POLL: Book Club June Read (ends Friday 24th)

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What should the forum book club read in June?

Poll ended at Sat May 25, 2019 7:08 am

Black Run, Antonio Manzini (Italian, 272 pages)
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33%
The Bridge on the Drina, Ivo Andric (Serbo-Croat, 335 pages)
5
33%
A Country Doctor’s Notebook, Mikhail Bulgakov (Russian, 160 pages)
5
33%
The Wizard of Oz, Frank Baum (English, 249 pages)
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Aimez-vous Brahms, Françoise Sagan (French, 189 pages)
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No votes
Les rivières-pourpres, Jean-Christophe Grangé, (French, 416 pages)
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No votes
 
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POLL: Book Club June Read (ends Friday 24th)

Postby MamaPata » Mon May 20, 2019 7:08 am

There is a little more information about each book over in the book club thread. You have until Friday to vote.
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Re: POLL: Book Club June Read (ends Friday 24th)

Postby MamaPata » Wed May 22, 2019 5:46 pm

Boosting this in case people have missed it.
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Re: POLL: Book Club June Read (ends Friday 24th)

Postby IronMike » Wed May 22, 2019 7:49 pm

Come on Bridge on the Drina!!!
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Re: POLL: Book Club June Read (ends Friday 24th)

Postby MamaPata » Fri May 24, 2019 3:07 pm

Just over 12 hours left to vote!
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Re: POLL: Book Club June Read (ends Friday 24th)

Postby Serpent » Fri May 24, 2019 11:00 pm

What will happen if there's no winner? :lol:
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Re: POLL: Book Club June Read (ends Friday 24th)

Postby MamaPata » Sat May 25, 2019 7:19 am

Serpent wrote:What will happen if there's no winner? :lol:


I don’t know! Any suggestions for what we do next?!
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Re: POLL: Book Club June Read (ends Friday 24th)

Postby Brun Ugle » Sat May 25, 2019 9:06 am

MamaPata wrote:
Serpent wrote:What will happen if there's no winner? :lol:


I don’t know! Any suggestions for what we do next?!

Read them all! There’s a three-way tie right now, so that means we have books for June, July and August if there’s no change. I actually prefer knowing the books well in advance because waiting until the end of the month to decide next month’s book doesn’t give people a lot of time to get the book if they need to order it.

Edit: I see the poll has ended, so I guess there won’t be any change.
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Re: POLL: Book Club June Read (ends Friday 24th)

Postby IronMike » Tue May 28, 2019 2:02 am

Yes, so what are we gonna do? June is coming up. ;)
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Re: POLL: Book Club June Read (ends Friday 24th)

Postby Mista » Tue May 28, 2019 5:25 pm

IronMike wrote:Yes, so what are we gonna do? June is coming up. ;)


I think Andric for June is a safe bet - nobody has suggested anything else. Unless somebody presents an alternative to the suggestion in the other thread, I'll go update the introductory post tomorrow morning (CET).
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Re: POLL: Book Club June Read (ends Friday 24th)

Postby IronMike » Tue May 28, 2019 7:00 pm

Mista wrote:
IronMike wrote:Yes, so what are we gonna do? June is coming up. ;)


I think Andric for June is a safe bet - nobody has suggested anything else. Unless somebody presents an alternative to the suggestion in the other thread, I'll go update the introductory post tomorrow morning (CET).

w00t! I'm ready.

I also just downloaded the Bulgakov in Russian. July? Then August for the Italian book? Can someone more proficient confirm that book in Italian is Pista nera?
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