Please nominate the "Comic novel" you would like to read in August in this thread.
Please remember that:
- Only those members with 50+ posts can nominate.
- One nomination per member.
- Only the first 10 nominations will be included in the poll.
The Book Club readings are for those who would like to read and discuss books together with other members.
If you are not able to take part or unwilling to (re)read your own nominations, please refrain from nominating book.
Comic Novels
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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I could do with something meaningfully light-hearted, actually. Thinking of re-reading this:
I very much look forward to everyone's suggestions, though.
Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine...
Between the Bridge and the River by Craig Ferguson
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. ~ Edgar Allan Poe
Blankets by Craig Thompson
"He had but one eye, and the popular prejudice runs in favour of two."
I really want to read that! I've been eyeing it up for a while.Originally Posted by DocHeart
I could do with something meaningfully light-hearted, actually. Thinking of re-reading this:
I very much look forward to everyone's suggestions, though.
"...You are not wrong, who deem
That my days have been a dream;
Yet if hope has flown away
In a night, or in a day,
In a vision, or in none,
Is it therefore the less gone?..." E. A. Poe
Nominations so far:
1. E: A Novel by Matt Beaumont
2. Between the Bridge and the River by Craig Ferguson
3. Blankets by Craig Thompson
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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The Good Soldier Svejk by Jaroslav Hasek.
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Currently reading: Pierre et Jean (Guy de Maupassant)
"He lives most gaily who knows best how to deceive himself. Ha-ha!"
- CRIME AND PUNISHMENT (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
I Am America (And So Can You!) by Stephen Colbert.
Last edited by Mutatis-Mutandis; 06-02-2011 at 09:33 PM.
Haha I would love to read that!
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. ~ Edgar Allan Poe
Just because humor is so varied and subjective (for example, the Pulitzer committee thought much more of A Confederacy of Dunces than I did), could those nominators with the time please provide some insight into the books they're recommending? Favorite quotes would especially be great.
You must be the change you wish to see in the world. -- Mahatma Gandhi
Nominations so far:
1. E: A Novel by Matt Beaumont
2. Between the Bridge and the River by Craig Ferguson
3. Blankets by Craig Thompson
4. The Good Soldier Svejk by Jaroslav Hasek.
5. I Am America (And So Can You!) by Stephen Colbert.
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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well, I guess most of the time we nominate books we have not read yet
Still the nominations so far:
1. E: A Novel by Matt Beaumont
2. Between the Bridge and the River by Craig Ferguson
3. Blankets by Craig Thompson
4. The Good Soldier Svejk by Jaroslav Hasek.
5. I Am America (And So Can You!) by Stephen Colbert.
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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How about:
Drop City, by T.C. Boyle
California hippies move to Alaska and have adventures. I think. I don't really know because, as somebody mentioned, I haven't read it yet.
Uhhhh...
I have not yet read The Good Soldier Svejk so I can't give a review or cite favorite quotes. However, here's a write-up I found at Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Goo...ier_%C5%A0vejk
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Currently reading: Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
"He lives most gaily who knows best how to deceive himself. Ha-ha!"
- CRIME AND PUNISHMENT (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
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