Reading 1001 discussion

Time to cast those votes for our July botm. The authors for July are Van Eeden to Nathanael West.

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 will be announced. Please send your choices by private message to either myself or the Shelf Personality. Everyone gets one free vote. if you have participation points you can have up to 4 additional votes. You can use them all on one choice or you can make 5 different choices.

Only book that have not been previous botm in past 10 years will be added to the randomizer. Each book you choose will be fed into the randomizer for an opportunity to be chosen by the randomizer.

Frederik van Eeden - Netherlands
1. The quest

Etienne van Heerden - South Africa
2. Ancestral Voices

Vassilis Vassilikos - Greece
3. Z

Luís de Camões or Luis Vaz de Camoes - Portugal
4. The Lusiads

Ivan Vazov - Bulgaria
5. Under the Yoke

Jules Verne - France
6. Around the World in Eighty Days 2010 botm
7. Journey to the Center of the Earth 2012 botm

Tarjei Vesaas - Norway
8. The Birds - botm 1014 (excluded from randomizer

Simon Vestdijk - Netherlands
9. The Garden Where the Brass Band Played

Boris Vian - France
10. Froth on the Daydream

Gore Vidal - US
11. Myra Breckinridge

Enrique Vila-Matas - Spain
12. Bartleby & Co.

Xosé Neira Vilas - Spain
13. Memoirs of a Peasant Boy - 2014 botm (excluded from randomizer)

Elio Vittorini - Italy
14. Conversations in Sicily

Jorge Volpi - Mexico
15. In Search of Klingsor

Voltaire - France
16. Candide - botm 2010, 2016, (excluded from the randomizer)

Joseph von Eichendorff - Germany
17. The Life of a Good-for-nothing

Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen - Germany
18. The Adventurous Simplicissimus

Heinrich von Kleist - Germany
19. Michael Kohlhaas - 2020 botm (excluded from randomizer)

Kurt Vonnegut Jr. - US
20. Breakfast of Champions
21. Slaughterhouse-Five, botm 2010, 2011, 2016, (excluded from randomizer
22. God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater
23. Cat’s Cradle

Alice Walker - US
24. The Color Purple, 2012 botm
25. The Temple of My Familiar
26. Possessing the Secret of Joy

Horace Walpole - UK
27. The Castle of Otranto, botm 2012

Alan Warner - Scotland
28. Morvern Callar

Marina Warner - UK
29. Indigo

Herbjørg Wassmo - Norway
30. The House with the Blind Glass Windows

Keith Waterhouse - UK
31. Billy Liar

Sarah Waters - UK
32. Fingersmith, 2014 botm (excluded from randomizer)
33. Tipping the Velvet 2018 botm (excluded from randomizer)

Winifred Watson - UK
34. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, botm 2014, (excluded from randomizer)

Evelyn Waugh - UK
35. Decline and Fall
36. Brideshead Revisited, 2016 botm, (excluded from randomizer)
37. A Handful of Dust, 2020 botm, (excluded from randomizer)
38. Vile Bodies

Charles Webb - UShttps://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...#
39. The Graduate., 2014 botm (excluded from randomizer)

Blattengeta Heruy Welde Sellase, Ethiopia
40. Addis Aläm; Addis Aläm [New World]. Addis Abeba: Goha Ṣäbah E.C. 1924 Eth. Probably unavailable and probably not in English, this one is Amaric. Excluded from randomizer.

H.G. Wells - England
41. Tono-Bungay
42. The War of the Worlds
43. The Invisible Man, 2012 botm
44. The Island of Dr. Moreau
45. The Time Machine

Irvine Welsh - US
46. Trainspotting

Eudora Welty - US
47. The Optimist's Daughter

Nathanael West - US
48. Miss Lonelyhearts


That's it! Take a look, what would you like to read in July? How many have your read?

I have read 17, I think. I am interested in Conversations in Sicily, having just visited there, and being interested in anti-Fascism

I’ve read 26 of them. I have Indigo and God Bless You, Mr Rosewater on the shelf. I will check Hoopla and LIbby and Audible Play to see which others might be available and of course I will add to the randomized.

I've read 24 so far, but only slim pickings available on my TBF shelves:

- The Garden Where The Brass Band Played (Vestdijk; it is also on my randomized list)

I'd also be happy to provide support for Decline and Fall by Waugh, the only one I haven't read yet from him.

I’ve read 19, quite a high number for me thanks to Waugh and Wells. I’d like to read Indigo or The Optimist’s Daughter.

I've got 2 I haven't read this time (The Quest and Simplicissimus) and will split votes between those 2.

The Optimist's Daughter sounds good, and I haven't read Eudora Welty since college.

I've read 28 and I don't possess any of the others. I will probably check what is in the library and split my vote for the randomizer.

I've read about half of these, including all the Vonneguts and four of the HG Wells. Only a couple more are in the next couple hundred in my personal to-read list: Froth on the Daydream and Memoirs of a Peasant Boy. I'm unsure what to vote for at this point.

I have read 19 of these but only one HG Wells and one Waugh, which was not Decline and Fall. I have read The Optimist's Daughter and Indigo but neither of the ones that Amanda has not yet read. I may vote for Decline and Fall or Simplicissimus. Froth of the Daydream sounds interestingly bizarre too.

I've forgotten - the ones which are labelled "excluded from randomizer', we can't vote for those right?

Nike wrote: "I've forgotten - the ones which are labelled "excluded from randomizer', we can't vote for those right?"

You can, if you think it can get nominated by popular vote. It is only excluded from being placed into the randomized. For example; If you wanted to cast 5 votes (if you have them) then you might have a chance to win the popular vote.

I'll vote for The Optimist's Daughter.

Anne wrote: "I'll vote for The Optimist's Daughter." Please note the directions for voting, you must send a private message to either Me or the Shelf Personality. Thanks!

I think I'm going to scatter votes between Ancestral Voices and Froth on the Daydream- maybe will get lucky with randomizer.

Voting is closed and what will we be reading in July?

Popular vote went to Decline and Fall - by Evelyn Waugh.

And the randomizer chose Indigo - Marina Warner.

What will you be reading in July.

I will be reading Decline and Fall . I have read Indigo but have plenty to read as I am behind on Joseph. If Amanda wants to run a buddy read, I would be interested.

I will be reading Indigo as I’ve read Decline and Fall. One BOTM works well for me alongside the TBR, randomised reading list and keyword challenge - plenty of variety!

I've read Indigo, and am interested in Decline and Fall. At the moment though, I feel like I can't make a decision about July reading..... I'm still working away on Mason and Dixon (~70% read) and that is filling up the reading portion of my brain! :)

I am so behind on Joseph that I suspect I won’t get it done this year. There has been too many lengthy and not easy to read books, also less available audios so its more than I can handle this year. I really wanted to read Joseph.

I have Indigo so I will read that. I’ve already read Decline and Fall. So I will be trying to get Mason & Dixon started and finished in the last days to this quarter.

I haven’t even started Joseph, but as I have read both Q3 & Q4 books and the end is in sight with Mason and Dixon, I will aim to read Indigo. I also have read Decline and Fall.

I have read Decline and Fall already. I too am behind with Mason and Dixon. I need to catch up before I look at July.

Since Gail brought it up, I am down to run a buddy read. if so would people prefer The Quest or Simplicissimus?

The Quest please if others do not mind. Thank you Amanda

sounds good, buddy read of The Quest it is:)

I've just ordered Indigo from eBay. So I'll be reading that!

I read Decline and Fall a year and a half ago. I'm going to pass on Indigo, so I'll work on other books in my to-read list.

Just remembered I signed up to do a buddy read of 'the Quest'... are there any folks who are planning to read it with me this month still?

Amanda wrote: "Just remembered I signed up to do a buddy read of 'the Quest'... are there any folks who are planning to read it with me this month still?" Gotcha!

Amanda wrote: "Just remembered I signed up to do a buddy read of 'the Quest'... are there any folks who are planning to read it with me this month still?"

I did pick up a Kindle copy of it but I doubt that I will have time to participate but I am sure someone said that they would. I posted it for you.

Cool cool: Thanks Kristal!

I hope to read it with you. I have a copy of

Gail wrote: "I hope to read it with you. I have a copy of"

Fab! I just put the thread up for all who are interested. I'll be reading it this week, hopefully.