There is only a week more left. For now Country is ahead, but I wonder whether there will be changes.
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There is only a week more left. For now Country is ahead, but I wonder whether there will be changes.
:( Come on everyone. Random sounds like a good way to go, and we're almost out of time to vote.
I put my vote in yesterday for Country of the Month. It seems the most logical choice, to tell the truth.
AAARRRGGGH someone quick help me rig the votes! ;)
There are only four days left, I think that this year will be country of the month, though there is still chance for something else.
Going once...
I think people will regret this. It may not be easy to get a hold of novels from some countries. And i bet most will never have heard of some of the writers, which may make people lose interest. Just my thoughts.
Absolutely agreed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Virgil
For me at any rate.
Although I know some that are doing the Olympic Challenge and find it fascinating. Not my cuppa though.
^^You can't possibly know each and every writer in the entire world. And I believe that the suggesttions that will be made, will be from people who thought that the novel is worth reading. You don't have to know the name of the novel/author in order to read a book, you just need a good recommecndation and googling its name to see if it interests you. That's what I think at least.
I'm hoping for anything besides authors. If it can't be random or genre - countries is great. It's always the same stuffy authors, this time we'll be forced to try new authors, or at least new to some of us..
Totally agreed! Sometimes it's very hard for to find some books that are by English/American authors and they usually are quite famous works, I can't imagine what will be trying to find some written in Holland for instance (I pick this example, because last year I have tried to find such novel and it was a total failure, I have th feeling that there are a lot novels that aren't available here). And the main problem is that I can't use internet orders *sigh*Quote:
Originally Posted by Virgil
And not only that, we will need to find a translation in many cases.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alexei
We will just pick authors that were poplar enough to be translated.
I didn't recognize you Virgil.
To those who are "worried" about the "country" option> It is mentioned in the OP that if we decide to go with this option, we will only nominate/pick works that are available on amazon in English.