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View Poll Results: Multiple Choice - Which region should we use for nominations this month?
Sub-Saharan Africa 2 18.18%
North Africa & The Middle East 1 9.09%
Southeast Europe 3 27.27%
Portugal, Belgium, The Netherlands, Spain & France 1 9.09%
North & Central Europe 1 9.09%
Ireland & The U.K. 1 9.09%
Canada & The U.S.A. 9 81.82%
The South Pacific 2 18.18%
Southeast Asia 4 36.36%
Japan 2 18.18%
The Korean Peninsula, Mongolia & China 2 18.18%
South Asia 2 18.18%
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Old 02-03-2013, 09:28 PM   #61
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I fourth Fifth Business and The Grapes of Wrath.

That's three votes - do I have a fourth? If so, I'll second A Separate Peace.
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Old 02-03-2013, 09:49 PM   #62
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I've run out, but I love A Separate Peace and would support it. I suppose I don't really need to read it again though.
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I fourth Fifth Business and The Grapes of Wrath.

That's three votes - do I have a fourth? If so, I'll second A Separate Peace.
Yes, you have a fourth, so I've added all your supporting noms in.
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Thank you! I'm a bit hazy about the rules, as you can tell.
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I'll third A Separate Peace.
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...and I'll nominate Rabbit, Run by Updike.

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It's 1959 and Harry 'Rabbit' Angstrom, one time high school sports superstar, is going nowhere. At twenty-six he is trapped in a second-rate existence - stuck with a fragile, alcoholic wife, a house full of overflowing ashtrays and discarded glasses, a young son and a futile job. With no way to fix things, he resolves to flee from his family and his home in Pennsylvania, beginning a thousand-mile journey that he hopes will free him from his mediocre life. Because, as he knows only too well, 'after you've been first-rate at something, no matter what, it kind of takes the kick out of being second-rate'.
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I was looking at Rabbit, Run as a potential nomination along with A Visit from the Goon Squad. Again - run out of nominations.

Looks like some great books being put up for nomination this month - some modern literature as well as some American classics.
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Well, I'm on board for Canada/US.

I'm nominating:

Finnie Walsh by Steven Galloway. A Canadian topic by a Canadian author. I've read two other Galloway novels and both were very good.
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I was looking at Rabbit, Run as a potential nomination along with A Visit from the Goon Squad. Again - run out of nominations.

Looks like some great books being put up for nomination this month - some modern literature as well as some American classics.
Rabbit Run: very good.
A Visit from the Goon Squad: okay.
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There's about a half day left for nominations.

This month is producing some really fantastic nominations. I'd support Rabbit, Run and Finnie Walsh if I had any more votes left.


ETA - And, here it is half a day later and nominations are now closed with seven fully nominated books. The poll will be up shortly.
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