Reading 1001 discussion

This month we will vote on authors Goldsmith through Hartley.
In case you missed it, we are doing things different this month. I will be posting all books elibible for voting in one long string. I will not be providing the detail information. You may use the hyperlink to read more about that book and author.
Only one book will be chosen by votes. You have one free vote and up to 4 participation points depending on how many participation points you have. See https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/... for your participation points.
Voting is by secret ballot using Survey Monkey. Jen will announce the winner of the voting. Bookworm will select our second book from all eligible books in Goldsmith through Hartley by randomizer. We will only be voting on books less than 600 pages. We would like winning book to receive at least 10 votes. Here is the link to vote,
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DBPTPZW

1. The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith 1766, 250 pages.

2. Ferdydurke by Witold Gombrowicz, 1937 300 pages

3. Oblomov by Ivan Goncharov, 1859, 586 pages

4. Burger's Daughter by Nadine Gordimer, 1979, 350 pages

5. Mother Maxim Gorky, 1907, 500 pages

6. The Artamonov Business Maxim Gorky, 1925, 350 pages

7. Marks of Identity Juan Goytisolo, 1966, 350 pages.

8. The Opposing Shore Julien Gracq, 1951, 200 pages

9. The Tin Drum Günter Grass, 1959, 567 pages

10. Cat and Mouse by Günter Grass, 1961, 150 pages

11. Dog Years Günter Grass, 1963, 576 pages

12. Sunset Song by Lewis Grassic Gibbon 1932, 272 pages, A Scots Quair #1

13. Lanark: A Life in Four Books Alasdair Gray, 2092, 573 pages

14. Blindness Henry Green, 1926, 200 pages

15. Living Henry Green 1929, 250 pages

16. Party Going Henry Green, 1939, 250 pages

17. Caught Henry Green, 1943, 200 pages

18. Loving Henry Green 1945, 250 pages

19. Back Henry Green 1946, 200 pages

20. England Made Me Graham Greene, 1935, 250 pages

21. Brighton Rock Graham Greene 1935, 250 pages

22. The Power and the Glory Graham Greene, 1940, 200 pages

23. The Heart of the Matter Graham Greene, 1948, 250 pages

24. The Third Man Graham Greene, 1949 200 pages

25. The End of the Affair Graham Greene, 1951, 150 pages

26. The Quiet American Graham Greene, 1955, 200 pages

27. The Honorary Consul Graham Greene, 1973, 300 pages

28. The Diary of a Nobody George Grossmith 1892, 200 pages

29. Memories of Rain Sunetra Gupta, 1992, 200 pages

30. Dirty Havana Trilogy Pedro Juan Gutiérrez, 1998, 400 pages.

31. Forever a Stranger and Other Stories Hella S. Haasse 1996, 150 pages.

32. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Mark Haddon 2003, 250 pages

33. The Well of Loneliness Radclyffe Hall, 1928, 450 pages

34. The Reluctant Fundamentalist Mohsin Hamid, 2007, 200 pages

35. Hangover Square Patrick Hamilton 1941, 350 pages

36. Red Harvest Dashiell Hammett, 1929, 200 pages

37. The Maltese Falcon Dashiell Hammett, 1930, 200 pages

38. The Glass Key Dashiell Hammett, 1931, 200 pages

39. The Thin Man Dashiell Hammett, 1932, 200 pages

40. Hunger Knut Hamsun, 1890, 200 pages

41. Growth of the Soil Knut Hamsun, 1917, 435 pages

42. The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick Peter Handke, 1970, 150 pages

43. The Left-Handed Woman The Left-Handed Woman, 1976, 100 pages

44. The Afternoon of a Writer Peter Handke, 1987, 100 pages

45. The Art of Fielding Chad Harbach, 2011, 550 pages

46. Far from the Madding Crowd Far from the Madding Crowd, 1874, 500 pages

47. The Hand of Ethelberta Thomas Hardy, 1876, 500 pages

48. The Return of the Native Thomas Hardy, 1878, 500 pages

49. The Mayor of Casterbridge Thomas Hardy, 1886, 400 pages

50. Tess of the D'Urbervilles Thomas Hardy 1891, 450 pages

51. Jude the Obscure Thomas Hardy 1895, 500 pages

52. The Go-Between L.P. Hartley, 1953, 350 pages.

53. July's People Nadine Gordimer, 1981, 150 pages.

Feel free to make comments about any of these books, positive, negative, why or why we should not read them. The only book that was not included less than 600 pages was The Woodlanders as it was BOTM in 2015.

And I forgot to mention, you may vote for up to 5 books if you have the 1 free, 4 participation points or use all participation points on the same book. Any other questions?

Check out the price of The Opposing Shore. On Amazon you can purchase a paperback copy for just $566

Anyway, I voted already since I wanted to vote before seeing the other votes come in (so as not be influenced). Lots of good options this month.

Good idea Jen. When will voting be done?

Kristel wrote: "Good idea Jen. When will voting be done?"

How about the 22nd, midnight EST? I will announce results on the 23rd.

I just picked up The Reluctant Fundamentalist at the library after reading Exit West. I had not realized it was on the list.

Jen wrote: "Kristel wrote: "Good idea Jen. When will voting be done?"

How about the 22nd, midnight EST? I will announce results on the 23rd." sounds good.

Sushicat wrote: "I just picked up The Reluctant Fundamentalist at the library after reading Exit West. I had not realized it was on the list."

It's a good one, makes a good discussion book. It was BOTM in past but not 2015.

Sushicat wrote: "I just picked up The Reluctant Fundamentalist at the library after reading Exit West. I had not realized it was on the list."

It is a really good discussion book. I read it when it was a past BOTM but do think it would be a good one to discuss and you should read it regardless of whether it wins or not. Exit West was fantastic. He's becoming an author I follow.

If you don't see your name on the spreadsheet, it's probably b/c you have not accrued participation points yet. You'll still be able to vote with your one free vote. Your name will be added to the spreadsheet once you've accrued at least one additional participation point. But let us know if there's an error. Book Worm will correct it for you.

So if I vote with 5 points, one is free and the other four will be deducted?

Jen wrote: "Sushicat wrote: "I just picked up The Reluctant Fundamentalist at the library after reading Exit West. I had not realized it was on the list."

It is a really good discussion book. I read it when i..."

I will definitely read it. I loved Exit West.

Sushicat wrote: "So if I vote with 5 points, one is free and the other four will be deducted?"

Yes, one vote is free.

Jen wrote: "Check out the price of The Opposing Shore. On Amazon you can purchase a paperback copy for just $566

Anyway, I voted already since I wanted to vote before seeing the other votes come in (so as not..."

I found myself a reasonable priced copy in French. For used books I usually check out abebooks. They normally have better prices than amazon itself. For this book as well.

Voted

I don't want you to think that I am not supporting the new process. I am not voting because I am participating in the two challenges (Jen's and Patrick's) and the seasonal read. I can't squeeze in one more book. Good luck everyone.

Voted!

I did accidentally omit July's People so added that as the #53 book, it is out of order so if you want to vote for that one, I don't want you to miss it.

Well, I have about 8 books in possession from this set of books but I am afraid they have little chance to get chosen. I really like Hardy's writing, I have wanted to read the The Go-Between for several years now and I have several Graham Greene books. He has not been chosen as a BOTM since the Quiet American.

But I voted.

Voted

Just a quick explanation of the spreadsheet for you all.

The people who have their own thread tracking their points for the year I have used these points in the spreadsheet and made your names bold.

The people who do not have their own thread have been calculated to the best of the ability of the admins and your names are not in bold. If you could make your own threads going forward this would be really useful for us to track.

There are columns showing points earned, points spent, balance of points to spend and a running total that will show the points earned for the year without the deductions so you will still be able to see how well you have done.

Voting is pretty close so far and we've already had more people vote in the first three days of voting this month than voted last month. If you haven't had a chance to vote yet, make sure you get your vote in by end of week. Every vote counts, especially those participation point votes.

Voting closes on Saturday. Make sure you all get your votes in for book of the month. The voting is REALLY close between the 4 top books.

I received a vote from "zippy mom" whose user name I don't recognize. This person voted for "exit West." I'm not sure if you meant to vote for the reluctant fundamentalist since Exit West is NOT a 1001 book.

If that is you, please revote and let me know who you are since I don't see a zippy mom as a username under our group of members.

Jen wrote: "Voting closes on Saturday. Make sure you all get your votes in for book of the month. The voting is REALLY close between the 4 top books."

How will you deal with a tie (just curious)? Randomizer? Using the number of individuals who voted for it (as opposed to participation points) as a tie breaker? It seems like ties could be likely . . .

I'm dying to know which four books!

Leni wrote: "I'm dying to know which four books!"

Chances are we will have to vote again to decide between the top 4. I can't say which they are yet since I don't want to sway the vote but you'll probably be happy ;)

Anita wrote: "Jen wrote: "Voting closes on Saturday. Make sure you all get your votes in for book of the month. The voting is REALLY close between the 4 top books."

How will you deal with a tie (just curious)? ..."

Right now there is a 3-way tie. We will have to discuss among admins but most likely we will revote on just the top 3-4 books. So folks who didn't vote for one of those 4 books will be able to recast their votes. Once we've all discussed behind the scenes, we'll announce the exact strategy. Then again, it's possible that the next two days we could get some tie breakers.

Jen wrote: "Anita wrote: "Jen wrote: "Voting closes on Saturday. Make sure you all get your votes in for book of the month. The voting is REALLY close between the 4 top books."

How will you deal with a tie (j..."

Ahh, thanks for sharing what you are thinking. I was just curious as with so many choices, I was sure some ties would be inevitable.

Anita wrote: "Jen wrote: "Anita wrote: "Jen wrote: "Voting closes on Saturday. Make sure you all get your votes in for book of the month. The voting is REALLY close between the 4 top books."

How will you deal w..."

Yes, I also think that people will learn pretty quickly that using up participation points and advocating for certain books Us a big impact.

It will be interesting to see what happens as we try out this system

Those of you following this thread, please note that we are having a run-off voting between the top 4 books. We had record voting this month and quite a competitive race between the top 4. Please see instructions for next stage here:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

I will announce the final winner and the randomized book either by thursday am OR once i've received all votes from those eligible to recast.

Also, please note that we will be voting again soon for September books so that going forward we will be voting for books that we will be reading in 2 months. Why? Book Worm brought up the point that it can be hard for her to get a hold of books in a timely manner (waiting for library holds or book orders). Since we have changed points for BOTM starting August (you now have to complete the BOTM in the month assigned to receive 3 points), we want to make sure everyone can get a hold of the book in time. If we vote two months ahead, then it gives everyone a little extra time to locate and get a hold of the book.

I will be posting September books today for Voting for BOTM. As Jen notes above, we are trying to get two months ahead so that we have more time to find books. It will also give you a second time to try out the new voting. I know I learned something the first time.

I won't be posting September voting until we finish with current voting so that participation points can be accurate. So sometime, probably next weekend.

As we've mentioned, September voting will be coming up relatively soon. Bear with us since after this September vote we'll be back on a normal voting schedule (once a month).

Want to earn an extra participation point in anticipation of our september voting? Answer the question here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... for one extra point. New question every monday.