Vote August botm 2024 CLOSED

[Kristel]

Our authors for August 2024 botm come from Pavese to Remarque.

Books over 600 pages are not included and books that have been past botm in 2022 are also not included.

Voting starts today and ends on the 24th when the winners will be announced.

HOW TO VOTE:
Please send your choices by private message to either myself or the Shelf Personality. Everyone gets one free vote. if you have participation points you can have up to 4 additional votes. You can use them all on one choice or you can make 5 different choices.

Only books that have not been previous botm in past 10 years will be added to the randomizer. Each book you choose will be fed into the randomizer for an opportunity to be chosen by the randomizer. * (excluded from randomizer)


PS: don't forget to update your TBR list before June 25.

Cesare Pavese - Italian
1. The Moon and the Bonfire
2. The Harvesters

Milorad Pavić - Serbia
3. Dictionary of the Khazars

Octavio Paz - Mexico
*4. The Labyrinth of Solitude and Other Writings, 2014 botm*

David Peace - UK
5. Nineteen Seventy Four

Mervyn Peake - UK
6. Gormenghast
*7. Titus Groan, botm 2010, 2018*

Victor Pelevin - Russian
8. The Life of Insects
*9. The Clay Machine-Gun, botm 2020*

Georges Perec - France
10. Life: A User's Manual Wish List
11. A Void
12. Things: A Story of the Sixties Wishlist
13. W, or the Memory of Childhood Wishlist
14, A Man Asleep

Benito Pérez Galdós - Spain
15. Fortunata and Jacinta
16. Compassion also known as Misericordia

Charlotte Perkins Gilman - USA
*17.The Yellow Wallpaper, botm 2016*

Fernando Pessoa - Portugal
*18. The Book of Disquiet, botm 2020*

D.B.C. Pierre - Australia/Ireland
19. Vernon God Little

Ricardo Piglia - Argentina
20.Money to Burn

Luigi Pirandello 0 Italy
21. One, No One and One Hundred Thousand

Sylvia Plath - USA
22. The Bell Jar

James Plunkett - Ireland
23. The Trusting and the Maimed

Edgar Allan Poe - USA
24. The Purloined Letter, 2010, 2012, eligible for randomizer
25. The Fall of the House of Usher, 2010, 2012 botm
26. The Pit and the Pendulum, 2010, 2012

Elena Poniatowska - France
27. Here's to You, Jesusa!

Padgett Powell - USA
28. Typical: Stories

Annie Proulx - USA
29. The Shipping News, 2012 botm

Manuel Puig - Argentina
*30. Kiss of the Spider Woman, botm 2014*
31. Heartbreak Tango

Alexander Pushkin - Russia
*32. Eugene Onegin botm 2014*

Mario Puzo - USA
33. The Godfather

Barbara Pym - UK
*34. Excellent Women, botm 2016*
35. Quartet in Autumn

Thomas Pynchon - USA
36. Vineland
37. V.
*38. The Crying of Lot 49, botm 2018*

Raymond Queneau - France
39. Exercises In Style

Ann Radcliffe - England
40. The Mysteries of Udolpho

Raymond Radiguet - France
41. The Devil in the Flesh

Christoph Ransmayr - Austria
42. The Last World

Pauline Réage - France
43. Story of O

Liviu Rebreanu - Romania
44. The Forest of the Hanged

Erich Maria Remarque - Germany
*45. All Quiet on the Western Front, botm 2014, 2016*

That is our books for August. What have you read? What would you like to read?

[Kristel]

I've read 20 of these and of the ones I haven't read, none are jumping out either. I will have to check out my resources. I own Typical and Dictionary

[George P.]

I've read 16, about my usual 1/3. Three are in my TBR list in my next 100, and a couple more farther down. Those 3 are: Here's to You Jesusa [if you read Spanish it's “Hasta no Verte, Jesus Mio"], Exercises in Style, and Quartet. So those are the ones for which I'm inclined to vote.

[Kristel]

George P. wrote: "I've read 16, about my usual 1/3. Three are in my TBR list in my next 100, and a couple more farther down. Those 3 are: Here's to You Jesusa [if you read Spanish it's “Hasta no Verte, Jesus Mio"], ..."

I don't read Spanish and was not able to find a translation. I've read the other two.

[Amanda]

Here's to you Jesusa is here in English on open library for anyone who may be interested in that one. This is how I read it and thought highly of it: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15858...

There's only 2 I haven't read this time: Vernon God Little and Life: a user's manual. The former I have coming to my library to read this month so that makes things easy for me. Just going to throw 5 votes at Life: a user's Manual.

[Kristel]

Amanda wrote: "Here's to you Jesusa is here in English on open library for anyone who may be interested in that one. This is how I read it and thought highly of it: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15858...%..."

Thanks Amanda!

[Rosemary]

I own Excellent Women and Things: A Story of the Sixties. Also Vineland, but not sure I'm ready for another Pynchon yet.
I haven't read Typical, Dictionary of the Khazars, or Here's to You Jesusa, but I've read the others mentioned so far.
Not sure what to do yet.

[Pip]

I have read 18 and don’t own a copy of any of the others. In fact, my TBR shelf is shrinking satisfactorily. I shall vote for Jesusa.

[Pamela]

I’ve read 14 (including Life: A Users Manual which was brilliant), but nothing is standing out from the unread ones in this group. I think I may give voting a miss this month and wait to see what gets chosen.

[Patrick]

I've read 26 of them, probably helped by the fact that I have read all the Perec and Poe, as well as two of eligible Pynchons. A bit light on the TBR shelf though:

- Dictionary of the Khazars (Pavic, French edition)
- Gormenghast (Peake)
- Titus Groan (Peake)

I'm craving something in French, especially after the gruelling bricks I have read (and still read) these last few months. So, very likely to back the Dictionary quite heavily.

[George P.]

Dictionary of the Khazars is a little farther down in my to-read list. It's a "core" 1001 book and my local library has it so while I might not vote for it I would read if chosen. According to my notes it's one of just two Serbian books in the 1001 list- don't know what the other is.

[George P.]

Rosemary wrote: "I own Excellent Women and Things: A Story of the Sixties. Also Vineland, but not sure I'm ready for another Pynchon yet.
I haven't read Typical, Dictionary of the Khazars..."

I liked Excellent Women. I haven't read the other two.

[Gail]

I have read 14 of these, about my average although I was certainly helped a great deal by the Poe being considered three distinct reads. I would like to read A User's Manual so will probably vote for that.

[Kristel]

The winner by popular vote is [Life: A User's Manuel] beating out The Dictionaries by 1 vote, Thank you, Gail.

The winner of the randomizer selection goes to Amanda Carter who voted for Bell Jar.

What will you be reading in August?

[Patrick]

I have read both, so it will be an opportunity to finish Joseph and his Brothers. If I'm lucky, I might be able to start reading my randomised picks.

[Pamela]

I have also read both so will pick one off my randomizer list to read alongside the TBR takedown and a BOTM.

[Kristel]

I have not read Life so will be buying a used copy of that one. I have read The Bell Jar a long time back. I own it, will consider a possible reread but more likely I will work on other books, I seldom reread.

[Amanda]

Glad Life: a user's manual was votes in. will be reading that one. I thought The Bell Jar was brilliant, so hope those reading that one enjoy it too.

[Gail]

I will be reading both. I read The Bell Jar long ago and am not sure I will finish rereading it but I will at least start it.

[Rosemary]

I've read both. I'm planning to read Henry James' The Golden Bowl in August, plus my TBR Takedown book whatever that may be, and the monthly keyword challenge book. Oh and part 3 of Joseph, which looks long.

[Pip]

I’ll definitely read the Perez, but it’s a big book so I might not get to a re-read of the Plath. I need to revisit it, though, because I did not find it as marvellous as others have on previous readings.

[Kristel]

Pip wrote: "I’ll definitely read the Perez, but it’s a big book so I might not get to a re-read of the Plath. I need to revisit it, though, because I did not find it as marvellous as others have on previous re..."
I feel the same Pip. I am sad that Life is a big book as I am struggling to get so many of these done that don't have audios and too many pages.

[Pip]

Yes! I am listening to Mason and Dixon and it is never ending! On the plus side I really enjoyed Jane Somers and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes this month.

[George P.]

Pip wrote: "I’ll definitely read the Perez..."

I guess you meant Perec.

[George P.]

I've read both of the selections this month. Like Kristel I rarely re-read, though I am planning to re-read One Hundred Years of Solitude this year which I read probably 30+ years ago.
I'm working on Sophie's Choice which is 500+ pages (audiobk) and the new biography King: A Life (680 pages, also audiobk) and will soon start A Strangeness in my Mind which is 600 pages. These aren't list books but are good books. Plus I have a few shorter ones I'm working on.

[Pip]

Yes, George , damn autocorrect, I didn’t see it!

[Diane]

I will read The Bell Jar if I can squeeze it in.

[Amanda]

I will definitely be reading The Bell Jar!! Woot!

[Kyle]

Kristel wrote: "I've read 20 of these and of the ones I haven't read, none are jumping out either. I will have to check out my resources. I own Typical and Dictionary"

Dictionary was tough. I understand why it's on the list, purely for the form, but toughhh.

[Kristel]

Kyle wrote: "Kristel wrote: "I've read 20 of these and of the ones I haven't read, none are jumping out either. I will have to check out my resources. I own Typical and Dictionary"

Dictionary was tough. I unde..."
I've owned it for a long time and have not read it. It sounds like it will be a challenge to read.