The Classics discussion

I know this is late in the month but how does everyone feel about picking an August book?

I'm still plugging away at Ovid but I also want to work on something new. I want to have a dialogue on here about classics and it looks like that isn't going to happen with Ovid so maybe we should move on.

Hey everyone, I am new to the group and I would love to jump in starting a title in August. Do you usually vote on suggestions?
Trisha

We do. Is there any specific book you'd like to suggest? Things look like they're wide open in terms of books.

Two books on my list of things to read soon are Candide by Voltaire and Utopia by Thomas More. But if no one's game for those, I'll read just about anything. Someone mentioned Kafka a while ago. Very interested in that too.

I would be interested in reading Utopia!

Why don't we leave book suggestions open until Friday night 10PM PST and then we can vote?

Sounds good, Duckthief.

I agree that a discussion leader would help us along a bit, Clare. I feel like I've read Metamorphosis a couple times... might be able to pick it up again, but would prefer some of his other work.

I've been interested in Kafka's Metamorphosis too.

Alright so it looks like the decision is between

Utopia - Thomas More

Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka

Candide - Voltaire


Let's leave voting open until Wednesday August 6 10pm PST.

My vote is for Candide.

My vote is for Metamorphosis

Utopia for me.

It looks like Kafka is it. If everyone could pick up a copy by Monday August 11 then we can start discussing the book.