June Group Nominations

[Winter, Group Reads]

Hi everyone!

It's time to nominate for June and the theme is Senses!

Please remember to state a connection to the theme when you nominate. Thank you :)

Here are some short rules for nominating books:

~ Each person can nominate 1 book.

~ Book must be available both as a physical copy and as an ebook.

~ Authors: Please do not nominate your own book.

~ Please include the name of the book and the author or link to the book.

~ Please do not nominate books that are part of a series, unless it is the first book.

~ You can second someone else's nomination, but that will count as your nomination.

~ When nominating, please state a connection to the theme.

~ You cannot nominate a book which has previously been a group read. Past buddy reads are fine. (See Group Reads in the bookshelf)


This thread will be closed by April 25th, and we will choose ten books for the poll. If there are more than ten books nominated, we will choose the ten most nominated. If there is still a tie to get into the top ten, we'll go back to the Goodreads average rating to see which is highest.

[Eileen]

I'd like to nominate A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle , the first book of the Sherlock Holmes series. Since it's been said that Holmes has been blessed with acute senses and use all of his senses (taste, sight, touch, smell, and hearing) to solve murders and mysteries :)

[Melanie]

I would like to nominate Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen. I've never read this book but it is a classic. The theme is in the title. :)

[Brianna]

Eileen wrote: "I'd like to nominate A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle , the first book of the Sherlock Holmes series. Since it's been said that Holmes has been blessed with acut..."

I second this!

[Michelle]

The Shape of WaterI would like to nominate "The Shape of Water " by Guillermo del Toro


The main character is deaf and mute. It also includes the sense of touch and sight.

[Ilona]

I nominate The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See

Goodreads blurb (in spoiler because it is long): (view spoiler)[Li-yan and her family align their lives around the seasons and the farming of tea. There is ritual and routine, and it has been ever thus for generations. Then one day a jeep appears at the village gate—the first automobile any of them have seen—and a stranger arrives.

In this remote Yunnan village, the stranger finds the rare tea he has been seeking and a reticent Akha people. In her biggest seller, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, See introduced the Yao people to her readers. Here she shares the customs of another Chinese ethnic minority, the Akha, whose world will soon change. Li-yan, one of the few educated girls on her mountain, translates for the stranger and is among the first to reject the rules that have shaped her existence. When she has a baby outside of wedlock, rather than stand by tradition, she wraps her daughter in a blanket, with a tea cake hidden in her swaddling, and abandons her in the nearest city.

After mother and daughter have gone their separate ways, Li-yan slowly emerges from the security and insularity of her village to encounter modern life while Haley grows up a privileged and well-loved California girl. Despite Haley’s happy home life, she wonders about her origins; and Li-yan longs for her lost daughter. They both search for and find answers in the tea that has shaped their family’s destiny for generations. (hide spoiler)]

[Ilona]

Michelle wrote: "I would like to nominate "The Shape of Water " by Guillermo del Toro
Sorry I'm not sure how to link the title."

Michelle, you can click on add book/author just above the comment box to add links to book titles/covers and authors.

[Winter, Group Reads]

Thanks ^^ Keep'em coming! :)

[Gabby]

I nominate Sense and Sensibility as well =)

[Michelle]

Ilona wrote: "Michelle wrote: "I would like to nominate "The Shape of Water " by Guillermo del Toro
Sorry I'm not sure how to link the title."

Michelle, you can click on add book/author just above the comment ..."
Thank you!

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

Eileen wrote: "I'd like to nominate A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle , the first book of the Sherlock Holmes series. Since it's been said that Holmes has been blessed with acut..."

I'll second this. Or third it.

[Megan]

I nominate The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken. It's about a disease that leaves some teenagers with heightened senses and abilities. And it's coming out as a movie this summer!

[Christine]

I nominate

[Winter, Group Reads]

Christine wrote: "I nominate "

Thank you for your suggestion Christine. However books from series need to be book nr 1 since members like to have series in order. Maybe you want to nominate another book? :)

Remember to state a connection to our theme, Senses. It can be any connection you see :)

[Winter, Group Reads]

Megan wrote: "I nominate The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken. It's about a disease that leaves some teenagers with heightened senses and abilities. And it's coming out as a movie this summer!"

I will second this one :)

[Christine]

I nominate

[Kristina]

I would like to nominate Blindness. It is about what happens after a city is afflicted with an epidemic of blindness (a loss of one of the five senses).

[Winter, Group Reads]

Kristina wrote: "I would like to nominate Blindness. It is about what happens after a city is afflicted with an epidemic of blindness (a loss of one of the five senses)."

I actually have this one ^^

[Winter, Group Reads]

Closing nominations in two days ! Remember to nominate a book for our group to read! :)

[Kate]

All the Light We Cannot See

[Ilona]

Kate wrote: "All the Light We Cannot See"

Kate, we already read this book as a group read in November 2015. Do you want to nominate another book?

[Kate]

Ilona wrote: "Kate wrote: "All the Light We Cannot See"

Kate, we already read this book as a group read in November 2015. Do you want to nominate another book?"

Ooops! Sorry. I wasn't a member back then. How about The Smell of Other People's Houses

[Ilona]

Kate wrote: "Ooops! Sorry. I wasn't a member back then. How about The Smell of Other People's Houses"

Thanks, that one looks great :)

[Sheila]

I will second The Smell of Other People’s Houses.
Sounds interesting and I haven’t read it yet

[Jennifer]

I second The Shape of Water.

[Winter, Group Reads]

Closing the thread. Poll coming up soon!!

[Winter, Group Reads]

Poll is up!!

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