Reading 1001 discussion

Voting can begin. You get to vote for 4 books. The winners will be the top 3 vote getters. The 4th book will be chosen by randomizer from all the books that received at least one nomination, excluding previous books that have been read twice previously. Winners will be announced on December 2nd.

Here are the books that were nominated. You can place your votes in this thread. We will not do a secret ballot for this voting. LET THE VOTING BEGIN!

-The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby - Charles Dickens 817 pgs
-Celestial Harmonies - Esterházy 854 pages
-Giles Goat-Boy - Barth, 750 pages
-Middlemarch - Eliot 912 pages
-He Knew he was Right - Trollope, 950 pages
-The Once and Future King - White 639 pages
-The Betrothed - Manzoni, 720 pages
- The Corrections (Franzen), 653 pages
- Gravity's Rainbow (Pynchon), 776 pages
- Finnegans Wake (Joyce), 628 pages
-The Idiot (Dostoevsky), 667 pages
-Crime and Punishment (Dostoevsky), 671
- Testament of Youth by Vera Brittain, 688 pages
-Sometimes a Great Notion, Kesey 640 pages
-Fall on Your Knees - MacDonald, Ann-Marie 672 pp
-The Mysteries of Udolpho - Radcliffe, Ann 654 pp
-Look Homeward, Angel - Wolfe, Thomas 644 pp
- Mason & Dixon - Pynchon, 773 pages

Mason & Dixon
Finnegans Wake
Sometimes a Great Notion

He Knew he was Right
Testament of Youth
Mason & Dixon
The Corrections

The Once and Future King
Crime and Punishment
Sometimes a Great Notion
Mason & Dixon

The Once and Future King - White
The Corrections (Franzen)
Sometimes a Great Notion, Kesey
Mason & Dixon - Pynchon

He Knew he was Right
Nicholas Nickleby
Celestial Harmonies
Giles Goat Boy

He Knew he was Right
Testament of Youth
Mason & Dixon
Sometimes a Great Notion

Middlemarch
He Knew He was Right
The Once and Future King
Celestial Harmonies

The Betrothed
Celestial Harmonies
Giles Goat-Boy
Mason & Dixon

The Corrections
Crime and Punishment
The Idiot
Testament of Youth

The Betrothed
The Corrections
Gravity's Rainbow
Finnegans Wake

Celestial Harmonies
The Correction
The Idiot
Gravity’s Rainbow

Kristel votes for
Mason & Dixon
Finnegan’s Wake
He Knew He was Right
Corrections

Middlemarch
He Knew he was Right
The Betrothed
Mason and Dixon

Middlemarch
The Mysteries of Udolpho
Nicholas Nickleby
The Once and Future King

Finnegans Wake - Joyce, James
Fall on Your Knees - MacDonald, Ann-Marie
The Mysteries of Udolpho - Radcliffe, Ann
Look Homeward, Angel - Wolfe, Thomas

Today is the last day to get your votes in for the 2024 Quarterly reads. Posting winners tomorrow.

Patrick wrote: "Kristel wrote: "2024 Quarterly Reads
1Q -He Knew He Was Right - Anthony Trollope
2Q - Mason & Dixon - Thomas Pynchon
3Q - The Betrothed - Anthony Trollope
2Q - Mason & Dixon - Thomas Pynchon
3Q - The Corrections
4Q - Testament of Youth - Vera Brittain

Anyone interested in hosting any of these?

Kristel wrote: "2024 Quarterly Reads
1Q -He Knew He Was Right - Anthony Trollope
2Q - Mason & Dixon - Thomas Pynchon
3Q - The Betrothed - [author:..."

Are you sure you tallied correctly? I count 6 votes for The Corrections, but only 3 each for Testament of Youth and The Betrothed (I guess one of these two is the randomizer selection).

Patrick wrote: "Kristel wrote: "2024 Quarterly Reads
1Q -He Knew He Was Right - Anthony Trollope
2Q - Mason & Dixon - Thomas Pynchon
3Q - [book:The Betrothed|56..."

I will correct it and also put votes out.

Nickolas Nickleby: 3 + 2 = 5
Celestial Harmonies: 2 + 1 +3 + 4 = 10
Middlemarch: 4 + 4 + 4 = 12
He Knew He Was Right: 4 + 4 + 4 +3 + 2+ 3 = 20
The Once and Future King: 4 + 4 + 2 + 1 = 11
The Corrections: 1 + 3 + 4 + 3 + 1 = 15
The Betrothed: 4 + 4 + 2 = 10
Gravity's Rainbow: 2 + 1 = 3
Finnegan's Wake: 3 +1 + 3 +4 = 11
The Idiot: 2 + 2 = 4
Crime and Punishment: 3 + 3 = 6
Testament of Youth: 3 + 3 - 1 = 7 (randomizer pick)
Sometimes a great Notion: 2 + 2 + 2 + 1 = 7
Fall on Your Knees: 3
The Mysteries of Udolpho 3 + 2 = 5
Look Homeword Angel 1
Mason & Dixon: 4 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 4 + 1 = 15

Corrected; sorry about the mess up.

Gail wrote: "Sorry, what are q3 and q4….still confused"

1st Quarter, 2nd quarter, 3rd quarter, 4th quarter. Sorry I like to shorten everything.

I am not seeing my post of the winners. Some how it must have disappeared. I did post it in the 2024 schedule in the first folder.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Quarterly Reads:
1Q -He Knew He Was Right - Anthony Trollope
2Q - Mason & Dixon - Thomas Pynchon
3Q - The Corrections - Jonathan Franzen
4Q - Testament of Youth - Vera Brittain

Can someone remind me what happens if I’ve already read a book with regards to points. Just curious.

Very happy that 1 I haven't read (HE knew he was right) was selected...wooo. will be reading that.

I can host Testament of Youth- it's one of my favorite books from the list.

Jane wrote: "Can someone remind me what happens if I’ve already read a book with regards to points. Just curious."

Options are not to read it, reread it, or just answer questions for points for questions answered. You can use that month to read randomizer choices, etc.

You can tentatively put me down for hosting The Corrections, as I have read that.

A bit disappointed that The Corrections and Testament were chosen again, but if I am lagging with Joseph in the second half of the year it will be an opportunity to catch up.