alll riiighhttt. I'm putting this on my to read list whether it wins or not (none of mine have ever won so I'm not holding my breath this time - not that I'm bitter or anything)Quote:
Originally Posted by Jozanny
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alll riiighhttt. I'm putting this on my to read list whether it wins or not (none of mine have ever won so I'm not holding my breath this time - not that I'm bitter or anything)Quote:
Originally Posted by Jozanny
:p It kept bugging me all week, since I knew the packing volunteer emptied my hall closet in the packing boxes during my relocation, but I was getting worried. Joey and not knocked Wilkie to the carpet behind the sliding doors, I did not see him on the temporarily overstocked lamp table (I usually keep my writing files there); I did not think he was in the big packing bin on the floor where I still fervently hope my relatively new Allen Tate collection is; he definitely wasn't in either of my bona fide book cases, and I know what spines are what in my milk crates, and so where in the hell is this book?
On the temporarily overstocked lamp table, it turns out, in front of the lamp, under Richard Wright.
I was nearly ready to cry, and lightened up when I realized it was all Scheherazade's fault!:lol:
The Woman in White is now staying right here on the computer desk, whether it wins or not, and if it does, I'll start it at the end of July. I keep thinking this post would make an excellent journal entry, oui?:D
Click on my signature, why doncha?Quote:
Originally Posted by Jozanny
I nominate Rebecca by Daphne Maurier. However if lots of people dislike that book I would gladly retract it, seeing as I'm not the greatest living expert when it comes to Gothic Fiction. :D
Nominations so far:
1. The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
2. Mad Shadows by Marie-Claire Blais
3. Belinda by Maria Edgeworth
4. The House of the Seven Gables by Hawthorne
5. Bellefleur by Joyce Carol Oates
6. The Woman in Black by Susan Hill
7. Rebecca by Daphne Maurier
Sche, I just saw that in 2005 we already had Rebecca for Summer Reading...so it's going to have to come off the list. :(
Oh well...
That is fine. We do not read the same book in two consecutive years but otherwise the books can be re-nominated/read.Quote:
Originally Posted by TurquoiseSunset
We cannot leave books out of our reading lists forever as it wouldn't be fair on our new members.
Oh, that's fine then :)
It makes sense too...I wasn't a member in 2005.
Thanks!
1 or 6...The woman in White...or Black.
(haha...can't call me racist can you?) :P
The Hunchback of Notre dame - Victor Hugo
Oooh I like these nominations so far! I'll have to think of one as time goes by. I like the idea of Rebecca, WIW and Hunchback...hmmm...this is gonna be good!
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket (1839) by Edgar Allan Poe.
The List wouldn't be complete without Poe's...:)
Oops! I just saw that I didn't give the name right... :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
It's actually Daphne du Maurier.
Second that, though The Castle of Otranto is pretty good as well...Quote:
Originally Posted by Thespian1975
So, most of us want to spend the month of August reading The Hunchback?
:rolleyes: