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Hi everyone.
Its such a short month and this really snuck up on me. (Thanks Fiona for calling it out!)

Lets get some nominations for the March Group Read.
Here are the rules:

There will be two catagories for the novels to be voted in. (1)Regular fiction/non fiction or (2) Novels written by an IRISH author, or set in IRELAND.

Please nominate one book per person.
YOU MUST HAVE:
title and author
the catagory you are nominating it in

If your post does not have title, author or catagory, it will not be accepted.

It is not necessary to second or third someones nomination. If it is nominated, it will be placed in the voting polls.

I will leave the nomination thread open for 3 days. So we have until Thursday night to get our noms in.

Then, I will create two seperate polls in which we can place our votes.

Ahem... Fiona, you forgot the catagory!
Tsk Tsk Tsk... help me set a good example for everyone else, wouldja?? (for shame!)

:P

thank ya!

category 1: Memoirs of a Geisha by arthur golden

Cecelia Ahern - There's No Place Like Here (alternate title A Place Called Here) - Irish Author

Fiction: The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

catagory 2: Ulysses by James Joyce

Category 2:In the Woods by Tana French

Category 1 - The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon.

Category 2 - The Poor Mouth: A Bad Story About the Hard Life - Flann O'Brien

Category 1- Eye Contact by Cammie McGovern

Category 2: Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt

Category 1 - Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

Lori wrote: "Hi everyone.
Its such a short month and this really snuck up on me. (Thanks Fiona for calling it out!)

Lets get some nominations for the March Group Read.
Here are the rules:

There will b..."

Lori, I think it is great your choice to take an Irish author too!!!!!! I hope that gives a lot of new ideas and books that I don't know about yet as I am planning to also read many books by people written fromt he country I came to live in!

Oohhh... Flann Obrien... I have a hardcover that contains his complete works. Even if that doesnt make it as a group read, i plan on reading it myself!

...Don't hit me for this one.

In honor of Libba Bray's birthday, March 11...

A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray-Category 1

Irish author: The Heat of the Day by Elizabeth Bowen

(G)Emma, you're funny! :)

Cat 1: Across the Nightingale Floor by Lian Hearn

Haha, thanks Karen.

No we have not! I've never nominated it!


I think.

I know we've never read it, as a book club.

But I might've nominated it one time.

ONCE.

Lots of great nominations! Lots of books I want to read!

Ahh!

That was before we had the folder to discuss books that aren't group reads.


I'll fix that, thanks.

Good!

I couldn't help myself, Libba's birthday is in March!

There must be some Irish references or Irish in Wynne's background you could use for campaiging purposes. Is there a green covered version? You can think of something.

Lets recap so I dont loose any:

Cat1
Howls Moving Castle - Diana Wynne Jones
Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Eye Contact - Cammie McGovern
Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen
A Great and Terrible Beauty - Libba Bray
Across the Nightingale Floor - Lian Hearn


Cat2
There's No Place Like Here - Cecelia Ahern
Ulysses - James Joyce
In the Woods - Tana French
The Poor Mouth: A Bad Story About the Hard Life - Flann O'Brien
The Heat of the Day - Elizabeth Bowen
Angela's Ashes - Frank McCourt

category 1 - March - geraldine brooks

Category 2: Dubliners by James Joyce.

It's easier to read than Ulysses.

The category for Irish writers is great!
Cat 2. The Gathering by Anne Enright which won the Boker prize in 2007, i suppose...

Cat 1. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood.

Cat 2. Love, Rosie-Cecelia Ahern

Cat 2: Patrick by Stephen Lawhead

Cat 1: Astrid & Veronika by Linda Olsson

Cat 1 . Mrs. Dallowayby Virginia Woolf

Recap from yesterday:

Cat1
Howls Moving Castle - Diana Wynne Jones
Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Eye Contact - Cammie McGovern
Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen
A Great and Terrible Beauty - Libba Bray
Across the Nightingale Floor - Lian Hearn
March - geraldine brooks
The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
Astrid & Veronika - Linda Olsson
Mrs. Dalloway - Virginia Woolf


Cat2
There's No Place Like Here - Cecelia Ahern
Ulysses - James Joyce
In the Woods - Tana French
The Poor Mouth: A Bad Story About the Hard Life - Flann O'Brien
The Heat of the Day - Elizabeth Bowen
Angela's Ashes - Frank McCourt
Dubliners - James Joyce
The Gathering - Anne Enright
Love - Rosie Cecelia Ahern
Patrick - Stephen Lawhead

I dont usually nominate books for the Group Reads, however, I feel this is a book that should be added to the list. Take a look at it!


Catagory 2:The Testament of Gideon Mack - James Robertson

Category 1: I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak, the same word magician who brought you The Book Thief!

I will definitely read I Am The Messenger if it wins!


Vote for A Great and Terrible Beauty!

*gives cookies, high fives and hugs*

I will give you cookies, and I will read ANY three books that you want me to read in the next six months, if you vote for AGATB!

A-Hem ladies!
I caught you red-handed trying to bribe for votes on your nominations. Shame! SHame!

I will read any three books (but series and trilogies only count as ONE) if you vote for A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray!

...

*feels gulity*

*gives Lori puppy dog face*

Jill wrote: "Category 2: Dubliners by James Joyce.

It's easier to read than Ulysses."

Can't read that one till my boyfriend has but that will be still a very long time.

category 2 Irish writers

The Copper Beechby Maeve Binchy

She is an Irish writer who writes great and lovely books mainly situated in Dublin. Always a great story with her.

A Portrait of the Artist as Young Man by James Joyce - obviously for the Ireland list!

I think I suggested this one for Feb. but here goes.

Category 1 (Fiction)The Kite Runner by Khalid Hosseini

Category 2, Bard The Odyssey of the Irish by Morgan Llywelyn

Category 1 - Fool by Christopher Moore

Fiona and GEmma - you guys are too funny. I just got off work and looked at this thread.

I love it that you're both bribing me !!!

First of all - anyone who reads I am the Messenger is the greatest.

Secondly - I am already on the waiting list for Howls, so I've already decided to read it.

BUT I am definitely bribable.

Continue.....

:)

I'll pay you in cookies and hugs and me reading books!


Also I will change my username to whatever you want and it will stay like that for a week.