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View Poll Results: May 2011 Mobile Read Book Club Vote | |||
1984 by George Orwell | 22 | 24.72% | |
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde | 4 | 4.49% | |
Call of the Wild by Jack London | 6 | 6.74% | |
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy | 23 | 25.84% | |
Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc by Mark Twain | 4 | 4.49% | |
War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells | 7 | 7.87% | |
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra | 4 | 4.49% | |
Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey | 8 | 8.99% | |
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton | 7 | 7.87% | |
The Diary of a Nobody by George Grossmith and Weedon Grossmith | 4 | 4.49% | |
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04-25-2011, 04:41 AM | #76 |
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Zane Grey doesn't have a chance of winning, though . Guess I'll just have to read it anyway . And I've just realised it's free on Amazon
It is absurd, and funny - a classic situation of the protagonist not being able to see himself as others do. It's also short and an easy read, and surprisingly contemporary considering when it was written. Last edited by orlok; 04-25-2011 at 04:47 AM. |
04-25-2011, 09:32 AM | #77 |
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Voted 1984. Haven't read it since High school. Good reason to re-read. Anna karenina looks good as well.
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04-25-2011, 10:20 AM | #78 |
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04-25-2011, 10:22 AM | #79 |
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After I finish Hal Spacejock today, I'll grab The War of the Worlds that HarryT put up, fix it to my specs, load it on my 650 and give it a go. Not 100% sure if it will be the next book or the book after that.
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04-25-2011, 10:51 AM | #80 |
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I decided to load up 1984 into my reader whether it wins or not. It's about bloody time I read that thing.
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04-25-2011, 11:06 AM | #81 |
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Did someone here say they read War of the Worlds in a day? If so, I'm just about done with Hunger Games.... I may read it next if it can be read that quickly.
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amazon lists it as 138 http://www.amazon.com/War-Worlds-H-G...3744785&sr=1-1 I have read many H. G. Wells books War of the Worlds was the most boring, it just could not hold my interest |
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04-25-2011, 11:31 AM | #85 |
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04-25-2011, 11:38 AM | #86 |
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You can definitely read War of the Worlds in a couple of hours. I nearly finished it last night i 2 hrs.
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04-25-2011, 11:49 AM | #87 |
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My plan:
If Anna "officially" wins (soon), I will start it right away, as I need the extra time. If 1984 wins, I will finish my current book, read War of the Worlds, and then decide where to go from there; saving Anna for this summer. If any other title wins I will wonder how in the world that happened start reading it as soon as I'm done with my current book; again, saving Anna for this summer. Last edited by Nyssa; 04-25-2011 at 12:12 PM. |
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04-25-2011, 12:26 PM | #89 |
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No, no, it's SF with martians and hobbits and spaceships and russians
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04-25-2011, 12:27 PM | #90 |
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And it's IN THE LEAD! YEA!!!!
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