Big Fat Book Readers Group

Tue Dec 17 01:01:58 CST 2002

on 12/16/02 2:47 PM, Toby G Levy at tobylevy at juno.com wrote:

> A poll is being taken this week and members of the  the BFB Readers
> group are invited to vote for the next book the group will read
> starting in mid-January. The poll closes at midnight next Saturday
> (12-21-2002) so vote early. New members are encouraged to start right
> out voting for the Fattie they were just waiting to pull out of their
> towering TBR pile to read and enjoy. The member's selections this month
> are --
> 
> The Witching Hour -- Anne Rice (1038)
> The Golden Notebook -- Doris Lessing (635)
> The Far Pavillions -- M. M. Kaye (1189)
> Le Morte d'Arthur -- Sir Thomas Mallory (950)
> The Magic Mountain -- Thomas Mann (706)
> Mason & Dixon -- Thomas Pynchon (773)
> Instance of the Fingerpost -- Iain Pears (735)
> A Fine Balance -- Rohinton Mistry (603)
> 
> You should check the daily results at the site but I can report that
> with 18 votes counted so far The Far Pavilions is leading with Magic
> Mountain close behind.

What? No "Underworld"? Anne Rice? Obviously these people are philistines.
Are they connected with that guy from Spy Magazine who reviewed books by the
pound?