March 2023 Revisit the Shelf Nominations

[Lynn, New School Classics]

Nominations for the March 2023 Revisit the Shelf book will open on January 1st, 2022.

1. Only books currently on our group bookshelf are eligible: Group Bookshelf

Time Since Last Read. A book is only eligible for rereading if it has not been a group read in the last 12 months (1 year). A book read by the group in any of our reading categories in the past year is not eligible for nomination.

Below is a list of the past year's Revisit the Bookshelf winners. Please do not nominate any of these:

If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino February 2023
Breakfast at Tiffany's and Three Stories by Truman Capote January 2023
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott December 2022
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller November 2022
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque October 2022
Villette by Charlotte Brontë September 2022
East of Eden by John Steinbeck August 2022
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton July 2022
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf June 2022
Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy May 2022
Persuasion by Jane Austen April 2022
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco March 2022


2. When making a nomination, please use "add book/author" link to help moderators and others view the book selected.

3. Only seven books, by seven different authors will move forward to each poll. This will be determined by the number of seconds a book receives. The seven books with the most seconds move to the poll.

4. One nomination and one second per member will be allowed. A nomination can be changed only until it has been seconded. Once seconded, in fairness to the member making the second, the nomination will stand.

You may change a second from one book to another. Please state which book you originally seconded and which you would like to change to.

5. In the interest of variety, please wait a month or more to renominate a book that has been in the poll. These are the books from our last poll:

The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino
The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells
Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck
84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess


6, Only one book per author; in the event of more than one book by the same author is nominated, only the first one to receive a second will be eligible. The nominator of the ruled ineligible book will be able to nominate a replacement or second another already in nomination.


Nominations will run from January 1st thru the 14th. Polls will open on the 16th and run till the end of the month.

[J_BlueFlower]

I would like to nominate The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, 154 pp, 1900

While reading The Satanic Verses a while a ago, I read about Salman Rushdie being influenced by Wizard of Oz|.

[Marilyn]

I nominate The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Published in 1922. 64 pages.

[Kimberly]

I nominate The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath. Last read April 2016. First published 1963. 296 pages.

[Paula W]

I nominate The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy, Last read March 2015. First published 1905. 182 pages.

[Dave]

I second The Wonderful World of Oz.

[Milena]

Paula W wrote: "I nominate The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy, Last read March 2015. First published 1905. 182 pages."

I second The Scarlet Pimpernel.

[Lori]

I’ll second The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

[Nike]

I nominate Watership Down by Richard Adams

[Klowey]

I second Watership Down!

[Nike]

Klowey wrote: "I second Watership Down!"

Thanks Klowey 🙂

[Aprilleigh]

Marilyn wrote: "I nominate The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Published in 1922. 64 pages."

Second!

[AiK]

Kimberly wrote: "I nominate The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath. Last read April 2016. First published 1963. 296 pages."

I second

[AiK]

I nominate The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende Last read in 2016.

[Erin]

I second Watership Down

[Darya Silman]

I second The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. I watched the movie but never read the book

[Tina]

J_BlueFlower wrote: "I would like to nominate The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, 154 pp, 1900

While reading The Satanic Verses a while a ago, I read about [author:Sal..."

I second.

[Irphen]

AiK wrote: "I nominate The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende Last read in 2016."

Second this one :-)

[Shannon SA]

I second The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

[Cynda]

I second The House of Spirits.

[Darren]

I second The Bell Jar

and I nominate The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1850) 279 pages - last read March 2017

[Kimberly]

I second The House of the Spirits

[Shaina]

I second Watership Down

[Mary]

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

[Jen]

It’s a tough one for me, I love BOTH of the Scarlet books, but I’m going to second The Scarlet Pimpernel.

[Michaela]

I also second The Scarlet Pimpernel, as it´s on my tbr list.

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

Michaela wrote: "I also second The Scarlet Pimpernel, as it´s on my tbr list."

second

[Terry]

I second The Scarlet Pimpernel.

[Lynn, New School Classics]

These are the nominations so far for the Revisit the Shelf book. The top seven books once we count seconds will go to the poll. It's great to see so many people participating!! Let me know if I need to correct or add anything. Thanks.

The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy (1905), pp. 182, last read November 2021
Nominated by Paula W.: Milena, Jen, Michaela, RJ - Slayer of Trolls, Terry

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald (1922) 64 pp., last read May 2017
Nominated by Marilyn: Aprilleigh, Lori, Darya Silman,

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum (1900) 154 pp, last read February 2013
Nominated by J-Blueflower: Dave, Tina, Shannon SA,

Watership Down by Richard Adams (1972) 478 pp., last read May 2016
Nominated by Nike: Klowey, Erin, Shaina, Matt,

The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende pub. 1982, 448 pages, Group read Sept. 2016
Nominated by AiK; Irphen, Kimberly, Cynda,

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath pub. 1963, 294 pages, Last read April 2016.
Nominated by Kimberly: AiK, Darren

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess (1962) 213 pp., last read April 2014
Nominated by Mary :

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1850) 279 pp. last read in 2017
Nominated by Darren:

[AiK]

Irphen, Kimberly, Cynda, thank you very much!

[Nike]

Erin, Matt and Shaina - thank you 🙂

[Carolien]

I second The House of the Spirits.

[Chuck]

I second The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

[J_BlueFlower]

I second The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

[Lynn, New School Classics]

Nominations for the Revisit the Shelf book close tonight. The top seven books once we count seconds will go to the poll. Let me know if I need to correct or add anything. Thanks.

The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy (1905), pp. 182, last read November 2021
Nominated by Paula W.: Milena, Jen, Michaela, RJ - Slayer of Trolls, Terry

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald (1922) 64 pp., last read May 2017
Nominated by Marilyn: Aprilleigh, Lori, Darya Silman, J.Blueflower

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum (1900) 154 pp, last read February 2013
Nominated by J-Blueflower: Dave, Tina, Shannon SA, Chuck

Watership Down by Richard Adams (1972) 478 pp., last read May 2016
Nominated by Nike: Klowey, Erin, Shaina, Matt,

The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende pub. 1982, 448 pages, Group read Sept. 2016
Nominated by AiK; Irphen, Kimberly, Cynda, Carolien

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath pub. 1963, 294 pages, Last read April 2016.
Nominated by Kimberly: AiK, Darren, Falan


The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1850) 279 pp. last read in 2017
Nominated by Darren: Lynn

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A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess (1962) 213 pp., last read April 2014
Nominated by Mary :

[Falan]

The bell jar!