Nominations for December 2021 Open Pick

[Hugh]

Nominations are now open until October 24th for the December 2021 Open Pick.

Nominating guidelines:
- Fiction (original & translation, if applicable) first published between January 1, 2000 and December 1, 2020. For translations the latter date must be an English edition.
- One nomination per person (please do not nominate or vote for a book unless you are certain you can read and discuss if it wins)
- A book this group has not yet read (see the group bookshelf or the Index of all Group Reads here)
- A book that is not better suited to the wild card (genre) category

If you are nominating, please begin your post by stating "I nominate [name with hyperlink to book]"

The discussion will start on December 1st

[LindaJ^]

I nominate The One-Eyed Man by Ron Currie Jr., published in 2013.

Currie grew up in Waterville Maine, home of Colby College. I met him at a book signing for his prior novel at Longfellow's Books in Portland, ME, where the owner introduced him and handed him his favorite beer (PBR). He's written 4 books - one of short stories and three novels. This is his latest and the only one I've not read, so once again I'm nominating it again (last time was in connection with the Feb 2019 open read poll).

[Hugh]

Thanks Linda

[Bretnie]

I'd like to nominate The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls by Anissa Gray. The title and book cover alone have me intrigued!

[Hugh]

Thanks Bretnie

[Clarke]

I nominate The Overstory by Richard PowersThe Overstory

[Sam]

I nominate No Presents Please: Mumbai Stories by Jayant Kaikini translated by Tejaswini Niranjana. This is a short story collection that has won critical acclaim but little Goodreads chatter. The collection won the DSC award in 2018 and the translator just won the ALTA National Translation Award this year.

[Hugh]

Thanks Sam and Clarke

[Catherine]

Bretnie wrote: "I'd like to nominate The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls by Anissa Gray. The title and book cover alone have me intrigued!"

FYI, currently $1.99 on Amazon. (10/19/21)

[Hugh]

Sorry - I forgot about this. Nominations are closed and the poll will be up shortly

[Hugh]

The poll is up here and will run until the end of the month:
https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/2...

[Hugh]

The Overstory has won the poll. Clarke - are you happy to lead the discussion?

[Clarke]

OK.

[Clarke]

Who starts this? Do I start it?

[Hugh]

Yes, I have created the folder, and you should be able to create the discussion topics.