Lesle’s Comments (group member since Feb 01, 2015)

Lesle’s comments from the Never too Late to Read Classics group.

Annette I added it to the list above. Thanks!!

Luís wrote: "I support Shirley."

Thank you Luis!

Updated as of 10/13/25... 3:48pm EST

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Annette wrote: "Maybe Mrs Mike by Benedict Freedman?"

Annette is this the one that is doing pretty well under the Romance thread?

Updated as of 10/13/25... 12:15pm EST

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Cphe wrote: "The Way West...

We currently have this open as a year long read:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Blueberry we read both of these just last year April-June Please check those threads out in the Archive section.

The Milagro Beanfield War by John Nichols
All the Pretty Horses by [auth..."

Jay I am totally with you!
I am not much on Sci-Fi/Fantasy or Horror but I have read a couple which are enjoyable to me.

Blueberry I did not put Vilette on here as it is doing quite well under the Romance thread for next year.
Thank you though!

Updated as of 10/13/25... 11:51am EST

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Updated as of 10/13/25... 11:37am EST

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Suggestions/Supporting Votes for Classic Reads for the Following Year

1. Each year NTLTRC allows our Members to choose what we read the following year. I normally send a Member wide message.
2. This usually begins around the end of August-end of October.
3. What quailifies as a Classic depends on the Genre check out msg 2 for timeframes
4. Each Member can make a Suggestion. Each Member can offer a Supporting Vote(s) but you cannot support your own suggestion. We want a read to have a least one other Member that is interested for it to be considered for next year
5. Suggestion: Is your choice. You are probably choosing something you have been wanting to read. This counts as a Suggestion and puts it on the list for others to support. If for some reason your Suggestion does not get any Supporting Votes it will not move forward in consideration for next year. It take a Suggestion and one Supporting Vote from another Member to make it for consideration. Your Suggestion is your vote but it is not tallied.
6. Supporting Vote(s): A Supporting Vote supports the Suggestion. It also allows the Classic/Author to be considered for next year.
7. Tallies are kept updated per Moderator for each Topic/Genre

The main rules for each Topic is set by that Moderator. This could include but not limited to:
Timeframe: Read monthly, bi-monthly, quarterly, bi-annual or annual reads
Suggestions (accepted or not etc)
Supporting Votes (how many etc)
List of Classics for ideas
List of Classics as suggestions
Moderator has the right to modify the rules as needed
Moderator has the right to change the timeframe as needed depending on votes

If you have a question please ask under Rosemarie's I have a Question thread?
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Or you may ask under each individual topic another Member or Moderator will reply.

A Wilderness Classic is a book that is at least 50 years old and explores the relationship between humans and the untamed natural world, often involving themes of survival, self-reliance, and discovery. They have endured over time due to their profound impact on readers and their insightful look into the human experience outside of modern society.

Key characteristics of a wilderness classic:
A prominent wilderness setting. The story's location is remote and undeveloped, like a forest, mountain range, or desert, and is central to the narrative.
Focus on human-nature interaction. The core theme often explores the challenges and wonders of being in a wild environment. This may feature conflict, harmony, or a transformative spiritual experience.
Timeless themes. The books explore universal ideas such as the importance of nature, the price of civilization, and the limits of human endurance.
Literary endurance. True classics have been read for decades, with later generations of readers continuing to find value in their stories and ideas.

Notable examples of Wilderness Classics
Our National Parks by John Muir
The Call of the Wild by Jack London
Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
My First Summer in the Sierra by John Muir
Roughing It by Mark Twain
The Grand Canyon Expedition: The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons by John Wesley Powell
Travels in Alaska by John Muir
Nature and Other Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Steep Trails by John Muir
White Fang by Jack London
Canoeing in the Wilderness by Henry David Thoreau
Wilderness Days by Sigurd F Olson 1972
Walden; or, Life in the Woods by Henry David Thoreau
Wilderness Essays by John Muir

Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey: Part memoir and part ecological manifesto, this book chronicles Abbey's time as a park ranger in the rugged desert landscapes of Utah. It's a key work of radical environmentalism.

A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and Thereby Aldo Leopold: This collection of essays on ecology and conservation is one of the most influential books on the environment. It advocates for a "land ethic," arguing for a moral responsibility toward the natural world.

A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains: One Woman's Travels Through the Rockies of Colorado and Wyoming in the 1870s
A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains is a travel book by British explorer Isabella Bird, describing her 1873 trip to the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, the on the frontier of the United States.

That Quail, Robert a book by Margaret A. Stanger, illustrated by Cathy Baldwin. Published on August 15, 1966, it details the true story of Robert, a domesticated northern bobwhite raised by a Cape Cod family.

Mrs. Mike by Benedict Freedman set in the Canadian wilderness during the early 1900s. Katherine Mary O'Fallon Knox account, in 1907 at age 16, travels to Calgary to visit her uncle and recover from pleurisy. There she meets and marries Mike Flannigan, a sergeant with the Royal North-West Mounted Police, moving with him to isolated posts in the mountain and lake regions of British Columbia and northern Alberta.

Book Nerd
If you need a filler for Horror there is
I Know What You Need is a fantasy/horror short story by American writer Stephen King from 1976.

A popular college student, meets social outcast, Ed Hamner, when she is cramming for a sociology final. He offers her exam notes to the final, claiming he had already completed the class. She gets an 'A' on the final, saving her scholarship. Elizabeth anticipates it to be a great summer turns out to be anything but.

Book Nerd wrote: "Jay...Are you voting for either?..."

Haha!
I would take that as a Yes Book Nerd

Transportation

Anisha Inkspill wrote: "yeah but if every nomination automatically gets one vote then it's still a level-playing field...."

Anisha it really wouldnt be a level field. Your Suggestion is counted as a vote getting it on the list. If you did a supporting vote also it would be out of balance. Your Suggestion and your Supporting Vote is two votes and everyone else will just have one. We have done this process since the beginning.
I am sure (me included) might have missed a person giving a suggestion and counted an extra vote as well.
I list books to give ideas. I do not count them as a suggestion. This process allows the Members total control over what is read.
It is why we call it Suggestion/Supporting Votes.
The suggestion by one person gets it on the list but if another Member does not support it it will not be considered for the reads. We want more than one person reading what is offered.

Years in the past we have had reads where Rosemarie and Kathy would be the only readers. Rosemarie re-reads a lot to help support the Members choice.

Some of us Mods do some things a little different but the basis is still the same. I hope this all helps and I will put this information in the Fundamentals as well. I really hope all the discussion has helped clear it up.

Lindenblatt wrote: ".If the nominator can nominate AND give a vote of support, they'd be counted twice for the same book..."

I appreciate you helping Piyangie with this.

Yield

Updated 10/12/25....2:38pm

Looking for more supporting votes.
Please go through the list in msg 2 and support the books you like to read in 2026

Might go quarterly or offer two books bi-annually (thoughts on this?)

I put my support behind:

Wilderness Essays by John Muir
The Canoe and the Saddle
The Peregrine

Updated 10/12/25...at 2:32pm EST

Still looking for supporting votes.
Please go through the list in msg 2 and support the books you like to read in 2026