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View Poll Results: Febrary 2010 Book Club Poll
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell 26 25.00%
The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler 8 7.69%
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte 11 10.58%
Shadow Game by Christine Feehan 9 8.65%
It Happened In Egypt by Charles Norris Williamson (1859-1920) and Alice Muriel Williamson (1869-1933) 4 3.85%
Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris 17 16.35%
His Robot Girlfriend by Wesley Allison (HistoryWes) 12 11.54%
The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne 7 6.73%
Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase 6 5.77%
Romancing Mr. Bridgerton by Julia Quinn 4 3.85%
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Old 01-25-2010, 06:47 PM   #31
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I've voted - and not for GWTW. But should this book really win, I will read it in the spirit of the bookclub again. Hope there aren't any slow readers out here as this is rather largish book and will take some time to read through.

Having fingers crossed that other people vote for other books as well - I am really not that keen on re-reading it. Trust me, the movie is long enough as it is, and I find the main characters just so annoying.


And btw, [warning: kind of spoiler happening]
this is a book without happy ending so shouldn't be in the Romance category (where they always get eachother, one way or other)

Ups, I hope I didn't spoil it now
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Old 01-25-2010, 07:02 PM   #32
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I almost didn't vote for it due to the length....but last month was a short story.....

Oh well.
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Old 01-25-2010, 10:09 PM   #33
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I voted for Romancing Mr. Bridgerton. I figure if I'm going to read a romance, no sense in going half way.

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Old 01-25-2010, 10:26 PM   #34
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Unless its romance from Mills & Boon.
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Old 01-25-2010, 11:21 PM   #35
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Wasn't there a recent movie about something like that?
There was a quite recent Japanese film - "My Girlfriend is a Cyborg"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyborg_She
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I have not figured out how to vote, since I have already read 6 of the choices, and one of the other 3 has been on my to be read list for several months. I guess I will vote for that one--His Robot Girlfriend.
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Wow. Talk about being blown away. Here I was, reading through the abstracts for the books in question, totally ignorant of my own book's place in the list until I stumbled across it. I'd say it was humbling, but it is in fact probably giving me a bit of a swelled head. For myself, I'd choose The House of the Seven Gables, though I'm right in the middle of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.
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I chose the House of the Seven Gables. I've been meaning to re-read both Gone with the Wind and Wuthering Heights, but I generally don't like to vote for books I've already read. I'm not much of a romance reader, but I re-watched GWTW the other night and I realised that it's been so long that I couldn't recall most of the details.
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I'd say it was humbling, but it is in fact probably giving me a bit of a swelled head.
I don't think I have ever seen an author admit that Fwiw I thought your book was well-written and a little sweet, but it had no plot so I didn't vote for it
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Unless its romance from Mills & Boon.
I love Mills and Boon (or rather, Harlequin in the US).

Can't see how it's much worse that Star Trek novels.
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I love Mills and Boon (or rather, Harlequin in the US).

Can't see how it's much worse that Star Trek novels.
Mills and Boon use different types of photon torpedoes.



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I'd say it was humbling, but it is in fact probably giving me a bit of a swelled head.
As well it should be. Being nominated to be voted on in the MRBC is a hugely prestigious honor.


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Old 01-26-2010, 04:43 PM   #44
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Hello all,

Are there rules posted anywhere for participating in the Book Club? I am new here.

Thanks!
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Are there rules posted anywhere for participating in the Book Club? I am new here.

Thanks!
It's pretty much outlined in the first message here:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=30382

Things have changed a bit since then. I keep meaning to re-do that first message... but you know how it goes.

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