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  • #46
    Re: HT Book Circle

    Another I'll put forth:

    http://www.amazon.com/White-Hunter-B...e=UTF8&s=books
    “First we fought the preliminary round for the k***s and now we’re gonna fight the main event for the n*****s."
    http://hollywoodbitchslap.com/review...=416&printer=1

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    • #47
      Re: HT Book Circle

      I'll be setting up a vote this evening!
      But I'm disturbed! I'm depressed! I'm inadequate! I GOT IT ALL! (George Costanza)
      GrouchyTeacher.com

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      • #48
        Re: HT Book Circle

        Originally posted by Linkmeister View Post
        Paul Theroux's "Hotel Honolulu" has a big advantage for me: it's on our shelves and I haven't read it.

        Amazon info
        If I ever ran into Paul...I would be going to jail.

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        • #49
          Re: HT Book Circle

          Originally posted by scrivener View Post
          I'll be setting up a vote this evening!
          You will, will you? We've got more than ten suggestions, so you're going to have to narrow the field first (which I wouldn't mind -- a little editorial discretion can be good for you) or use an offline service for your poll.

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          • #50
            Re: HT Book Circle

            I don't do as much reading as I'd like, so I try to maximize my time by reading things that I'll be glad I have spent time on. Please, no pulp for me ... can we choose something that will either educate, inspire or motivate (along with entertain, of course). IMHO.

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            • #51
              Re: HT Book Circle

              Originally posted by PoiBoy View Post
              If I ever ran into Paul...I would be going to jail.
              Do tell. Has he been vilified for his characters? How come?
              “First we fought the preliminary round for the k***s and now we’re gonna fight the main event for the n*****s."
              http://hollywoodbitchslap.com/review...=416&printer=1

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              • #52
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                Originally posted by sinjin View Post
                Do tell. Has he been vilified for his characters? How come?
                http://www.ldb.org/theroux.htm

                How come? Because he lies.

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                • #53
                  Re: HT Book Circle

                  Originally posted by PoiBoy View Post
                  http://www.ldb.org/theroux.htm

                  How come? Because he lies.
                  You would prefer he'd been more flattering? There is truth and lie in generalizations. Have you actually read anything of his beyond quotes?
                  Last edited by sinjin; January 16, 2007, 07:27 AM.
                  “First we fought the preliminary round for the k***s and now we’re gonna fight the main event for the n*****s."
                  http://hollywoodbitchslap.com/review...=416&printer=1

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                  • #54
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                    Hotel Hanalulu:

                    take a wannabe of Mickey Rourke's character from Sin City. Drop him off near Chinatown. Write lotsa extra words so that we can get deeep inside of his head. Because we care and it will make us think that this is suspenseful. Don't forget! We need a blalah. Gotta have crime! Wrap it up near the Volcano and add a dash of mystical experience with Aunty Pele.

                    OOoooooooOOOOoooo! <---(the moaning precedes the huuurlll).

                    fruggmrumblerhatethatfarkingbookrfrugrmrugaaahbleh

                    pax

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                    • #55
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                      Originally posted by Pua'i Mana'o View Post
                      Hotel Hanalulu:

                      take a wannabe of Mickey Rourke's character from Sin City. Drop him off near Chinatown. Write lotsa extra words so that we can get deeep inside of his head. Because we care and it will make us think that this is suspenseful. Don't forget! We need a blalah. Gotta have crime! Wrap it up near the Volcano and add a dash of mystical experience with Aunty Pele.

                      OOoooooooOOOOoooo! <---(the moaning precedes the huuurlll).

                      fruggmrumblerhatethatfarkingbookrfrugrmrugaaahbleh
                      And I was thinking you found it too smutty.
                      “First we fought the preliminary round for the k***s and now we’re gonna fight the main event for the n*****s."
                      http://hollywoodbitchslap.com/review...=416&printer=1

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                      • #56
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                        Originally posted by scrivener View Post
                        I'll be setting up a vote this evening!
                        well...... ????

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                        • #57
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                          Sorry about that.

                          I'm still eager to do this, if slightly behind on the draw. So I re-read this thread and here's the list of suggestions. I'm going to ask that you vote for a first and second choice, posting your preferences below (this prevents anonymous votes from people who don't plan to participate). Also, feel free to put in ONE "please not..." vote.

                          I'm limiting this list to actual titles that have been suggested, for expediency's sake. Let's get a book picked and read it, already.

                          In three days, we'll narrow the vote to the finalists and then pick our first book! So please respond with your first and second choices (and your "please not" vote) from this list:
                          • The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Newberry medalist Kate Dicamillo
                          • Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World by Tracy Kidder
                          • The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
                          • Wild Meat and the Bully Burgers by Lois Ann Yamanaka
                          • Hotel Honolulu by Paul Theroux
                          • To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
                          • Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
                          • 1984 by George Orwell
                          • Paradise Lost by John Milton
                          • Manchurian Candidate by Richard Condon
                          • Replay by Ken Grimwood
                          • Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
                          • Timeline by Michael Crichton
                          • Children of Men by P.D. James
                          • Comfort Woman by Nora Okja Keller
                          • Fox Girl by Nora Okja Keller
                          • Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West by Hampton Sides
                          • In Trouble Again: A Journey Between Orinoco and the Amazon by Redmond O'Hanlon
                          • White Hunter, Black Heart by Peter Viertel


                          Okay! Have at it! Without trying to influence the vote, it sounds like there were multiple voices of assent for Children of Men and Replay.

                          Oh, and if none of those will do, we can always do Shark Dialogues by Kiana Davenport. Just kidding, Pua`i!
                          But I'm disturbed! I'm depressed! I'm inadequate! I GOT IT ALL! (George Costanza)
                          GrouchyTeacher.com

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                          • #58
                            Re: HT Book Circle

                            I'll cast the first vote for:

                            (first choice) Replay by Ken Grimwood
                            (second choice) Fox Girl by Nora Okja Keller


                            I don't have a "please not..." vote. I'll read anything.
                            But I'm disturbed! I'm depressed! I'm inadequate! I GOT IT ALL! (George Costanza)
                            GrouchyTeacher.com

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                            • #59
                              Re: HT Book Circle

                              Wouldn't mind reading the following
                              • Timeline by Michael Crichton
                              • Children of Men by P.D. James


                              I don't have a selection on what not to read.

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                              • #60
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                                #1 - Children of Men
                                #2 - Comfort Woman

                                and I'm like Scriv - I'll attempt to read anything that comes into my hands.
                                "Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be."
                                – Sydney J. Harris

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