Yes, there's Bram Stoker also. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Niamh
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Yes, there's Bram Stoker also. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Niamh
:lol: I thought you were going to nominate "The Playboy of the Western World" by Synge. Remember we were trying to get a reading group on it once. OK, I'll nominate it then. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Niamh
:lol: :lol: I thought as much!:p Yes we were trying to get together a reading group this time last year to celebrate its 100 year anniversary. :nod: but a few mishaps here and there made it fall to pieces.:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Virgil
the two i mentioned in my post are very good. I've never read at Swim before so if Observe the sons of ulster is accepted as my nomination i'd highly suggest that someone else suggest it.....:nod:
Are you much of a fan of his Dori?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dori
I really liked his book The Snakes Pass. :nod:
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Oh god! I just thought of another good book! Utterly Monkey by Nick Laird!:(
This is too tough!!!!:bawling:
I wouldn't call myself a fan -- yet. I've read very little from him. Hence why I nominated one of his books. I would have nominated Dracula, but I saw the book club had already read it. Thus, I went with what is considered to be "second-best".Quote:
Originally Posted by Niamh
I figure the more times I mention the author of my nomination, the more it will be imprinted into your minds, and as a result, the more likely you will vote for my nomination in the end. :p
Nominations so far:
1. The Jewel of Seven Stars by Bram Stoker
2. The Dead School by Patrick McCabe
3. The portrait of the artist as a young man by James Joyce
4. Dubliners by James Joyce
5. Watt by Samuel Beckett
6. The Playboy of the Western World by Synge
My god! Six nominations already! :eek: Right okay, i better put a nomination in.....
I'm going with...?
A long Long Way by Sebastian Barry
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Long-Way-Seb...9353544&sr=1-9
My nomination will be Father’s Music by Dermot Bolger. :)
Hi. Happy New Year!
I would like to nominate The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor. The book was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the Whitbread Award in 2002; and it is No.29 on the list of "1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die." :)
:lol: You sure know how to validate your nomination!!! It does sound like a good read!Quote:
Originally Posted by bouquin
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
Ohoh! Please dont kill me!!! But can i change my nomination to The Tain as translated by Cairan Carson?:blush: this is that last time i promise! (just too much to choose from and i only remembered on my way home that i had wanted to nominate this months ago when ireland was selected as one of the countries for the year. And its on amazon
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tain-Penguin...9395423&sr=1-1
I love those books!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
I would like to nominate a play by Oscar Wilde ~ Lady Windermere's Fan
oh i think Artemis Fowl makes ten nominations aready. Is that a record? two days?
Papaya i'd like to withdraw my nomination. I didn't know that this was done before, and even though you say that i can nominate it, i want to withdraw it nevertheless (it'd be boring for people who have read this before and won't participate and i wouldn't like to hijack the ireland reading). ;) :) I'll think about nominating something else.
The nominations are:
1. The Jewel of Seven Stars by Bram Stoker
2. The Dead School by Patrick McCabe
3.
4. Dubliners by James Joyce
5. Watt by Samuel Beckett
6. The Playboy of the Western World by Synge
7. Father’s Music by Dermot Bolger
8. The Tain as translated by Cairan Carson
9. The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor
10. Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
Manolia - since you withdrew your nomination you can choose to nominate another. If not Janine's nomination will be added.