Voting September 2023 botm - CLOSED

[Kristel]

Welcome to another round of voting. The author choices Dickens to Drabble. Voting is open from the 15th through the 23. Winners announced on the 24th. Please review the list of authors and the books that are eligible in this post and don't forget to vote.

Also give us your comments and opinions. Everyone gets one free vote but if you want more opportunity you can use participation points.

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.
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Books Excluded:
Dickens, Our Mutual Friend . 800 pages
Bleak House>1000
Great Expectations > 600
David Copperfield> 600
Martin Chuzzlewit> 600
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby>600
Oliver Twist is 608 so I could be persuaded to include it.
John Dos Passos: U.S.A. >1000
Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
The Devils
The Idiot
Crime and Punishment

Charles Dickens England
1. A Tale of Two Cities
2. Hard Times
3. A Christmas Carol
4. Oliver Twist is 608 pages but I can be persuaded to add it as a monthly
5. Great Expectations

Denis Diderot - France
6. Rameau's Nephew
7. The Nun
8. Jacques the Fatalist

Joan Didion - US
9. Democracy
10. Play It As It Lays

Eilís Dillon
11. The Bitter Glass

Isak Dinesen - Denmark
12. Out of Africa 2013botm

Alfred Döblin
13. Berlin Alexanderplatz

E.L. Doctorow - US
14, City of God -2017botm
15. Billy Bathgate
16. Ragtime
17. The Book of Daniel

Jim Dodge - US
18. Stone Junction

H.D. (Hilda Doolittle) US poet
19. Asphodel

John Dos Passos - US
20. Manhattan Transfer

Fyodor Dostoevsky - Russia
21. Notes From the Underground - 2017 botm

Maro Douka - Greece
22. Fool's Gold

Apostolos Doxiadis - Australia
23. Uncle Petros and Goldbach's Conjecture

Arthur Conan Doyle - Scotland
24. The Hound of the Baskervilles
25. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Margaret Drabble - UK
26. The Red Queen
27. The Radiant Way

I did not realize that we would only have 27 books in September, not taking in to account the number of books in this section that are over 600 pages. Which ones would you like to read in September?

[Amanda]

Even with the reduced list, there is thankfully 3 I haven't read:

-Stone junction
-Fool's Gold
- The Bitter Glass

I will be voting for one of these, but I don't think any are on audio for folks that want to use audible credits this month.

[Valerie]

I don't have a strong feeling about any of the choices. Stone Junction sounds like a book I would enjoy, but doesn't look accessible unless I can get it through ILLO.

[Amanda]

Valerie wrote: "I don't have a strong feeling about any of the choices. Stone Junction sounds like a book I would enjoy, but doesn't look accessible unless I can get it through ILLO."

It is free on open library, if you ever read ebooks.

[Pip]

I have read 21, including the excluded. I am going to vote for Play it as it Lays as it is an actual book on my shelf.

[Valerie]

Amanda wrote: "Valerie wrote: "I don't have a strong feeling about any of the choices. Stone Junction sounds like a book I would enjoy, but doesn't look accessible unless I can get it through ILLO."..."

Oh, ok! Thanks - I will look there.

[Gail]

I have read 10 of these and wouldn’t mind reading another Dickens. I have read Play it as it Lays but none of the three on Amanda’s list.

[Patrick]

All in all, I have read 24 of them. There are only two on my TBR shelf:

Play it as it lays (Didion)
Manhattan Transfer (Dos Passos)

If we go the Dickens way, Oliver Twist would be my choice (the only other one I haven't read is David Copperfield, but it's not eligible).

[Pamela]

Thanks to Dickens being there, I’ve read 11 of these (and 7 of the excluded) I’d quite like to read some EL Doctorow.

Of Amanda’s list, I’ve read The Bitter Glass but not the other two.

[Kristel]

I’ve read all of the Dickens. I’ve read all of the Dostoevsky except Devils (Demons) which is not eligible. I’ve read 19, I would be up for reading The Book of Daniel by Doctorow because it is on my shelf.

So my choices would be
The Book of Daniel
Berlin Alexanderplatz and
Manhattan Transfer

[Pamela]

I have the Book of Daniel too so I think I’ll vote for that

[Kristel]

Patrick wrote: "All in all, I have read 24 of them. There are only two on my TBR shelf:

Play it as it lays (Didion)
Manhattan Transfer (Dos Passos)

If we go the Dickens way, Oliver Twist would be my choice (the ..." I am willing to allow Oliver Twist as it is only 608 pages long.

[Kristel]

Pamela wrote: "I have the Book of Daniel too so I think I’ll vote for that"

Great!

[Rosemary]

I've read 11, including Oliver Twist, Play It As It Lays, and Manhattan Transfer.

I haven't read Stone Junction or The Book of Daniel. Our library has them both.

I think the only one I own is The Nun by Diderot in French. September would be a good month for me to read my slow way through that, because I will have some time off work. But it doesn't sound like it would get any other votes.

[Pippin]

This is interesting - I had a notion to re-read Out of Africa this year along with some other Africa based classics (Wind, Sand, and Stars & West with the Night) as well as re-reading Great Expectations (prompted by reading Francine Prose's chapter on it in What to Read and Why.) I read GE in college after a tough breakup and it just lined up precisely with what I was going through, so I thought it would be interesting to read again, decades later, after the wounds have healed. (Kristel you have it as excluded but then list it with the Dickens options. ??) So I would be okay with either Out of Africa or GE even though they would be re-reads. Of the others, I'm most interested in Berlin Alexanderplatz or Ragtime - really any of Doctorow since I haven't read him yet...
I've read 8 - several of them earlier this year.

[Kristel]

Pippin wrote: "This is interesting - I had a notion to re-read Out of Africa this year along with some other Africa based classics (Wind, Sand, and Stars & West with the Night) as well as re-reading Great Expecta..."

I think you caught a mistake that I made. It should not have been included. You will have only one vote unless you start keeping track in the Annual Points Challenge. You used your 5 pts for intro last month. Thanks I will correct the list.

[George P.]

I have read 7 or 8 of these. Radiant Way, Hard Times & Berlin Alexanderplatz are on my to-read list and Book of Daniel interests me also. I may vote for Book of Daniel cause it's shortest. I just finished a couple of long books and don't want to read any more long ones for a while.

[Amanda]

I ended up voting for Stone Junction.

[Kristel]

The winners are;
Randomizer Manhattan Transfer
Popular Vote: The Book of Daniel

Voting was slow but in the end a fair turn out.
Book of Daniel 12
Play it as it Lays 3
Stone Junction 8
Manhattan Transfer 1
Berlin Alexandraplatz 1


What will you be reading in September?

[Pamela]

I’ll definitely be reading The Book of Daniel. I’m quite curious about Manhattan Transfer but I’ll wait to see how many other books I commit to in September

[Amanda]

Hope people enjoy The Book of Daniel (I thought it was incredible). Manhatten Transfer was pretty good too. Unless anyone is interested in a Stone Junction buddy read, I'll chill a bit in September :)

[Rosemary]

I will read The Book of Daniel and also take Diderot - La Religieuse to read when I go away.

[Gail]

I will aim to read both of these.

[Kristel]

I hope to read both too.

[Pip]

Both the chosen books are on Audible, Manhattan Transfer for free, so I am happy. I have used up one credit.

[George P.]

I’ll be reading The Book of Daniel also. I'm thrilled that a book I voted for won the poll. Years ago I read three other of Doctorow's novels, so I enjoy his writing.
I have been cutting back on books by American men, but will go for this one.
I read Manhattan Transfer (long ago) and it's kind of long so won't join for that one.
I have a library account that has a 2 week wait for the audiobook of Book of Daniel, so I put a hold on it- that should be good.
Update Aug 9: I have started Book of Daniel.

[Patrick]

I should be able to read both. Second month in a row that the randomiser hits my TBR shelf (and I'm the fool who voted for Manhattan Transfer!).

[[deleted user]]

I have ordered both from the library :)