Literary Celebrate Good Times • October 2019 - Page 2

sun surfer · 10-06-2019, 02:01 AM

I'll start the vote in about a half day or so for any other nominations coming in.

AnotherCat · 10-06-2019, 02:30 AM

I'll just squeak in quickly with 3 selfish ones

, they being on my own to read list and loaded ready to read.

Two detective novels for a change, the first a NZ author. Light but I think they qualify as literature

.

Death in a White Tie - Dame Ngaio Marsh
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_in_a_White_Tie

Hercules Poirot's Christmas - Agatha Christie
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercul...%27s_Christmas

and the last

Party Going - Henry Green
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_Going

Bookworm_Girl · 10-06-2019, 02:53 AM

Sounds good, AnotherCat! Nominating for selfish reasons to reduce your TBR? The horror of it! Did I fail to mention I already own Invitation to the Waltz?

sun surfer · 10-06-2019, 01:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AnotherCat

I'll just squeak in quickly

Squeak away!

I'll get the first post updated with all the nominations then start the vote.

sun surfer · 10-06-2019, 02:08 PM

Nominations are complete and voting is now open!

Voting will close exactly four days from this post.

Each person has EIGHT votes to use.

sun surfer · 10-07-2019, 02:53 PM

The Party looks just the kind of book I'd like as I loved Brideshead Revisited (the book and the 80s series), and while I haven't read The Talented Mr. Ripley, I did love the film and liked the other Highsmith, The Price of Salt, we read for the club. I haven't read any Marsh before (well, I may have as a kid but I don't remember) and I love a good mystery and I see this is regarded as perhaps one of her finest. And I've been interested in TransAtlantic for awhile. So I'll begin by doling out half my votes:

-2 to The Party
-1 to Death in a White Tie
-1 to TransAtlantic

Also, AnotherCat, did you realise that all three of your nominations were within a year of each other in the 30s? 1938, 1938 and 1939. It's an interesting coincidence if inadvertent.

AnotherCat · 10-09-2019, 07:30 PM

Death in a White Tie - 2
Party Going - 2
The Party - 2
Hercules Poirot's Christmas - 2

Sun Surfer, I knew that they were all from the same approximate time period but having them so close together timewise was completely inadvertent. I hope I haven't got myself stuck in a time rut as far as reading goes

.

Bookworm_Girl · 10-10-2019, 02:15 AM

The Party by Elizabeth Day - 2
Invitation to the Waltz by Rosamund Lehmann - 1
TransAtlantic by Colum McCann - 2
Party Going by Henry Green - 1
A History of the World in 10½ Chapters by Julian Barnes - 1
There There by Tommy Orange - 1

Bookworm_Girl · 10-10-2019, 02:15 AM

All the books sound interesting this month. It's always hard to choose.

sun surfer · 10-10-2019, 02:06 PM

I didn’t get a chance to read all the previews but I read most. I’ll finish my votes with:

-1 to Party Going
-1 to Hercule Poirot’s Christmas
-1 to Invitation to the Waltz
-1 to There There

Really I would’ve been happy with any of them this month. I read Green’s Loving in the last year or two and liked it, and Party Going looks as good too. I’m a fan of Christie and though I don’t remember specifically reading this one I think I might have, though long enough ago that a re-read would be close to as fresh as new. Invitation to the Waltz also sounds great. And There There was nominated for the Pulitzer and National Book Award among many others, was a New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year, and Margaret Atwood called it ‘an astounding literary debut’.

sun surfer · 10-10-2019, 02:19 PM

I won’t be able to update the first post for a little while but voting is closed and it looks like The Party has it with a unanimous max vote count!

sun surfer · 10-11-2019, 05:54 PM

As already mentioned (though it looks so snazzy in colour

) the winner is The Party by Elizabeth Day. I'll have the discussion thread up soon.

Edit- And it's up!

10-11-2019, 05:54 PM	#27
sun surfer languorous autodidact ✦ Posts: 4,235 Karma: 44667380 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: smiling with the rising sun Device: onyx boox poke 2 colour, kindle voyage	As already mentioned (though it looks so snazzy in colour ) the winner is The Party by Elizabeth Day. I'll have the discussion thread up soon. Edit- And it's up! Last edited by sun surfer; 10-15-2019 at 06:08 AM.

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10-06-2019, 02:01 AM	#16
sun surfer languorous autodidact ✦ Posts: 4,235 Karma: 44667380 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: smiling with the rising sun Device: onyx boox poke 2 colour, kindle voyage	I'll start the vote in about a half day or so for any other nominations coming in.

10-06-2019, 02:30 AM	#17
AnotherCat .... Posts: 1,547 Karma: 18068960 Join Date: May 2012 Device: ....	I'll just squeak in quickly with 3 selfish ones , they being on my own to read list and loaded ready to read. Two detective novels for a change, the first a NZ author. Light but I think they qualify as literature . Death in a White Tie - Dame Ngaio Marsh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_in_a_White_Tie Hercules Poirot's Christmas - Agatha Christie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercul...%27s_Christmas and the last Party Going - Henry Green https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_Going

10-06-2019, 02:53 AM	#18
Bookworm_Girl E-reader Enthusiast Posts: 4,873 Karma: 36536965 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Southwest, USA Device: Kindle Oasis 3; Kobo Aura One; iPad Mini 5	Sounds good, AnotherCat! Nominating for selfish reasons to reduce your TBR? The horror of it! Did I fail to mention I already own Invitation to the Waltz?

10-06-2019, 02:08 PM	#20
sun surfer languorous autodidact ✦ Posts: 4,235 Karma: 44667380 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: smiling with the rising sun Device: onyx boox poke 2 colour, kindle voyage	Nominations are complete and voting is now open! Voting will close exactly four days from this post. Each person has EIGHT votes to use.

10-07-2019, 02:53 PM	#21
sun surfer languorous autodidact ✦ Posts: 4,235 Karma: 44667380 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: smiling with the rising sun Device: onyx boox poke 2 colour, kindle voyage	The Party looks just the kind of book I'd like as I loved Brideshead Revisited (the book and the 80s series), and while I haven't read The Talented Mr. Ripley, I did love the film and liked the other Highsmith, The Price of Salt, we read for the club. I haven't read any Marsh before (well, I may have as a kid but I don't remember) and I love a good mystery and I see this is regarded as perhaps one of her finest. And I've been interested in TransAtlantic for awhile. So I'll begin by doling out half my votes: -2 to The Party -1 to Death in a White Tie -1 to TransAtlantic Also, AnotherCat, did you realise that all three of your nominations were within a year of each other in the 30s? 1938, 1938 and 1939. It's an interesting coincidence if inadvertent.

10-09-2019, 07:30 PM	#22
AnotherCat .... Posts: 1,547 Karma: 18068960 Join Date: May 2012 Device: ....	Death in a White Tie - 2 Party Going - 2 The Party - 2 Hercules Poirot's Christmas - 2 Sun Surfer, I knew that they were all from the same approximate time period but having them so close together timewise was completely inadvertent. I hope I haven't got myself stuck in a time rut as far as reading goes .

10-10-2019, 02:15 AM	#23
Bookworm_Girl E-reader Enthusiast Posts: 4,873 Karma: 36536965 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Southwest, USA Device: Kindle Oasis 3; Kobo Aura One; iPad Mini 5	The Party by Elizabeth Day - 2 Invitation to the Waltz by Rosamund Lehmann - 1 TransAtlantic by Colum McCann - 2 Party Going by Henry Green - 1 A History of the World in 10½ Chapters by Julian Barnes - 1 There There by Tommy Orange - 1

10-10-2019, 02:06 PM	#25
sun surfer languorous autodidact ✦ Posts: 4,235 Karma: 44667380 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: smiling with the rising sun Device: onyx boox poke 2 colour, kindle voyage	I didn’t get a chance to read all the previews but I read most. I’ll finish my votes with: -1 to Party Going -1 to Hercule Poirot’s Christmas -1 to Invitation to the Waltz -1 to There There Really I would’ve been happy with any of them this month. I read Green’s Loving in the last year or two and liked it, and Party Going looks as good too. I’m a fan of Christie and though I don’t remember specifically reading this one I think I might have, though long enough ago that a re-read would be close to as fresh as new. Invitation to the Waltz also sounds great. And There There was nominated for the Pulitzer and National Book Award among many others, was a New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year, and Margaret Atwood called it ‘an astounding literary debut’.

10-10-2019, 02:19 PM	#26
sun surfer languorous autodidact ✦ Posts: 4,235 Karma: 44667380 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: smiling with the rising sun Device: onyx boox poke 2 colour, kindle voyage	I won’t be able to update the first post for a little while but voting is closed and it looks like The Party has it with a unanimous max vote count!