Nominations of Group Classic for Aug-Sep 2016

[Leslie]

It's time once again to nominate your choices for our group classics read, this time for August and September. For convenience, we at AAB are defining a 'classic' as a book that was first published 50 or more years ago, i.e. first published in 1966 or earlier.

Nominations will be run for 5 days and will close late on Friday Saturday June 25th (or early on Saturday Sunday the 26th!). The poll will then run for a week from the 26th June until the 3rd of July.

During this time anybody can either nominate or second a book. The 6 books with the most second votes at the end of the 5 day nomination period will go into the poll. Each person can either nominate one book or second one book. There are no limits to the number of seconds a book can receive.

Please only nominate, second or vote for a book you will read with the group if it should win. Please also check that your chosen nomination hasn't been a group read in the past. You can do this by looking at the group bookshelf or browsing through the Group Fiction folder.

If you have any questions on the nominations process please post here, use the 'Ask the Moderators' thread or contact one of the moderators and we will be happy to help.

[Leslie]

I know it seems early to be thinking about books for August & September but the longer lead time has been helpful for people both in planning and in obtaining copies of the group book(s). So what classic do you want to read during the dog days of summer?? Nominate it here!

[Pink]

I'd like to nominate The Odyssey please :)

[Gill]

Pink, that has made me laugh! So you really have got withdrawal symptoms from Ulysses?!

[Pink]

Gill wrote: "Pink, that has made me laugh! So you really have got withdrawal symptoms from Ulysses?!"

Yep! I've actually been planning all along to read this once I finished Ulysses. The wrong way round I suppose, but I think The Odyssey suits a summer read.

[Gill]

Pink wrote: "Gill wrote: "Pink, that has made me laugh! So you really have got withdrawal symptoms from Ulysses?!"

Yep! I've actually been planning all along to read this once I finished Ulysses...."
OK, you've enticed me, I'll second The Odyssey.

[Petra]

I'd join in on an Odyssey read. Pink, it is a good summer choice.

[Gill]

Petra wrote: "I'd join in on an Odyssey read. Pink, it is a good summer choice."Ooh, are you going to second it as well?

[Petra]

Yes!!....(forgot to say that; but meant to)

[Alice]

Great choice! I read it last summer and enjoyed it tremendously (I read the Robert Fagles translation)!

[Pink]

Oh that's great, thanks :)

Alice I have the same translation and I'm looking forward to it.

[B the BookAddict]

Pink, I've already read it twice and don't want to do a third reading. But it was a great choice of yours.

[Petra]

I have the Lattimore translation (The Odyssey). I've enjoyed this issue and will be reading it. It'll be fun to compare any differences.

[Karin]

I'd like to nominate A Tale of Two Cities.

[Greg]

I nominate Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck

[Shirley]

Karin wrote: "I'd like to nominate A Tale of Two Cities."

I will second this.

[Diane S ☔]

I will second Tortilla Flat.

[Leslie]

OK so we have:

The Odyssey (seconded x 2)
A Tale of Two Cities (seconded x 2)
Tortilla Flat (seconded)
The Invisible Man

[Petra]

All good choices.

[Myst]

How about The Invisible Man.

[[deleted user]]

I second A Tale Of Two Cities

[Leslie]

Myst wrote: "How about The Invisible Man."

I was saving this for when H.G. Wells is our seasonal author but would be happy to read it earlier! But I will hold off on seconding for now...

[katie]

I nominate The Good Earth. A woman writer I haven't read yet!

[Greg]

katie wrote: "I nominate The Good Earth. A woman writer I haven't read yet!"

I've already read it a couple times, but I love the book Katie!

[Marina]

I'll second The Invisible Man.

[LauraT]

And I The Good Earth. Read it years and years ago, it's high time I read it again.

[Leslie]

Thus far, we have

The Odyssey (seconded x 2)
A Tale of Two Cities (seconded x 2)
Tortilla Flat (seconded)
The Invisible Man (seconded)
The Good Earth (seconded)

[Leslie]

It has been pointed out to me that the 25th is not Friday but Saturday! So in case you were wondering, there is still another day for nominations and seconds.

[Susie]

Karin wrote: "I'd like to nominate A Tale of Two Cities."

Just finished this...great choice!

[Laurel]

The Odyssey is one of my goals this year, and I've kind of forgotten about it, so I third or fourth it or wherever we're at...

[Leslie]

Nominations are now closed. All 5 books are in the poll, which will be open for voting for a week. You can find the poll using the link on the upper right of the group page or use this link:

https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

[Leslie]

I have forgotten to post the winner - it was a pretty close race but The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells had a few more votes than the others.

[Pink]

I'll look forward to see what everyone thinks of The Invisible Man and though I won't reread I'll try to join in the discussions. I think it was my first book by Wells and it was quite different to what I was expecting.

[Greg]

I've read it many times already, but it's a short one; so I guess I'll re-read and participate. I do like Wells in general; I find most of his major works highly enjoyable reads.

[LauraT]

Good!
As Greg I've already read it, but being rather short, I think I'll look for it as audio book

[Free]

I just got this app called serial reader that breaks the book down into sections and sends you one per day. I think that's how I will be reading this book especially if it is short. Can wait!