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

[Tori]

Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for June 2021 in the CLASSICS category. Top 4 will be selected for the poll.

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 April 16.

[Tori]

Tracking through message: 48
⭐Poll Candidate

Nomination (# of pages) - # of Seconds
⭐The Secret of the Old Clock (180p) - 8
Tess of the D'Urbervilles (518p) - 5
⭐Walden (352p) - 7
The Book of Lamentations (400p) - 5
⭐The Woman in White (672p) - 13
⭐The Master and Margarita (412p) - 10
David Copperfield (882p) - 1
The Godfather (448p) - 3
Silas Marner (262p)

[Adrienne]

I nominate the first of the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories (first published in 1930)
The Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn Keene 180 pgs

[Sage]

I nominate Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy (518 pages), first published in 1891.

[Jessica]

I second the Nancy Drew book omg. I miss Nancy Drew so much!!!!!!

[Estefanía]

I have never read Nancy Drew before, I remember her from a PC game. Sound fun, I second The Secret of the Old Clock.

[Marissa]

i nominate Walden by Henry David Thoreau (352 pages), first published in 1854

[Estefanía]

I nominate The Book of Lamentations by Rosario Castellanos, 400 pages. First published in 1962.

[Renata]

I nominate The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins (672 pages)

[Estefanía]

I second The Woman in White.

[Edmund]

I second The Woman in White.

[aliciav]

I second Walden and The Book of Lamentations.

[spoko]

I second The Woman in White.

[[deleted user]]

I also second The Woman in White

[Cheryl]

I second The Secret of the Old Clock. Indeed, this is an "everyone" that I haven't read yet!

[Shaina]

I second The Woman in White

[spoko]

I also second the Book of Lamentations.

[fleurette]

I second The Secret of the Old Clock, I've always wanted to read it but there has never been a good time for that.

[Cristina]

I second The Woman in White

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

I have to second the secret of the old clock. Loved Nancy drew when I was younger! Such a treat.

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

Also second Tess & Walden

[Christy]

I nominate The Master and Margarita (412 pgs)

[Christy]

I second the Book of Lamentations

[Skittles]

I second The Book of Lamentations.

[Sage]

I second Walden, The Woman in White, and The Master and Margarita.

[Martina]

I second the Woman in White

[adele]

I second Walden!

[Débora]

I nominate David Copperfield
And second The Master and Margarita

[Lea]

I nominate The Godfather (448p.) and second The Woman in White and The Master and Margarita.

[Kim]

I second The Woman in White.

[Milli]

I second Tess of the D'Urbervilles and The Master and Margarita

[Ellie-May]

I second The Master and Margarita

[superawesomekt]

I second Tess, David Copperfield, and the Master and the Margarita.

[Aloysius221B]

I second The Godfather

[Janice]

I would like to second The Secret of the Old Clock. I haven't read Nancy Drew since I was in the 5th grade. :)

[Alli]

I second Tess of the D'Urbervilles and The Book of Lamentations

[Beth]

I second Tess of the D'Urbervilles :)

[Chuck]

I second Walden.

[Linda]

I will second The Secret of the Old Clock. I haven't read it since I was a child. I think it is in my basement.

[Linda]

I nominate Silas Marner by George Eliot
262 pages

[Monique]

I second The Godfather and The Woman in White

[Edmund]

I second The Master and Margarita.

[Ellie-May]

I second the woman in white

[Tiffany]

i second the master and margarita

[Tori]

I second:
- Walden
- The Godfather
- The Master and Margarita

[Robin]

I second The Master and Margarita and The Secret of the Old Clock.

[Theresa]

I second Walden

[Manny]

I second The Woman in White