View Poll Results: Please vote for the book you would like to read by July 31st.

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  • The White Tiger

    1 12.50%

  • Life of Pi

    2 25.00%

  • Hotel du Lac

    1 12.50%

  • Oscar and Lucinda

    2 25.00%

  • Offshore

    1 12.50%

  • The English Patient

    1 12.50%
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Thread: August '12 / Man Booker Prize Winners Reading Poll

  1. 06-05-2012, 05:37 PM #1
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    August '12 / Man Booker Prize Winners Reading Poll

    Please nominate the winner of the Man Booker Prize you would like to read in August in this thread by June 30th.

    Please remember that:

    - Only those members with 50+ posts can nominate.

    - One nomination per member.

    - Only the first 10 nominations will be included in the poll.


    The Book Club readings are for those who would like to read and discuss books together with other members.

    If you are not able to take part or unwilling to (re)read your own nominations, please refrain from nominating book.


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  2. 06-05-2012, 06:47 PM #2
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    The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga

    Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. ~ Edgar Allan Poe
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  3. 06-05-2012, 07:16 PM #3
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    Good category. I'll nominate Life of Pi by Yann Martell.
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  4. 06-05-2012, 07:29 PM #4
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    I would like to nominate Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Roddy Doyle.
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  5. 06-08-2012, 09:34 AM #5
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    Oscar and Lucinda, by Peter Carey

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  6. 06-08-2012, 10:42 AM #6
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    Nominations so far:

    1. The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga

    2. Life of Pi by Yann Martell

    3. Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Roddy Doyle

    4. Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey


    Read White Tiger couple of years ago but won't mind reading the others so far.
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  7. 06-08-2012, 01:47 PM #7
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    I'd like to nominate Offshore by Penelope Fitzgerald.

    Also worth noting that I read Hotel du Lac and Moon Tiger quite recently and both are excellent reads

    Booker is generally good.
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  8. 06-09-2012, 01:54 PM #8
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    I wish to nominate Michael Ondaatje's The English Patient.
    Thanks.




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  9. 06-28-2012, 04:57 AM #9
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    Nominations so far:

    1. The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga

    2. Life of Pi by Yann Martell

    3. Hotel du Lac

    4. Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey

    5. Offshore by Penelope Fitzgerald.

    6. The English Patient Michael Ondaatje


    I have changed my nomination to Hotel du Lac in line with Fifth's recommendation.
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  10. 07-10-2012, 06:52 PM #10
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    Six books and a four-way tie.
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  11. 07-17-2012, 03:45 AM #11
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    I stand corrected: Six books and six-way tie.
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  12. 07-17-2012, 07:19 PM #12
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    Maybe there should be a rule from now on that the voters can't vote on the books they nominated.
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  13. 07-20-2012, 01:03 PM #13
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    Hey, I already have a copy of the Peter Carey book.
    Uhhhh...
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  14. 07-29-2012, 06:15 AM #14
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    Going once...
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  15. 07-29-2012, 11:54 AM #15
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    Oh, exciting. The book has been on my list for some time now.
    I wrote a poem on a leaf and it blew away...
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