Please nominate the books you would like to read in September by July 31st.
Please nominate the books you would like to read in September by July 31st.
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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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Stendhal The Red and The Black...though it seems likely we'll end up reading Hawthorne or something of the like ...
"I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning my day difficult."
~E.B. White
You have no idea how tempted I am to nominate something by Hawthorne right now. . .Originally Posted by _Shannon_
Stendhal The Red and The Black...though it seems likely we'll end up reading Hawthorne or something of the like ...
“Oh crap”
-- Hellboy
Oh that's been on my reading list for ages. If it wins, I'm in!!!Stendhal The Red and The Black...though it seems likely we'll end up reading Hawthorne or something of the like ...
LET THERE BE LIGHT
"Love follows knowledge." – St. Catherine of Siena
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The Gospel According to Jesus Christ by José Saramago
The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it... I can resist everything but temptation. Oscar Wilde
You have no idea how tempted I am to nominate something by Hawthorne right now. . .After my own smart-aleck, instigator heart!
I wanted to read it right after I read Sentimental Education last year --but thought it'd be better to wait. And now I've waited....plus I just read Count of Monte Cristo--so it'd be a nice balance.
I doubt it will win-my nominations never do--but I'll probably make it my FB "classic" book for my book club on there--so if it doesn't win, and you still want to read it--we could do our own reading
"I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning my day difficult."
~E.B. White
The Last September by Elizabeth Bowen.
Originally I was thinking of nominating something else, but seeing as it is for September I could not resist this book as I have been wanting to read it for a while.
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. ~ Edgar Allan Poe
Light in August- Faulkner
Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda
I'll second that. Apart from being a wonderful book, it would be a fitting tribute to a great writer.
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I would like to nominate JULY'S PEOPLE by Nadine Gordimer. Thanks!
"He lives most gaily who knows best how to deceive himself. Ha-ha!"
- CRIME AND PUNISHMENT (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Hmm... September...
I know! September is the month that all good students get back to the books, so I'll nominate that most widely-taught novel, despised by high school students everywhere, To Kill a Mockingbird.
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-Pi
The Magus by John Fowles
read about it in book review thread...really wanna read it.
People laugh at me 'coz they think I'm a fool...I smile because I made someone laugh
Nikhar Agrawal
I am in LOVE with that book!!!!The Magus by John Fowles
read about it in book review thread...really wanna read it.
If it won I would be tempted to read it again, and re-reading is not something I do very often.
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. ~ Edgar Allan Poe
A great book---but there goes our chance to read something new....lol! There's my "Hawthorne"/
"I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning my day difficult."
~E.B. White
Nominations so far:
1. The Red and The Black
2. The Gospel According to Jesus Christ by José Saramago
3. The Last September by Elizabeth Bowen.
4. Light in August- Faulkner
5. JULY'S PEOPLE by Nadine Gordimer.
6. To Kill a Mockingbird
7. The Magus by John Fowles
I would like to nominate The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love by Oscar Hijuelos.
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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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