Voting for April 2022 BOTM CLOSED

[Kristel]

Authors for April are from Wharton to Zweig. Voting will be open today, February 15 through February 23rd. Winners will be announced on the 24th. Please review the list of authors and the books that are eligible in this post. Comment, give your opinions, and don't forget to vote. Everyone gets one free vote but if you want more opportunity you can use participation points. See the thread on participation points on how to earn them.

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Excluded books this month
The Once and Future King > 600 pages
Bonfires of the Vanities >600 pages
A Dream of Red Mansions >600, past Yearly read 2016
BOTM: Amok, Germinal


Edith Wharton, US author
1. The House of Mirth, 1905, 351 pages
2, Ethan Frome, 1911, 99 pages
3. The Bunner Sisters, 1916, 136 pages
4. Summer, 1917, 127 pages
5. The Age of Innocence, 1920, Pulitzer winner, 293 pages,n 2016 BOTM
6. The Glimpses of the Moon, 1922, 272 pages

Edmund White, US
7. A Boy's Own Story, 1982, 218 pgs
8. The Beautiful Room Is Empty, 1988, 240 pages

Patrick White UK
9. The Living And The Dead, 1941, 358 pages
10. The Tree of Man, 1955, 480 pages
11. Voss, 448 pages, 1957

omitted, T.H. White, The Once and Future King>600 pages.

Oscar Wilde, Ireland
12. The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1890, 272, BOTM 2010

Henry Williamson, UK
13. Tarka The Otter: His Joyful Water Life And Death In The Country Of The Two Rivers, 1927, 279 pages

Angus Wilson UK
14. No Laughing Matter, 1967, 480 pages

Edmund Wilson, US
15. I Thought of Daisy, 1929, 278 pages

Jeanette Winterson UK
16. Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, 1985, 176 pages, 2016 BOTM
17. The Passion, 1987, 160 pages, 2014 BOTM
18. Sexing the Cherry, 1989, 167 pages
19, Written on the Body, 1992, 190 pages

Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Poland
20. Insatiability, 1930, 480 pages

P.G. Wodehouse, UK
21. Thank You, Jeeves, 1933, 230 pages, 2014 BOTM

Christa Wolf, Germany
22. The Quest for Christa T., 1968, 185 pages
23. Patterns of Childhood, 1976, 416 pages

Tom Wolfe, US
24. The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, 1968, 416 pages
Omitted, > 600 The Bonfire of the Vanities,

Thomas Wolfe,
25. Look Homeward, Angel, 1929, 544 pages

Jan Wolkers Terug naar Oegstgeest (not translated)

Virginia Woolf, UK
26. The Voyage Out 1915, 375 pages
27. Night and Day, 1919, 496 pages
28. Jacob's Room, 1922, 352 pages
29. Mrs. Dalloway, 1925, 194 pages
30. To the Lighthouse, 1925, 209 pages
31. Orlando, 1928, 336 pages
32. The Waves, 1931, 297 pages
33. The Years, 1937, 444 pages
34. Between the Acts, 1941, 224 pgs

Richard Wright US
35. Native Son, 504 pages, 1940

John Wyndham, UK
36. The Day of the Triffids 1951, 228 pgs, 2012 BOTM
37. The Midwich Cuckoos, 1957, 220 pgs
38. Chocky, 1968, 154 pages 2014 botm

Zhang Xianliang, China
39. Half of Man Is Woman, 1985, 285 pages 2012 botm

Banana Yoshimoto, Japan
40. Kitchen, 1988, 160 pgs, 2018 BOTM

Marguerite Yourcenar Belgium
41. Memoirs of Hadrian, 1951, 337 pgs

Yevgeny Zamyatin, Russian
42. We, 1924, 226 pgs, BOTM 2010, 2012, 2016

Émile Zola, France
43. Thérèse Raquin, 1867, 201 pgs
44. The Drunkard, 1876, 408 pgs
45. Nana, 1880, 473 pgs
Germinal, BOTM 2020, excluded
46. La Bête humaine, 1890, 462 pages

Joost Zwagerman, Gimmick!
NO English translation

Stefan Zweig Austria
47. Chess Story, 1942, k104 pgs
Amok, BOTM 2020
48. The Case of Sergeant Grischa, 449 pgs, 1927

These are the books for April. What would you like to read. How many have you read?

[Amanda]

I have a decent amount I haven't read this time: 10! woo.

I'd love to do either Nana, Drunkard, or Bete Humaine by Zola, but will see what other people bring up as well and see what applies.

[Kristel]

I recently read Nana, so would not want to back that one. I would not mind reading Chess Story because I enjoyed Amok. I’ve read 27 counting the ones that are not eligible.

[Valerie]

I've read 16, which is a fair amount for any of the lists for BoTM. I'm not sure what I am interested in yet, I'm going to see what I can access.

[Diane]

I have read all but two, Night and Day and I Thought of Daisy.

[Amanda]

i've read Night and Day but could get behind I thought of Daisy

[Gail]

I have read 13 of these on the list and of the books mentioned, I have only read Nana so I would be open to any of the books so far. Will wait and see what others are thinking before deciding

[Kristel]

I do not see a reason why Virginia Woolf deserves to have 9 novels on the list. Do each of these differ enough to represent a contribution to the development of the novel?I have not read Night and Day or I thought of Daisy. I think I thought of Daisy might be hard to find a copy. Virginia Woolf might be easier.

[Diane]

Kristel wrote: "I do not see a reason why Virginia Woolf deserves to have 9 novels on the list. Do each of these differ enough to represent a contribution to the development of the novel?I have not read Night and ..."

I love Woolf but I do agree that she is over-represented on the list. Two or three books would have been more than enough. My favorite book of hers isn't even one of the 9.

[Pip]

I have read 23 of these and the only one not read that I own is Orlando, and I am not particularly keen to tackle it. Will probably vote for it to get it off my TBR shelf.

[Pip]

Night and Day is on Audible and I have a dozen credits to use up, so I would be happy if that book won.

[George P.]

I've read five V Woolf books so probably enough for a while. Pip, I liked Orlando though it is weird.
Of Zola I've read only Germinal, which is good and would like to read another, esp Bete Humaine or Drunkard, aka La Assommoir.
How about The Passion by Winterson?
I've read 3 of the Whartons and not a big fan.

[George P.]

Kristel wrote: "I do not see a reason why Virginia Woolf deserves to have 9 novels on the list. Do each of these differ enough to represent a contribution to the development of the novel?I have not read Night and ..."

A great writer but it was a mistake to have nine on the original edition list; five of them were dropped from The 2nd (08) edition and not returned. The other four core books are enough for most readers (Dalloway, Waves, Lighthouse, Orlando). The nonlist nonfiction A Room of One's Own is different and worth reading for the historical feminism.

[Kristel]

Yes, I agree that A Room Of One’s Own is different and I have it on my virtual bookshelf. It’s the first VW that I read. I’ve read Dalloway, Lighthouse and Orlando. All good and I am okay with those being on the list. My question is, do those 4 books differ in anyway that has contributed to the development of the novel. I can kind of see it with the 3 of those. I haven’t read Waves yet.

We as a group read The Passion. It might actually be one of my favorites of Winterson. I haven’t read Sexing the Cherry.

I would be okay with reading Bete Humaine or La Assommoir.

[Kristel]

I think that almost all of V Woolf and most Zola’s are available on audible. That makes them accessible for me.

[George P.]

I would also like to read Winterson's Sexing the Cherry, which hasn't been a group botm. I've read Written on the Body.
I kind of would prefer to read one of the nine writers in this group (with a translation) I haven't read before but I don't know which, maybe Patrick White's The Tree of Man.

[Amanda]

Feel this might go in a woolf direction and while she is one of my favorite writers, I have read all 9 books now.

Glad some other people are open to Zola though. L'assommoir is available on librivox so will probs vote for that one and see how it goes.

[Valerie]

I would be open to reading about poverty stricken alcoholics, rather than inflicting more Woolf on myself!! :) I can access L'Assommoir on Overdrive.

[Rosemary]

I've read 29 including all the Zola and most of the Woolf (except Between the Acts or The Voyage Out).

I've read The Tree of Man but enjoyed it and would be happy with another Patrick White, or I Thought of Daisy, or Sexing the Cherry.

[Leni]

I read both The Passion and Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit at the end of last year, and I am quite happy to read more Winterson! On the other hand, I'm less likely to read Zola on my own, so maybe that's a better choice.

[[deleted user]]

Only 1 book excluded from the Randomiser and that is We so if you want to read that you will need to vote for it.

[Patrick]

I'm late to the party here, swamped by work and other obligations. I just counted the number of books I have read (mostly on the train) and not yet reviewed over the last 4 months: 13 in all! But I will catch up eventually...

I have read 28 of those listed this month. I have read all Zola, in fact I read the whole Rougon-Macquart saga, so no votes for me (they're all good though). My TBR shelf has:

- The House of Mirth (Wharton)
- The Tree of Man (P. White)
- Voss (P. White)
- The Waves (Woolf)

This looks as appealing as a bout of haemorrhoids. What's worse is that 2 of my them are in my TBR challenge. And I can't get my hands on Underworld by De Lillo at a reasonable price because of the stupid import restrictions set by Amazon. Unless something interesting and available is picked, I might have to start reading our yearly in April.

[Kristel]

Patrick wrote: "I'm late to the party here, swamped by work and other obligations. I just counted the number of books I have read (mostly on the train) and not yet reviewed over the last 4 months: 13 in all! But I..."

I noticed that you were MIA

[Gail]

I have read The Tree of Man and just read The House of Mirth and neither Voss or The Waves call to me right now.
I think I am leaning toward alcoholics rather than bloomsbury.

[George P.]

Gail wrote: ".... I think I am leaning toward alcoholics rather than bloomsbury."

You might like Shuggie Bain then- not on the 1001 list but a Booker prize winner in 2020.

[Gail]

You are right George, I have Snuggie Bain on my non-1001 TBR list. I am so bad at picking the Booker prize winner that I almost always read the whole short list and yet never seem to read the actual winner. That happened this year also (2021). I have read everything on the short list except the winner The Promise.

[Pip]

Snuggie Bain is a great book

[Kristel]

Don't forget to get your votes in today. Very few have voted and the books chosen are in a very close race. Your vote might be the deciding point.

[Kristel]

The voting was very light. Only 5 people and only 4 books were voted for. The winner of the randomizer is Nana, and the popular vote went to The Drunkard. Sexing the Cherry was a close second. So we have another month that is all one author. What will you be reading in April?

[Patrick]

As much as I love Zola, I won't take part in these two. I didn't vote and I don't think it would have changed the outcome anyway. I will probably spend some time with Ms Cresspahl.

[Kristel]

I didn’t vote either. I’ve read Nana but I haven’t read The Drunkard so probably will read that. I also can get Underworld started. I’ve been keeping up with Gisene Cresspahl.

[Valerie]

I hope to get to L'Assommoir .

[Gail]

I have read Nana recently so will just read The Drunkard. And I am still slugging thru Ovid and delighting with the Cresspahls (slowly). Also my Random Challenge list this year has been full of surprises which are actually readable.

[Nike]

I'd love to read Nana!

[George P.]

I put votes on both L'Assommoir and Sexing the Cherry- glad one of them was chosen, and not another white male American or Brit [like me :) ]. I will read L'Assommoir for my 2nd Zola book (Germinal was the 1st). I moved it up from #235 in my to-read list- hah!
It's remarkable that Zola had five books in the original 1001 Books list, and none of them have been cut from the revised lists; shows what regard he is held in.
Looks like I'll be heavy on the French authors this year- I just finished Sartre's Nausea, am reading Dumas' Count of Monte Cristo and planning to read the Zola, Perec's Life: A User's Manual, Proust's Swann's Way and de Beauvoir's The Mandarins soon.
BTW, I'm also planning to start Underworld soon, our spring quarter book.

[Amanda]

thrilled we've reached a rare month again where I haven't read either book. Going to read both!

[Karen]

Ha. I have The Drunkard on my TBR challenge so I hope to read it with you... unless it is picked when the number is drawn tomorrow. Must remember to switch it out. I am reading Zola in publication order... good job I read His Excellency Eugène Rougon in January. But there is a book between The Drunkard and Nana and I don't think I can read 3 books by Zola in a month.

[Pip]

I am sorry I didn’t vote. I was travelling to Australia to visit my family and with all the regulations I was very anxious. But I am happy with Zola and plan to read them both.

[Pip]

And I have a free copy of Nana on Audible and used one of my too many credits for L’Assommoir!

[Kristel]

Pip wrote: "And I have a free copy of Nana on Audible and used one of my too many credits for L’Assommoir!"

I listened to Nana already and will also being using a credit to get L’assommoir

[Gail]

Kristel, can moderate Nana as I recently read it

[Kristel]

Gail wrote: "Kristel, can moderate Nana as I recently read it"

Thank you Gail. I will put you down and hopefully remember to put a thread up for you when April arrives.

[Daisey]

I am looking forward to another Zola having previous read/listened to Germinal. April will still be a pretty busy month for me, so although I think both are easily available on Hoopla, I'm not sure which one I'll start with or whether I'll get to both.

[Gail]

Daisy, The Drunkard comes before Nana in the chronology. The Drunkard tells the story of Nana’s mother but it doesn’t seem to matter what order you read them in.

[Kristel]

I have not read Zola in order.

[Valerie]

Kristel wrote: "I have not read Zola in order."

It's good to know this, Kristel and Gail - I was wondering about that just yesterday.

[Diane]

Kristel wrote: "Gail wrote: "Kristel, can moderate Nana as I recently read it"

Thank you Gail. I will put you down and hopefully remember to put a thread up for you when April arrives."

Kristel I will try and remember too. Between the two of us we will get it done:)

[Daisey]

Good to know that order is not a big deal when reading Zola, but with Gail's input, I probably will try for The Drunkard first and see how far I get during the month.

[Rosemary]

I will focus on Anniversaries in April!

[[deleted user]]

I will be reading both starting with The Drunkard thanks Gail