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Poll #20871

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This poll allows me to vote

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Yes
102 (75.6%)

No
2 (1.5%)

Guess we'll find out
49 (36.3%)

Please vote on books for me to read in the cabin in the woods.

I am more-than-usually likely to actually review what I read, though reviews may be delayed as I need to lug my laptop to my parents' house to actually post them. However, the recent influx of reviews are mostly books I read while in the cabin last time, wrote up while there, and have been doling out ever since, so...

If you've read or heard of any of them, please tell me what you think (without spoilers).

Poll #20872

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While in the cabin, you should read and review this nonfiction book on solitude and/or nature.

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ccidents in North American Climbing. Annual accident report; what it says on the tin.
14 (13.5%)

The Cloister Walk, by Kathleen Norris. A married woman becomes a Benedictine oblate
41 (39.4%)

A Gift From the Sea, by Anne Morrow Lindberg. I think it's a classic about sea and solitude?
29 (27.9%)

The Solitary Summer, by Elizabeth Von Arnim. Hopefully what it says on the tin.
21 (20.2%)

Riding Rockets, by Mike Mullane. An astronaut's memoir; the first sentence is about a tube getting put up his butt.
34 (32.7%)

While in the cabin, you should read and review this mystery.

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Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Story, by Leonie Swann. Sheep try to solve the murder of their shepherd.
37 (32.5%)

Idylls of the Queen, by Phyllis Ann Karr. Murder in King Arthur's court!
48 (42.1%)

The Monk, by M. G. Lewis. Really a Gothic more than a mystery; I've been told it's absolutely bonkers. (And you know I like that!)
34 (29.8%)

The Woman in White, by Wilkie Collins. I'm not looking up a summary for fear of spoilers.
35 (30.7%)

River of Darkness, by Rennie Airth. Detective is a WWI vet with PTSD. (And you know I like that!)
26 (22.8%)

While in the cabin, you should read and review this children's book.

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The Giant Under the Snow, by John Gordon. Classic British children's book, presumably what it says on the tin.
14 (14.0%)

Charlotte Sometimes, by Penelope Farmer. Classic timeslip novel.
47 (47.0%)

Girl on a Wire, by Gwenda Bond. A girl joins the circus.
29 (29.0%)

Horizon, by Scott Westerfeld. Kids with powers stranded on a planet.
18 (18.0%)

Fog, by Caroline Cooney. 80s YA gothic.
24 (24.0%)

While in the cabin, you should read and review this fantasy you seem to have acquired without knowing anything about it.

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Lord of the White Hell, by Ginn Hale. Fantasy boarding school? Love the author.
27 (23.7%)

A Wind from the South, by Diane Duane. Scandinavian fantasy? Love the author.
42 (36.8%)

A Shadow All of Light, by Fred Chappell. No idea but I like his short stories.
4 (3.5%)

A Face Like Glass, by Frances Hardinge. The world is made of cheese apparently.
58 (50.9%)

The Cruel Prince, by Holly Black. Literally all I know about this is the author.
27 (23.7%)

While in the cabin, you should read and review this historical or faux-historical novel.

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Chanakya's Chant, by Ashwin Sanghi. I think this is one of those "history affects the present" books and I assume involves Chanakya.
12 (12.4%)

When Women Were Warriors, by Catherine Wilson. I believe this is F/F in a society where women are warriors.
37 (38.1%)

A Famine of Horses, by P. F. Chisholm. Recced by Sholio! I think Lymond era?
23 (23.7%)

Watch the Wall, My Darling, by Joan Aiken. Napoleonic war-era gothic; probably completely bonkers.
44 (45.4%)

Wet Grave (Benjamin January # 6, since I keep stalling out on # 5, Die Upon A Kiss)
20 (20.6%)

I would like to nominate a completely different book for you to read and review.

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I really do and I will describe it in comments.
2 (2.2%)

Nope, I think you've got plenty already.
81 (89.0%)

I wandered in accidentally and don't care about books.
0 (0.0%)

I'm just here for the stories where something catches fire. Please read less and watch the flickering flames of the wood-burning stove more.
8 (8.8%)