Reading the Chunksters discussion

Please post your vote for one of the following, note that you agree to finishing the book with us if your vote wins. I'll keep the tally here in the first post - poll will end December 31 at midnight eastern time. We will begin mid-January once we wrap up Cryptonomicon (thanks for accelerating the schedule Lorna!) Happy Voting!

ps - these are all great so feel free to vote for a book other than the one you nominated or seconded if you'd like! It's so hard to decide!

1. Anna Karenina
2. The Way We Live Now
3. Crime and Punishment
4. Daniel Deronda
5. Jane Eyre

Vote Tally as of 12/30/18 6:15 pm EST

Daniel Deronda: 6
Jane Eyre: 5
Crime and Punishment: 4
The Way We Live Now: 2
Anna Karenina: 1

At the moment I'm going to vote for The Way We Live Now because it's one of the two books listed that I have not read yet. But I may be persuaded to reread Jane Eyre if it wins.

The Way We Live Now, please.

(Didn't want to go first.. :P)

Gosh...I'm so tempted to delete my post and re-post later... ha ha. :P

Daniel Deronda

Some great choices here, but Jane Eyre is very high on my to-reread list, so that one has my vote.

Daniel Deronda

Daniel Deronda

Daniel Deronda for me ... though I'd happily read or re-read any of these!

Jane Eyre

Anna Karenina

The only one on the list that I'd want to read/reread at this time would be:
Daniel Deronda

but whatever wins, I hope there will be a good discussion!

Jane Eyre

So hard to decide! I’d read any of these, but I’m going to go with Jane eyre.

I'll vote for my nomination, Crime and Punishment

I'm a vote for Crime and Punishment.

Crime and Punishment

It’s close!!

I'll vote for Crime and Punishment. I really want to read that one, and it's already on my list for next year.

Anna Karenina

The votes so far... (updated 12/30/18)

AK - 1
TWWLN - 2
C&P - 4
DD - 6
JE - 5

Thanks Linda! Very close! Vote changing is allowed if anyone would like to switch.

I change my vote from AK to DD

Very close! I updated the tally in the first post of the thread. One more day to vote, voting closes at midnight est tomorrow, New Year's Eve!

Hope everyone has a peaceful, happy and healthy New Year!

Daniel Deronda

Daniel Deronda has won and I am very excited! I’m ordering my copy today, and we will begin January 13. I’ll set up a banter thread today.

Happy New Year!

Thanks Dianne. Will try and find a copy tomorrow.

Exciting!

I’m sitting out on Daniel Deronda as I’ve already read it. Enjoy the read, everyone!

Linda wrote: "I’m sitting out on Daniel Deronda as I’ve already read it. Enjoy the read, everyone!"

Me too, but I really enjoyed it and was almost tempted to a reread. It's a treat!

We will miss you Linda and Pamela! Feel free to drop notes in the discussion if you’d like!

I've read it before, but I picked up a free Kindle edition when it looked like it would win.

I know my track record as Chunkster participant is.. meager, but, hey, new year, new attitude.

It’s 2019 Christopher! New beginnings!

Pamela wrote: "Me too, but I really enjoyed it and was almost tempted to a reread. It's a treat!"

I also enjoyed it, Pamela. But you know how it goes - too many books, too little time. I've got to be choosy about the books I reread. :)

I've read and enjoyed it. I've enjoyed all 5 George Elliot novels I've read. I might join in a re-read as it has been over 20 years.

When you finish the novel, there is a BBC miniseries from early this century. It's pretty good with Hugh Dancy, Hugh Bonneville, Romola Garai, Amanda Root and Jodhi May, all experienced costume drama actors.
I once had it on my Netflix favorites but it's no longer there so I think it is off Netflix. It worth a view if you can find it somewhere.

I am so glad DD is being read. I have wanted to give this one a go for a while. I am having eyesight problems and haven't been able to keep up with much reading so this year I am reading a lot less and choosing carefully what I read. I will be reading this one although I may not be able to keep up with the schedule.

For those who like audio format, there's a version on Hoopla (free) read by Juliet Stevenson, a favourite narrator of mine. I think I'll start reading from a paper copy but might move over to audio at some point.

I just opened the DD banter thread so I'll close this one - very excited to join this one as I just read middlemarch last year and thought it was excellent!