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My Man Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse 31 36.90%
Topper by Thorne Smith 11 13.10%
Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of The Dog) by Jerome K Jerome 37 44.05%
Augustus Carp, Esq. - Being the Autobiography of a Really Good Man by Henry Bashford 3 3.57%
The Silence of Colonel Bramble by by André Maurois 2 2.38%
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Old 06-29-2009, 02:20 PM   #16
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Topper is a very good movie. And the book is supposed to be just as good. So give it a go and enjoy. The movie is funny. I watched it a few weeks ago. And I have seen some if not all of the TV series and that was also a blast.
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I've been meaning to read Three Men on a Boat for some time, so I voted that way.
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Old 06-29-2009, 02:30 PM   #18
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I've been meaning to read Three Men on a Boat for some time, so I voted that way.
Rub-a-dub-dub, three men in a tub.
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Old 06-29-2009, 02:32 PM   #19
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I finally voted... although either of the two front runners will be fine with me. I will probably read both of them, and Topper anyhow!

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Old 06-29-2009, 03:28 PM   #20
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Jon, the team discussed a way to increase participation in activities here at MobileRead -- other than giveaways -- and felt that announcing the Book Club on the front page would be a way to get the attention of members who might not know that the Club exists.
It worked for me. Thank you!
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Wow, we've already got a ton of voters!
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Old 06-29-2009, 06:39 PM   #22
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Wow, we've already got a ton of voters!
Only 30 people voted last month, and this vote only just opened
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Old 06-29-2009, 06:42 PM   #23
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Old 06-29-2009, 07:43 PM   #24
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The Topper TV series was pretty good too. The just don't make shows with alcoholic St. Bernards anymore.
I have very vague memories of my mom watching this - I must have been 3 or 4 years old. I do remember someone being upset that the dog brought him a pair of kippers instead of a pair of slippers.

Don't know why that's the only thing that stuck - maybe it's the image of trying to wear fish on your feet.

Memory is a funny thing, isn't it?
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I have seen the movie of Topper, but was not aware there had been a TV series of it. I voted for the Jeeves stories, but would be pleased with any of this month's nominees.
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I guess we should put the nominations on the front page too.
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I guess we should put the nominations on the front page too.
That might not be a bad idea for August?

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Come on Augustus!!
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Yes, that's the plan.

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Ah, but you can't fully appreciate "To Say Nothing of the Dog" unless you've read Wodehouse AND "Three Men in a Boat."

I can't really see how you could appreciate it at all, myself.
I'm a fiction bigot - I only read science fiction and fantasy. Why - mostly because I had so much UNMITIGATED CRAP rammed down my throat by the Literature Nazis the ran the English department in my middle/high school that I just don't give a flying rotten banana what anyone else thinks when it comes to reading fiction.

Now, going back to the topic - the Connie Willis book was a little slow in spots and I barely got through those parts. As near as I can tell from discussing it with the members of the SF book group that read it, the slow parts were designed to imitate the writing style of the TMIAB era. Clearly then, trying to read an entire novel written in that style would not have worked. However, I was glad that I made it through the Willis book and overall found it be quite enjoyable.

P.S. Did read some good stuff in school too - The Bard rocks.
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