March '12 / Pulitzer Winners Reading Poll

[Scheherazade]

Please nominate the winner of the Pulitzer Prize you would like to read in March in this thread by January 31st.

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.

Pulitzer for Fiction Winners (http://www.pulitzer.org/bycat/Fiction)

[Mutatis-Mutandis]

A Fable by William Faulkner. Sounds a lot different from his other stuff, which piques my interest.

[Dark Muse]

American Pastoral by Philip Roth

[Scheherazade]

Nominations so far:

1. A Fable by William Faulkner

2. American Pastoral by Philip Roth



I would like to nominate Advise and Consent by Allen Drury.

[Mutatis-Mutandis]

Wow. Come on people, this is the Pultizer Prize for god's sake; there're plenty of good books to nominate. If we end up with only 3, that's pretty sad.

[Scheherazade]

I won't mind reading any of the three...

[Mutatis-Mutandis]

I won't be reading Advise and Consent simply because the only copies I can find to buy are insanely expensive.

[iamnobody]

I'll nominate The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck

[Mutatis-Mutandis]

I'll nominate The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck

Good pick. I read it not too long ago. It's good.

[Scheherazade]

Nominations so far:

1. A Fable by William Faulkner

2. American Pastoral by Philip Roth

3. Advise and Consent by Allen Drury

4. The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck

[Scheherazade]

I am looking forward to reading something with the BC.

Let's get voting! :D

[Sancho]

Good pick. I read it not too long ago. It's good.

I agree, but I've also already read it and don't plan to reread it any time soon. The Philip Roth book, on the other hand, looked interesting.

[Scheherazade]

I won't be reading Advise and Consent simply because the only copies I can find to buy are insanely expensive.Try the library. Just got mine.
I agree, but I've also already read it and don't plan to reread it any time soon. The Philip Roth book, on the other hand, looked interesting.Read both books but I was a little disappointed with Roth's so it is the one book in the poll that I will not read.

:D

[Scheherazade]

Going once...

[Scheherazade]

Going twice...

[Mutatis-Mutandis]

Well, I don't plan an rereading The Good Earth again, but I think I'll participate in the discussion.

[iamnobody]

I'm only about 50 pages in and I like it so far, but I am having a problem.
The ook starts with an excerpt from Marcell Proust's Swan's Way(In Search of Lost Time) . I have read ISOLT and I thought it was one of the most beautifully written books ever. The Good Earth seems pretty pedestrian by comparison. I keep telling myself it's an unfair comparison, but it's one I never would have made if not for that excerpt. Anyone else have a similar experiance?