Literary Drawing on a Nation's Culture • November 2020 - Page 2

sun surfer · 11-07-2020, 11:22 PM

The vote should be up within a half day or so; until then the nominations will remain open.

The other book I was deciding between for my last nomination was The Lion of Ireland by Morgan Llywelyn which is an historical classic about Brian Boru, the Irish king who united the entire isle during a barbaric but golden era in the 10th century and helped fend off the Vikings (my description here liberally takes from the Goodreads description). There is a lot of legend and hefty doses of fiction but it is based on the real man.

Bookworm_Girl · 11-08-2020, 12:11 AM

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Originally Posted by sun surfer

Well that settles it! I couldn't decide between three for my last nomination, and one of them was Frank Delaney's Ireland so now that one's out of consideration at least.

I wanted to nominate Ireland. One of my English friends recommended it. However, it’s quite long and also seemed to have limited availability in ebook format globally. So, I decided to stick with the author choice and select one of his other books.

sun surfer · 11-08-2020, 12:54 PM

The length was also what was giving me pause on it. Tipperary looks just as interesting though.

sun surfer · 11-08-2020, 01:08 PM

Nominations are complete and voting is now open!

Voting will close exactly four days from this post.

Each person has EIGHT votes to use.

AnotherCat · 11-08-2020, 04:41 PM

The Mabinogion was on my tablet waiting to be read in the near future, Frank Delaney's Ireland novels were already in my sights for reading sometime soon and ...Huckleberry Finn I have been trying to get back to (for the third or forth time

) so they are easy picks for me. Kintu looks interesting and well regarded so:

2 - Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
2 - Tipperary
2 - The Mabinogion
2 - Kinto

Bookworm_Girl · 11-08-2020, 09:08 PM

I will start with these votes.

Tipperary - 1
I Heard the Owl Call My Name - 1
Kintu - 1
The Mabinogion - 1
The Painted Drum by Louise Erdrich - 1

sun surfer · 11-10-2020, 12:04 PM

It's a great selection and as usual I'll be happy with any of them winning. The range of years is really diverse, but it's interesting that two were written two years apart (2005 & 2007), two one year apart (1967 & 1968), and two the same year (1884). Anyway, my votes are one each for:

-The Mabinogion
-Tipperary
-I Heard the Owl Call My Name
-Kintu
-At the Sign of the Cat and Racket
-Ramona
-The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
-The Painted Drum

astrangerhere · 11-10-2020, 02:09 PM

I'll toss in for

Momaday
Erdich
Makumbi

sun surfer · 11-10-2020, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by astrangerhere

I'll toss in for

Momaday
Erdich
Makumbi

Do you want to give one or two votes to each of these?

astrangerhere · 11-10-2020, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by sun surfer

Do you want to give one or two votes to each of these?

Two. Sorry, I forget we do numbers.

sun surfer · 11-10-2020, 10:28 PM

No problem!

sun surfer · 11-12-2020, 09:48 PM

Voting is complete and the winner is Kintu!

I'll have the discussion thread up soon.

Bookworm_Girl · 11-13-2020, 12:03 AM

Sound good! I just borrowed the book from the library. I think in this case I might read the introduction first in order to understand more about Uganda.

sun surfer · 11-13-2020, 12:10 AM

This is a bit longer one so I’m going to try to get cracking on it soon. On quick glance it seems there is no audiobook so, after so many months of listening to our selections on audio, this may be the second month in a row I’m reading the ebook instead.

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11-07-2020, 11:22 PM	#16
sun surfer languorous autodidact ✦ Posts: 4,235 Karma: 44637926 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: smiling with the rising sun Device: onyx boox poke 2 colour, kindle voyage	The vote should be up within a half day or so; until then the nominations will remain open. The other book I was deciding between for my last nomination was The Lion of Ireland by Morgan Llywelyn which is an historical classic about Brian Boru, the Irish king who united the entire isle during a barbaric but golden era in the 10th century and helped fend off the Vikings (my description here liberally takes from the Goodreads description). There is a lot of legend and hefty doses of fiction but it is based on the real man.

11-08-2020, 12:54 PM	#18
sun surfer languorous autodidact ✦ Posts: 4,235 Karma: 44637926 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: smiling with the rising sun Device: onyx boox poke 2 colour, kindle voyage	The length was also what was giving me pause on it. Tipperary looks just as interesting though.

11-08-2020, 01:08 PM	#19
sun surfer languorous autodidact ✦ Posts: 4,235 Karma: 44637926 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: smiling with the rising sun Device: onyx boox poke 2 colour, kindle voyage	Nominations are complete and voting is now open! Voting will close exactly four days from this post. Each person has EIGHT votes to use.

11-08-2020, 04:41 PM	#20
AnotherCat .... Posts: 1,547 Karma: 18068960 Join Date: May 2012 Device: ....	The Mabinogion was on my tablet waiting to be read in the near future, Frank Delaney's Ireland novels were already in my sights for reading sometime soon and ...Huckleberry Finn I have been trying to get back to (for the third or forth time ) so they are easy picks for me. Kintu looks interesting and well regarded so: 2 - Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 2 - Tipperary 2 - The Mabinogion 2 - Kinto

11-08-2020, 09:08 PM	#21
Bookworm_Girl E-reader Enthusiast Posts: 4,871 Karma: 36507503 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Southwest, USA Device: Kindle Oasis 3; Kobo Aura One; iPad Mini 5	I will start with these votes. Tipperary - 1 I Heard the Owl Call My Name - 1 Kintu - 1 The Mabinogion - 1 The Painted Drum by Louise Erdrich - 1

11-10-2020, 12:04 PM	#22
sun surfer languorous autodidact ✦ Posts: 4,235 Karma: 44637926 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: smiling with the rising sun Device: onyx boox poke 2 colour, kindle voyage	It's a great selection and as usual I'll be happy with any of them winning. The range of years is really diverse, but it's interesting that two were written two years apart (2005 & 2007), two one year apart (1967 & 1968), and two the same year (1884). Anyway, my votes are one each for: -The Mabinogion -Tipperary -I Heard the Owl Call My Name -Kintu -At the Sign of the Cat and Racket -Ramona -The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn -The Painted Drum

11-10-2020, 02:09 PM	#23
astrangerhere Professor of Law Posts: 3,640 Karma: 65925980 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Chapel Hill, NC Device: Kobo Elipsa, Kobo Libra H20, Kobo Aura One, KoboMini	I'll toss in for Momaday Erdich Makumbi

11-10-2020, 10:28 PM	#26
sun surfer languorous autodidact ✦ Posts: 4,235 Karma: 44637926 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: smiling with the rising sun Device: onyx boox poke 2 colour, kindle voyage	No problem!

11-12-2020, 09:48 PM	#27
sun surfer languorous autodidact ✦ Posts: 4,235 Karma: 44637926 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: smiling with the rising sun Device: onyx boox poke 2 colour, kindle voyage	Voting is complete and the winner is Kintu! I'll have the discussion thread up soon.

11-13-2020, 12:03 AM	#28
Bookworm_Girl E-reader Enthusiast Posts: 4,871 Karma: 36507503 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Southwest, USA Device: Kindle Oasis 3; Kobo Aura One; iPad Mini 5	Sound good! I just borrowed the book from the library. I think in this case I might read the introduction first in order to understand more about Uganda.

11-13-2020, 12:10 AM	#29
sun surfer languorous autodidact ✦ Posts: 4,235 Karma: 44637926 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: smiling with the rising sun Device: onyx boox poke 2 colour, kindle voyage	This is a bit longer one so I’m going to try to get cracking on it soon. On quick glance it seems there is no audiobook so, after so many months of listening to our selections on audio, this may be the second month in a row I’m reading the ebook instead.