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Vote for the June Book of the Month

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Which book do you want to be the June book of the month?

Poll ended at 25 May 2008, 23:13

The Sound of One Hand Clapping by Richard Flanagan
1
5%
The Stranger by Albert Camus
3
14%
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
8
36%
The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolano
1
5%
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
3
14%
The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
5
23%
Infidel by Ayaan Hirsh-Ali
1
5%
 
Total votes : 22

Vote for the June Book of the Month

Post Number:#1  Postby Scott » 18 May 2008, 23:13

You can use this thread to vote for the June book of the month. The poll will be open for 7 days. The book that gets the most votes will be the June book of the month. Here are the nominations:

The Sound of One Hand Clapping by Richard Flanagan

The Stranger by Albert Camus

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolano

Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell

The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux

Infidel by Ayaan Hirsh-Ali

Thanks,
Scott
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Post Number:#2  Postby Dori » 19 May 2008, 16:59

Hmmm...a four-way tie. :?
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Post Number:#3  Postby IanBookMan » 20 May 2008, 14:14

great selection - tough to pick one
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Post Number:#4  Postby feelyou » 20 May 2008, 16:17

im with The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
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Post Number:#5  Postby spring » 21 May 2008, 04:09

I voted "The Phantom of the Opera" by Gaston Leroux ...that is what I felt right . However, is any criteria we should choose by?
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Post Number:#6  Postby Shaybo » 21 May 2008, 13:36

spring wrote:I voted "The Phantom of the Opera" by Gaston Leroux ...that is what I felt right . However, is any criteria we should choose by?
Spring I voted for "The Phantom of the Opera" as well. Because I have the book.
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Post Number:#7  Postby dawn » 22 May 2008, 19:57

I vote for The Sound of One Hand Clapping
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Post Number:#8  Postby spring » 23 May 2008, 11:15

ok , now I've understood why we vote here , the winning book would be the book we should read together and discuss afterwards, right ?
Initially , I thought we must vote which book we consider the best from those on the poll .
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Post Number:#9  Postby Shaybo » 30 May 2008, 15:23

Have we decided on what book we'll be reading yet? :?:
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Post Number:#10  Postby sleepydumpling » 31 May 2008, 04:30

I figured it would be Huckleberry Finn.
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Post Number:#11  Postby kamaljit » 04 Jun 2008, 06:57

Books by sonny singh kalar are easily my favourites
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Post Number:#12  Postby Natalie25 » 09 Jun 2008, 03:59

Hi! Did you ever read the beat of that?
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Post Number:#13  Postby IanBookMan » 10 Jun 2008, 15:47

so we going with The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain?
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Post Number:#14  Postby Shaybo » 10 Jun 2008, 16:57

Looks like it.
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Post Number:#15  Postby Belenus » 14 Jun 2008, 17:02

I vote for The Stranger by Camus.
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