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January -- Classic: The Princesse de Clèves by Madame de Lafayette, nominated by Barb

Reading List -- Black Swan Green by David Mitchell, nominated by Melissa

February -- Classic Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, nominated by Mary Anne Papale

Reading List -- Born on a Tuesday by Elnathan John, nominated by Barb

March -- No Classic

Reading List: Everybody's Fool by Richard Russo, nominated by Gina

April -- Classic: Père Goriot by Balzac, nominated by Barb

Reading List: The Tsar of Love and Techno by Marra, nominated by Ann D.

May -- Classic: The Black Tulip by Dumas, nominated by Michelle

Reading List: A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles, nominated by Carol
June -- no Classic

Reading List -- The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead, nominated by Sherry (me)

If there is a problem with this schedule, please let me know. I had a bit of a hard time with it, because Barb had so many of hers win, and I tried not to have two in a row for her.

Looks good, thank you.

Thank you for alternating mine! But, if you need to change any, I should be ok, just as long as they are not in the same month.

We generally travel in May, although we don't have definite plans yet. Would anyone with a winter date be willing to trade?

Ann

Would April work Ann, I could switch with you if it does?

Carol wrote: "Would April work Ann, I could switch with you if it does?"

Let me know, and I'll switch them up, Ann.

That sounds good. Thank you, Carol.

Did I get that right?

That looks right to me, Sherry. Thanks.

You are welcome.

Tx Sherry,w il eb with you all for a few of these

Just re-read Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury last year! Look forward to seeing what people think of it.

Oops! Sorry, as I'm new to this group I could not understand this schedule thing. What's difference between classic and reading list? So do we read both the books? And also what are you switching/trading between each other?
Can some one please explain it to me?
Thank you...

We have two lists, the Classics and the Reading List. Each six-month period we have a nomination and voting procedure. I keep track of the Reading List nominations and Sara does the Classics. You are free to read both, either or neither. No rules. As far as "switching," what we do is that the person who nominated the book starts the discussion, so if I've scheduled a discussion during a month that is inconvenient for the nominator, we work out a switch. More information is in the Orientation folder.

Oh I see. That's wonderful, I understood now completely. Thank you so much Sherry. That's very kind of you.

Just finishing up F451 this evening. I recall seeing the film years ago, but don't remember ever having read the book, why not?

Great list! "The Tsar of Love and Techno" was my favorite read of 2016. I just bought a copy of "A Gentleman in Moscow," and plan on reading Towles' "Rules of Civility" sometime in the next few weeks.

Brainstorm, I'm so glad to hear how much you enjoyed The Tsar of Love and Techno. I hope you will join us for our May discussion. I haven't read the book yet, but I nominated it because I was so impressed with author Anthony Marra's A Constellation of Vital Phenomena.

Ann wrote: "Brainstorm, I'm so glad to hear how much you enjoyed The Tsar of Love and Techno. I hope you will join us for our May discussion. I haven't read the book yet, but I nominated it bec..."

I definitely will! "A Constellation of Vital Phenomena" was great, too.

could you tell me which book is for May and June?

The home page of Constant Reader will show you that: /group/show/...

It's Amor Towles' A Gentleman in Moscow for May, and Colson Whitehead's The Underground Railroad for June.

Rebeca wrote: "could you tell me which book is for May and June?"

The first post gives the list in chronological order...