May 2024 Revisit the Shelf Nominations

[Lynn, New School Classics]

Nominations for the May 2024 Revisit the Shelf book will open on March 1st, 2024.

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 Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (1890) 272 pages, Last read April 2024
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1625), 1026 pages, last read February and March 2024
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery (1908) 320 pages, Last read Jan. 2024
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (1969) 340 pp., last read Dec. 2023
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë (1847) 464 pages, last Nov. 2023.
Stoner by John Williams (1965) 288 p., last read Oct. 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

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 Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (1890)
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck (1939)
The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham (1944)
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë (1848)
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (1899)
The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton (1905)
From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne (1865)

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

[Bob, Short Story Classics]

I nominate Watership Down by Richard Adams, last read May 2016.

[Milena]

Bob wrote: "I nominate Watership Down by Richard Adams, last read May 2016."

I second. I was considering re-reading it this year.

[Sam]

I will nominate Candide by Voltaire again. 1759 129pp. Last read 2015

[J_BlueFlower]

I would like to nominate Waiting for Godot. Last read 2018/06/01

[Kimberly]

I nominate And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie. Last read August 2016.

[Gerard]

I second Candide

[Sam]

Thanks Gerard.

[Terry]

I second Watership Down

[Kathryn]

I second Candide.

[J_BlueFlower]

victoria wrote: "I nominate Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3..."

victoria: Wrong tread. Go here: New School Classic
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[victoria]

oh, thank you, J!

[victoria]

I nominate William Faulkner’s Light in August

[Wobbley]

I second Watership Down.

[Heather L]

Second — Candide

[Sam]

Thanks Heather

[spoko]

I nominate La Dame aux Camélias (Camille / The Lady of the Camellias) by Alexandre Dumas fils (256 p., pub. 1848). Last read October 2020.

[Klowey]

Wow, what a list.
I second Watership Down.

[sabagrey]

I second Watership Down.

[AiK]

spoko wrote: "I nominate La Dame aux Camélias (Camille / The Lady of the Camellias) by Alexandre Dumas fils (256 p., pub. 1848). Last read October 2020."

I second

[Lynn, New School Classics]

Very nice list, with four of the books never nominated in this thread before (or at least not while I've been moderating.) Let my know if I should change anything.

Watership Down by Richard Adams (1972) 478 ages last read May 2016
Nominated by Bob: Sabagrey, Klowie, Wobbley, Terry, Milena

Candide by Voltaire (1759) 129 pages. last read Sept 2015
Nominated by Sam: Heather L., Kathryn, RJ - Slayer of Trolls


And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie (1939) 264 pages, Last read Aug 2016
Nominated by Kimberly:

La Dame aux Camelias by Alexandre Dumas fils (1848) 246 pages, Last read Oct 2020.
Nominated by Spoko: Aik

Light in August by William Faulkner (1932) 507 pages, Last read in Sept 2018
Nominated by Victoria: Jen, Dave,

Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett (1952) 109 pages, last read June 2018
Nominated by J_Blueflower:

[Jen]

It’s between Christie and Faulkner for me, very tough decision. I will throw my second in for A Light in August.

[Dave]

I second Light in August

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

Sam wrote: "I will nominate Candide by Voltaire again. 1759 129pp. Last read 2015"

SECOND

[Sam]

Thanks RJ

[Nike]

J_BlueFlower wrote: "I would like to nominate Waiting for Godot. Last read 2018/06/01"

I second!

[Lynn, New School Classics]

Very nice list, with four of the books never nominated in this thread before (or at least not while I've been moderating.) Let my know if I should change anything.

Watership Down by Richard Adams (1972) 478 ages last read May 2016
Nominated by Bob: Sabagrey, Klowie, Wobbley, Terry, Milena

Candide by Voltaire (1759) 129 pages. last read Sept 2015
Nominated by Sam: Heather L., Kathryn, RJ - Slayer of Trolls


And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie (1939) 264 pages, Last read Aug 2016
Nominated by Kimberly:

La Dame aux Camelias by Alexandre Dumas fils (1848) 246 pages, Last read Oct 2020.
Nominated by Spoko: Aik

Light in August by William Faulkner (1932) 507 pages, Last read in Sept 2018
Nominated by Victoria: Jen, Dave,

Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett (1952) 109 pages, last read June 2018
Nominated by J_Blueflower: Nike

[Shaina]

I second Watership Down

[Lynn, New School Classics]

Thank you everyone for the Nominations. There were three that had not been previously nominated. I like seeing the variety in the field. Since there are only six Nominations all six will go to the poll.