Voting July 2022 BOTM CLOSED

[Kristel]

Authors for July authors are from Malouf to Merle. Voting will be open today, April 15 through April 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 and how to use them.

HOW TO VOTE:
1. Make your choice or choices from the list that is posted here.
2. You get one free vote and if you have participation points you can have up to 5 votes. You can use them all on one choice or you can make 5 choices.
3. Send a Personal Message to either me or the shelf personality for Reading 1001
4. If you only comment here on your choice it won't get counted so don't forget to send that message.
5. In order to receive messages you must be a friend or in your profile, click that you will receive mail from everyone.

Excluded books this month;
Buddenbrooks, Joseph and His Brothers, Magic Mountain (all >600 pages),
The Betrothed > 600 pages,
Your Face Tomorrow >1000,
Melmoth the Wanderer, Albigenses,
Human Bondage,
botm: Razor's Edge, Cement Garden,
Moby Dick > 600 pgs

David Malouf, Australia
1. Remembering Babylon, 1994, 200 pages

André Malraux, France
2. Man's Fate, 1933, 368 pages

Henning Mankell, Sweden
3. Faceless Killers, 1991, 280 pages

Thomas Mann Germany
4. Doctor Faustus, 1947, 535 pages
5. Death in Venice 1912, 142 pages, 2016 Botm

Heinrich Mann Germany
6. Professor Unrat, 1905, 240 pages

Frederic Manning Australia
7. Her Privates We, 1929, 288 pages

Katherine Mansfield New Zeeland
8. The Garden Party, 1921, 25 pages, botm 2011, 2014

Peter Manson UK
9. Adjunct: An Undigest, 2004, 87 pages

Sándor Márai, slouvakia, Hungary
10. Embers, 1942, 2014 pages, 2016 botm

Javier Marías, Spain
11. A Heart So White, 1992, 280 pages
12. All Souls, 1989, 210 pages

Petros Markaris, Turkey
13. Late-night News (Kostas Jaritos, #1), 1995, 288 pgs

David Markson, USLife of Pi
14. Wittgenstein's Mistress, 1988, 279 pgs
15. Vanishing Point, 2004, 191 pages

Monika Maron, Germany
16. Pavel's Letters, 2002, 142 pages

Yann Martel, Spain
17. Life of Pi, 2001, 460 pages, 2012 botm

Luis Martín-Santos Morocco
18. Time of Silence, 1962. 247 pages

Tomás Eloy Martínez, Argentina
19. Santa Evita, 1995, 416 pages

Joanot Martorell, Spain
20. Tirant lo Blanc, 1490, 642

Pavlos Matesis Greece
21. The Daughter, 1990, 2014 botm

Harry Mathews NY, US
22. Cigarettes, 1987, 304 pgs

W. Somerset Maugham, France
23. Cakes and Ale, 1930, 308 pgs

François Mauriac, France
24. Vipers' Tangle, 1932, 312 pages

Margaret Mazzantini, Ireland
25. Don't Move, 2001, 368 pages

Eimear McBride, UK
26. A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing, 2013, 213 pages

Patrick McCabe, Ireland
27. The Butcher Boy 1992, 231 pgs

Cormac McCarthy, US
28. Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West, 1985, 351 pgs
29. All the Pretty Horses, 1992, 302 pgs

Horace McCoy, US
30. They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, 1935, 122 pages

Ian McEwan, UK
31. Saturday, 2005, 289 pgs
32. Atonement, 2001, 351 pgs
33. Amsterdam, 1998, 208 pgs
34. Enduring Love 1997, 245 pgs
35. Black Dogs 1992, 149 pgs
36. The Child in Time, 1987, 263 pgs
37. The Comfort of Strangers, 1981, 128 pgs

John McGahern, Ireland
38. That They May Face the Rising Sun, 304 pgs
39. Amongst Women 192 pgs, 2018 botm

Heather McGowan, US
40. Schooling, 2001, 320 pgs,

Zakes Mda, South Africa
41. The Heart of Redness, 200 277 pgs

Herman Melville, US
42. Billy Budd, 1924, 166 pgs

Eduardo Mendoza, Spain
43. A Light Comedy, 1996, 440 pgs

Veijo Meri - Finland
44. The Manila Rope, 1957, 139 pgs

Robert Merle, Algeria
45. The Day of the Dolphin, 1967, 318 pgs 2018 botm

That's our list for July. What would you like to read???

[Kristel]

I've read 25 of the books up for votes and those that are not. I would like to read
Schooling
Saturday
The Child In Time

[Rosemary]

I've read 19 and don't have any of these waiting to be read.

The only McEwan I haven't read is The Comfort of Strangers so it might be good to complete that set, but really I'll be happy with anything I haven't read before.

[Pip]

I have only read 17, but I don’t have any of the others on my TBR. So I am going with The Viper’s Tangle because it is the first one that is available on Audible - and it is free with my membership.

[Kristel]

Yes, I also have access to the Viper’s Tangle so that one would work for me.

[Dianne]

I am going to vote for Viper's Tangle also, looks great!

[Amanda]

Good pickings for me this time: 12 I have not read. I have already read vipers tangle though. Out of the 12 the ones I'm most keen to vote for are:

-Schooling
-day of the dolphin
-man's fate
-her privates we
-the Daughter
-cigarettes
-that they may face the rising sun

[Patrick]

Looks like I've read 19 of them, including Viper's Tangle (which I don't recommend). I have on my TBR shelf:

- Don't Move (Mazzantini)
- A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing (McBride)
- A Light Comedy (Mendoza)

I wouldn't mind any of the McEwans that are not Black Dogs or Amsterdam.

[Patrick]

@Krystel: About Your Face Tomorrow, I actually thought this was limited to the "Dance and Dream" part of the trilogy. This would make it eligible as a BOTM. Correct me if I'm wrong.

[Kristel]

Patrick wrote: "@Krystel: About Your Face Tomorrow, I actually thought this was limited to the "Dance and Dream" part of the trilogy. This would make it eligible as a BOTM. Correct me if I'm wrong."

I don’t know, I thought it was the whole thing? Does anyone know for sure?

[Diane]

I have read all but two, Her Privates We and Time of Silence. I will vote for one of them.

FYI the page count for Tirant Lo Blanc is for an abridgment. I finished the book last week and my copy had 642 pages.

[Amanda]

Well I can vote for Her Privates We- not sure how many will, but I'm down.

[Hilde]

I have ‘Her Privates We’ on my kindle, and it’s the only one I own of these. I will vote for that too.

[Kristel]

>11 Diane, thanks for heads up on that page count. I will correct it.

[Rosemary]

Patrick wrote: "@Krystel: About Your Face Tomorrow, I actually thought this was limited to the "Dance and Dream" part of the trilogy. This would make it eligible as a BOTM. Correct me if I'm wrong."

I don’t know, I thought it was the whole thing? Does anyone know for sure?"

I have one of the physical Boxall books and it is clear in the entry for Your Face Tomorrow that it is the whole thing. It talks about it as a three-volume novel, saying for example "this massive novel" and "Marias insists that Your Face Tomorrow is not a trilogy but a novel in three volumes".

[Karen]

Well I have read Embers, Tirant Lo Blanc, Cakes and Ale and Atonement.
I have read Life of Pi, All the Pretty Horses and the Child in Time as well but need to re-read them as I read them before joining Goodreads. I would read these if chosen.

I kind of fancy A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing though as I picked this up last December and it is still in my handbag!

[George P.]

I haven't read many of these, only eight. I have a copy of That They May Face the Rising Sun that I bought at Powell's in Portland about 5 years ago and have been planning to read this year, so it's my 1st choice.
I have Viper's Tangle (which gets a wide range of ratings from my friends), A Heart So White, Faceless Killers and Her Privates We on my to-read-someday list, most of them several years down it, but would read any of these. The Kindle of Her Privates We was 99 cents US last time I looked.
The only McEwan I haven't have read is Atonement which I liked, so maybe one of his would be good for me.

[Kristel]

Thank you Rosemary. On the official v6.2 spreadsheet. It is listed as the whole book and page count is 1300 per that spreadsheet so I guess it is the whole book.

[Gail]

I have read 12 of these and would be happy to vote for Her Privates We.

[Nike]

Since I'm quite new in this group I always feel embarrassed when all of you have read so many books from this list. I haven't read but a few and yet I've read so much during my life. Just not from this list obviously. Therefore I always feel ashamed of writing here. This month for example I haven't read a single book. I feel quite nervous now admitting this.

The books I most wish to read from this month's collection are: Life of Pi, Vipers' Tangle and The Child in Time because I've got them in my shelves. I also do have Thomas Mann's Dr Faustus, though hidden in a box in the cellar and I'll need physical help to retrieve that box due to a pain disorder. Therefore I don't know when I will get that precious box up into my home.

[Leni]

Nike, I have only read one of the books this time. You are not alone!

[Nike]

Leni wrote: "Nike, I have only read one of the books this time. You are not alone!"

Thankyou =)!

[Irem]

So looking forward one day to join a group read... Read only Amsterdam from this list. Her Privates We, why not?

[Valerie]

Nike wrote: "Since I'm quite new in this group I always feel embarrassed when all of you have read so many books from this list. I haven't read but a few and yet I've read so much during my life. Just not from ..."


I would not be ashamed, Nike. One of the reasons I joined this group was because, overall, I haven't read that many of the books on the list. This group gives me the nudge to include some 1001 books in my reading.

It seems to me that the people who have read a lot off of the list have to speak up early, otherwise there is less likelihood a book they would like to get to is chosen.

[Kristel]

No reason to be ashamed as we all started out having not read many. I've been working at the list intentionally since 2005 and still have read only about 50%.

[George P.]

No one else seems interested in That They May Face the Rising Sun this month so I'm putting 2 votes each on Vipers Tangle and Her Privates We (I sent message).

[Nike]

Kristel wrote: "No reason to be ashamed as we all started out having not read many. I've been working at the list intentionally since 2005 and still have read only about 50%."

Ok, thank you =)

[Nike]

Valerie wrote: "Nike wrote: "Since I'm quite new in this group I always feel embarrassed when all of you have read so many books from this list. I haven't read but a few and yet I've read so much during my life. J..."

Thankyou =)

[Kristel]

I know the winner of the popular vote is Her Privates We. I do not have the random pick yet.

[Kristel]

The randomizer picked 16. Pavel's Letters, 2002, 142 pages.

[Kristel]

So what will you be reading in July? I don'town either of these books. I will need to check on availability.

[Pip]

I have read Her Privates We, but Pavel’s Letters is available on Kindle, so I will try to find time to read it while travelling in Europe with my daughter and granddaughter.

[George P.]

I'm up for Her Privates We. Besides being admired by T E Lawrence, as mentioned in the GR blurb, I have a note that Hemingway was also an admirer. The Kindle book is just $1 US.- I just dl'd it to my device.
Pavel's Letters is a rather short memoir by an East German woman, with only a small number of Goodreads ratings. Possibly difficult to obtain?

[Amanda]

Well I'm excited that Her Privates We won-def will be reading that. I've read Pavel's letters so will skip that one- but I think you are right George- I believe I had to ILL that one.

[Gail]

I will be reading both Pavel's Letters and Her Privates We plus attempting to catch up on Anniversaries and finish up Underworld

[Patrick]

It would be ridiculous if I can't find a copy of Her Privates We here in Sydney, considering it is from an Australian author. Will give a miss to Maron's letters because Amazon says this item cannot be shipped to your selected delivery location. Please choose a different delivery location. Outside that, I will finish Underworld, get through The Romantics by Mishra as my TBR and get into The Ambassadors by Henry James as a random.

[Rosemary]

I've read Her Privates We but will get the ebook of Pavel's Letters, as our library doesn't have it.

[Diane]

I will be reading Her Privates We. I have already read Pavel's Letters.