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Welcome, Ciera, Meregwyn and Dave!
The April group read poll is up. It will close on February 17th.https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...
No further nominations will be taken.
The April to June Trimonthly Read Poll is up. It closes on February 17th.https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...
No more nominations will be taken.
Hi, Laurie. Welcome.
Please note that the authors not to nominate list has been updated.
Please note that the authors not to nominate list has been updated.
It's time to nominate our April group read! Nominations will close and poll will open on February 10th. It will last a week.
Usual rules for nominations apply:
1. One nomination per person.
2. Classic books only (over 50 years old).
3. Books should be under 600 pages (books over can be nominated for our tri-monthly read instead).
4. No book we have read before as a group read.*
5. No book from an author who we have read either in the last 10 group reads or the last 4 tri-monthly reads.†
6. To facilitate poll creation, please use a Goodreads link to add the nomination by clicking on 'add book/author' above the text box.
7. Please indicate whether or not you would be willing to lead the discussion if your nomination is chosen.
*For a full list of books we have read before please check the master-list:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
(Note: lists sorted by book title, author surname, or date read)
†Authors not to nominate:
Robert Louis Stevenson (March 2016)
Franz Kafka (February 2016)
Nevil Shute (January 2016)
Daphne du Maurier (December)
Oscar Wilde (November)
Jane Austen (October)
D.H. Lawrence (September 2015)
H.G. Wells (August 2015)
Virginia Woolf (July 2015)
Thomas Hardy (June 2015)
R. D. Blackmore (January- March 2016)
Charlotte Brontë (October-December)
William Makepeace Thackery (July-September)
Alexandre Dumas (April-June)
Books Nominated So Far:
*Every Man Dies Alone by Hans Fallada --Nina Can Lead
*Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
*The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë Emily Can Lead
Hello, Fellow Classic Voyagers!It's time to select our next trimonthly group read: April to June.
1. One nomination per person.
2. Classic books only (over 50 years old.)
3. No book from an author who we have read either in the last 10 group reads or the last 4 tri-monthly read.
4. Must be 600 or more pages.
5. No book we have read before as a group read.**
6. To facilitate poll creation, please use a Goodreads link to add the nomination by clicking on 'add book/author' above the text box.
7. Please indicate whether or not you would be willing to lead the discussion if your nomination is chosen.
**Please check out the list of past group reads so that you don't nominate a book we've already read.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
†Authors not to nominate:
Robert Louis Stevenson (March 2016)
Franz Kafka (February 2016)
Neil Shute (January 2016)
Daphne du Maurier (December 2015)
Oscar Wilde (November 2015)
Jane Austen (October 2015)
D.H. Lawrence (September 2015)
H.G. Wells (August 2015)
Virginia Woolf (July 2015)
Thomas Hardy (June 2015)
Ken Kesey (April 2015)
RD Blackmoore (Tri-monthly read January to March 2016)
Charlotte Bronte (Tri-monthly read Sep-Oct 2015)
William Makepeace Thackeray (Tri-monthly read Jul-Sep 2015)
The poll will go up on February 10th and last a week.
Books Nominated So Far:
*The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk / Palace of Desire / Sugar Street by Naguib Mahfouz Nina Can Lead
*The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo
*The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins Emily Can Lead
☯Emily wrote: "Erika wrote: "i got mixed up when people say current classics"The age of classics is debated. Some people think a classic is a work that is read and discussed 50 years or 100 years after publicat..."
Well said.
Welcome, Karen!
Welcome, Marjan!
Welcome to the new members. Happy New Year to all!
I'm going to aim for 7 this year.
I'm sorry that I didn't get the February nominations thread up before you did, Emily. I was in the middle of finishing up my final week of fall semester. Thank you for doing it. I'll take March instead.
RitaSkeeter wrote: "I can do any month/s. I won't have anything that I can't work around :)"Hi RitaSkeeter. Just pick a month or two for now, and if we need you again, we'll fill you in.
Thanks, Louise!
Welcome, Nina and RitaSkeeter!
That sounds great!
If you like doing the Tri-Monthly reads, you're welcome to do April to June. I don't mean to step on your toes. I can sign up for another monthly read instead. Let me know.
Thanks, Emily.
