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Old 04-02-2017, 08:55 AM   #1
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bfisher Vote • April 2017

Help us select what the MR Literary Club will read in April 2017!

The options this month are courtesy of our rotating nominator, bfisher.


Voting will run for four days. The vote will close exactly four days from this post; even if the final tally doesn't occur immediately after voting closes, no votes made after that time will count.

Votes will be made by post. Each person has SIX votes to use.

You may give each nominee one or two (or no) votes. You may vote all at once in one post or vote in separate posts at different times, so long as you have more votes remaining to cast. You may use any number of your possible votes up to the maximum. Any extraneous votes per person (past their maximum or more than two for one nominee) won't count. Votes cannot be changed once they are cast.

The rotating nominator may not vote. Once voting is complete, the count will be tallied and a winner declared. In the event of a tie, there will be a one-day run-off vote, also in this thread. If the run-off also ends in a tie, then the tie will be resolved by the nominator.

We hope that you will read the selection with the club and join in the discussion.


The floor is now open!

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Voting is closed. Final results-
  • Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont by Elizabeth Taylor
    Post / Goodreads / 213 Pages / Votes- 4

  • The Cat's Table by Michael Ondaatje
    Post / Goodreads / 300 Pages / Votes- 7

  • Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner
    Post / Goodreads / 236 Pages / Votes- 5

  • In the Country of Men by Hisham Matar
    Post / Goodreads / 254 Pages / Votes- 1

  • Burmese Days by George Orwell
    Post / Goodreads / 291 Pages / Votes- 9

  • And the Birds Rained Down by Jocelyne Saucier
    Post / Goodreads / 166 Pages / Votes- 5

  • The Radetzky March by Joseph Roth
    Post / Goodreads / 344 Pages / Votes- 7

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Old 04-02-2017, 09:22 AM   #2
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2 votes to Lolly Willowes
2 votes to Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
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Old 04-02-2017, 09:39 AM   #3
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2 votes to Lolly Willowes
2 votes to Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
2 votes to The Radetzky March
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Old 04-02-2017, 02:56 PM   #4
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These are all excellent choices. Thanks, bfisher!

2 votes to The Cat's Table
2 votes to And the Birds Rained Down
1 vote to Lolly Willowes
1 vote to The Radetzky March
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Old 04-03-2017, 08:38 AM   #5
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Business is brisk!

2 votes for The Cat's Table
2 votes for Burmese Days
1 vote for And the Birds Rained Down
1 vote for The Radetzky March

Thanks bfisher - a really interesting list.
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Old 04-03-2017, 01:23 PM   #6
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2 votes to The Radetzky March
2 votes to Burmese Days
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Old 04-03-2017, 04:55 PM   #7
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I am goin' to vote this time 'cos we have piles of reading time as we sit anchored in a remote sheltered bay while the remnants of Bookpossum's ex cyclone "Debbie" passes over us. So:

2 votes to Burmese Days
2 votes to The Cat's Table

Due to Burmese Days being on my reading list already, and our 2 ship's cats on board with us are always demanding access to The Cat's Table :-).
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Old 04-04-2017, 04:05 AM   #8
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Sorry about the cyclone AnotherCat. Fortunately it was nowhere near us.
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I want to give
- one vote to: Ondaatje, Matar, Roth, Orwell
- two votes to: Saucier

Thanks for your interesting suggestions.
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I'll give 2 votes to Burmese Days.
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Voting is now closed and the winner is Burmese Days by George Orwell! Bookpossum will have the discussion thread up soon.
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