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Old 07-22-2021, 05:20 PM   #16
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I'll nominate Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini. From Amazon:

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...An adventure novel with an unexpected hero, Captain Blood follows the unintended journey of chivalrous and well-educated gentleman Peter Blood, who without much choice was plunged into the world of piracy forcing him to leave his tranquil lifestyle behind....
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I nominate Red Pottage by Mary Cholmondeley.



I'm nominating it because of this review by KJ Charles:
I’ll second Red Pottage. Free versions available at both Amazon and Kobo. Found at one of my overdrive libraries as “always available “.
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Old 07-22-2021, 06:26 PM   #18
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Given that the genre for August is classics, I thought there would be a flock to nominate.
If people aren’t going to discuss even the books they’ve voted for, there’s no point for me.
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Old 07-22-2021, 08:15 PM   #19
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If people aren’t going to discuss even the books they’ve voted for, there’s no point for me.
This. The participation has been meager.
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Old 07-23-2021, 07:08 AM   #20
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I'm currently reading a classic (David Copperfield) so I was angst to nominate anything, but given nominations have been sparse, I'll nominate a couple:


I'll nominate two that have been on my TBR list a while now. First:

A Brave New World Aldous Huxley

Second, the 1960 movie with Rod Taylor was one of may favorites:

The Time Machine by HG Wells

The second was a toss up between Time Machine and A Canticle for Leibowitz. I went with Time Machine. Jon and I had some discussions about reading this in the new classics club. I was also tempted to nominate Dune by Hebert, but wasn't sure of the definition of a classic.
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Will second Brave New World. It’s been on my list to reread.

Thank you for not nominating Canticle for Leibowitz. It is a favorite that has also been on my list to reread but when I looked at it last year and remembered how long it is, I decided to just enjoy the memory of the first read.
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Old 07-24-2021, 07:14 AM   #22
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I second Flashman and Captain Blood (I'm in mood for some swashbuckling )

Is there a limit to how many books we can second/third?
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Old 07-24-2021, 07:28 AM   #23
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I'll third Flashman
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Old 07-24-2021, 05:03 PM   #24
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I second Flashman and Captain Blood (I'm in mood for some swashbuckling )

Is there a limit to how many books we can second/third?
Three total seconds/thirds.
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I'll second The Time Machine by H.G. Wells.
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The New Leaf club read a couple of swashbucklers, The Three Musketeers and The Scarlet Pimpernel, if you’d care to peruse the discussions. The Dumas discussion was, uh, lively.
The Scarlet Pimpernell was an excellent read. I’d highly recommend it.
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We need some thirds, or there won't be much of a vote.
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We need some thirds, or there won't be much of a vote.
That's why I'm keeping the nominations open until Monday. If there are no more thirds, then we'll not be having a vote.
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Can't we just go with seconds being enough for a vote? It seems there aren't very many people participating now, so it makes more sense to scale down the requirements.
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Tomorrow I'll setup the vote using the seconded and thirded books. The vote will be three days.
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