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House of Spirits has been selected for our Nov/Dec fiction discussion!

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House of Spirits has been selected for our Nov/Dec fiction discussion!

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Below you will find the four novels that have been suggested for BookTalk.org’s next fiction discussion for the months of November and December. These novels have received the most positive feedback. Please vote for your favorites! :)

Each member with 25 or more posts on the forums of BookTalk.org is eligible to participate in the voting for our next group fiction discussion. Each eligible member has three votes to apply to the suggested novels. All three votes can be applied to one novel, or the votes can be split up between books. Please feel free to tell us why you have voted the way that you have.

Cain
Jose Saramago
Learn about this novel at:

http://www.amazon.com/Cain-Jose-Saramag ... 214&sr=1-1

The House of the Spirits
Isabel Allende
Learn about this novel at:

http://www.amazon.com/House-Spirits-Isa ... 0553273914


Lost Memory of Skin
Russell Banks
Learn about this novel at:

http://www.amazon.com/Lost-Memory-Skin- ... 0307401731

The Street of Crocodiles
Bruno Schulz
Learn about this novel at:

http://www.amazon.com/Street-Crocodiles ... 0140186255
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Re: Poll for November/December fiction discussion

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I'm happy to get the ball rolling, so excited about my FIRST voting :D

And I hereby give 2 votes to The Street of Crocodiles since I wanna have an excuse to finally read something in my native language.

I would also like to graciously give 1 vote to The House of the Spirits since I've already managed to acquire it at my local library.
"From childhood's hour I have not been as others were
I have not seen as others saw
I could not bring my passions from a common spring
From the same source I have not taken my sorrow
I could not awake my heart to joy at the same tone
And all I loved - I loved alone"

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Three votes for The House of the Spirits.

I have commented on this book and posted Christopher Hitchens introduction to it at http://www.booktalk.org/isabel-allende- ... 11404.html
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I will vote 2 votes for The Street of Crocodiles, because it is something I would never read otherwise, and 1 vote for Lost Memory of Skin, which sounds very good and I will likely read anyway.
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I will give 3 votes for Cain. Reason being that one of my favorite books of all time is the biblical satire, Lamb, by Christopher Moore, and the description of Cain makes it sound like something similar.
Author of the novel Then Again - An Adventure in Time Travel
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3 votes for Cain!
Big bright accent, catty smile
Oscar Wilde confrontation
Ah, live like it's the style.

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Does anyone know where to get a free download of The Street of Crocodiles?
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lindad_amato wrote:Does anyone know where to get a free download of The Street of Crocodiles?
Maybe this will help:

http://www.filestube.com/s/street+of+crocodiles
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2 votes - House of Spirits
1 vote - Street of Crocodiles
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2 "House of Spirits"
1 Street of Crocodiles
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