Reading 1001 discussion

It's the last one for this year 2022. Authors for December are from Somozo to Thoreau. Voting will be open today, October 15 through the 23. Winners will be announced on the 24th. The second book is chosen by the randomizer.

Please review the list of authors and the books that are eligible in this post. Comment, give your opinions, and most important, don't forget to vote. Everyone gets one free vote but if you want more opportunity you can use participation points. See the thread on participation points on how to earn them and how to use them.

HOW TO VOTE:
1. Make your choice or choices from the list that is posted here.
2. You get one free vote and if you have participation points you can have up to 5 votes. You can use them all on one choice or you can make 5 choices.
3. Send a Personal Message to either me or the shelf personality for Reading 1001
4. If you only comment here on your choice it won't get counted so don't forget to send that message.
5. In order to receive messages you must be a friend or in your profile, click that you will receive mail from everyone.

Excluded books this month.
Somoza, Lady Number Thirteen, not translated
The Making of Americans, >900 pages
The Red and the Black >600 pages 2020 Quarterly read
Cryptonomicon, >600 pg, Quarterly read 2013, 2019
Tristam Shandy >600 pgs
The Goldfinch > 700 pgs, 2021 Q
The Secret History 559 pgs, botm 2020
Vanity Fair 2010 botm >600 pgs
The Great Indian Novel (2020 BOTM)

Natsume Sōseki Japanese
1. Kokoro 1914, 248 pgs

Muriel Spark, Scotland
2. The Driver's Seat - 1970
3. The Girls of Slender Means - 1963
4. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie - 1961, botm 2012
5. Memento Mori - 1959

Edward St. Aubyn, UK
6. Mother's Milk, 2006, 235 pgs

Christina Stead Australia
7. The Man Who Loved Children, 527 pg, 1940

Gertrude Stein USA
8. The Autobiography of Alice B. Tokias - 1933, 252 pgs
9.Three Lives - 1909, 176 pages

John Steinbeck, USA
10. Cannery Row, 2012 botm
11. The Grapes of Wrath 479 pgs, 2010 botm
12. Of Mice and Men

Stendhal, France
13. The Chartreuse of Parma, 532 pgs

James Stephens Ireland
14. The Charwoman's Daughter, 2018 botm

Laurence Sterne Ireland
15. A Sentimental Journey, 1768, 170 pgs

Robert Louis Stevenson
16. The Master of Ballantrae, 2014 botm
17. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, 2014 botm
18. Kidnapped, 2016 botm
19. Treasure Island

Adalbert Stifter Bohemia (now Czechoslovakia)
20. Indian Summer 478 pgs

Bram Stoker
Dracula, 488 pgs, 2012 botm

Botho Strauß Germany
21. Couples, Passersby, 1881, 126 pgs
22. The Young Man, 274 pgs

August Strindberg, Sweden
23. By the Open Sea, 208 pgs
24. The People of Hemso, 158 pgs
25. The Red Room, 224 pgs

Patrick Süskind
26. The Pigeon, 77 pgs
27. Perfume, 263 pgs, botm 2016

Italo Svevo Italy
28. Zeno's Conscience, 437 pgs
29. As a Man Grows Older, 320 pgs

Graham Swift England
30. The Light of Day 336 pgs, botm 2018
31. Waterland 338 pgs, botm 2014

Jonathan Swift, Ireland
32. A Modest Proposal, 48 pgs
33. Gulliver's Travels, 306 pgs
34. A Tale of a Tub, 208 pgs

Andrzej Szczypiorski Poland
35. The Beautiful Mrs. Seidenman, 2014 botm

Antonio Tabucchi Italy
36. Pereira Declares: A Testimony, 136 pgs

Rabindranath Tagore, India
37. The Home and the World, 213 pages

Costas Taktsis Greece
38. The Third Wedding, 1962, 303 pgs

Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Japan
39. Some Prefer Nettles, 202 pgs

Elizabeth Taylor UK
40. Blaming, 190 pgs

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o - Kenya
41. Matigari 148 pgs
42. Petals of Blood 432 pgs
43. The River Between 152 pgs

Hunter S. Thompson US
44. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, 204, Gonzo journalism

Jim Thompson, US
45. The Killer Inside Me, 244 pgs

Henry David Thoreau US
46. Walden, 352 pgs.

That's it. What would you like to read. Which have you read? Don't forget to vote.

Alrighty, this one is going to be a slim pickings month for me. There are 4 I haven't read:

-Zeno's conscience
-Waterland
-The Light of Day
-The Third Wedding

Any of these appealing to other people?

Amanda wrote: "Alrighty, this one is going to be a slim pickings month for me. There are 4 I haven't read:

-Zeno's conscience
-Waterland
-The Light of Day
-The Third Wedding

Any of these appealing to other pe..."

I've read Waterland, but would be happy with any of the other three. Slight preference for Zeno's Conscience or The Light of Day because The Third Wedding won't be easy for me to get hold of, although it is on Open Library.

I've read 24 of them, and the only one I have waiting to be read is The Tale of a Tub.

I’ve read Waterland and The Light of Day. I liked both but Waterland was my favorite. Or at least the one that has stuck with me. I think Graham Swift is a great author. I’ve read 29. I would like to read a Blaming by Taylor. I haven’t read the other two options that Amanda posted tho not sure how hard they are to get. I would like to read Stein. I haven’t read any of her works. I own the Man who Loved Children so that is also an option for me.

No books excluded from the randomiser this time

I have read 8 of these and none of the ones on Amanda’s list. Of those I would prefer the Graham Swift. I also would like to read Blaming.

I think I will vote for Blaming.

Based on what other ppl are open to on here, I think I'll be voting for Zeno's conscience.

Is "Dracula" listed by mistake? It hasn't got a number. It's listed between the books number 20 and 21.

I'd like to read Hemsöborna by August Strindberg (The People of Hemsö) but is unsure of the numbering because of Dracula's appearance. Well, maybe it's because of the time of the year that he turns up in this way 🦇

I've read my usual one-third of these books (18). Most of these authors I haven't read so I'd be glad to read a new-to-me author.
Perfume is approaching the top of my to-read list; probably many have read it. Man Who Loved Children and Girl of Slender Means are also in my to-read list much lower.
Zeno's Conscience looks good, it's a core book, so I'm leaning to that.

I’ve read 19. I am going to vote for The Red Room because I saw the actual Red Room in a Stockholm hotel earlier this year.

Although I own The Girls of Slender Means and that would be a good summer read

8. The Autobiography of Alice B. Tokias - 1933, 252 pgs I was always intrigued by Gertrude Stein.

Voting was light for our December book with only 4 books receiving votes.
The winner of the popular vote was Blaming
The winner of the randomizer was As a Man Grows Older

Tomorrow the TBR will be announced.
I also will be posting next years lineup and we soon will start nominating our 2023 quarterly reads.

I didn’t vote! I arrived home with COVID and have been quite sick. Now to find the winners!

I hope you feel better soon Pip!

I've read both of these, so does anyone want to do a buddy read of one of the four books I listed at the top?

If not, I'll just chill and read other books in December.

Y'all are going for an obscure one this month- I might read Blaming. The kindle is only $4 or I can head up to the university library for it, the county & city libraries don't have it. Some of you have read her more-popular Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont which isn't a 1001 book ( I haven't).
Pip hope you are feeling well soon. My wife just got it despite 5 vaccinations, but a mild case, feels better now. I haven't had it yet.

>15, I hope you feel better soon Pip, sorry you returned with covid. I have to search out both books too.

>17, George, best wishes that your wife is soon fully recovered.

I was checking on Blaming only to discover that I already own it. I will be reading that one. I had already searched for the other one and know that was going to be a bit trickier to find.

Nike wrote: "Is "Dracula" listed by mistake? It hasn't got a number. It's listed between the books number 20 and 21.

I'd like to read Hemsöborna by August Strindberg (The People of..."

I did not catch this until now, sorry that I failed to number it but it would not have won.

Blaming is on Open Library and As A Man is on Kindle. I thought a week’s isolation would be perfect for some Anniversaries reading, but so far I have slept most of the time.

Feel better Pip, sleeping is the best medicine.

I will be reading both December books as my library has them.

Amanda, for a buddy read, I would join you for either of the Swift but would prefer The Light of Day if you are okay with that.

Someone else did cast 5 votes for The Light of Day, so I bet she would join in that buddy read too.

Okay, cool! Well in that case, yeah, let's put me down for a "The Light of Day" buddy read.

Amanda wrote: "Okay, cool! Well in that case, yeah, let's put me down for a "The Light of Day" buddy read."

Yes, I would go for that!

awesome!

I don't think I will join in any. Amazon Aus won't let me order Blaming because it's from Book Depository in the UK (thanks to a tax dispute); I recently tried to find As a Man Grows Older in French while in Montreal, but couldn't find it. I will probably do an end-of-year clearance of some old TBR books instead.

I did get Blaming from the library and will start it soon, as soon as I finish up one of my four in-progress books. I just learned that it was published posthumously by her husband, a year after her death at age 63.

Well I have ordered both from the library will they arrive this year who knows LOL but if they do I aim to read both

I have both Blaming and The Light of Day, but I’m a bit confused which is BOTM.

The discussion below says Blaming was chosen and The Light of Day is a buddy read, but the BOTM discussion has been set up for The Light of Day and not Blaming. Have I misunderstood something?

Yeah I think there might have been a little mix-up. Light of Day is the buddy read I volunteered.

Yes,
The botm are Blaming and As a Man Grows Older.
The Light of Day is a buddy read and should be moderated by Amanda. Anyone can join her in reading it but she needs at least one other person to read it for her to count.

Yep, I am in for The Light of Day so we know that Amanda will get her buddy read credit.

Gail wrote: "Yep, I am in for The Light of Day so we know that Amanda will get her buddy read credit."

Excellent: for anyone else interested in joining, I'll be posting questions for it today :)

Thanks everyone for clearing that up! I’ve read the Svevo so I will join BOTM Blaming, and Amanda’s Buddy Read of The Light of Day after that.

Oops sorry for the mix up.