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Originally Posted by sun surfer
I agree. To have such a variety of classics as this month's book club list, and then to lump eight of the ten of them into "not exciting or memorable" and "did not quite like them" seems rather harsh and generalising.
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And just plain wrong, IMO. At least a couple of these books (DQ and AK) are seminal. You can't just dismiss them. As for the selection in totality, it's got something for almost any taste: romance, fantasy, humor, dystopia, adventure, western.... If nothing at all appeals, then it says more about the poster than the ballot.
I've read all but one (Purple Sage, and I'd gladly give it a try if it wins). I admit I have no interest in a re-read of Call of the Wild, War of the Worlds, or 1984, because they aren't my kind of thing. The rest I think are highly readable and I could only benefit form a reread, especially of the aforementioned Anna K or Don Q.