LoT Book Club Poll

Alex · 08-17-2006, 09:16 AM

Looks like it. I'll be sitting this one out as what I'm reading about it doesn't much interest me.

Stan4dSteph · 08-17-2006, 10:29 AM

I will also be out, as I need to read Angle of Repose by October, and at the rate I read these days, I will not likely have time for multiple novels.

Matterhorn Fan · 08-17-2006, 11:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Stan4dSteph

I will also be out, as I need to read Angle of Repose by October, and at the rate I read these days, I will not likely have time for multiple novels.

Curious--why are you reading this one? Stegner seemed to be a favorite at one of my colleges--always on the shelves for classes I wasn't taking. I've been curious, but never curious enough to actually start reading one of his.

Stan4dSteph · 08-18-2006, 05:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Matterhorn Fan

Curious--why are you reading this one? Stegner seemed to be a favorite at one of my colleges--always on the shelves for classes I wasn't taking. I've been curious, but never curious enough to actually start reading one of his.

It's for Stanford reunion weekend. They're doing a book discussion lead by faculty:

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Stanford Book Salon Presents: Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner
An alumni education offering designed to connect alumni through reading and discussing a thought-provoking book. Read Angle of Repose before Reunion Homecoming Weekend. Then, on Sunday morning of Reunion Homecoming Weekend, join fellow alumni and Stanford faculty in a discussion of this book.

Here's more information on the Book Salon.

View Poll Results: What Book Should we Read?
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger	9	45.00%
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers	1	5.00%
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides	2	10.00%
The Crimson Petal and the White by M. Faber	2	10.00%
A Small Death in Lisbon by Robert Wilson	2	10.00%
The Seducer (by Jan Kjaerstad ?)	2	10.00%
Devil in the White City by Erik Larson	5	25.00%
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell	4	20.00%
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini	4	20.00%
Cadillac Desert by Marc Reisner	3	15.00%
Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs	4	20.00%
Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner	2	10.00%
Miracle Life of Edgar Mint by Brady Udall	1	5.00%
The Queen of the South by Arturo Pérez-Reverte	3	15.00%
None of the Above	0	0%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 20. You may not vote on this poll

08-17-2006, 09:16 AM	#1
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Looks like it. I'll be sitting this one out as what I'm reading about it doesn't much interest me.
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08-17-2006, 10:29 AM	#2
Stan4dSteph Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: East Bay Area, CA Posts: 3,156	I will also be out, as I need to read Angle of Repose by October, and at the rate I read these days, I will not likely have time for multiple novels.
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