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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- Love Story / Romance theme

*Cat 2 does not have to be a bodice-ripper! It can be any contemporary or classic novel that revolves around love - and it doesn't have to be happy love either....

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 Wednesday afternoon. 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!

Category 2. Pavilion of Women-Pearl S. Buck

Category 1: Great House by Nicole Krauss

category 1: Black Girl,White Girl by Joyce Carol Oates

Cat1. Day Out of Days: Stories by Sam Shepard

Cat 1: Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang

Cat 2 - Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte

Cat 2 - The Revenge of the Radioactive Lady by my wife, Elizabeth Stuckey-French

I second the vote for Black Girl/White Girl.

My favorite book of all time!

Category 2: The End of the Affair by Graham Greene

The Good Earth The Good Earth

Cat 2: She's Gone Country by Jane Porter.

Cat 1: Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling

Her Royal Orangeness wrote: "I second the vote for Black Girl/White Girl."

No need to second a nomination. One nomination gets it into the polls to be voted on.

Cat 1: The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell

Cat 2: Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater

Cat 1: Stitches by David Small

Cat 2: Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

Troll: A Love Story by Johanna Sinisalo for Cat1- Regular Fiction/Non-Fiction

cat 2: Baltasar and Blimunda by José Saramago

Ooh Lisa... what a great choice :)

Seriously guys, this is a really great looking list!

Cat 2: Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

Cat 1: Russian Winter by Daphne Kalotay

we are going to end up with a 10 way tie, there are so many good choices.

Catagory 1: The Girl Who Stopped Swimming by Joshilyn Jackson

Cat 2: The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1001 Nights: Volume 1 (Penguin Classic, Author anonymous

Category 1: The Art of Racing in the Rain - Garth Stein

Ok, here is the list:

Cat1
Great House - Nicole Krauss
Black Girl,White Girl - Joyce Carol Oates
The Physician - Noah Gordon
Day Out of Days: Stories - Sam Shepard
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China - Jung Chang
Captains Courageous - Rudyard Kipling
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet - David Mitchell
Stitches - David Small
Troll: A Love Story - Johanna Sinisalo
Russian Winter - Daphne Kalotay
The Girl Who Stopped Swimming - Joshilyn Jackson
The Art of Racing in the Rain - Garth Stein


Cat2
Pavilion of Women - Pearl S. Buck
Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
The Revenge of the Radioactive Lady - Elizabeth Stuckey-French
The Lover's Dictionary - David Levithan
The End of the Affair - Graham Greene
She's Gone Country - Jane Porter
Shiver - Maggie Stiefvater
Far from the Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy
Baltasar and Blimunda - José Saramago
Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1001 Nights: Volume 1 (Penguin Classic, Author anonymous)

nominations are closed. Polls will go up shortly. I will post where when it's time to start voting. Voting will through Saturday night... Winners announced Sunday!

Ok, Polls are up!!! One vote per category, open until Saturday night....

May the best books win!

CAT 2 Revenge of the Radioactive Lady!!!

Rebecca: You have to go over to "polls" in the righthand sidebar to vote.

Thank you Heather. I just figured that out -- yikes! I am slow :)

Rebecca wrote: "CAT 2 Revenge of the Radioactive Lady!!!"

Never heard of it but how could I not vote for a book with that title?! Sounds fun.

February's group read winners are:


Cat1:The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet

and

Cat2:Wuthering Heights

The group discussion threads will be opened on Feb 1st. Look forward to seeing you there!

Awesome! I own one and the other is at the library. I don't have to buy any. Woohoo!!

I was worried bc there's so many books coming out this month that I really wanted to buy, and I didn't want to have to choose. Yay, me!

I own both of them. So I will chime in when the discussion gets going .

Awesomeness!

i toruring myself with Wuthering Heights last year...no way am I inflicting that on myself again...I might read the cat. 1 if my library has it though

Yay! I'm excited to read both, but I need to find a way to squeeeeze them in to February.

Delicious Dee Challenge Addict wrote: "i toruring myself with Wuthering Heights last year...no way am I inflicting that on myself again...I might read the cat. 1 if my library has it though"

Ha! I read that a few years ago and it was torture for me too! Not touching that one again either.

I originally heard about Jacob De Zoet on NPR and was interested immediately. I've always been into Japanese period stuff, always drawn to Kurosawa, so I'm quite looking forward to this selection.

Deep, dark Wuthering Heights Myahahahahah. Cathyyyyyyy!

It is going to be interesting.

I've read Wuthering Heights before, and although grueling, I enjoyed it! Can't wait to read it again and discuss it with you guys! My copy was dropped into the mail today, so it should be here soon!

I CANNOT believe you guys chose WH over Saramago, or Greene...And that's the one who suggested Bronte in the first place saying ...
Anyway, this book brings some weird feelings, i guess it will be fun to re-read it.... So let's do it

Hope everyone enjoys Wuthering Heights. I've read it about 25 times; it's one of my favorite books.

Ok everyone, the threads are open for this month group reads. Head over the Group Discussions - have fun reading and discussing!!!

So glad to see Wuthering Heights was chosen! I've been thinking about rereading it, and now I definitely will--starting today!

Jereme wrote: "I originally heard about Jacob De Zoet on NPR and was interested immediately. I've always been into Japanese period stuff, always drawn to Kurosawa, so I'm quite looking forward to this selection."

I also am a huge fan of Kurosawa, as well as Mizoguchi, and Ozu. Do you have a favorite Kurosawa film? I really like Throne of Blood and happened to see the world premiere of Throne of Blood in play format at the Shakespeare festival in Oregon. Have you started the Jacob de Zoet novel yet?