☯Emily ’s Comments (group member since Jul 27, 2011)

☯Emily ’s comments from the Classics for Beginners group.

Giants in the Earth by O.E. Rølvaag Can lead.

The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset Maugham Can lead.

I am finding the story to be slow going. Since I have enjoyed Greene's other novels, I will plod on.

Loved The Quiet American and Our Man in Havana. I have several other books to read, so I'll join later in the month.

The comments below the article are also interesting. The use of witches in the novel appears to be the main stumbling block to those who are Christians.

Hello Kaitlin! We are glad to have you in our group.

Any moderator can do it as I just found out.

I think I was able to handle this months nominations and group read discussions and they should be the first ones listed.

Not sure how to do this, so if you can give us some guidance, that would help. Can someone other than the one who set up the thread, 'unpin?'

Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell. Can lead.

The End of the Affair has won. Phil, are you still willing to lead the discussion?

Kenneth wrote: "I nominate Bram Stroker Dracula since its October. Not sure what is expected as a group lead. Please email the responsibilities."

The poll for this month is already posted.

I have posted a new poll. Unfortunately, I am currently unable to broadcast a message to the whole group. I will do so as soon as the "bug" is fixed.

The poll will be posted later today.

Heather L wrote: "Okay, I'll play -- though I don't know if I will be able to lead.

Up the Down Staircase by Bel Kaufman"

Now I really feel like a classic. This was popular when I was in junior high school.

Phil wrote: "The End of the Affair by Graham Greene. Can lead."

That's been on my TBR list for a while.

Do you agree with the assessment that this was Agatha Christie's greatest novel? If so, why?

I have read the book previously.

Was the murderer justified in doing what he did? Could (s)he have been wrong in their judgments?

Giants in the Earth by O.E. Rølvaag. This is a rare look at the American immigrant experience that was written in a foreign language and later translated into English.

Fellow classic lovers, it's time for October nominations!

Nomination Rules
1. One nomination per person.
2. Classic books only (over 50 years old).
3. Books can be of any length, but if a book wins and is over 600 pages, we will read it over a two month period.
4. No book we have read before as a group read.*
5. No book from an author who we have read in the last 10 months.†
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:
Madeleine L'Engle (September 2017)
Agatha Christie (August 2017)
L.M. Montgomery (July 2017)
Malcolm X (June 2017)
Yevgeny Zamyatin (May 2017)
Victor Hugo (March-April 2017)
Theodore Dreiser (January-February 2017)
Daniel Defoe (December 2016)
Albert Camus (November 2016)


You have 2 weeks to nominate. The poll will go up on August 15.

Nominations:
Anton Reiser by Karl Philipp Moritz: Led by Gisela
Giants in the Earth by O.E. Rølvaag: Led by Emily
The Travels by Marco Polo Led by Nina