Open Group Read Nominations

[L]

How about Cast On Kill Off? I'd link to the book but I'm on the app and have no idea how.

[Isabel]

Knitty is recommending [sort of] this:

http://www.amazon.com/Bowling-Avenue-...

[Barbara]

I'll add [The Goldfinch](book) as a suggestion for 2014

[Isabel]

I'd second the motion the The Goldfinch!!

[Zoe]

I'll add that! And Barbara, just FYI, the linking process doesn't work the same way here as it does on Ravelry (sadly). I still think Ravelry is one of the best websites ever - even if you're not a knitter! (Goodreads could learn a thing or two from them, frankly).

[Barbara]

Zoe wrote: "I'll add that! And Barbara, just FYI, the linking process doesn't work the same way here as it does on Ravelry (sadly). I still think Ravelry is one of the best websites ever - even if you're not a..."

So, how do I get the book to show up here?

[Rachel]

Barbara, just above the text box where you type your comment there's a link "add book/author". It lets you choose whether to add just the book title or a picture of the cover.

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

The Goldfinch, for example.

[Barbara]

Thanks

[Kim]

[M.K.]

Sweater Quest: My Year of Knitting Dangerously

Mauve: How One Man Invented a Color That Changed the World

Stitches: A Handbook on Meaning, Hope and Repair

[Rebecca]

I listen to audiobooks while I am knitting, so I am recommending one here. Mary And O'Neil by Justin Cronin. It's new in audio at my library. Not knitting-related, but there is mention of a wool sweater in the blurb, does that count? A terrific author.

ETA: Just happened upon this fun biography by Kathy Griffith's Mother: Tip It! by accident. That might be fun! And now I have to add another disc to my Netflix Q, which is still not as long as my Ravelry Q. :-)

[Isabel]

Here's one that I'd love to see for our selection process:

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

struggling to paste the cover image....sorry.

[Zoe]

Rebecca wrote: "I listen to audiobooks while I am knitting, so I am recommending one here. Mary And O'Neil by Justin Cronin. It's new in audio at my library. Not knitting-related, but there is mention of a wool ..."

Rebecca, we take any and all books here - we love knitting books, but read plenty of unrelated stuff too! Keep the suggestions coming!

[Zoe]

MaggieBelize wrote: "Not knitting related either, but I just finished The Cuckoo's Calling, a detective mystery by "Robert Galbraith" (aka J K Rowling) and I *loved* it. Can't wait for the next in the series!"

Maggie, I had no idea that was going to be the beginning of a series, very interesting. Poor thing, despite efforts for anonymity, I'm sure all the reprints will say JK ROWLING! and then in small print (writing as Robert Galbraith).

[Zoe]

So many good knitting books popping up too, it's like another fall!




I'm having a terrible case of "Wanttoreadallofthebookseverpublished" -itis. Yikes!

[Fixintoknit]

Zoe, I bought Adventures in Yarn Farming several months ago. Oh my, what a beautiful book and what lovely writing. It's not really a pattern book but does include some patterns, and I am itching to cast on a few of those.

[Marymodavis]

Major Pettigrew's Last Stand, by Helen Simonson

[Rachel]

Here are a few ideas:


The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
Year of No Sugar: A Memoir
The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair

[[deleted user]]

Suggestions:


While My Pretty One Knits

Knitting Yarns: Writers on Knitting

Water for Elephants

[Zoe]

I've been dipping into childrens/teen fiction, and a couple are worth book club consideration.



and fascinated by some non-fiction books I've heard about.

and

[Zoe]

And this looks good too!


and everyone is reading Jo Nesbo!


Ahhh! Help! Too many books!

[Amy]

Zoe wrote: "I've been dipping into childrens/teen fiction, and a couple are worth book club consideration.



and fasc..."

I LOVED "Miss Peregrine" and the sequel is out now as well.I have it on my Kindle, but had to finish some others first.

[Sheri]

These are great suggestions. Jo Nesbo has been on my radar for a while now but I haven't ready any yet. Empty Mansions looks really good, in fact I might pick that up for a Father's Day gift and get one for myself as well.
I would like to read Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children too. I seem to remember hearing about this book before and being interested in it but then I guess it slipped my mind.
Thanks again for the great suggestions!

[Mardy]

I just started reading "The Supremes..." and I was hooked from the opening sentence! I'll try to find Empty Mansions for July, but highly recommend this book for another month. That opinion may change as I get further in, but I doubt it...

Rachel wrote: "Here are a few ideas:


The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
[book:Year..."

[Isabel]

I can't work out how this might fit into the current alpha-alliteration thing that's going on this year, but I think "Black River" by S.M. Hulse is a great group read.

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Isabel wrote: "I can't work out how this might fit into the current alpha-alliteration thing that's going on this year, but I think "Black River" by S.M. Hulse is a great group read."

We're using the alphabet to help us make decisions when we're challenged. That doesn't mean we can't step outside the box. :) thanks for the suggestion.

[Alcornell]

Thoughts for November:

"this isn't so much a retelling of Wuthering Heights as a complement to it."

also, any Jo Nesbo book;

[Alcornell]

...and suggestions from previous months look tempting too!

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

I'd like to suggest (Uprooted) by Naomi Novik.

[Mary]

I'll vote for Uprooted

[Mary]

I think I already voted for Uprooted - if I didn't, I'd like to now.

[Alcornell]

Will a poll go out? I don't know if I've got the choosing process figured out. I got my preferences on GR reset so I will receive polls...missed it last time.

Had another thought about book choices, though I see Uprooted is liked by some.

[[deleted user]]

No word from Rachel, so I'll put up a quick poll, a mix of picks from this page and one or two of my own. Thanks for your patience, kids ;-)

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

What was the winner?

[Christy]

I heard a podcast that mentioned this is the 200-year anniversary of Emma by Jane Austen. In December, even (if I'm remembering correctly). I enjoy most everything Austen; Mansfield Park and Emma being
my least favorites. That interview got me thinking it's time re-evaluate with another reading of Emma.

[[deleted user]]

Susanna - Censored by GoodReads wrote: "What was the winner?"

Uprooted