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We are to start the second book on Tuesday 21st, so based on the decisions taken today it means the review for the first book should start coming in from Tuesday.

But for the sake of those like me who are yet to finish the first book, we are asking that the review be delayed till 23rd so we have 3 days to round up.

Meanwhile those that are already done can start reading the next book from 21st as originally planned and the review for this one will commence 1st of August.

So please give us 3 days.

Lorayne:
I'm not really feeling the book... Read Anna Karenina in like 4days and I can't finish a 390 paged book in 10days.

My own case is just procrastination, once I start I don't want to stop but then I get distracted and it takes me 2 days to get back to it

Ana4love:
No na. It's still the same two books. One book for two weeks, while reading the next book in the remaining two weeks, we'll be reviewing the first one we read.

yes like this

Geminita:
So it's just one book for a month then.. 3 weeks for reading, 1 week for review...

No we have agreed on this

Each Month

2 weeks: Read book 1, review book 2 of last month
2 weeks: Read book 2, review book 1

Next Month
2 weeks: Read book 1, review book 2 of last month

so we continue like this each month

Lorayne:
Aiit aiit... Me Sha I've not finished this one.

Me too, although I don't have any excuse, I've been playing since morning. I think is because we started late sha but as from next month we will have at least 14 days for each book unlike this month that it's just 10 days each.

Lorayne:
It ain't

We read a book for 2 weeks and review and discuss the next 2 weeks while we are reading the 2nd book of the month. This way we can do 2 books per month.

I feel 3 weeks might be too long for reading and it will be hard to count in 3s

Geminita:
Do you think having a review for a whole month won't be too much At some point, there won't be much to say again ..

It's a good suggestion tho

Yes a month is too much now that I think about it. What if we do it this way, we use 2 weeks instead for review, so once we start the next book, we can start sending our reviews for the previous book. That is 2 weeks for reading and 2 weeks for review and discussions.

Is this better

ELibraryNG:
What effort is in place to make these books available so that people will read?

Just search for b-ok on Google and you will see a site "Z library" open it and search the. book you need. It is free to download 5 books per day without any registration.

You should also download "PocketBook" from play store so you can read .epub, .PDF, .mobi and other ebook files. You can also use "ReadEra" app but it can't open .mobi files.

Also Geminita have made it easier. There's no excuse for us not to read in this age.

Thank you for the question, I was supposed to talk about it sooner

Jack273:
I think Ana4love is right so let's pick a day for reviews.

I just had an idea now. Since we will be finishing (at least supposed to) the two books at the end of the month, we can start the reviews next month.

That is the books we read this month will be reviewed throughout next month So we will have a whole month for reviews and discussions without spoilers and a whole month of reading.

This way we can keep the thread alive.

What do you guys think?

Geminita:
Okay.. I wrote the review because Jack said we could discuss anytime.. I am sorry for the spoiler alert .

Thanks dear.. We are waiting for yours

I think Ana4love is right so let's pick a day for reviews.

I just had an idea now. Since we will be finishing (at least supposed to) the two books at the end of the month, we can start the reviews next month.

That is the books we read this month will be reviewed throughout next month So we will have a whole month for reviews and discussions without spoilers and a whole month of reading.

This way we can keep the thread alive.

Geminita you are already done with the book. I read about 60 pages today but I'm no where near the end. I'll read your review once am done. I need to improve my reading speed.
The book is interesting but quite longer than I'm used to.

Jack273:
Books of the month
July

Title: An orchestra of minorities
Author: Chigozie obioma
Category: African
nominated by: Geminita with 11 votes

Title: Arrow of God
Author: Chinua Achebe
Category: African
Nominated by: Ishilove
with 8 votes


We have 10days for each book
11-7-2020 to 20-7-2020 for the first
21-7-2020 to 30-7-2020 for the second

Let's start reading

Modified

The results are out.

let's start reading and remember you can come here at anytime to discuss the books.

Thanks to those that nominated and voted, also the silent observers.

Any feedback is welcomed

PrincessMila:
Is it too late to nominate? I want to nominate a foreign novel

Yeah, sorry I'll mention you on the 23rd to remind you to nominate against next month

Less than 20 mins remaining before voting stops

Nominations have ended but we still have 12hours to vote. Remember a "share" is equal to "2 likes" Let's start sharing and liking 2 books of our choice. Just 4 contenders. go here to vote: https://www.nairaland.com/5980863/nbc-nomination

let's remember that nomination ends tonight, if you don't want to spend this month reading something you don't like, then go to the nomination page now before it's too late.


So far we have only one book nominated

Geminita, Lorayne, Ana4love

please let's mention other book lovers.
Your recommendations and inputs are greatly appreciated

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

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

Books of the month
July

Title: An orchestra of minorities
Author: Chigozie obioma
Category: African
nominated by: Geminita with 11 votes

Title: Arrow of God
Author: Chinua Achebe
Category: African
Nominated by: Ishilove
with 8 votes


We have 10days for each book
11-7-2020 to 20-7-2020 for the first
21-7-2020 to 30-7-2020 for the second

Let's start reading

Modified

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. PLEASE COMPLY

Good day my fellow book lovers. After much consideration we have decided to start our very own book club right here, Nairaland Book Club (NBC). This will be a place for all book lovers and those that have always wanted to be a part of a book club.

Some people still have the mentality that Nigerians don't read (even in schools our lecturer dey say na la cram la pour we dey do) but I know this is not true so let's come together and prove them wrong. Not only proving them wrong, let's start a revolution.

In other to make this NBC a success, there will be some grand rules. These rules may be modified from time to time so do refer back here for more information.

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

5. All nominations must be done on the NBC Nomination 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). Take note


How to nominate a book

Go to the NBC Nomination thread ( https://www.nairaland.com/5980863/nbc-nomination ) 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 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
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

WARNING: The NBC Nomination thread is only for nomination, so no posting on the thread. If you have any question, you can ask them here. Anyone who breaks this rule should be mentioned here to delete their post and second time offenders will enter the blacklist for that month.