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Which book would you like to read for November's book of the month?
Bitten by Kelley Armstrong
22%
 22%  [ 16 ]
Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett
16%
 16%  [ 12 ]
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
22%
 22%  [ 16 ]
Mark of the Demon by Diana Rowland
6%
 6%  [ 5 ]
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
31%
 31%  [ 23 ]
Total Votes : 72


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PostPosted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 10:29 am


The voting will now begin for the selected novels for November's book of the month!

The nominations are as follows:

Bitten by Kelley Armstrong
Quote:
Elena Michaels is a model woman for the 21st century: self-assured, keenly intelligent, fighting fit. And like every modern woman, she has her secrets. Nothing extraordinary about that. Except that Elena really is extraordinary. In fact, she may well be the most extraordinary woman alive. She is, after all, the only female werewolf in the world...Ten years ago, against her will, Elena's lover turned her into a werewolf. Some days it feels like a gift. Most days it feels like a curse. A year ago, she decided to live as a human. Now she has to go back to New York State, her old home. Her pack is under seige by a new group of violent, psychotic werewolves that shows no respect for the old ways, and no respect for territory. Forced into helping her old friends, Elena soon slips back into the reassuring camaradarie of the pack, though she struggles against her dangerous, unpredictable desires. Hunting down her enemies, Elena prowls through territories usually barred to women. From dangerous back alleys to the dark, luscious forests of New York State, she must hunt and destroy the renegade pack before they destroy her.


Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett
Quote:
Tiffany Aching is a trainee witch - now working for the seriously scary Miss Treason. But when Tiffany witnesses the Dark Dance - the crossover from summer to winter - she does what none has ever done before and leaps into the dance, into the oldest story there ever is, and draws the attention of the wintersmith himself...As Tiffany-shaped snowflakes hammer down on the land, can Tiffany deal with the consequences of her actions? Even with the help of Granny Weatherwax and the Nac Mac Feegle - the fightin', thievin' pictsies who are prepared to lay down their lives for their 'big wee hag' ...


The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Quote:
This extraordinary, magical novel is the story of Clare and Henry who have known each other since Clare was six and Henry was thirty-six, and were married when Clare was twenty-two and Henry thirty. Impossible but true, because Henry is one of the first people diagnosed with Chrono-Displacement Disorder: periodically his genetic clock resets and he finds himself pulled suddenly into his past or future. His disappearances are spontaneous and his experiences are alternately harrowing and amusing. The Time Traveler's Wife depicts the effects of time travel on Henry and Clare's passionate love for each other with grace and humour. Their struggle to lead normal lives in the face of a force they can neither prevent nor control is intensely moving and entirely unforgettable.


Mark of the Demon by Diana Rowland
Quote:
Cop and conjurer of demons, she's a woman in danger of losing control--to a power that could kill....
"Why me? Why now?" That's what Beaulac, Louisiana, detective Kara Gillian was asking herself when an angelic creature named Rhyzkahl unexpectedly appeared during a routine summoning. Kara was hoping to use her occult skills to catch a serial killer, but never had she conjured anything like this unearthly beautiful and unspeakably powerful being whose very touch set off exquisite new dimensions of pleasure. But can she enlist his aid in helping her stop a killer who's already claimed the lives--and souls--of thirteen people? And should she? The Symbol Man is a nightmare that the city thought had ended three years ago. Now he's back for an encore and leaving every indication on the flesh of his victims that he, too, is well versed in demonic lore.
Kara may be the only cop on Beaulac's small force able to stop the killer, but it is her first homicide case. Yet with Rhyzkahl haunting her dreams, and a handsome yet disapproving FBI agent dogging her waking footsteps, she may be in way over her head...


Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Quote:
A seductive and evocative epic on an intimate scale, that tells the extraordinary story of a geisha girl. Summoning up more than twenty years of Japan's most dramatic history, it uncovers a hidden world of eroticism and enchantment, exploitation and degradation. From a small fishing village in 1929, the tale moves to the glamorous and decadent heart of Kyoto in the 1930s, where a young peasant girl is sold as servant and apprentice to a renowned geisha house. She tells her story many years later from the Waldorf Astoria in New York; it exquisitely evokes another culture, a different time and the details of an extraordinary way of life. It conjures up the perfection and the ugliness of life behind rice-paper screens, where young girls learn the arts of geisha - dancing and singing, how to wind the kimono, how to walk and pour tea, and how to beguile the most powerful men.


Reviews taken from the Amazon website.
 
PostPosted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 1:02 pm


I'm surprised Memoirs of a Geisha doesn't have more votes.

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 1:15 pm


OMG I want to read the time travelers wife so bad and RenkonNairu your right. I am surprised that it doesn't have more votes as well.
PostPosted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 1:21 pm


RenkonNairu
I'm surprised Memoirs of a Geisha doesn't have more votes.


It's over a decade old--people that are interested in those kinds of books would have already read it. Maybe most simply do not want to re-read it.

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 1:26 pm


That doesn't mean that it can't still be featured and talked about.
PostPosted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 2:24 pm


I want to read Memoirs of a Geisha, but that's mainly because the movie was beautiful. And also, my friend said the book was good in her terms.

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 2:29 pm


As always, the book was a million times better than the movie. So if you liked the movie you'll love the book. The book also gave far more detail to the culture than the movie did. The movie just showed you while the book made you experience it.
PostPosted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 6:04 am


I heart memoirs of a Giesha.
it's a great book.
And it's winning  

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PostPosted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 9:36 pm


I've wanted to read The Time Traveler's Wife, but never got around to it. Memoirs of a Geisha was beautiful; I loved it a lot.
PostPosted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 12:57 pm


i love memoirs of a geisha, i already read it 12 times! i love it, i hope that its choose for next month, gives me an excuse to read it...again  

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PostPosted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 5:00 pm


Wow, we really have good books nominated this month! I wanna read The Time Travelers Wife, but my sister really liked Memoirs of a Geisha so it sounds pretty neat. smile
PostPosted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 12:54 pm


Looks like Memoirs of a Geisha is going to win, which is a good thing seeing as I've just accepted a book swap for one of my books for Memoirs of a Geisha ready for it!
Should be good smile

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 2:10 pm


heart Go Kelly Armstrong~! heart
PostPosted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 8:34 am


I am honestly a little disappointed at the choice of books on the poll. I was not a fan of The Time Travelers Wife, and I personally feel that Kelley Armstrong is a hack.

The two most readable here I would say are Wintersmith and Geisha. I vote for the latter.

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PostPosted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 8:27 pm


Memoirs Of A Geisha just because its the only one of them that I knwo about xd
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