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View Poll Results: Non-Fiction Vote • March 2016, Multiple Choice | |||
Orwell's Victory by Christopher Hitchens | 4 | 57.14% | |
In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick | 5 | 71.43% | |
A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare: 1599 by James Shapiro | 3 | 42.86% | |
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03-05-2016, 10:17 PM | #1 |
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Non-Fiction Vote • March 2016
Help choose the March 2016 selection to read for the MR Literary Club!
Select from the following works: Orwell's Victory by Christopher Hitchens Spoiler:
In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick Spoiler:
A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare: 1599 by James Shapiro Spoiler:
* The poll will be open for three days and a discussion thread will begin shortly after a winner is chosen. The vote is multiple choice. You may vote for as many or as few as you like. If you vote for the winner it is hoped that you will read the selection with the club and join in the discussion. Bonus votes: Spoiler:
In the event of a tie, there will be a one-day single-choice run-off poll. If the run-off also ends in a tie, then the tie will be resolved in favour of the selection that received all of its initial nominations first. |
03-06-2016, 03:56 AM | #2 |
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Tough choice! I ended up voting for the first two as I would have to purchase the one on Shakespeare, but that was my only reason not to vote for it, and it isn't ruinous.
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03-08-2016, 10:21 PM | #3 |
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In the Heart of the Sea it is! I'll have the discussion thread up within a day.
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03-09-2016, 07:46 AM | #4 |
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Looking forward to it - just ordered it from my library.
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03-10-2016, 06:58 AM | #5 |
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I have my Kindle copy now. I anticipate an enjoyable and informative read .
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03-10-2016, 12:19 PM | #6 |
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Got my library copy too. Plan to start it over the weekend.
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03-10-2016, 04:28 PM | #7 |
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I'm on the wait list at the library, so I fear I will be late to the party - why are so many people requesting a title published in 2001
I just received "Why Orwell Matters" which looks very good, so I'll amuse myself with that while I'm waiting. I'm looking forward to reading Philbrick's book. I've read several of his other books, and found his prose very readable. |
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1390411/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 I read Mayflower when it was published in hardcover. |
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03-11-2016, 07:22 AM | #9 | |
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