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453	The final two on the list are both ones that we have talked about: MANUALS FOR CLEANING WOMEN and THE SELLOUT. For me, THE SELLOUT is still my personal front runner, even as I have wanted to love other books more. Satire is not my thing, so I had high hopes to find a strong contender with a different kind of story in FATES AND FURIES and CITY ON FIRE (which I have tabled temporarily), but I'm not convinced either one will win.
106	I think all guys hate him because guys have completely different taste in music and his voice is like girl but he is a little boy growing now, when he is 18/20 years old, his voice grow up a regular guy but the secret I love you and his music
760	Has anyone read or heard about "The Wonder Garden", a collection of short stories which received a star review from Kirkus?
873	Sooo, now I am adjusting to a new sleep pattern and an empty nest. This shouldn't be uncomfortable at all.
778	In Santa Monica, with @AtticusLish, who's taping Bookworm with Michael Silverblatt. The novel will also be a selection of @kcrw's book club.
500	@grahammyers @jfieds2 (Postscript: I'm so so so happy to have others with whom I can finally discuss this book. I procured an ARC and then had no one to talk to about the merits and downsides of the novel!)
532	Here's where I'm at: I'm about 20 pages away from the end of "Under Majordomo Minor", which isn't likely to win any awards but is simply great fun.
856	If we have learned anything in our trips to Hawaii, it's that they are going to take several long days of travel to accomplish. This trip was no different; we left Queen B's house at a little before 9:00 p.m. (following the last family dinner that we will all eat together), and drove through the night to reach the Salt Lake City airport, where we parked the car, reclined the seats, and grabbed two hours of restless sleep before boarding our first plane at 7:20.
643	So many of the Pulitzer winners in the early part of the last century dealt, on some level or other, with pioneer life. And while my intention isn't to disparage those novels (which offered me much pleasure and insight to a time during which I had not been born to observe and experience) none of them comes close to Lonesome Dove. Mr. Stegner's Angle of Repose comes close, but Lonesome Dove was just too pleasant an experience to knock it down a peg.
961	Nothing’s better than a good book for children.
751	Hey all, I don't know that the moderators want to turn this into a marketplace at all--however, I occasionally find (and buy) or receive ARCs from goodreads, etc. If anyone ever has ARCs or books they're looking for / want to trade, etc., I'd be interested.
823	New technologies are shedding light on biology's greatest unsolved mystery: how the brain really works.
39	Excellent post Kaliya, very well written. Sorry things didn't go better for you, not that it's not expected to anyway. This needs to be read by all in government, not that it would make any difference though. Loved your come back to Mr. offensive, don't know that I would have been so polite; TV and billboards need to run a campaign on educating people to the different disabilities and especially invisible disabilities, so sad that in this day and age there is so much ignorance around.
243	@BRAKiasaurus Pretty much positive PREPARATION is not eligible. Every now and then the NYT best of lists include a book that is a year old, for some reason. I'd be happy with BRAGGSVILLE taking it.
1035	Yeah, the search box worked just as expected, and the results seemed sensible: http://truliluli.ro/?s=sherlock
1087	PROCEDURES FOR THE SAFE STORAGE OF CHEMICALS
1215	Chattanooga experiences four distinct seasons, but not in the same extreme way that, say, New England does. Fall is, no doubt, the best time to go. The sticky heat of the summer cools off and daily highs in the 80s feel more manageable. Plus, the leaves begin to turn and the throngs of fellow visitors thin out. Autumn is often the least crowded, prettiest, and cheapest time to visit.
946	Internally, the book is divided into three main sections: an introduction to the history of the typewriter and its art; an expansive plate section showing key works and a dense reference section featuring biographies of the genre’s most influential artists and writers.
704	@AlexKerner Haven't read it yet, but the description sounds interesting
353	While I get you may not want to spend 500pp on a book, the buzz around this has been pretty off the charts so I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss.
80	I'm a girl but I don't like him that much.
415	Very cool that you live there! I'll reach out to them, but I suppose I can also just be patient, haha. If you are ever in the states, I would also be happy to send you some books but totally get the cist of overseas shipping...it can get pricy!
340	Hello all, I am just wondering if anyone has a 1st printing of The Sellout they wish to sell. I understand this is a long shot but if there is anyone out there let me know. Thanks.
1159	This not only has significant agroecological effects, but also serious economic effects, damaging the ability of organic farmers to receive premiums, and blocking export markets to countries that have strict regulations regarding GM contamination.
559	@ey814 As someone who lives in Northern California, the drought is interesting to me--using it as the premise for a novel could be great! I might pick it up. There are a few signed copies around.
33	Despite Maria's assurances of perfect access it seemed to take me much more time to arrange my travel and be more expensive than for the other guests. Travel Insurance cost double the standard amount, then there was arranging support at each airport before I went, which could only be confirmed on a 10p a minute phone line. The Bride had booked a hotel with access for the reception, in which I had to stay because whilst all the cheaper accomodation 'just over the road' was within comfortable drunken stumbling distance it certainly wasn't within any kind of deathwalking distance.
424	@BRAKiasaurus I have an ARC of Tuesday Nights in 1980 by Molly Prentiss, it's very well written and a great read, I can easily see this being a contender, very popular at the very least.
799	But who knows! It might be great. I will be endlessly curious, however, to see how it fares against the expectations and during awards season!
688	@BRAKiasaurus I just picked this up and look forward to reading it. I'm sure it will be uncomfortable in some ways but his is a voice that needs to be heard.
406	Okay, here we go. This is the first prediction list for the 2016 Pulitzer Prize. Bear in mind the following:
636	@BRAKiasaurus I guess I would be remiss if we didn't at least throw "Purity" onto this list.
1198	119. The United States District Court for the Northern District
201	@OneMoreBook Agree--I love a surprise!
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183	Emily - thanks for your comments and keep up the great work at Odyssey. Although I am not a member of your firsts club, I do frequent your website to see what your store as picked, given its excellent track record. I believe I ordered Marra's Constellation and Meyer's The Son in the same shipment a couple of summers ago :) This summer sounds like a blockbuster for you guys; I should go ahead and call in an order!
208	@JpCambert Between the World and Me wouldn't be in the fiction category
22	Get your lab work at 3 months, 6 months 1 year and yearly after surgery
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531	Okay, so I have a question for everyone here, but I'd like to briefly preface it with a word about my current read.
662	We both know how each of us feels about Lee's book, so we'll leave it at that (ha ha).
905	I made this guy over the holiday break. All the equations in the background are actual calculus equations. This is my 5th robot and I think I have a few more left in me. You can see the others here: #1, #2, #3, and #4. I'll have prints and magnets of this one available soon. Shoot me an email if you're interested.
674	I don't know that I would necessarily cut anything from "City on Fire" either. Rather, I would simply have done what Harper Lee's editor did early on: told him where the potential was and ask for a rewrite.
379	@ey814 Would you give it the pulitzer? I think it may well be a finalist, so I'm curious whether the jury would ultimately choose it.
700	@ChrisEllis77 @BRAKiasaurus BLACK RIVER has stuck with me. It is not perfect, by any means -- it has some problems indicative of first novels -- but besides THE SELLOUT, I haven't read anything else yet that I think has a chance of winning.
722	I have about 10 books going right now, one novel, one non-fiction, 6 or 7 short story collections, and a book or two of poetry, and I tend to read different things in different settings. The train: poetry or short stories, the gym: nonfiction (not sure why), and novels in the evenings and weekends.
595	To explain why it won't do, I offer some points that will, I think, offer something in the way of amelioration:
1040	Hi Mikko. My client would like the search results to show the relevancy score,YET have the results displayed by DATE. I have selected this option in the settings: Default order for results: POST DATE. But it is still displaying by RELEVANCE. Any thoughts? can you help?
1014	If you want to disable logging for particular users (like yourself), add a list of comma-separated numeric user IDs or login names here. “admin” is a good start, unless you’ve changed the main user login name.
685	@EdParks I saw this as well. You wonder why someone of Matthiessen's status didn't donate his library/ephemera to a library somewhere, I'm sure there would have been many takers.
805	We begin our journey with a visual representation of the brain. <br><br>"On assignment for Psychology class, Jackson Mohsenin set out to create an infographic that displayed & explained the major sections of the brain and their functions. The brain is extremely complex, and thus the goal was to communicate just enough without overloading the viewer with information."
601	Which is all to say, we do not always have to agree. Provided one does not reduce him- or herself to being offensive or pandering to propaganda and hate, and also provided that he or she offers thoughts and ideas that are well-rounded, it is possible to be in conflict without usurping civility.
81	1. He hasn't got puberty and he's 16.
767	@EdParks @BRAKiasaurus Yeah, like I said, the film was really awesome! And it's pretty cool that he got the book reissued on the power of the film alone--additionally, the book seems to have been well-reviewed at the time, simply a victim of circumstance.
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677	@EdParks @BRAKiasaurus @ey814 @grahammyers I would hope that Smiley read the entire novel if she was willing to review it. Her thoroughness notwithstanding, I have read other reviews, each of them heaping praise on this book.
44	I rarely go out now - since i had my sticked kicked out from under me and the time they refused to sit down in a closed cafe in the local mall, since then my life has got smaller and smaller.
121	Hopefully other people have something to brag about too, Thanks
92	He has the voice of a chipmunk.
253	so my pick is going to be A Little Life.
418	I may be one of the few here who has not yet read any of the Erdrich novels. Need to get on that--I own them both.
902	I will have my 1st solo art show of 2015 this coming Friday (2/6) at the Diesel Fueling Station in Virginia Highlands. It will start at 7pm and will have music provided by DJ Rev Andy.
971	We use possess and 3rd party cookies to boost our companies and also your practical experience. For those who go on searching, that you are thought of to have accepted such use. You may change your cookie preferences and obtain more information here.
841	- I am beginning to think that Josh lacks an indoor voice.
425	@BRAKiasaurus Looks like this is drawn just from best of lists, which are, of course, helpful, but not all that reliable as a predictor on their own. Agree though that the top books will likely be at the top of our list as well. I plan to do the first list next week, so we'll see.
210	I would like to thank everyone for another awesome year!!! It has been a year for books. Thanks for making and maintaining the lists. I think I'm going to have to go with 'A Little LIfe,' 'Eileen' and 'Fortune Smiles' as being somewhere in there. I wouldn't mind seeing Marra's book walk away with it either. I cannot commit this year at all.
1249	Note: Reception hours may vary depending on the department.
847	Yes, he and his wife are grown adults, theoretically, but, in my mind he'll always be my four-year-old sidekick, learning how to howl at the moon and begging me to read The Rainbow Fish just one more time (for the twentieth time).
794	So far from this list, I've read 'A Little Life', 'The Harder They Come' and 'Delicious Foods'. 'Delicious Foods' has had the biggest impact on me so far. I would also add 'The Sympathizer' by Viet Thanh Nguyen.
229	I "enjoyed" A LITTLE LIFE, and I think it's themes are vitally important, but in the end I felt it was incredibly flawed. I felt somewhat similarly about THE TURNER HOUSE -- a very good and "important" story, but with some elements that just didn't work for me.
657	@EdParks @BRAKiasaurus @JohnZ Confederacy of Dunces: Let some time pass, then go back and read it again. It's something special.
23	See your surgeon for regular check-ups and lab work
881	This is one of his first Proof of Life selfies (remember, I require Proof of Life, twice a day)...
135	I had one of those once, but the ex just thought it felt strange so I got rid lol. To be fair it was pretty bulky whilst I was wearing it too...I'm sure women would get more of a kick out of them though!
361	Otherwise, this list is pretty much expected. No real surprises this year. :)
1200	127. Organic Agriculture and Food Security in Africa. United
177	@JpCambert @AlexKerner It was a finalist in general non-fiction! So that's cool!
390	@ey814 @BRAKiasaurus It wasn't me--but thank you. :)
1016	Choose the length of the excerpt, either in words or in characters. Use words, it’s many times faster than using characters.
908	The Centre focuses on two main areas in its work. First it tries to help immigrants with whatever they need in order to participate in their new life. Second, it helps community members to adjust to its changing face.
1169	• premium prices for certified organic produce, obtained primarily in Africa for export but also for domestic markets; and
852	Ok, it's not exactly a hobby, but, I have decided to do something that challenges me as often as possible. And, I started today, with a high mountain hike with Kristi, one of my favorite co-workers.
1094
1065	Is there a way to prioritize pages over blog posts with the premium account?
490	"A Little Life" and "The Sympathizer", but I don't know what other title. Maybe "Tsar" or "The Sellout".
470	Has there been a discussion of this year's Barnes and Noble signed first editions? All the light we Cannot See is among them if I remember correctly. I wonder what these versions do to the market value. Also, it means B&N has a warehouse of first printings of Pulitzer prize winners they can throw on the market at any time. @ey814 take notice... I remember you saying you thought the B&N Goldfish was printed on inferior paper--I didn't notice that myself.
1075	I was searching for its widget, when I guessed it could work with the existing search widget.
175	I wanted to share an idea. Could we make a second thread about the Pulitzer Prizes in the other arts categories (general non-fiction, drama, and biography, history)?
564	I, too, am a reader of acknowledgment sections. It's interesting to see how many writers hail from the Iowa Writers' Workshop, or were Michener fellows, etc. I also know how challenging writing can be, so it's always refreshing to see writers who mention those who helped them in getting the book written.
286	@jfieds2 I had just started following this group a couple weeks before reading your post. I picked it up a couple of days later, thought it was the best book of the year until I read Tsar. If The Sympathizer wins The PEN/Faulkner that will make the Pulitzer a little more interesting.
824
844	- And that's it for the showmances this season.
670	I'm interested if anyone has personal choices of his or her own that should have won the Pulitzer. Maybe I'm a glutton for punishment (ha ha), but I always find it a good thing to learn of books that others consider great, books that resonated with them. My library is already extensive (you've no idea!), but I believe in the adage "One can never have enough books."
1109	are just an extension of natural breeding, and have no risks different from naturally bred crops.
668	I have All That Is, yet I haven't read it yet. The title has been surfacing in my mind, which is a good indicator that I may soon be reading it.
566	@kriscoffield Just a heads up, if you scroll down quite a bit, you'll find that jfieds2 read the book.
757	@jfieds2 @ey814 I don't know....Kirkus completely contradicts the PW review. I think some people may just be disinclined toward larger novels. In any case, there is certainly a lot of hype around this book, and it is hard to live up to that.
675	@EdParks @BRAKiasaurus Much like The Goldfinch, this book is large, hard to put down, and incredibly uneven.
1282	For those reasons, what we can't deduce is this:
1256	We are finally in a position to give an answer to the question, and the answer is in favor of the diffusionist camp and against the idea of acculturation by local hunter-gatherers. Surprisingly, modern Central Europeans do not appear to be a simple hunter-gatherer/farmer mix, suggesting that even later events (post-Neolithic) have shaped their genetic diversity.

453

The final two on the list are both ones that we have talked about: MANUALS FOR CLEANING WOMEN and THE SELLOUT. For me, THE SELLOUT is still my personal front runner, even as I have wanted to love other books more. Satire is not my thing, so I had high hopes to find a strong contender with a different kind of story in FATES AND FURIES and CITY ON FIRE (which I have tabled temporarily), but I'm not convinced either one will win.

106

I think all guys hate him because guys have completely different taste in music and his voice is like girl but he is a little boy growing now, when he is 18/20 years old, his voice grow up a regular guy but the secret I love you and his music

760

Has anyone read or heard about "The Wonder Garden", a collection of short stories which received a star review from Kirkus?

873

Sooo, now I am adjusting to a new sleep pattern and an empty nest. This shouldn't be uncomfortable at all.

778

In Santa Monica, with @AtticusLish, who's taping Bookworm with Michael Silverblatt. The novel will also be a selection of @kcrw's book club.

500

@grahammyers @jfieds2 (Postscript: I'm so so so happy to have others with whom I can finally discuss this book. I procured an ARC and then had no one to talk to about the merits and downsides of the novel!)

532

Here's where I'm at: I'm about 20 pages away from the end of "Under Majordomo Minor", which isn't likely to win any awards but is simply great fun.

856

If we have learned anything in our trips to Hawaii, it's that they are going to take several long days of travel to accomplish. This trip was no different; we left Queen B's house at a little before 9:00 p.m. (following the last family dinner that we will all eat together), and drove through the night to reach the Salt Lake City airport, where we parked the car, reclined the seats, and grabbed two hours of restless sleep before boarding our first plane at 7:20.

643

So many of the Pulitzer winners in the early part of the last century dealt, on some level or other, with pioneer life. And while my intention isn't to disparage those novels (which offered me much pleasure and insight to a time during which I had not been born to observe and experience) none of them comes close to Lonesome Dove. Mr. Stegner's Angle of Repose comes close, but Lonesome Dove was just too pleasant an experience to knock it down a peg.

961

Nothing’s better than a good book for children.

751

Hey all, I don't know that the moderators want to turn this into a marketplace at all--however, I occasionally find (and buy) or receive ARCs from goodreads, etc. If anyone ever has ARCs or books they're looking for / want to trade, etc., I'd be interested.

823

New technologies are shedding light on biology's greatest unsolved mystery: how the brain really works.

39

Excellent post Kaliya, very well written. Sorry things didn't go better for you, not that it's not expected to anyway. This needs to be read by all in government, not that it would make any difference though. Loved your come back to Mr. offensive, don't know that I would have been so polite; TV and billboards need to run a campaign on educating people to the different disabilities and especially invisible disabilities, so sad that in this day and age there is so much ignorance around.

243

@BRAKiasaurus Pretty much positive PREPARATION is not eligible. Every now and then the NYT best of lists include a book that is a year old, for some reason. I'd be happy with BRAGGSVILLE taking it.

1035

Yeah, the search box worked just as expected, and the results seemed sensible: http://truliluli.ro/?s=sherlock

1087

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1215

Chattanooga experiences four distinct seasons, but not in the same extreme way that, say, New England does. Fall is, no doubt, the best time to go. The sticky heat of the summer cools off and daily highs in the 80s feel more manageable. Plus, the leaves begin to turn and the throngs of fellow visitors thin out. Autumn is often the least crowded, prettiest, and cheapest time to visit.

946

Internally, the book is divided into three main sections: an introduction to the history of the typewriter and its art; an expansive plate section showing key works and a dense reference section featuring biographies of the genre’s most influential artists and writers.

704

@AlexKerner Haven't read it yet, but the description sounds interesting

353

While I get you may not want to spend 500pp on a book, the buzz around this has been pretty off the charts so I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss.

80

I'm a girl but I don't like him that much.

415

Very cool that you live there! I'll reach out to them, but I suppose I can also just be patient, haha. If you are ever in the states, I would also be happy to send you some books but totally get the cist of overseas shipping...it can get pricy!

340

Hello all, I am just wondering if anyone has a 1st printing of The Sellout they wish to sell. I understand this is a long shot but if there is anyone out there let me know. Thanks.

1159

This not only has significant agroecological effects, but also serious economic effects, damaging the ability of organic farmers to receive premiums, and blocking export markets to countries that have strict regulations regarding GM contamination.

559

@ey814 As someone who lives in Northern California, the drought is interesting to me--using it as the premise for a novel could be great! I might pick it up. There are a few signed copies around.

33

Despite Maria's assurances of perfect access it seemed to take me much more time to arrange my travel and be more expensive than for the other guests. Travel Insurance cost double the standard amount, then there was arranging support at each airport before I went, which could only be confirmed on a 10p a minute phone line. The Bride had booked a hotel with access for the reception, in which I had to stay because whilst all the cheaper accomodation 'just over the road' was within comfortable drunken stumbling distance it certainly wasn't within any kind of deathwalking distance.

424

@BRAKiasaurus I have an ARC of Tuesday Nights in 1980 by Molly Prentiss, it's very well written and a great read, I can easily see this being a contender, very popular at the very least.

799

But who knows! It might be great. I will be endlessly curious, however, to see how it fares against the expectations and during awards season!

688

@BRAKiasaurus I just picked this up and look forward to reading it. I'm sure it will be uncomfortable in some ways but his is a voice that needs to be heard.

406

Okay, here we go. This is the first prediction list for the 2016 Pulitzer Prize. Bear in mind the following:

636

@BRAKiasaurus I guess I would be remiss if we didn't at least throw "Purity" onto this list.

1198

119. The United States District Court for the Northern District

201

@OneMoreBook Agree--I love a surprise!

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183

Emily - thanks for your comments and keep up the great work at Odyssey. Although I am not a member of your firsts club, I do frequent your website to see what your store as picked, given its excellent track record. I believe I ordered Marra's Constellation and Meyer's The Son in the same shipment a couple of summers ago :) This summer sounds like a blockbuster for you guys; I should go ahead and call in an order!

208

@JpCambert Between the World and Me wouldn't be in the fiction category

22

Get your lab work at 3 months, 6 months 1 year and yearly after surgery

31

531

Okay, so I have a question for everyone here, but I'd like to briefly preface it with a word about my current read.

662

We both know how each of us feels about Lee's book, so we'll leave it at that (ha ha).

905

I made this guy over the holiday break. All the equations in the background are actual calculus equations. This is my 5th robot and I think I have a few more left in me. You can see the others here: #1, #2, #3, and #4. I'll have prints and magnets of this one available soon. Shoot me an email if you're interested.

674

I don't know that I would necessarily cut anything from "City on Fire" either. Rather, I would simply have done what Harper Lee's editor did early on: told him where the potential was and ask for a rewrite.

379

@ey814 Would you give it the pulitzer? I think it may well be a finalist, so I'm curious whether the jury would ultimately choose it.

700

@ChrisEllis77 @BRAKiasaurus BLACK RIVER has stuck with me. It is not perfect, by any means -- it has some problems indicative of first novels -- but besides THE SELLOUT, I haven't read anything else yet that I think has a chance of winning.

722

I have about 10 books going right now, one novel, one non-fiction, 6 or 7 short story collections, and a book or two of poetry, and I tend to read different things in different settings. The train: poetry or short stories, the gym: nonfiction (not sure why), and novels in the evenings and weekends.

595

To explain why it won't do, I offer some points that will, I think, offer something in the way of amelioration:

1040

Hi Mikko. My client would like the search results to show the relevancy score,YET have the results displayed by DATE. I have selected this option in the settings: Default order for results: POST DATE. But it is still displaying by RELEVANCE. Any thoughts? can you help?

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685

@EdParks I saw this as well. You wonder why someone of Matthiessen's status didn't donate his library/ephemera to a library somewhere, I'm sure there would have been many takers.

805

We begin our journey with a visual representation of the brain. <br><br>"On assignment for Psychology class, Jackson Mohsenin set out to create an infographic that displayed & explained the major sections of the brain and their functions. The brain is extremely complex, and thus the goal was to communicate just enough without overloading the viewer with information."

601

Which is all to say, we do not always have to agree. Provided one does not reduce him- or herself to being offensive or pandering to propaganda and hate, and also provided that he or she offers thoughts and ideas that are well-rounded, it is possible to be in conflict without usurping civility.

81

1. He hasn't got puberty and he's 16.

767

@EdParks @BRAKiasaurus Yeah, like I said, the film was really awesome! And it's pretty cool that he got the book reissued on the power of the film alone--additionally, the book seems to have been well-reviewed at the time, simply a victim of circumstance.

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677

@EdParks @BRAKiasaurus @ey814 @grahammyers I would hope that Smiley read the entire novel if she was willing to review it. Her thoroughness notwithstanding, I have read other reviews, each of them heaping praise on this book.

44

I rarely go out now - since i had my sticked kicked out from under me and the time they refused to sit down in a closed cafe in the local mall, since then my life has got smaller and smaller.

121

Hopefully other people have something to brag about too, Thanks

92

He has the voice of a chipmunk.

253

so my pick is going to be A Little Life.

418

I may be one of the few here who has not yet read any of the Erdrich novels. Need to get on that--I own them both.

902

I will have my 1st solo art show of 2015 this coming Friday (2/6) at the Diesel Fueling Station in Virginia Highlands. It will start at 7pm and will have music provided by DJ Rev Andy.

971

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841

- I am beginning to think that Josh lacks an indoor voice.

425

@BRAKiasaurus Looks like this is drawn just from best of lists, which are, of course, helpful, but not all that reliable as a predictor on their own. Agree though that the top books will likely be at the top of our list as well. I plan to do the first list next week, so we'll see.

210

I would like to thank everyone for another awesome year!!! It has been a year for books. Thanks for making and maintaining the lists. I think I'm going to have to go with 'A Little LIfe,' 'Eileen' and 'Fortune Smiles' as being somewhere in there. I wouldn't mind seeing Marra's book walk away with it either. I cannot commit this year at all.

1249

Note: Reception hours may vary depending on the department.

847

Yes, he and his wife are grown adults, theoretically, but, in my mind he'll always be my four-year-old sidekick, learning how to howl at the moon and begging me to read The Rainbow Fish just one more time (for the twentieth time).

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So far from this list, I've read 'A Little Life', 'The Harder They Come' and 'Delicious Foods'. 'Delicious Foods' has had the biggest impact on me so far. I would also add 'The Sympathizer' by Viet Thanh Nguyen.

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I "enjoyed" A LITTLE LIFE, and I think it's themes are vitally important, but in the end I felt it was incredibly flawed. I felt somewhat similarly about THE TURNER HOUSE -- a very good and "important" story, but with some elements that just didn't work for me.

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@EdParks @BRAKiasaurus @JohnZ Confederacy of Dunces: Let some time pass, then go back and read it again. It's something special.

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See your surgeon for regular check-ups and lab work

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This is one of his first Proof of Life selfies (remember, I require Proof of Life, twice a day)...

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I had one of those once, but the ex just thought it felt strange so I got rid lol. To be fair it was pretty bulky whilst I was wearing it too...I'm sure women would get more of a kick out of them though!

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Otherwise, this list is pretty much expected. No real surprises this year. :)

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127. Organic Agriculture and Food Security in Africa. United

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@JpCambert @AlexKerner It was a finalist in general non-fiction! So that's cool!

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@ey814 @BRAKiasaurus It wasn't me--but thank you. :)

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Choose the length of the excerpt, either in words or in characters. Use words, it’s many times faster than using characters.

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The Centre focuses on two main areas in its work. First it tries to help immigrants with whatever they need in order to participate in their new life. Second, it helps community members to adjust to its changing face.

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• premium prices for certified organic produce, obtained primarily in Africa for export but also for domestic markets; and

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Ok, it's not exactly a hobby, but, I have decided to do something that challenges me as often as possible. And, I started today, with a high mountain hike with Kristi, one of my favorite co-workers.

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Is there a way to prioritize pages over blog posts with the premium account?

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"A Little Life" and "The Sympathizer", but I don't know what other title. Maybe "Tsar" or "The Sellout".

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Has there been a discussion of this year's Barnes and Noble signed first editions? All the light we Cannot See is among them if I remember correctly. I wonder what these versions do to the market value. Also, it means B&N has a warehouse of first printings of Pulitzer prize winners they can throw on the market at any time. @ey814 take notice... I remember you saying you thought the B&N Goldfish was printed on inferior paper--I didn't notice that myself.

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I was searching for its widget, when I guessed it could work with the existing search widget.

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I wanted to share an idea. Could we make a second thread about the Pulitzer Prizes in the other arts categories (general non-fiction, drama, and biography, history)?

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I, too, am a reader of acknowledgment sections. It's interesting to see how many writers hail from the Iowa Writers' Workshop, or were Michener fellows, etc. I also know how challenging writing can be, so it's always refreshing to see writers who mention those who helped them in getting the book written.

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@jfieds2 I had just started following this group a couple weeks before reading your post. I picked it up a couple of days later, thought it was the best book of the year until I read Tsar. If The Sympathizer wins The PEN/Faulkner that will make the Pulitzer a little more interesting.

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- And that's it for the showmances this season.

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I'm interested if anyone has personal choices of his or her own that should have won the Pulitzer. Maybe I'm a glutton for punishment (ha ha), but I always find it a good thing to learn of books that others consider great, books that resonated with them. My library is already extensive (you've no idea!), but I believe in the adage "One can never have enough books."

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are just an extension of natural breeding, and have no risks different from naturally bred crops.

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I have All That Is, yet I haven't read it yet. The title has been surfacing in my mind, which is a good indicator that I may soon be reading it.

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@kriscoffield Just a heads up, if you scroll down quite a bit, you'll find that jfieds2 read the book.

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@jfieds2 @ey814 I don't know....Kirkus completely contradicts the PW review. I think some people may just be disinclined toward larger novels. In any case, there is certainly a lot of hype around this book, and it is hard to live up to that.

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@EdParks @BRAKiasaurus Much like The Goldfinch, this book is large, hard to put down, and incredibly uneven.

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For those reasons, what we can't deduce is this:

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We are finally in a position to give an answer to the question, and the answer is in favor of the diffusionist camp and against the idea of acculturation by local hunter-gatherers. Surprisingly, modern Central Europeans do not appear to be a simple hunter-gatherer/farmer mix, suggesting that even later events (post-Neolithic) have shaped their genetic diversity.