January 2015 Old School Nominations

[Renato]

January 2015 Nominations - Old School Classics group read


1.) Books that have already been featured as group reads, and currently on our bookshelf are not eligible to be nominated.
Bookshelf link -

https://www.goodreads.com/group/books...

2.) Only books that were published before 1900 are eligible to be nominated in this section.

3.) Only one nomination, and one second, per member! Please, seconds welcomed! Seconding a nomination is a fun way to participate in the nomination process, if you don't have a favorite that you'd like to nominate at this time. Plus, it's fun to see an early indication of interest. :)

4.) Nominations will remain open until midnight of the 14th; book polls will be open from the 16th of the month thru midnight of the last day of the month.

December Read Nominations:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

December Read Poll Results:
https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

[Kirsten]

I nominate The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole - love to get my GOTHIC on!

[Philina]

I nominate Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell.

[Layal]

I nominate Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë

[Hilary]

I second Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell

[Alissa]

I nominate Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

[Renato]

I'll try something different this month: Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol :-)

[Julie]

I'll nominate Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

[Maarit]

I'll nominate The Jungle Books by Rudyard Kipling.

And I will second Dead Souls :).

[Elsbeth]

I second The Castle of Otranto.

[[deleted user]]

I'll nominate The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain. (Roughing It was a blast)

[Andrea AKA Catsos Person]

3rd Dead Souls.

[Janet]

I nominate The Diary of a Nobody by George Grossmith and second Far from the Madding Crowd

[Nathan]

I nominate Beowulf: A New Verse Translation and second The Jungle Books.

[Polyana]

I nominate The Red and the Black by Stendhal

[Philina]

Another one from my to-read list! A friend of mine highly recommended it.
I second Stendhal!

[Christine]

I will second Dead Souls. Renato, your persistence has piqued my interest! :-)

[Kirsten]

Phil wrote: "Another one from my to-read list! A friend of mine highly recommended it.
I second Stendhal!"

Have you read Stendhal? What's he like?

[Katy, New School Classics]

I'm going with Dead Souls too. It has been nominated many times, but just can't seem to win.

[Renato]

Haha thanks, guys! :-)

[Duane]

I nominate The Awakening by Kate Chopin published 1899. 195 pages.

[Janet]

I have already made a second but I have to say The Awakening is an excellent book.

[Julia]

I second Beowulf: A New Verse Translation by Seamus Heaney.

[Christine]

Ooo, I would love to read The Awakening too!

[Philina]

Kirsten wrote: "Phil wrote: "Another one from my to-read list! A friend of mine highly recommended it.
I second Stendhal!"

Have you read Stendhal? What's he like?"

No, I haven't. My friend has read at least 2 (Charterhouse of Parma and the one you proposed) and really liked it. This is why I want to read it, too.

[Freya]

I'd like to nominate Effi Briest by Theodore Fontane.

[Duane]

I will second Effi Briest by Theodor Fontane.

[Renato]

Here's what we have so far. If I forgot someone, please let me know!

01. Kirsten: The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole (1 second)
02. Phil: Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell (1 second)
03. Layal: Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë
04. Alissa: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (1 second)
05. Renato: Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol (4 seconds)
06. Julie: Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy (1 seconds)
07. Maarit: The Jungle Books by Rudyard Kipling (2 seconds)
08. Jasper: The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain
09. Janet: The Diary of a Nobody by George Grossmith
10. Nathan: Beowulf: A New Verse Translation (1 second)
11. Polyana: The Red and the Black by Stendhal (1 second)
12. Duane: The Awakening by Kate Chopin (1 second)
13. Freya: Effi Briest by Theodor Fontane (1 second)


Seconds:

01. Hilary: Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell
02. Maarit: Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol
03. Eslbeth: The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole
04. Alexis: The Jungle Books by Rudyard Kipling
05. Andrea (Catsos Person): Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol
06. Janet: Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
07. Nathan: The Jungle Books by Rudyard Kipling
08. Phil: The Red and the Black by Stendhal
09. Christine: Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol
10. Kathy: Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol
11. Julia: Beowulf: A New Verse Translation by Seamus Heaney
12. Duane: Effi Briest by Theodore Fontane
13. Michelle: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
14. Alissa: The Awakening by Kate Chopin

[Michelle]

I will second 'Little Women' by Louisa May Alcott.

[Alissa]

I second The Awakening

[Renato]

Nominations are now closed! The poll will open on November 16.

Here is the poll: https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

Choose wisely! :-)

[Renato]

You have spoken! The book chosen for our January Old School Read was Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell!