Reading 1001 discussion

VOTE FOR 2022 QUARTERLIES

Voting can begin. You get to vote for 4 books. The winners will be the top 3 vote getters. The 4th book will be chosen by randomizer from all the books that received at least one nomination. Winners will be announced on December 2nd.

Here are the books that were nominated. You can place your votes in this thread. We will not do a secret ballot for this voting. LET THE VOTING BEGIN!


Running list of Nominations:
1. The Good Soldier Švejk - Jaroslav Hašek, pg 752, previous Q 2014.
2. Gravity's Rainbow - Thomas Pynchon, pg 776
3. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay - Michael Chabon, pg 639, Q 2013
4. The Magus - John Fowles, pg 656
5. Camilla Frances Burney 992 pgs
6. In the First Circle - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn pgs, 742 pages
7. Underworld by Don DeLillo pg 827
8. A Fine Balance by Mistry, pgs 603
9. The Recognitions by Gaddis pgs 976
10. Fortunata and Jacinta by Benito Pérez Galdós pg, 848
11. Metamorphoses by Ovid, 723 pgs
12. The Viceroys by Federico De Roberto pgs 627
13. The Once and Future King by White, pgs 639, 2010 BOTM
14. Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham, 684 pgs 2010 BOTM
15. Melmoth the Wanderer by Maturin pg 659
16. The Betrothed - Alessandro Manzoni 720 pgs
17. Celestial Harmonies by Péter Esterházy, 854 pgs
18. The Devils by Fyodor Dostoevsky, 733 pgs
19. Moby-Dick or, the Whale by Herman Melville, pg 654
20. The Idiot - Fyodor Dostoevsky, 667 pages. Q in 2017.
21. Crime and Punishment also by Dostoevsky, 671 pages, Q in 2015.
22. The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll - Álvaro Mutis pg 699.
23. The Cider House Rules - John Irving 973 pgs.
24. The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle - Tobias Smollett pg 748
25. Giles Goat-Boy, John Barth, pg 750
26. Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra has been a previous Qrtly read at least 2 x.

My votes are:
1. Underworld
2. The Devils
3. Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll
4. The First Circle

I will pick:

1. The Good Soldier Švejk
2. A Fine Balance
3. Crime and Punishment
4. The Cider House Rules

2. Gravity's Rainbow
8. A Fine Balance
19. Moby-Dick or, the Whale
20. The Idiot

Fortunata and Jacinta
Of Human Bondage
Celestial Harmonies
The Devils

The Magus
Metamorphoses
Moby-Dick
Crime and Punishment

A Fine Balance
Moby-Dick or, the Whale

A Fine Balance
Moby Dick
The Magus
Underworld

The Idiot
Underworld

I've read eight of the nominees. These are the only remaining ones I want to read anytime soon.

Camilla, Melmoth, Peregrine Pickle, Fortunata and Jacinta

A Fine Balance

The Idiot
Moby-Dick
Underworld

Underworld
The Magus
The Good Soldier Švejk
Gravity's Rainbow

The Once and Future King
Camilla
The Magus
The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle

1. Underworld
2. The Once and Future King
3. Of Human Bondage
4. A Fine Balance

My votes:
The Good Soldier Švejk - Jaroslav Hašek
Underworld by Don DeLillo
A Fine Balance by Mistry
Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham

1. Don Quixote
2. Moby-Dick or, the Whale
3. The Idiot
4. Melmoth the Wanderer

I vote for

1. Gravity’s Rainbow
2. The Once and Future King
3. Of Human Bondage
4. The Recognitions

I'll feed the randomiser a few and back a few with little support (alas!):

1. Gravity's Rainbow (Pynchon)
2. Melmoth the Wanderer (Maturin)
3. Metamorphoses (Ovid)
4. The Betrothed (Manzoni)

It wasn't one of my choices, because I have read it..... but I really hope Gravity's Rainbow gets enough backing to be picked! I would really like to see discussion about that book!

The leading books so far:
Underworld
Fine Balance
Moby Dick

Giles Goat Boy
The Bethroned

1.Melmoth the Wanderer
2.The Cider House Rules
3.Moby Dick
4.Crime and punishment

My votes:

1. The Betrothed - Alessandro Manzoni
2. Fortunata and Jacinta by Benito Pérez Galdós
3. Melmoth the Wanderer by Maturin
4. The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle - Tobias Smollett

1. Fortunata and Jacinta
2. Giles Goat Boy
3. Devils
4. Maqroll

My votes:


Fortunate and Jacinta
Gravity's Rainbow
Metamorphoses
Peregrine Pickle

Giles,Goat Boy
Fortunate and Jacinta
Gravity's Rainbow
Metamorphoses

Gravity’s Rainbow
The Magus
Underworld
The Recognitions

- A Fine Balance
- Moby Dick
- Idiot
- Crime & Punishment

Drum roll. And the winners are; Underworld, A Fine Balance, Moby Dick, and the randomizer thought we should read Metamorphoses.

The order that they will be read.
Jan/March: Metamorphoses
Apr/June: Underworld
July/Sept: A fine Balance
Oct/Dec: Moby Dick

I'm looking forward to finally reading "Moby Dick"!

I bought Metamorphoses a long time ago and it was a DNF for me, I hope I can make it this time. I have had Underworld on the shelf for awhile so glad it made it. I read A Fine Balance (easy read) and I read Moby Dick for at least the second time this year, so not sure I will reread it again. Not the easy read as A Fine Balance is.

I have all of these and voted for 2 so I am thrilled.
I will read #2 and #3 for sure

Once again only 1/4 I haven't read...So at least Underworld got in lol. Ah well, I will probably make some fake quarterlys for myself throughout the year, and can now finalize my tbr.

I have read Moby Dick and a Fine Balance but I look forward to reading Underworld. I'm thinking I will pass on Metamorphoses, but I see it did get a few votes so it will have at least a few readers.

The Cider House Rules
Camilla
The Magus
Moby-Dick

Woo hoo! I own three of these and Metamorphoses is available at no extra cost on my Audible subscription so I am happy. I have read A Fine Balance before but am happy to re-read so I can join in the discussion.

At least there is one I haven't read. I was so sure that Gravity's Rainbow was a shoo-in. It couldn't have lost by much.

Diane wrote: "At least there is one I haven't read. I was so sure that Gravity's Rainbow was a shoo-in. It couldn't have lost by much."

It was winning right to the end.

I read Moby Dick already, but two of the others were ones I voted for (yay!) and I can get Ovid on Project Gutenberg, so I ought to be able to do 3 out of 4 for 2022.

Nike wrote: "I'm looking forward to finally reading "Moby Dick"!"

Me too.

My plan is to read A Fine Balance and Moby Dick.

I just started Underworld.
Moby Dick is not as hard to read as a lot of people think, but it does have some sluggish parts.

George P. wrote: "I just started Underworld.
Moby Dick is not as hard to read as a lot of people think, but it does have some sluggish parts."

Was wondering if you would like to moderate discussion for Underworld?

Kristel wrote: "George P. wrote: "I just started Underworld..."

Was wondering if you would like to moderate discussion for Underworld?"

Yes I would do that. I'm at about 40% through it now. The discussion would start in a few days, April 1 I believe.