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| Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood |
   
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5 | 55.56% |
| Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay |
  
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4 | 44.44% |
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10-13-2018, 10:17 PM
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I'm gonna have to sit this one out. I am getting about 10 cases a week and cant keep up until I find my routine!
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10-14-2018, 02:36 AM
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That’s a big load - good luck with it.
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10-14-2018, 08:30 AM
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Another tie which I'm breaking with a vote for Alias Grace and I've altered the votes accordingly.
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10-14-2018, 10:15 AM
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So it's Alias Grace. I voted for both options in the original poll but with a slight preference for this one, so I'm happy.
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10-14-2018, 05:12 PM
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OK then--so now I get to worry that everyone will hate the book and it will be ALL MY FAULT. Eeek!
In other news, I just finished The House on the Strand, so I'm all ready for the discussion tomorrow. |
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10-14-2018, 09:28 PM
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Phew. Now I feel free to say that I am very happy with the outcome. I really didn't like Picnic at Hanging Rock, and really didn't want to read it again.
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10-18-2018, 03:32 PM
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I feel really bad that I've missed nominating and voting for my own theme. I'm happy with the final choice, though, and promise to read and report
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10-18-2018, 03:39 PM
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I had also considered Gone Girl, but actually there is something about Flynn's books that I find vaguely unpleasant - perhaps that her characters have few if any redeeming qualities. I also love The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks, but that's a really polarising book. Some people (like myself, who has a personalised signed copy from the great man himself) love it, others really dislike it. |
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I liked Gone Girl well enough, but I don't understand why it became a phenomenon. I preferred both Sharp Objects and Dark Places. |
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10-20-2018, 08:21 PM
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I ran across a very favorable review from earlier this year in the New Yorker of the Amazon Prime miniseries of Picnic at Hanging Rock.
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