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ATTENTION
We are doing something different this month. Please read the information below before submitting a nomination.

Based on comments and requests from Trail riders, we have decided to experiment and make a change in we will be reading in August. In hope that many of you are enjoying vacations with more time to read than you usually have, we are going to have only one book poll but it will be a humdinger. We’re accepting nominations only for books with a minimum of 500 pages. Is there a southern-themed doorstop that you’ve been wanting to read for ages? Has it been 50 years since you picked up Gone with the Wind? Now is your chance to do something about it.

We will still consider books with a southern literary theme that have not been read by the group in the last 24 months. Nominations will be accepted for the next week.

Books with over 500 pages.
1. Complete Stories 1938��1959: A Spinster’s Tale / What You Hear from ’Em? / Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time / Miss Leonora When Last Seen / Other Stories, by Peter Taylor
2. Cane River, by Lalita Tademy
3. Look Homeward, Angel, by Thomas Wolfe
4. The Little Friend, by Donna Tartt
5. Lonesome Dove, by Larry McMurtry
6. Gone with the Wind, by Margaret Mitchell
7. Texas, by James A. Michener
8. Peachtree Road, by Anne Rivers Siddons

Don’t worry. Next month we’ll be going back to our tried and true format.

Does it have to be a single work? I was going to nominate Peter Taylor's Complete Stories 1938��1959: A Spinster’s Tale / What You Hear from ’Em? / Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time / Miss Leonora When Last Seen / Other Stories which has the page count but is a collection of short stories.

Sam wrote: "Does it have to be a single work? I was going to nominate Peter Taylor's [book:Complete Stories 1938��1959: A Spinster’s Tale / What You Hear from ’Em? / Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time / Miss Leonora ..."

I think that if it is published in a single volume, it would be acceptable.

I nominate Look Homeward Angel by Thomas Wolfe.

Since we are changing the rules, just for one month, I'm going to break one of my own. Mike believed that moderators should not nominate books on the polls since they regularly get to choose books for the Moderator's Choice category. One book I have long wanted to read is Cane River, by Lalita Tademy. As it weighs in at 560 pages, I have been reluctant to select it as a Moderator's Choice so I'm going to nominate it here instead.

By the way, the Kindle version of this book is on sale today for only $1.99. Please forgive the shameless plug.

I won't nominate because I just started the 1200 page Grant and may not be up for another tome but I recall really enjoying Cane River Tom.

The Little Friend

I was going to nominate Cane River but you beat me to it, Tom.

The little friend��.thats been on my list a while.

Wyndy wrote: "The Little Friend

I was going to nominate Cane River but you beat me to it, Tom."

Funny. This would have been my second choice.

Cathrine ☯️ wrote: "I won't nominate because I just started the 1200 page Grant and may not be up for another tome but I recall really enjoying Cane River Tom."

It was your questions about Grant that got us thinking about this idea. Are you sure you don't want to nominate it?

How about Lonesome Dove?

Josh wrote: "How about Lonesome Dove?"

I was considering nominating Lonesome Dove as well, but it seemed to me to be more of a Western than southern.

We’ve done lonesome dove and I’m on app so can’t see when we last read.

Based on date of my review I think it’s been more than 24 months.

David wrote: "Josh wrote: "How about Lonesome Dove?"

I was considering nominating Lonesome Dove as well, but it seemed to me to be more of a Western than southern."

I know McMurtry has been read here in the past, so thought I'd ask.

I would like to nominate Margaret Mitchell’s “Gone With the Wind�� please.

I’d like to nominate Texas by James Michener.

Oh yes ! Texas is a good one . As is Chesapeake.

Can I nominate Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver?

Hi Diane. Demon Copperhead is definitely long enough but we read it in January 2023 so it is not yet eligible. The discussion is still in the archives if you decide to read it and post your thoughts.

Josh wrote: "I know McMurtry has been read here in the past, so thought I'd ask."

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Looks like it was added to the nomination list, so apparently it is considered southern-themed. I'm glad, as I would like to read this one again.

Texas-based stories often tend to blur the line between southern and western.

Ok thanks Tom, I couldn’t remember if it had been chosen already in that timeframe.

Jane wrote: "I would like to nominate Margaret Mitchell’s “Gone With the Wind�� please."

I'd like to read this one as well.

Peachtree Road by Anne Rivers Siddons

Oh my gosh, Catherine I was not going to nominate this time but that is the book I considered!

Cathrine ☯️ wrote: "Peachtree Road by Anne Rivers Siddons"

That makes eight, so I guess the dance card is full. I'll post the poll at hte end of the month.