January 2024 Revisit the Shelf Nominations

[Lynn, New School Classics]

Nominations for the January 2024 Revisit the Shelf book will open on November 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 Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. le Guin December 2023
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte November 2023
Stoner by John Williams October 2023
East of Eden by John Steinbeck September 2023
The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells August 2023
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


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 to re-nominate a book that has been in the poll. Please do not nominate any of the books that were in our poll last month:

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (1969)
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne (1869)
Les Misérables by Victor Hugo (1862)
Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen (1937)
The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot (1860)

Nominations will remain open until the 14th of the month. Polls will open on the 16th and run until the end of the month.

[J_BlueFlower]

I would like to nominate The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett. 976 pages, 1989. Read January 2019

[Wobbley]

I nominate The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins. 528 pages, published 1868. Last read by the group 05/2015.

[spoko]

I nominate The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros (110 p., pub. 1984). Last read May 2018.

[Radhya]

I second The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

[Lynn, New School Classics]

J_BlueFlower wrote: "I would like to nominate The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett. 976 pages, 1989. Read January 2019"

Oh I love that book!!

[Jane]

I second The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

[Margaret]

I second Pillars of the Earth.

[spoko]

Lynn wrote: "Spoko I moved your nomination to this thread:

Siddartha by Hermann Hesse
(152 p., pub. 1922)."

I appreciate that, Lynn, but I had already nominated The House on Mango Street in here. I'll save Siddartha for another time.

[Sam]

I nominate The Brothers Karamazov Fyodor Dostoevsky 1880 796 pages ...last read 1977

[Lynn, New School Classics]

spoko wrote: "Lynn wrote: "Spoko I moved your nomination to this thread:

Siddartha by Hermann Hesse
(152 p., pub. 1922)."

I appreciate that, Lynn, but I had already nominated T..."


Thank you, Spoko.

[Savita]

I nominate Anne of Green Gables , # 1 , by L.M. Montgomery. Published in 1908 , 320 pages , last read in December 2015 .

[Marilyn]

I nominate The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury. Published in 1950. 182 pages.

[Shaina]

I second The Martian Chronicles

[Shannon SA]

I second Anne of Green Gables.

[Lori]

I second Anne of green gables!!

[Savita]

Thanks Shannon and Lori !

[Darren]

I nominate The Time Machine by H.G.Wells

[Michaela]

I second The Pillars of the Earth.

[EvenB]

I second Anne of Green Gables.

[Kimberly]

I second The Moonstone

[Savita]

EvenB wrote: "I second Anne of Green Gables."

Thank you , EvenB !

[Lynn, New School Classics]

Thank you everyone. I plan on doing the nominations list this afternoon. (In about 3 or 4 hours).

With a quick count I see six strong nominations. Perhaps there are seven. But it's looking good!!

[Lynn, New School Classics]

Our nominations list:

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett 976 pages (1989) Last read January 2019
Nominated by J_Blueflower: Margaret, Michaela, Lynn

The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins 528 pages (1868) Last read by May 2015
Nominated by Wobbley: Rahdya, Kimberly

The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros (1984) 110 pages, Last read May 2018.
Nominated by Spoko: Jane,

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky (1880) 796 pages, last read 1977
Nominated by Sam:

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery (1908) 320 pages, Last read Dec. 2015
Nominated by Savita: Shannon SA, Lori, EvenB,

The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury (1950) 182 pp. Last read March 2016
Nominated by Marilyn: Shaina,

The Time Machine by H.G. Wells (1895) 118 pages, Last read Sept. 2015.
Nominated by Darren:

[Lynn, New School Classics]

There are two more days to nominate or second before these books go to the polls.

[Pat]

I second The Time Machine.

[Emilia]

The Brothers Karamazov

[Sam]

Thanks Emilia.

[Karen]

I nominate Don Quixote, first published 1605, 1023 pages

[J_BlueFlower]

Karen wrote: "I nominate Don Quixote, first published 1605, 1023 pages"

I second

[Lynn, New School Classics]

Our nominations list:

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett 976 pages (1989) Last read January 2019
Nominated by J_Blueflower: Margaret, Michaela, Lynn

The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins 528 pages (1868) Last read by May 2015
Nominated by Wobbley: Rahdya, Kimberly

The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros (1984) 110 pages, Last read May 2018.
Nominated by Spoko: Jane,

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky (1880) 796 pages, last read 1977
Nominated by Sam: Emilia

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery (1908) 320 pages, Last read Dec. 2015
Nominated by Savita: Shannon SA, Lori, EvenB,

The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury (1950) 182 pp. Last read March 2016
Nominated by Marilyn: Shaina,

The Time Machine by H.G. Wells (1895) 118 pages, Last read Sept. 2015.
Nominated by Darren: Pat,

Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra pub. 1625, 1026 pages, last read Sept. 2015
Nominated by Karen: J_Blueflower,

[Wobbley]

I'll second Don Quixote.

[Jen]

I second The Martian Chronicles. I’m due for some Bradbury. 🙂

[William]

I will second the House on Mango Street.

[Lynn, New School Classics]

Our nominations list:

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett 976 pages (1989) Last read January 2019
Nominated by J_Blueflower: Margaret, Michaela, Lynn

The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins 528 pages (1868) Last read by May 2015
Nominated by Wobbley: Rahdya, Kimberly

The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros (1984) 110 pages, Last read May 2018.
Nominated by Spoko: Jane, William

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery (1908) 320 pages, Last read Dec. 2015
Nominated by Savita: Shannon SA, Lori, EvenB,

The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury (1950) 182 pp. Last read March 2016
Nominated by Marilyn: Shaina, Jen

Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra pub. 1625, 1026 pages, last read Sept. 2015
Nominated by Karen: J_Blueflower, Wobbley, Heather L.,

The Time Machine by H.G. Wells (1895) 118 pages, Last read Sept. 2015.
Nominated by Darren: Pat,

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky (1880) 796 pages, last read 1977
Nominated by Sam: Emilia

[Heather L]

Second — Don Quixote

[Lynn, New School Classics]

Anyone want to break the tie for last place?

[Kathleen]

I'll second The Time Machine.

[Ila]

I'll second Brothers Karamazov

[Lynn, New School Classics]

LOL that did not break the tie. I guess we'll have 8 books in poll.