 1: The Lies and Saga, Vol. 7 (another tie!)

December
Historical Fiction: Pachinko
Non Fiction: The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit

[Lynn, Moderator]

First additional reads poll is up!

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

Ends at: Dec 10, 2017 11:59PM PST

[Savanes]

First vote : check!

[Savanes]

I'm so happy didn't win. I'm really not too fond of Neil Gaiman. :S

[Lynn, Moderator]

Lynn wrote: "First additional reads poll is up!

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

Ends at: Dec 10, 2017 11:59PM PST"

We will be reading The Bear and the Nightingale in January for the Fantasy additional read.

[Janina]

Yes. Me neither. :)

[Lynn, Moderator]

I'm the same too, never understood the hype
(Apart from the my theory that the readers who love him listen to audio books and love him because of his accent)

[Savanes]

Lynn wrote: "I'm the same too, never understood the hype
(Apart from the my theory that the readers who love him listen to audio books and love him because of his accent)"

I'll have to check on this accent then ;) I even tried watching the tv show and didn't make it after episode 1. Too too weird for my taste!

[Lynn, Moderator]

Savanes wrote: "I'll have to check on this accent then ;) "

Personally I don't find anything remarkable by it, but that's because it's an English accent lol

However a lot go ga-ga over him
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKh_W...

[Kristie, Moderator]

I kind of figured The Bear and the Nightingale would win. It seems a lot of people want to read it. I don't have any interest in this one, but I wouldn't have been interested in Norse Mythology either. Oh well.

[Savanes]

Likewise, I voted for red sister. I'm not sure I will read the bear and the nightingale but I don't have an aversion to it! ;)

[Savanes]

As to the accent, meeeh!

[Kirsten]

Savanes wrote: "I'm so happy didn't win. I'm really not too fond of Neil Gaiman. :S"

I've loved the 2 books of his I've read. The Ocean at the End of the Lane was heartbreaking. I don't think you can judge him by one book.

Also, this book is probably much different as it's more nonfiction as he's writing about Norse mythology. I'm interested in that after having watched some of Wagner's operas.

[Lynn, Moderator]

Science Fiction poll is up: https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

Ends at: Dec 10, 2017 11:59PM PST

[Vicki Willis]

I have to do some research here. Am not familiar with any of them!

[Kirsten]

There's some good ones on the list. I want to read All Our Wrong Todays. It's about time travel and a parallel Earth where all those things they predicted about the future in the 1950s (flying cars, etc) are real.

All Systems Red is a nice short little book and I really enjoyed it.

American War is one of those alternate history books and it would be my second choice for a read

Babylon's Ashes is the latest in the series that is the basis for SyFy's The Expanse series.

Raven Stratagem is the follow-up to the excellent Ninefox Gambit

Sleeping Giants is the follow-up to the excellent Waking Gods

[Lynn, Moderator]

Kirsten wrote: "There's some good ones on the list. I want to read All Our Wrong Todays. It's about time travel and a parallel Earth where all those things they predicted about the future in the 19..."

That's the one that got my vote

[Kristie, Moderator]

The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi was good too.

[Janina]

I’ve been wanting to read American war for a long time now, but the alternate future book sounds interesting as well. I tend to prefer darker sci-fi / dystopia though.

[Lynn, Moderator]

Lynn wrote: "Science Fiction poll is up: https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

Ends at: Dec 10, 2017 11:59PM PST"

All Our Wrong Todays was the poll winner

[Kirsten]

Janina wrote: "I’ve been wanting to read American war for a long time now, but the alternate future book sounds interesting as well. I tend to prefer darker sci-fi / dystopia though."

Me, too!

[Kristie, Moderator]

Kirsten & Janina - There was a lot of interest in American War. You could plan a buddy read, if you're both still interested. Other people may join you.

[Kirsten]

That sounds good to me.

[Lynn, Moderator]

Horror additional read poll is up!
https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

Ends at: Feb 02, 2018 11:59PM PST

[Lynn, Moderator]

Lynn wrote: "Horror additional read poll is up!
https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

Ends at: Feb 02, 2018 11:59PM PST"

Whoops, forgot to say ...... winner was Final Girls

[Lynn, Moderator]

The poll is up and ready for your votes on the Fiction additional read - https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

Ends at: Mar 03, 2018 11:59PM PST

[Lynn, Moderator]

Lynn wrote: "The poll is up and ready for your votes on the Fiction additional read - https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

Ends at: Mar 03, 2018 11:59PM PST"

We'll be reading Beartown

[Kristie, Moderator]

Lynn wrote: "Lynn wrote: "The poll is up and ready for your votes on the Fiction additional read - https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

Ends at: Mar 03, 2018 11:59PM PST"

We'll be reading Beartown"

I read Beartown this past October. I really enjoyed it. The writing is different from his previous work. There is a sequel coming out, Us Against You, that I plan to read.

[Vicki Willis]

I haven't read anything by that author. I am looking forward to it

[Susan]

I read Beartown late last year too, I thought it was great. The characters were so distinctive, I began to feel I knew them. I didn't know about the sequel coming out, I will shelve it right now!

[Lynn, Moderator]

Debut Author Additional Poll - https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

Science & Technology Additional Read Poll - https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

Ends at: Apr 06, 2018 11:59PM PDT

[Lynn, Moderator]

Totally forgot to put the results for the last poll here!

Debut Author: We Were the Lucky Ones
Science & Technology: Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History

[Lynn, Moderator]

Food & Cookbooks Additional Poll - https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

Young Adult Additional Read Poll - https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

Ends at: Apr 29, 2018 11:59PM PDT

[Lynn, Moderator]

Lynn wrote: "Food & Cookbooks Additional Poll - https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

Young Adult Additional Read Poll - https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

Ends at: Apr 29, 2018 11:59PM PDT"

Food & Cookbooks - 5 Ingredients – Quick Easy Food

Young Adult - Turtles All the Way Down

[Lynn, Moderator]

Polls are up and ready for your votes:

Middle Grade Additional Poll - https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

Picture Book Additional Read Poll - https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

Ends at: May 27, 2018 11:59PM PDT

[Lynn, Moderator]

Results

Middle Grade: Beauty and the Beast: Lost in a Book

Picture Book: She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World

[Lynn, Moderator]

July additional reads:

Humour Additional Poll - https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

Poetry Additional Read Poll - https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

Ends at: Jul 01, 2018 11:59PM PDT

Edit - the link above for Poetry is correct now, I realise I sent the wrong link out in my message to the group (serves me right for doing this at 2am!)

[Lynn, Moderator]

Lynn wrote: "July additional reads:

Humour Additional Poll - https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

Poetry Additional Read Poll - https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

Ends at: Jul 01, 2018 11:59PM..."

Results were:
One Day We'll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter and Long Way Down

[Lynn, Moderator]

Poll results for September additional reads were:

History & Biography - Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

YA Fantasy was a tie!
Caraval and Scythe

[Savanes]

Yay for scythe!

[Chris]

reading Killers of the Flower Moon for another bookclub!! So will have this done for September. Win win!! Glad to hear caraval and scythe won!!

[Kristie, Moderator]

I'm interested in Scythe. I've heard good things about Killers of the Flower Moon too.

[Lynn, Moderator]

Polls are up for the October additional reads:

Mystery & Thriller Additional Poll - https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

Memoir & Autobiography Additional Read Poll - https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

Ends at: Sep 01, 2018 11:59PM PDT

[Lynn, Moderator]

Results:

Mystery & Thriller Additional Poll - Never Let You Go

Memoir & Autobiography Additional Read Poll - Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body

[Chris]

When is the poll going up for Romance?

[Kristie, Moderator]

It should be up around the end of September.

[Lynn, Moderator]

Polls are up and ready for your votes:

Romance Additional Poll - https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

Graphic Novels & Comics Additional Read Poll - https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

Ends at: Sep 29, 2018 11:59PM PDT

[Lynn, Moderator]

Lynn wrote: "Polls are up and ready for your votes:

Romance Additional Poll - https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

Graphic Novels & Comics Additional Read Poll - https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1783..."

Results were:

The Duchess Deal

Wonder Woman, Volume 1: The Lies and Saga, Vol. 7 (another tie!)

[Lynn, Moderator]

Polls are up and ready for your votes ..... for December!?!

Historical Fiction Additional Poll - https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

Non-Fiction Additional Read Poll - https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

Ends at: Oct 27, 2018 11:59PM PDT

[Judy]

Still so many I haven’t gotten to yet! My goal was to get through all of them, but some of them had 22 week holds at the library. Yikes. I’m a little more than half way though. So hard to choose.