Summer Reading '10 Poll

[Scheherazade]

Please nominate the books you would like to read this summer by May 18th.

This year's theme is "family".

[papayahed]

Don't Stop the Carnival by Herman Wouk

[JuniperWoolf]

The Grapes of Wrath.

[Scheherazade]

The Keepers of the House by Shirley Ann Grau.

[Virgil]

The Brothers Karamzov by Dosteyvski. I can pull this if people think this is too much. But it would make a good summer read.

[Quark]

The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen

[TurquoiseSunset]

One Hundred Years of Solitude...

I haven't read it though, so I might be wrong.

[lallison]

The Grapes of Wrath

[MUMUKSHA]

The Brothers Karamzov by Dosteyvski. I can pull this if people think this is too much. But it would make a good summer read.

:iagree: and second The Brothers Karamazov.

[Quark]

The Brothers Karamzov by Dosteyvski. I can pull this if people think this is too much. But it would make a good summer read.

I'd love to read that again, but would anyone else stick through a discussion of that? I thought the book club did BK once before, but I can't find the thread. If you guys did discuss it before, how did it go?

[Janine]

I'd love to read that again, but would anyone else stick through a discussion of that? I thought the book club did BK once before, but I can't find the thread. If you guys did discuss it before, how did it go?

Quark, you may be thinking of "The Idiot"...we discussed that a few years back. Is the "Brothers K" a family story? I guess, being brothers, that's family enough. Maybe if you all read it I will join in. I happen to own the book along with other Dostoyevski novels I hope to get to someday.

[Satan]

The Cement Garden

[Quark]

Quark, you may be thinking of "The Idiot"...we discussed that a few years back.

Really? No wonder I couldn't find it.


Is the "Brothers K" a family story? I guess, being brothers, that's family enough. Maybe if you all read it I will join in. I happen to own the book along with other Dostoyevski novels I hope to get to someday.

The father plays a big role in the story, too, so I think it's got plenty of family for the book club. I'm just asking if it's got a few too many pages for the club. I don't know if I have time to reread it, and I remember it only in the most fragmentary of senses. I'd probably post sometimes, but I don't think I would be there for the whole discussion.

[Virgil]

Quark, you may be thinking of "The Idiot"...we discussed that a few years back. Is the "Brothers K" a family story?

A father and three sons. Yes I would consider that a family drama.

[Dark Muse]

The Godfather by Mario Puzo

[Scheherazade]

Nominations so far:

1. Don't Stop the Carnival by Herman Wouk

2. The Grapes of Wrath

3. The Keepers of the House by Shirley Ann Grau

4. The Brothers Karamzov by Dosteyvski.

5. The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen

6. One Hundred Years of Solitude

7. The Cement Garden

8. The Godfather by Mario Puzo

Last two nominations...

[Wilde woman]

How about The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende? I've always wanted to read it.

[Goodman York]

I'm new here, but why not jump right in? How about "Last Night in Twisted River" by John Irving. I'm a big fanof character driven novels.:seeya:

[phoebelll25]

How about King Lear?

[Gladys]

A father and three sons. Yes I would consider that a family drama.

I read Brothers Karamazov long ago but recollect a father and four sons.

[_Shannon_]

I think I'm missing the cut off--but will throw in The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love by Oscar Hijuelos.

[Scheherazade]

Nominations for the Summer Read 2010:

1. Don't Stop the Carnival by Herman Wouk

2. The Grapes of Wrath

3. The Keepers of the House by Shirley Ann Grau

4. The Brothers Karamzov by Dosteyvski.

5. The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen

6. One Hundred Years of Solitude

7. The Cement Garden

8. The Godfather by Mario Puzo

9. The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende

10. The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love by Oscar Hijuelos.


You can now vote for the book you would like to read during this summer.


(Please note that only those members with at least 50 posts can nominate/vote).

[Virgil]

I'm reading The Brothers Karamzov right now and I had forgotten just how awesome a novel this is. Possibly the finest novel of all time. Defintely worth reading and discussing. :)

[papayahed]

Dang it! There are two nominations better then mine.

[Scheherazade]

Dang it! There are two nominations better then mine.And you haven't voted for any of them!

[papayahed]

And you haven't voted for any of them!


I'm not sure what to pick - Godfather or Mambo Kings.

[JuniperWoolf]

I'm not sure what to pick - Godfather or Mambo Kings.

But papaya... you want to read the grapes of wrath.

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[papayahed]

I mean I want to read the Grapes of wrath.

[TurquoiseSunset]

I'm sick of hearing about The Brothers Karamazov on this forum ALL THE TIME...so I give up and vote for it. :D I really want to see what al the fuss is about...plus, it's a murder mystery. How can I say no?

[Scheherazade]

Let's read something that has not been tried... Something that hasn't been sitting on the shelves for centuries...

[TurquoiseSunset]

So Sche, have you read The Help?

[Scheherazade]

So Sche, have you read The Help?No. Assuming that is a book...

[TurquoiseSunset]

No. Assuming that is a book...

Yeah, sorry, it is a book The Help (http://www.amazon.com/Help-Kathryn-Stockett/dp/0399155341/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1274354432&sr=1-1)...
The reason I ask was just because it shares similar themes with The Keepers of the House. I thought if you liked stories like that then maybe you have read The Help...it's been on the top 10 lists of Amazon and so on. I want to read it eventually, so I thought I might ask if you have and what you think :) I should have said that in the first post, hey? :D

[Scheherazade]

Yeah, sorry, it is a book The Help (http://www.amazon.com/Help-Kathryn-Stockett/dp/0399155341/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1274354432&sr=1-1)...
The reason I ask was just because it shares similar themes with The Keepers of the House. I thought if you liked stories like that then maybe you have read The Help...it's been on the top 10 lists of Amazon and so on. I want to read it eventually, so I thought I might ask if you have and what you think :) I should have said that in the first post, hey? :DI have not read The Keepers of the House either -hence, the nomination- and I don't know much about the story line apart from it being about a family. Only nominated it because it is a Pulitzer winner.

[TurquoiseSunset]

My mistake...I assumed you picked it because you like similar stories.

Anyhoo, I bought The Brothers Karamazov on Saturday. I'm going to read it anyway, whether or not it wins the poll, but I bought it now because it was a really nice copy (and translation) for very cheap.

[Sirkka]

Anyhoo, I bought The Brothers Karamazov on Saturday. I'm going to read it anyway, whether or not it wins the poll, but I bought it now because it was a really nice copy (and translation) for very cheap.


I am going to buy it this week. =) I found a very cheap copy too, about 10 € for a hardcover.

[Scheherazade]

I am going to buy it this week. =) I found a very cheap copy too, about 10 € for a hardcover.I hear Keepers of the House is even cheaper.

[Sirkka]

I hear Keepers of the House is even cheaper.
Thanx. =)
I found a cheaper paperback from Wordsworth Classics. =)

[Scheherazade]

So Sche, have you read The Help?Just downloaded this one from the library and read the first couple of pages... So far, so good.

Thanks for mentioning it.

:)

[Scheherazade]

Last 10 days to vote (for something other than BK if possible, please)!

[papayahed]

oh crap not BK!!! Come on people do what's right!

[Virgil]

Last 10 days to vote (for something other than BK if possible, please)!


oh crap not BK!!! Come on people do what's right!

I's not even close. :D

[Paulclem]

Just voted - wasn't sure what for, and, though I would read The Godfather again, voted for the 100 years of Solitude. . BK then?

[Scheherazade]

I's not even close. :DVirgil,

You are beginning to sound like Borat!

:p

[Virgil]

Virgil,

You are beginning to sound like Borat!

:p

:lol: I've only seen parts of that movie, so I don't specifically know what you're referring to, but don't say that while I'm in Kazakhstan or they'll throw me the hell out of here. :lo:

[Scheherazade]

I don't specifically know what you're referring to,
I's not even close. :D:p


Last 5 days to vote for the summer reading.

[Scheherazade]

Going once (with much regret)...

[Aesclepius]

The Brothers Karamzov? Well that's some nice, light, fresh summer reading right there.

[Scheherazade]

Going twice (with even greater regret!)...