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Aug 22, 2022 04:07AM
Last time I interpreted it as "apartment house" not "house." I like it better this way too.
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It just occurred to me that some of the loneliest books I read were about immortal characters - Addie LaRue, Circe, and vampires.
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Yes, as long as the prompt is changed significantly enough that it isn't the same as the one in the bottom.
Thanks Emily. I can't wait to see the results tomorrow. It was hard for me to decide how I wanted to vote, and it's even harder to guess how other people did. Any hints about the results? Does it look like we might have more winners than usual?
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Actually remembered to vote this time around! 4 up, 4 down. Seems fair. LOL
Emily wrote: "The only hint I'll give is that we have had lots of different prompts in and out of the top as I've watched the results come in -- sometimes as many as 5 winners, sometimes down to just 1 or 2. So ..."Now I'm even MORE excited to see these results!!
I think this is the latest I've voted. Maybe so the wait for the results doesn't seem so far away?This one was tough. There were several more I would have happily voted for if I had more votes. One decision I had to make was between Loneliness/Isolation and Moral Dilemma. I found that for books I had already marked in some way (either Read or TBR) I had mostly 'Read' on the Loneliness/Isolation books Listopias (a surprise for me, I had no idea that I'd read so much about that) and mostly 'TBR' on the Moral Dilemma books Listopias. So I voted for Moral Dilemma this time.
Still like the Loneliness/Isolation prompt, and would not be sorry if that made it. One book that I read that would fit this (in case anyone is interested) is Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted by Suleika Jaouad, who happens to be Jon Batiste's wife (recently wed). It's her memoir about the lengthy time she spent recovering from an especially bad form of leukemia found shortly after she graduated from college. Since her immune system was compromised she of course had to spend quite a bit of time isolated from others. She now has a website called The Isolation Journals https://theisolationjournals.substack...
I like both of these topics, and I suspect that there are many great books for both topics that haven't been tagged yet .Authors often write about "the human condition" and loneliness is a huge part of that. And of course every story needs some type of conflict, and a moral dilemma is a good one.
Thanks for the recommendation.
For moral dilemma I also recommend Small Things Like These.
Ahhh I thought it was results this morning...but then I've come on and see it Tuesday morning - which is usually Wednesday morning for me (it's Tuesday morning her now :P)....so the wait continues......
I love Australia time when it comes to posting the results 😀
Alicia wrote: "I love Australia time when it comes to posting the results 😀"Me too.....given it's my time!
@Bec - how disappointing!@NancyJ - thanks for the recommendations for what sounds like another great Morel Dilemma book :)
Alicia wrote: "I love Australia time when it comes to posting the results 😀"I'm on CEST, and even that is torture sometimes ...
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I just checked the time zone difference! It's 3 pm here....
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8:38 a.m. CT...let's let the coffee kick in. :)
Come on pregnant lady, we're waiting! 😂 🤣
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Like 2 of the winners, hope the close calls get resubmitted :)
Around the Year in 52 Books
Books mentioned in this topic
Small Things Like These (other topics)Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted (other topics)
A Gentleman in Moscow (other topics)
Stories from the Tenants Downstairs (other topics)
Just My Luck (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Suleika Jaouad (other topics)Rohinton Mistry (other topics)
