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[Austin]

Savita, aren't you nominating anything? I will second books once you confirm.

[Savita]

Sorry , Austin , at first I couldn't think of any book , but now I will nominate two :
1) The Omen , by David Seltzer , 226 pages .
2) Foreign Body , by Robin Cook , 371 pages .
I have already seconded two .

[Savita]

Oh no , the link to The Omen isn't working correctly , so I will remove it . The correct book is the one by David Seltzer .

[Luffy Sempai]

I second Red Dragon.

[Anulekha]

I second The Omen and Dark Places

[Em Lost In Books, EmLo is my Name, PIFM is my Game]

I second "along came a spider".

[Austin]

I second The Secret History and Jurassic Park

[Austin]

So these are the 9 seconded books

Along Came a Spider
The Omen
Dark Places
The Historian
Red Dragon
Death on the Nile
Psycho
The Secret History
Jurassic Park

[Austin]

Maybe we can start polling tomorrow?

[Austin]

We should broadcast the poll so that more people will vote and hopefully join for the discussions. Em or Gorab, will you be kind enough to do it?

[Prosenjit]

Savita wrote: "The blurb of The Black Echo sounds good , but the book is almost a tome - 482 pages . So I am hesitating to nominate it .
I second Death on the Nile ( Agatha Christie ) and
Psycho ( Robert Bloc...",

Black Echo is worth the effort :-)

[Prosenjit]

Question- In this poll can we recommend books we already read long back and want to revisit?

[Austin]

Of course, Prosenjit, you can recommend books that you have already read as long as you will read it again.

[Savita]

Prosenjit wrote: "Savita wrote: "The blurb of The Black Echo sounds good , but the book is almost a tome - 482 pages . So I am hesitating to nominate it .
I second Death on the Nile ( Agatha Christie ) and
Psych..."

Okay , thanks, Prosenjit , I will go ahead and nominate The Black Echo , by Michael Connelly, 482 pages .

[Austin]

You have seconded 3 books Savita. You can pick 2 out of the 3 you have seconded.

[Savita]

Austin , Prosenjit didn't nominate The Black Echo , he only suggested it . I have nominated three books ( The Omen , Foreign Body and The Black Echo ) , and seconded two ( Agatha Christie and Psycho ) . Is that okay ?

[Austin]

Yes, it's ok. I see that you only nominated the book.

[Em Lost In Books, EmLo is my Name, PIFM is my Game]

I will put the poll later today.

[Austin]

Thank you Em

[Austin]

Em, preferably an open poll as we had before, so we can all see the progress.

[Em Lost In Books, EmLo is my Name, PIFM is my Game]

Austin wrote: "So these are the 9 seconded books

Along Came a Spider
The Omen
Dark Places
The Historian
Red Dragon
Death on the Nile
Psycho
The Secret History
Jurassic Park"

all these or should I add Savita's nominations too?

[Austin]

Em, those 9 books are seconded books. You can can second one more book if you want as you had seconded only one book. No need to include nominations in the polls. Only seconded books are to be included.

[Em Lost In Books, EmLo is my Name, PIFM is my Game]

Poll is up. https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/2...

added Cabinet of Curiosities as my second book.

[Austin]

Thank you for creating the poll, Em.

[Em Lost In Books, EmLo is my Name, PIFM is my Game]

:)

[Austin]

Can this be broadcasted as newsletter Em? That way more people will come to know of it and hopefully some will evince interest to read and discuss. Right now, only the people who have viewed this thread will vote.

[Savita]

Em Lost In Books wrote: "Poll is up. https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/2...

added Cabinet of Curiosities as my second book."

Thanks , Em !

[Em Lost In Books, EmLo is my Name, PIFM is my Game]

Austin wrote: "Can this be broadcasted as newsletter Em? That way more people will come to know of it and hopefully some will evince interest to read and discuss. Right now, only the people who have viewed this t..."

Will send a group message today.

[Austin]

Thank you once again, Em.

[Austin]

I am still undecided on what book to vote for. Spoiled for choices. That's why I am yet to vote!

[Austin]

I see that all 5 people who voted have chosen different books. The introduction of more voters will give a more clear picture as to which book will be the winner.

[Savita]

Yes , that's true !

[Anjali]

Savita wrote: "I am very much in... it'll be so nice if BOTM restarts in this group. Actually , there is a sufficient number of interested readers in this huge group . The only thing is to get interesting books to the polls so that a sufficient number join in for the reads . Even 3 participating readers can make a read interesting ."

I am in! I haven't been following the group threads for a while.
Now that you mentioned it, Savita, Catching up with Classics group sends members monthly reminders on polls and group reads, etc. It keeps me updated on the activities of the group to an extent.

[Austin]

Anjali wrote: "Savita wrote: "I am very much in... it'll be so nice if BOTM restarts in this group. Actually , there is a sufficient number of interested readers in this huge group . The only thing is to get inte..."

We are glad to have you here!

[Savita]

Hi , Anjali , so glad you have joined too ! I hope we all select a nice BOTM, and also continue to do so . We have had some nice reads before , though , of course , each and every month may not come up with a good book . I just hope the tradition will be restored .

[Austin]

Yes, Savita. Hopefully a start to new beginnings.

[Savita]

Austin wrote: "Yes, Savita. Hopefully a start to new beginnings."

👍
Quite a few people are taking part in the polls . Hope we come up with a nice book !

[Austin]

It's like the group came back to life again! Hopefully, whatever book gets selected is interesting enough. At the moment it looks like one of the top two books will be the eventual winner.

[Anjali]

I like all the nominations for this month. If the Cabinet of Curiosity gets ahead, it might take more than a month for me.

[Prosenjit]

45 votes as of now, with top 3 tied at 9 each!! Dead heat!!

[Prosenjit]

I am hoping The Secret History or Dark Places win, really want to read those. Have read the rest, would be fun to re read something like a Psycho Along Came a Spider or Jurrasic park though

[Anulekha]

Austin wrote: "It's like the group came back to life again! Hopefully, whatever book gets selected is interesting enough. At the moment it looks like one of the top two books will be the eventual winner."

Yes, broadcasting can really bring in the crowd. Hope the participation will be significant as well, whichever book is chosen.

[Savita]

Prosenjit wrote: "45 votes as of now, with top 3 tied at 9 each!! Dead heat!!"

Have to thank Prosenjit because he's the one who proposed the idea of nominating books , and of course our moderators for giving us full support ! 😊

[Savita]

Anulekha wrote: "Austin wrote: "It's like the group came back to life again! Hopefully, whatever book gets selected is interesting enough. At the moment it looks like one of the top two books will be the eventual w..."

Yes , hope the participation is good as well !

[Austin]

Anulekha would be the happiest person now. Both the top two books were her nominations :-)

[Austin]

Anjali wrote: "I like all the nominations for this month. If the Cabinet of Curiosity gets ahead, it might take more than a month for me."

Even I would take close to a month to finish it. It's worth the effort though. Agent Pendergast is like a modern day Sherlock Holmes. Expect smart conversations, science, archaeology etc. Pendergast books are very good but largely unknown to the Indian reader.

[Anulekha]

Savita wrote: "Prosenjit wrote: "45 votes as of now, with top 3 tied at 9 each!! Dead heat!!"

Have to thank Prosenjit because he's the one who proposed the idea of nominating books , and of course our moderator..."

Yes, definitely.

[Austin]

Prosenjit wrote: "I am hoping The Secret History or Dark Places win, really want to read those. Have read the rest, would be fun to re read something like a Psycho [book:Alo..."

Prosenjit, The Secret History has a good chance of surging ahead but Dark Places holds no hope.

[Rahul]

Whispers of Sahra

[Prosenjit]

Austin wrote: "Prosenjit wrote: "I am hoping The Secret History or Dark Places win, really want to read those. Have read the rest, would be fun to re read something like a [book:Psycho..."

Looks like its the Crowd Favorite- Agatha Christie for the win!!