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Nominations are now open until December 27th for the February 2025 Open Pick.

Nominating guidelines:
- Fiction (original & translation, if applicable) first published between January 1, 2000 and February 1, 2024. 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 the group bookshelf or the Index of all Group Reads here)
- A book that is not better suited to the wild card (genre) category

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

The discussion will start on February 1st

Is the open pick for Jan25 already selected?

Henk wrote: "Is the open pick for Jan25 already selected?"
Thanks for reminding me. I have withdrawn my vote to resolve the tie, so your nomination won.

Any ideas out there?

Somebody please suggest something! Don't think we have ever had no nominations at all so now's your chance.

How about Foster by Claire Keegan or Greek Lessons by Han Kang? I'll nominate one of those if one is eligible.

I think both are eligible, but I will l wait for Hugh's verdict. Hugh if they are both eligible make one my pick so they both csn go to the poll.

Sam wrote: "I think both are eligible, but I will l wait for Hugh's verdict. Hugh if they are both eligible make one my pick so they both csn go to the poll."

Hello, the slacker mod you rarely hear from has got this! Both are eligible, thanks for the noms.

Both would be good choices.

I'll nominate Solenoid by Mircea Cărtărescu. Forewarning: It's not a short one!

Ok, let's keep nominations open for the rest of today and start the poll tomorrow.

Can I nominate Rules of Civility by Amor Towles? Unless it doesn't qualify for a nomination.

Yes, that one is fine.

Nominations are now closed. The poll will be up shortly.

The poll is up here and will run until Sunday 5th January.

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We’ve currently got a three-way tie with two more days of voting to go!

I am interested in reading Solenoid, but only if we get two months for it, otherwise I will go for Rules of Civility. Greek Lessons was my best read in year 2023.

Solenoid looks to have fallen to third place, so highly unlikely it will make a surprise comeback.

Solenoid is excellent and I shied from voting for it because of length and density since I and many other readers have previously scheduled bigger books for February. It was one of my ten best the year I read it. sometimes these big books need more lead time.

The poll is over and Greek Lessons won. Greg, are you happy to lead the discussion?

Sure, I can lead it. I tend to not do that much research in advance, as I like to read things cold, and I haven't read this book before. But I'm hopeful that others in the group can help to make the read a good one.

Is there a particular time I should post the discussion threads, maybe a week before February?

We typically post the threads starting on the first of the month, but if you feel it would be beneficial to have them posted earlier, let us know. Generally, we do that just so as not to overlap the start and end of group discussions.

And thanks for nominating/leading!

Sounds good Marc, I'll post them on the 1st!

Greg wrote: "Sure, I can lead it. I tend to not do that much research in advance, as I like to read things cold, and I haven't read this book before. But I'm hopeful that others in the group can help to make th..."

I recently read it, after Han Kang her nobel prize, so I will definitely chip into the discussion!

Looking forward to it.

Great Sam and Henk!

Just noting Kang's latest We Do Not Part is also on my schedule for February, so it will be a double-Kanger of a month. Anyone else reading We Do Not Part in February?