Poll

Is The Man Who Made Vermeers fiction? I was under impression it was non-fiction.

You are correct. Let us see how it does here; I will place it on the non fiction list with the number of votes it garners.

Wow, what a list - but how could I ever vote for just one? Pasternak, Dickens, Corneille, Tolstoy, Shakespeare, Hugo, Scott, Shaara etc. They're all masters and I don't want to compare or judge them. They all have to be read.
What I could do is skip one, Ben Hur. Too much religious pathos for my taste.

Andre, I usually have the same problem. I want to vote for about half of them, and there is usually one or two that I'd rather just skip. So I remind myself that I'm not voting for ones I'd someday like to do, just for which one is next. It helps a little.

André wrote: "Wow, what a list - but how could I ever vote for just one? Pasternak, Dickens, Corneille, Tolstoy, Shakespeare, Hugo, Scott, Shaara etc. They're all masters and I don't want to compare or judge the..."

Way to difficult... but i did force myself to pick one. I don't read fiction much at all but i was very surprised that I had read nearly all of these.

James...I am not a big historical fiction person either..but there are many who do like it....so we have a folder devoted to it. We are primarily a non fiction group.

I just took what I thought was going to be a glance at Killer Angels and honestly I could not put it down. I try to read all of the offerings in my group which sometimes is challenging.

Being that the holiday season is upon us, I thought I would read a chapter or two to see what I thought.. I have discovered that it is one of those books which you can't put down.

I think it is very well done for what it is. I had not read this one and had read many of the other choices.

Bentley wrote: "James...I am not a big historical fiction person either..but there are many who do like it....so we have a folder devoted to it. We are primarily a non fiction group.

I just took what I thought w..."

I am glad you enjoyed it. I have read probably 30 non-fiction books on the battle of Gettysburg before I read the Killer Angels and everything about it seemed to fit so well. The dialog was exactly what I expected. So to me, the surprise was how much I enjoyed reading this as opposed to straight non-fiction. I guess if Shara has done one thing out of context I would have stopped but that didn't happen.

I voted for The Killer Angels, which I have read, but a long time ago (30 years), and I recall it as being excellent. Would like to see what I would make of it now.

James wrote: "Bentley wrote: "James...I am not a big historical fiction person either..but there are many who do like it....so we have a folder devoted to it. We are primarily a non fiction group.

I just took ..."

Same here James...great book. And I also do not usually read historical fiction.

Susanna wrote: "I voted for The Killer Angels, which I have read, but a long time ago (30 years), and I recall it as being excellent. Would like to see what I would make of it now."

Well it looks like you will get a chance to reread it if you like...it is the top vote getter.

I WANT TO VOTE FOR A TALE OF TWSO CITIES BUT CANT FIGURE OUT HOW TO VOTE

Unfortunately Vince..you must of tried to vote when the voting had ended. Usually, there is a two week window to vote so make sure to do it as soon as possible.