October's Group Reads ARE....

[JoAnn]

I recommend The Help by Kathryn Strockett.
It would be a wonderful addition to the list and a marvelous read!

[Laura]

Lyn wrote: "Fiona wrote: "Cat. 1 - Shogun by James Clavell"

Shogun?? I think I heard of that book somewhere?"

Yeah, where have I heard of that??

*smacks head multiple times*

[Laura]

What category are you nominating The Help for JoAnn?

[JoAnn]

Sorry-Books to be read in October.

[Laura]

Hi JoAnn - This is Lori's original post re: the nominations - I'm just putting it here so your vote will be counted:



Please read the rules for nominating BEFORE you create your post!!

We will have two catagories this month:
Cat1- Regular Fiction/Non-Fiction
Cat2- Halloween Themed/ Scary Fiction *


Only ONE nomination per person.
If you nominate a book for catagory 1, you CANNOT nominate a book for catagory 2, and visa versa.

Please be sure to post the title, author, and the catagory it belongs to.

If your post does not have those three things, it will not be counted.

Are you ready?
I will accept nominations through Thursday night. Once I close nominations I will create the polls and let you know when it is time to vote!

Hit us with your best noms!

[Apokripos]

So many Stephen King novels nominated...
Guess, I'll not be nominating any more more of his works since what's been nominated is sufficient enough...
I'll just wait for the polls... ^_^

[Nikki]

How soon will we have the books picked so I can get them from the library? I can't always buy them, so if I have to put them on hold, it may take a bit.

[JG (Introverted Reader)]

So many great noms in both categories! I've been looking forward to our October group read since August!

[Vanessa]

hmm i would like to nominate for cat. 1 The Posionwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

[Lori, Super Mod]

Nikki, by the weekend, we will have the votes in and the winners named.

[Claire]

I nominate Duma Key by Stephen King for Category 2.

[Nikki]

Lori wrote: "Nikki, by the weekend, we will have the votes in and the winners named."

Thanks. And I want you to know I kind of scanned through this too fast and I kept reading cat. (category) as "cat." I was wondering what book about cats we were going to read. Heehee.

[Gorana]

Cat 1: The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery

[Valerie]

Cat 2: World War Z An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks

[Gretta]

Cat-1 We Need to Talk About Kevin A Novel by Lionel Shriver

I keep nominating this book because I would sooo love to read the discussion on it. Win or lose, I'll keep trying! :)

[Jessica]

Category 1: The World According to Garp-John Irving

[Lori, Super Mod]

Here's how we are lookin so far!

Cat1-
The Lost Symbol - Dan Brown
The Birds Fall Down - Rebecca West
Graceling - Kristin Cashore
Amagansett - Mark Mills
O Pioneers! - Willa Cather
The Wind-up Bird Chronicle - Haruki Murakami
Wide Sargasso Sea - Jean Rhys
Smogtown - Chip Jacobs
The Angel's Game - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
The Girl Who Played with Fire - Steig Larsson
Shogun - James Clavell
The Island of the Day Before - Umberto Eco
The Posionwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver
The Elegance of the Hedgehog - Muriel Barbery
We Need to Talk About Kevin - Lionel Shriver
The World According to Garp - John Irving


Cat2-
The Historian - Elizabeth Kostova
Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
The Awakening(vampire diaries #1) - LJ Smith
Dead Until Dark - Charlaine Harris
The Strain - Guillermo Del Toro
Cell - Stephen King
Salem's Lot - Stephen King
20th Century Ghosts - Joe Hill
House of Leaves - Mark Z. Danielewski
Bag of Bones - Stephen King
Rebecca - Daphne du Maurier
The Crucible - Arthur Miller
The Dunwich Horror - H.P. Lovecraft
Amittyville Horror Conspiracy - Stephen Kaplan
Rosemary's Baby - Ira Levin
The Help - Kathryn Strockett
Duma Key - Stephen King
World War Z An Oral History of the Zombie War - Max Brooks


Due to the amount of nominations we are getting, I think I will close this early. Tomorrow morning, by 7am... whatever is nominated will make it to the polls. After 7am, I will stop taking nominations. There are sooooo many great books in here already....

**EDIT -- 7am EST (my time!)

[[deleted user]]

Cat 2: Lost by Gregory Maguire

[Claire]

Lori wrote: "Here's how we are lookin so far!

Cat1-
The Lost Symbol - Dan Brown
The Birds Fall Down - Rebecca West
Graceling - Kristin Cashore
Amagansett - Mark Mills
O Pioneers! - Willa Cather
T..."

Lori, would The Help be in Cat. 2? Its not really a horror book.....

[Paula]

Can I ask, where are the polls? Thank you.

[Paula]

Fiona wrote: "Scroll to the top of this page. Look to your right and you'll see a list of links under the groups name. The link that takes you to the polls section is the second to last.

They aren't up yet tho..."

Thank you!

[Jenna]

Cat 2 - The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

don't know if you guys have had this as a read already but I know it's coming out as a movie ...or so I hear it is and wouldnt mind reading it again as I read when I was younger and own it now :)

[Pamela]

Cat. 2 "The Stand" Stephen King

[Becky]

I nominate The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty for Cat 2 of course. :D

[Lori, Super Mod]

OK ... Nominations are now closed. I will recap them in a moment, and then post the polls.... First let me get the kids off to school :)

[Lori, Super Mod]

Cat1-
The Lost Symbol - Dan Brown
The Birds Fall Down - Rebecca West
Graceling - Kristin Cashore
Amagansett - Mark Mills
O Pioneers! - Willa Cather
The Wind-up Bird Chronicle - Haruki Murakami
Wide Sargasso Sea - Jean Rhys
Smogtown - Chip Jacobs
The Angel's Game - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
The Girl Who Played with Fire - Steig Larsson
Shogun - James Clavell
The Island of the Day Before - Umberto Eco
The Posionwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver
The Elegance of the Hedgehog - Muriel Barbery
We Need to Talk About Kevin - Lionel Shriver
The World According to Garp - John Irving


Cat2-
The Historian - Elizabeth Kostova
Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
The Awakening(vampire diaries #1) - LJ Smith
Dead Until Dark - Charlaine Harris
The Strain - Guillermo Del Toro
Cell - Stephen King
Salem's Lot - Stephen King
20th Century Ghosts - Joe Hill
House of Leaves - Mark Z. Danielewski
Bag of Bones - Stephen King
Rebecca - Daphne du Maurier
The Crucible - Arthur Miller
The Dunwich Horror - H.P. Lovecraft
Amittyville Horror Conspiracy - Stephen Kaplan
Rosemary's Baby - Ira Levin
Duma Key - Stephen King
World War Z An Oral History of the Zombie War - Max Brooks
Lost - Gregory Maguire
The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
The Stand - Stephen King
The Exorcist - William Peter Blatty

This is the final list....
Looking good, isnt it?

[Lori, Super Mod]

I removed The Help, as I noticed that it never said where it was supposed to go anyway :(
Failure to follow the rules... eh...

[Lori, Super Mod]

Go Vote!
Polls are located on the far right corner at the top of the groups home page....in a green hyper link!

May the best books win!

[Lori, Super Mod]

Whoot whoot!

I am curious to see which books end up winning.
There are alot of cool choices out there.

[Lori, Super Mod]

****UPDATE****
I removed House of Leaves from the polls. I don't know how, but that book made it past my alarm system :)

That was already a group read here. So it cannot be allowed into the voting process. Sorry!

[Stacey]

I just voted. So very hard to decide when I've read most of them!

[Carol]

I voted. There were a lot of excellant books to chose from.

[Rauf]

I voted for The Island of the Day Before in CAT 1. I wanted to vote for The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle too; I have the ebook but I haven't read it.

I voted for Salem's Lot in CAT 2.

[Lori, Super Mod]

It looks as tho Rebecca and the Poisonwood Bible are the clear leaders in this race!! We have until tonite midnite to get those votes in!

[Teresa]

and remember you can always change your vote : ) so if you voted for one with only a few votes, go change it to one with more votes and "help" it win

[Stacey]

Well, guess I'll be picking up Rebecca tomorrow (already have Poisonwood Bible). I'll still check in to make sure nothing drastic changed before hitting the store! :)

[Lori, Super Mod]

The Winners for October's Group Reads are:

Rebecca - Daphne du Maurier

and

The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver

[Lori, Super Mod]

Discussion threads will be open at the first of the month. If you havent purchased these yet, and are interested in joining us.... You still some time :)

[Nikki]

Oooh, I read about half of Poisonwood for my local book group, but never finished it. I just ran out of time. I may have to finish it, but then again, maybe not.

[Carol]

I have looked all over the house for Rebecca. I guess my daughter abscounded with it. I will check at the library tomorrow for the books

[KarenLee]

I believe I have both of these books. Unless they've been loaned out.

[Becky]

I've already read both of these books. :)

[Lyn (Readinghearts)]

Both are books that I have been anxious to read, so I'll try to do both, but will at least do one. Probably start with Rebecca

[Carol]

I forgot to mention I have already read Rebecca twice before. I just re-read it in March this year. I can't wait for the discussions to begin.

[JG (Introverted Reader)]

I've read both also. I love Rebecca and hope you guys do too!

[Ann from S.C.]

I have read THE POISONWOOD BIBLE and loved it, but am looking forward to reading REBECCA.

[Carol]

Ann from S.C. wrote: "I have read THE POISONWOOD BIBLE and loved it, but am looking forward to reading REBECCA."


I seen the movie The Mosquito Coast and I read the short story. From what I understand The Poisonwood Bible is simular. If it is I think I will like it.
Rebecca was a good choice for October.(sinister)

[Paula]

I just read "Rebecca" this summer but have been putting off reading "The Poisonwood Bible." Looks like I've run out of excuses to read it! :)

[Efe]

I've been meaning to read 'The Poisonwood Bible' for some time now. I'm gonna dash out to B&N and grab a copy.

[Jeane]

I know I read the poisonwood bible and pretty sure I read also Rebecca...but not sure anymore.