Thread: MobileRead June 2013 Book Club Nominations
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Old 05-21-2013, 07:02 PM   #28
WT Sharpe
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Oh, this looks good: sex, dark humor, murder, and it's the winner of the National Book Award: A Novel of Fame, Honor, and Really Bad Weather by Jincy Willett. ...This sucks. Found it by searching Amazon for award winners. The TITLE of this book is Winner of the National Book Award: A Novel of Fame, Honor, and Really Bad Weather. It did not win the National Book Award. Withdrawn.
...I read that book years ago. It wasn't as good as I was hoping for, but it was somewhat interesting in a quirky sort of way.
I wonder how many people bought it thinking it was a National Book Award winner?

Knew I should have gone with something with which I was at least somewhat familiar. That's why I nominated the two I did. At least I'd heard of them and was familiar with some of the buzz they generated. I don't recall hearing of any of the fiction books on the list.
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