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Nominations are now open until January 22nd for the March 2018 Open Pick.

Nominating guidelines:
- Fiction (original & translation, if applicable) first published between January 1, 2000 and March 1, 2017. For translations the latter date must be an English edition.
- One nomination per person (please do not nominate or vote for a book unless you are certain you can read and discuss if it wins)
- A book this group has not yet read (see group bookshelf)

If you are nominating, please begin your post by stating "I nominate [name with hyperlink to book]

I nominate The Childhood of Jesus by J.M. Coetzee.

Thanks Linda

I nominate The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne (first published 2/9/17, so should be eligible, right?) ... mainly because I've had a copy for a year and need an extra push to get to it!

I nominate The Translator by John Crowley. First published in 2002.

Thanks Carol and Doug, those are all fine so far.

(I do find the American M/D/Y date format confusing and illogical - to British eyes 2/9/17 normally means September, but the Boyne was published in February and the UK paperback is already available).

I nominate The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón.

Thanks Ami

Sorry - I forgot about this, but the poll is up now, and will remain open until the end of the month! Usual rules apply:

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The poll is still open for two more days and looking very close - none of the four can be ruled out yet!

Thanks for opening the poll and keeping us on track, Hugh!

After a late swing the vote has been won by The Childhood of Jesus

Linda, are you happy to moderate this discussion?

I did not see that coming and was getting excited about the Boyne book! In answer to your question, yes I will moderate.

Thanks Linda

What about ‘the music shop� by Rachel Joyce ?

charles wrote: "What about �the music shop� by Rachel Joyce ?"

For when, Charles? (See @12.)

P.S. It may be February, 2019, before it is eligible for this board? (Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ shows a January, 2018, publication date.) But thanks for the heads up on what looks like an interesting author whose work I do not know.

I would say wait for April - we will start another round of nominations on February 15th or shortly afterwards, but that book will still be too new until at least August 2018 under the must have been published for at least one year rule.