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Tomato Nation Read-Along #10: Poll

Submitted by on June 2, 2011 – 9:10 AM10 Comments

We’ve got true crime; we’ve got baseball; we’ve got reflections on true crime by my favorite baseball writer; we’ve got TV studies, memoirs, and an investigation of the fate of Pudding Pops by my colleague Gael Fashingbauer Cooper (who can join us for an author chat!).

Probably shooting for the end of June to give us all time to beach-read (or commute-read, heh/sigh) our selection; vote for three! Poll closes early next week!

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  • Catherine says:

    Would love to see Spoiled by the Fug Girls on the list of choices for the next readalong!

  • Bridget says:

    The alternate subtitle of Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys? Freshman Year in the Theatre Department.

  • Amanda says:

    I’ve already read Survival in Auschwitz but I found it extremely affecting. Would love to read it again with you guys, so I voted for it. Not that it’s gonna win.

    This will be my first readalong with my Kindle, so I just hope whatever wins is Kindle-able. The current winner is Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops, and: Kindle edition! It’s also my first readalong post-finishing my Bachelor’s degree, so I actually have time to read whatever wins. Shock and amazement.

  • Michael says:

    I do highly recommend “And the Sea Will Tell”.

  • Jen S 1.0 says:

    Bridget, with sub-subtitle “and part of spring semester sophmore year for that one girl who just WOULD NOT GET IT.”

  • Grace says:

    I also second the recommendation on “And the Sea Will Tell”. Bugliosi is among the very best writers of true crime tales, and the details on this one made for a riveting read.

  • attica says:

    I’m coincidentally in the middle of the Bill James right now! It is a bit different than I expected, but he’s fun with his assessments.

  • Keckler says:

    I’ve got my copy of Pudding Pops on pre-order!

  • ElizabethA says:

    I, too, highly recommend “And the Sea Will Tell”… although it has been many, many years. I echo the sentiment that no one writes like Bugliosi, which I discovered at age 11, when I first picked up “Helter Skelter”. (Why yes, I am fairly well adjusted. Why do you ask?).
    Back to “And the Sea…”: I was fascinated then by the four pages (no kiddin’) of exposition on the Magic That is the Tide Table, but it is important to the story, and all these years later, I do remember it!
    Enjoy!

  • Bridget says:

    Jen S–Hee. That poor girl.

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