Christmas 2007 Reading Poll

Wow, this is proving to be popular!

Nominations so far:

1. Sons and Lovers by D.H Lawrence.

2. The Human Comedy by Saroyan

3. Holiday on Ice by David Sedaris

4. The Godfather by Mario Puzo

5. A Painted House by Grisham

6. The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen

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Originally Posted by TheFifthElement

Have you read "The Christmas Mystery" by Jostein Gaarder? It has a family element but is primarily about Christmas. It's written in the style of an advent calendar so there's a chapter for each day on the run up to Christmas. It's a great read (I read it every year!).

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Hello, Fifth! Have you read the book? Does it deal with families as a main theme?

I would like to nominate Behind the Scenes at the Museumby Kate Atkinson:

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Hmm, there is a family element to the book, in that the advent calendar belongs to a small boy and they read the stories together as a family, but I'm not sure I'd say it was a main theme, more of a side theme really. Primarily it is about the story of Christmas.

Nominations so far:

1. Sons and Lovers by D.H Lawrence.

2. The Human Comedy by Saroyan

3. Holiday on Ice by David Sedaris

4. The Godfather by Mario Puzo

5. A Painted House by Grisham

6. The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen

7. The Christmas Mystery by Jostein Gaarder

8. Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson

Last 5 days!

Even though I've already read this, I'll nominate Fathers and Sons (or Fathers and Children) by Ivan Turgenev.

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Originally Posted by Dori

Even though I've already read this, I'll nominate Fathers and Sons (or Fathers and Children) by Ivan Turgenev.

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A very good novel. Dori, I don't think I've ever had the chance to welcome you to lit net. Welcome. I see you're well adapted to the forums and apparently enjoy this place. I found you're introduction and was surprised to see you're a guy and love hockey. You know we're out numbered here. You lit net name struck me as feminine and hockey players don't have a reputation for liking literature. ;) Unfortuantely I don't have time right now to participate in the Christmas read. I must finish Don Quixote and then on to The Aeneid.

Fathers and Sons is a great book. I loved it and other stories, short novels by Ivan Turgenev are very good, as well.

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Originally Posted by Virgil

A very good novel. Dori, I don't think I've ever had the chance to welcome you to lit net. Welcome. I see you're well adapted to the forums and apparently enjoy this place. I found you're introduction and was surprised to see you're a guy and love hockey. You know we're out numbered here. You lit net name struck me as feminine and hockey players don't have a reputation for liking literature. ;) Unfortuantely I don't have time right now to participate in the Christmas read. I must finish Don Quixote and then on to The Aeneid.

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I'm almost sure you welcomed me in the Don Quixote Reading Group thread. Thanks for the welcome anyway :) .

Concerning my username, think Dori the dwarf (that is, a masculine figure---even female dwarves are rather masculine), not Dori the fish (spelled Doris, if I remember correctly). I hope that clears things up a little :) .

100 Years of Solitude and The Brothers Karamazov

Etienne, are you nominating a book? First of all, there can only be one nomination per member and secondly, only the first ten nominations will be selected for choosing.

(I would prefer if you stuck with The Brothers Karamazov as your nomination. :) )

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Originally Posted by Dori

I'm almost sure you welcomed me in the Don Quixote Reading Group thread. Thanks for the welcome anyway :) .

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Oh yes, now I remember. Thanks.

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Concerning my username, think Dori the dwarf (that is, a masculine figure---even female dwarves are rather masculine), not Dori the fish (spelled Doris, if I remember correctly). I hope that clears things up a little :) .

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OK, that helps. ;)

Noooooo! I'm too late. I was going to nominate Absalom, Absalom!


I'm interested in Sons and Lovers and The Brothers Karamazov, so it's not a total lost.

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Originally Posted by NickAdams

Noooooo! I'm too late. I was going to nominate Absalom, Absalom!


I'm interested in Sons and Lovers and The Brothers Karamazov, so it's not a total lost.

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Hi Nick, How are you too late? I didn't know the nomination period was over yet.
We just discussed "Sons and Lovers". so you might want to check out that thread. after you read the book, if you did not already; in the case of it not being chosen in this thread. I highly recommend it to you. Great read!

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Originally Posted by NickAdams

Noooooo! I'm too late. I was going to nominate Absalom, Absalom!


I'm interested in Sons and Lovers and The Brothers Karamazov, so it's not a total lost.

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Actually, according to Book Club Procedures, Etienne's nominations are to be disregarded, thus leaving one final place for another nomination. And The Brothers Karamazov hasn't been nominated (technically speaking) yet.

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Nomination Limit:
*Every member can nominate only one book to give everyone an equal chance.
*The nominations from those who make multiple nominations will be disregarded.
*Those who wish to cancel or change their nominations can do so during the nomination period.
*Only members with 50+ posts can nominate books.

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Dori, in this case then who will nominate The Brother Karamazov? We all nominated one already. Can Etienne come back and nominate this one book? I am a bit confused here. I never nominated before this.

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Originally Posted by Janine

Dori, in this case then who will nominate The Brother Karamazov? We all nominated one already. Can Etienne come back and nominate this one book? I am a bit confused here. I never nominated before this.

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Etienne can nominate again , just has to make sure that the post contains only one book.

Jeff