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sun surfer · 01-01-2019, 12:31 PM

I hope all of you rang in the new year well.

Now, help select our first read of 2019!

The topic is A Touch of the Poetic.

January was our Poetry month for years and this is something of an homage, though a distinct new topic in its own right. This can be novels with some poetic element or atmosphere about them, or with poetry or a poet as an element or theme, or with poet, poetry or poetic in the title, or however else one may interpret the topic, and of course actual poetry is an option too.

Detailed nominating and voting guidelines can be found here. Basically, nominations are open for about four days and each person may nominate up to three literary selections which will go automatically to the vote. Voting by post then opens for four days, and a voter may give each nomination either one or two votes but only has a limited number of votes to use which is equal to the number of nominations minus one. Any questions, feel free to ask.

We hope that you will read the selection with us and join in the discussion.

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Nominations are complete. Initial voting is complete. Run-off voting is complete. Final results-

The Taste of Words: An Introduction to Urdu Poetry
Post . Goodreads .... 312 Pages . Votes 3 . Run-off - ... 2014 . India, Pakistan & Elsewhere
Selected Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Post . Goodreads . Varied Pages . Votes 4 . Run-off - . c.1882 . The U.S.
The Poetry of Pablo Neruda
Post . Goodreads .. 1,040 Pages . Votes 1 . Run-off - ... 1974 . Chile
Goblin Market and Other Poems by Christina Rossetti
Post . Goodreads ..... 89 Pages . Votes 6 . Run-off 3 ... 1862 . England
Don Juan by Lord Byron
Post . Goodreads .... 584 Pages . Votes 5 . Run-off - ... 1819 . England
Idylls of the King by Alfred Tennyson
Post . Goodreads .... 350 Pages . Votes 6 . Run-off 2 ... 1885 . England
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Post . Goodreads ..... 96 Pages . Votes 5 . Run-off - ... 1798 . England
The Notebook by Ágota Kristóf
Post . Goodreads .... 180 Pages . Votes 3 . Run-off - ... 1986 . Hungary & Switzerland
Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa
Post . Goodreads .... 216 Pages . Votes 4 . Run-off - ... 2013 . Japan
A Month in the Country by J.L. Carr
Post . Goodreads ..... 93 Pages . Votes 1 . Run-off - ... 1980 . England

01-01-2019, 12:31 PM	#1
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	A Touch of the Poetic • January 2019 I hope all of you rang in the new year well. Now, help select our first read of 2019! The topic is A Touch of the Poetic. January was our Poetry month for years and this is something of an homage, though a distinct new topic in its own right. This can be novels with some poetic element or atmosphere about them, or with poetry or a poet as an element or theme, or with poet, poetry or poetic in the title, or however else one may interpret the topic, and of course actual poetry is an option too. Detailed nominating and voting guidelines can be found here. Basically, nominations are open for about four days and each person may nominate up to three literary selections which will go automatically to the vote. Voting by post then opens for four days, and a voter may give each nomination either one or two votes but only has a limited number of votes to use which is equal to the number of nominations minus one. Any questions, feel free to ask. We hope that you will read the selection with us and join in the discussion. * Nominations are complete. Initial voting is complete. Run-off voting is complete. Final results- *The Taste of Words: An Introduction to Urdu Poetry* Post . Goodreads .... 312 Pages . Votes 3 . Run-off - ... 2014 . India, Pakistan & Elsewhere *Selected Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow* Post . Goodreads . Varied Pages . Votes 4 . Run-off - . c.1882 . The U.S. *The Poetry of Pablo Neruda* Post . Goodreads .. 1,040 Pages . Votes 1 . Run-off - ... 1974 . Chile Goblin Market and Other Poems by Christina Rossetti Post . Goodreads ..... 89 Pages . Votes 6 . Run-off 3 ... 1862 . England *Don Juan* by Lord Byron Post . Goodreads .... 584 Pages . Votes 5 . Run-off - ... 1819 . England *Idylls of the King* by Alfred Tennyson Post . Goodreads .... 350 Pages . Votes 6 . Run-off 2 ... 1885 . England *The Rime of the Ancient Mariner* by Samuel Taylor Coleridge Post . Goodreads ..... 96 Pages . Votes 5 . Run-off - ... 1798 . England *The Notebook* by Ágota Kristóf Post . Goodreads .... 180 Pages . Votes 3 . Run-off - ... 1986 . Hungary & Switzerland *Sweet Bean Paste* by Durian Sukegawa Post . Goodreads .... 216 Pages . Votes 4 . Run-off - ... 2013 . Japan *A Month in the Country* by J.L. Carr Post . Goodreads ..... 93 Pages . Votes 1 . Run-off - ... 1980 . England Last edited by sun surfer; 01-12-2019 at 10:57 AM.