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Nominations are now open until April 22nd for the June 2018 Open Pick.

Nominating guidelines:
- Fiction (original & translation, if applicable) first published between January 1, 2000 and June 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 Time In Between by David Bergen, which won Canada's 2005 Scotiabank Giller Prize.

I nominate The Gallows Pole by Benjamin Myers .. since that is another one I've had in my TBR pile that I need an extra 'oomph' to actually read!! :-)

I nominate When I Hit You: Or, A Portrait of the Writer as a Young Wife, which is currently nominated for the Women's Prize.

Thanks Linda, Doug and Meike - those all look fine to me

I nominate Laurus by Evgenij Vodolazkin.

Nice one, Carol! I'm already excited to vote for this round.

Last call today for nominations!

Just a friendly reminder to check on availability of books in your area prior to voting.

The poll is up here:
/poll/show/171769

Last day to vote today.

Laurus has won the vote. Are you happy to lead this one Carol?

Yes. I'm already looking forward to June!

Laurus is $3.00 for Kindle on Amazon!

Nadine wrote: "Laurus is $3.00 for Kindle on Amazon!"

Nice! Thanks, Nadine.

While I enjoyed reading my nomination, I am glad Laurus won because it is a beautiful book, both in content and dust cover! Looking forward to discussing it. I may even reread it!

LindaJ^ wrote: "While I enjoyed reading my nomination, I am glad Laurus won because it is a beautiful book, both in content and dust cover! Looking forward to discussing it. I may even reread it!"

I’m so looking forward to it, and need to snag a copy of The a Time in Between, as well.

Woo hoo, just got an email to say my copy has come in at Waterstones. Looking forward to this one!

Hugh wrote: "Laurus has won the vote. Are you happy to lead this one Carol?"

Hugh - please remind me. will you set up the threads for our June discussion or do I? I think in this group only mods can do so, but I could be confused, no doubt.

Carol wrote: "Hugh - please remind me. will you set up the threads for our June discussion or do I? I think in this group only mods c..."

Mods need to start the folder and at least one placeholder topic. After that, you can add any topics / threads that strike your fancy. So a moderator will create the folder, then it's all you!

Whitney wrote: "Carol wrote: "Hugh - please remind me. will you set up the threads for our June discussion or do I? I think in this group only mods c..."

Mods need to start the folder and at least one placeholder..."

Great. I’ll keep an eye out for the folder to be set up.

Hugh wrote: "Laurus has won the vote. Are you happy to lead this one Carol?"
So happy to see this book celebrated!

Will there be a folder set up today for our Laurus discussion threads?

Setting it up now--should be good to go in 5 minutes!

Marc wrote: "Setting it up now--should be good to go in 5 minutes!"

Thank you, Marc! I really appreciate it.

Thank you, Carol, for leading the discussion! I'm about 1/3 of the way through the book and enjoying it quite a bit.

Marc wrote: "Thank you, Carol, for leading the discussion! I'm about 1/3 of the way through the book and enjoying it quite a bit."

Wonderful! I'm looking forward to reading it, and the discussion, too.