Virago Modern Classics discussion

Write here which book would you like to read in August.
The full list of VMC books you can find on our to-read shelf.

For the sake of diversity, please don't nominate books from previous poll, that is:
The Gentlewomen by Laura Talbot
Lucy Gayheart by Willa Cather
You will be able to nominate them again after a month.

Take also a look at our buddy-reads for this year. Please, do not nominate these books too, you can read them with us as a buddy-read.

You can nominate 1 or 2 books. The rest of the rules you can find here.

This time, I will nominate as the first:

Precious Bane by Mary Webb

I nominate The Group by Mary McCarthy. There are five or six Virago Classics on my shelves and I nominate now one, now the other, hoping to read them with you 😄

Daniela wrote: "I nominate The Group di Mary McCarthy. There are five or six Virago Classics on my shelves and I nominate now one, now the other, hoping to read them with you 😄"

We can add one to a group buddy-read. November is free. Or just give me a list of those books and I choose one and we read it together in July?

I would be very happy to read one of them in November if a buddy read is possible! July is already pretty busy for me.
The books are:
The Group by Mary McCarthy;
Challenge by Vita Sackville-West;
Miss Mole by E.H. Young;
Millenium Hall by Sarah Scott;
Mad Puppetstown by Molly Keane;
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont by Elizabeth Taylor

Daniela wrote: "I would be very happy to read one of them in November if a buddy read is possible! July is already pretty busy for me...

I would like to read finally something by Vita Sackville-West. I have her other books on my to-read list, but I can start with "Challenge". So, I add it to our buddy read for November 2024.

I nominate A Stricken Field by Martha Gellhorn.

I'll second that nomination Marilyn

The nominations for August 2024 are as follows:

Precious Bane by Mary Webb
The Group by Mary McCarthy
A Stricken Field by Martha Gellhorn

The poll will appear soon.