MobileRead April 2010 Mobile Read Book Club Vote - Page 8

Sparrow · 03-29-2010, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by pilotbob

Really? Have you read all 3 books?

BOb

OMG!!! There's three of 'em ?? !!

ficbot · 03-29-2010, 12:00 PM

I really disliked The Eyre Affair when I tried it. Way pretentious and trying much too hard to be clever. I am rooting for 'Lamb.'

Ea · 03-29-2010, 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by ficbot

I really disliked The Eyre Affair when I tried it. Way pretentious and trying much too hard to be clever. I am rooting for 'Lamb.'

Heh

That's more or less what I felt when I tried the sample for 'Lamb' - trying too hard. Perhaps it's a difference between British and American humour.

cearbhallain · 03-29-2010, 01:04 PM

I don't think anyone has mentioned that reading The Egg and I gives us an excellent excuse to watch the movie again. If you've never seen it, Claudette Colbert plays the wife who must learn to cope with rural society. Being Claudette Colbert, she always comes across as gracious, even when she's in a state of extreme culture shock. Also, it was funny.

If, on the other hand, you like a book that's all about pandering to the literati by creating a story about characters being abducted from their plots, with in-jokes that "serious" readers of literature will appreciate then Eyre Affair is your book. I liked that sort of thing when I was a teenager, but I was a sci-fi geek, so I read the Hitch-hiker's Guide. I tried to read Eyre Affair recently, but it was just too precious.

GO EGG!

Sparrow · 03-29-2010, 01:16 PM

I wonder how the voting would go if we couldn't see the results before the deadline.

pilotbob · 03-29-2010, 01:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Sparrow

I wonder how the voting would go if we couldn't see the results before the deadline.

I'm not sure what you mean? How can you see the results before there are results?

BOb

pilotbob · 03-29-2010, 01:33 PM

OK folks.. don't put off your votes any longer.... the poll ends tonight... we really don't want another tie do we?

BOb

WT Sharpe · 03-29-2010, 01:43 PM

In the event of a tie, let's all read Lamb.

kennyc · 03-29-2010, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

In the event of a tie, let's all read Lamb.

No Biff bought it! In the event of a tie we should read Eyre because both it and Event start with "E"!!!!

Sparrow · 03-29-2010, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by pilotbob

I'm not sure what you mean? How can you see the results before there are results?

BOb

I should have been clearer

- I meant that knowing how the voting is going may encourage tactical voting.
Voters near the deadline are likely to have a bigger impact on deciding the outcome, as they'll know which are the likely winners.

Sparrow · 03-29-2010, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by pilotbob

OK folks.. don't put off your votes any longer.... the poll ends tonight... we really don't want another tie do we?

BOb

It's only the 29th - the poll doesn't close till the 31st!

"This poll will close on 31.03.10 at 04:06"

JSWolf · 03-29-2010, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Zipr

http://www.thebookofbiff.com/

Wong Biff.

JSWolf · 03-29-2010, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

In the event of a tie, let's all read Lamb.

JSWolf · 03-29-2010, 02:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sparrow

It's only the 29th - the poll doesn't close till the 31st!

"This poll will close on 31.03.10 at 04:06"

Actually, the poll really doesn't close until...

This poll will close on 03-30-10 at 11:06 PM

Which is actually tomorrow night.

pilotbob · 03-29-2010, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

Actually, the poll really doesn't close until...

This poll will close on 03-30-10 at 11:06 PM

Which is actually tomorrow night.

Right... for some reason I thought today was the 30th... but not so.

Still people... VOTE!

BOb

View Poll Results: April 2010 Mobile Read Book Club Vote
The Egg and I by Betty MacDonald	19	25.33%
Topper by Thorne Smith	5	6.67%
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole	10	13.33%
My man Jeeves by P G Wodehouse	2	2.67%
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain	7	9.33%
Fool by Christopher Moore	3	4.00%
Augustus Carp, Esq. - Being the Autobiography of a Really Good Man by Henry Bashford	0	0%
A Damon Runyon Omnibus	1	1.33%
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore	10	13.33%
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde	16	21.33%
Candide by Voltaire	2	2.67%
Voters: 75. You may not vote on this poll

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03-29-2010, 12:00 PM	#107
ficbot Wizard Posts: 2,409 Karma: 4132096 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: Kindle Paperwhite/iOS Kindle App	I really disliked The Eyre Affair when I tried it. Way pretentious and trying much too hard to be clever. I am rooting for 'Lamb.'

03-29-2010, 01:04 PM	#109
cearbhallain Groupie Posts: 183 Karma: 1053258 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Fort Vancouver Device: nook	I don't think anyone has mentioned that reading The Egg and I gives us an excellent excuse to watch the movie again. If you've never seen it, Claudette Colbert plays the wife who must learn to cope with rural society. Being Claudette Colbert, she always comes across as gracious, even when she's in a state of extreme culture shock. Also, it was funny. If, on the other hand, you like a book that's all about pandering to the literati by creating a story about characters being abducted from their plots, with in-jokes that "serious" readers of literature will appreciate then Eyre Affair is your book. I liked that sort of thing when I was a teenager, but I was a sci-fi geek, so I read the Hitch-hiker's Guide. I tried to read Eyre Affair recently, but it was just too precious. GO EGG!

03-29-2010, 01:16 PM	#110
Sparrow Wizard Posts: 4,395 Karma: 1358132 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: UK Device: Palm TX, CyBook Gen3	I wonder how the voting would go if we couldn't see the results before the deadline.

03-29-2010, 01:33 PM	#112
pilotbob Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,832 Karma: 11844413 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Tampa, FL USA Device: Kindle Touch	OK folks.. don't put off your votes any longer.... the poll ends tonight... we really don't want another tie do we? BOb

03-29-2010, 01:43 PM	#113
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,073 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	In the event of a tie, let's all read *Lamb*.

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