Hi @1000_Books folks! Looks like it’s about time to think about what to read for October (to discuss in November). Anyone want to take the lead? Looking for 5-6 books from Mustich’s 1000 Books to Read before You Die (please nothing super long).
Maybe go back and look at “runner-ups” when we chose from 4-5 suggestions in each of the past months? See if any of those strike our fancy?
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That’s a good idea, @Lana_Maskus. I’ll do that, maybe tomorrow.
Saw a couple I was interested in:
#60 Regeneration by Pat Barker 256 pages
#778 The Dragons of Eden by Carl Sagen 288 pages
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@1000_Books, I really liked @Lana_Maskus’ idea to select the runner up from a previous month. (Apologies, @RuthH_KY, we’ll catch your suggestions next time, I promise). I think I did some cleanup after May and removed some of the topics, so that month is missing, as are January - March.
September: Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome
This book is a classic 1930 children’s adventure novel about two groups of children—the Walker siblings (the Swallows) and the Blackett sisters (the Amazons)—who camp on an uninhabited island in the English Lake District, sail small boats, and embark on imaginative rivalries and cooperative exploits. (Page count hard to say; Amazon lists the book at 200 pp, Google gives it a range from 315 - 384 pp.)
August: Clear Light of Day by Anita Desai is a 1980 novel that follows the fractured Das family in Old Delhi. Moving backward and forward in time, the story explores how childhood resentments and traumatic historical events (like the 1947 Partition of India) echo into the adult lives of four siblings, ultimately teaching them about forgiveness and acceptance. 190 pp.
July: Ill Met by Moonlight by W. Stanley Moss
The book detailing the audacious World War II kidnapping of German General Heinrich Kreipe from Nazi-occupied Crete in April 1944. Written by W. Stanley Moss, who was one of the British Special Operations Executive (SOE) officers involved, the book is a personal account based on his diary. 200 pp.
June: My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante is a literary novel by Elena Ferrante (first in the Neapolitan Novels series) exploring a complex, lifelong friendship between two girls—Elena and Lila—growing up in an impoverished, volatile neighborhood on the outskirts of Naples, Italy, starting in the 1950s. It captures their intellectual bond, intense rivalry, and efforts to escape poverty. 335 p.
April: The Infatuations by Javier Marías is a philosophical novel about a woman in Madrid who becomes entangled in a dark mystery after the brutal, seemingly random murder of a man she used to watch from afar. 350 pp.
Vote for ALL the books you’d be willing to read in October (discuss starting 11/1):
- Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome
- Clear Light of Day by Anita Desai
- Ill Met by Moonlight by W. Stanley Moss
- My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
- The Infatuations by Javier Marías
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Vote for your #1 CHOICE to read in October (discuss starting 11/1):
- Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome
- Clear Light of Day by Anita Desai
- Ill Met by Moonlight by W. Stanley Moss
- My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
- The Infatuations by Javier Marías
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Thanks @1000_Books readers. It looks like the book we’ll be reading in October, discussing in November, is Ill Met By Moonlight, by W. Stanley Moss. Mark your reading calendars!
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Sounds Good! Thanks, Kim