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Sunday, March 22, 2009

A Farewell to Sylvia

Well, voting has closed on my inaugural "Make Me Read!" poll, and it wasn't even close. Sylvia Plath got stomped. I guess there are no fans of hers among my readers? Or maybe people just think that Hemingway is better. Who knows -- but The Bell Jar got a single lone vote, while A Farewell to Arms got fourteen. So, Hemingway it is. Bring him on! And thanks for voting. The next poll will appear when I finish Arms, and thus begin GGK's Tigana.
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4 comments:

  1. JPDeni3/22/09, 9:54 AM

    I'm the only one to vote for The Bell Jar, huh? Well, as I said, it's not an easy read. I find Plath to be much more satisfying than Hemingway's simplicity, but others obviously don't.

    Enjoy the book!

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  2. Anonymous3/22/09, 12:29 PM

    The Bell Jar is one of those books that You read to do a Book Report on that will WOW your High School Teacher

    DavidS

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  3. Call me Paul3/22/09, 7:59 PM

    I thought I was the one who voted for The Bell Jar. Maybe your poll isn't working too well. But I wasn't voting honestly. I was thinking more of subjecting you to punishment. 'Cause I'm a dick like that.

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  4. Anonymous3/24/09, 10:28 PM

    Read Sylvia Plath's powerful poem on suicide:

    http://textflows.com/Plath_Lady_Lazarus

    Composed 4 months before her death.

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