October Nominations

[Kell]

The results of the theme poll are in & for the month of October, the Reading Circle theme is Thrills & Chills!

It's a very broad theme that can cover everything from horror to psychological thriller; classic to contemporary; ghost stories, creep-out chillers, witches, wizards, ghosties & ghoulies & things that go bump in the night!

You'll have a couple of weeks to nominate books for the vote. Let the nominations begin!

[Kell]

I'd like to get the ball rolling by nominating Wicked by Gregory Maguire:
An astonishingly rich re-creation of the land of Oz, this book retells the story of Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, who wasn't so wicked after all. Taking readers past the yellow brick road and into a phantasmagoric world rich with imagination and allegory, Gregory Maguire just might change the reputation of one of the most sinister characters in literature.

[Acesare*]

As there's only been one nomination so far, I've picked a random book from Amazon that looks a bit interesting and I thought I'd give it a nomination:

Mapping the Edge - Sarah Dunant

"Anna packs her bags one day without telling anyone where and why she is going, just that she'll be back soon.

People go missing everyday. They walk out their front doors and their lives into the silence of cold statistics. For those left behind it is the cruellest of the long goodbyes.

Left at home with good friends, is Anna's beloved six-year-old daughter Lily. When Anna doesn't return, everyone makes uneasy excuses, until, as time passes, the posibility that Anna might not come back becomes terrifyingly real.

Losing rubs the soul raw. Did the person you loved so much - and thought you knew so well - did they simply choose to leave? Or is it darker than that and did someone do the choosing for them? In a place of answers all you have is your imagination. In a place of reality, only fantasy.

Anna meanwhile is on a journey into darkness. Seduction or abduction? In one scenario she's on an explosive sexual adventure, but in the other, she is the victim of a stranger's bizare and dangerous fantasy.

The more you think about it, the more elaborate and the more consuming those fantasies become. Stories from the edge. Like this one.

Anna is leaving home. Bye bye."

[boris]

ook this is my first time doing this so i hope it goes ook,


do they have to be new books or old, and is medical thriller alould, if so
i want to say life support by tess gerritsen,

control was the word dr toby lived by. she strove to keep her life in order, her ER in order

but no one could have been prepared for the man she admitson quiet night to the springer hospital. delirious and in a critical condition from a possible viral infection of the brain, he barely responds to treatment, and then he disappears without trace.

the subsequent search leads toby to a second patient with the same infection. And it reveals an unsettling twist - the infection can only be spread through direct tissue exchange.

soon tobys on a trail that winds from a pregnant sixteen year old prostitute to an unexpected tragedy in her own home,

only then does she discover the unthinkable: a terrifying and deadly epidemic is about to be unleased...

[Sarahrob]

I'd like to get the ball rolling by nominating Wicked by Gregory Maguire:
An astonishingly rich re-creation of the land of Oz, this book retells the story of Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, who wasn't so wicked after all. Taking readers past the yellow brick road and into a phantasmagoric world rich with imagination and allegory, Gregory Maguire just might change the reputation of one of the most sinister characters in literature.

That sounds so fantastic - I want to read that book whether or not it ends up as the RC book! :mrgreen:

[Lilywhite]

So far I want to read...... all three!!!!

[Kell]

I have another nomination - I thought I'd go classic & suggest Frankenstein by Mary Shelley:
Obsessed by creating life itself, Victor Frankenstein plunders graveyards for the material to fashion a new being, which he shocks into life by electricity. But his botched creature, rejected by Frankenstein and denied human companionship, sets out to destroy his maker and all that he holds dear. Mary Shelley's chilling gothic tale was conceived when she was only eighteen, living with her lover Percy Shelley near Byron's villa on Lake Geneva. It would become the world's most famous work of horror fiction, and remains a devastating exploration of the limits of human creativity.

[Renniemist]

I second Frankenstein. I have never read it, but have always meant to have a go.

Actually I would be happy with any of the books nominated. :D

[Acesare*]

I've never read the book, but I saw the film (Mary Shelley's Frankenstein), it was dire - one of only 2 films I've ever left halfway through.

[Louiseog]

I read and enjoyed Wicked

[Kell]

Anyone like to nominate a few more for October?

[Michelle]

I'm thinking.....

[Acesare*]

Is that what that smell is? ;) (sorry, I just couldn't resist :friends: )

[Renniemist]

I would like to nominate The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle if I am allowed to do so after having seconded Frankenstein.


The ancient legend of the Baskervilles has persisted in the family history for generations. It is Sir Charles's mysterious death in the grounds of Baskerville Hall that brings Sherlock Holmes to the scene of one of his most famous and intriguing cases.

[Kell]

Definitely, Renniemist - you can nominate as many as you like - three or four will be chosen at random from the nominations for the voting, so the more nominations we get, the wider choice we have. :)

And can I just say, i'd be TOTALLY up for Hound of the Baskervilles too!

[Esiotrot]

I would like to nominate The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy.

On 11th January, 1947 in Los Angeles, a beautiful young woman walked into the night and met her horrific destiny. Five days later, her tortured body was found drained of blood and cut in half. The newspapers called her 'The Black Dahlia'. Two cops are caught up in the investigation and embark on a hellish journey that takes them to the core of the dead girl's twisted life.


I have wanted to find out more about this unsolved crime for ages so had a search on Amazon and ordered this last week. Lo and behold I opened todays paper and its been made into a film.

[dogmatix]

I'll also nominate Frankenstein.

[Lilywhite]

Now I really can't choose......

[Michelle]

My late nomination is a book that 1sillywabbit nominated last month..
'Blindness' by José Saramoga
In an unnamed city in an unnamed country, a man sitting in his car waiting for a traffic light to change is suddenly struck blind. But instead of being plunged into darkness, this man sees everything white, as if he "were caught in a mist or had fallen into a milky sea." A Good Samaritan offers to drive him home (and later steals his car); his wife takes him by taxi to a nearby eye clinic where they are ushered past other patients into the doctor's office. Within a day the man's wife, the taxi driver, the doctor and his patients, and the car thief have all succumbed to blindness. As the epidemic spreads, the government panics and begins quarantining victims in an abandoned mental asylum--guarded by soldiers with orders to shoot anyone who tries to escape. So begins Portuguese author José Saramago's gripping story of humanity under siege, written with a dearth of paragraphs, limited punctuation, and embedded dialogue minus either quotation marks or attribution. At first this may seem challenging, but the style actually contributes to the narrative's building tension, and to the reader's involvement.

[dogmatix]

I've read Blindness so I won't nominate it BUT I WILL recommend it as a great read! Saramago is one of my top three favorite authors and Blindess is a great read. Not to hijack this thread but a couple of other great ones are The Double (my fav) and All the Names. Okay back to your regularly scheduled thread. :D

[Kell]

Nominations are now closed & voting will be taking place over the next wee while...