September '10 Reading Poll

[Scheherazade]

Please nominate the books you would like to read in September by July 31st.

[_Shannon_]

Stendhal The Red and The Black...though it seems likely we'll end up reading Hawthorne or something of the like ...:D

[The Comedian]

Stendhal The Red and The Black...though it seems likely we'll end up reading Hawthorne or something of the like ...:D

You have no idea how tempted I am to nominate something by Hawthorne right now. . .:lol:

[Virgil]

Stendhal The Red and The Black...though it seems likely we'll end up reading Hawthorne or something of the like ...:D

Oh that's been on my reading list for ages. If it wins, I'm in!!!

[victorianfan]

The Gospel According to Jesus Christ by José Saramago

[_Shannon_]

You have no idea how tempted I am to nominate something by Hawthorne right now. . .:lol:
:ack2: After my own smart-aleck, instigator heart!

Oh that's been on my reading list for ages. If it wins, I'm in!!!

I wanted to read it right after I read Sentimental Education last year --but thought it'd be better to wait. And now I've waited....plus I just read Count of Monte Cristo--so it'd be a nice balance.

I doubt it will win-my nominations never do--but I'll probably make it my FB "classic" book for my book club on there--so if it doesn't win, and you still want to read it--we could do our own reading :)

[Dark Muse]

The Last September by Elizabeth Bowen.

Originally I was thinking of nominating something else, but seeing as it is for September I could not resist this book as I have been wanting to read it for a while.

[papayahed]

Light in August- Faulkner

[TheFifthElement]

The Gospel According to Jesus Christ by José Saramago

I'll second that. Apart from being a wonderful book, it would be a fitting tribute to a great writer.

[bouquin]

I would like to nominate JULY'S PEOPLE by Nadine Gordimer. Thanks!

[JuniperWoolf]

Hmm... September...

I know! September is the month that all good students get back to the books, so I'll nominate that most widely-taught novel, despised by high school students everywhere, To Kill a Mockingbird.

[Nikhar]

The Magus by John Fowles


read about it in book review thread...really wanna read it. :D

[Dark Muse]

The Magus by John Fowles


read about it in book review thread...really wanna read it. :D

I am in LOVE with that book!!!!

If it won I would be tempted to read it again, and re-reading is not something I do very often.

[_Shannon_]

Hmm... September...

I know! September is the month that all good students get back to the books, so I'll nominate that most widely-taught novel, despised by high school students everywhere, To Kill a Mockingbird.
A great book---but there goes our chance to read something new....lol! There's my "Hawthorne"/:smile5:

[Scheherazade]

Nominations so far:

1. The Red and The Black

2. The Gospel According to Jesus Christ by José Saramago

3. The Last September by Elizabeth Bowen.

4. Light in August- Faulkner

5. JULY'S PEOPLE by Nadine Gordimer.

6. To Kill a Mockingbird

7. The Magus by John Fowles


I would like to nominate The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love by Oscar Hijuelos.

[_Shannon_]

Mambo Kings has been sitting, sitting, waiting, and calling to me for a few months now.....

[IceM]

I happily nominate Clockwork Orange.

[sixsmith]

Ridley Walker - Russell Hoban

[papayahed]

Why do all the good books get nominated in the same month???

[LuggageFan]

I would like to nominate The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love by Oscar Hijuelos.

I second that - sounds like an engrossing read.

[Scheherazade]

I second that - sounds like an engrossing read.Welcome to the Forum (and I think I am gonna like ya! :D)

[Virgil]

Welcome to the Forum (and I think I am gonna like ya! :D)

You might have said that when I joined, and I bet you've grown to regret it. :p

[Scheherazade]

You might have said that when I joined, and I bet you've grown to regret it. :pNo, no regrets there... As I don't think I have ever said that about you!

:p

[Virgil]

No, no regrets there... As I don't think I have ever said that about you!

:p

:lol: No you probably didn't.

[Darcy101]

I happily nominate Clockwork Orange.

I happily second that

[Shakira]

How about In Search of April Raintree?

[Tallon]

Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates

If there is any space left :(

[ktm5124]

The World According to Garp by John Irving

[Scheherazade]

Nominations for September:

1. The Red and The Black

2. The Gospel According to Jesus Christ by José Saramago

3. The Last September by Elizabeth Bowen.

4. Light in August- Faulkner

5. JULY'S PEOPLE by Nadine Gordimer.

6. To Kill a Mockingbird

7. The Magus by John Fowles

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

9. Clockwork Orange.

10. Ridley Walker - Russell Hoban
How about In Search of April Raintree?
Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
The World According to Garp by John IrvingShakira, Tallon and Ktr>Unfortunately, we have already got the 10 nominations needed; would you like to nominate these book next month?

[LMK]

Hmm, The Red and The Black or Mambo Kings that's going to be a tough choice.

[Shakira]

Yes. I'd like to nominate it for next month.

[Scheherazade]

Magnificient: A 4-way tie!

[spookymulder93]

5 way tie now. Thanks to yours truly.

[eyemaker]

My vote made Oscar Hijuelos' The Mambo Kings take the lead by 1. :)

[papayahed]

Boy it's still pretty close!

[Scheherazade]

Boy it's still pretty close!You are right... Do you know anyone who hasn't voted yet?

[JuniperWoolf]

I'm still deciding.

[Scheherazade]

Finally, Mambo Kings is leading :D

[LMK]

It was a toss up for me Mambo Kings or The Red and the Black, but I went with the colors, man, the colors.

[L.M. The Third]

I'd heard that it's the 50th anniversary of the publishing of To Kill a Mockingbird, so it seemed like a good time to read it. But...

[IceM]

The last time I checked this thread, there was a four-way tie, with my nominee in the running. To think I got excited that I might go 2/2 in Book Club nominations.

Farewell, Clockwork Orange.

[Scheherazade]

Farewell, Clockwork Orange.And hello, Mambo Kings!

:D

[Scheherazade]

Picked up my copy of Mambo Kings from the library today.

[David Lurie]

Picked up my copy of Mambo Kings from the library today.

I have a copy of it on my shelf from ages - before the Euro maybe - I hope this will be the right time to finally read it!

[LMK]

I'm 4th in the HOLD line for Mambo Kings at the library. Hopefully I'll see it before September is over.

I did get the one copy they had left of The Red and the Black, so I'm going to read that anyway until Mambo Kings comes in, but then the fat lady hasn't sung yet!

[Dark Muse]

oooo Red and Black has suddenly taken a giant leap.

There is still plenty of time left come on R&B

[Dark Muse]

Oh wow there is a tie now!

[Rores28]

what is R&B about... and are there any other books, thematically you would liken it too etc...?

[Dark Muse]

I haven't read it before, and don't know much about it, so I can't really give you something else to compare it too, it was just by chance that after it was nominated here I happened upon it in a book store, and reading the summary on the back sparked my interest.

So here is what it said on the back of my book which is what made me want to read it:

The origin of the story that provides the framework for The and The Black was, as it has been in many great novels, a newspaper report. Stendhal read of a young seminarist named Antoine Berthet who used his position as a tutor to seduce two women, was subsequently barred from the seminary and sought revenge for his dismissal by shooting one of the women. Though the woman did not die Berthet was executed for his crime. While all great novelists are admitted good psychologists Stendhal is generally conceded to have written The Red and The Black as the first "psychological novel" the first novel with a systematic scrutiny of the minds of its characters.

[_Shannon_]

Well I nominated Mr. Hijuelos a couple months ago, so I won't mind reading. But I already started Stendhal, so I'll read that first, and the Mambo Kings as my fluff. (Which isn't a put down--it's just less demanding of me as a reader.)

[LMK]

OK, so I put this book on hold at the library and found that no I didn't I put a different novel by this auther on hold....sheesh!

I hope I get it soon.

Meanwhile I'm about 1/2 through The Red and the Black; different discussion.....