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Thank you to all those who voted and/or commented in my TBR poll last week.
I learned that if I wanted to get larger numbers of votes I should have listed more books so that more people may have heard of them. More books listed would also have meant more books to go in the end. I may repeat this some time in the future when I’ve amassed another larger pile of TBR books I’m not sure about keeping.
Meanwhile, three books received nul points – so out they go without further ado. (by ‘out’ I mean, try to sell on Amazon for more than 1p, car boot, then give to charity shop). The three were: The final confession of Mabel Stark, The funnies, and But Beautiful.
Four books received multiple votes, so they stay – The Winter Rose, The luminous life of Lily Aphrodite, and Hopeful Monsters, as did 26a. This last book divided opinion, which makes it more of a must read to see which camp I fall into!
The rest got just one vote. I’m going to keep Eleven as Flossie T spoke up for it so well. The others will join the discards including Pies and Prejudice which I did dither over for a few seconds before deciding that I’d give the north a miss at the moment.
So that’s over six inches of shelf space freed up for a few minutes, but also a tiny patch of floorspace reclaimed once the shelf is refilled. Thanks again. Back to book reviews soon…
I obviously missed your poll, but please don’t throw away Pies & Prejudice — it’s a terrific read. My review is here: http://kimbofo.typepad.com/readingmatters/2008/10/pies-and-prejud.html
OK Kim – you’ve persuaded me by your fantastic review. Back it goes into the TBR.
Hooray, my mission is accomplished! Stuart Maconie owes me one!
Oh, do do it again soon – it was fun! But, yes, even more titles would make it even more fun!