February '15 Reading Poll

[Scheherazade]

Please nominate the book you would like to read with us here by January 15th.

[Calidore]

No themes this year?

[Scheherazade]

No, going with random nominations this year like old times.

[kev67]

May I nominate The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins.

[AuntShecky]

Brighton Rock by Graham Greene. (Whatever it is, I hope I already own a copy or that it's among the LitNet's on-line stash. It's so hard to get to the library, especially in winter!)

[Lykren]

Sodom and Gomorrah, Marcel Proust. Hey, what are you looking at me like that for?! I'm reading ISOLT and I'll be starting the fourth volume around the beginning of February, probably; I can suggest what I like can't I?

[Scheherazade]

I would like to nominate Humbodlt's Gift by Saul Bellow.

Nominations so far:

1. The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

2. Brighton Rock by Graham Greene

3. Sodom and Gomorrah by Marcel Proust

4. Humbodlt's Gift Saul Bellow

[Scheherazade]

Last couple of days to place your nominations for February!

[Scheherazade]

No other nominations?

[easy75]

I would nominate : The End by Salvatore Scibona

because I just started it, and I know I can finish in time for discussion.

[Scheherazade]

Interesting nominations!

[AuntShecky]

Somebody nominated a book I like even better than the one yours fooly nominated. Is it okay to switch?

[Scheherazade]

Of course :)

[Scheherazade]

Going once...

[kev67]

So, what are we reading?

[Scheherazade]

Because we have just read a Greene book, let's go with "Humboldt's Gift".

Will set up the thread tonight.

[easy75]

Aaarghh. No kindle version for Humboldt's Gift, and my little small town library doesn't have the book.
Extra irritating is the fact that Amazon does have a few pages that you can read in their preview, and it looks interesting.

[kev67]

I couldn't find it in either of Reading's branches of Waterstones, nor in W H Smiths. Several of Bellow's other books were in one of the Waterstones. Just ordered it from Amazon.

[Scheherazade]

I think Waterstones has a digital version available. I have ordered mine through the library. Mind you, only one copy in the whole of the county so waiting for that to arrive.

[easy75]

Waterstones doesn't sell ebooks to U.S. customers (!) I broke down and ordered an inexpensive hard copy from Amazon. I should have it this week. I justified it by telling myself that having a Pulitzer prize winning book on my shelf will make me appear more refined and intelligent.