Independence Day (July 4th) Reading Poll

I've held back from voting. Given that I will be tied up with the July read (Wilde) and the Summer read (probably Woolfe's To The Lighthouse), and that I will be taking up Don Quixote for the summer (which I plan to set up a thread for anyone who wants to participate), I think my reading schedule is more than full. So I will have to skip this.

If the book I think is going to win, wins, then I'll be sooo delighted to add this to my list. :] Aha... that makes 3 books I'm going to be reading now. Wheee. xD;

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Originally Posted by Virgil

I've held back from voting. (...) I think my reading schedule is more than full. So I will have to skip this.

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Me too, exam time looming ahead :sick: and essay deadlines keep popping up every day; I'm sure there must be a nest somewhere :goof:.

However, it would still be great if you guys did A Long Day's Journey into Night, I could need that for my paper :D.

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Originally Posted by Schokokeks

However, it would still be great if you guys did A Long Day's Journey into Night, I could need that for my paper :D.

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Didn't you vote against that? :D

Going once...

Going twice...

Third time's the charm ... but, I'm going to need the Colbert bump for Winesburg, Ohio.:p

It seems very apparent which book is going to win. :p I can't wait to start readingggg (I didn't want to get ahead of myself).

Hopefully I can finish Molloy this weekend, so I can get started on the winner.

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Originally Posted by turtlemom

Shucks, I would have included something from the founding fathers. The declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the writings of Franklin, the Federalist Papers, something like that.

In terms of American authors of novels, how about some patriotic novels like
Once an Eagle by Anton Myrer
From Here to Eternity by James Jones
The Thin Red Line by James Jones
Run Silent, Run Deep by Edward Latimer Beach
The Caine Mutiny: A Novel by Herman Wouk
Battle Cry by Leon Uris

These are very appropriate for remembering what the Fourth of July is about - our Independence, our growth into a country.

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:lol: Are you trying to say Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is not a patriotic book?

I started last night. anyone else jump the gun?