
BookTalk.org News: 2/23/2009
BookTalk.org News: 2/23/2009
FICTION & NON-FICTION POLLS ARE UP!
Both polls are up and awaiting your votes so please get involved and help us pick our next book selections to discuss as a community. There are 3 book choices in each poll so choose wisely and only vote if you have 25 or more posts on the forums. The polling will end on Saturday the 28th of 2009.
FICTION POLL CHOICES...
Book 1
The Satanic Verses: A Novel
by Salman Rushdie
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/081297 ... talk08-20& link_code=as3&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=0812976711
Book 2
My Ishmael
by Daniel Quinn
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/055337 ... talk08-20& linkCode=xm2&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0553379658
Book 3
The Picture of Dorian Gray
by Oscar Wilde
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/159308 ... talk08-20& link_code=as3&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=1593080255
NON-FICTION POLL CHOICES...
Book 1
God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
by Christopher Hitchens
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/044657 ... talk08-20& link_code=as3&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=0446579807
Book 2
We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land: A Plan That Will Work
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/143914 ... talk08-20& link_code=as3&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=1439140634
Book 3
Biopiracy: The Plunder of Nature and Knowledge
by Vandana Shiva
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/089608 ... 0896085554
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Again, you have 5 more days to vote in both the fiction and the non-fiction book polls. Don't wait till the end as the polling process is more effective if votes come in early. Early votes impact later votes.
Chris
chris@booktalk.org