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1. Just go ahead and add 'em sans date. The absence of a date read implies that you didn't just read them and they won't be added to your current year's total. Also, you can hide something from your update feed, so people wouldn't notice them anyway unless they checked your profile. 2. Use an absurd default date for your additions. The drop-down years go back to 1914. Maybe you're a centenarian and were an early reader at that, but otherwise people won't be misled. I add books as I think of them. Not everything, of course, but books that were important to me or that I'd like for my own reference. My own bottom line is that my GR lists are primarily for my own use. But since I love reading other people's booklists, anyone who wants to look can take a gander. Just as an aside, those early Nobelists seem to be quite the slog. There are some exceptions, but oh, my! |
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Just one more vote for Hopkins, folks. C'mon, Gerry!
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I will fourth Hopkins.
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01-04-2014, 11:21 AM | #49 | |
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I'll add a vote for Hughes.
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01-04-2014, 02:48 PM | #52 |
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Though bawdy Baudelaire, Burns and Birthday Letters all look interesting, I only have one vote left and I'll use it to third Billy.
On the discussion earlier, I'd say most poetry (though not all) is literary almost by definition, so this is probably the easiest month in that regard. But "literary" is not always black and white so sometimes it comes down to instinct and different people may have different ideas. |
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Any hound a porcupine nudges Can't be blamed for harbouring grudges. I know a hound that laughed all winter At a porcupine that sat on a splinter. (I love Ogden Nash dearly, but I don't think he is a literary poet!) |
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Anyone got a vote to spare for Ted Hughes?
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01-04-2014, 05:33 PM | #55 |
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I'll support Hughes.
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01-04-2014, 06:52 PM | #56 |
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Absolutely. Not to mention it being difficult to obtain any works by many of them through my local library. It's a long term project of mine, one I am often ready to see delayed by books that I am more interested in. |
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01-04-2014, 08:57 PM | #58 |
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Fourth Billy Collins.
One of my friends, who is not on Goodreads or MR, just posted 'Snow Day' by Billy Collins on Facebook. I loved it so I scooted right over here. |
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Nominations are now closed. The poll will be up soon.
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