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The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky 10 10.53%
Walden by Henry David Thoreau 8 8.42%
Call of the Wild by Jack London 5 5.26%
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens 11 11.58%
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins 17 17.89%
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas 10 10.53%
A Room With A View by E. M. Forster 12 12.63%
War of the Worlds by H G Wells 16 16.84%
Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain 5 5.26%
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë 1 1.05%
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Old 11-26-2010, 05:08 PM   #76
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Given that this is the holiday season, it's way way way too large to finish in December.
Obviously you don't spend enough time reading.
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Old 11-26-2010, 05:46 PM   #77
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Obviously you don't spend enough time reading.
I do. But I prefer to read something that's not an old tomb of a book that most likely won't interest me. Also, in case I don't have the time for a rather large book, I want to read something I will have the time for. And The Woman in White at 597 ePub pages may be too large.
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Old 11-26-2010, 06:18 PM   #78
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I do. But I prefer to read something that's not an old tomb of a book that most likely won't interest me.
I'm fine with that. But, you have to realize there are more people in the book club than one.

Also... the point of the book club is to read a book that you don't think would interest you, because you may be surprised. I know I have been several times already.

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Old 11-26-2010, 06:56 PM   #79
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JSWolf I'm a very new member and you're a very old one, so I don't mean to be disrespectful
However, the point of the book club is 1. To vote, then read the book chosen if you want to, not to try and steer everyone in your direction. If you want to read another one, they are all in the PD. 2. Discuss about the book, which this month was on barely more than a page globally and barely more than a line for you. Not that there's anything wrong with this, but I think you and everyone will be OK if The woman in white or The count of Monte Cristo is chosen
I voted for Great Expectations by the way.
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Old 11-26-2010, 07:49 PM   #80
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Given that this is the holiday season, it's way way way too large to finish in December.

Speak for yourself, please. I have oodles of time in December.

Some of the posts in this thread are going beyond manipulation. I hope the next poll is hidden.
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Old 11-26-2010, 09:09 PM   #81
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Oh I see it is going right along the usual lines....sheesh!
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Old 11-26-2010, 10:08 PM   #82
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I can offer enough to make it worth while.
Sweet. OK, I've cast my vote.
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Old 11-27-2010, 12:34 AM   #83
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I do. But I prefer to read something that's not an old tomb of a book that most likely won't interest me. Also, in case I don't have the time for a rather large book, I want to read something I will have the time for. And The Woman in White at 597 ePub pages may be too large.
Luckily, nobody is forced to read anything. If you don't happen to like what the majority votes for, just don't read it and instead pick up a book of your choice. Actually, nobody is even forced to participate in the Book Club at all.
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Old 11-27-2010, 01:12 AM   #84
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Luckily, nobody is forced to read anything. If you don't happen to like what the majority votes for, just don't read it and instead pick up a book of your choice. Actually, nobody is even forced to participate in the Book Club at all.
Very true, but it's still fun to participate in the voting and having an incentive to read a favorite is always cool.
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Old 11-27-2010, 02:29 AM   #85
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Great Expectations had a good start but now it seems to lag behind
Kenny cast your vote and be done with it
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Old 11-27-2010, 01:14 PM   #86
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Very true, but it's still fun to participate in the voting and having an incentive to read a favorite is always cool.
My thinking goes more along the lines of pilotbob.

Since I started to participate in the Book Club, almost all the books that were elected were books I otherwise would have never read due to genre (neither science fiction nor fantasy are part of my usual fare), and of some of the other books I had never heard before.
What happened was that I had more often then not a really good reading experience and was introduced to books and authors that I would have missed otherwise.

Books I know and like I can read on my own, outside of the Book Club.
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I am rooting for The Count of Monte Cristo simply to see if anyone has the nads to actually read it in a month. It's only around 1500 pages. Perfect time of year for the tome of tomes. That's more than combining a stack of some dictionaries together as a coffee table.
Given that this is the holiday season, it's way way way too large to finish in December.
OK, someone needs to break out the happy pills because I distinctly remember stating that as a JOKE... Talk about taking yourself too seriously...yeesh...
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Well, it's The Woman in White. You gonna read it Jon?
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Well, it's The Woman in White. You gonna read it Jon?
I do have it in ePub all ready to go. So I may give it a try. Not sure I actually have the time to finish it given what else I have partially read as well as all the other things going on.

But as for the next vote, I do think that having the poll hidden is a good idea as long as everyone doesn't go posting what was voted for until after the poll is over.
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But as for the next vote, I do think that having the poll hidden is a good idea as long as everyone doesn't go posting what was voted for until after the poll is over.
...or soliciting votes via PM
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