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Since we had so many voting for it last month and I believe it fits the time period may I nominate Through A Glass Darkly?
I second Misfit's nomination. I would love to read this book again and discuss.
I have a nomination in mind - if a book that I think is out-of-print but seems to be available in libraries and for not very much on the internet is eligible?
Sounds like it would be fine to me, Susanna. The criteria is just that people can get a hold of it, not that it be in every corner Barnes and Noble.Go ahead and nominate it!
Alrighty then - Dawn's Early Light, by Elswyth Thane. First published in 1934, this is a historical novel about the American revolution. The central figure is a young man who comes to Williamsburg from England in 1774, as a Tory.
(I should probably add that it was the first historical novel I ever read - my mother gave it to me when I was twelve! We both love it.)
Nominating is closed! Time to vote!Btw, Dawn's Early Light is available new from Amazon (they apparently have copies from a 1996 publication of the book).
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***ANY COUNTRY, FICTION OR NON-FICTION***
Okay everyone, it's that time of the month - time to nominate! Anyone who would like to nominate ONE book may do so in this thread.
The theme this month is 1700s (any country, fiction or non-fiction). Very flexible here! As long as part of your selected book falls between 1700 and 1799 at some point, you're good! There's the American Revolution, the Georges in England, the French Revolution (we do have an upcoming read on Marie Antoinette, so you may want to skip her though) and I'm sure all sorts of other fun stuff.
If you want to see if we have already read a book you are thinking of nominating, just look at the sections where we discuss the books (E. Royalty Monthly Group Read and History Monthly Group Read). The very first thread under each of those sections lists all the books we have read as a group (Books We Have Read as a Group).
Please try to check amazon or some other site to make sure the book is easily available - the last thing we want is to nominate some great book that no one can get! If you nominate more than ONE book, only the first book listed will make it into the voting thread (so save additional books for the next months!). Also, if the book doesn't fit the theme, I won't add it to this month's voting list, but I will carry it over to the next theme that it does fit under if you would like.
Feel free to nominate one book of your choice in this thread until January 15th, 9pm Eastern.
At around that time, I'll make a voting poll and list all the nominated books in it, and people can vote in the poll until the poll closes (set to last through January 19th). Discussion will start on March 1st.
Happy Nominating!