September 2018 Nominations

[Nikki ~ The Nocturnal Bookworm]

Time to get in your nominations for September. We will be reading classics. Nominate the classic you would most like to read and discuss with the group.


A few reminders about nomination rules:

- Each member may nominate one book AND may second one book that has already been nominated.

-If you want to only nominate or only second a book without nominating anything that is fine.

- If we get more than 10 nominations then the 10 books with the most seconds will go to the poll.

- Graphic novels, manga, and comics are allowed to be nominated

- There are no minimum page counts for a book to be nominated.

- Books must be first in a series or a stand alone unless the group has already read the book in the series that came before the one being nominated.

- Nominations will close the afternoon of August 15th



*If you have any other questions about nominations or how they work please see this post

[Nikki ~ The Nocturnal Bookworm]

Nominations



- The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett (1 Second)
- Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut (1 Second)
- Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (1 Second)
- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain
- Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
- A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
- Sunset Song by Lewis Grassic Gibbon

[Nikki ~ The Nocturnal Bookworm]

I will nominate The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

[Ian]

Classics are probably the genre I struggle with the most. I guess the question is, how do you define a classic? I mean there are books that were written 10 years ago that meet the requirements of the definition provided.

[Ian]

I think I will nominate something I've never read before but have been meaning to read for quite a while.

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain.

[Lattisha]

I would like to nominate Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie.

[Nikki ~ The Nocturnal Bookworm]

Lattisha wrote: "I would like to nominate Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie."

Are the books in the Hercule Poirot considered stand alones? I aske because books need to be either stand alone or first in a series to be nominated and since I havent read any from that series I wasn't sure if they were or not and I think I had heard they were?

[Lattisha]

Nikki (Nyx) wrote: "Lattisha wrote: "I would like to nominate Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie."

Are the books in the Hercule Poirot considered stand alones? I aske because books need to be either stan..."

It was the first Hercule Poirot novel I read and I followed it just fine. There's s few references to how famous and awesome he is, but from what I gather they are meant to be stand alone.

[Nikki ~ The Nocturnal Bookworm]

Lattisha wrote: "Nikki (Nyx) wrote: "Lattisha wrote: "I would like to nominate Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie."

Are the books in the Hercule Poirot considered stand alones? I aske because books ne..."

Awesome I'll get it added to the nominations list :)

[Leandra]

I'll nominate Tale of Two Cities

[Nikki ~ The Nocturnal Bookworm]

Got all of them to this point updated in the nomination list :)

[Auntie Terror]

I'd like to nominate Sunset Song by Lewis Grassic Gibbon, the first book of his legendary trilogy "A Scot's Quair".
He might be a bit of a "forgotten classic" anywhere but in Scotland. But he definitely doesn't deserve that fate. ;-)

[Nikki ~ The Nocturnal Bookworm]

Auntie Terror wrote: "I'd like to nominate Sunset Song by Lewis Grassic Gibbon, the first book of his legendary trilogy "A Scot's Quair".
He might be a bit of a "forgotten classic" anywhere but in Scotland. But he defi..."
sounds interesting

[Elizabeth]

I'm going to nominate Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, because I read Cat's Cradle last year and I've been meaning to get around to it, too.

[Nikki ~ The Nocturnal Bookworm]

Nominations are updated to this point. Nominations will close tomorrow afternoon so if you have something you want to nominate be sure to get it in

[Valeria]

I will nominate Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury.
I second the secret garden. I’ve read it already but is a beautiful classic and it’ll be good for the group to read it.

[Leandra]

I'll second slaughterhouse 5

[Nikki ~ The Nocturnal Bookworm]

Valeria wrote: "I will nominate Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury.
I second the secret garden. I’ve read it already but is a beautiful classic and it’ll be good for the group to read it."

I'll second Fahrenheit 451 I read it in high school and it's really stuck with me over the years. I agree with you about the secret garden. It's one of the few books I've reread (I don't often reread books)

[Lattisha]

I'll second Secret Garden! I loved it and Black Beauty so much when I was little, I would love to re read it.