Two great choices !!

I love Poe - good excuse to go back and re-read some of his stuff. And the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo has been on my TRB for a long time so it will be good to get that one done for a group.

-- Robin The Crown Conspiracy | Avempartha | Nyphron Rising (Oct 2009)

Lori wrote: "Ooohhh... yeah, ok. I update the new books a few days before the new month :)"

They are "prettier" than last months : )

Ooohhh... yeah, ok. I update the new books a few days before the new month :)

Angela wrote: "I think she means the upcoming group reads for July."

Yes, that's what I mean : ) Thanks Angela.
Maybe I just missed them last month....

I think she means the upcoming group reads for July.

Uhm... what "Upcoming" post Diane?

valpal wrote: "I agree with Diane that it's very interesting to read all the suggestions. But darn it, I'm still reading The Woman in White! The good news is that I have already read The Girl with the Dragon Ta..."

Valpal, I just finished Woman in White - see you on the spoiler page discussion when you're done!

Lori, I like the "Upcoming" post!

I agree with Diane that it's very interesting to read all the suggestions. But darn it, I'm still reading The Woman in White! The good news is that I have already read The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and it is a a truly great read. I hope everyone enjoys it as much as I did.

Beng wrote: "For those who are interested, you can search a copy of The Girl with a Dragon Tattoo in 4shared.com. :))"

Thanks Beth...this site is pretty awesome...

For those who are interested, you can search a copy of The Girl with a Dragon Tattoo in 4shared.com. :))

I love Poe's poetry. I like to read his outloud, but only alone, because I get into it and read with a lot of feeling. My oldest brother and I used to read it out loud together in trees. Those are some of my favorie childhood memories.

Hello :) My name's Jen and I just joined! Nice to meet you all! Just thought of saying hi and that I would love to join the group reads! I have The Girl with a Dragon Tattoo and I also have quite a few books from Edgar Allan Poe :) Can't wait to start!

It pretty much works that we read and discuss them all month. But there's not really a cut-off date. The discussion threads will be most active the month that we read them, but they're frequently resurrected much, much later when someone else reads it and sees the discussion we had.

Hi! I'm brand new to the group, so just have a quick question... is there a time frame for finishing these books, or are do we have all of July to read and discuss?

Thanks! Looking forward to reading with you all! :)

I obvioiusly love Poe. I'm the one who suggested this book. I will definitely will read this book in July. I can't wait.

I love Poe! Can't wait to break out my Complete Works... and read these stories again!!

I will be starting the threads on July 1st (or the night before) so we can start discussions on them. In the meantime, have fun collecting them :)

I still feel dizzy. Got to log out and rest! Too much to take in... *sigh

OMG! I opened Project Gutenberg and couldn't breathe. I want to scream. I think I'm blushing like an idiot who just found the love of her life and yes, I have. Ebooks!

I feel dizzy!

so excited about Poe! i think i'm going to try and do both group reads this month, they are both something i like or want to read! and best yet, i may be able to get all (or at least most) of the Poe stories from the anthologies i have laying around from college. i knew i kept them around for a reason!

i nominate THE JOHN CHEEVER SHORT STORIES. They are charming,very realistic tales of men in a by gone age. I thought of him when i heard of the commuter train wreck in dc. his characters rode many commuter trains.

Brenda wrote: "Cat1: Olive Kitteridge A Novel in Stories, by Elizabeth Strout"

i loved this book. it should be titled RETIRED PEOPLE.my wife has it now,we are both retired and i think she ll love it ,too.

Fiona wrote: "I love nominating. What shall I nominate?

Cat. 1 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
too violent..who likes such violence,not i..i read this cause steven king recommended it.

"

Dree wrote: "Well, I have requested the 2 EAP collections from my library that have all these stories. Yay! I have loved every one of his stories I have read, in spite of having to read Cask of Amontillado ever..."

Ha Dree, I can't afford my addiction either! I'll likely only be able to read the Poe short stories. Looking forward to some chilling reading while hopefully catching some July rays.

Well, I have requested the 2 EAP collections from my library that have all these stories. Yay! I have loved every one of his stories I have read, in spite of having to read Cask of Amontillado every year in high school, which turned it into an "AGAIN?!" IT's been 20-odd years for that one!

I don't have much hope for getting The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo out of my queue again this month. I have started it, but got overwhelmed...and it has a HUGE queue.

I don't buy books, I can't afford to keep up with my own reading :)

Yes!

Here They Are

There's more here than you need. But they are all there.

Megha wrote:

GR description for the book has listed the following stories:

The Gold-Bug,
The Murders in the Rue Morgue,
The Balloon-Hoax,
The Purloined Letter,
A Descent into the Maelström,
The Black Cat,
The Fall of the House of Usher,
The Masque of the Red Death,
The Cask of Amontillado,
The Pit and the Pendulum,
and The Tell-Tale Heart.

I'm willing to bet that every one of these stories is available for free on-line at some location such as Project Gutenberg

Lori, I have to say that I was overall impressed this month with members following the rules.

My library doesn't have that edition, so I will start cobbling together stories from what they have. I wonder if I can find the collection that I already own? hmmmm

Me too K, I have the complete works here, so I'm up for discussing whichever stories and/or poems we're discussing!

I LOVE Poe, and even though it's not what I nominated, I will be happy to re-visit him!

oh no,,, not again!
Does the title of the thread say anything about nominations? Huh? Or even voting?

Ahhhhhhh....

Diane wrote: "Category 1: "Those Who Save Us"
Category 2: Interpreter of Maladies"

Hi Diane - the voting is closed now and the winners are The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and The Best Short Stories of Edgar Allan Poe.

If you join in next month, you make nominations for only one category; and when you vote (one for each category) you click on the tab in the right hand side on the top here that says Polls.

Category 1: "Those Who Save Us"
Category 2: Interpreter of Maladies

Thank you Megha. :-D

This is the edition from which I picked up the above list: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18053...

GR description for the book has listed the following stories:

The Gold-Bug,
The Murders in the Rue Morgue,
The Balloon-Hoax,
The Purloined Letter,
A Descent into the Maelström,
The Black Cat,
The Fall of the House of Usher,
The Masque of the Red Death,
The Cask of Amontillado,
The Pit and the Pendulum,
and The Tell-Tale Heart.

I have a copy of the complete works of Poe, so if someone would be so kind as to post the short stories within this edition, that would be awesome!

Do we have an edition for Poe? I will try to get it from the library, but need to go with a slightly different one.

Maybe I will even get Larsson's book out of the queue this month! Maybe.

Yay!! I hope everyone likes The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo now he's won.

Polls are closed.
Votes are in.
We will be reading:


The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson
The Best Short Stories of Edgar Allan Poe - Edgar Allan Poe

Thank you! :-)

Diedre, you need to go to the polls section and vote.

See message #83 : "you have to vote under the tab that says Polls. It is on the right side of the screen at the top - do you see it? Click on Polls under the heading The Next Best Book Club."

Hope this helps.

Hello, I am new, but I thought I'd vote anyway!

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie

Just wondering, if the Short Stories winner end up to be The Best Short Stories of Edgar Allan Poe, it doesn't have to be that particular edition of Poe's short stories collection right? Seeing as there are probably a lot of other editions with only slight differences.

Maybe if the book ends up winning, someone can post here or in the discussion threads which short stories are in that edition. So it can be something like a guide for those reading other editions?

Anna wrote: "My vote is for Everything That Rises Must Converge by Flannery O'Connor. "

Hi Anna - you have to vote under the tab that says Polls. It is on the right side of the screen at the top - do you see it? Click on Polls under the heading The Next Best Book Club.

My vote is for Everything That Rises Must Converge by Flannery O'Connor.

What's up with all the adverts? I swear, it's feast or famine. No in between.

Because this is a book nomination topic for this group, it is not a place to spam your GR group.

Secondly, they were your first posts here. It's entirely inappropriate.