Catching up on Classics (and lots more!) discussion

Nominations for the October 2024 Revisit the Shelf book will open on September 1st, 2024.

1. Only books currently on our group bookshelf are eligible: Group Bookshelf

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.

Below is a list of the past year's Revisit the Bookshelf winners. Please do not nominate any of these:

Notes from the Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1864) last read October 2024
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (1969) 275 pages, last read Sept, 2024.
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky (1866) 671 pages, last read August 2024
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck (1939) 479 pages, last read July 2024
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen (1811) 409 pages, last read June 2024
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie (1939) 264 pages, Last read May 2024
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (1890) 272 pages, Last read April 2024
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1625), 1026 pages, last read February and March 2024
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery (1908) 320 pages, Last read Jan. 2024
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (1969) 340 pp., last read Dec. 2023
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë (1847) 464 pages, last Nov. 2023.


2. When making a nomination, please use "add book/author" link to help moderators and others view the book selected.

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

4. One nomination and one second per member will be allowed. A nomination can be changed only until it has been seconded. Once seconded, in fairness to the member making the second, the nomination will stand.

You may change a second from one book to another. Please state which book you originally seconded and which you would like to change to.

5. In the interest of variety, please wait a month to re-nominate a book that has been in the poll. Please do not nominate any of the books that were in our poll last month:

Notes from the Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1864)
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami (1994)
King Lear by William Shakespeare (1605)
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway (1920)
The Time Machine by H.G. Wells (1895)
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (1958)
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner (1930)


Nominations will remain open until the 14th of the month. Polls will open on the 16th and run until the end of the month.

I will nominate Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, 1899, 188 pages
Last read by the group in 2011

I nominate A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway. First published in 1929; last read February 2016. 293 pages.

I would like to nominate Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw, 160 pp, 1913. Last read 2019/04/01

The play that became the musical My Fair Lady

I nominate The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux 1910 360 pp Last read in 2014

I nominate Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome 1889 185 p Last read in 2017

Sam wrote: "I nominate The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux 1910 360 pp Last read in 2014"

Huh.. Phantom of the Opera is only 360 pages. I thought it was a door-stopper. Good to know.

I second The Phantom of the Opera

Dave wrote: "I second The Phantom of the Opera"

Thanks Dave.

Nike wrote: "I nominate Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome 1889 185 p Last read in 2017"

Nike wrote: "I nominate Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome 1889 185 p Last read in 2017"

I will second

Sam wrote: "Nike wrote: "I nominate Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome 1889 185 p Last read in 2017"

Nike wrote: "I nominate Three Men in a Boat by [author:Jerome K...."

Thank you

I would like to second "A Farewell to Arms"

I will also second “three men in a boat”! Happy reading to all!

Is it okay to nominate Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier? I think it was read sometime in 2024. Or is it too soon?

Franky wrote: "Is it okay to nominate Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier? I think it was read sometime in 2024. Or is it too soon?"

It says last read in 2013 on the bookshelf, so I'm guessing it would be fine.

Franky wrote: "Is it okay to nominate Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier? I think it was read sometime in 2024. Or is it too soon?"

It is a good nomination. We reread it more than 12 months ago.

Let me know if I need to correct anything.

Our nominations so far are:

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (1899) 198 pages, last read Aug 2011.
Nominated by Katy: RJ

A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway (1929) 293 pages, last read Feb. 2016
Nominated by Kimberly: Vicky

Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw (1913) 160 pages, Last read April 2019
Nominated by J_Blueflower:

The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux (1910) 360 pages, Last read in 2014
Nominated by Sam: Dave

Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome (1889) 185 pages, Last read in 2017
Nominated by Nike: Sam, Jacqueline, Jen

Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier (1935), pages 302, last read April 2013
Nominated by Franky: Heather L.

Katy wrote: "I will nominate Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, 1899, 188 pages
Last read by the group in 2011"

SECOND

Second — Jamaica Inn

Second Three Men in a Boat.

Updated above, thanks.

I second pygmallion

Our nominations so far are:

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (1899) 198 pages, last read Aug 2011.
Nominated by Katy: RJ

A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway (1929) 293 pages, last read Feb. 2016
Nominated by Kimberly: Vicky

Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw (1913) 160 pages, Last read April 2019
Nominated by J_Blueflower: Wobbley,

The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux (1910) 360 pages, Last read in 2014
Nominated by Sam: Dave

Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome (1889) 185 pages, Last read in 2017
Nominated by Nike: Sam, Jacqueline, Jen

Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier (1935), pages 302, last read April 2013
Nominated by Franky: Heather L.

I second Jamaica Inn

I plan on reading Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen (1937) 401 pages, Last read 2012. this year and since we only have six nominations, I will nominated this book.

Our nominations so far are:

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (1899) 198 pages, last read Aug 2011.
Nominated by Katy: RJ

A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway (1929) 293 pages, last read Feb. 2016
Nominated by Kimberly: Vicky

Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw (1913) 160 pages, Last read April 2019
Nominated by J_Blueflower: Wobbley,

The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux (1910) 360 pages, Last read in 2014
Nominated by Sam: Dave

Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome (1889) 185 pages, Last read in 2017
Nominated by Nike: Sam, Jacqueline, Jen

Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier (1935), pages 302, last read April 2013
Nominated by Franky: Heather L., Shannon SA

Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen (1937) 401 pages, Last read 2012.
Nominated by Lynn: J_Blueflower

I second Out of Africa.

Thank you, updated.

I second Farewell to Arms. I have avoided reading it , yet it seems to be about time.

Our nominations so far are:

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (1899) 198 pages, last read Aug 2011.
Nominated by Katy: RJ

A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway (1929) 293 pages, last read Feb. 2016
Nominated by Kimberly: Vicky, Cynda

Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw (1913) 160 pages, Last read April 2019
Nominated by J_Blueflower: Wobbley,

The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux (1910) 360 pages, Last read in 2014
Nominated by Sam: Dave

Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome (1889) 185 pages, Last read in 2017
Nominated by Nike: Sam, Jacqueline, Jen

Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier (1935), pages 302, last read April 2013
Nominated by Franky: Heather L., Shannon SA

Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen (1937) 401 pages, Last read 2012.
Nominated by Lynn: J_Blueflower

Second Heart of Darkness

Three Men in a Boat

I nominate The Trial by Franz Kafka

I second Farewell to Arms.

I second The Trial by Franz Kafka.

I second A Farewell to Arms

I change from A Farewell to Arms to The Trial

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (1899) 198 pages, last read Aug 2011.
Nominated by Katy: RJ, Bob

A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway (1929) 293 pages, last read Feb. 2016
Nominated by Kimberly: Vicky, EvenB, Chuck,

The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux (1910) 360 pages, Last read in 2014
Nominated by Sam: Dave, Lynn

Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome (1889) 185 pages, Last read in 2017
Nominated by Nike: Sam, Jacqueline, Jen, Shaina,

Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier (1935), pages 302, last read April 2013
Nominated by Franky: Heather L., Shannon SA


The Trial by Franz Kafka (1925) 255 pages, Last read December 2017.
Nominated by Aik: Cynda, Klowey,


Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen (1937) 401 pages, Last read 2012.
Nominated by Lynn: J_Blueflower, Katy

Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw (1913) 160 pages, Last read April 2019
Nominated by J_Blueflower: Wobbley,

We have 8 books and the last two books are in a tie. I can either put 6 books in the poll or 8 books. We try to have seven books in the poll. I am leaving the poll open a little longer in hopes that someone breaks the tie.

I will second Out of Africa

Thanks Katy