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Classic Chunkster Nomination
I second that one too O_O This group nominates far too many great books, it is going to be hard to pick what to read.
♥Xeni♥ wrote: "So what time period is 'classic' again? Can I nominate It
by Stephen King?"No hard and fast rules, as stated in the Group Guidelines, but that one does strike me as rather too recent (and I know we once nixed Mists of Avalon as too recent as well, and that book is almost a decade older than 'It'). I'll open it up to members to discuss, but this seems unlikely to be considered a "Classic."
1986... some old timer stuff in there for young'uns like me!
I would read any of these books, so I will vote when the time comes instead of nominate.
I think this belongs in the classic section, if not, someone let me know and I'll move it to contemporary. 
by Norman Mailer
Since we recently read The Three Musketeers (albeit as a side read), I'm itching to read The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas. I know a lot of people love that book and I've never had the nerve to wade into it.
Jen wrote: "I think this belongs in the classic section, if not, someone let me know and I'll move it to contemporary. by Norman Mailer"Good choice. I've had this on my TBR for a while too.
Ellen wrote: "Since we recently read The Three Musketeers (albeit as a side read), I'm itching to read The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas. I know a lot of people love that boo..."I was going to recommend it, but I could have sworn that we read if recently. Didn't we?
No, we read 3M this summer, and I think a lot of us have read TCoMC already (myself included).
Odd... Maybe it was another of my groups then. Still, TCOMC is so amazing I would definitely read that one again any time :)
I've been wanting to reread Gone With the Wind, so thats my vote!
So many great books, I would read any of these!
Anybody up for some non-fiction? Herodotus is not only the father of history, but he's really fascinating to read. I've only read bits and pieces here and there, an eager to read the whole thing, which is a true chunkster but worth every page.The Histories
Ellen wrote: "Since we recently read The Three Musketeers (albeit as a side read), I'm itching to read The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas. I know a lot of people love that boo..."I really want to read that one too, so I second this nomination. Gone with the Wind is in my tbr-pile too, so I'll skip nomination this time and only vote instead
My to-read shelf contains The Count of Monte Christo, Middlemarch and War and Peace, so I just need to hope for one of those three to win!
I too feel Stephen King is too recent to be called classic. I'd like to read Herodotus, Everyman. If it isn't to everyone's fancy, perhaps we can have a mini side read sometime, though we are pretty snowed under for side reads right now.
I would like to second Gone With The Wind and Of Human Bondage.
@ Judy: You know, I'm really not certain that Great Expectations actually contains 500 pages of text (I'm guessing/assuming that a lot of the pages in that edition is made up of end notes and introductory pages). I know I would not consider my copy a Chunkster, and many editions are closer to 400 pages.
LOL. ;-) Sorry to be a stickler. I know a few other of Dickens' books are chunksters: David Copperfield, Nicholas Nickleby, etc.
I would *love* to read Nicholas Nickleby! Have we done that as a group read before?
♥Xeni♥ wrote: "I would *love* to read Nicholas Nickleby! Have we done that as a group read before?"Nope.
Oh, Don Quixote is another great option. I would definitely need to read that one with other people!
man, I don't even need to nominate anything! there are lots of books I want to read here! Yay!
Kristi wrote: "man, I don't even need to nominate anything! there are lots of books I want to read here! Yay!"LOL, I'm just hoping one of my noms wins for once. I've never had one win! :-P
So many good choices both here and in the contemporary chunkster nomination thread. I have no idea how I'll decide what to vote for!
Kristi wrote: "man, I don't even need to nominate anything! there are lots of books I want to read here! Yay!"
I'm the same. And as I'm already reading I'm going to have to make a decision between contemporary and classic this read.
I'm the same. And as I'm already reading I'm going to have to make a decision between contemporary and classic this read.
Heather wrote: "I'm the same. And as I'm already reading I'm going to have to make a decision betwe..."I know how you feel! After Mists I'm jumping straight into Kavalier and Clay, then directly after that in February into the side read I am leading, The Second Sex, and I'll start The Moonstone in February too! I'm almost hoping the polls pick books I don't want to read, though I might be able to squeeze another one in somewhere.
I'm going to be in the same boat Amanda. I feel like I may be a little over committed, too many good reads to pass up though :)
Andrea wrote: "I'm going to be in the same boat Amanda. I feel like I may be a little over committed, too many good reads to pass up though :)"That's so funny, I was thinking the same thing as Amanda too. I was thinking that I was so glad I had already read Mists of Avalon and didn't want to do that group read because I was able to do more side reads, and now I'm looking at the lists hoping that a book I don't want to read gets chosen otherwise I will be reading so many books at once.
♥Xeni♥ wrote: "*has a prejudice against Hesse*"Haha, I've never actually never read any of Hesse, but heard that Steppenwolf and Demian are really good. It might be a challenge to start out with his magnum opus though...
Well, he's not a terrible writer. But having my super scary German literature teacher force him down my throat a few years in a row can get anyone anti-author! Same with Günther Grass for me now. xD
♥Xeni♥ wrote: "Well, he's not a terrible writer. But having my super scary German literature teacher force him down my throat a few years in a row can get anyone anti-author! Same with [author:Günther Grass|298..."
Oh no! That would be awful! :(
I enjoyed Siddhartha. I'd be interested in reading the Glass Bead Game.
Siddhartha was enjoyable... in English. So maybe the Glass Bead Game would be enjoyable in English as well. :D
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