Christmas 2007 Reading Poll

[Scheherazade]

Christmas only a few weeks away, it is time for us to nominate this year's holiday reading.

* * * This year's theme : Families * * *

Please nominate the books you would like to read

(one nomination per member, please)

by November 26th.


Note: Only the first 10 books will be included in the poll.

Some information on the nominated books:

Sons and Lovers by D.H Lawrence

The Human Comedy by Saroyan

Holiday on Ice by David Sedaris

The Godfather by Mario Puzo

A Painted House by Grisham

The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen

The Christmas Mystery by Jostein Gaarder

Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson

Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev

The Fortunate Pilgrim by Mario Puzzo

* * * This poll will be closed on December 10th. * * *

Book Club Procedures

[jlb4tlb]

Does the book have to deal with the christmas saeson? I am not sure as this is the first holiday season that I have been with Lit. Net.

Jeff

[Scheherazade]

Till this year, we used to pick books dealing with Christmas but since it is becoming harder to find a book on Christmas every year, this year we will choose a book which deals with the theme of 'family' (Christmas is a family time, after all ).

[Charles Darnay]

I have an inkling that this book was just done recently and if so I apologize and feel free to strike it, but I nominate:

Sons and Lovers - D.H Lawrence.


Incidentally, my exams finish early this term and I will finally have time for some reading that is not dictated by a syllabus....so I'm excited!

[Scheherazade]

Nice to see you posting again, CD!

Lawrence's Women in Love was one of our books recently but not Sons and Lovers so we will include your nomination to our list.

[Janine]

I have an inkling that this book was just done recently and if so I apologize and feel free to strike it, but I nominate:

Sons and Lovers - D.H Lawrence.


Incidentally, my exams finish early this term and I will finally have time for some reading that is not dictated by a syllabus....so I'm excited!

Hi Charles D, and Scher, we did just (last month) discuss the book in depth and the thread is still open and active, sporadically. It, however, was not an 'official'- 'book of the month' read, so I suppose you could still nominate it for such.

Just to let you know that there is a thread and a lot of good postings in there, with tons of information.

Can I nominate "The Human Comedy" - it is very much about a family and the 'ties that bind'. I think it is by Salinger, isn't it? I loved that book!

[Scheherazade]

Janine,

I am not sure The Human Comedy is by Salinger. Is it the one by Saroyan you are refering to?

[papayahed]

I was going to nominate The Godfather but it seems too long for a holiday read so how about Holiday on Ice by David Sedaris, it sort of is about families? if not then Dress Your Family in Corduroy & Denim?

[jlb4tlb]

I was going to nominate The Godfather but it seems too long for a holiday read so how about Holiday on Ice by David Sedaris, it sort of is about families? if not then Dress Your Family in Corduroy & Denim?

The Godfather was my idea also After all it is about Family in several different forms.

So I nominate "The Godfather," by Mario Puzo.

Jeff

[Janine]

Janine,

I am not sure The Human Comedy is by Salinger. Is it the one by Saroyan you are refering to?

Thanks, Scheherazade, Yes, that is correct - sorry about the mixup of name. It is by William Saroyan, I believe.

[Poppy]

My nomination would be:

John Grisham's: A Painted House

Tells the story of several families.

Poppy

[Janine]

My nomination would be:

John Grisham's: A Painted House

Tells the story of several families.

Poppy

Poppy, I have this book and have been wanting to read it; I picked it up free from my library. I also found (same place) a free copy of "Skipping Christmas" by Grisham - I got a real kick out of that book; light, delightful reading and very 'heartfelt'. Two non-suspense, non-courtroom dramas by Mr. G; a bit of a departure for him. It's a good little Christmas story. The movie is ok that was based on the book, but the book is a sweet little amusing story, much better than the film.

[bouquin]

My nomination is The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen. It won the National Book Award in 2001. It's the story of a family trying to get together for one last Christmas.

[Poppy]

Poppy, I have this book and have been wanting to read it; I picked it up free from my library. I also found (same place) a free copy of "Skipping Christmas" by Grisham - I got a real kick out of that book; light, delightful reading and very 'heartfelt'. Two non-suspense, non-courtroom dramas by Mr. G; a bit of a departure for him. It's a good little Christmas story. The movie is ok that was based on the book, but the book is a sweet little amusing story, much better than the film.

Janine I would agree that Skipping Christmas would be another choice. I certainly did like it. And like you I found the read much better than the film. Maybe we could just nominate them together as one since both are light reads.

[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!).