Reading 1001 discussion

Greetings, it's time to vote for July's BOTM. The authors are Achebe to Asimov. Voting is open from the 15th through the 23. Winners are announced on the 24th. Please review the list of authors and the books that are eligible in this post and cast your vote. Everyone gets one free vote but if you want more opportunity you can use participation points.

HOW TO VOTE:
1. Make your choice or choices from the list that is posted here.
2. You get one free vote and if you have participation points you can have up to 5 votes. You can use them all on one choice or you can make 5 choices.
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Books Excluded:
The Regent's Wife> 700 pages
A Thousand and one Nights > 1000, 2013
Deep Rivers, 2021 botm

Chinua Achebe, Nigeria
1. Things Fall Apart, 1958, 209 pages, 2015 botm
2. Arrow of God, 1964, 230 pages

Kathy Acker US
3. Blood and Guts in High School, 1984, 165 pgs

Peter Ackroyd, UK
4. Hawksmoor
5. The Lambs of London
6. The House of Doctor Dee

Douglas Adams, UK
7. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, 2012 botm
8. Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
9. The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nigeria
10. Half of a Yellow Sun, 2015 botm
11. Americanah, 2019 botm

Aravind Adiga, India
12. The White Tiger, 2010, 2017 botm

Aesop
13. Aesop's Fables

M. Ageyev Russian
14. Novel with Cocaine

S.Y. Agnon, Ukraine (Jewish)
15. In the Heart of the Seas

Louisa May Alcott, US
16. Little Women

Ciro Alegría, Peru
17. Broad and Alien is the World

Nelson Algren, US
18. The Man with the Golden Arm

Marcel Allain, France
19. Fantômas

Isabel Allende, Peru
20. The House of the Spirits, 2010 botm
21. Of Love and Shadows

Jorge Amado, Brazil
22. Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon
23. Tent of Miracles

Eric Ambler, UK
24. Cause for Alarm

Kingsley Amis, UK
25. Lucky Jim, 2010 botm
26. The Green Man
27. The Old Devils

Martin Amis, UK
28. Money: A Suicide Note
29. . Dead Babies
30. The Information
31. Time's Arrow, 2017 botm
32. London Fields, 2019 botm

Niccolò Ammaniti, Italy
33. I'm Not Scared

Mulk Raj Anand, British India
34. Untouchable, 2015 botm

Jessica Anderson, Australia
35. The Commandant

Ivo Andrić, Bosnia and Herzegovina
36. Bosnian Chronicle
37. The Bridge on the Drina

Jerzy Andrzejewski, Poland
38. Ashes and Diamonds

Maya Angelou
39. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, 2012 botm

Anonymous
40. The Life of Lazarillo de Tormes
41. The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter - Japanese

António Lobo Antunes, Portugal
42. Fado Alexandrino

Apuleius, Algeria
43. The Golden Ass, 170 pgs

Louis Aragon, France
44. The Bells of Basel

Alexander Pope John Arbuthnot
45. Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus

Reinaldo Arenas Cuba
46. Before Night Falls

Sawako Ariyoshi, Japan
47. The Twilight Years

Michael Arlen, Bulgaria
48. The Green Hat

Isaac Asimov, Russian born, American author
49. Foundation 2012 botm
50. I, Robot, 2017 botm

This is our roster for July, how many have you read? Which ones would you like to read?

Only 5 unread for me this month. Open to any but already have the audio for "Money: a suicide note":

-Bells of Basel
-Fado Alexandrino
- Bridge of the Drina
-Money: a suicide note
- Tent of miracles

I have read 21 of these which is more than my usual. I would most want to read Broad and Alien is the World. Of the books that Amanda has not read I would most want to read Tent of Miracles but I also have not read Money. I have read the others.

21 down with some of the excluded. I have some interesting ones on my TBR shelf:

Americanah (Adichie)
Fables (Aesop)
Money: A Suicide Note (Amis)
The Commandant (Anderson)

Nice, quite a few that I've read but also many that are on my TBR.

I think I'll vote either Half of a Yellow Sun or I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.

I've read 29 of these. The ones that I have access to and would like to read include;

Novel with Cocaine
Tent of Miracles
Gabriela, clove and Cinnamon

I have read many of these. I would like to read Arrow of God.

I could get behind Arrow of God. That would finish the trilogy for me.

I have read 25 and would like to sponsor The Bridge on the Drina because I bought it when in Belgrade last year.

I've read 27. I have The Old Devils by Kingsley Amis and The Information by Martin Amis waiting, but happy to let those take their chance on my Takedown list.

I could go for Tent of Miracles or Arrow of God. I can get both from the library.

I’ve read 6 1/2. I’ll vote for the one I need to finish for my IRL book club: The White Tiger.

I am going to throw my points at Arrow of God and see what happens.

Think I might split my votes between Tent of miracles and Money.

Amanda wrote: "Think I might split my votes between Tent of miracles and Money."

I heard that Martin Amis just died from cancer at 73. I'll put a couple votes on Money and the rest on "Gabriela, Clove..." which is coming up soon on my to-read list ( I already read Tent of Miracles).
I've read 16 plus one of the excluded, so my usual third.

With the news of the death of Martin Amis, it's clear I will be putting my votes on Money.

The winner of the popular vote was
Arrow of God by Chinua Achebe
Randomizer Chose The Green Hat by Michael Arlen

Thanks for voting. We had more people voting with surprising results.
Arrow of God 13
Tent of Miracles 9
Bridge on Drina 1
love & Shadows 1
Things Fall Apart 1
Money 13
GCC 3
Caged Bird Sings 1

So what will you be reading in July.

I’m going to read both of these. I’d never heard of The Green Hat but it’s just £2.99 on Kindle in the UK so I’ll give it a go.

Well, I voted for Arrow of God so I will fit that in! I am intrigued by The Green Hat, and was just able to find it on amazon.ca for less than $2. I'm not sure I can fit it in to my reading 'schedule' for July..... we'll see.

I will definitely be reading Arrow of God. The Green Hat looks interesting but I will have to see if I can fit it in.

July starts our new quarterly read The World According to Garp so I will start that before the ramondizer read.

I have read both of them so will find something from my random list in the unlikely scenario of having read the quarterly before the end of the month

I have not read Arrow of God so will try to read that one. I read The Green Hat a while back and I remember really liking it.

Amanda or Pip and maybe Patrick: if you have read both of the July picks you can lead a buddy read for Bridge or Money if others are interested.
I would be.

I'll read Arrow of God by Achebe. I can get it from a library here. I liked his Things Fall Apart a lot. I'll probably pass on The Green Hat as I'm trying to work in some women authors.

I’m keen for Bridge

I hope to read them both - they're not very long and both in my local library system.

Sounds good, Gail: I have read both and would be down to host a Money buddy read if folks are interested.

Newbie question: so how does this work? there were excluded books listed at the top - because of length i guess? are they relegated to the long reads category? but other books on the list were already BOMs previously and they can be voted for and re-selected as a BOM? this seems odd, but i guess not everyone necessarily read a book back in 2012 or whatever. is that the logic?
thx, pippin

I can get both The Bridge on the Drina and Money: A Suicide Note and July looks to be a good month for reading so I would be up for both.

Hello Pippin and welcome. Yes, there are people who joined the group and actually finished the list or finished as much of the list as they were interested in and moved on. There are people who have joined relatively recently. Therefore, as you surmised, the books come up again to be a possible BOTM. The long books are usually part of the annual or quarterly read. We are going through the very long books slowly and they are “assigned” by length for the annual read. We vote on the quarterly books at the end of the year. You can also ask for a Random list and Book will assign you 4 books for you to read at your own leisure. Every time you finish a book she will give you another. For the most part I find I have never even thought of reading the books on my Random list. You can read the rules for the Random list under that topic heading.
If a person has read both of the book for that BOTM they can host a buddy read and pick a different book from the list that they have not read. Anyone can then join them in that reading.
Hope this helps

Amanda wrote: "Sounds good, Gail: I have read both and would be down to host a Money buddy read if folks are interested."

Count me in.

Should be able to secure a copy of Arrow of God, much less probable for the Green Hat

Alrighty, since there is interest, put me down for a Money buddy read.

I am so sorry. I did not check all the votes before announcing. Money actually tied with Arrow of God to win. We could have a run off of the two to see which one wins.

After giving this consideration here is what we will do.
We will have Arrow of God as the botm
Money as the Buddy Read
Green Hat as Radomizer.

The reasoning behind this as if Money was the botm then I could do a buddy read of Arrow as I have read both selections. Amanda has read both selections. So if this okay with everyone we would not have to have a run off election? If you want the run off election let me know.

I think this is an elegant solution!

I am good with the solution. Also, Pip has read both selections, can she do a buddy read of The Bridge on the Drina?

Sounds like a great solution to me. And if Pip or someone else also wants to do Bridge on the Drina, I'd be in for reading it.

Kristel wrote: "After giving this consideration here is what we will do.
We will have Arrow of God as the botm
Money as the Buddy Read
Green Hat as Radomizer.

The reasoning behind this as if Money was the botm th..."

I love this solution Kristen thanks.

I will be delighted to do a Buddy Read of Bridge on the Drina

Thanks Kristel this solution works for me (especially as I’ve just ordered Arrow of God) and I think I’ll probably join the Money buddy read too.

Money: A Suicide Note is hard to get now- one of my libraries has one copy but with 3 readers in line for it now. Anyone have a copy they don't mind parting with?
So even though I put a couple votes on Money, I'll stick with just reading Arrow of God.
06/26 PS: I've finished Arrow of God, look forward to the discussion.

I haven't done a Buddy Read before. Do I put together discussion questions as we do the the BOTM?

Pip wrote: "I haven't done a Buddy Read before. Do I put together discussion questions as we do the the BOTM?"

You could lead the discussion in any way you’d like, discussion questions work, there just has to be some kind of discussion going on. I think Diane will start you a discussion thread but you can also start your own.

Pip wrote: "I haven't done a Buddy Read before. Do I put together discussion questions as we do the the BOTM?"

I Pip I will open up all the discussion threads today for July.