July Group Read Nominations

[Kristin B.]

***Please Read all Guidelines Before Nominating***

1. All nominations must meet the following criteria:
-Published in or after 1960, but at least 6 months old
-No more than 5,000 Goodreads ratings
-No self-promotion

2. Each member may nominate ONE book per month

3. Each member may also second ONE book per month
If someone else nominates a book that you are interested in, simply post that you would like to SECOND that book to give it another nomination vote.

4. We will vote on the five books that have the most seconds for the month's read
If less than five books receive seconds, I will pick whatever other nominated books have the highest star rating to round out the five needed for the poll.

Happy Nominating!

[Kristin B.]

Nomination from Kasi:

Hope of the Pharaoh

[John]

I would like to nominate Black Moon by Kenneth Calhoun.

[Kim]

I would like to nominate The Mussel Feast: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

[Kristin B.]

I'll nominate The Exiled Seven

[Maalavika]

I nominate THE FOUNTAINHEAD

[Kristin B.]

Maalavika A wrote: "I nominate THE FOUNTAINHEAD"

Hi. Did you mean The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand? If so it does not meet the requirements of having less than 5,000 ratings. You can nominate something else of course. : )

[Matthew]

I nominate Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus

[Kim]

I'll second Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus as it sounds really good!

[Amaka]

I'd like to nominate The Summer that Melted Everything

[Sally]

May I nominate Storm in a Teacup, by Helen Czerski?

I enjoyed the heck out of this one. She finally satisfactorily answered the question I've always had about why ducks' feet don't get cold when they stand on ice. :)

Storm in a Teacup: The Physics of Everyday Life

[Sarah]

I will second Storm in a Teacup: The Physics of Everyday Life

[Hari]

I think I'll nominate "After Claude", by Iris Owens. Her writing reminds me of Dorothy Parker, and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"
None of her books got even 1000 ratings, as far as I can see.

[Kristin B.]

Nominations:
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus - 1 Second
Storm in a Teacup: The Physics of Everyday Life - 1 Second
The Exiled Seven
Hope of the Pharaoh
Black Moon
The Summer that Melted Everything
After Claude

You have until the end of the month to keep nominating and seconding.

[Kim]

My nomination - The Mussel Feast - isn't in the list...

[Kristin B.]

Kim wrote: "My nomination - The Mussel Feast - isn't in the list..."

Oops! Sorry about that and thanks for catching it. Fixed below:

Nominations:
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus - 1 Second
Storm in a Teacup: The Physics of Everyday Life - 1 Second
The Exiled Seven
Hope of the Pharaoh
Black Moon
The Summer that Melted Everything
After Claude
The Mussel Feast

You have until the end of the month to keep nominating and seconding.

[Kristin B.]

Locking this thread. Poll will be up soon. Opening the thread for August nominations.