Literary Open Run-Off • December 2012

sun surfer · 12-06-2012, 11:06 AM

Help us choose the December 2012 selection to read for the MR Literary Club! The run-off poll will be open for one day.

The run-off vote is single-choice. A discussion thread will begin shortly after a winner is chosen.

In the event of a tie, the tie will be resolved in favour of the selection that received all of its initial nominations first.

Select from the following works:

Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

Spoiler:

Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks

Spoiler:

sun surfer · 12-06-2012, 11:10 AM

Woops, there's no poll!

*We are experiencing technical difficulties - Please Stand By*

issybird · 12-06-2012, 11:13 AM

And two threads!

sun surfer · 12-06-2012, 11:23 AM

Think of this thread as a "test run". Here is the link to the "real" Open Run-Off for December 2012.

Who needs to select "yes" to creating a poll when making a thread anyway? Oh, that's right, I do.

12-06-2012, 11:06 AM	#1
sun surfer languorous autodidact ✦ Posts: 4,235 Karma: 44667380 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: smiling with the rising sun Device: onyx boox poke 2 colour, kindle voyage	Open Run-Off • December 2012 Help us choose the December 2012 selection to read for the MR Literary Club! The run-off poll will be open for one day. The run-off vote is single-choice. A discussion thread will begin shortly after a winner is chosen. In the event of a tie, the tie will be resolved in favour of the selection that received all of its initial nominations first. Select from the following works: Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami Spoiler: The novel that raised Haruki Murakami to literary superstardom ranges across the seasons, but the heart of its meaning is found in winter. When 30-something Toru Watanabe hears a fragment of the titular Beatles track after a long airplane flight, his memories are returned to his days as a young student and his love affair with the beautiful but damaged Naoko. from UK Guardian. Kindle edition at Amazon Nook edition at Barnes & Noble EPUB at Sony Reader Store Ebook at Kobo Kindle or EPUB at Free Library of Philadelphia Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks Spoiler: When an infected bolt of cloth carries plague from London to an isolated village, a housemaid named Anna Frith emerges as an unlikely heroine and healer. Through Anna's eyes we follow the story of the fateful year of 1666, as she and her fellow villagers confront the spread of disease and superstition. As death reaches into every household and villagers turn from prayers to murderous witch-hunting, Anna must find the strength to confront the disintegration of her community and the lure of illicit love. As she struggles to survive and grow, a year of catastrophe becomes instead annus mirabilis, a "year of wonders." Inspired by the true story of Eyam, a village in the rugged hill country of England, Year of Wonders is a richly detailed evocation of a singular moment in history. Written with stunning emotional intelligence and introducing "an inspiring heroine" (The Wall Street Journal), Brooks blends love and learning, loss and renewal into a spellbinding and unforgettable read. Amazon (US) Amazon (UK) B&N (US) Kobo Found also in many e-libraries through overdrive and is fulfilled in epub and even in Kindle format (for applicable regions/libraries). Even Australia hasn't missed out.

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12-06-2012, 11:10 AM	#2
sun surfer languorous autodidact ✦ Posts: 4,235 Karma: 44667380 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: smiling with the rising sun Device: onyx boox poke 2 colour, kindle voyage	Woops, there's no poll! We are experiencing technical difficulties - Please Stand By

12-06-2012, 11:13 AM	#3
issybird o saeclum infacetum Posts: 21,330 Karma: 234636059 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New England Device: Mini, H2O, Glo HD, Aura One, PW4, PW5	And two threads!

12-06-2012, 11:23 AM	#4
sun surfer languorous autodidact ✦ Posts: 4,235 Karma: 44667380 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: smiling with the rising sun Device: onyx boox poke 2 colour, kindle voyage	Think of this thread as a "test run". Here is the link to the "real" Open Run-Off for December 2012. Who needs to select "yes" to creating a poll when making a thread anyway? Oh, that's right, I do.

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