View Poll Results: Please vote for the book you would like to read in October by September 30th.

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  • In Search of April Raintree

    1 4.35%
  • The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With The Sea

    3 13.04%
  • Commodore's Perry Minstrel Show by Richard Wiley

    1 4.35%
  • Go Down, Moses by William Faulkner

    1 4.35%
  • Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates

    2 8.70%
  • Empire Falls by Richard Russo

    1 4.35%
  • Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy

    11 47.83%
  • The Grapes of Wrath by Steinbeck

    2 8.70%
  • C - Tom McCarthy

    1 4.35%
  • The Shining

    0 0%
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Thread: October '10 Reading Poll

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    Pièce de Résistance Scheherazade's Avatar
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    Empire Falls has been nominated so many times that it deserves a win this month!
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    I have Blood Meridian in my TBR stack, started it once and put it down. This will make me finish it at last. /I hope/

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    I'm definitely in for Blood Meridan. I've been meaning to read that for a while.
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    I was disappointed with Blood Meridian. Perhaps it was all the hype. It's beautifully written, no doubt about it, though after a while I found even the lyrical language became repetitive. Maybe someone could do a count on how often he uses the term slant-wise or just [fill in the blank]-wise. It left me wondering if it was just an exercise in style over substance. Or perhaps it is McCarthy's skill to articulate the great emptiness? Still haven't made up my mind.
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    This looks nailed on already! Yet to read anything by Cormac McCarthy and definitely want to be involved in the club (main reason i joined the forum) so i'll get me a copy aysap.
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    Done.
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    I am having trouble finding this book.
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    i am also like Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy.

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    I haven't even heard of many of these titles, but I voted for The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With The Sea.

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    Going once...
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    Ha! I'm past 50 votes now so went for Blood Meridian, seeing as i've already bought it.

    Nail in the coffin.
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    I can't remember if I bought the book or not? And if I did I can't find it. I could swear I had a copy.
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