March's Group Read's ARE......

[Lori, Super Mod]

Please read the rules for nominating BEFORE you create your post!! And Check our bookshelves to be sure you are not nominating something we have already read as a group!

We will have two catagories this month:
Cat1- Regular Fiction/Non-Fiction
Cat2- Novel written by an Irish author, or taking place in Ireland


Only ONE nomination per person.
If you nominate a book for catagory 1, you CANNOT nominate a book for catagory 2, and visa versa.

Please be sure to post the title, author, and the catagory it belongs to.

If your post does not have those three things, it will not be counted.

Are you ready?
I will accept nominations through Saturday morning. If we get tons of nominations, I may pull the plug on it a little early, so get them in as soon as you can!

Once I close nominations I will create the polls and let you know when it is time to vote!

Hit us with your best noms!

[Petra]

Cat 1: Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese.

[Cait]

Cat. 2: The Story of Lucy Gault - William Trevor

[Apokripos]

Cat.1: Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane

[KHoopMan]

Cat. 1 The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova.

[Lyn (Readinghearts)]

Fiona - I was going to nominate that one, too! Instead I will go with:

Cat 1 Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks

[Jamie (The Perpetual Page-Turner)]

Category 1: Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton

[Jayme]

Cat 2. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

I think I read that you did this theme last year. What did you read for it?

[Cait]

Jayme wrote: "Cat 2. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

I think I read that you did this theme last year. What did you read for it?"

I believe it was Angela's Ashes

[Jayme]

Thanks Cait!

[Cait]

No problem :o)

[Lori, Super Mod]

Jaime, People of the Book was already a previous group read. Please edit your post to reflect a new nomination. thanks.

[Charity]

Cat. 1 - Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Defoe

[Elena]

Category 1, Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

[Donna]

Cat 2: A Long Long Way by Sebastian Barry

[Bridgit]

Cat 2: Ireland: A Novel by Frank Delaney - one of my FAVORITE books of ALL TIME!

[Joanne]

Cat. 2. Circle of Friends by Maeve Binchy

[Carol]

Cat.2: In the Woods-Tana French

[El]

Cat 2: The Third Policeman, Flann O'Brien.

[BJ Rose]

Cat. 1: Journey Home by Yoshiko Uchida

[Lori, Super Mod]

ooooh El, that is such a GREAT book!

[Lyn (Readinghearts)]

It definitely is!!

[Tricia]

Watermelon by Marian Keyes, Irish author.

[Dalene]

Cat1: The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

[Philip]

Cat2: Teacher Man by Frank McCourt

[Cheryl]

Cat 1: Colum McCann's Let the Great World Spin.

[Jamie (The Perpetual Page-Turner)]

Jamie wrote: "Category 1: People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks"


Bahh. Sorry! That's what laziness gets me. I was like nah, I don't recall that being a group read! I'll go check the bookshelf and get a correct nomination! :)

[Jamie (The Perpetual Page-Turner)]

Fiona wrote: "It was at the same time as I Capture the Castle. Probably got over shadowed by my big party. Hehe.

p.s some REALLY good nominations this month!"

I think that it was really the case because I totally remember I Capture The Castle being a group read! LOL

[Apokripos]

Fiona wrote: "It was at the same time as I Capture the Castle. Probably got over shadowed by my big party. Hehe.

p.s some REALLY good nominations this month!"


Couldn't agree more with you Fiona. ^_^

[Cait]

Lori wrote: "ooooh El, that is such a GREAT book!"

I agree, one of my favorites!

[Diane U]

Cat. 1: Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts

[Kristin]

Cat. 1: The White Queen by Philippa Gregory

Might as well give it another shot, right?

[Kerri]

Cat 1: These Is My Words by Nancy E. Turner

[Kerri]

Cat 2: Dubliners by James Joyce

[Kaos]

Cat 1:The Swan ThievesbyElizabeth Kostova

[Erika]

Kerri, I think you can only nominate one book. You chose one I want to read anyways, so I'll nominate it instead.

Cat 1: These Is My Words by Nancy E. Turner

[Allison]

Cat 1: The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls.

[Lori, Super Mod]

Keri, Erika is right. Only one nomination per person, not per catagory. But Erika, that is very nice that you picked it up for her :)

[Kerri]

Erika wrote: "Kerri, I think you can only nominate one book. You chose one I want to read anyways, so I'll nominate it instead.

Cat 1: These Is My Words by Nancy E. Turner "

Ahhhh....thank you...not sure how I missed that being that I read the directions twice. Yikes!
Oh, and thanks for re-nominating!!!

[Kerri]

Lori wrote: "Keri, Erika is right. Only one nomination per person, not per catagory. But Erika, that is very nice that you picked it up for her :)"

Thanks Lori. BTW...excited about the Irish twist for March!

[Erika]

Kerri wrote: "Erika wrote: "Kerri, I think you can only nominate one book. You chose one I want to read anyways, so I'll nominate it instead.

Cat 1: These Is My Words by Nancy E. Turner "

Ahhhh....thank y..."

Your welcome! I got all excited when I saw that title and so it just made sense to nominate it if you couldn't :D

[Alaina]

cat 2 The Last September by Elizabeth Bowen.

[Rebecca]

cat 1: The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdich.
:) Rebecca

[Susanna]

Cat1. Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher

[Sheila]

Cat 1: Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane

[Bridgit]

Sheila - that was already nominated so you might want to nominate one for category 2 instead

[Lori, Super Mod]

Nominations are now closed.

Thanks to everyone who nominated a novel.
I will post a poll for voting later on today...
When the polls are open, I will let you know.

[Lori, Super Mod]

Here is our list -

Cat1
Cutting for Stone - Abraham Verghese
Shutter Island - Dennis Lehane
The Historian - Elizabeth Kostova
Year of Wonders - Geraldine Brooks
Cry, the Beloved Country - Alan Paton
Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Defoe
Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes
Journey Home - Yoshiko Uchida
The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
Let the Great World Spin - Colum McCann
Where the Heart Is - Billie Letts
The White Queen - Philippa Gregory
These Is My Words - Nancy E. Turner
The Swan Thieves - Elizabeth Kostova
The Glass Castle - Jeannette Walls
The Plague of Doves - Louise Erdich
Wishful Drinking - Carrie Fisher


Cat2
The Secret Scripture - Sebastian BarryThe Story of Lucy Gault - William Trevor
The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
A Long Long Way - Sebastian Barry
Ireland - Frank Delaney
Circle of Friends - Maeve Binchy
In the Woods - Tana French
The Third Policeman - Flann O'Brien
Watermelon - Marian Keyes
Teacher Man - Frank McCourt
Dubliners - James Joyce
The Last September - Elizabeth Bowen


Polls will be up shortly. Once the polls are up, I will change the title of this thread to reflect that. Voting only counts if you vote in the poll. Voting here does not count.

[Lori, Super Mod]

Ok everyone!

Polls are up. You can vote once on each poll. Polls will close on Wednesday the 24th. So vote, vote vote!!!

May the best books win!

[Becky]

Lori, the Irish book poll is set to start March 20th rather than Feb 20th. Can you change it?