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Choose a book for the April group read!
(Only vote if you expect to participate. Please bear in mind the book cost, availability and length, since this will be for a group of people.)
Use the "This poll is about" thumbnails at the bottom on the Polls page for doing a bit of research. Remember you can change your vote at any time.
Happy voting!
(Only vote if you expect to participate. Please bear in mind the book cost, availability and length, since this will be for a group of people.)
Use the "This poll is about" thumbnails at the bottom on the Polls page for doing a bit of research. Remember you can change your vote at any time.
Happy voting!
Oryx and Crake
Alas, Babylon
The Last Man
Far North
Into the Forest
The Giver (The Giver, #1)
Lucifer's Hammer
Epitaph Road
The Declaration (The Declaration, #1)
The Forest of Hands and Teeth (The Forest of Hands and Teeth, #1)
The Handmaid's Tale
The Gate to Women's Country
The Children of Men
The White Plague
On the Beach
The Walking Dead Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye
Genesis
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Mar 09, 2011 08:04PM
chose Lucifer's Hammer I have been planning to read that book for years, would be happy with Alas, Babylon or or Oryx and Crake though as they are another 2 books on my shelf that i have not got round to reading
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Sorry about the book that was wrong... damn you all are fast! I have gone through and hopefully verified them all now. If anyone notices any boobos (thanks Clare!) just let me know and I'll fix it right away.
Oryx and Crake and Alas, Baylon are books I plan to read and already own. I can commit to reading but if the book is very long, I read quite slowly so I might be on the two month plan :)
Yeah Pat, I hear you. I would prefer we stick to a short book because it gives more people a chance to read along (in time, and also some people don't care for longer books) but we'll see what happens. We may just need to set the reading period to fit the book we choose.
I acquired Far North just recently. I'd love to read it and be able to discuss it.
I just read Lucifer's Hammer for the first time a couple of months ago - and for anyone who hasn't, I can't recommend it strongly enough. Excellent, excellent, book! That said, since I've personally just read it, I vote Oryx and Crake.
Ohh you meanie, hiding the results until the 13th of March! Oryx and Crake for me!
Haha... I actually just changed that, since I was thinking last night that there are probably more benefits from being able to see the results than vice versa.
I'd rather not read YA and there seems to be a lot of YA on this list. I vote for Sheri Tepper's "A Gate to Women's Country". I have one of her books on my to be read list and I think although she is a well established sf writer not a lot of people have read her (like me!). And I think the perspective in the book will be interesting for both of the sexes to read.
couldn't possibly agree MORE on anything than I do with Mary on the YA sentiment.
Thanks Gertie, my faith in you is restored! Also Zac and Mary I agree YA books in general should come with a warning. That said I loved The Book Thiefwhich I have heard was marketed in some countries as a YA book.
Yeah I think about 1/3 of the nominations are young adult books. I don't mind reading them (loved Hunger Games for example) — I guess we'll all have our preferences, including dislikes. I considering providing a "veto" option but didn't know how to do it, and it seemed like that would just be muddying the waters.
Hopefully the final selection will be something that works for people who didn't vote for it.
Oh, I didn't realize you could edit a poll after it's up! Haha, thanks for fixing it. I'll go vote now!
Thank goodness you can Clare, because I am constantly f*ing things up the first time around. I'm always having to edit my posts too. It's definitely useful that Goodreads has an edit option on just about everything!
Thanks Gertie! I like seeing the results because if we get near the end and my choice isn't near the top, I can always change my vote ;)
Yeah, I actually think it would be wise for everyone to reconsider their votes this weekend, in case they want to swing the top few in a different direction. Of course I think we all know what we'll ultimately be reading. :-PI've recorded the current votes so we'll still know what most people voted for (for later lists).
I wasn't going to change my vote...but good thing I went ahead and got it anyway (just in case)..Some other great books there though..(and many not on the list.)
Is the plan for this to be a monthly ongoing thing?
Hi Rosanna. I think there is enough interest that we will at least give it a try as a monthly event. I'm by default including some of the nominees from this month in next month's nomination list, and we'll add on other nominees from group members.
