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September 2018 Short Story/Novella Nominations
I nominate Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu (pub. 1872, p. 108).I was originally going to nominate for the old school classics, but I didn't realize it was so short.
Popping in for the traditional second: Return of the Soldier
Jehona wrote: "I nominate Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbott."Once again, I second this. Maybe we'll win one of these months.
Marilyn wrote: "I nominate The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West. 112 pages published in 1918."I will Third.
Marilyn wrote: "I nominate The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West. 112 pages published in 1918."I'll fourth...
Vicki wrote: "Jehona wrote: "I nominate Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbott."Once again, I second this. Maybe we'll win one of these months."
Yeah, right after "The Return of the Soldier". :)
Marilyn wrote: "I nominate The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West. 112 pages published in 1918."I will fifth, or second - or whatever I'm allowed to do.
Marilyn wrote: "I nominate The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West. 112 pages published in 1918."I will 6th "The Return of the Soldier"! We are going to get this one in sometime!!
Marilyn wrote: "I nominate The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West. 112 pages published in 1918."I will 7th! :-)
Emily wrote: "I'll second Rip Van Winkle"Thanks !
Ill 8th Return of the Soldier. It has to win eventually, hopefully.
Wend wrote: "i nominate Life Is A Dream 
by Pedro Calderón de la Barca"
I'd like to second Life Is A Dream :o)
by Pedro Calderón de la Barca"I'd like to second Life Is A Dream :o)
Marilyn wrote: "I nominate The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West. 112 pages published in 1918."
I'll throw my vote in for this as well.
I'll throw my vote in for this as well.
Francisca wrote: "Popping in for the traditional second: Return of the Soldier"Yeah, same here. Seconding.
I'll second Pedro Paramo- I think that's the 2nd 2nd.I read his short story collection The Burning Plain and Other Stories just recently- good writing.
I keep wanting to read Pedro too. I'm glad you seconded him. :-)
Leslie wrote: "The Diary of Lady Murasaki by Murasaki Shikibu (90 pages, 1010)."I'll second The Diary of Lady Murasaki.
Wend wrote: "i nominate Life Is A Dream by Pedro Calderón de la Barca"I often assign Life is a Dream to my literature class. In addition to the text, I recommend for my students to watch this performance by their fellow CUNY students.
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We are almost at the halfway mark for nominations, here is where we stand.
The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West, 1917, 112 pages
Marilyn - Francisca, Rosemarie, J_Blueflower, Aprilleigh, Ella, Terris, Kathleen, Brina, Candi, Pam, Leni, Sara, Sue, (13)
Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving, 1819, 61 pages
BAM - Emily, Angie, Julie, (3)
Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo, 1955, 128 pages
Barbara - Aubrey, George, Bat-Cat, (3)
The Diary of Lady Murasaki by Murasaki Shikibu, 1010 90 pages
Leslie - Susan, siriusedward, Pink,(3)
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbott, 1884, 96 pages
Jehona - Vicki, Jess, (2)
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Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu, 1872, 108 pages
Lysistrata - Kristina, (1)
Life Is a Dream by Pedro Calderón de la Barca, 1636, 96 pages
Wend - Catriona, (1)
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Sara wrote: "Add my second to The Return of the Soldier and seriously, if it isn't a winner this time, I think we should get up a mega-buddy read."I was just saying that on Kathleen's thread! I'm in for that and I second it for the group read!
Also seconding The Diary of Lady Murasaki.
Sara wrote: "Add my second to The Return of the Soldier and seriously, if it isn't a winner this time, I think we should get up a mega-buddy read."It sure has a lot of support. The only reason it may not win is that a lot of us have already read it. It's deserving of a spot on the bookshelf.
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I will take you up on that!
Chaitra wrote: "I'll second Rip Van Winkle"Thank you!
Jehona wrote: "I nominate Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbott."Automatic second.
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The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West, 1917, 112 pages
Marilyn - Francisca, Rosemarie, J_Blueflower, Aprilleigh, Ella, Terris, Kathleen, Brina, Candi, Pam, Leni, Sara, Sue, Milena (14)
Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving, 1819, 61 pages
BAM - Emily, Angie, Julie, Chaitra (4)
Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo, 1955, 128 pages
Barbara - Aubrey, George, Bat-Cat, Katy (4)
The Diary of Lady Murasaki by Murasaki Shikibu, 1010 90 pages
Leslie - Susan, siriusedward, Pink,(3)
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbott, 1884, 96 pages
Jehona - Vicki, Jess, Petrichor (3)
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Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu, 1872, 108 pages
Lysistrata - Kristina, (1)
Life Is a Dream by Pedro Calderón de la Barca, 1636, 96 pages
Wend - Catriona, (1)
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1. Books that have already been featured as group reads and currently on our bookshelf are not eligible to be nominated.
Short Story Book Shelf
In addition to the books currently on our Short Story Book Shelf these Short Story/Novellas from our group's book shelf are also ineligible for nomination.
A Christmas Carol
Alice in Wonderland
The Canterville Ghost
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
The Secret Sharer
The Time Machine
Turn of the Screw
2. 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)
3. 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.
4. Only stories/books that were published before 1999 are eligible to be nominated in this section.
5. When making a nomination, please use "add book/author" link to help moderators and others view the book selected.
6. Only five books, by five different authors will move forward to the poll. This will be determined by the number of seconds a book receives. The five books with the most seconds moves to the poll.
7. Only one nomination or 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.
7a. 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.
8. 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.
8a. 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