June / Greece Reading Poll

[papayahed]

I can't seem to find any greek lit to nominate.

[manolia]

I sent you a PM, manolia.

That's quite interesting. Seeing that the other book i mentioned would be hard to find through amazon (but do read it Antiquarian and everyone else, you won't regret it ) i'll end up nominating

The Third Wedding by Costas Taktsis

ok it is my final word

[Dori]

Everyone can call me a nerd now. I nominate The Peloponnesian War by Thucydides.

[manolia]

Everyone can call me a nerd now. I nominate The Peloponnesian War by Thucydides.

School days are back

[Dori]

School days are back

School days are still in session for me!

Nerd! LOL No, just joking. Really, it's a wonderful book, just like all the other nominations.

Yeah, but its chances of being chosen are probably slim to none.

[Dori]

But Candide is leading in the May poll, right? And I haven't even voted yet!

By one vote... Still leading though.

[manolia]

School days are still in session for me!

You are a student? I thought you were much older..Anyway we did a lot of the ancient texts in school. Now i can fully appreciate their quality and worth Can't say the same for when i was in high school

[Scheherazade]

As long as the books are available in English, it doesn't matter whether they are sold by third parties or amazon itself. It is our members' responsibility to get hold of the books that they would like to read. Of course, it might be a determing factor when it is voting time (I.e., people might not like to vote for the books which are not readily available.)

Nominations so far:

1. Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis.

2. Captain Michalis by Nikos Kazantzakis".

3. Odyssey by Homer

4. Tales From a Greek Island by Alexandros Papadiamontis

5. The Third Wedding by Costas Taktsis

6. The Peloponnesian War by Thucydides

[Dori]

You are a student? I thought you were much older..Anyway we did a lot of the ancient texts in school. Now i can fully appreciate their quality and worth Can't say the same for when i was in high school

I've gotten a lot of these lately. I'll take it as a compliment. You guys should check out the photoalbum thread more often.

I'm a junior in high school, by the way.

[madem514]

Nocturnal Gymnasium, Christoforos Liontakis

Rained Light, Kostis Gimossoulis

Six Nights at the Acropolis, Giorgos Seferis

[bouquin]

I have just received a present from my brother: Uncle Petros and Goldbach's Conjecture by Apostolos Doxiadis. So I would like to nominate that title please.

[manolia]

Hey great idea bouquin I love this book Mr Doxiadis is a scholar. If i am not mistaken he is a mathematician and this book is about mathematics (although one doesn't necessarilly have to understand mathematics in order to read the book). He is also involved with theater and cinema

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostolos_Doxiadis

[Virgil]

I'm going to try my best to join this read. I'm very interested in several of the nominations. All I can say is that right now, I think this very moment, my mother-in-law is enjoying a cruise through the Greek islands, and I'm really really friggin jealous.

[Scheherazade]

A cruise through the Greek islands??? Pfftttt!

Nothing beats the pleasure of discussing a book with the BC!

[manolia]

I'm going to try my best to join this read. I'm very interested in several of the nominations. All I can say is that right now, I think this very moment, my mother-in-law is enjoying a cruise through the Greek islands, and I'm really really friggin jealous.

If she doesn't get to visit Crete tell her to ask for a refund