Nominations for March 2022 Open Pick

[Hugh]

Nominations are now open until January 23rd for the March 2022 Open Pick.

Nominating guidelines:
- Fiction (original & translation, if applicable) first published between January 1, 2000 and March 1, 2021. 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 March 1st

[LindaJ^]

I nominate The One-Eyed Man by Ron Currie Jr..

[Hugh]

Last day for nominations today, anyone want to add some competition?

[Vesna]

I nominate Pond by Claire-Louise Bennett

[Marc]

I nominate White Teeth by Zadie Smith.

[Hugh]

Nominations are now closed. The poll is up here, and will run until the end of January:
https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/2...

[Hugh]

Just realised the poll has closed, and we have a tie, so we need a run-off poll. Will set one up shortly...

[Hugh]

The tie break poll is up here - I hope 5 days is enough.

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

[Hugh]

We finally have a result - a decisive victory for Pond.

[Tamara]

I'll be getting the book in a couple of days and hope to join the discussion. Looking forward to it.