All About Books discussion

Sorry about the lateness of this, as I had totally forgotten with the new procedures that it should have been done last month... I will post in the group announcements as well.

This thread is for nominations for our group classic fiction book to be read in August & September 2015.

Nominations will be run for 5 days and will close on July 20th.

During this time anybody can either nominate or second a book. The 6 books with the most second votes at the end of the 5 day nomination period will go into the poll. Each person can either nominate one book or second one book. There are no limits to the number of seconds a book can receive.

The poll will then run until the 25th July. Hopefully the winner will be announced the next day (I will be travelling on the 25th but should be back online by the 26th).

I would like to nominate Madame Bovary

Cathie wrote: "I would like to nominate Madame Bovary"

Oh, I will second this as I was just discussing the fact that I wanted to read this.

I nominate Zuleika Dobson by Max Beerbohm, which is on the list of 100 best novels. A book and an author I hadn't heard of before. How great. A group member recently read and really liked it.

I'd like to nominate The Odyssey as I'd love to read this before tackling Ulysses with the group next year.

Leslie, how serendipitous for Madame Bovary!

I would like to nominate Far from the Madding Crowd.

I would like to nominate East of Eden.

I will also second Zuleika Dobson.

I think I nominated it before and it didn't win the poll, anyway, I'd like to nominate The Master and Margarita

PS- I might be irrationally in love with all the covers for this book XD it's kittens bonanza

I'd like to second The Master And Margarita.

ooo, great nominations! I would join a lot of these.

My nomination is The Wings of the Dove by Henry James, which has been sitting on my shelf for a long time. I have wanted an added incentive to move it to the top of my list.

I would like to second Sophie's Choice please.

I'd like to nominate Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence


Is this thread 'wrong side up' or is it just me? The thread explanation is at the bottom of the page. ?

I second The Master and Margarita

I'll second The Odyssey. I've had it checked out from the library for awhile, but need some further incentive to read it.

Bette, this thread was the 'wrong way up' for me too, it threw me for a moment. I changed the date order and it's been back to normal since.

Pink, thanks! Early morning here for me so couldn't figure how to alter the order.

Have you done it now Bette, clicking the date tab at the top? I don't know why it showed the other way though.

I'll second Far from the Madding Crowd.

I assume you don't mean this Odyssey: Odyssey which is fairly decent dark erotica.

The trouble is that there are so many translations of Homer's Odyssey. If it is chosen for the poll, I hope the moderators will settle on one translation before the vote. I like Fitzgerald's, but that's only because it is what I read 40 years ago.

Nope, I definitely meant Homer's Odyssey as I linked above. Translations are always a consideration whether because of age or language, but I don't see the need for uniformity in either case. This way people can pick their preferred version or grab what's most easily accessible.

i'd go with master and margarita or far from the madding crowd

Maureen wrote: "I would like to nominate East of Eden.

I will also second Zuleika Dobson."

Hi Maureen! You can either nominate or second but not do both. So hard to choose I know - so many good books to choose from! :) But when you get a chance, let us know which one you'd rather do.

Pink wrote: "Bette, this thread was the 'wrong way up' for me too, it threw me for a moment. I changed the date order and it's been back to normal since."

Hmmm. Probably that is from the link I sent out as descending order is the way I normally view GoodReads. Funny though as it hasn't been an issue before and I didn't do anything different...

How about Les Misérablesby Victor Hugo.

Jane wrote: "i'd go with master and margarita or far from the madding crowd"

Would you like to second one of those Jane?

I'll third The Odyssey

I second far from the madding crowd

I would like to second:

Far from the Madding Crowd

But I.
also would be interested in
The Master and Margarita
The Odyssey
Or
East of Eden

I would like to nominate Far from the Madding Crowd.

Greg wrote: "Maureen wrote: "I would like to nominate East of Eden.

I'll second it

I would like to second Zuleika Dobson

second far from the madding crowd

Far from the Madding Crowd

I will also second Zuleika Dobson

Oops, I am embarrassed to say I even read the directions, and still got it wrong. I will stick with my nomination of East of Eden please.

Oh please can I nominate Tender Is the Night?

Not sure if I've done that right...F Scott Fitzgerald's Tender is the Night is what I mean!!

To summarize so far, the following books have been nominated (number of seconds is in parenthesis after the book title).

Madame Bovary (1)
Zuleika Dobson (5)
Sophie's Choice (1)
The Odyssey (2)
Far from the Madding Crowd (6)
East of Eden (1)
The Master and Margarita (4)
The Wings of the Dove (0)
Lady Chatterley's Lover (0)
Les Misérables (4)
Tender Is the Night (1)

Keep them coming!!

I support Zuleika Dobson. But if I could I'd support every suggetion:)

I would also vote for Les Misérables definitely a classic and I haven't read it since college..

Pink All ok now:)

Luci & Elisa, I added in your seconds to comment #40.

I'll second Zuleika Dobson also. I've just finished it and am happy to re read.

OK, I'll add my vote to Les Misérables
I haven't read that one yet.

Les Misérables is one of my all-time favorites :)

I would like to nominate A Confedracy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole.

I will second The Master and Margarita

Another vote for The Master and Margarita

will second Tender Is the Night.

Mary Glass wrote: "I would like to nominate A Confedracy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole."

I think this would be more suited to the group fiction read that the classics. Please do nominate it for that when those nominations open.

I also felt that Sophie's Choice was a borderline case but it had already been seconded before I saw its nomination. If that doesn't make this poll, it would also be a candidate for the group fiction imo.

I think I have correctly updated the seconds in post #40. Alice, I assumed you were seconding Les Mis but now looking at your comment, I am not sure.

Keep the seconds coming -- the top 4 are fairly clear now but lots of choice for the last spot in particular!