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I have availability problems with a few titles; sadly, as they look interesting. For the other titles readily available to me:
1 vote - Sunset Song by Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Scotland 1 vote - Resistance by Owen Sheers 1 vote - Kokoro by Natsume Sōseki I have two votes left, which I need to think about. |
06-09-2018, 12:20 AM | #17 |
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I’ll finish out my votes with one vote each to:
-Resistance -Petals of Blood |
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06-09-2018, 02:18 AM | #18 |
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I'll use my last vote for Half of a Yellow Sun.
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06-09-2018, 08:40 AM | #19 |
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I'll allocate my remaining votes to Sunset Song and Resistance.
Another great slate of books this month; I'd like to read all of them. |
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Agreed! An excellent list. I'm glad to be introduced to authors from Scotland and Wales too.
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Voting is complete and the winner is Half of a Yellow Sun!
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06-09-2018, 03:49 PM | #22 |
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I’ve been wanting to read this book ever since it was on the BBC’s list of 12 best novels of the 21st century. The length is a bit daunting for me this month but I’m going to give it my best go. Cut into weeks it’s about 125 pages a week which sounds a little less daunting.
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Same here; I've been wanting to read it for a while, but put off because of the length. Reading it for the book club gives it that last little push for me.
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Thanks for sharing the list! I've had this book on my TBR list for a very long time too. I've been slowly working through the list of Women's Prize winners. The book club is a good motivator!
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I found her two TED talks useful as background to this writer while reading the book a few years back, and also very interesting (I have just re-watched them).
Those with the TED app will know how to get to them, otherwise there are multiple sources that come to the top when Googling "Adichie TED talk". I have started rereading the book. |
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Thanks for the TED talk recommendation, AnotherCat!
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