Nominations for Sept/Oct group read

[Lauri]

True Victorian:

The Awakening by Kate Chopin

[Everyman]

Boof wrote: "Ha ha, yes I didn't get the bit about "wild horses" form Everyman. Black Beauty is a wonderful book - I'd be more than happy to read that one again."

But Black Beauty wasn't a wild horse, so you're all reaching a conclusion based on an invalid assumption. Now if the book had been Farley's Black Stallion you would have had a reason for that guess. But "wild horses wouldn't drag ..." is a standard idiom.

Bottom line: I still ain't tellin'!!

[Paula]

Hahaha - I'm not sure what is more fun, the nominations themselves or guessing E-man's choice. Like Boof, I was tempted to throw out a nomination, Gaskell's "Tales of Mystery and the Macabre" but I will withhold it considering the fantastic nominations thus far.

You guys all rock. :)

[Faith]

I'm new so I'm not sure if you've read this but The Way We Live Now has been sitting on my bookshelf for a few months and that would be fun to read.

I have a friend who says I should read The Awakening. She says that I remind her a lot of the heroine. I'm not sure if that is a good or bad thing.

[Paula]

Hi Faith! We haven't read it yet, actually, and you bring up a really good item.

For anyone who is looking to see if we have read a book as a group yet or not, please see our bookshelves. We put all the books we've read as 'official' group reads on the 'read' shelf. We've also done quite a few side reads, which may or may not be in the 'read' stack so perusing the folder titles can often be helpful, if you're interested.

[MadgeUK]

Paul wrote: "Why no Debacle by Emile Zola? He gets no love here."

I am a fan of Zola and have often recommended him to no avail:(.

[The Book Whisperer (aka Boof)]

MadgeUK wrote: "Paul wrote: "Why no Debacle by Emile Zola? He gets no love here."

I am a fan of Zola and have often recommended him to no avail:(."

Madge, me too. I think we need to start a Zola campagne one of these months - start waving virtual banners etc ;)

[The Book Whisperer (aka Boof)]

Everyman wrote: "Boof wrote: "Ha ha, yes I didn't get the bit about "wild horses" form Everyman. Black Beauty is a wonderful book - I'd be more than happy to read that one again."

But Black Beauty wasn't a wild ..."

Ooh, Farley's Black Stallion - I have been meaning to pick that book up for ages! I loved the film as a kid and really want to try the book.

[SarahC]

Everyman wrote: "Boof wrote: "Ha ha, yes I didn't get the bit about "wild horses" form Everyman. Black Beauty is a wonderful book - I'd be more than happy to read that one again."

But Black Beauty wasn't a wild ..."

Why did I guess that might be your reply to these comments, Everyman? :}

[MadgeUK]

Boof wrote: "MadgeUK wrote: "Paul wrote: "Why no Debacle by Emile Zola? He gets no love here."

I am a fan of Zola and have often recommended him to no avail:(."

Madge, me too. I think we need to start a ..."

I'll be right behind you Boof!

[MadgeUK]

Everyman wrote: "But Black Beauty wasn't a wild ..."

I still aint tellin


I know which one ;)(w)

[Faith]

Paula wrote: "Hi Faith! We haven't read it yet, actually, and you bring up a really good item.

For anyone who is looking to see if we have read a book as a group yet or not, please see our bookshelves. We put a..."

Thanks Paula!

[Carolyn]

Middlemarch by George Eliot

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

We've already read Middlemarch.

[Carolyn]

Susanna wrote: "We've already read Middlemarch."

Sorry! I am a newbie. =)

[Carolyn]

How about,
David Copperfield, or Bleak House by Charles Dickens? =)

[Jamie]

Lauri wrote: "True Victorian:

The Awakening by Kate Chopin"

We are reading that book in "the 1700-1939 book club" if you would like to join us or it doesn't get picked here

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Carolyn wrote: "How about,
David Copperfield, or Bleak House by Charles Dickens? =)"

I second nomination for Bleak House by Dickens, I've been planning to read it for months!

[Charity]

Boof wrote: "Charity wrote: "True Victorian:
A Woman's Life (Une Vie) by Guy de Maupassant"

Fabulous book! I loved it."

Whoo hoo! Thanks! I just ordered it a few days ago, so I'm anxious to get started on it. Looks really good! :)

[Bu]

"Mary Barton" by Elizabeth Gaskell
For many reasons. First of all because she's a great writer, then because it's a wonderful novel if you're interested in social themes, and in the developing of the social novel so abundant in good depictions of working class British characters.
It's a lovely story and it leaves a mark on your soul.

[Bu]

Also, The Professor by Charlotte Brontë.
A MAGNIFICENT work...

And The Tennant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë... such a masterpiece. It breaks your heart at times. It prompted such outcry at t he time it was published...

[Paula]

Hi Manualsdottir! Please note, per the first comment in this discussion thread, only your first nomination will move to the poll. Would you like to clarify your nomination choice, please?

[Bu]

Paula wrote: "Hi Manualsdottir! Please note, per the first comment in this discussion thread, only your first nomination will move to the poll. Would you like to clarify your nomination choice, please?"

Ah ok, I'm sorry about the triple post. Well so I can only say ONE book. Then it's going to be The Professor, as Mary Barton is already mentioned and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is longer than The Professor. It's a good chance to get into Charlotte's not so known work.

The Professor by C Brontë. Category: True Victorian, evidently.

[Paula]

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Nominations are now closed! I think we may be setting a Victorians record for the most nominations!

I'll be setting up the poll momentarily, and while it is later on the deadline date than I had intended, the good news is that my house is now spotless :)

[Danielle]

Any book from Anthony Troloppe except "The Way We Live Now" will do. (because I have already read it on another board)

[Everyman]

Danielle wrote: "Any book from Anthony Troloppe except "The Way We Live Now" will do. (because I have already read it on another board)"

You need to go to the poll and cast your vote -- just saying here what you want won't count as a vote.

[Kayla]

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass- Lewis Carrol

[Paula]

Kayla- the nominations ended a bit ago, and the poll is open to cast your vote. Unfortunately for your nomination, it did not make it to the final 5, but that doesn't mean it can't be nominated again in the future! :)

[David]

I vote Dracula!!

[Scott]

Marialyce wrote: "The Mill on the Floss is my nomination. (a true Victorian)"

[Scott]

A semi-biograghical novel is a perfect way to glimpse into what it was like to live in those times !

[Scott]

Ami wrote: "I'm dying to read Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass, by Lewis Carroll. If the collection is too ambitious for September, then the former rather..."

[Scott]

Months could be spent getting into Lewis Carroll's head!
Not to mention the political, social, and pychological satire of his books.
Lewis Carroll is worth several months of disscussion, if not a separate thread.

[Sukhi]

I'm a newbie. Have we read The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins? It's a true Victorian. And it's a gothic-y ghost-detective novel.

[Sukhi]

Oh. I just saw that The Woman in White was read last year in Oct. to Nov.

[Crystal]

My vote is Frankenstein or the Princess and the Goblin!

[Paula]

All - please be sure to use the poll link on the right to cast your vote!