BOTM Suggestions Dec '17 - Classics (1969 and before)

[Kaseadillla]

Hello all! Starting up the monthly discussions for December 2017 book-of-the-month suggestions. This discussion is for the CLASSICS CATEGORY.

As a reminder, books that qualify for this category must have a publication date 1969 and before. If the book you wish to nominate was published in 1970 or after, please make your suggestion on the Modern Classics/Popular Reads thread.

Will start off by suggesting The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien.

[Sarah]

The Story of Walt Disney's Motion Picture Mary Poppins

The Pearl

To Kill a Mockingbird

Picking books that are waiting on my ever expanding shelf.

[Cheryl]

So, you don't mean the original Mary Poppins? It was very interesting, when I read it last year. Not like the movie.

I nominate A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There by Aldo Leopold.

If it's truly ok to nominate more than one, I also nominate Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne.

[Sarah]

Cheryl, I would like to read both, but i picked up this Walt Disney version in an antique store and would like to read it since it's on my shelf! I have a weakness for buying old books. Especially old school textbooks and primers from the first half of the 1900's!

[Sarah]

Would also like to nominate Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut

[Leesa]

I nominate 'The Nutcracker and The Mouse King' by E.T.A. Hoffmann

[[deleted user]]

HI! I would like to second twenty thousand leagues under the sea :)

[Moonglowpages]

I second To Kill and Mockingbird and would like to add Pride and Prejudice

[D.L.]

I will second Pride and Prejudice & would like to nominate Oliver Twist as well.

[Kimberly]

I second To Kill a Mockingbird

[Kevin]

I second To Kill a Mockingbird.

[Melanie]

Daph wrote: "I will second Pride and Prejudice & would like to nominate Oliver Twist as well."

I will second these both.

[Rowen]

I would like to nominate Dragonflight and Stranger in a Strange Land.

I second The Fellowship of the Ring.

[Hannah]

I nominate Flowers for Algernon and second Stranger in a Strange Land

[Martina]

Not sure if it will fit this group but I second Gone with the Wind

[Anne-Kathrin]

I second Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and Oliver Twist !

[[deleted user]]

I second Dragonflight and Stranger in a Strange Land

[Kaseadillla]

Martina wrote: "Not sure if it will fit this group but I second Gone with the Wind"
totally fits, and we haven't read it yet!!

[MissLemon]

Going to wait til I know what we are reading in November

[August]

I'll second Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.

[[deleted user]]

Sarah, is your Mary Poppins book what the film Saving Mr. Banks was based on? Sounds interesting.

Second to Nutcracker

[Daisy]

I ABSOLUTELY second The Fellowship of the Ring (does my nerdy enthusiasm count for an extra vote? lol), and will also nominate Howards End by E.M. Forster.

[Quinty]

I second The Fellowship of the Ring! Would love to read that one here!

[Kristin B.]

I would like to second To Kill a Mockingbird

[Sarah]

Since it will be the holidays I'll second Nutcracker by E.T.A. Hoffmann (published in 1815 and many versions 120 pages or less)

Edited: to say second, not nominate. I somehow managed to miss Leesa's nomination of it

[ｄａｎｉｅｌａ]

I would like to nominate A Wrinkle in Time
and Jane Eyre

I would have second the Story of Walt Disney, but I don't think I everyone could find the book in time. I have now added it on my TBR, tho!

[D.L.]

Martina wrote: "Not sure if it will fit this group but I second Gone with the Wind"

I will also second this!

[Kevin]

I'll second A Wrinkle in Time and The Fellowship of the Ring (even though I've already read it :) ).

[Linda]

I'll secondNutcracker and Mouse King and the Tale of the Nutcracker I also second The Fellowship of the Ring

[Linda]

Linda wrote: "I'll second The Nutcracker and the Mouse King . I also second The Fellowship of the Ring"

[Lauriane]

I'll second Jane Eyre and Gone with the Wind

[Kristin]

I second twenty thousand leagues under the sea and a wrinkle in time

[Hannah]

As the new Bladerunner film has just come out, can I also throw in Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick :D

[Kaseadillla]

Hannah wrote: "As the new Bladerunner film has just come out, can I also throw in Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick :D"
i loved this book i would totally read it again. second.

[Mike]

I would vote for PKD Android/sheep too.

Given the holidays, could also see doing a Dickens classic

[Andri]

I'd like to second Nutcracker and, after reading Mike's comment, nominate A Christmas Carol.

[MissLemon]

I will second THE NUTCRACKER AND THE MOUSE KING: Children's Fantasy Classic

[Daisy]

I second Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Am long overdue to read this sci-fi classic!

[Chelsea Harjo]

I’ll second Fellowship & Pride & Prejudice!

[Pye]

Second Howards End

[Marcos]

Many great books suggested again! I'll have to pick a few, though.
So far, I second:

Nutcracker - E.T.A. Hoffmann is always a great read.

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

[Allegra]

I'll second
The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
A Christmas Carol

[Innastholiel]

I also second Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and The Fellowship of the Ring.

[Anne-Kathrin]

Wow, what a start!
I second Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
and, most obviously,
A Christmas Carol

[Abigail]

I second Gone with the Wind - I've had it on my Kindle for a while and never got around to it.

[MissLemon]

Andrianna wrote: "I'd like to second Nutcracker and, after reading Mike's comment, nominate A Christmas Carol."

The bookshelf says the group read in December 2016 was A Christmas Carol

[Marcos]

You're right, Carolyn, everyone else failed to remember or check! :-)

So, it's not eligible here, but it can be nominated in the Bookshelf Catch-Up thread.

[Ieva]

I second The Fellowship of the Ring and A Christmas Carol.

[Kaseadillla]

Thanks, Carolyn, for catching it. We have already read A Christmas Carol as a group - if you would like to read, please nominate/second in the "bookshelf catch-up" nomination thread. Thanks, all!

[Chrissy]

I second Slaughterhouse five by Vonnegut, and nominate Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad