Reading 1001 discussion

Our authors for April: Mendoza - Nabokov

Books over 600 pages are not included and books that have been past botm in 2022 are also not included.

Voting starts today and ends on the 24th when the winners are announced. Please send your choices by private message to either myself or the Shelf Personality. 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.

Eduardo Mendoza - Spain
1. A Light Comedy - 1996, 480 pgs

Veijo Meri - Spain
2. The Manila Rope - 1962, 139 pgs

Robert Merle - Algeria
3. The Day of the Dolphin 1973, botm 2018

Philipp Meyer - US
4. American Rust, 2009, 368 pgs

Anne Michaels - Canadian
5. Fugitive Pieces - 1996, 2014 botm

Henry Miller - US
6. Tropic of Cancer
7. Tropic of Capricorn

Yukio Mishima - Japan
8. The Sound of Waves

Pankaj Mishra - India
9. The Romantics

Rohinton Mistry - India
10. Family Matters

David Mitchell - UK
11. Cloud Atlas - 2012, 2016 botm

Nancy Mitford - UK
12. Love in a Cold Climate - 2016 botm
13. The Pursuit of Love

Miyuki Miyabe - Japan
14. Crossfire - 1998

Thomas Mofolo - Lesotho
15. Chaka Zulu

Manuel Vázquez Montalbán - Spain
16. Southern Seas

Lorrie Moore - US
17. Like Life
18. Anagrams

Alberto Moravia - Italy
19. The Time of Indifference
20. A Ghost at Noon
21. Disobedience

Karl Philipp Moritz - Germany
22. Anton Reiser

Toni Morrison - US
23. Song of Solomon
24. The Bluest Eye, 2016 botm
25. Beloved
26. Sula, 2018 botm
27. Jazz

Ezekiel Mphahlele - South Africa
28. Down Second Avenue

Bharati Mukherjee - India
29. The Holder of the World, 2016 botm

Multatuli - Netherlands
30. Max Havelaar, or the Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company

Alice Munro - Canada
31.The Beggar Maid: Stories of Flo and Rose, 2014 botm
32. Lives of Girls and Women

Haruki Murakami - Japan
33. Kafka on the Shore, 2012 botm
34. Sputnik Sweetheart, 2010, 2014 botm
35. After the Quake

Ryū Murakami, Japan
36. Almost Transparent Blue

Iris Murdoch - Ireland
37. The Sea, the Sea, 2020 botm
38. The Bell
39. A Severed Head
40. Under the Net
41. Nice & the Good
42. The Black Prince, 1014

Gerald Murnane - Australia
43. Inland

Robert Musil - Austria
l44. The Confusions of Young Törless

Vladimir Nabokov - Russian American
45. Lolita, 2010, 2012 botm
46. Pnin, 2020 botm
47. Pale Fire

These are your choices for April botm. Remember you get one free vote. You may accumulate points and vote with 4 additional pts if you have acquired them. See Annual Points Challenge for details. Books that are voted for and have not been previous botm and do not win popular vote will be placed in the randomizer. If 3 people vote for a certain book, that book will go into the randomizer three times. Your vote may be very important so don't forget to vote.

4 I haven't read this time: which is great:

-the romantics
-crossfire
-time of indifference
- holder of the world

I'll either favor 1 of them or toss in votes for all for the randomizer depending on what other people are feeling.

I’ve read 16 of these. from Amanda’s list, I’d quite happily read The Romantics or Time of Indifference. I’d also read After the Quake as I have a copy already.

I love Murakami! I would be down for After the Quake. I could also go for Family Matters as I enjoy Rohinton.

I have read 24 of these, not counting those excluded for length. I have Family Matters on my shelf so will vote for that.

Excluding the excluded, I have read 20 of these and there are four on my TBR shelf:

- A Light Comedy (Mendoza)
- The Sound of Waves (Mishima)
- The Song of Solomon (Morrison)
- Pnin (Nabokov)

I'll keep my options opened at this stage.

I have read 20 of these, two in just the last two weeks. I have not read any of the ones on Amanda’s list but I have read After the Quake. I have not read Kafka on the Shore. I have not read Song of Solomon or Indifference. I think of all the ones already mentioned, I would vote for Family Matters but open to quite a few others so will wait a bit to decide

I’ve read 20 of these and I have no idea what I would like to read. Of the ones mentioned I probably would most like to go with Family Matters. I’ve read all of Morrison and they’re all great. I probably will feed the randomized.

I've read 24. The only one I own unread is The Confusions of Young Torless, but I was planning to use that in the monthly keyword challenge. I've read Family Matters, all of H. Murakami, and all of Morrison except Sula. I haven't read any of Amanda's list.

I will probably check what's available at the library and feed the randomizer.

since Time of indifference has been. mentioned a couple times, I'll probably toss a few votes that way and fill the rest as randomizer slots.

I chose to feed the randomizer with what was available to me.

I'm trying to decide where to put my points.

I'm interested in After the Quake, The Romantics, and The Holder of the World. Crossfire and Time of Indifference both seem interesting, but a little long. Also not opposed to any of the ones that have been mentioned.

I don't think I could handle Henry Miller or Palefire in my life right now (a plea to other voters). ;)

I've read fourteen of these, (including Family Matters) so just 30%. The next book I've been planning to read is Mitford's The Pursuit of Love, coincidentally.
Murdoch's The Bell is high on my to-read list also.

I have a few others of these way down my list, one of which is Holder of the World, not yet read by the hyper-literary Amanda.

Regarding Murakami, I would prefer Kafka on the Shore; if I put a few votes on that perhaps Gail will also.

Last day to get your votes in. Winners will be announced tomorrow.

The winner of the popular vote was After the Quake and Under the Net nominated by Karen was the winner of the randomizer.

What will you be reading in April?

I will be reading After the Quake, I’ve already read Under the Net.

I keep getting confused on which Murakama I have read, luckily I did not vote. I have read After the Quake already. I am going to start our quarterly read Mason & Dixon in April plus TBR and monthly word.

I've read both, so if someone wants to do a buddy read of one of my 4 options, I'm down. If not, I'm good to chill and just read whatever I feel like for April :)

I've read After the Quake too, so I will be reading Under the Net. I don't think I've read that one. I will work on TBR, Qrtly, and monthly word, like Diane.

Amanda wrote: "I've read both, so if someone wants to do a buddy read of one of my 4 options, I'm down. If not, I'm good to chill and just read whatever I feel like for April :)"

I could not locate any of those books, so I would not be participating in a buddy read but there were at 2 others that did vote for Time of Indifference so they might be willing to do a buddy read.

I'm embarrassed to say that I've not read anything by either author, so I'm going to try to read both. 😳

Hurrah! I can use up two of my credits on Audible this month.

I will be reading Iris Murdoch since I nominated it. So excited. I have not read a book by her in years.

I will be reading the Murdoch but I have read After the Quake.
I would be happy to do a buddy read of either The Sound of Waves or Time of Indifference.

I've read one book by Murdoch and three by Murakami. So I will read Under the Net.
I was planning to read Murdoch's The Bell in a few months- might put that off a little then as I enjoy variety in authors.
If Amanda did a buddy read of Holder of the World I would read that also.

I've read both selections. I will start Mason & Dixon and perhaps also the second part of Joseph and His Brothers in April.

I could also join in with a buddy read, any of those mentioned: The Holder of the World, The Time of Indifference, or The Sound of the Waves.