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HELLO!!! We have our winners for May!!!
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ugh.
I guess it made up for me never getting even one.
Fiona wrote: "Interesting the A Northern Light is there for Cat. 2 - for British people that comes under the title of A Gathering Light instead - in case anyone wants to know and it looks very good."I didn't know that either - I hope it doesn't affect the voting!
These really are two enormous selections. I've only read one of the YA (I Capture the Castle- a lovely book). But I've read five of the Cat 1 books.So I voted for books I haven't read.
I've always wanted an excuse to read The Wind in the Willows.
Never read Haruki Murakami; but been hearing good things.
I didn't suggest any of these; but you folks came up with a pretty impressive salad bar!
Mosca, Wind in the Willows is wonderful, but the biggest enjoyment is as a read aloud. The cadence is truly something. My daughter remembers "she could hardly wait to go to bed at night" when I was reading it to my girls.
I've been wanting to read Murakami for awhile now. I've had my copy of Kafka on the Shore for a few months now, so I figured now's a good time as any to read it! 
Oooh, Slaughterhouse Five and Fahrenheit 451 are two of my all-time favorite books! There are so many good choices this month!
Three Cups of Tea One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time - Greg Mortenson Because I've heard good things about it from various people.
Maliades wrote: "Three Cups of Tea One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time - Greg Mortenson Because I've heard good things about it from various people. "
You know you have to vote on the poll, right? It wont count to voice your choice here.
One thing I hate about voting is that there are so many good books to choose from!!!!!! If only we could read them all!
Emilee wrote: "One thing I hate about voting is that there are so many good books to choose from!!!!!! If only we could read them all!"Don't worry about it Emilee, we have all the time in the world... the end of the world is still far...
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choose carefully :)
Lori wrote: "Its sad to think that there are more books out there than there are days left to live... so you will never ever ever get to read every book..... choose carefully :)"
That is sad to think about... even things like 1001 boooks to read before you die... so many good suggestions, but it doens't even encompass half of the good stuff...
lol, that is true. I wish there were ways to absorb books... you know, so that you can get more out of them... or you can read more of them... or you can retain the things in them better!
I should probably change that to "nominating" is over... voting is done via the polls :)
Lori wrote: "Is Suite Francaise a YA book?"Lori, what is a YA book??
Fiona wrote: "young adult"Thanks, Fiona
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Im tellin ya.....
tsk tsk tsk
I don't think people read the entire thread, so they must miss your announcement that noms are done, even though you change the title...but too many threads if you do one for noms, letting people know that voting is taking place, and then announcing the winner.
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Good call!! (but still not working...sigh)
saranicole wrote: "It's hard to choose... I think I'll go with....Category 2 - [b:The Goose Girl|179064|The Goose Girl (The Books of Bayern #1)|Shannon Hale|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172......"
I SO agree with you!
Kathy wrote: "Katerina wrote: "cat 2-- Crank by [a:Ellen Hopkins|2821144|Ellen Hopkins|http://www.goodreads.com..."You don't happen to be neat Delaware do you? LOL I LOVE Ellen Hopkins! Ask her if she's doing a third Kristina book for me! :) She told me she was and I haven't heard anything else! :( Crank and Glass are both awesome, Identical was pretty damn cool too.
So I am choosing a book for it's name, not it's cover.... ha halet the northern lights erase your name - vendela vida
Carla - I just wanted to remind you that you need to vote in the poll section. As of right now anyway, no one has voted for the book you've mentioned.
How about "The Poet and the Billionaire?" I'm a BIT biased though. :)
Jared Matthew Kessler
(Author of "The Poet and the Billionaire")
www.jaredmatthewkessler.com
Jared Matthew Kessler
(Author of "The Poet and the Billionaire")
www.jaredmatthewkessler.com
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Spam!!! Cough coughspamcough cough cough.
Nominations are over anyways.
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Hi Jared. Have you just joined?
Hey Lori- where IS the poll section?! I tried to locate it last night and couldn't. I'm hoping the fact that I couldn't find it is due to how extremely tired I was and not a sign of intelligence. Or lack thereof. :)
"The Measure of a Man" by F.D. Crandall, Fiction
Thanks Fiona! I thought I was going crazy there for a minute! :)
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I dont know how much more clearer I can make this people!!!
I'm sorry. I didn't read them all, I got tired... sleepy... going to sleep....
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:P
By the way... Love your new picture. Much better than the elf, fairy, whatever that was.
Isn't she though.Lhinda (BDB name) wrote: "Haha you're awesome Lori!"
You know there aren't any brownie points on here for brown nosing right? ;)
What? They said if I brown nosed Lori she'd give me candy. I been lied too? I'm crushed.
Haha well, I can't speak for FD, but I was just stating the obvious... :D
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