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 Avid Reader Book Club -  Next Book Club Vote -- Januarynotify me whenever anyone posts in this discussionSubscribe  
 
From: HeatherB  Staff 12/24/2007 8:11 am 
To: ALL  Poll (1 of 4) 
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Next Book Club Vote -- January
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho   
50 votes (28%)
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury   
52 votes (30%)
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen  
74 votes (42%)
 

176 people voted in this poll

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This poll expired 1/9/2008 9:15 am
 
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From: HeatherB  Staff 12/24/2007 8:12 am 
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 16305.2 in reply to 16305.1 
Hi Everyone! here is the poll for the book we're going to read. As it's the holidays and many people are going on holidays, the poll will remain open until January 7th. Let me know if you like or dislike the choices! Have a wonderful Christmas and New Years'.
 
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From: HeatherB  1/9/2008 9:16 am 
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 16305.3 in reply to 16305.2 

Wow, what a turn out for the voting this month! Water for Elephants one by a fair margin, but there was significant interest in the other two books as well. Reading will start in a couple of weeks to give everyone time to buy the book.

 
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From: HeatherB  1/9/2008 10:15 am 
To: ALL  Poll (4 of 4) 
 16305.4 in reply to 16305.3 

Hi Everyone. Just to let you all know, the email that was sent out with a synopsis of the different books was incorrect for Water for Elephants. Below is the correct synopsis. It is correct on the Book Club page, just not the email. Sorry for the confusion. :)

As a young man, Jacob Jankowski was tossed by fate onto a rickety train that was home to the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth. It was the early part of the great Depression, and for Jacob, now ninety, the circus world he remembers was both his salvation and a living hell. A veterinary student just shy of a degree, he was put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie.

It was there that he met Marlena, the beautiful equestrian star married to August, the charismatic but twisted animal trainer. And he met Rosie, an untrainable elephant who was the great gray hope for this third-rate traveling show. The bond that grew among this unlikely trio was one of love and trust, and, ultimately, it was their only hope for survival.

 
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