January & February 2020 Classic Fiction Group Read - Nomination Thread

[Alannah]

It's time once again to nominate your choices for our group classics read, this time for January and February. 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 1970 or earlier.

Nominations will be run for 7 days and will close late on 12th December. The poll will then run for a week from the 13th until the 20th December 2019.

During this time anybody can nominate and second one book each. The 6 books with the most second votes at the end of the 10 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

[Alannah]

I am going to kick this off and nominate Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

[MaggiCat]

I nominate The Iliad by Homer.

[Nidhi]

I nominate Portrait of a Lady by Henry James and I second Lolita by Nabokov.

[Jennifer]

I nominate Lost Horizon by James Hilton

[Jennifer]

I nominate Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote

[Alannah]

Books Going To Poll:
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

Nominated Books:
The Iliad by Homer
The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James
Lost Horizon by James Hilton
Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote

[MaggiCat]

I second Lost Horizon.

[Paul]

I'll second The Portrait of a Lady

[Diana S]

I nominate Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann

First published in 1966

[Alannah]

Books Going To Poll:
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James
Lost Horizon by James Hilton

Nominated Books:
The Iliad by Homer
Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote
Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann

[Alannah]

Three spots filled, three more to go.

[Nancy]

I'd like to nominate Look Homeward, Angel by Thomas Wolfe

[Nancy]

I will second The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James

[Alannah]

Thank you Nancy.

[Alannah]

Books Going To Poll:
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James
Lost Horizon by James Hilton

Nominated Books:
The Iliad by Homer
Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote
Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann
Look Homeward, Angel by Thomas Wolfe

[Connie]

I will second The Illiad

[Karin]

I second Breakfast at Tiffany's

[Jen from Quebec :0)]

I'll 2nd Look Homeward, Angel and The Portrait of a Lady - Thanks. --Jen from Quebec :0)

[Alannah]

Jen from Quebec :0) wrote: "I'll 2nd Look Homeward, Angel and The Portrait of a Lady - Thanks. --Jen from Quebec :0)"

You can only second one book Jen, but because the Portrait of a Lady is on the poll. I'm going to take Look Homeward, Angel and that's the poll filled.

[Alannah]

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

[Jen from Quebec :0)]

Alannah wrote: "Jen from Quebec :0) wrote: "I'll 2nd Look Homeward, Angel and The Portrait of a Lady - Thanks. --Jen from Quebec :0)"

You can only second one book Jen, but because the Port..."

Ah, oops- my bad. Thank you kindly, Alannah for helping this to get fixed! --Jen from Quebec :0)