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View Poll Results: Which book shall we read to celebrate Banned Book Week? | |||
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway |
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14 | 26.92% |
Complete Works of Sappho (Delphi Ancient Classics) by Sappho of Lesbos |
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12 | 23.08% |
Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen |
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9 | 17.31% |
The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie |
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22 | 42.31% |
Lady Chatterly's Lover by D.H. Lawrence |
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10 | 19.23% |
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston |
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11 | 21.15% |
No Orchids for Miss Blandish by James Hadley Chase |
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14 | 26.92% |
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes |
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15 | 28.85% |
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck |
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19 | 36.54% |
Fade by Robert Cormier |
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11 | 21.15% |
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 52. You may not vote on this poll |
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Bah, humbug!
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September Book Club Vote
![]() Help us choose a book as the September 2013 eBook for the MobileRead Book Club. The poll will be open for 5 days. There will be no runoff vote unless the voting results a tie, in which case there will be a 3 day run-off poll. This is a visible poll: others can see how you voted. It is multiple-choice: you may cast a vote for each book that appeals to you. We will start the discussion thread for this book on September 20th. Select from the following Official Choices with three nominations each: • A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway Amazon US / Barnes & Noble / Kobo Spoiler:
• Complete Works of Sappho (Delphi Ancient Classics) by Sappho of Lesbos (Author), Peter Russell (Translator) Amazon UK / Amazon US / Apple Store / Delphi Classics Spoiler:
• Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen Patricia Clark Memorial Library: lrf Spoiler:
• The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie Amazon UK / Amazon US / Barnes & Noble / Kobo / Sony (Also available on Overdrive.) Spoiler:
• Lady Chatterly's Lover by D.H. Lawrence ePub and Kindle Links at bottom of page Spoiler:
• Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston Amazon UK / Amazon US / Barnes & Noble / Kobo / Sony (Also available on Overdrive.) Spoiler:
• No Orchids for Miss Blandish by James Hadley Chase Amazon UK / Amazon US / Barnes & Noble / Kobo Spoiler:
• Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes Amazon UK / Amazon US / B&N (US) / Google Play (AUS) Spoiler:
• The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck No links provided. Spoiler:
• Fade by Robert Cormier Amazon US / Barnes & Noble / Google / Kobo Spoiler:
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Fade was the only one that interested me this month so I went ahead and borrowed LA Library's only copy. I plan on reading it even if it doesn't win.
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I voted for exactly half of them.
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This seems to be an interesting list.
I read a few of the books when I was 12 or so: Lady Chatterly's lover was, together with books as Nana by Emile Zola, on the not-to-be-read-at your age- list, so I read it and it disappointed me then. Much ado about nothing I thought…well…perhaps it's time for another try, but not now. Andersen, of course is a classic; I wept bitter tears about the fate of the Little Match Girl. The same fate for the Farewell to arms and the Grapes of Wrath that I read at an early, perhaps too impressionable age. So, I think I will be voting, as Issybird and W.T.Sharp, for half of the list. The ones I don't know or was also on that above mentioned list (Sappho, which I couldn't find at the time). Ahem. ![]() |
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Bah, humbug!
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Whether it wins or loses, I just plunked down the $1.99 for the Delphi Ancient Classics edition of the Complete Works of Sappho at Amazon and will be reading it this month. That isn't to say that I won't be reading the winning selection if it isn't the Sappho, but at only 136 pages, I don't see it as taking a major bite out of my time, even if it is poetry.
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The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠
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Wow - it's a close race. Six titles in joint second place at the moment, just one vote behind the leader!
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For some reason I didn't think The Satanic Verses would do well, but obviously my instincts were not worth much for this vote.
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Flowers For Algernon first appeared as a very fine short story and many think that the shorter piece is more powerful than the novel. Whatever your opinion, it is worth reading.
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Challenged/Banned Info: Flowers for Algernon Banned in Emporium, PA, due to sexually explicit passages that parents feared would awaken their children’s “natural impulses.” 1977 Challenged in Oberlin, OH, due to sexually explicit passages. 1984 Banned in Glen Rose, AR, due to language and sexually explicit passages. Objectors compared Flowers for Algernon to “books in plastic covers you see at newsstands.” 1981 Challenged in Glenrock, WY for sexually explicit passages and language. Objector compared the novel to Playboy and Hustler among other, um, photo-centric publications. 1984 Challenged in Plant City, FL, (and Arizona, Virginia, and Georgia) for sexually explicit passages, adult themes, and profanity. 1976, 1981, 1996, 1997 Banned from Aledo (Texas) Middle School, subsequently re-shelved at the school library, but not reinstated into the curriculum. (1999) Frequently challenged due to objections to “sexually explicit” content. Ranks no. 47 on ALA’s 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000. Full link at: http://suvudu.com/2008/10/challenged...-algernon.html |
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Difficult choices indeed. I'm finding the whole challenged thing sad instead of interesting. Hemingway and Steinbeck are both high on my lists of authors to read more by, but Hemingway isn't interesting me on this one. I think I'd rather read The Sun Also Rises by him. I'm tossed on the Rushdie entry.
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3 out of 4 that I voted for are equal leaders at the moment. Looking interesting.
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Wow, overnight the Joad family saga that seemed out of it roared back into contention. Great, great book but I have read it so many times already. That and one read of Flowers for Algernon (and seeing the film version) was enough for that. Go Satanic Verses!
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