View Poll Results: Which Capote book would you like to read in February?

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  • Summer Crossing

    0 0%

  • Other Voices, Other Rooms

    0 0%

  • The Grass Harp

    5 35.71%

  • Breakfast at Tiffany's

    4 28.57%

  • In Cold Blood

    5 35.71%
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  1. 01-02-2007, 12:47 PM #1
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    February / Capote Reading Poll

    In February, the Book Club will be reading one of the works of Truman Capote, who said:
    When God hands you a gift, he also hands you a whip; and the whip is intended for self-flagellation solely...

    Writing stopped being fun when I discovered the difference between good writing and bad and, even more terrifying, the difference between it and true art. And after that, the whip came down.

    Summer Crossing

    Other Voices, Other Rooms

    The Grass Harp

    Breakfast at Tiffany's

    In Cold Blood



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  2. 01-02-2007, 03:26 PM #2
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    oh the grass harp pleaseeeeeeeeee. I saw the film I knew had to be a book it was just THAT good and I think Ive read breakfast at tiffany's
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  3. 01-02-2007, 03:34 PM #3
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    In Cold Blood!! I've had that book for 2 years (Have I been in Kansas 2 years?) and I still haven't gotten to it yet!!!
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  4. 01-02-2007, 04:12 PM #4
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    In Cold Blood!! I saw the Capote movie about this book and got totally interested in reading it.
    "So heaven meets earth like a sloppy wet kiss, and my heart turns violently inside of my chest, I don't have time to maintain these regrets, when I think about, the way....He loves us..."


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  5. 01-02-2007, 07:56 PM #5
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    you cant have been in kansas 2 years 'Paya you didnt live there when I first joined or OMG have I been here 2 years and not noticed
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  6. 01-03-2007, 01:54 AM #6
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    I just ordered Grass Harp, so if we read it, I will actually have the book of the month available to me for once!
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  7. 01-03-2007, 03:48 AM #7
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    Grass Harp is the only one i haven't read besides Book Club Regulations. I think the Book Club Regulations story sounds a little droll personally. Oh well, lets see if Tidy Gal fixes this up....I've read everything else.
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    Quote Originally Posted by grace86 View Post
    In Cold Blood!! I saw the Capote movie about this book and got totally interested in reading it.

    In Cold Blood is a stupendous book! I have read it twice.
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  9. 01-03-2007, 09:16 AM #9
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    i have already read in cold blood
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  10. 01-03-2007, 10:29 AM #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nightshade View Post
    you cant have been in kansas 2 years 'Paya you didnt live there when I first joined or OMG have I been here 2 years and not noticed
    ok, almost 2 years. I moved here in March 05.
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  11. 01-06-2007, 08:44 AM #11
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    Do In Cold Blood, such a good read! I liked the way Capote kept going back and forth between the two stories (the murderers' story and the family's story) at the beggining of the book. I think that makes the book more "literary" since it wouldn't be literature if it just presented what happened to the family in a straight forward way.
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  12. 01-06-2007, 09:55 AM #12
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tasartir View Post
    . I think that makes the book more "literary" since it wouldn't be literature if it just presented what happened to the family in a straight forward way.
    Depends on your defintion of literature.
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  13. 01-08-2007, 05:35 AM #13
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    In Cold Blood!
    I've already started reading it and it's cool
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    I am really torn between In Cold Blood and The Grass Harp (not to mention Breakfast at Tiffany's, which is one of my favorite movies!)

    Though... Wondering... MaybeIn Cold Blood is not exactly what I need to read these days...

    *whines*

    Why is no one voting for Breakfast At Tiffany's??
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