April Group Read Nominations

[Winter, Group Reads]

Hi everyone!

Time to nominate for April is Yellow.

~Please remember to state a connection to the theme when you nominate.

~Books we have read less than three years ago are not eligble. To see which books are not eligble, see this google sheet:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

~ Each person can nominate 1 book.

~ Book must be available both as a physical copy and as an ebook.

~ Authors: Please do not nominate your own book.

~ Please do not nominate books that are part of a series, unless it is the first book.

~ You can second someone else's nomination, but that will count as your nomination.


This thread will be closed by February 26th, and we will choose ten books for the poll. If there are more than ten books nominated, we will choose "seconded" books first. If there is still a tie to get into the top ten, we'll go back to the Goodreads average rating to see which is highest.

[Ushashi]

I would like to nominate Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. The link to the theme of yellow is in the title.

[Ann]

I'd like to nominate Last Days of Summer by Steve Kluger. Connection to the theme - the summer sun is warm and yellow.

Last Days of Summer is the story of Joey Margolis, neighborhood punching bag, growing up goofy and mostly fatherless in Brooklyn in the early 1940s. A boy looking for a hero, Joey decides to latch on to Charlie Banks, the all-star third basemen for the New York Giants. But Joey's chosen champion doesn't exactly welcome the extreme attention of a persistent young fan with an overactive imagination. Then again, this strange, needy kid might be exactly what Banks needs.

[Noelle]

I nominate Anxious People by Fredrik Backman. The background on the cover is a darker yellow and it’s on a few of the “best of” lists of 2020. I’ve been wanting to read it and here’s the link for the synopsis and reviews:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...

[Jeffrey]

I nominate The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom

Yellow in the title.

[Megan BG]

I second The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo because it's on my list to read this year. :-)

[Sean]

Ushashi wrote: "I would like to nominate Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. The link to the theme of yellow is in the title."

This is a great book, and if it gets chosen, I won't be mad at it.

However, I would like to nominate Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley. Connection in the title and the cover.

[Valerie]

I nominate She who became the sun by Shelley Parker-Chan. It is set on ‘a dusty yellow plain’ and the cover is various shades of yellow.

[Frezita]

I second the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

[Pooja]

I would like to nominate We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves

[LivinLaVidaLibros]

The Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson would be great 👍🏼

[Alyana]

I'd like to second

[Bernadette]

I would like to nominate The Goldfinch, "Gold" is a shade of "yellow"

[Shari]

I would like to nominate The Yellow Bird Sings. Yellow is in the title and on the cover of the book.

[L Y N N]

Jeffrey wrote: "I nominate The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom

Yellow in the title."

I was going to nominate this one as well, so I will second Jeffrey's nomination!

[Jeffrey]

Lynn wrote: "Jeffrey wrote: "I nominate The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom

Yellow in the title."

I was going to nominate this one as well, so I will second Jeffrey's nomination!"
Thanks, Lynn! Great minds...😄

[Louise]

I would like to nominate a new book, The Yellow Wife, by Sadeqa Johnson. Yellow is in the title, plus the woman on the cover of the book is wearing a yellow dress. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

[The]

I would like to nominate The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré, for its beautiful yellow cover! :)

[Fadi]

I would nominate The City We Became as the time is written in yellow....

[Kelly]

I would like to nominate as the cover is very yellow!

[PattyMacDotComma]

Ushashi wrote: "I would like to nominate Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. The link to the theme of yellow is in the title."

I will second Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

[Desiré]

Noelle wrote: "I nominate Anxious People by Fredrik Backman. The background on the cover is a darker yellow and it’s on a few of the “best of” lists of 2020. I’ve been wanting to read it and here’s the link for t..."

I second Anxious People!

[Ilona]

Fadi wrote: "I would nominate The City We Became as the time is written in yellow...."

I'd like to second The City We Became :)

[Megan]

Ilona wrote: "Fadi wrote: "I would nominate The City We Became as the time is written in yellow...."

I'd like to second The City We Became :)"

I’ll third!

[Marymetobooks]

I second Kelly’s nomination of Loving Frank by Nancy Horan.

https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_b...

[Samantha]

I’d like to nominate Yellow Wife, connection being the title.

[Marie]

I would like to second (or I guess "third") Anxious People. :-)

[Rebecca]

I would like to nominate The Chicken Sisters for its bright and cheerful yellow cover.

[Chrissy]

I’ll second The Girl with the Louding Voice.

[Lisa]

This book may seem a bit bizarre and sinister, but I enjoyed it. It is called "The King in Yellow" by Robert W. Chambers.

[Eirelyn]

I'd like to nominate The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum.

Theme connection: Yellow Brick Road! :D

[Francisca]

My nomination Crome Yellow https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

[Morgan]

The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré
The Girl with the Louding Voice

[Kimberle]

The Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson.

[Lindsay]

I would like to nominate Yellow Star by Jennifer Roy.

It is written in free verse and it is the story of the author's aunt Syvia Perlmutter and her experience of the Holocaust. I read this 5 years ago and I still think about it today.

[Marc *Dark Reader with a Thousand Young! Iä!*]

Lisa wrote: "This book may seem a bit bizarre and sinister, but I enjoyed it. It is called "The King in Yellow" by Robert W. Chambers."

I second The King in Yellow by Robert Chambers. 19th-century gothic horror story collection, centered around a forbidden play, The King in Yellow, that spreads madness to those who view it. A source of inspiration for Lovecraft and others. It's in the public domain so free or very low-cost e-book versions are plentiful.

[L Y N N]

Jeffrey wrote: "Lynn wrote: "Jeffrey wrote: "I nominate The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom

Yellow in the title.

I was going to nominate this one as well, so I will second Jeffrey's nomination!
Thanks, Lynn! Great minds...😄"

Exactly! LOL

[D.L.]

Eirelyn wrote: "I'd like to nominate The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum.

Theme connection: Yellow Brick Road! :D"

Seconding this one :)

[Maisha]

I would like to nominate "Anxious People" by Fredrik Backman

[Alaina]

I nominate Recursion because of it's yellow cover

[Eirelyn]

Alaina wrote: "I nominate Recursion because of it's yellow cover"

Good book. :D

[TerryJane, Challenges]

I'll second Shari's suggestion of The Yellow Bird Sings by Jennifer Rosner.
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[Winter, Group Reads]

I'm cosing and posted poll a bit early this month.

Link to poll: https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/2...