Round 2 Tiebreaker, Group A

[Jean]

VS.

[mae]

This will be interesting. Such different novels.

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

These are both on my list, but alas, I've read neither. I feel like I havent read a damn thing. hahaha

[Jean]

I've only read Psycho, and it was a very long time ago, so I am not voting here

[pathoftheturtle]

Uf, well you need to read The Neverending Story. It may not be a world's classic novel, but it's basic and resonant.

[Jean]

I am going to. I hope to read every nominated novel, whether or not it made the list.

[mae]

I know you mainly read on your Kindle, Jean, so I don't know if this feature is replicated, but my hardcover edition of TNS has color coded text to differentiate between the two words (same cover as on this poll in fact). I think that's a very cool feature.

[Jean]

now you have me intrigued

[mae]

now you have me intrigued

It really is good, and I'm happy it's leading at the moment. I think you'd enjoy it, though it certainly is a children's novel. And with the evil force known as The Nothing (so ominous), how can it be bad?

I am going to. I hope to read every nominated novel, whether or not it made the list.

And which ones do you still need to read?

[Jean]

suprisingly, a lot, had to spoiler it because the list is so long. Marked with asterisks those I started but never finished:

Spoiler:

1. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy*
2. Of Mice and Men
3. A Clockwork Orange*
4. 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
5. A Song of Ice and Fire*
6. All Quiet on The Western Front
7. One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest*
8. The Road
9. Slaughterhouse-Five*
10. Charlotte's Web*
11. Dune*
12. Foundation*
13. The Grapes of Wrath*
14. Interview With The Vampire
15. Journey to the Center of the Earth
16. The Outsiders
17. Weaveworld
18. Ender’s Game
19. The Godfather
20. The Great Gatsby
21. The Neverending Story
22. Strangers on a Train
23. The Turn of the Screw
24. American Gods
25. An American Tragedy
26. Battle Royale
27. Battlefield Earth
28. The Bonfire of the Vanities
29. Breakfast of Champions*
30. Children of Men
31. Cloud Atlas (reading now)
32. Handmaid's Tale, The
33. Invisible Man
34. Life of Pi
35. Little Women
36. Lonesome Dove
37. The Man in the High Castle
38. On the Beach
39. On the Road*
40. The Princess Bride
41. The Red Badge of Courage
42. Where the Red Fern Grows
43. All the King’s Men
44. Bel Canto
45. Beloved
46. Black Water
47. Carrion Comfort
48. Everything is Illuminated
49. Kiss Me, Deadly
50. Koko
51. Leatherstocking
52. Metro 2033
53. The Monk
54. The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress
55. Musashi
56. Old Yeller
57. Portnoy's Complaint
58. Ringworld
59. Room
60. Stranger in a Strange Land
61. Water for Elephants
62. Against the Day
63. Ben-Hur
64. Die Blechtrommel
65. Blindness
66. Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
67. The Broken Sword
68. Casino Royale
69. Contact
70. Dragonriders of Pern
71. Earth Abides
72. The First Deadly Sin
73. Giver, The
74. Good Omens
75. Grandes Familles, Les
76. The Hour of the Dragon
77. Illusions
78. In Search of Lost Time*
79. Inifinite Jest
80. Kite Runner, The
81. Let the Right One In
82. Les Liaisons dangereuses
83. Middlesex
84. Midnight's Children
85. Octopus, The
86. Only Forward
87. Out of the Silent Planet
88. Pastime
89. Pilgrimage: The Book of the People
90. The Plot Against America
91. A Prayer for the Dying
92. Quo Vadis
93. Ready Player One
94. Series of Unfortunate Events, A
95. The Silmarillion*
96. A Simple Plan
97. The String of Pearls (aka Sweeney Todd)
98. Taiko
99. Tales of the City
100. Tunnel in the Sky
101. Underworld
102. Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

it means that I've read only half the nominated novels... oops...

[mae]

Holy crap. That might take you a while there...

[Jean]

well... bear must read something. And there's no better recommendation than one that comes from friends, right?

The only novel I doubt I'll ever come back to is ASoIaF. My lifetime, sadly, is limited.

How many have you read of our nominants?

[mae]

With over 200 novels on the list, going through it all would be pretty tedious, but just scanning the overall list, my number would be around 50% as well. Some, too, I've never finished, such as Harry Potter.

[Jean]

[mae]

[Merlin1958]

suprisingly, a lot, had to spoiler it because the list is so long. Marked with asterisks those I started but never finished:

Spoiler:

1. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy*
2. Of Mice and Men
3. A Clockwork Orange*
4. 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
5. A Song of Ice and Fire*
6. All Quiet on The Western Front
7. One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest*
8. The Road
9. Slaughterhouse-Five*
10. Charlotte's Web*
11. Dune*
12. Foundation*
13. The Grapes of Wrath*
14. Interview With The Vampire
15. Journey to the Center of the Earth
16. The Outsiders
17. Weaveworld
18. Ender’s Game
19. The Godfather
20. The Great Gatsby
21. The Neverending Story
22. Strangers on a Train
23. The Turn of the Screw
24. American Gods
25. An American Tragedy
26. Battle Royale
27. Battlefield Earth
28. The Bonfire of the Vanities
29. Breakfast of Champions*
30. Children of Men
31. Cloud Atlas (reading now)
32. Handmaid's Tale, The
33. Invisible Man
34. Life of Pi
35. Little Women
36. Lonesome Dove
37. The Man in the High Castle
38. On the Beach
39. On the Road*
40. The Princess Bride
41. The Red Badge of Courage
42. Where the Red Fern Grows
43. All the King’s Men
44. Bel Canto
45. Beloved
46. Black Water
47. Carrion Comfort
48. Everything is Illuminated
49. Kiss Me, Deadly
50. Koko
51. Leatherstocking
52. Metro 2033
53. The Monk
54. The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress
55. Musashi
56. Old Yeller
57. Portnoy's Complaint
58. Ringworld
59. Room
60. Stranger in a Strange Land
61. Water for Elephants
62. Against the Day
63. Ben-Hur
64. Die Blechtrommel
65. Blindness
66. Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
67. The Broken Sword
68. Casino Royale
69. Contact
70. Dragonriders of Pern
71. Earth Abides
72. The First Deadly Sin
73. Giver, The
74. Good Omens
75. Grandes Familles, Les
76. The Hour of the Dragon
77. Illusions
78. In Search of Lost Time*
79. Inifinite Jest
80. Kite Runner, The
81. Let the Right One In
82. Les Liaisons dangereuses
83. Middlesex
84. Midnight's Children
85. Octopus, The
86. Only Forward
87. Out of the Silent Planet
88. Pastime
89. Pilgrimage: The Book of the People
90. The Plot Against America
91. A Prayer for the Dying
92. Quo Vadis
93. Ready Player One
94. Series of Unfortunate Events, A
95. The Silmarillion*
96. A Simple Plan
97. The String of Pearls (aka Sweeney Todd)
98. Taiko
99. Tales of the City
100. Tunnel in the Sky
101. Underworld
102. Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

it means that I've read only half the nominated novels... oops...

Bears have their work cut out for them!!!

[Jean]

bears don't mind

[Jean]

this poll closes in 24 hours

[Jean]

poll closed, Ende beating Bloch by one vote