BOTM SUGGESTIONS — June 2020 — Classics (1969 & before)

[Tori]

Hi all! Starting up the monthly discussions for June 2020 book-of-the-month suggestions. This discussion is for the CLASSICS CATEGORY.

Books that qualify for this category:

1. Must have a publication date 1969 or before. For newer books, please make your suggestion on the Modern Classic/Popular Reads thread.

2. Have not been previously ready by this group. Previously read books can be nominated in the Bookshelf Catchup thread. See the group's Bookshelf for previously read books.

3. Be reasonably well-read to fit the "Everyone Has Read This but Me" claim.

>>> NEW >>> Attention, please: Only one nomination is allowed per person, per category. If you nominate more than one book only your first nomination will be added toward the tracking post. Please continue to second as many nominations that interest you!

Page numbers are now required for every nomination. To find out how many pages a book has; go to the book's page on Goodreads. look under the section titled "GET A COPY" and above the book's ISBN number.

Nominate by April 16 to count

[Tori]

Tracking through message: 70

Nomination (# of pages) - # of Seconds
Flowers for Algernon (216p) - 12
The Magnificent Ambersons (288p)
Growth of the Soil (435p)
The Big Rock Candy Mountain (563p) - 1
Crime and Punishment (671p) - 5
The Andromeda Strain (327p)
Emma (474p) - 13
Siddharta (152p) - 9
Mrs. Dalloway (194p) -5
North and South (521p) - 8
The Jungle (335p) - 1
The Plague (308p) - 6
Bonjour tristesse (154p)
Another Country - 1

[Skittles]

I nominate Flowers for Algernon (216 pages).

[Estefanía]

I second the Flowers for Algernon.

[[deleted user]]

I nominate The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington (288 pages) 1918

[Elise]

I nominate Growth of the Soil by Knut Hamsun (435 pages)

[Renee]

It is sad that Johanna and her squad have ruined this group. I nominate Big Rock Candy Mountain. I also say with much disgust this group is now about the Challenges.

[Skittles]

Renee wrote: "It is sad that Johanna and her squad have ruined this group. I nominate Big Rock Candy Mountain. I also say with much disgust this group is now about the Challenges."
Did I miss something? What happened?

[Laura H L]

I nominate Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (671 p)

[Renata]

I nominate The Andromeda Strain (327 pages)

[Kaseadillla]

I second Flowers for Algernon

[Kaseadillla]

Nominating Emma by Jane Austen

[Chuck]

I second Flowers for Algernon

[Renata]

I second Flowers for Algernon.

[Elise]

I second Emma by Jane Austen.

[Betsy]

I nominate Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse (152 pages).

[Rana~]

I nominate Mrs. Dalloway 194 pages

[Veronika]

I second Emma .

[Marie-Emilie]

I second Mrs Dalloway

[Tr1sha]

I second Emma.

[Nikita]

I nominate North and South (521 pages)

[Renee]

I second North and South. I have not read Gaskil in years

[Kaseadillla]

second Siddhartha

[Jaclyn~she lives! catching up on reviews~]

I nominate The Jungle by Upton Sinclair (335pgs)

[Damla]

I second Crime and Punishment

[Cristina]

I second Siddharta

[Skittles]

I second The Jungle! I have been wanting to read this for a while.

[Veronika]

I second North and South!

[Lana]

I also support North and South. It’s a great book.

[Lana]

North and South (521p)

[Chuck]

I second Crime and Punishment

[Pamela]

I second Siddhartha

[Meagan]

I second Flowers for Algernon

[Allegra]

Second Mrs. Dalloway

[Jade Levi]

Flowers for Algernon!

[Craig]

The Plague by Albert Camus

[Jaclyn~she lives! catching up on reviews~]

Second the plague

[Kristin]

Second Siddharta and Flowers for Algernon

[Nike]

I nominate "Bonjour Tristesse" by Françoise Sagan. 160 pages. I second "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse.

[Kimberly]

I'll second Siddhartha.

[Gulbeste]

I second Emma

[Brenda]

I second Emma

[Débora]

I second Mrs. Dalloway

[Jaclyn~she lives! catching up on reviews~]

second emma and north & south

[Jen from Quebec :0)]

I 2nd Siddhartha!! --Jen from Quebec :0)

[Linda]

I second Emma, North and South, and Mrs Dalloway

[Kathi]

I second Flowers for Algernon

[Curious04kid]

I second Crime and Punishment.

[Laura H L]

I second Emma

[Kelly]

Second Siddhartha