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The Bookizie Talks - 6

۩ सर्व शकितमते परमात्मने श्री रामाय नमः۩
1)Members
Pratima has left the blog

d sinner has joined the blog
Aneesh has joined the blog
THank you for joining in.Hope you will have a great time here.
2)POll
We recently conducted a poll on the blog
and asked a question
How many books Have you read In the first half of 2008?
The response was ok
we got around 19 votes and here is the result.
0-10 14 (73%)

11-20 4 (21%)

21-30 1 (5%)

31-40 0 (0%)
41 and above 0 (0%)
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I wish to make 3 comments here
*I had voted for the 3rd option.21-30 one.
*SIx months and just 10 books seems less i feel.One should read more.
*A request to members to analyze the poll results and offer comments please.
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3)The Poll -
THe Best Book review on this blog, IN the Month of June was....
1)Shopoholic and baby [Pankhuri Aggarwal] - 2 (14%)

2)TheChameleon's shadow [Ielphil Raven] - 0 (0%)

3)The Kite Runner [Jan] 10 (71%)

4)THe Fountainhead [Tshhar Mangal] 2 (14%)

5)P.S. i Love you [The Hobbit] 2 (14%)

6)Ancient Promises [ Reeti] 1 (7%)

7)The Opposite of love [Richa] 0 (0%)


Votes : 14
Poll closed
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*I never voted on this one because my name was mentioned.
*I think Jan deserves a very big congratulations from all of us for a wonderful blog review.
*Richa and Ielphil and all the rest of us did a fine job but I think this was a poll between who was better then the best.I am very satisfied with the 2 votes my review got.Thank you to all who voted for me and my post.
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Jai Shri Ram!!!

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