Chunksters Planning: Nominations for the next Spring Classic read 2020

[Linda]

Fun! I will start looking at what I have on my bookshelf.

[Lisa]

Going to check mine too

[Marie]

I don't know if there is a limit on the number of books you can nominate, but I have three. I hope that is okay.

The Mysterious Island

Mahabharata: A Modern Retelling

Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Vol. 1 of 2

[Lisa]

I would like to nominate The Count of Monte Christo

[Jazzy]

I love the Count of Monte Cristo.

I read it again last year and it just keeps getting better and better.

[Linda]

I’m trying to choose books that I already own, so I nominate The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins. It looks like this group already read it, but that was back in 2011 so I’m guessing nobody that is active here now participated in that read (although I did not check the threads). If this nomination is not acceptable then I can choose something else.

[Xan]

I'll second The Woman in White.

[Lyndi (mibookobsession)]

I've been meaning to read A Tale of Two Cities for a long time. Anyone else?

[Jazzy]

I know this is a long-shot, but does anyone else here have Lucky Per by Henrik Pontoppidan?

It was written in 1904, but only translated into English in 2019. I bought a nice Everyman's edition, but it may be too hard for anyone else to get.

[Jazzy]

Lyndi wrote: "I've been meaning to read A Tale of Two Cities for a long time. Anyone else?"

I re-read it again last year too! You'll love it.

[Dan]

Tom Jones, by Henry Fielding https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9...

[Christopher]

I'll second Tom Jones.

Has anyone read it?

[Dan]

I read it about ten years ago. Long, but easy to read and a true classic from the "novel" days of the novel.

[Dan]

I'll second Jane.

[Linda]

Marie nominated three different books in message 4. Maybe she would like to choose one of them?

[Marie]

Don’t worry about me Linda. I’m actually leaning towards the woman in white if none of my suggestions get a second. I had never heard of it, but a classic mystery novel sounds awesome.

[Linda]

OK, Marie. I forgot about the seconds. It looked like the books Lorna listed were just all the nominations, but not necessarily seconded.

[Christopher]

Lorna wrote: "Linda, you're right, I counted Jazzy comment as a second on Tale of two cities, and it's not okay

1. The Count of Monte Cristo
2. The Woman in White
3. [book:The History of..."

Any of these would be fine w. me, although I always considered The Moonstone the real chunkster. (I read Woman in White about 20 years ago. Long enough to have forgotten it)

[Linda]

I have not read The Moonstone either, or every nomination besides Jane Eyre.

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I’ll second Lucky Per - a new one to me that sounds great!

[Jen]

I second the Count of Monte Cristo

[Hummingbirder]

I'm good with anything except Lucky Per (too much $$$) or The Count. I was reading The Count on my own a while ago, got a third of the way through, and just lost interest.

[Dan]

Lorna, I thought you seconded A Tale of Two Cities yourself, but otherwise looks right.

[Mekki]

I think we missed the email invite for these nominations.

[David]

I am reading the Brothers Karamazov and would like to nominate that

[Jazzy]

Hummingbirder wrote: "I'm good with anything except Lucky Per (too much $$$) or The Count. I was reading The Count on my own a while ago, got a third of the way through, and just lost interest."

I got Lucky Per for only £11 brand new and hard cover! It will take a while to read, and cheaper than a night out! I treated myself, I'm worth it.

[Rachel]

How about Benson's Make way for Lucia novels?

[Hugh]

We are now a year and a half on from this round of nominations, and I suspect that it would be better to start a new one rather than continue it, so that we have some buy-in from people who are still willing to participate.

[Mandel]

Well, my first vote would be Miss Macintosh, My Darling, but it looks like you folks might have taken a pass at that one already. Other ideas would be Ada or Ardor, or The Making of Americans.

[Nidhi]

Our Mutual Friend by Dickens. And if we are considering Modern classics, I would suggest Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry.