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View Poll Results: Biography & Memoir Vote • September 2014, Multiple Choice
Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China by Jung Chang 9 64.29%
Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self by Claire Tomalin 8 57.14%
The Story of San Michele by Alex Munthe 5 35.71%
The Secret Lives of Somerset Maugham by Selina Hastings 5 35.71%
Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy by Carlos Eire 5 35.71%
The Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton 6 42.86%
Charles Dickens: A Life by Claire Tomalin 8 57.14%
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Old 09-08-2014, 09:24 AM   #16
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It seems like every month the voting decisions become harder. I was probably most cheering on the Maugham biography but I would've been happy with any of these winning. Of the ones that were in the lead the winner is the one I know least about so I'm looking forward to it. I'll have the discussion thread up within a day.

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Old 09-09-2014, 03:41 PM   #21
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Thanks for the good wishes for surgery. We readers are certainly lucky people when our first thought about recovery is how much time we will finally have to read.
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It seems like every month the voting decisions become harder. I was probably most cheering on the Maugham biography but I would've been happy with any of these winning. Of the ones that were in the lead the winner is the one I know least about so I'm looking forward to it. I'll have the discussion thread up within a day.



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Thanks for the welcome back all. Good selection this month and I am looking forward to the discussion. It will be interesting to compare this account to that of The Last Manchu by Henry Pu Yi that I read a while back,
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I'm looking forward to this as I picked it up some time ago, but I'm going to be bringing up the rear in the discussion. I was blindsided by a detached retina this week and can't quite focus (literally or figuratively) on reading yet.
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Oh dear, I'm so sorry to hear that. I do hope the experts can help you and that all is well with your sight again very soon.
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Dear issybird, very sorry to hear of this and can only imagine how difficult it is to focus, both figuratively and literally. Please let us know periodically how you are getting along.
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Oh, this doesn't sound good, Issybird. I hope your eyes will heal soon.
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So sorry to hear that, issybird! I hope you heal and recover soon.
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[QUOTE=issybird;2922017]I'm looking forward to this as I picked it up some time ago, but I'm going to be bringing up the rear in the discussion. I was blindsided by a detached retina this week and can't quite focus (literally or figuratively) on reading yet./QUOTE]
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Issybird, sorry to hear of your eye issue. I hope that this can be corrected soon. This book club would lose so much with any restriction on your participation.
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I'm looking forward to this as I picked it up some time ago, but I'm going to be bringing up the rear in the discussion. I was blindsided by a detached retina this week and can't quite focus (literally or figuratively) on reading yet.
I'm very sorry to hear of your problem, Issybird. You are such a valuable member of the club and I very much hope that the problem will soon be fixed.
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