Good day my fellow book lovers this is the official Nomination and voting thread for the NAIRALAND BOOK CLUB. (https://www.nairaland.com/5980844/nairaland-book-club-nbc )


Warning
This thread is only for book Nomination and voting, other activities are not allowed here including asking questions, commenting, chatting, quoting etc. All these should be done in the main thread (NAIRALAND BOOK CLUB).
Anyone who breaks this rule should be mentioned here to delete their post and second time offenders will enter the blacklist for that month.
Ignorance is not an excuse. PLEASE COMPLY


FORMAT

1. Two books will be selected each month as the books of the month

2. Each book will be read, discussed, reviewed etc within a period of 2 weeks (ie 14 days)

3. At least one of the books each month must be an African book (ie written by an author of African origin whether based home or abroad)

4. Only active members are qualified to nominate a book (more than one nomination leads to disqualification)
Note: active members are those who take part in the biweekly reviews in the main thread

5. All nominations must be done on the NBC Nomination thread (this thread) within 24 hours on the 23rd of each month

6. Voting starts on the 23rd of each month and ends 11:59pm of the last day of the month


Those who are not qualified to nominate a book

1. Those who did not participate in the previous month review (ie passive members)

2. Those that their nominated book was selected as one of the books of the month within the last 3 months

3. Those that nominated more than one book in a month

4. Those that nominate a book that have already been nominated within the same month

Note that if a book is nominated more than once within a month, only the first will be acknowledged. The other votes will not be counted. Therefore the best way to make sure a book is selected is to vote for it by liking and sharing it and not by nominating it again within the same month

5. Those with criminal record (ie those that are guilty of derailing or insulting anyone on this thread or the other thread). Take note


How to nominate a book

Go to the NBC Nomination thread (this thread) on the 23rd of each month and nominate in this format:
Book title:
Author:
Category: (ie African or foreign)

How to vote for a book
Go to the NBC Nomination thread (this thread) from the 23rd of each month to "like" and "share" the nominated book of your choice, you are advised to only vote for one in each category ie African and foreign. Voting ends 11:59pm on the last day of each month

Note that each "like" carries 1point while each "share" carries 2points

Books that are not allowed

1. Comic books
2. Text books (school books)
3. Religious books
4. Career books (Books on programming, fishing, etc)
5. Books that are not available online for download

Every member is required to review each book at least once and preferably at the end of each 2 weeks using this format (This should be done in the main thread not here)
Book title:
Author:
Category: (ie African or foreign)
Rating: (over 10 eg 8/10)
How long it took you to finish it: (eg 6 hours, 3 days, 1 week etc)
What I learnt:

NOTE: This is what qualifies you as an active member so you can also nominate a book here when the time comes

For the month of July we need to select our books for the month but since we are just starting, the timeline will be different.

Procedure
1. Go to the NBC Nomination thread and nominate a book
2. Nomination ends by 11:59pm tonight
3. Voting starts immediately and ends by 5:59pm tomorrow 10th of July
6. Vote by liking and sharing the nominated book of your choice.

1. Make sure to follow the Nomination format and rules

Warning
You will be blacklisted if you
1. nominate a book in the wrong format.
2. nominate a book after the time (ie 11:59pm tonight)
3. do anything on the NBC Nomination thread other than nominating or voting for a book (e.g ask questions, comment, or quote)
4. nominate more than one book
5. flaunt any other rule written here or on the other group.

Read the rules before you do anything, ignorance is not an excuse



Nomination and voting starts now

Title: An orchestra of minorities

Author: Chigozie obioma

Category: African

Title: Americanah

Author: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Category: African

Title: Half of a Yellow Sun

Author : Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Category: African

Title: Arrow of God

Author : Chinua Achebe

Category: African

Good morning. Today is the 23rd of this month and that means, it is time to nominate and vote for the books for next month.

How to nominate a book
Nominate your book here in this format:
Book title:
Author:
Category: (ie African or foreign)

Nomination ends by 11:59pm on 25th (ie Saturday night)

How to vote for a book
"like" and "share" the nominated book of your choice, you are advised to only vote for one in each category ie African and foreign. Voting ends 11:59pm on the last day of each month ie 31st of July.
Note that each "like" carries 1point while each "share" carries 2points

Please note that only those who have dropped a review of this month 1st book, "An orchestra of minorities" here https://www.nairaland.com/5980844/nairaland-book-club-nbc/1#92004776 before 1st of August will their nomination be valid (ie active members).


If you have any questions or enquiries to make, send them here https://www.nairaland.com/5980844/nairaland-book-club-nbc/1#92004776
This thread is only for nomination and voting, no comments allowed.

Book Title: Nighttime is my time

Author: Mary Higgins Clark

Category: Foreign

Book Title: Gingerbread
Author: Helen Oyeyemi
Category: African