May Group Read Nominations

[Winter, Group Reads]

Hi everyone!

Time to nominate for May is Flora.

~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 March 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.

[Kim]

Connection Fungi is not Fauna so it's Flora :D
Non-fiction deserves a chance.......

I'd like to nominate Goodreads Choice Award nominee (Science and Tech) 2020 with an Average rating of 4.41 Stars

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake

[Ashleigh]

I'd like to nominate The Poppy War for this one. Poppy is a flower (or flora) :)

[Niharika✩]

100 Days of Sunlight by Abbie Emmons

Connection: Flowers (Flora) on the cover

[Valerie]

I nominate Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas. Roses are flora. This book is a prequel to The Hate U Give.

[Valerie]

Kim wrote: "Connection Fungi is not Fauna so it's Flora :D
Non-fiction deserves a chance.......

I'd like to nominate Goodreads Choice Award nominee (Science and Tech) 2020 with an Average rating of 4.41 Star..."

Sorry to be pedantic but there are 5 kingdoms of living organisms and fungi is one of them whilst flora is another. Flora are classified as organisms that can make their own food. Fungi cannot do this.

[bailey, Challenges]

I'll nominate The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett! A garden consists of plants which are flora.

[Anneka]

I’ll nominate Flowers In The Attic by V.C. Andrews.

Flowers are flora, so that’s the connection! I’d love a good excuse to prioritize this book as I’ve never read it.

[TCampbell]

Valerie wrote: "I nominate Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas. Roses are flora. This book is a prequel to The Hate U Give." This is on my TBR list. I second the nomination

[Sean]

I nominated it before and it got a decent number of votes but not quite enough. Fits here too. Shall we try again?

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco.

A rose is flora.

[Bobbi]

Ashleigh wrote: "I'd like to nominate The Poppy War for this one. Poppy is a flower (or flora) :)"

I second this nomination.

[Rachael]

Sean wrote: "I nominated it before and it got a decent number of votes but not quite enough. Fits here too. Shall we try again?

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco.

A rose is flora."

I'll second this nomination!

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

Anneka wrote: "I’ll nominate Flowers In The Attic by V.C. Andrews.

Flowers are flora, so that’s the connection! I’d love a good excuse to prioritize this book as I’ve never read it."

I'll second this, for the same reason.

[Kim]

Sean wrote: "I nominated it before and it got a decent number of votes but not quite enough. Fits here too. Shall we try again?

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco.

A rose is flora."

Another second from me.

[TerryJane, Challenges]

I nominate The Ten Thousand Doors of January. It was a finalist for numerous awards in 2019-2020 -- Goodreads, Hugo, Audie, etc. -- and it connects to the flora theme because of the gorgeous flowers in the cover art.

[Karolina]

I nominate Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War.

[Meredith]

concrete rose by Angie Thomas roses are flora. this book is a prequel to the book the hate u give.

[Winter, Group Reads]

Valerie wrote: "I nominate Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas. Roses are flora. This book is a prequel to The Hate U Give."

Only the first book in a series is allowed because usually people want to read a series in the proper order. I'm not sure whether to accept this nomination or not. I haven't read The Hate U Give so I can't tell if people would want to read that one first.

[Winter, Group Reads]

Zeejane (Sara) wrote: "Valerie wrote: "Kim wrote: "Connection Fungi is not Fauna so it's Flora :D
Non-fiction deserves a chance.......

I'd like to nominate Goodreads Choice Award nominee (Science and Tech) 2020 with an..."

It doesn't really matter though. As long as you see a connection to Flora that is all that matters, what the connection is is yours to choose :) It can be as loose as you thought of this book when you read the theme of the month ;)

[Winter, Group Reads]

Kim wrote: "Sean wrote: "I nominated it before and it got a decent number of votes but not quite enough. Fits here too. Shall we try again?

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco.

A..."

You can only either nominating or seconding a book. I have put down your nomination. Since someone already have seconded The Name of the Rose your second wouldn't change anything. Third or fourth a book doesn't change if it makes the poll or not :)

[Valerie]

Winter wrote: "Valerie wrote: "I nominate Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas. Roses are flora. This book is a prequel to The Hate U Give."

Only the first book in a series is allowed because usually people want to rea..."

I would say the two books can be read in either order and work as stand-alones but I’m happy with whatever decision you make, Winter. The one thing guaranteed from this group is there will be plenty of excellent books to chose from by the time nominations close.

[L Y N N]

Valerie wrote: "Kim wrote: "Connection Fungi is not Fauna so it's Flora :D
Non-fiction deserves a chance.......

I'd like to nominate Goodreads Choice Award nominee (Science and Tech) 2020 with an Average rating ..."
I guess that is true. I hadn't thought about any of that in about 40 years. I do really want to read the fungi book, however, perhaps a buddy read one month this summer?

[Valerie]

Lynn wrote: "Valerie wrote: "Kim wrote: "Connection Fungi is not Fauna so it's Flora :D
Non-fiction deserves a chance.......

I'd like to nominate Goodreads Choice Award nominee (Science and Tech) 2020 with an..."

Historically they were considered flora it just turned out they were so interesting that they needed a group of their own as nothing else is like them!

[Winter, Group Reads]

Valerie wrote: "Winter wrote: "Valerie wrote: "I nominate Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas. Roses are flora. This book is a prequel to The Hate U Give."

Only the first book in a series is allowed because usually peo..."

I think maybe I'm not going to allow it. I'm sorry :( I just feel like most would like to have read the publishing order and opening up for one prequel opens up for all of them.

[Kim]

Winter wrote: "Kim wrote: "Sean wrote: "I nominated it before and it got a decent number of votes but not quite enough. Fits here too. Shall we try again?

The Name of the Rose by [author:Umberto E..."

Thanks Winter, all good at my end :D

[Valerie]

Winter wrote: "Valerie wrote: "Winter wrote: "Valerie wrote: "I nominate Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas. Roses are flora. This book is a prequel to The Hate U Give."

Only the first book in a series is allowed bec..."

No problem, there’ll be plenty others to choose from.

[Meghan L]

Anneka wrote: "I’ll nominate Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews."

I second this.

[BookishlyWise]

I nominate Where the Crawdads Sing It's all about marshes, so I that covers the flora :)

[Ilona]

Bibliophile wrote: "I nominate Where the Crawdads Sing It's all about marshes, so I that covers the flora :)"

Unfortunately we already read this book in July 2019, so it is not eligible.

[Ilona]

TerryJane wrote: "I nominate The Ten Thousand Doors of January. It was a finalist for numerous awards in 2019-2020 -- Goodreads, Hugo, Audie, etc. -- and it connects to the flora theme because of the..."

I'd like to second The Ten Thousand Doors of January

[Valerie]

I nominate Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-García. The woman on the cover is holding a bunch of flowers.

This is my new nomination, Winter, instead of Concrete Rose.

[Jessica]

Felix Ever After is my nomination. Connection is the flowers on the cover :)

[Megan]

Valerie wrote: "I nominate Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-García. The woman on the cover is holding a bunch of flowers.

This is my new nomination, Winter, instead of Concrete Rose."

I’ll second this one

[BookishlyWise]

I nominate Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi . The association is because of the flowers on the cover (another version), Flora is so closely associated with Ghana, where the book is based, with their evergreen forests. It's a book written by a woman about women - Women represent flora :)

[Sneha]

Bibliophile wrote: "I nominate Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi . The association is because of the flowers on the cover (another version), Flora is so closely associated with Ghana, where the ..."

I second this nomination

[Winter, Group Reads]

Valerie wrote: "I nominate Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-García. The woman on the cover is holding a bunch of flowers.

This is my new nomination, Winter, instead of Concrete Rose."

Thank you ^^

[Priscilla]

I would like to nominate White Oleander by Janet Fitch. Oleander is a flower which fits the theme of flora.

[Alexw]

Kindly add me to the list for White Oleander in May.

[Brandon]

I nominate Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes. Great book, simply classic.

[Lorraine]

Brandon wrote: "I nominate Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes. Great book, simply classic."

I second this nomination

[Karin]

Valerie wrote: "Kim wrote: "Connection Fungi is not Fauna so it's Flora :D
Non-fiction deserves a chance.......

I'd like to nominate Goodreads Choice Award nominee (Science and Tech) 2020 with an Average rating ..."

This is right :).

I'd like to nominate one where the connection is the flora on the cover:

The Deep Blue Between by Ayesha Harruna Attah

[Tara]

I would like to nominate The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh.
I have not read this but it is about a girl in foster care and how she communicates using flowers.

[D.L.]

Priscilla wrote: "I would like to nominate White Oleander by Janet Fitch. Oleander is a flower which fits the theme of flora."

Seconding!

[Jules]

I’m a little newer to this group but am eager to start participating I’m gonna recommend The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender for May but I am looking forward to reading a lot of books on this list.

[Daisie]

Anneka wrote: "I’ll nominate Flowers In The Attic by V.C. Andrews.

Flowers are flora, so that’s the connection! I’d love a good excuse to prioritize this book as I’ve never read it."

I vote for this one!

[Rita_rs]

Ashleigh wrote: "I'd like to nominate The Poppy War for this one. Poppy is a flower (or flora) :)"

Second this nomination!

[Melanie]

Valerie wrote: "I nominate Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-García. The woman on the cover is holding a bunch of flowers.

This is my new nomination, Winter, instead of Concrete Rose."

I second this one.

[Winter, Group Reads]

Closing nomination and poll up very soon!

[Winter, Group Reads]

And poll is up!

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