MobileRead April 2010 Mobile Read Book Club Vote - Page 10

WT Sharpe · 03-30-2010, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by beppe

... I started with the idea of voting for Candide. I reread it yesterday and I found it almost sad.

Beppe

But it ends well, and if Candide had not been kicked out of a magnificent castle for love of Miss Cunegonde, or been put into the Inquisition, or walked over America, or stabbed the Baron, or lost all his sheep from the fine country of El Dorado; he wouldn't have ended up in Transylvania eating preserved citrons and pistachio-nuts with Dr. Pangloss.

Plus he got a garden out of the deal!

TC Beacham · 03-30-2010, 12:48 PM

oooh - too close to tell which it'll be!

kennyc · 03-30-2010, 01:06 PM

Anything that starts with "E" will work for me .... Egg.....Eyre....

JSWolf · 03-30-2010, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by kennyc

Anything that starts with "E" will work for me .... Egg.....Eyre....

Too bad then.. they both start with T.

JSWolf · 03-30-2010, 02:18 PM

We still have time to make Lamb the winner. So hurry up you who have not yet voted and vote for Lamb.

Don't do it for me. Do it for Biff.

Sparrow · 03-30-2010, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

Too bad then.. they both start with T.

You're so fickle - last month you were saying we ignore the 'The's !

Fingers crossed for an eggshellent result.

kennyc · 03-30-2010, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Sparrow

You're so fickle - last month you were saying we ignore the 'The's !

Fingers crossed for an eggshellent result.

The Sparrow has a point!

JSWolf · 03-30-2010, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Sparrow

You're so fickle - last month you were saying we ignore the 'The's !

Fingers crossed for an eggshellent result.

Well, this month I realize that I was wrong last month. So T it is. And when need be, I'll be wrong this month and correct last month.

WT Sharpe · 03-30-2010, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

Well, this month I realize that I was wrong last month. So T it is. And when need be, I'll be wrong this month and correct last month.

Emerson would be proud!

"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines."
— Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Self-Reliance."

Nakor · 03-31-2010, 02:52 AM

Nah, vote for Eyre. (Although I'd rather have Biff then The Egg and I. >_>)

Ea · 03-31-2010, 03:06 AM

Tie - again

Even a sort of double tie, with the runner-ups being tied, too

Sparrow · 03-31-2010, 03:51 AM

I quite like the idea that in the event of a tie, we have to read the one that got the fewest votes instead.

lene1949 · 03-31-2010, 03:53 AM

Please guys... One last vote for the free one... The Egg and I

Sparrow · 03-31-2010, 03:58 AM

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Originally Posted by lene1949

Please guys... One last vote for the free one... The Egg and I

Errr ... "This poll is closed"

Ea · 03-31-2010, 04:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Sparrow

Errr ... "This poll is closed"

Yes, but now we get to vote on the two 'winners', in which case Lene may still get her wish.

View Poll Results: April 2010 Mobile Read Book Club Vote
The Egg and I by Betty MacDonald	19	25.33%
Topper by Thorne Smith	5	6.67%
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole	10	13.33%
My man Jeeves by P G Wodehouse	2	2.67%
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain	7	9.33%
Fool by Christopher Moore	3	4.00%
Augustus Carp, Esq. - Being the Autobiography of a Really Good Man by Henry Bashford	0	0%
A Damon Runyon Omnibus	1	1.33%
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore	10	13.33%
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde	16	21.33%
Candide by Voltaire	2	2.67%
Voters: 75. You may not vote on this poll

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03-30-2010, 12:48 PM	#137
TC Beacham Great Beach Reads! Posts: 202 Karma: 300000 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: Kindle 2	oooh - too close to tell which it'll be!

03-30-2010, 01:06 PM	#138
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,930 Karma: 119747553 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2 & PW, Onyx Boox Go6	Anything that starts with "E" will work for me .... Egg.....Eyre....

03-30-2010, 02:18 PM	#140
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 80,740 Karma: 150249619 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	We still have time to make Lamb the winner. So hurry up you who have not yet voted and vote for Lamb. Don't do it for me. Do it for Biff.

03-31-2010, 02:52 AM	#145
Nakor Addict Posts: 214 Karma: 511602 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: BC, Canada Device: Aluratek Libre	Nah, vote for Eyre. (Although I'd rather have Biff then The Egg and I. >_>)

03-31-2010, 03:06 AM	#146
Ea Wizard Posts: 3,490 Karma: 5239563 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Denmark Device: Kindle 3\|iPad air\|iPhone 4S	Tie - again Even a sort of double tie, with the runner-ups being tied, too

03-31-2010, 03:51 AM	#147
Sparrow Wizard Posts: 4,395 Karma: 1358132 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: UK Device: Palm TX, CyBook Gen3	I quite like the idea that in the event of a tie, we have to read the one that got the fewest votes instead.

03-31-2010, 03:53 AM	#148
lene1949 Wizard Posts: 1,952 Karma: 213930 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Middelfart, Denmark Device: Kindle paper white	Please guys... One last vote for the free one... The Egg and I