And the Winners are:

Diary of a Small Fish
Presumed Innocent

Congratulations Stephen and Valerie

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December is almost over and it's time for nominations for the January/February 2012 Group Reads.

Nominations will be open until Thursday Jan 5, 2012.

Category 1: Open - a book from any category in the Mystery, Crime and Thriller genre.

Category 2: Animals - a book from any mystery genre that has the name of an animal (mammal, bird, fish, insect, etc.) in its title.

General rules for Group Reads

1) If your nomination wins - you will be the discussion moderator.
2) If the nominator, for any reason, cannot lead the discussion, the winner will be the second place book.
3) One (1) nomination only per person. Authors: no self-nominations, please.
4) Please do not repeat an author we have read in the last year.
5) For your nomination please indicate: Category, Title, Author and Link (use the "add book/author" link at top of comment box).

Since we are an international group, please check to make sure the book is readily available. Is it available in paperback? Used? Your local library? The last thing we want is to nominate a great book that no one can get!

Finally, a word about series - the joy or bane of a mystery reader’s life! Please consider whether the book you are nominating would be best read by someone who has read all the previous books in the series or can be enjoyed by someone new to the series too.

Category 1
Sanctus by Sion Toyne (Es135)
A Test of Wills by Charles Todd (Brian)
Committed by John W. Mefford (Maria)
Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow (Valerie Texas)
A Philosophical Investigation by Philip Kerr (Andreas)
Dark Of The Moon by John Sandford (Hugh)
Slaying Season by James Laabs (Valerie B.)
Silent Russian by Valerie Biamonte (James)
City of Secrets by Kelli Stanley (Judith)
Behind the Hood by Marita A. Hansen (Angela)
Innocent by Scott Turow (Anne Booklady)
The Dark Before Dawn by Laurie Stevens (Kathryn)
Table 21 by Rafael Cimino (Andi)

Category 2
Metzger's Dog by Thomas Perry (Sharon)
The Dogs of Riga by Henning Mankell (Enrica)
A Dog's Ransom by Patricia Highsmith (Marjorie)
(watch out for spoilers in the readers' reviews)
Diary of a Small Fish by Pete Morin (Stephen)
Birdman by Mo Hayder (Mago)
Dog On It by Spencer Quinn (Sufferingbruin)
Black Dog by Stephen Booth (Paul 'Petzer')
The Dog Who Spoke with Gods by Diane Jessop (Gary)

Cat. 1 Sanctus by Simon Toyne

Category 2: Metzger's Dog by Thomas Perry Metzger's Dog: A Novel

Cat. 1 A Test of Wills, Charles Todd.

Don't forget the book links. If you need help with linking, go to the "Techno corner" folder:

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/7...

Category 2: The Dogs of Riga, by Henning Mankell The Dogs of Riga

Category 1: Presumed Innocent
by Scott Turow.

Category 2: A Dog's Ransom, by Patricia Highsmith.

Yes, it's a weird book, but, then, it is a Patricia Highsmith!

Note: If you are interested in this book and look it up on Goodreads, be careful. Just read the Goodreads summary. DON'T read the first review. I think the other reviews are mostly OK but that first one contains a major spoiler with no attempt to warn you.

Marjorie wrote: "Category 2: A Dog's Ransom, by Patricia Highsmith.

Note: If you are interested in this book and look it up on Goodreads, be careful. Just read the Goodreads summary. DON'T read the f..."

You can flag that, actually. Thanks for the warning.

Thanks for the warning, Marjorie.

Cat 1 - A Philosophical Investigation by Philip Kerr
A fantastic crime thriller that I must have read 4 times already

Andreas wrote: ""

This thread is for nominating, not for personal commentary, please Andreas.

If you don't like the book you can vote for another one when the polls are open.

Thanks.

Cat One: Dark Of The Moon by John Sandford.

Category 2: Diary of a Small Fish, by Pete MorinDiary of a Small Fish

Cataegory 1: Slaying Season by James Laabs Slaying Season

Cat 1: Behind the Hood by Marita A. Hansen.

Cat 2: Birdman by Mo Hayder

Ok, Hayes. Sorry... :(

Category: 2
Title: Dog On It
Author: Spencer Quinn
Link: Dog on It

Metzger's Dog by Thomas Perry (Sharon)

Cat 2: Dogs of Riga

Hi Jessica and Jenny:

We're just nominating now. Voting next week.

Cat 1: Committed by John W. Mefford

I'd like to nominate "Silent Russian" by Valerie Biamonte

Thanks, James. This looks like a good read.

City of Secrets by Kelli Stanley

Children... play nice!
I should cancel both of your nominations.
Please read the rules about self-nominations.

Ah, the perfect opportunity to re-nominate Black Dog, the first in Stephen Booth's Cooper and Fry series. Category two.

Hayes wrote: "Children... play nice!
I should cancel both of your nominations.
Please read the rules about self-nominations."

As many times as I've messed up in nominations, I'm rather proud that I did it right this time! :)

Category 1: Third Degree by Greg Iles

Category 2: Hornet's Nest by Patricia Cornwell

Hayes wrote: "Hi Jessica and Jenny:

We're just nominating now. Voting next week."

Gotcha! Sorry, I will cool my jets!

I'm reading this book right now, so I'll go with Behind the Hood by Marita A. Hansen for Category 1.

Category A has a good starter read in
first from a new writer and it's going to be a trilogy - good page turning read.

Cat 1 Innocent by Scott Turow

Paul 'Pezter' wrote: "Ah, the perfect opportunity to re-nominate Black Dog, the first in Stephen Booth's Cooper and Fry series. Category two."

Hi Paul. For some reason your link to Booth pulls up a different author. Did you change a number by accident? Or is GR being "wonky".

Cindy wrote: "Category 2: Hornet's Nest by Patricia Cornwell"

Cindy wrote: "Category 1: Third Degree by Greg Iles"

One nomination per person please Cindy. Which one would you like to keep?

Harlen wrote: "I'm reading this book right now, so I'll go with Behind the Hood by Marita A. Hansen for Category 1."

This one has already been nominated, Harlen (list in post #2). Would you like to nominate another?

Hayes wrote: "Hi Paul. For some reason your link to Booth pulls up a different author. Did you change a number by accident? Or is GR being "wonky". ."

My fault, assuming it would get the right book and not checking. Sorted now.

Hayes wrote: "Harlen wrote: "I'm reading this book right now, so I'll go with Behind the Hood by Marita A. Hansen for Category 1."

This one has already been nominated, Harlen (l..."

Oops, sorry. Didn't look properly. I'll have a think about another nomination.

IN category 2The Dog Who Spoke with Godsby Diane jessop

The Dark Before Dawn

I would like to nominate The Dark Before Dawn which was named to Kirkus Reviews Best of 2011 for Category 1.

I would like to nominate

Table 21

Andi

Category 1: The Blue Edge Of Midnight
Category 2: The Lion's Game

Mungboy wrote: "Category 1: The Blue Edge Of Midnight
Category 2: The Lion's Game"

Just one nomination per person, Mungboy. Which would you like to choose?

A Philosophical Investigation by Philip Kerr
The Dogs of Riga by Henning Mankell

Michele wrote: "A Philosophical Investigation by Philip Kerr
The Dogs of Riga by Henning Mankell"

Please read messages #s 39, 47 and 2, and choose one.

Nominations closed. Will be setting the polls up soon.

Diary of a Small Fish


and


Presumed Innocent

Congratulations to our nominators, Valerie and Stephen!