February & March 2024 - Non Fiction Group Read - Nomination Thread

[Alannah]

It's time to nominate your choice for our February and March 2024 group non-fiction read - please use this thread to nominate.

Nominations start today and will close on 10th January 2024 or when we filled the poll with six books.

During this time anybody can nominate and second one book each. The 6 books with the most second votes at the end of the 7 day nomination period will go into the poll. There are no limits to the number of seconds a book can receive, however please be mindful of this as the polls are not filling up as quickly anymore.

The poll will then run until the 17th January 2023 and the winner will be announced shortly after. I hope this will leave everybody with enough time to obtain the chosen book.

Please only nominate, second or vote for a book you will read with the group if it should win. Please also check that your chosen nomination hasn't been a group read in the past. You can do this by looking at the group bookshelf, contact one of the moderators or post on 'Ask the Moderators' thread.

If you have any questions on the nominations process please contact me, use the 'Ask the Moderators' thread or post on here and we will be happy to help.

[spoko]

I nominate Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond (304 p., pub. 2023).

By the way, the instructions above are contradictory. The third paragraph begins by saying that anyone can nominate and second one book, and then two sentences later says anyone can either nominate or second one book. Are we allowed to do both, or are we not meant to second if we’ve nominated?

[Alannah]

spoko wrote: "I nominate Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond (304 p., pub. 2023).

By the way, the instructions above are contradictory. The third paragraph begins by saying th..."

Thank you for making me aware of this. It was the old rules that members could only nominate or second one book each. However, over the years, the group isn't as active as we would hope so it was changed to allow members to both nominate and second one book each.

I will change this now.

[Alannah]

Nominated Books:
Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond

[Cheryl]

I will nominate All the Living and the Dead by Hayley Campbell

[Suzanne]

I nominate Moonwalking with Einstein by Josh Foer.

[Ruth]

I will second Poverty by America

[Alannah]

I nominate Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry

[Alannah]

I will also second All the Living and the Dead by Hayley Campbell

[Alannah]

Nominated Books:
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything by Joshua Foer
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry

Books Going to Poll:
Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond
All the Living and the Dead by Hayley Campbell

[Jade]

Alannah wrote: "I nominate Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry"

Second this.

[Nidhi]

I nominate Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

[Charbel]

Nidhi wrote: "I nominate Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry"

I love The Little Prince so I second this.

[Alannah]

Nominated Books:
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything by Joshua Foer

Books Going to Poll:
Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond
All the Living and the Dead by Hayley Campbell
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry
Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

[Kat]

I second Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything

[Alannah]

Kat wrote: "I second Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything"

Nominations have closed but I will allow it.

[Alannah]

Poll linked here: https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/2...

[Alannah]

The winner is Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond

The threads are now open and linked below:

Spoiler Free: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Spoilers:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...