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Apr 11, 2023 07:49AM

40148 I have read a few by Conrad, but not The Secret Agent. I’ve had a copy on my bookshelf for years. Maybe it’s time to pull it out.
Apr 11, 2023 07:46AM

40148 I enjoyed your review. This is an add to my TBR, thanks.
Apr 10, 2023 07:55AM

40148 Welcome Hermione, I'm glad you have joined us.
Apr 08, 2023 08:11AM

40148 Current Status, please check for errors

The Driver's Seat by Muriel Spark, 48 pages, 1970
Kimberly - Sam, Cynda, Mela, Eggy, Shaina, Terry,

Children of the Corn by Stephen King, 50 pages, 1977
Aprilleigh - Darya Silman, RJ-Slayer of Trolls, Paula W,

Politics and the English Language by George Orwell, 24 pages, 1946
J_BlueFlower - Ila, Kimberly, George P,

So Long a Letter by Mariama Bâ, 90 pages, 1980
Mela - Michaela, Carolien, Darren,

A Perfect Day for Bananafish by J.D. Salinger, 18 pages, 1948
AiK - Dave, Terris, Jen,

Behind a Mask, Or, a Woman's Power by Louisa May Alcott, 117 pages, 1866
Marilyn - Wobbley, Tina, sabagrey,

The Queen of Spades by Alexander Pushkin, 52 pages, 1834
EvenB - J_BlueFlower, Irphen,

The Beggar's Opera by John Gay, 128 pages, 1728
Cynda - Maider,

The Traveller's Story of a Terribly Strange Bed by Wilkie Collins, 48 pages, 1852
Lynn -

Albert Nobbs by George Moore, 98 pages, 1918
Nike -

Lamb to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl, 15 pages, 1953
Irphen -
Apr 07, 2023 12:48PM

40148 Welcome to the group, A!!
Apr 06, 2023 06:01PM

40148 Congrats, keep going.
Mar 31, 2023 12:33PM

40148 Thanks everyone I have a nice list of future short stories to read.
Mar 31, 2023 12:31PM

40148 June 2023 nominations now open! Please review the requirements below for book eligibility.

In the interest of variety, please wait a month to renominate a book that has been in the poll. These are the books from
May's poll:


Poll Winner,The Moon Is Down by John Steinbeck
2nd, The Gentle Spirit by Fyodor Dostoevsky
3rd, Recitatif by Toni Morrison
4th, Narrative of Sojourner Truth: A Northern Slave: Narrative of Sojourner Truth: A Northern Slave by Sojourner Truth
5th ,The Aloe by Katherine Mansfield
6th, A Jury Of Her Peers by Susan Glaspell

1. Members nominating for a monthly Group Read will need to check that a copy of the text is reasonably available for members and is available in English. Moderators may disallow a nomination if a copy is not readily available.

2. Books that have already been featured as short story group reads or currently on our bookshelf, in any category, are not eligible to be nominated.

Short Story Book Shelf

3. Only books up to 130 pages maximum are eligible for nomination. If a story slightly exceeds this number of pages the moderator will decide if the story will pass through to the poll, (probably a coin toss)

4. A story's size will be determined by using the Goodreads default edition. If a larger number of editions listed indicate the story has more pages than the default edition, it may be ruled ineligible. If the story has no Goodreads edition and is a part of a larger collection, please identify the collection title and indicate the number of pages applied to the story you are nominating.

5. Only stories/books that were published before 1999 are eligible to be nominated in this section.

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

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

8. Only 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.

8a. 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 for the moderator to track changes.

9. Only one book per author, In the event that more than one book by the same author is nominated, 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.

9a. 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.

Nominations will run from today thru the 14th. Polls will open on the 16th and run till the end of the month
Mar 31, 2023 12:28PM

40148 The Moon Is Down by John Steinbeck is our May 2023 Short Story/Novella Read.

This discussion will open on May 1

Beware Short Story Discussions will have Spoilers
Mar 29, 2023 04:43PM

40148 Terris wrote: "I finished Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha for my Old/New challenge, but was not quite satisfied with it. I enjoyed The Commitments and The Snapper (my personal favor..."

All new to me, something I will have to check out, thanks.
Mar 29, 2023 04:40PM

40148 I have Blindness on Old and New reading list for this year. Nice to know it rates 4 stars.
Mar 27, 2023 05:14PM

40148 Congrats Lynn, Collins is a favorite.
Mar 27, 2023 05:12PM

40148 Congrats on finishing #7. Your six authors would be new for me too.
Mar 27, 2023 05:03PM

40148 Ah, the book that does more than one challenge, hope it is a five star also.
Mar 24, 2023 12:03PM

40148 Welcome Christine!
Mar 22, 2023 08:15AM

40148 I have thought about this one since it landed on our bookshelf. I’m happy to know it is a worthwhile read. Thanks!
Mar 22, 2023 08:11AM

40148 Thanks for the source for some needed letters. I will be using a few.
Mar 22, 2023 08:09AM

40148 Congrats on finishing another challenge..
Mar 22, 2023 08:06AM

40148 Sorry you had a DNF. Your progress is great.
40148 Congratulations!! Outstanding job.