July and August 2023 - Classic Group Read - Nomination Thread

[Alannah]

It's time to nominate your choices for our next group classics read, this time for July and August 2023. 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 1973 or earlier.

Nominations will be run for 7 days and will close late on 16th June or as soon we hit six books in the poll. The poll will run for seven days when I will announce the winner shortly afterwards.

During this time anybody can nominate and second a book. The 6 books with the most second votes at the end of the 7 day nomination period will go into the poll. Each person can nominate one book and second one book each. 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.

[spoko]

I nominate The Awakening by Kate Chopin (195 p., pub. 1899)

[Jade]

The Mill on the Floss

[John of Canada]

I second The Awakening by Kate Chopin.

[Nidhi]

l nominate Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis. Published 1946. Pages 335.

[Greg]

I'll second Zorba the Greek

[Greg]

I nominate Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak

[Nidhi]

I second Doctor Zhivago.

[Leslie]

Oh, Doctor Zhivago has been on my TBR for years now! I won't try nominating another book this time and hope for that to win.

[Alannah]

Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy

[Alannah]

Jade wrote: "The Mill on the Floss"

I will second this one.

[Alannah]

Nominated Books:
Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy

Books Going To Poll:
The Awakening by Kate Chopin
Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis
Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot

[Alannah]

Four books going to poll, two slots left.

[Greg]

Alannah wrote: "Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy"

If I hadn't used up my second already, I'd second this one. I've always wanted to read it. Some great picks again this time around!

[Nidhi]

I have read only The Mill on the Floss , which is my favourite by George Eliot. All others I have on my Tbr. It will be difficult to choose among them.

[Greg]

Nidhi wrote: "I have read only The Mill on the Floss , which is my favourite by George Eliot. All others I have on my Tbr. It will be difficult to choose among them."

Indeed! I have only read one of the five, but the other four are high on my to-read list. And the one I've read already, I definitely loved enough to re-read.

[Jade]

Alannah wrote: "Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy"

I will second this one.

[Alannah]

Nominated Books:


Books Going To Poll:
The Awakening by Kate Chopin
Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis
Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot
Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy

[Alannah]

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