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View Poll Results: Which book is your choice for the Travel/Adventure run off? | |||
West with the Night by Beryl Markham |
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14 | 51.85% |
Lost Horizon by James Hilton |
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13 | 48.15% |
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Bah, humbug!
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March 2015 Special Run-Off Vote
![]() We will start the discussion thread for this book on January March 20th. Please select from the following Two Choices: • West with the Night by Beryl Markham Amazon US / Audible / Kobo Spoiler:
• Lost Horizon by James Hilton Goodreads | Amazon Au / Amazon Ca / Amazon US / Kobo Spoiler:
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January 20th? Isn't that a bit of a wait WTSharpe? Don't you mean some time sooner?
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Bah, humbug!
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March 2015 Special Run-Off Vote
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All is right with the world, now. Actually, I had the post right before I posted it, but cutting and pasting—one of the simplest operations imaginable on a PC—can be a nightmare on an iPad. Want to listen to music? watch a movie? play video games? Get an iPad. Want to get some real work done? Get a PC. My next iPad will be a Surface Pro.
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Also, Mr. Sharpe, what is a "tree two-way tie"?
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Elks win third straight!
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Still tied!
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I hope I don't have to end up being the tie-breaker. I'd be bound to make some people mad. For what it's worth, these are my two favorites of the month, and I'm not sure at this point which way I'll vote if my vote is needed. Both look to be fine choices.
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I think the telling difference for me is that one is fictional, and the other not. Neither, of course, is about any place that exists today, but certainly there are still aspects of Africa that are very much like Beryl's Africa.
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i Think Shangri-la would be anice place to live. No worries about violence, no illness, and an extended lifespan. Plenty of time to read a lot of good books, etc.
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I can't make up my mind. I would rather read one of them but the other one is still interesting and would be much easier to get. Right now I am leaning towards not voting and hoping my vote becomes moot.
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Elks win third straight!
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At this point, with the vote being so close, I think that whoever hasn't voted yet should first look at the vote, and then vote for the one that is trailing - ideally, resulting in a tie, and forcing Tom to vote.
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