March Book Study Poll

Choose three books to read for March book study

  • The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss

    Votes: 7 38.9%

  • The Warded Man by Peter Brett

    Votes: 5 27.8%

  • Lavinia by Ursula Le Guin

    Votes: 8 44.4%

  • Among Others by Jo Walton

    Votes: 6 33.3%

  • Here, There Be Dragons by James A Owen

    Votes: 2 11.1%

  • Moon Called by Patricia Briggs

    Votes: 5 27.8%

  • Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison

    Votes: 5 27.8%

  • Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews

    Votes: 5 27.8%
  • Total voters
    18
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ELMontague

Let's do a multi-vote this time around. Choose the three favorite choices. We'll take the one with the most votes.

The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss
http://www.amazon.com/Wise-Mans-Fear...7914271&sr=1-1

The Warded Man
http://www.amazon.com/The-Warded-Man...rd_add_1_dp_T2

Lavinia by Ursula Le Guin
Amazon US
Amazon UK

Among Others by Jo Walton--
http://www.amazon.com/dp/076532153X/?tag=absowrit-20

Here, There Be Dragons by James A Owen
http://www.amazon.com/There-Dragons-...ref=pd_sim_b_1

Moon Called (Mercy Thompson Series #1) by Patricia Briggs

Dead Witch Walking (Rachel Morgan Series #1) by Kim Harrison

Magic Bites (Kate Daniels Series #1) by Ilona Andrews

I'll leave the poll up until Saturday Night, then post the thread as close to March 1 as I can.
 
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Ohhh, fun. I picked 3. :)
 
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Voted! I know what I'm hoping for to win, aha, but most of these are books I want to read anyway!
 

ELMontague

Now we've gone and voted a three way tie so far. We need a tie breaker, and maybe more.
 
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Can't help you, but Lavinia has pulled ahead...
 

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I voted Lavinia--mainly because I already own it ...
 
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Is it wrong that I have never read an Ursula LeGuin novel? Does that make me a bad feminist SF geek girl?
 
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Yes. Shame. Much shame. *Takes away your geek badge and your stuffed dragons*
 
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Kitty Pryde said:
Is it wrong that I have never read an Ursula LeGuin novel? Does that make me a bad feminist SF geek girl?
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Go thou, dear Kitty, and read The Dispossessed. As soon as possible.

The Left Hand of Darkness is her acknowledged classic, but I've always preferred The Dispossessed. Which reminds me, I read it twice but haven't read it in years.
 
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bettielee said:
well... maybe I'm bad too, cuz all I've read of her is Earthsea. And I wasn't terribly impressed.

Bored might be more like it.

*cringes and hides from the rain of rotted vegetables*
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I read the earthsea series when I was a kid, and I did enjoy it then. However, I don't think I'd enjoy it if I read it again now. But there are quite a few books I could say that about. I don't think I've ever read anything else by her.
 

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Doh, we still need a tie breaker. There's almost a day left to get it in.
 
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Wow, that's an impressive tie. We might have to read two books :D
 
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I only suggested and voted for Lavinia as I read it last year. As I said elsewhere, I have no chance of reading a new book in March as I have a reading pile that will take me into April as it is. And I'm especially not going to be able to read a 1000-page sequel to a novel I haven't read.
 
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Lavinia and Among Others I know I can get through the local library without ILL (though I might have to place a hold for the latter). I already read Dead Witch Walking about nine months ago or so.

Le Guin is not one of my preferred authors; there's always a sort of cold, distant feeling to her work. But the cut-off classicist in me wants to see her take on the latter part of the Aeneid.
 

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Lavinia has the lead in the home stretch. What will the next two hours show?
 
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It's a tie again. :eek: And we have 19 voters. I think ELM should run all the polls in the future :)
 
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Sudden death overtime? Flip a coin? Author Celebrity Death Match?
 
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