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View Poll Results: The MobileRead Literary Book Club June 2011 Run-Off Vote | |||
On The Beach by Nevil Shute | 12 | 35.29% | |
The Master And Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov | 22 | 64.71% | |
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06-02-2011, 05:51 PM | #46 | |
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Excellent. Exactly what one needs. |
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06-02-2011, 06:30 PM | #47 |
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I've just started reading M&M - have no idea where it's taking me - but it's keeping my interest.
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06-02-2011, 06:55 PM | #48 |
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06-02-2011, 07:50 PM | #49 |
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06-02-2011, 09:00 PM | #50 |
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The introduction is 12 pages long! I got bored with it after 5. I'm moving on to the story now. I'm hoping I'll enjoy the story enough to make me want to go back to the into.
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06-02-2011, 11:08 PM | #51 |
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Now 14 chapters in and I still don't really understand what's going on. But... The writing is amazingly good and my only advice would be to try and stick with it. And look at some of the links provided by Ea and Hoyt Clagwell. I have a better understanding of some the allusions and references because of them.
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06-03-2011, 12:49 AM | #52 |
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Hey, i just came across this and registered to participate! What an excellent idea!
Just got the book, going to start reading! |
06-03-2011, 01:33 AM | #53 |
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06-03-2011, 07:03 AM | #54 |
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I don't know either book, and what their like, so purely on Title Appeal I vote for "On the Beach" ... Unless we can sneak 1948 in as a suprise entry !!!
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06-03-2011, 07:12 AM | #55 |
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Kevin, the vote ended two days ago We're in full swing reading "The Master and Margerita", which we'll start to discuss on the 17th june.
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06-03-2011, 12:58 PM | #58 |
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I gave up on the introduction, too. It's probably more intersting once one have read the book. The book itself is great. Yesterday I read four chapters and I can't wait to find out what will happen next (been busy all day).
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06-03-2011, 02:34 PM | #59 | |
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Bulgakov started as a play writer, a man of theater. It shows in how he introduces the characters, visually. Great descriptions of key elements. The development of the novel, that in its completed form is complex, was rather simple in its founding. |
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