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It's time to vote for March BOTM. We are selecting from Perec to Rolfe in March. You can find number of participation points you have here and also in the 2018 points challenge discussion.

All members will have 1 free vote and if you have enough participation points you may cast up to an additional 4 votes. You can use all your votes on one book or you can spread your votes across books. Good luck! One book is chosen by popular vote and another by randomizer.

See /topic/show/... if you have questions on how to earn participation points.

Please feel free to make comments about various books, try to persuade people to vote for your preferences or other comments pro or con. Have fun!

Here is the link to the survey monkey for voting.

1. Things: A Story of the Sixties - Georges Perec, 1965, 200 pages.

2. A Man Asleep - Georges Perec, 1967, 200 pages.

3. A Void - Georges Perec - Georges Perec, 1969, 300 pages

4. W, or the Memory of Childhood - Georges Perec, 1975, 150 pages.


* Life A User's Manual - Georges Perec, 1978, 661 pages. If anyone knows differently, let me know.

5. The Yellow Wallpaper - Charlotte Perkins Gilman, 1890. 50 pages.

6. The Book of Disquiet - Fernando Pessoa, 1982, 550 pages

Fortunata and Jacinta, this one is excluded as too long and also English may be difficult to find.

7. The Club Dumas - Arturo Pérez-Reverte, 1992, 400 pages.

8. Vernon God Little - D.B.C. Pierre, 2003, 300 pages.

9. Money to Burn - Ricardo Piglia, 1997, 250 pages.

10. One, No One and One Hundred Thousand - Luigi Pirandello, 1926, 250 pages.

11. The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath, 1963, 300 pages.

12. The Trusting and the Maimed - James Plunkett, 1955, 200 pages.

13. The Fall of the House of Usher - Edgar Allan Poe, 1839, 50 pages.

14. The Pit and the Pendulum - Edgar Allan Poe, 1843, 100 pages.

15. The Purloined Letter - Edgar Allan Poe, 1844, 50 pages.

16. Here's to You, Jesusa! - Elena Poniatowska, 1969, 350 pages.

17. Typical: Stories - Padgett Powell, 1991, 200 pages.

18. The Shipping News - Annie Proulx, 1993, 350 pages.

19. Heartbreak Tango - Manuel Puig, 1969, 250 pages.

20. Kiss of the Spider Woman - Manuel Puig, 1976, 300 pages.

21. Eugene Onegin - Alexander Pushkin, 1833, 250 pages.

22. The Godfather - Mario Puzo, 1969, 450 pages.

Excluded, Excellent Women, Barbara Pym, BOTM, 2016.

23, Quartet in Autumn by Barbara Pym, 1977, 200 pages.

24. V. - Thomas Pynchon, 1963, 500 pages.

25. The Crying of Lot 49 - Thomas Pynchon. 1966, 150 pages.

26. Vineland - Thomas Pynchon, 1990, 450 pages.

27. Exercises in Style - Raymond Queneau, 1947, 200 pages.

28. The Devil in the Flesh - Raymond Radiguet 1923, 150 pages.

29. Last World - Christoph Ransmayr, 1988, 250 pages.

30. Forest Of The Hanged - Liviu Rebreanu, 1922, 300 pages.

31. All Quiet on the Western Front - Erich Maria Remarque, 1929, 250 pages.

32. Story of O - Pauline Réage, 1954, 200 pages.

33. Quartet - Jean Rhys 1928, 200 pages

34. Good Morning, Midnight - Jean Rhys, 1939, 200 pages.

35. Wide Sargasso Sea - Jean Rhys, 1966, 200 pages.

36. Interview with the Vampire - Anne Rice, 1976, 350 pages.

37. Tarzan of the Apes - Edgar Rice Burroughs, 1914, 250 pages.

38. Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded - Samuel Richardson 1742, 550 pages.

39. King Solomon's Mines - H. Rider Haggard, 1885, 250 pages.

40. She - H. Rider Haggard, 1886, 300 pages.

41. The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge - Rainer Maria Rilke, 1910, 250 pages.

42. Larva: A Midsummer Night's Babel - Julián Ríos, 1984, 550 pages.

43. Jealousy - Alain Robbe-Grillet, 1957, 100 pages.

44. Home - Marilynne Robinson, 2008, 300 pages.

45. Cost - Roxana Robinson, 2009, 400 pages.

46. Hadrian the Seventh - Frederick Rolfe. 1904, 400 pages.

47. Misericordia by Benito Pérez Galdós, I was unable to find an English translation. Tracy says it is available through Amazon in English, so here it is, published 1897, 150 pages.

* these excluded as >600 pages; Dance to the Music of Time, Remembrance of Things Past, Pharoah, Gravity's Rainbow, Mason & Dixon, Against the Day, Gargantua and Pantagruel, The Mysteries of Udolpho, Pilgrimage, Clarissa

That's it, have fun. I know I have several on this list I would like to vote for.

*All quiet on the Western Front and Yellow Wallpaper removed. They were BOTM in 2017.

Misericordia and Fortunata and Jacinta are available in English- I have an ancient Penguin translation of F&J and I read the Dedalus publisher’s version of Misericordia- it’s available on Amazon:


I remember loving it- I think it was a five star read- and I think I read it for one of the challenges on Shelfari.

I believe the link to the spreadsheet is showing 2017 points

Sadly, I have read most of these. For me, it will be between these:

*Kiss of the Spider Woman
*Cost
*Forest of the Hanged
*Hadrian the Seventh

Tracy wrote: "Misericordia and Fortunata and Jacinta are available in English- I have an ancient Penguin translation of F&J and I read the Dedalus publisher’s version of Misericordia- it’s available on Amazon:
h..."
Thanks, I gave it a number so it will be eligible for randomizer.

Kelly, I will try to fix the link to spreadsheet when I find it. Thanks for letting me know.

Kelly wrote: "I believe the link to the spreadsheet is showing 2017 points"

If you go to the bottom of the spreadsheet, there is a tab for 2018. But I did fix the link and it will take you to the second tab now.

I have these on my TBR from this list;
Typical
Crying of Lot 49
King Solomon's Mine
Home
Cost

I would love to read The Shipping News, because I absolutely loved Barkskins.

I would prefer to not read Marilyn Robinson because
I hated Gilead with the heat of 1000 suns and would prefer to wait til I have read 1300 of the 1305 in the total list to read her again. The 1001 app says I am too old to get that far, which is fine.

Other things on my radar: Pushkin, Remarque, Haggard. I have read all the Poe, Pamela (which I can’t imagine doing in a month!), and something else I have already forgotten.

Dree wrote: "I would love to read The Shipping News, because I absolutely loved Barkskins.

I would prefer to not read Marilyn Robinson because
I hated Gilead with the heat of 1000 suns and would prefer to wa..."

I'm sorry you hated Gilead. I liked Home a lot better, if that helps.

fyi - I added Hadrian the Seventh to the dropbox yesterday.

I have read several of these, but there's plenty left. The only one I own that I haven't read is The Story of O. I think it will have to be a BOTM for me to actually read it. :P

I would love to read Wide Sargasso Sea, and I can get that from the library.

I would also love to read Kiss of the Spider Woman. I cannot get that from my local library, but they might be able to get it from a different library.

H. Rider Haggard is also catching my eye. His works are freely available online. Thomas Pynchon has been vaguely on my radar for a while. The library could possibly help me out with those as well.

I have King Solomon’s Mine on my TBR Challenge, if you pick that number in March I can count it twice. 😂

Seriously though, if we pick it, I’ll just put something else in for that number on my list.

Points available for voting as of 12th Jan 2018


Name Available Points
Anita 10
Becky 5
BookWorm 15
Cafe Mom 7
Chili 15
Chinook 11
Claire 5
Daisey 14
Dianne 8
Dree 13
Hilde 12
Jamie B 12
Jenni 8
JenP 14
Kelly 28
Kristel 16
Leni 10
Lynn 6
Mary Ann 15
Melissa 5
Paula S 14
Pip 14
Shuva 10
Suelizbeth 10
Sushicat 10
The Other Diane 17
The Other Jen 13
Tracy 5
Tricia 6

I thought I had more than that. But no matter, can't use more than four in one go anyway.

Leni wrote: "I thought I had more than that. But no matter, can't use more than four in one go anyway."

Thanks, we’ll look into it to make sure your points are correct.

I updated points last night, and Leni is at 14.

I've read many of these so a bit hard to pick. I'll probably vote for Crying of lot 49 or Shipping news. I've been wanting to read a Pynchon book and that one is short enough to reasonably read along with other goals.

I’ve wanted to read Crying of Lot 49 since last year. I really want to read a Pynchon. If you go with that one, that would be great. The Shipping News is one of my favorite all time books so could understand going with that one but I probably would be not wanting to reread it.

The Shipping News is great. I recommend it. But... I read it last year, so if it gets picked I won't be reading it again.

I've been intrigued by Pynchon for a while, so I could get behind that. But the one that's calling me the strongest is Wide Sargasso Sea.

Leni wrote: "The Shipping News is great. I recommend it. But... I read it last year, so if it gets picked I won't be reading it again.

I've been intrigued by Pynchon for a while, so I could get behind that. B..."

I enjoyed that one but have already read it. But you and Kristel gave me leaning more toward the Pynchon.

Gravity's Rainbow has been on my TBR for a long while but it is massive. Crying of Lot 49 might, at 150 pages, be nice to start with before launching into the magnum opus. And... I just checked and it's quite affordable on Kindle.

Leni wrote: "The Shipping News is great. I recommend it. But... I read it last year, so if it gets picked I won't be reading it again.

I've been intrigued by Pynchon for a while, so I could get behind that. B..."

I’ve read Wide Sargasso Sea and Good Morning, Midnight. I only have Quartet left of Rhys. I’m leaning heavily toward Crying of Lot 49.

Leni wrote: "The only one I own that I haven't read is The Story of O. I think it will have to be a BOTM for me to actually read it. :P."

Please, noooooooo....

Leni wrote: "Crying of Lot 49 might, at 150 pages, be nice to start with before launching into the magnum opus."

I somehow overlooked that one. I haven't read it yet. I forgot he had a shorty in their among all his other tomes.

Diane wrote: "Leni wrote: "The only one I own that I haven't read is The Story of O. I think it will have to be a BOTM for me to actually read it. :P."

Please, noooooooo...."

Ha ha. My feeling too

Kristel, you have only marked one of the 2016 BotM as exculded. What about All quiet on the western front and The yellow wallpaper?

Paula. I will check that out.

If anyone voted for All Quiet on the Western Front or The Yellow Wallpaper, you will need to revote. Let JenP know that you need to revote.

My total should be at 16. I only used my free vote. Thanks !

Last day to vote will be the 21 by 6pm.

I’m voting for crying lot - would make an interesting discussion!

I would be interested in Wide Sargasso Sea also—but I have not read Jane Eyre. Does it matter? I would love to see a female author, other than Oates everything has been coming up male for me (diversity, tbr, etc). Don’t know Feb theme/number yet, so that could change, but I can only go with what I know.

And my randomized list! It’s all so male lol.

There is at least one female author on next month’s diversity topic :)

I do think it’s more interesting to read Sargasso Sea after having read Jane Eyre because it’s fascinating to compare and contrast.

Dree wrote: "I would be interested in Wide Sargasso Sea also—but I have not read Jane Eyre. Does it matter? I would love to see a female author, other than Oates everything has been coming up male for me (diver..."

I agree, Read Sargasso Sea after.

I really want to read Kiss of the Spider Woman. This is a case of movie first, book second. I loved the movie with Raul Julia and I really want to see how the book stacks up to the movie.

Sue wrote: "I really want to read Kiss of the Spider Woman. This is a case of movie first, book second. I loved the movie with Raul Julia and I really want to see how the book stacks up to the movie."

Sue, Kiss of the Spider Woman is a good book. I liked it.

Quartet in Autumn most interests me, but I’d also like to read Home, The Shipping News or She soon.

I would really like to read The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath.

Sue wrote: "I really want to read Kiss of the Spider Woman. This is a case of movie first, book second. I loved the movie with Raul Julia and I really want to see how the book stacks up to the movie."

I'm voting Kiss of the Spider Woman too.

I'm rereading Jane Eyre now, so March would be perfect timing for me to read Wide Sargasso Sea. However, some of the other books mentioned would be more easily accessible to me. The Crying of Lot 49 definitely sounds interesting. Going to have to think on this a bit more before I vote.

Kiss of the spider woman was a good book. I’m not voting for it because I already read it but I did like it.

Jen wrote: "I'm voting Kiss of the Spider Woman too. "

This is probably the one I most want to read.

I'm also interested in Kiss of the spider woman.

Puneet wrote: "I would love to read Edgar Allen Poe. I think I have one vote. Hoping others would join in!"

Hi and welcome. All members get one free vote but you can also earn participation points by reading and discussing books. Good luck with voting. I’ve already read them otherwise would throw a vote for him.

We do have a TBR challenge in the group see our folder below that explains it. If you post your list before Feb 1, you’ll be eligible to join in that month - and you could even put a few Poe books on your list!

The Club Dumas - Arturo Pérez-Reverte, sounds interesting to me.

The link for spreadsheet quits working every once in awhile. I do not know why. Is it because Bookworm updates it and that changes the link? Is there a way to avoid this happening?

If having troubles getting to spreadsheet, let me know. I think I now have it fixed again.

If you get there and it is 2017 for some reason (I forgot to go to second page), if you look on bottom, there is a tab for 2018.

Puneet wrote: "I would love to read Edgar Allen Poe. I think I have one vote. Hoping others would join in!"

Which Poe are you leaning towards/voting for?

Kristel wrote: "The link for spreadsheet quits working every once in awhile. I do not know why. Is it because Bookworm updates it and that changes the link? Is there a way to avoid this happening?

If having trou..."

I update every Friday evening UK time, so when I update tomorrow lets see if it changes where the link takes you :)