Summer Book Club Smackdown

Note: It took me ALL DAMN DAY to code this poll, so you people had better get to voting.





What books should we read this summer? Vote for five.





When You Are Engulfed in Flames






The Writing Class, by Jincy Willett






I Capture the Castle, by Dodie Smith






Heyday: A Novel, by Kurt Andersen






How Perfect Is That?, by Sarah Bird






The Memoirs of a Beautiful Boy, by Robert Leleux






What It Is, by Lynda Barry






Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life, by Barbara Kingsolver






Shining City: A Novel, by Seth Greenfield

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Comments

  1. AnonymousJuly 1, 2008 at 11:07 AM

    LOVE the poll! Great job sister, very impressive (and, yes, I did vote!).

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  2. AmandaJuly 2, 2008 at 10:40 AM

    Sweet poll, sistah!
    I voted, and we better read the ones I picked! :)

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