Nominations so far:
1. The Man Without Qualities by Robert Musil
2. Empire Falls by Richard Russo
3. The Wizard of Oz
4. The Bone People by Keri Hulme
5. The Razor's Edge
6. Kafka on the shore by Murakami
7. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
8. The Fifth Child by Doris Lessing
9. Riven Rock - T.C Boyle
Last nomination is up for grabs!
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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OOhhh..I still have a chance! (and please no more children's books....I read to escape my childrens' world...lol!!!)
I'll go contemporary with The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
Nominations for August:
1. The Man Without Qualities by Robert Musil
2. Empire Falls by Richard Russo
3. The Wizard of Oz
4. The Bone People by Keri Hulme
5. The Razor's Edge
6. Kafka on the shore by Murakami
7. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
8. The Fifth Child by Doris Lessing
9. Riven Rock - T.C Boyle
10. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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The Razor's Edge should be good.
The eternal quest of the individual human being is to shatter his loneliness.
I'm gonna wait and see how the poll is going before I vote. If I hadn't already read Empire Falls, I'd throw in with you, Scher...
I wouldn't mind reading Maugham, or even giving Kafka on the Shore a go....
LOL! I've given up hope on my own selection.
"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."
~E.B. White
I do fancy reading some Murakami again but that is my least favourite novel by him
Good to see a NZ author on there, i like The Bone People.
I have no idea what Razor's Edge is about even :-/
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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As much as I'd like to read The Razor's Edge again, I conveniently happen to be reading (or should I say struggling with?) The Man Without Qualities these days. Another vote wasted on underdogs!
This sentence contradicts itself - no actually it doesn't.
A tie!
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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i hope the razor's edge wins because i've already got it from the library :P
What a coincidence! And I have got Empire Falls!Originally Posted by Tallon
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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I read The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz last summer and it was good.
I wouldn't mind reading that one either.
It is a Pulitzer winner, isn't it?
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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Yes it is!
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. ~ Edgar Allan Poe
I've had The Razor's Edge on my shelf for ages. This will make me finally read it!
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