Reading 1001 discussion

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 vote, excluding previous books that have been read twice previously. Winners will be announced on December 2nd. Votes are weighted so be sure to post in most desired to least,

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. Voting from 11/25 through 12/1, Winner announced 12/2/2024.

LET THE VOTING BEGIN!

Nominations
Sometimes a Great Notion
The Betrothed
Melmoth the Wanderer
Finnegan’s Wake
Gravity’s Rainbow
The Idiot
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
The Three Musketeers byAlexandre Dumas
Lost Illusions by Honoré de Balzac
Confessions by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Crime and Punishment
Celestial Harmonies
The Wind Up Bird Chronicles
The Making of Americans
Against the Day
Daniel Deronda
The Albigenses;: A romance (my volume comes in at 774 pgs)
Giles Goat-Boy (752 pgs)
V.

I would like to vote for…

1. Lost Illusions
2. Celestial Harmonies
3. Against the Day
4. Daniel Deronda

I would like to vote for:

1. Sometimes a Great Notion
2. The Three Musketeers
3. Finnegans Wake
4. V.

I am only going to vote for one.

The Three Musketeers byAlexandre Dumas

Now edited for weights:

The Betrothed
The Idiot
Gravity's Rainbow
The Three Musketeers

Readjusting for weights
1. 3 musketeers
2. Sometimes a great notion
3. Anna Karenina
4. V.

My votes adjusted for weighted vote.
Against the Day
Daniel Deronda
The Betrothed
The Making of Americans

Voting for the 4 I haven't read (order changed for weighted votes):

1) V.
2) Celestial harmonies
3)Giles Goat-Boy
4)The Albigenses

Hoping to avoid another Pynchon year, I'm going to back some of the others already suggested and throw in Wind-up Bird for the randomizer.

1. Sometimes a Great Notion
2. The Three Musketeers
3. Daniel Deronda
4. The Wind-up Bird Chronicles

Here are my votes:

Lost Illusions by Honoré de Balzac
Confessions by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Celestial Harmonies by Peter Esterhazy
Giles Goat-boy by John Barth

1. Crime and Punishment
2. The Idiot
3. Anna Karenina
4. The Wind Up Bird Chronicles

The Idiot
Celestial Harmonies
The Wind Up Bird Chronicles
Gravity”s Rainbow

Predictably, I will vote for the 4 books I suggested:

The Betrothed
Gravity’s Rainbow
Melmoth the Wanderer
Finnegan’s Wake

1. The Wind Up Bird Chronicle
2. V.
3. Sometimes a Great Notion
4. The Idiot

We have several times and just a few days before winners are annonunced. I think I didn't mention that votes are weighted. If you want to adjust your lists, please feel free to do so. I will recheck before announcing winners.

Winners will be announced December 2. Get your votes in and remember votes are weighted to break ties.

1. Anna Karenina
2. The Idiot
3. A fine balance
4 Crime and punishment

1. Anna Karenina
2. Daniel Deronda
3. Gravity's Rainbow
4. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

1. Finnegan's Wake
2. Lost Illusions
3. Daniel Deronda

I just finished reading Three Musketeers, enjoyed it. That makes 3 for Finnegan's so I think it has a good chance.

1. The Three Musketeers
2. The Betrothed
3. Melmoth the Wanderer
4. Crime and Punishment

The winners are and the order will be;
1st Quarter: The Idiot
2nd Quarter: Daniel Deronda
3rd Quarter: The Three Musketeers
4th Quarter: V

Looks like we have some great quarterly reads for 2025. I look forward to reading the Three Musketeers.

I've read all of those, but I have The Man Without Qualities by Robert Musil which was an annual read just before I joined, so I think I will read that over this year.

I’ve read 2 of the 4 (Musketeers and Idiot) and so I will be able to concentrate on other books like maybe the annual.

Great, I will try to join in on at least The Idiot

Happy that V. snuck in there and will be reading that one :)

I’ve read the first 3, I’d like to reread Daniel Deronda and will probably join in for V

I've read all of them but Daniel Deronda. In a way, it's a blessing: this year, I've had Joseph plus all four quarterlies; this had a big impact on the number of books I've managed to read this year. Who knows, next year with only an interesting annual and one quarterly, I might catch up a bit and read more than my usual 40.

I voted for two out of the four so I can't complain, and I actually have not read any of the four winners so I have a full year ahead of me.

Can I ask how the votes are weighted? Is it 4 points for first pick, 3 points for 2nd, and so on? Just curious.

Jane wrote: "Can I ask how the votes are weighted? Is it 4 points for first pick, 3 points for 2nd, and so on? Just curious."
Yes

I’m with Gail having voted for 2, so looking forward to second half. I read the idiot years ago and not the new translation, so I’m considering a reread. I’ve been listening to Juliette Stevenson read Daniel Deronda recently - I fell in love with her reading Middlemarch earlier this year and this is also excellent, if anyone else is looking at audiobooks when the time comes.

I am sold on that recommendation. I just listened to Stevenson reading the new Richard Osman book, We Solve Murders. She was amazing and the book was great.

Jenna wrote: "I’m with Gail having voted for 2, so looking forward to second half. I read the idiot years ago and not the new translation, so I’m considering a reread. I’ve been listening to Juliette Stevenson r..."

You can't go wrong with Juliette Stevenson. I have some other favorites too.

I've read The Idiot a couple of years ago and just finished The Three Musketeers, but I will plan on "2nd Quarter: Daniel Deronda". I will look for that audiobook.
I don't know yet about reading V in 4th qtr.
By the way, I couldnt get to our group page earlier today though other goodreads pages loaded ok. Glad it is working now.

George P. wrote: "I've read The Idiot a couple of years ago and just finished The Three Musketeers, but I will plan on "2nd Quarter: Daniel Deronda". I will look for that audiobook.
I don't know yet about reading V ..."

That's interesting. I wonder why that would be. Glad it is working now.

The only 2025 Quarterly read I need to read is V. I'll have to watch for a copy before quarter 4 so I can join that one.