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Little Men by Louisa May Alcott
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzegerald
Someplace to be Flying by Charles de Lint
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
Belinda by Maria Edgeworth
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Joan of Arc by Mark Twain
Joe's Boys by Louisa May Alcott
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It seems rife with Alcott!!!!
I'm thinking "In cold Bloood" would be a nice year - ender, right?????
I love Little Women so much! This would be a good choice. :nod:
If I may inquire, how are the choices that make the ballot determined? Were these books nominated in a poll of some sort or... how does that work exactly?
Never mind that... I have just discovered the December Nominations thread.
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There are a number of protagonists in "Someplace to be Flying" - Lily, a photojournalist, who is searching for information for the animal people in Newford slums.
Hank, an unlicenced taxi driver from these slums.
Katy, a young woman who has been kept in lunatic asylum by her parents for half her life because of her invisible friend - her twin sister who appeared in her early teens and who has just started a new life - in Newford, in this funny house with strange inhabitants called Aviary.
Jack Daw, a storyteller and a corbae - one of the First People, who was there when the world was created (so that Raven would have someplace to be flying)
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The great Gatsby, I would like to read that!
I'm torn, lol. I wanted to read Little Women a few months ago, I'm still trying to get to finish Angels & Demons, and Tal's shamless advert's captivating... can I vote 3 times? :D
The great gatsby, I had to read L.W. for my english class, 'twas pretty uninteresting.
I didnt enjoy Gatsby either, I am voting for Truman Capote cos the only thing I've ever read of him (which I cant recall but it was short ;)) was involving. :nod:
which version of little women would be reading??
the one that includes Good wives (the more normal edition nowadays I belive or the original one ending the chapter before meg gets married ???)
I love alcott wellk with the excveption of work; a story of experiance and Behind a mask; a woman's power.
As I ve always been a sucker for good prpaganda I think Im gona go with Tal's shamless advert :D :nod:
Someplace To Be Flying. *waves a flag* Someplace To Be Flying!!! :p
NOT Gatsby! Come on people, Gastby? You can do better than that!
*hopes she's still able to get her hands on a copy of STBF :D*
I have voted for Little Women because it's Christmasy (although we will have a Christmas reading)... and I have to re-read it again for my BBC reading! :D
Scher, What about Christmas Carol? Isn't it more Christmasy?
A Christmas Carol is not in the list and also, last year the Book Club read it :)
Soon we will have a nomination-voting thread for our Christmas Reading.