August 2023 Revisit the Shelf Nomination

[Lynn, New School Classics]

Nominations for the August 2023 Revisit the Shelf book will open on June 1st, 2023.

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:

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien July 2023
Moby-Dick or, the Whale by Herman Melville June 2023
Summer by Edith Wharton May 2023
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson April 2023
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath March 2023
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


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:

June The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (1937), 366 pages, last read Jan 2016
May Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë (1847), 251 pages , last read March 2016
April Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (1958) 209 pages, last read Feb. 2015
March The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald (1922) 64 pp., last read May 2017
February The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare (1596) 337 pp., (I bet there are a lot of notes in this edition) last read Sept. 2016.
January The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende (1982), 448 pages, last read Sept. 2016
January The Iliad by Homer (-750) 683 pages. Last read 07/2012.


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 June 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 Les Misérables by Victor Hugo. Last read in 2014.

[Jane]

I second Les Miserables

[Michaela]

I also second Les Misérables.

[Marilyn]

I nominate The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells. Last read in 2016.

[Cynda]

I second Les Misérables.

[EvenB]

I nominate Candide by Voltaire. 129 pgs, published 1756. Last read in 2015.

[Paula W]

I nominate A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess. Year 1962, 240 pages, last read in 2014.

[Heather L]

EvenB wrote: "I nominate Candide by Voltaire. 129 pgs, published 1756. Last read in 2015."

Second

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

Marilyn wrote: "I nominate The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells. Last read in 2016."

SECOND

[Kimberly]

I nominate The Time Machine by H.G. Wells. Last read in 2015. 118 pages

[Erin]

I second Les Misérables

[Marie]

I second les misérables

[Kimberly]

I second The Island of Dr. Moreau

[Kimberly]

Kimberly wrote: "I nominate The Time Machine by H.G. Wells. Last read in 2015. 118 pages"

OOPS! I just caught my mistake. Please cancel this nomination.

[Lynn, New School Classics]

This is a work in progress at the moment.


The nominations list so far is:

Les Misérables by Victor Hugo (1869) pages, Last read Oct. 2014
Nominated by J_Blueflower: Jane, Michaela, Cynda, Erin, Marie,

The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells (1896) 160 pages, last read Feb. 2016.
Nominated by Marilyn: RJ - Slayer of Trolls, Kimberly,

Candide by Voltaire (1759) 129 pages, last read Sept. 2015
Nominated by EvenB: Heather L.,

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

[Wobbley]

Hmm, we don't seem to have enough nominations. I'll nominate An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde. Published 1893, 78 pages, last read 2017.

[Lynn, New School Classics]

Wobbley wrote: "Hmm, we don't seem to have enough nominations. I'll nominate An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde. Published 1893, 78 pages, last read 2017."

Thank you Wobbley. My list is so full now, when I tried to come up with an nomination I just couldn't think of one.

[George P.]

I'll second An Ideal Husband.
I don't usually read plays but I'll make an exception for Wilde. I've read most of the others.

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

Wobbley wrote: "Hmm, we don't seem to have enough nominations. ..."

You are right!

I will nominate The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, last read in 2017.

[Sara, Old School Classics]

I nominate Dangerous Liaisons by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

[Lori]

I second Dangerous Liaisons

[Klowey]

I second Candide.

[Jen]

I second Dangerous Liaisons.

[Kimberly]

Please remove my second for The Island of Dr. Moreau and replace it with a second for Dangerous Liaisons

[Carolien]

I'll second Dangerous Liaisons

[Darya Silman]

I'll second An Ideal Husband

[J_BlueFlower]

”Moderators have the power to delete any discussion post in the group, so keep the group clean. We suggest leaving all member comments except for the following: spam, porn, extremely offensive material (eg Pro-Nazi, etc), or direct personal attacks on other members. ... When you do delete a comment that members may miss, note you have done so and why, so members know what happened.”

Source:
https://www.goodreads.com/group/moder...

One reason to tell members why a post was deleted, could be to educate them to become betters members in the future. If posts are deleted in silence it can be hard to know why.

[Sara, Old School Classics]

Okay, J_Blueflower, I will explain. This thread is for nominations, not lists of potential nominations or seconds. When you make lists, you confuse the procedure for others. The delete was not a big deal, it was to keep the thread clean and make it easier for everyone, including moderators who are trying to add nominations and seconds as they are posted. It was an off-topic post. What if everyone posted a list of everything they were willing to second? Please consider this when you are using the nominations threads.

[Greg]

Paula W wrote: "I nominate A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess. Year 1962, 240 pages, last read in 2014."

I second A Clockwork Orange

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

Sara wrote: "Okay, J_Blueflower, I will explain. This thread is for nominations, not lists of potential nominations or seconds. When you make lists, you confuse the procedure for others. The delete was not a bi..."

I think Blueflower was just suggesting some potential nominations that she would like to read. At least that's the way I interpreted the post.

[J_BlueFlower]

RJ - Slayer of Trolls wrote: "I think Blueflower was just suggesting some potential nominations that she would like to read. At least that's the way I interpreted the post."

Yes, exactly. Was not intended to be spam, porn or extremely offensive material (eg Pro-Nazi, etc).

[Mary]

I second Les Miserables.

[Pat]

I read this last year, but I second The Three Musketeers so it can go forward in the poll and others can have the chance to vote on it.

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

We do have several on this set of nominations that I would like to read, or read again.

[Lynn, New School Classics]

Hello, sorry I was missing a bit. I had a surprise (emergency) surgery - Gallbladder. It really was a surprise. I thought I just had a bad stomach virus I couldn't shake. Things are much better now, but I have been taking things very slowly. Thanks to all who kept the thread going while I was sleeping - literally.

[William]

Hope that you are feeling better Lynn!

[Lynn, New School Classics]

Thank you William. It fixed problems I didn't even know I had!!

[Jane]

I second Dangerous Liaisons

[Lynn, New School Classics]

Please let me know of any corrections or changes I should make.
Currently there are seven books nominated and seven go on to the poll. The nominations list is:

Les Misérables by Victor Hugo (1869) pages, Last read Oct. 2014
Nominated by J_Blueflower: Jane, Michaela, Cynda, Erin, Marie, Mary,

The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells (1896) 160 pages, last read Feb. 2016.
Nominated by Marilyn: RJ - Slayer of Trolls, Kathleen

Candide by Voltaire (1759) 129 pages, last read Sept. 2015
Nominated by EvenB: Heather L., Klowey,

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

An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde (1893) 78 pages, last read Feb., 2017
Nominated by Wobbley: George P., Darya Silman,

The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas (1844) 625 pages, last read Jan - Mar 2017.
Nominated by Katy: Pat,

Dangerous Liasons by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos (1782) 418 pages, Last read May 2020.
Nominated by Sara: Lori, Jen, Kimberly, Carolien,

[Kathleen]

Another second for The Island of Doctor Moreau, just in case it's needed. Thanks, Lynne, and hope you're recovering well!

[JenniferAustin]

Lynn, I am so sorry to hear you were under the weather, and glad to hear you are recovering. Keep taking good care of yourself!

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

Lynn wrote: "Hello, sorry I was missing a bit. I had a surprise (emergency) surgery - Gallbladder. It really was a surprise. I thought I just had a bad stomach virus I couldn't shake. Things are much better now..."

Glad you are back and feeling better.

[Cynda]

Lynn, may your recovery be swift and complete

[Janice]

Lynn, sending prayers for a quick and complete recovery. <3

[Janice]

I would like to second An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde.

[Lynn, New School Classics]

Thanks everyone. Sorry I turned the thread into "all about me". The nominations are closed. Please vote in the polls for one of our seven books.

https://www.goodreads.com/poll/list/4...