BOTM SUGGESTIONS — February 2021 — Classics (1969 & before)

[Tori]

Hi all! Starting up the monthly discussions for February 2021 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.

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.

Nominations end midnight December 16

[Tori]

Tracking through message: 51

Nomination (# of pages) - # of Seconds
On the Road (307p) - 8
Gulliver's Travels (306p) - 2
2001: A Space Odyssey (297p) - 2
The Martian Chronicles (241p) - 2
The Call of the Wild (172p) - 12
The Age of Innocence (293p) - 10
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (394p) - 8
A Raisin in the Sun (162p) - 2
A Wizard of Earthsea (183p) - 9
The Romance of Tristan and Iseult (267p) - 1

[Amy]

I nominate On The Road by Jack Kerouac (307 pages)

[Christy]

I nominate Gulliver's Travels(306 pg.)

[Renata]

I nominate 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke (297 pages)

[Estefanía]

I nominate The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury, 241 pages. I also second 2001: A Space Odyssey.

[Rachel]

I nominate The Call of the Wild by Jack London with 172 pages.

[Amy]

I second The Call of the Wild.

[Cristina]

I nominate The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton (293 pages).

[Gulbeste]

I second On the Road

[Shaina]

I second The Age of Innocence and The Martian Chronicles

[Nike]

I second "The Call of the Wild" and "On the road".

[Janice]

I second The Call of the Wild and The Age of Innocence

[Manny]

I second The Age of Innocence

[Kristin]

I nominate Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne

[Lea]

I nominate A Raisin in the Sun (162 p.) and second The Age of Innocence.

[Rachel]

I second A Raisin in the Sun.

[Rishab]

I second on the road by jack Kerouac

[adele]

I second Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea! Dying to read it especially after reading All the Light We Cannot See!!

[Edmund]

I nominate A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin (183 pages).

[Lea]

I second On the Road, A Wizard of Earthsea, The Martian Chronicles and 2001: A Space Odyssey.

[Robin]

I second On The Road.

[Chuck]

I second A Wizard of Earthsea

[Tessa]

I second 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and other Classic Novels

[Estefanía]

I second Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and A Wizard of Earthsea.

[aliciav]

I second The Call of the Wild.

[Nike]

I want to second A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin.

[Kim]

I second The Call of the Wild

[Laura H L]

I second the age of innocence

[Pamela]

I second The Age of Innocence

[Estefanía]

I second A Raisin in the Sun.

[Brittany]

I second The Call of the Wild and On the Road

[Linda]

I secondThe Call of the Wild and The Age of Innocence

[Lana]

I second A Wizard of Earthsea

[Dipanwita]

I second The Call of the Wild and The Age of Innocence.

[Banshee]

I second A Wizard of Earthsea.

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

Seconding call of the wild & twenty thousand leagues under the sea

[Samantha]

I second The Call of the Wild.

[Deborah]

I second The Age of Innocence

[Gil-or (readingbooksinisrael)]

I second The Call of the Wild, Gulliver's Travels and 20 Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.

[Gil-or (readingbooksinisrael)]

I nominate The Romance of Tristan and Iseult/Joseph Bédier (267 p.)

[Suzy]

I second Twenty Thousand Leagues & A Wizard of Earthsea

[aliciav]

I second The Romance of Tristan and Iseult.

[Richelle]

I vote On the Road as well please

[Delaney]

I second Call of the Wild

[Megan]

I second A Wizard of Earthsea, Gullivers Travels and Age of Innocence

[Megan]

I second Twenty Thousand Leagues

[Pamela]

I second A Wizard of Earthsea

[Marie-Emilie]

I second On the Road

[Renata]

Nominations are now closed for this month. Polls are open for your vote.