View Poll Results: Please vote for the book you would like to read in September by August 31st.

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  • The Red and the Black

    5 20.83%
  • The Gospel According to Jesus Christ

    2 8.33%
  • The Last September

    1 4.17%
  • Light in August

    0 0%
  • July's People

    1 4.17%
  • To Kill a Mockingbird

    4 16.67%
  • The Magus

    2 8.33%
  • The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love

    6 25.00%
  • Clockwork Orange

    3 12.50%
  • Ridley Walker

    0 0%
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Thread: September '10 Reading Poll

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    Mambo Kings has been sitting, sitting, waiting, and calling to me for a few months now.....
    "I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning my day difficult."
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    I happily nominate Clockwork Orange.

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    Ridley Walker - Russell Hoban
    'Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.' - Groucho Marx

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    Why do all the good books get nominated in the same month???
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    Quote Originally Posted by Scheherazade View Post
    I would like to nominate The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love by Oscar Hijuelos.
    I second that - sounds like an engrossing read.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LuggageFan View Post
    I second that - sounds like an engrossing read.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Scheherazade View Post
    Welcome to the Forum (and I think I am gonna like ya! )
    You might have said that when I joined, and I bet you've grown to regret it.
    LET THERE BE LIGHT

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    Quote Originally Posted by Virgil View Post
    You might have said that when I joined, and I bet you've grown to regret it.
    No, no regrets there... As I don't think I have ever said that about you!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scheherazade View Post
    No, no regrets there... As I don't think I have ever said that about you!

    No you probably didn't.
    LET THERE BE LIGHT

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    Quote Originally Posted by IceM View Post
    I happily nominate Clockwork Orange.
    I happily second that
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    How about In Search of April Raintree?
    The eternal quest of the individual human being is to shatter his loneliness.

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    Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates

    If there is any space left

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    The World According to Garp by John Irving

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    Nominations for September:

    1. The Red and The Black

    2. The Gospel According to Jesus Christ by José Saramago

    3. The Last September by Elizabeth Bowen.

    4. Light in August- Faulkner

    5. JULY'S PEOPLE by Nadine Gordimer.

    6. To Kill a Mockingbird

    7. The Magus by John Fowles

    8. The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love by Oscar Hijuelos

    9. Clockwork Orange.

    10. Ridley Walker - Russell Hoban
    Quote Originally Posted by Shakira View Post
    How about In Search of April Raintree?
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    Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
    Quote Originally Posted by ktm5124 View Post
    The World According to Garp by John Irving
    Shakira, Tallon and Ktr>Unfortunately, we have already got the 10 nominations needed; would you like to nominate these book next month?
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    Hmm, The Red and The Black or Mambo Kings that's going to be a tough choice.
    I'd rather have questions that I can't answer than answers that I can't question.

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