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Nominations - Random Choice
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All About All About Eve
Anna Karenina
Birdsong
Das Boot
The Constant Gardener
Le fantôme de l'Opéra
Far from the Madding Crowd
King of the Gypsies
The Last Song
The Last Station: A Novel of Tolstoy's Final Year
Lolita
Lorna Doone
Make Room! Make Room!
My Sister's Keeper
North And South
Olive Kitteridge
Pitch Perfect: The Quest for Collegiate A Cappella Glory
Practical Magic
Safe Haven
Savages
Seabiscuit: An American Legend
Silk
A Single Man
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
This Is Where I Leave You
Books nominated below:
Alive
Before I Fall
Bunny Lake is Missing
The Call of the Wild
The Children of Men
The Christmas Shoes
A Discovery of Witches
Fingersmith
The Good Liar
High Fidelity
Into Thin Air
L.A. Confidential
Leviathan Wakes
A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future
Lonesome Dove
The Man Who Fell to Earth
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
Postcards from the Edge
The Professor and the Madman
The Royal Nanny
Strangers on a Train
The Terror
Twilight / Life and Death
Victoria & Abdul
The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963
Wizard: The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla
The Queen of Katwe: A Story of Life, Chess, and One Extraordinary Girl's Dream of Becoming a Grandmaster (because I'm doing it for a f2f group already). Haha
I nominate to read my favorite (movie), as I have seen it, but never read the book: "A Walk To Remember," by Nicholas Sparks.
Blueberry wrote: "The Queen of Katwe: A Story of Life, Chess, and One Extraordinary Girl's Dream of Becoming a Grandmaster (because I'm doing it for a f2f group already). Haha"Loved the movie!
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A Walk to Remember we did last December. Freely check this thread: A Walk to Remember - book and movie.
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Alive
Das Boot
The Children of Men
Le Fantôme de l'Opéra
Fingersmith
Into Thin Air
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
The Queen of Katwe
If you have any other suggestion for the poll, please tell us! (the sooner the better)
Zeljka wrote: "Considering this is a nominations thread for any book, for any genre, maybe it would be a good idea to mention all those books that have lost in our polls this year. We didn't have many. It'll be e..."Good list! I've seen and read all of them except Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors, which I happen to have in a TBR stack. And I can recommend all of the others.
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Thank you Janice! I agree, each book sounds great. You at least will know which book to pick in the poll ;)
Zeljka wrote: "Thank you Janice! I agree, each book sounds great. You at least will know which book to pick in the poll ;) ... "Well drat. I was out of state visiting my mom for the last couple weeks and missed the poll entirely... not that it would have mattered, since it looks like I would have been the only vote for Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors anyway : )
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Don't worry, it'll show up on our bookshelf eventually :)
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It's time to pick another random book this year :) I might continue the tradition set last year (see few posts above) and mention books that were close runners this year, to give them another chance (they will have it again, don't worry, but now one might get it sooner):
Before I Fall
Crazy Rich Asians
Doctor Sleep
Lonesome Dove
Postcards from the Edge
The Professor and the Madman
Strangers on a Train
The Terror
The Wizard of Oz
Remember, random choice here means that the book does not have to be a (non-)fiction that was adapted to screen. It can be a tie-in, a book that was written as a companion book for a documentary or a movie, like David Attenborough and Michael Palin's books, and all those making-of-the-movie books. It goes without saying that genre in this section does not matter :)
Victoria and Abdul: The True Story of the Queen's Closest Confidant by Shrabani Basu which according to imdb.com is the book upon which was based the screenplay for the movie "Victoria and Abdul": https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5816682/I have seen the movie (at local library) but have not read the book yet.
BTW: Judi Dench plays Victoria for the 2nd time; the first was in "Mrs. Brown". Maybe i should check to see if THAT movie was based on a book!
I would really like to get a chance at Crazy Rich Asians and Doctor Sleep! Nancy L Owens wrote: "Victoria and Abdul: The True Story of the Queen's Closest Confidant by Shrabani Basu which according to imdb.com is the book upon which was based the screenplay for t..."
Ohh this one sounds really good, the movie was great! Sad, mind you, really sad, but non-the-less a brilliant study of people.
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This sounds great, Nancy :)
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Book of December 2019
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I thought about waiting for the results of this month's genre poll, but then it occurred to me we should give another chance to some books from the last poll that the most of you voted for (in addition to Doctor Sleep). I'll add four of them:
Lonesome Dove
The Professor and the Madman
Strangers on a Train
The Wizard of Oz
If you would like to read something else, please share your suggestions!
So glad to hear you had a good time on vacation! Which forest did you go trekking in? We are thinking of renting a cabin near a wild life reservoir (Pan de Azucar in Uruguay) with our dogs in the near future, but work has been hectic. I have been dying to read the Expanse series
Leviathan Wakes
And one choice that is going to have haters for sure, the rewriting of Twilight, for its tenth anniversary Twilight Tenth Anniversary - Life and Death - Stephenie Meyer. Couldn't find it here, but it was free to download from her page not long ago.
Both could be nominated for Fantasy Science Fiction if you all rather continue with some of the random pre-selected books :P
I have Doctor Sleep pending for December and I'm planning to re read the Shining too.
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That sounds awesome! We were in Madagascar, in a couple of their national parks and nature reserves. I wish we had more time to explore more, because each park is so unique and special, but the island was just too big and road navigation between villages strenuous if not non-existent.
Leviathan Wakes sounds awesome, I love the show!
For Twilight, do you mean the book, or this fan-fiction? If that rewrite isn't on GR, we can't add it to our bookshelf (not that we wouldn't want to, but if there's no book, how to add it to the group?). We can open a discussion thread for it though, in our Members Corner :)
Oh, Madagascar sounds like quite an adventure!!I love the Expanse too! Can't wait for Season 04.
I found it!
Twilight / Life and Death
I was trying to find it as a stand alone but it was compiled together with Twilight, so the title wasn't popping up. It[s a re imagining of Twilight with gender reversal and many, emphasis on MANY, corrections of things that critics have complained about in Twilight. Like, scenes that had choppy dialogue or felt disconnected, things like that.
In the spirit of the holidays, I nominate "The Christmas Shoes" for reading, even though it's for January.
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Lorena wrote: "I found it! Twilight / Life and Death I was trying to find it as a stand alone b..."
Both books may be added to the poll. I would only suggest to add now only Twilight to the list, because we should read that one first (I did read it, but our club didn't). This re-imagining of the book might be a bonus read and discussion, for those who wish to read it? What do you think?
Sure, I'm game for the bonus read and discussion. :)
Wow, unexpected! I am sooo behind with my reading with the holiday reunions and family drama xD
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There are so many books that didn't get the chance to get on our bookshelf. Now you have another opportunity to nominate them :) Of course, you don't have to, you can add new suggestions, or pick one from the huge pile at the beginning of this long thread.
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Oh this sounds very interesting! I honestly didn't know for that movie and book, thank you for sharing!
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Blood of Elves
The Call of the Wild
A Discovery of Witches
High Fidelity
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
Ready Player One
The Stand
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This book may be on our bookshelf, but as there is no direct tie-in to it, you would be free to read any other Tesla's biography (or his own autobiography if you wish!) and watch any documentary or fiction movie about him. As I recall, there are a couple of recent movies done about him, so it should be entertaining and educational as well.
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A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future by David Attenborough
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Book of November 2020
As there were too many books on the list, I slimmed the choices down to the books that had at least 10 votes in their favor, and to those new ones mentioned above.
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To be honest, it was very close call, because without my vote there would've been a tie between this one and Blood of Elves.
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Me too :)
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Time again to pick any book we like, disregarding the genre. We can nominate the book we voted for in the previous months, or choose the book that otherwise wouldn't be selected, because it doesn't fit in any category like those media tie-ins.
There weren't many polls this year. The only books that really stood out with their number of votes were NOS4A2 and The Lady Vanishes. Would you rather like to read something else? Freely share your suggestions!
I nominate fictionalized true story The Royal Nanny.
There is a really good BBC movie called The Lost Prince, based on the same material. There is also a documentary available to watch.
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I think I saw this movie years ago. I had no idea the poor boy existed. This would be very interesting book to read. Thanks for the nomination!
my nomination: The Watsons go to Birmingham.it was produced as a movie by the Hallmark channel.
available, most likely, at public library and streaming (Tubi).
Don't have time to read - borrow the Playaway (probably available at library too).
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available, most likely, at public library and streaming (Tubi)..."
Excellent nomination Dennis, thank you!
Zeljka wrote: "Twice a year (usually) we can nominate any book, as long as it has a movie/series/documentary counterpart we can watch together with that book. Genre doesn't matter, so this is also a chance to nom..."I have not been active for quite a while so hope ok to pop in. This is not a nomination, but this topic had me thinking as I received an email about historical fiction, too and all of a sudden I thought of Summer of My German Soldier (as it is Summer now). I definitely read it and seemed to remember watching it but Googled to make sure. Was a TV movie. Anyone else remember the TV movie? I am a huge fan of WWII books, fiction and non-fiction. The 1970s - 80s had many great mini series based on novels.
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I might have seen the movie long time ago, but it's hard to tell, as the story is familiar, it could have been some other one. I'll put it up for nomination, sounds interesting :)
There are so many good WW2 movies and TV series. I like especially poorly known real-life stories, like Memphis Belle, The Tuskegee Airmen, Land Girls, Hacksaw Ridge, The Imitation Game etc.
I’m familiar with the real life stories you mentioned save Land Girls and The Imitation Game, though never saw the movies. I’m also fascinated by the WWII Code Breakers.One of my fav novel to mini series was The Winds of War …back when mini series were big on Network TV. The Thorn Birds was also excellent. Golden Age Hollywood Stars in lavish TV productions. Robert Mitchum and Barbara Stanwyck to name 2.
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Here we are again with our random choices! The suggestions may come from any genre, and they do not have to be new - just take a look at our long list at the beginning of this thread :)
Considering the ongoing climate change summit and discussions, maybe we might read A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future by David Attenborough.
Of course, if you've already read this or simply would like to read something else, freely share your ideas!
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