# SMDB Bookclub: Feb Selection, March Nominiations **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 2, 2003, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smdb-bookclub-feb-selection-march-nominiations/152319 "2003-02-02T17:09:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smdb-bookclub-feb-selection-march-nominiations/152319/1 "2003-02-02T17:09:43Z")
I’ve chosen Lovely Bones for our next selection, which means Light Strand will be in charge of the rest of this thread, pick the book, and open next months threads. If she/he doesn’t wish to preform these duties, let us know and we’ll figure out someone else. [sub] (I was really tempted by American Gods, but it was too SF/Fantasy after Handmaids Tale, so instead of two SF/Fy books, you guys end up with two chick books. I also have this weird thing with Gaiman in that he is one of those people on my social periphery, and I hate to read stuff written by people I kind of know, its really creepy.)[/sub] I don’t think Lovely Bones is out yet in paperback, but there are lots of copies floating around, so check the library and/or ask around if you don’t want to purchase it. Previous thread is [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=153989) for previous nominations, please feel free to bring over anything you are still interested in reading. And the floor is now open for March nominations. ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smdb-bookclub-feb-selection-march-nominiations/152319/2 "2003-02-02T17:32:24Z")
I just put it on hold at the library. They have tons of them it seems and all are out, so I maye have to wait till my first payday to get it. Definately look forward to reading though! ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smdb-bookclub-feb-selection-march-nominiations/152319/3 "2003-02-02T18:05:52Z")
I just read this, so I am excited to discuss it. It’s not too much a “Chick” book, IMO. ---
**Author:** ![Slainte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Slainte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slainte)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smdb-bookclub-feb-selection-march-nominiations/152319/4 "2003-02-02T18:07:04Z")
I’ll be going to the library this afternoon in search of it. Thanks to **Dangerosa** for getting us started - great idea. I would like to find an IRL book club also, but this is a good idea. Thanks. I love to find a new, good book & expand my horizons. ---
**Author:** ![liirogue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dbc845/32.png) [@liirogue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liirogue)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smdb-bookclub-feb-selection-march-nominiations/152319/5 "2003-02-02T18:35:38Z")
I don’t think it’s a chick book at all… but then again, I’m a chick, so take that with a bunch of salt 😃 I read that a couple of months ago… great book! I can’t wait 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smdb-bookclub-feb-selection-march-nominiations/152319/6 "2003-02-02T18:58:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dangerosa \* > \*\*I’ve chosen Lovely Bones for our next selection, which means Light Strand will be in charge of the rest of this thread, pick the book, and open next months threads. If she/he doesn’t wish to preform these duties, let us know and we’ll figure out someone else. > > [sub] > (I was really tempted by American Gods, but it was too SF/Fantasy after Handmaids Tale, so instead of two SF/Fy books, you guys end up with two chick books. I also have this weird thing with Gaiman in that he is one of those people on my social periphery, and I hate to read stuff written by people I kind of know, its really creepy.)[/sub] > > I don’t think Lovely Bones is out yet in paperback, but there are lots of copies floating around, so check the library and/or ask around if you don’t want to purchase it. > > Previous thread is [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=153989) for previous nominations, please feel free to bring over anything you are still interested in reading. And the floor is now open for March nominations. \*\* So, you ignore the prevailing votes from that thread and pick another title. Nice. ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smdb-bookclub-feb-selection-march-nominiations/152319/7 "2003-02-02T19:43:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mockingbird \* > \*\*So, you ignore the prevailing votes from that thread and pick another title. Nice. \*\* _Lovely Bones_ got five nominations, just as _American Gods_. Neither one was “prevailing.” Geez. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smdb-bookclub-feb-selection-march-nominiations/152319/8 "2003-02-02T20:15:30Z")
Mockingbird, would you like to nominate American Gods again for next month? So far, with no nominations in this thread - it would be the forrunner, and maybe Light Strand will select it. ---
**Author:** ![light\_strand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a6a055/32.png) [@light\_strand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/light_strand)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smdb-bookclub-feb-selection-march-nominiations/152319/9 "2003-02-03T19:37:09Z")
Oh hey, I just found this thread. So we’re reading _The Lovely Bones_ for Feb. cool. I guess we’ll just start off with March Nominations, begining with the five votes for _American Gods_. Any other nominations? ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smdb-bookclub-feb-selection-march-nominiations/152319/10 "2003-02-03T20:10:21Z")
I have a question about the process. If there’s a book that I’m interested in reading, I “renominate” it? And the number of “nominations” counts (I was expecting an actual vote or something.) ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smdb-bookclub-feb-selection-march-nominiations/152319/11 "2003-02-03T20:18:52Z")
It’s in hardback only? Well, I hope I can find it at the local used bookstore. So, the book is determined by how many people nominate and second? If so, I vote we read: [Excession](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0553575376/qid=1044303530/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1/104-4975216-9335925?v=glance&s=books&n=507846), Iain M. Banks. Rollicking, intellectually demanding Space Opera in the grandest tradition, this is a hell of a novel. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smdb-bookclub-feb-selection-march-nominiations/152319/12 "2003-02-03T20:20:52Z")
Oops… hit ‘submit’ too soon. Anybody want to second “Excession”? ---
**Author:** ![Banger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@Banger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banger)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smdb-bookclub-feb-selection-march-nominiations/152319/13 "2003-02-03T20:26:46Z")
…and I just bought **American Gods** , expecting it to be the February book. D’oh! Between this and the 50 book challenge, something’s gotta give… I didn’t read **The Handmaid’s Tale** in January, although I have read the book before. I couldn’t find the copy I thought I had and my re-read of LOTR took too long 😛 I already have a few books slated to read, but I’ll see if I can move things around and find a copy of **The Lovely Bones** at the library. And to atone for my past omission, I’ll pick up a copy of Atwood’s book as well 😉 > [@](#): > > I guess we’ll just start off with March Nominations, begining with the five votes for American Gods. I’ll add my vote for **American Gods** 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smdb-bookclub-feb-selection-march-nominiations/152319/14 "2003-02-03T20:28:53Z")
We really don’t have the capacity on this board to vote. Too many people coming and going, and no polling feature. How I picked: I reviewed the thread, discovered what people were interested in (there were a couple that several people showed interest in), and picked something that had some consensus about it - but I didn’t do a formal count. I hope Light Strand (who will get to pick the next book) will use some similar methodolgy. If she/he wants to count votes, that is her/his perogitive. The only rule is that the book can’t be one that you yourself have nominated (and it would be nice if it weren’t something out of the blue with one nomination and no other interest). I’d suggest, because there will be a dozen of these threads by the end of the year, that we don’t bother with running talleys, and do renominate books you are still interested in. Would be a shame to pick a book in June because a bunch of people were interested in it in January, only to have none of those people interested by June. I haven’t used this method before (I’ve done online bookclubs, but the method of selecting books was by fiat of the board admin - and my IRL bookclub is far different, since there are a dozen good friends that talk real time), so we may tweak. Nothing is set in stone. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smdb-bookclub-feb-selection-march-nominiations/152319/15 "2003-02-03T20:56:50Z")
From Amazon’s review of “Excession” from the link: > [@](#): > > This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Are we all going to be able to find that one? I thought we had informally agreed upon books that were widely available. ---
**Author:** ![light\_strand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a6a055/32.png) [@light\_strand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/light_strand)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smdb-bookclub-feb-selection-march-nominiations/152319/16 "2003-02-03T21:02:40Z")
Sorry Dangerosa, your’re right. So we have one vote for _American Gods_ and one vote for _Excession_ unless it turns out not to be widely available. Last time I went to Barns and Noble _The Lovely Bones_ was 40% off. Which puts it at about $13.00. I didn’t realize when I nominated it, that we were only nominating books available in soft cover. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smdb-bookclub-feb-selection-march-nominiations/152319/17 "2003-02-03T21:23:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BiblioCat \* > \*\*From Amazon’s review of “Excession” from the link: > > Are we all going to be able to find that one? > I thought we had informally agreed upon books that were widely available. \*\* You know, I don’t get that at all. Perhaps you ought to go to [www.amazon.com](http://www.amazon.com) (don’t follow my link - it might refer to cookies non-existant on your computer) and do a search. Here’s what I see by clicking the link: > [@](#): > > Excession > by Iain M. Banks > List Price: $6.99 > Price: $6.99 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25. > Availability: Usually ships within 24 hours > 29 used & new listings from $2.99 > Edition: Mass Market Paperback ---
**Author:** ![Banger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@Banger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banger)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smdb-bookclub-feb-selection-march-nominiations/152319/18 "2003-02-03T22:54:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by light strand \* > \*\*Sorry Dangerosa, your’re right. > > So we have one vote for _American Gods_ and one vote for _Excession_ unless it turns out not to be widely available.\*\* Ahh… but who has nominated **American Gods** then? By saying I vote for it in this thread I could be deemed the nominator, but **Mockingbird** nominated it first in the previous thread. What if a book is nominated in January by one person, renominated in March by a second, but then renominated and read in September by a third person? Who is the nominator? As much as I would like to be the one to pick a future book, I would think that **Mockingbird** ’s prior nomination and reference to **American Gods** in this thread should constitute a renomination, and that my vote is seconding the nomination. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smdb-bookclub-feb-selection-march-nominiations/152319/19 "2003-02-03T23:06:50Z")
If Mockingbird is willing to take that duty, it would be his (or hers) - I think. If he or she is no longer interested, whomever brought it up in the current thread. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smdb-bookclub-feb-selection-march-nominiations/152319/20 "2003-02-03T23:43:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JohnT \* > \*\*You know, I don’t get that at all. \*\* I got it when I scrolled down and read some of the reviews. It sounds like this books is part of a series. Will we be able to keep up if we haven’t read the first book? I’m not trying to be difficult, just asking. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smdb-bookclub-feb-selection-march-nominiations/152319.md?page=2)