June Group Read Nomination

[Winter, Group Reads]

Hi everyone!

Time to nominate for June is Paris.

~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 April 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.

[Rachael]

I would like to nominate The Hunchback of Notre-Dame because it is set in Paris, at an iconic landmark of the city

[Ilona]

I'd like to nominate The Paris Library. This book is based on the true World War II story of the heroic librarians at the American Library in Paris.

[D.L.]

I will nominate The Postcard Killers by James Patterson. The connection is in the summary itself. It's one of the settings of the book too.

NYPD detective Jacob Kanon is on a tour of Europe's most gorgeous cities. But the sights aren't what draw him--he sees each museum, each cathedral, and each cafe through the eyes of his daughter's killer.

Kanon's daughter, Kimmy, and her boyfriend were murdered while on vacation in Rome. Since then, young couples in Paris, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, and Stockholm have been found dead. Little connects the murders, other than a postcard to the local newspaper that precedes each new victim., Wish you were here.

Now Kanon teams up with the Swedish reporter, Dessie Larsson, who has just received a postcard in Stockholm--and they think they know where the next victims will be.

[Ankit]

The Lost Girls of Paris by Pam Jenoff

It is a story of friendship and courage centered around three women and a ring of female spies during World War II, Paris 1944. There was a list of places: Paris, Lille. The women had been deployed for
SOE to undertake various missions in Occupied Europe.

[Samantha]

I would like to nominate The Paris Hours. The connection to the theme is that the book takes place in Paris.

[L Y N N]

I will nominate The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George, translated by Simon Pare.

I have owned this book for years and have yet to read it.

It is a translated work.

Books about books seem to always intrigue me!

PARIS! And a BOOKSHOP!!

[Kristopher]

I would like to nominate The Paris Architect by Charles Belfoure, which is about a French architect who builds hiding places for Jews in Paris during WW2.

[Carmen]

I'd like to nominate The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery


Life behind the façades of a grand Parisian apartment building in the very respectable 7th arrondissement, an insight into the secrets of the building's concierge and its residents.

[Tiffy]

Rachael wrote: "I would like to nominate The Hunchback of Notre-Dame because it is set in Paris, at an iconic landmark of the city"

I'll second The Hunchback of Notre-Dame!

[Lucille]

I’ll second The Paris Library

[Sean]

Carmen wrote: "I'd like to nominate The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery


Life behind the façades of a grand Parisian apar..."

I will second The Elegance of the Hedgehog.

[Patricia]

I'll nominate Paris is Always a Good Idea by Jenn McKinlay. This book is about Chelsea Martin embarked on her yearlong post-college European adventure. Since then, she's lost her mother to cancer and watched her sister marry twice, while Chelsea's thrown herself into work, becoming one of the most talented fundraisers for the American Cancer Coalition, and with the exception of one annoyingly competent coworker, Jason Knightley, her status as a most talented fundraiser is unquestioned.

[Shari]

I will second The Paris Architect. A lot of great books have been nominated!

[Noelle]

Adding The Paris Apartment. Currently on the NYT best-sellers list and looked good. On my TBR pile.

[TerryJane, Challenges]

Noelle wrote: "Adding The Paris Apartment. Currently on the NYT best-sellers list and looked good. On my TBR pile."

I'll second Noelle's nomination for The Paris Apartment. I adore a locked-door mystery anywhere, but this one is set in in Paris, so what's not to love?

[Dorothy]

Sean wrote: "Carmen wrote: "I'd like to nominate The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery


Life behind the façades of a gran..."

That is a very very good book!

[Bernadette]

I would like to nominate The Perfume Collector by Kathleen Tessaro. The MC Grace uncovers a story of an extraordinary women who inspired one of Paris’s greatest perfumers.

[Melanie]

I would like to nominate The Dud Avocado.

It is about the adventures of a young American Woman in Paris.

[Winter, Group Reads]

Poll is up! :)

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

[Ilona]

The poll ended in a tie between The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo and The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley, so we set up a tiebreaker poll. Please vote for the book you'd like to read next month!

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