September & October 2021 - Classic Group Read - Nomination Thread

[Alannah]

It's time once again to nominate your choices for our last group classics read of 2021, this time for September and October 2021. 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 1971 or earlier.

Nominations will be run for 7 days and will close late on 10 August or when we hit six books in the poll. The poll will run then until the 17 August 2021.

During this time anybody can nominate and second a book. 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, although please be mindful as our polls do not fill up as quickly as they used to.

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.

[Jennifer]

I nominate The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre_Dumas

[Alannah]

Thank you Jennifer.

[Nidhi]

I nominate The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky.

[Alannah]

Nominated Books:
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

[nehasbookcorner]

I nominate Far From the Madding Crowd

[Steve]

I second The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky

[Karin]

I second The Count of Monte Cristo

[Alannah]

Neha wrote: "I nominate Far From the Madding Crowd"

I will second this one. I would love to read another Thomas Hardy.

[Alannah]

Nominated Books:

Books Going To Poll:
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

[Alannah]

Three books in the poll, three to go.

[Jen from Quebec :0)]

I nominate On the Beach from 1957, written by Nevil Shute


(From WIKIPEDIA, about the book = 'On the Beach' is a 1957 post-apocalyptic novel written by British author Nevil Shute after he emigrated to Australia. The novel details the experiences of a mixed group of people in Melbourne as they await the arrival of deadly radiation spreading towards them from the Northern Hemisphere, following a nuclear war a year previously. As the radiation approaches, each person deals with impending death differently....)

Thanks!! --Jen from Quebec :0)

[Alannah]

Thank you Jen.

[Alannah]

Nominated Books:
On the Beach by Nevil Shute

Books Going To Poll:
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

[Connie]

I will second On the Beach. Read this in high school a loooong time ago. Teacher actually got in trouble because Charles Dickens Great Expectations was what was on curriculum. Still haven't read that!

[Alannah]

Connie wrote: "I will second On the Beach. Read this in high school a loooong time ago. Teacher actually got in trouble because Charles Dickens Great Expectations was what was on curriculum. Still haven't read that!"

Thanks Connie, I strongly recommend Great Expectation. I studied it for my Victorian Literature module back in university. I definitely think it was one of the easier Dickens to get through.

[Alannah]

Nominated Books:

Books Going To Poll:
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
On the Beach by Nevil Shute

[Alannah]

Four books going to poll. Two more spaces.

[Alannah]

Nominations closed, setting up the poll now.

[Alannah]

Poll linked here; https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/2...