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WT Sharpe ... This one's for you!
I'll nominate yet another book that's sure to please... Let's have a round of applause for...The Book of Fate by Brad Meltzer. Reading the description may make you want to read it now instead of waiting for it to win. Quote:
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07-28-2011, 02:07 PM | #33 |
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Too bad Life of Pi wasn't about the actual number. I would have nominated that.
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07-28-2011, 02:10 PM | #35 |
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I'm nominating The Help by Kathryn Stockett.
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Thirding Ask the Dusk.
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I nominate Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh.
It is World War II and Captain Charles Ryder reflects upon his time at Oxford during the '20s and a world now changed. As a lonely student, Charles was captivated by the outrageous and decadent Sebastien Flyte, and invited to spend time at the family home: Brideshead. Charles becomes infatuated with its eccentric, aristocratic occupants, especially Sebastien's remote and distant sister, Julia. However, he begins to realise his own spiritual and social distance, and in turn discovers a crueler world, where duty and desire, faith and happiness can only ever be conflicting forces. |
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Second Brideshead; that would be a really fun book to discuss.
ETA: One interesting aspect is that different editions are in print in the UK and the USA. Waugh did a major rewrite on the book around 1960; that is the edition that's in print in the UK. In the USA, the (superior, IMO) original edition is in print. The revised edition was never published here. Last edited by issybird; 07-28-2011 at 02:56 PM. |
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I will 2nd The Help. The trailer for the movie made me look for the book which has been on both my TBR & Wish List for a few weeks now.
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I nominate Shōgun by James Clavell.
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Life of Pi by Yann Marte [VioletVal, WT Sharpe, VioletVal] is that correct? If it is not correct I will use the vote you gave me back to third Life of Pi. If Life of Pi has been actually thirded, I will hold my vote for the time being Last edited by beppe; 07-28-2011 at 04:09 PM. |
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I nominate D'artagnan romances volume 2
I just finished the first volume and (As usual) Dumas did a great job |
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