June Group Read Nominations

[Jodi]

The theme for June is the the longest day . I sense some long books coming to the nominations. The theme is completely open to interpretation: as long as you can tell us why you think it should fit the theme, it counts.

Please nominate only one book and ensure you either link the book or give the name of the author as well to avoid confusion. Please do not nominate books from a series, unless it is the first book in the series. You can second someone else's nomination, but that will count as your own. Nominations cannot have been chosen for a past group read (past buddy reads are fine).

This thread will be closed by April 22, and we will choose ten books for the poll. If there are more than ten books nominated, we will choose the ten most nominated. 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.

[Monica]

Saturday

I am going with Saturday by Ian Mcewan because the novel takes place in one day.

I really enjoyed Atonement and have been meaning to read something else by this author.

[Bella]

I nominated Morgan's Run by Colleen McCullough. It's set in Australia, during the colonization of Australia. (1700's)

I think this fits the theme of the longst day because it was said that the sun never set on the British Empire. Which made for a very, very long day.

Plus, the author died and this is one of the few books of hers that I've never read.

[Jodi]

How about Just One Day. The whole book takes place in 24 hours. It has been on my shelf for a while.

[JoJo]

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.

It describes 1 day for Ivan in a harsh Soviet camp in the 1950's.

[Jodi]

Patricia as long as you can justify a book, it can count. I was expecting people would nominate "chunkster books. I think long books count for sure.

[Nea]

I nominate The Day the World Ended at Little Bighorn: A Lakota History

[Claude]

I second One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich!!

[Anna]

I second One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, too.

[ReGina]

I'm going to interpret this the circadian route, so I will also nominate Saturday. I know we're not supposed to nominate more than one, but Mrs. Dalloway also takes place in one day. Since we will have just finished a classic for May, I thought we might not want to do two back to back. But still an excellent option!

[Megan]

I'll second Saturday.

[Brandi]

I also second One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich. It sounds interesting, and it deals with the issue of how you keep your dignity when someone is determined to try to strip you of it.

[Fay]

I second The Goldfinch, by Donna Tartt, because it's a long book that will take a loooong time to read.

[Joe]

I second Of Mice and Men. I've wanted to read it for a long time, I like how Brianna worked it into the theme, and at my slow pace, I'm buried under books right now. I should be starting January's The Book of Strange New Things this week. I'm happy that Group Reads gives me a list of books that I would not have otherwise read, but I haven't tried very hard to keep up.

[Jenn]

I nominate Norwegian by Night because it is set in Norway, where they have very long days in the summer.

[Auntie]

[Of Butterflies & Books]

by Thomas Hardy

[Dana]

I nominate Middlemarch by George Eliot- it is a lengthy read, but spans several years and the lives of some wonderful characters.

[Winter, Group Reads]

The Goldfinch is at my reading list too, actually in my randomiser challenge.

[Elsbeth]

I'll second The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt.

[Londa]

I'll nominate
The Enchanted by Rene Denfeld

The enchanted place is an ancient stone prison, viewed through the eyes of a death row inmate who finds escape in his books and in re-imagining life around him, weaving a fantastical story of the people he observes and the world he inhabits. Fearful and reclusive, he senses what others cannot. Though bars confine him every minute of every day, he marries magical visions of golden horses running beneath the prison, heat flowing like molten metal from their backs, with the devastating violence of prison life

Days spent on death row must seem like the longest days on Earth.

[Canadian Dragon]

I second The Enchanted, I have had that one on my tbr for awhile

[Karina]

I nominate Day of the Oprichnik.

Moscow, 2028. A cold, snowy morning.

Andrei Danilovich Komiaga is fast asleep. A scream, a moan, and a death rattle slowly pull him out of his drunken stupor—but wait, that’s just his ring tone. And so begins another day in the life of an oprichnik, one of the czar’s most trusted courtiers—and one of the country’s most feared men.

Welcome to the new New Russia, where futuristic technology and the draconian codes of Ivan the Terrible are in perfect synergy. Corporal punishment is back, as is a divine monarch, but these days everyone gets information from high-tech news bubbles, and the elite get high on hallucinogenic, genetically modified fish.

[Jen]

I'll third The Goldfinch

[Jodi]

I love how everyone is interpreting the theme. Keep the nominations coming :)

[Winter, Group Reads]

yay three for The Goldfinch! Maybe I get company while reading this ^^

[Cassandra]

I'll third The Enchanted.

[Kadijah Michelle]

I'm going to go out on a limb here and recommend If I Should Speak. In June, Ramadan starts. For those of you that don't know, that is the Muslim month of fasting where Muslims don't eat from dawn until sunset. Being that it's summer, those are some lllllooooonnnnnggggg days! My understanding is this book appeals to Muslims and non-Muslims alike, and is a good book club book, so inshallah.

[Ashlee]

Londa wrote: "I'll nominate
The Enchanted by Rene Denfeld

The enchanted place is an ancient stone prison, viewed through the eyes of a death row..."


I Nominate this one too :)

[Mary Pat]

I nominate One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich as well!

[Jodi]

Hi Everyone,

Sorry I have been MIA lately. I will post the poll when I get home from work today. If anyone wants to get in a few more nominations, I will close the thread and post the poll later on.

[Jodi]

Sorry for the delay everyone. Here is the poll for June's group read. The poll will close May 10th. Please take the time to vote. Thank you to everyone for your nominations.

https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...