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Thanks for listing this. I voted.
Well done everyone. Outlander has moved up over 100 places in a couple of days.You can vote for 100 books so why not vote for all 7 books and the others will move up as well.
Its Very easy see post 1 for the link.
These are the positions at present.
Outlander 45
DIA 182
Voyager 197
ABOSAA 198
DIA 254
TFC 259
AEITB 317
Come on we can do better than this!
Some of these moves are amazing in just a couple of days AEITB has gone up 155 places. Well done.Outlander 42
DOA 110
Voyager 124
ABOSAA 134
DIA 160
AEITB 162
TFC 163
I wonder how high we can get them?
Diane wrote: "We can only vote for a book once right?"Yes but is seems that just a few votes really make a difference. So hopefully we can get them all higher.
Outlander now at 41 a few more votes and we could get into the top 40!
Outlander has made it to 40!can we get to thirty something?
I dont think we can get below thirty but still it is a massive difference from when we started.
Well done.
I voted! It's at 34. And I added all the Lord John series, which I loved, but they are at the bottom of the list. I was soooo torn, so many other great books on that list that I wanted to vote for but didn't want those votes to interfere with Outlander's standing.
LH wrote: "I voted! It's at 34. And I added all the Lord John series, which I loved, but they are at the bottom of the list. I was soooo torn, so many other great books on that list that I wanted to vote for ..."Thats very gracious of you. I cant believe it has got to the mid thirties.
Ann wrote: "LH wrote: "I voted! It's at 34. And I added all the Lord John series, which I loved, but they are at the bottom of the list. I was soooo torn, so many other great books on that list that I wanted t..."If everyone "knew" Jamie as we do it would surely be #1
UpdateOutlander 34
DIA 118
Voyager 105
DOA 104
TFC 125
ABOSAA 109
EITB 121
Soon we could have several in the top 100.
All are now higher than Outlander was when I found this!
Still making headway Today Outlander is at 33, DoA 103, V 104, ABOSAA 106, DIA 110, AEITB 116 and TFC 123.Posted it on facebook so may have some more movement from there. Watch this space.
Outlander got up to 31 but has slipped to 32 :(
Within the Outlander series, I would vote for either A Breath of Snow and Ashes or maybe The Fiery Cross because, like Roger, I found it immensely exciting to see the American Revolutionary War developing before my eyes. It has always been one of my favorite periods in history.
Niq wrote: "Within the Outlander series, I would vote for either A Breath of Snow and Ashes or maybe The Fiery Cross because, like Roger, I found it immensely exciting to see the American Revolutionary War dev..."Have you voted then.
i voted for all the books in the order that I like them but my favorite is Voyager
I have voted, and my choice would probably be seen as blasphemy around here. :D I voted for the HP series. Sorry. Unlike Claire, I cannot live without hot water baths. I would also prefer to Apparate rather than walk everywhere (especially when I'm running late and about to miss my train) - and I'm allergic to horses. *hides*
LOL, Niq... that's funny because I can't in good conscience vote for Outlander because I don't think it's the best place to live. It was hard, and violent, and they all traded a part of their souls to be there.I felt that if I voted it would be for Harry Potter too, so I did the only thing I could do... I didn't vote at all. If I can't vote FOR Outlander, than I refuse to vote against it.
Wendy F wrote: "LOL, Niq... that's funny because I can't in good conscience vote for Outlander because I don't think it's the best place to live. It was hard, and violent, and they all traded a part of their soul...":D Glad I'm not the only one to feel that way, Wendy F. I wouldn't like to live in Scotland in those times, no matter how much I like the book.
1) Very sexist. Remember Jamie telling Claire the qualifications of what he thought was a good husband? Someone with money, position and doesn't beat his wife. Or being married off at 15 to a much older man you don't love like Colum and Dougal's sisters and Laoghaire.
At least in HP, I might be a witch and turn someone into a bouncing ferret if he tried to beat me.
2) Dangerous and violent. Poor. Cattle raiding, feuds, and the Rising. Famine. People dying of starvation or being shot for no reason. Being burned or drowned for being a witch because you were different. Losing your menfolk to violence. Childbed fever. Rotten teeth. Children and other people dying young because lack of medicine, hygiene, or knowledge (remember the Beaton's medicines that Claire cleaned out in Leoch?). Aging years before your time (Claire's evaluation on her attractiveness by comparing herself to a much younger women with 3 kids in Edinburgh in Voyager).
In HP, not as likely for the above. I could probably just turn a bunch of daisies in money or food. Hard to be convicted and killed for witchcraft in the HP world. :D And by the end of the series, it would be much safer to live there. Yupyup.
Yar. No, thank you. :)
I did vote also for Anne of Green Gables. Yes, WWI is in the not so far off future, but the sweet, idyllic life of Anne in Avonlea was just too irresistible. Also, for His Dark Materials. I haven't read the third book and haven't read the first two in years, but I remember longing for a little daemon myself.
I probably would have voted for Anne too.
Some of the votes are very low so it would be easy to get Diana's books a lot higher up the ratings if you all vote.
You can vote for 100..."
Its at http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/42...