Well, it's that time agin! Boiyt does time move fast! Nominate a book for our November read.

I'll go first!

One Hundred Years of Solitude I am pretty sure some of you read it but others haven't and I see that many of you gave it high marks so...

Although I hate Thanksgiving - I would like to nominate a book that kinda blends into the topic of that crap holiday.
The Botany of Desire: A Plant's Eye View of the World By Michael Pollan

I hate Easter...But that's besides the point!

In the spirit of Thanksgiving and what we have and have not...How about...."Oliver Twist" by Charles Dickens...

Ohh good one, Pamela! I have a vintage copy of that and I never got around to reading it so maybe this will drive me to it!

THNX!

I just sounds like a November read...just before Christmas...and I have always loved the story but have never read the book!!!

Oliver Twist would be a great choice!

Donna wrote: "I hate Easter...But that's besides the point!


LOL!!! You are SO funny :)

The Deep End of the Ocean - Jacquelyn Mitchard

The Road to Wellville by T.C. Boyle

Sticking to it, huh?

So Far:

-One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
-The Botany of Desire: A Plant's Eye View of the World By Michael Pollan
-Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
-The Deep End of the Ocean by Jacquelyn Mitchard
-The Road to Wellville by T.C. Boyle

'Await Your Reply; A Novel' by Dan Chaon

I am going to keep it open until Monday. he I will open up the polls and then let the voting begin!


HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND ALL!!!

Keep Nominating *wink wink*

Botany of desire - by Michael Pollan! I read a bit at the library, sounds like an good book

Donna wrote: "Sticking to it, huh?"

Yes!

Voting has begun! Start your voting!!!

Well the winner for November is Oliver Twist. I have never read it nor seen the film so this shall be interesting.

Megan wrote: "Although I hate Thanksgiving - I would like to nominate a book that kinda blends into the topic of that crap holiday.
The Botany of Desire: A Plant's Eye View of the World By Michael Pollan "

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OK....I am SO EXCITED!!! I have just downloaded Oliver Twist to my eReader and I am patiently waiting to start it. I am going to start on Thursday. Thanks for accepting my nomination for the November read...I can't wait! YAY!!!!!!!

I'm going to be putting it on my eReader tonight! Breaking away from Shantaram is going to be tough, but Oliver is worth it. I read Oliver Twist way back in junior high, so it's time to read it again.

After I finish my first reads win (Hummingbirds) I am going to start it. I have a coy from the 1940's so I am excited to actually read a musty smelling book.

I have read, watched the various movie adaptations, and seen several plays, of this classic.
Honestly, I cannot go through it AGAIN!!! Sorry ...

Lol that's fine!!!

Hey -

Just a note to all of you eReader people out there... You can actually download Oliver Twist in pdf, mobi, and epub format straight from goodreads! :) This holds true with all of the classics that I've looked at. It's just an easy way to grab the book.

:)

Thank You, Donna!♥

I hope you all enjoy this. I haven't read it but have seen the play a few times. I'd be up for this but have been planning to read A Tale of Two Cities shortly so that'll be my Dickens for this quarter.

LOL I have that one too just sitting there waiting for me to read but One Dickens at a time!

My list just gets longer so it is about 3ish on my list. I will def get to it before the end of Nov. I promise! (that is Oliver Twist)

As it is I will have to take a break from the massive tome I am reading to gobble up the new Irving.

My friend actually played the character of Oliver Twist. When we were in 6th grade the high school was putting on the production and several of my classmates acted in the play as the orphans.

I was going to go get a signed copy of his new book today but....Can't make it!!!

Bummer. That would have been cool.

I was all jacked up to go to Borders on the release date. There were 3 million copies of Robert Jordan's latest but only 2 of John Irving's!

Really??? WOW!

I don't even know who Robert Jordan is LOL

He did the Wheel of Time series which is quite popular among fantasy/sci fi readers. I read the prequel to the series recently and will probably wade through it at some point.

I have a 1930's edition and I don't wanna ruin it so I decided to go audio! My hubby is listening to it with me as well.

I'm really planning on starting it tonight, I promise! I'm hovering just over the halfway point in Shantaram right now, and last night I was at a point that I just couldn't put it down to start a different book. Ohhhhhhhhhhh this book is killing me!

Donna - how is the audio version? I might just need to try that... putting Shantaram down might be hard...

Well I do a free version so it gets kinda annoying when each chaperter is pretty much a different person's voice but I am following along which I usually can't do with audio but so far so good.

I am glad you are likeing Shantaram!

WOW....what a dismal start to a story. Poor Oliver!!! I am just starting to get the flow of Dickenson's language. I am enjoying it so far....just a few chapters in but...boy would I like to scoop him up and take him home!!!

I know!! I am only a few chapters in as well and I am very much enjoying it too!

It is taking me forever to listen to this!. I mean I love it don't get me wrong it's just audio isn't easy but I do like the change after I am reading forever and I start to get tired I just turn on the iPhone!

How is everyone doing (for those who have read it or are reading it)??

I have been hearing that Jim Carrey's latest version of 'The Christmas Carol' is really great. It's a combo of live actors, animation of a new kind, and alot of other stuff!!!
Call me non-techno-friendly ... but I can upholster like a son-of-a-gun!!! LOL!!!

I am almost at the half point and I am finding myself feeling like yelling out at times...like "Run Oliver!!!...or Get your hands off of him!!!" He is such a dreadfully pathetic character....and I mean that in the most positive, complimentary way. I am really seeing how Dickens has brought the social issues of London at that time to the forefront in this story. I cringe at the abuse Oliver is suffering...physically, mentally and emotionally. It is hard to imagine orphans being "housed" in this way and then virtually sold to local businesses as apprentices and treated like nothing better than the household dog. I am seeing a much more brutal version of Fagin than is portrayed in the plays and the film. (Shudder)

All in all...I am enjoying this story. It is dark and bleak but I am looking forward to the ending....

I'm slowly getting there. I am enjoying in but as I said I'm doing audio so it may take a little longer but I agree I feel so sorry for him. He doesn't quite get things and he is pathetic but I'm sure you agree that it's not his fault he doesn't know any better

i feel sorry for oliver as well. i think it is horrible how he is treated and you can not help but route for him to achieve something good in life since he is a genuinly good person, for all he has gone through he has not hardened yet while most people would with the lot in life he was given.

on another note i think it is so funny that in a classic they say stupid head. i don't know why this cracked me up but it did :)

HA HA. I know what you mean!