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Trevor wrote: "I will nominate Max Havelaar."I almost nominated that one! I will actually second it.
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I nominate:"Lost Time"....Lectures on Proust in a Soviet Prison Camp
I should hopefully be able to join in by June & would also support Our Spoons Came from Woolworths(Can understand if this post may have to be disregarded tho, because I didn't join in Katalin St during March)
That Awful Mess on the Via MerulanaCassandra at the Wedding
Loving
I'll reserve my other nominations for a little bit
I will second Lost Time by Józef Czapski.
Antonomasia wrote: "Can understand if this post may have to be disregarded tho, because I didn't join in Katalin St during March."Nonsense. Participation in group book discussions, while highly encouraged, is not a prerequisite for nominations. Your nomination is accepted, and appreciated.
I'll add another:Tolstoy, Rasputin, Others, and Me.........by Teffi
Linda wrote: "I'll add another:Tolstoy, Rasputin, Others, and Me.........by Teffi"
Also seconding this one.
Thanks Louise!
Nominations close tomorrow night at 11:59pm so if you haven't nominated the book you would like to read in June yet, you still have time.
I am also going to second Lost Time. Anyone else with more nominations? Less than 5 hours to go!
The nomination period is now closed and the poll is up for a week. Please vote.https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...
The poll has closed and our June book will be......drum roll.....
Max Havelaar!!!
And we will have the great honor of translator David McKay joining us in the discussion so prepare your questions for him. Don't miss out on this wonderful opportunity.
Thanks for your kind words, Louise. I'm looking forward to the discussion and honored that the group will be reading our translation.Please be as frank and critical as you normally would be -- I'm thick-skinned, and in any case, I didn't write the book!
Louise wrote: "The poll has closed and our June book will be......drum roll.....
Max Havelaar!!!
And we will have the great honor of translator David McKay joining us in the discussion so prep..."
Great! I was so eager to read this one, a new title from NYRB. Now it has made to my reading list this June.
That’s very exciting! Thank you for giving us your time, Mr McKay. What a treat for us.
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I will start it off with A Chill in the Air: An Italian War Diary, 1939–1940 by Iris Origo
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Sand by Wolfgang Herrndorf