Do we want to do a book for August? Just thought I put it out there.

I would be interested. I have a couple of books to suggest . . . The Death of Ivan Ilych by Tolstoy (the book I have is a collection of four of his stories - the other three are Family Happiness, The Kreutzer Sonata, and Master and Man) or All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque. Neither are lengthy.

Sheila, either one would work for me. Tolstoy could be fun and All Quiet is a book that I have wanted to revisit. Following with the short theme how about Notes from the Underground or The Turn of a Screw?  

Both of those would be of interest to me also :-)

I like keeping the books to a shorter length. Then, if it ends up being a book someone does not like all that much . . . they don't have so much time invested in it.

I agree wholeheartedly. When do you want to set off the cut off date for the selection?

August 7 with discussion the last week of August?

Sounds good with me.

I just noticed that I have two copies of The Turn of the Screw on my shelves, so that would be fine with me.  Let me also nominate Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf.  I've never read anything by her (and just happen to have that one also). 

By the way, for those of you who read Howard's End last fall, has anyone seen the movie of it?  I noticed it (and recorded it) on HBO yesterday--haven't watched it yet.

I have not read any of these, and would be up for any of them, particularly "All Quiet," "Turn of the Screw," and "Notes from the Underground."

I'd love to read All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

Had an idea . . . if we all voted for two or three of the nominations then we could declare the top two vote getters as the next 2 Classic books to read - August and September.

Would someone like to lead August? I will volunteer to lead September.

Good Idea! Listed below are the nominees thus far:

• All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
• The Death of Ivan Ilych by Tolstoy
• Notes from the Underground 
•  The Turn of a Screw
• Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

I vote All Quiet and Turn of the Screw.

Also (gulp), I'll lead August's discussion.

I vote The Turn of the Screw and Mrs. Dallaway.

I'd like to vote for All Quiet and Turn of the Screw.

Thanks for the PM.

Rick, thanks for leading August!

I will vote for All Quiet on the Western Front and Notes From the Underground

Didn't realize it til now but we have some dark themes this time around . . .

I have All's Quiet On The Western Front  and Mrs. Dalloway in my TBR stack........so I'm good for either one of those.  Not sure at this point if I will still have the internet at the end of august, but if I do, I will be happy to join in the discussion.

I vote for Ivan Ilych. I just posted a nice copy of the Remarque book that I found at a booksale today.

Has a book been chosen yet? 

Carol, the cutoff is August 7.

I would love to join you guys! How does this work? I'm up for any of the books suggested - I think I have most, if not all, of them. Great suggestions, btw.

Sarah, we would love to have you join us. Just vote for two of the books nominated. The two books with the most votes will be our August and September selections.

Thanks, Sheila. Alrighty then. I vote for Mrs. Dalloway or Turn of the Screw.

I am so glad to see the board active again. I am going to vote for All Quiet and Notes from the Underground. Welcome Sarah and thanks for leading Rick!

Here is the voting as I have it so far:

All Quiet on the Western Front - iiiii

Turn of the Screw - iiii

Mrs. Dalloway - iii

Notes from the Underground - ii

Death of Ivan Ilych - i

Voting ends tomorrow!