2007 Summer Reading Poll

[Il Penseroso]

Well, I suppose if I knew that To the Lighthouse would make a strong showing, and since Gravity's Rainbow as pertaining to a beach theme is a little sketchy, I guess I can switch back. To the Lighthouse it is! I'm about twenty pages in already, and so far so good.

[Schokokeks]

Nominations so far:

1. Bouquin - The Sea by John Banville

2. NickAdams - The Beach by Alex Garland

3. Pensive - Lord of the Flies by Golding

4. Virgil - Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

5. Turk - Victory by Joseph Conrad

6. Papayahed - Where is Joe Merchant? byJimmy Buffett

7. Shannon - Tender is the Night by Fitzgerald

Oh boy, I'll never be able to vote for just one of them !! Especially since To the Lighthouse will be included ... Can't we have more than one book chosen for reading in the end ? After all, summer nights are long ... ?

[papayahed]

Oh, I would be very tempted to vote for To The Lighhouse.

Noooooooooooooooooooooo. I'm still having nightmares of Orlando.

[Scheherazade]

Schokokeks> It would have been nice but this is only an additional reading. We will be reading our regular monthly book as well! Having said that, I hear ya! It will be a tough choice, no doubt.

Nominations so far:

1. Bouquin - The Sea by John Banville

2. NickAdams - The Beach by Alex Garland

3. Pensive - Lord of the Flies by Golding

4. Virgil - Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

5. Turk - Victory by Joseph Conrad

6. Papayahed - Where is Joe Merchant? byJimmy Buffett

7. Shannon - Tender is the Night by Fitzgerald

8. Schokokeks - On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan

9. Il Penseroso - To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf

Anyone for the last nomination?

[Turk]

The Lighthouse at the End of World by Jules Verne.

[Scheherazade]

Turk, you have already nominated Victory. Would you like to change your nomination?

[SleepyWitch]

oh nice, I'll be writing my graduation thesis (80 pages ) over the summer... which means I'll not get to see an actual beach and I'm not sure I'll have enough time to take part in the summer reading
hey, can I nominate a book about "light verb constructions" as long as it's got the word 'beach' in it somewhere?

how about that short story by J.D. Salinger.. the one about the Bananafish..? isn't there a beach in it?

[kenikki]

I would suggest Brighton Rock by Graham Greene. Set in Brighton, England where there's a beach! It would be an interesting 'beach' read and it's pretty dark so makes a change.

[NickAdams]

I would suggest Brighton Rock by Graham Greene. Set in Brighton, England where there's a beach! It would be an interesting 'beach' read and it's pretty dark so makes a change.

I'm torn.

[kenikki]

What are you torn on, Nick? :S

[Scheherazade]

how about that short story by J.D. Salinger.. the one about the Bananafish..? isn't there a beach in it?

We can of course read this one but maybe for a weekend discussion? For summer reading, a novel would be nice (a summer challenge)

I would suggest Brighton Rock by Graham Greene. Set in Brighton, England where there's a beach! It would be an interesting 'beach' read and it's pretty dark so makes a change.

With Kenikki's suggestion, we now have 10 nominations for our Summer Reading ('beach' themed):

1. Bouquin - The Sea by John Banville

2. NickAdams - The Beach by Alex Garland

3. Pensive - Lord of the Flies by Golding

4. Virgil - Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

5. Turk - Victory by Joseph Conrad

6. Papayahed - Where is Joe Merchant? by Jimmy Buffett

7. Shannon - Tender is the Night by Fitzgerald

8. Schokokeks - On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan

9. Il Penseroso - To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf

10. Kenikki - Brighton Rock by Graham Greene

Thank you all for your suggestions and contributions. If you would like to change or withdraw your nominations, please let us know asap.

[NickAdams]

When does voting begin?

[Scheherazade]

June 10th.

[Virgil]

oh nice, I'll be writing my graduation thesis (80 pages ) over the summer... which means I'll not get to see an actual beach and I'm not sure I'll have enough time to take part in the summer reading
hey, can I nominate a book about "light verb constructions" as long as it's got the word 'beach' in it somewhere?

how about that short story by J.D. Salinger.. the one about the Bananafish..? isn't there a beach in it?

Yes, that's a good short story.

Brighton Rock is another great novel. I'm with Nick. This is going to be a really hard vote.

[papayahed]

Yes, that's a good short story.

Brighton Rock is another great novel. I'm with Nick. This is going to be a really hard vote.

Really? I only see one worth mentioning