Catching up on Classics (and lots more!) discussion

Nominations are open for our July 2019 reread. Only books currently on our group bookshelf are eligible: Book Shelf

Below is a list of the past year's reread winners.
Of Mice and Men July 2019
The Princess Bride June 2019
The Haunting of Hill House May 2019
Dracula April 2019
Pride and Prejudice March 2019
The Maltese Falcon February 2019
Mrs. Dalloway January 2019
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall December 2018
The House of the Seven Gables November 2018
Frankenstein October 2018
The Remains of the Day September 2018
Great Expectations August 2018

Revisit the Shelf Nomination Requirements:
1. Time Since Last Read. A book is only eligible for rereading if it has not been a group read in the last 12 months (1 year). A book read by the group in any of our reading categories in the past year is not eligible for nomination.

2. When making a nomination, please use "add book/author" link to help others view the book selected. Also please list when the book has been read by the group.

3. Nominations will run from today thru the 14th. Polls will open on the 16th and will run until the end of the month

4.) Only five books, by five different authors will move forward to each poll. This will be determined by the number of seconds a book receives. The five books with the most seconds moves to the poll.

5.) Only one nomination or one second per member. will be allowed. A nomination can not be changed if it has been seconded.

5a.) A second can be withdrawn and placed on another choice. This change must in some way be noted in a post such as, "I am withdrawing my second for book A and placing it on book B." It will be easier to moderator to track changes.

6.) Only one book per author, In the event of more than one book by the same author is nominated, only the first one to receive a second will be eligible. The nominator of the ruled ineligible book will be able to nominate a replacement or second another already in nomination.

6a.) Same author-multiple categories The same author may be nominated in multiple categories in a single month as long as the nominations are for different books. In the case of identical nominations, precedence will go to the first one to receive a second.

7.) Moderator will choose a surprise sixth book to add to the poll.

I nominate Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne. It was read by the group in December 2013.

Phew! That's a lot of information, but I think it covers it all :)

Both are very nice nominations, and I have not read either yet.

I'd like to nominate The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling. It looks like the group read that back in 2017.

I would like to nominate The Sound and the Fury (1929: 326 pages). It did very well in the June polls, so maybe there's still interest in a group read?

I will nominate (again hahaha) A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess. Last read by the group in 2014.

I nominate Dune again.

Philina wrote: "I nominate Dune again."

I second Dune

Philina wrote: "I nominate Dune again."

I'll second this. Love this series.

Thank you both :) !

Shirley (stampartiste) wrote: "I would like to nominate The Sound and the Fury (1929: 326 pages). It did very well in the June polls, so maybe there's still interest in a group read?..."

I'll second this too.

Shirley (stampartiste) wrote: "I would like to nominate The Sound and the Fury (1929: 326 pages). It did very well in the June polls, so maybe there's still interest in a group read?

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Oh boy! I'll second this. :-)

Thank you so much, Gavin, Wreade1872, and Kathleen!

I will second Dune.

I love all the interest and the great choices.

Carrie wrote: "I nominate Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. I never read this and want to before the new movie is released later this year."

I will second Little Women. I read this so long ago I barely recall most of it. Would like to read it again before the movie too :)

I nominate The Plague by Albert Camus (pub 1947, 308 pp, last read June 2015).

I will second The Plague.

I too will second The Plague.

I will second 'Little Women'. I have never read it.

I'd like to nominate One Hundred Years of Solitude read in January 2017.

Piyangie wrote: "I too will second The Plague."

Mike wrote: "I will second The Plague."

Thanks Piyangie and Mike :)

I'll second A Clockwork Orange

I second Little Women.

I'll second The Sound and the Fury again, I'd really like to read this with a group.

Melanie wrote: "I'd like to nominate One Hundred Years of Solitude read in January 2017."

I second One Hundred Years of Solitude. I read it long ago and thought it was great and would like to read it again some time.

Second for One Hundred Years Of Solitude.

I nominate The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende.

I'll second The Sound and the Fury.

I second The House of the Spirits

Thank you for your seconds, Pamela and Kimberly. I also feel that I would benefit from reading this book with a group.

Shirley (stampartiste) wrote: "I would like to nominate The Sound and the Fury (1929: 326 pages). It did very well in the June polls, so maybe there's still interest in a group read?

[bookcover:The Sound and the Fu..."

Me too! Seconding.

Sue wrote: "I'll second A Clockwork Orange"

Thanks, Sue!

List updated through post #50. Let me know if there is something I need to correct:

The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner (published 1929; 326 pages, Group read Dec. 2011)
nominated by Shirley: seconds Gavin, Wreade, Kathleen, Pamela, Kimberly, Leslie

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (published 1868; 449 pages, Group read July 2015)
nominated by Carrie: seconds Candi, Johanne, Milena

Dune by Frank Herbert ( published 1965, 604 pages, Group read Nov. 2012)
Nominated by Philina: seconds Adrian, Aprilleigh, Terry

The Plague by Albert Camus (published 1947, 308 pages, Group read June 2015)
Nominated by Aubrey: seconds Mike, Piyangie, Liesl

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez (published 1967, 417 pages, Group read Jan. 2017) Nominated by Melanie: seconds George, Brina, Prince

The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende (published 1982, 448 pages, Group read Sept. 2016) Nominated by Anna Lynn: seconds BAM

Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne (published 1873, 252 pages, Group read Dec 2013) Nominated by Janet: seconds Lethe

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess (published 1962, 240 pages, Group read April 2014) Nominate by Paula W.: seconds Sue.

The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling (published 1893, 227 pages, Group read 2017) Nominated by Emmy: seconds Loretta

Les Misérables by Victor Hugo (published 1862, 869 pages - Hardback edition, Group read Oct. 2014) Nominated by J-Blueflower.

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith (published 1943, 496 pages, Group read May 2013) Nominated by Darren

I am delighted by both the number and quality of books nominated so far.

I nominate A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Lynn wrote: "I am delighted by both the number and quality of books nominated so far."

No joke!

Lynn - Your summary lists Around the World in Eighty Days as read in December 2018. It was actually read in December 2013.

Second The Jungle Book.

Janet wrote: "Lynn - Your summary lists Around the World in Eighty Days as read in December 2018. It was actually read in December 2013."

Thank you Janet.

I would like to nominate Les Misérables. I have never read it. Read by the group in October 2014.

Janet wrote: "I nominate Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne. It was read by the group in December 2013."

Seconding.

Thanks Lethe.

I will second The Plague

Liesl wrote: "I will second The Plague"

Thanks Liesl :)

Sorry, I dont see my nomination (message #9) or Sue’s second (message #26) of A Clockwork Orange.

I second One Hundred Years of Solitude

Updated nominations list to be found on post #37. Sorry I missed yours Paula!! At the present we have 11 books with 33 people participating in the process. Wow.

Lynn wrote: "Updated nominations list to be found on post #37. Sorry I missed yours Paula!! At the present we have 11 books with 33 people participating in the process. Wow."

All good! Can you post an update of the full list currently nominated? I feel like I lost a few days of votes from people who just looked at the last list. Thanks!