HT Book Circle

[pzarquon]

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• Wild Meat and the Bully Burgers by Lois Ann Yamanaka
• Timeline by Michael Crichton

Children of Men seems well supported, so I put in a vote for a local author. And I know Crichton is over exposed, but I've actually not picked up much of his stuff. No "please not" votes. I'm curious about anything new.

[Adri]

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First: Children of Men
Second: Doomsday Book

There's nothing on that list that I am not willing to try to read.

[Honoruru]

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First: Children of Men
Second: The House on Mango Street

[Pua'i Mana'o]

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I vote that we hurry up and choose the confonnit book!

Amended idea: do we want to cull from a list of paperbacks, so that we can keep our fetish on the cheap?

[scrivener]

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HELLLLLOOOOO! Where's your VOTE, Pua`i? You want us to pick a book already? Well, voice your preference!

I thought of that, actually, but let's narrow the list down to the finalists and we'll make those cases if they are relevant. In two days, we'll have our finalists and we'll take a quick vote from there.

Somebody ping Uilani. I totally don't want to do this without her.

[AbsolutChaos]

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Children of Men
Wild Meat and the Bully Burgers

[sinjin]

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Wild Meat and the Bully Burgers by Lois Ann Yamanaka
Fox Girl by Nora Okja Keller

[Pua'i Mana'o]

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HELLLLLOOOOO! Where's your VOTE, Pua`i? You want us to pick a book already? Well, voice your preference!

I thought of that, actually, but let's narrow the list down to the finalists and we'll make those cases if they are relevant. In two days, we'll have our finalists and we'll take a quick vote from there.

Somebody ping Uilani. I totally don't want to do this without her.

Darlin', I am not voting. I've no opinion on any of them, so somebody can make a command decision for all I care. In other words, whatever the concensus is, I'm in.

[Pua'i Mana'o]

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*draws cuniforms in the sand with a stick, because the only thing get fo' read is cuniforms*

~glowers because I don't speak Sumarian~

[U'ilani]

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Somebody ping Uilani. I totally don't want to do this without her.

Thanks. Whatever you guys choose is cool with me.

[U'ilani]

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Thanks. Whatever you guys choose is cool with me.

Wait, wait... I changed my mind.

I vote we read REPLAY by Ken Grimwood. Please!

[U'ilani]

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Wait, wait... I changed my mind.

I vote we read REPLAY by Ken Grimwood. Please!

Also, there are a lot of copies of the books available to borrow at your public libraries in Hawaii. If it's not available at your neighborhood library, you can reserve it on-line and they'll send it to your public library.

[scrivener]

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Here's how I added up the votes:
2 points for a first choice
1 point for a second choice
1.5 for a choice that wasn't designated first or second
-1 for a "please not..." vote

And the totals:
9 Children of Men by P.D. James
4.5 Wild Meat and the Bully Burgers by Lois Ann Yamanaka
4 Replay by Ken Grimwood
3 Timeline by Michael Crichton
2.5 Fox Girl by Nora Okja Keller
1 Comfort Woman by Nora Okja Keller
1 Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
1 House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

I believe this votes makes a runoff unnecessary, so let's read.

Here are a few online links for purchasing the novel:
Amazon.com
Powells (link goes to trade paperback; there are links here for other editions)
Alibris
Half.com (click "other editions" for other editions)
Barnes and Noble

Of course, with the recent film release, this book is not hard to find at local stores, so have at it. Plus, there's always your local library.

I'll get my copy tomorrow and post a schedule for getting it read. Okie Dokie? Let's read!


ps: of course you don't have to have voted in order to partcipate. just run out and get a copy of the book!

[Pua'i Mana'o]

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Children of Men it is. Tomorrow I shall find my copy and hopefully a paperback.

[helen]

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Picked up my copy of Children of Men from Barnes & Noble at Ala Moana today. It was $13.95 for a slightly large paperback book. I didn't check to see if there was a smaller and cheaper version available.