MobileRead June 2010 Book Club Nominations - Page 4

WT Sharpe · 05-25-2010, 07:43 PM

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Originally Posted by pilotbob

Thanks... fixed... that's why I post those updates every now and then...

BOb

voodooblues · 05-26-2010, 01:26 AM

I would like to nominate "Killing Floor" by Lee Child. I have been looking at this author for awhile.

All is not well in Margrave, Georgia.

The sleepy, forgotten town hasn't seen a crime in decades, but within the span of three days it witnesses events that leave everyone stunned. An unidentified man is found beaten and shot to death on a lonely country road. The police chief and his wife are butchered on a quiet Sunday morning. Then a bank executive disappears from his home, leaving his keys on the table and his wife frozen with fear.

The easiest suspect is Jack Reacher - an outsider, a man just passing through. But Reacher is not just any drifter. He is a tough ex-military policeman, trained to think fast and act faster. He has lived with and hunted the worst: the hard men of the American military gone bad.

lene1949 · 05-26-2010, 03:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pilotbob

Thanks... fixed... that's why I post those updates every now and then...

BOb

Is this one available as an ebook? I don't read pbooks..

lene1949 · 05-26-2010, 04:14 AM

Oooops...

Double post

Oooops... this WAS a double post, but now the double has gone...

lene1949 · 05-26-2010, 04:18 AM

I'll post my nominations tomorrow...

beppe · 05-26-2010, 04:46 AM

I'll third Casino Royal. I've read it already, I have it close by. It is a very neat story. The two films are both wonderfully entertaining.

beppe · 05-26-2010, 04:57 AM

I have a third shot left. I'll spend it with
The Laughing Policeman (1968), by Sjöwall and Wahlöö. It earned a 'Best Novel' Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America. The American police procedural film, The Laughing Policeman (1973) featuring Walter Matthau, is a loose adaptation of the novel.

A gunman shoots the passengers of a public transport bus with a sub-machine gun; he kills eight people (including Detective Ake Stenström), and wounds one. Detective Beck and his team suspect the mass-murder is to disguise the murder of Detective Stenstrom, who was spending his free time investigating the sixteen-year-old murder of a Portuguese prostitute.

Kevin2960 · 05-26-2010, 05:41 AM

Well for my Second go, another book available from Smashwords, and by one of our MR Authors, I'll Nominate :-

Rottweiller Rescue by Ellen O'Connell

Support MR Authors and Smashwords, Thier GREAT!

John F · 05-26-2010, 07:38 AM

I'll second Mystic River.

kennyc · 05-26-2010, 08:15 AM

I'm thinking Mystic River might be a good read, .... if I have time....I seem to have all my days full at the moment...

I'll Third Mystic River though!

Sparrow · 05-26-2010, 08:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lene1949

I'll post my nominations tomorrow...

Don't leave it too late

- noms close when there are 10 in the list.

Format C: · 05-26-2010, 09:12 AM

If I'm on time, I second:

Lee Child's Killing Floor
Henning Mankell's Faceless Killer

And I add:

Michael Chrichton - Next
http://www.inkmesh.com/ebooks/next-m...chael+Crichton

Description: Is a loved one missing some body parts? Are blondes becoming extinct? Is everyone at your dinner table of the same species? Humans and chimpanzees differ in only 400 genes; is that why a chimp fetus resembles a human being? And should that worry us? There's a new genetic cure for drug addiction--is it worse than the disease? What's coming Next ? Get a hint of what Michael Crichton sees on the … more »horizon in this short video clip: high bandwidth or low bandwidth We live in a time of momentous scientific leaps, a time when it's possible to sell our eggs and sperm online for thousands of dollars and to test our spouses for genetic maladies. We live in a time when one fifth of all our genes are owned by someone else, and an unsuspecting person and his family can be pursued cross-country because they happen to have certain valuable genes within their chromosomes... Devilishly clever, Next blends fact and fiction into a breathless tale of a new world where nothing is what it seems and a set of new possibilities can open at every turn. Next challenges our sense of reality and notions of morality. Balancing the comic and the bizarre with the genuinely frightening and disturbing, Next shatters our assumptions and reveals shocking new choices where we least expect. The future is closer than you think. Bestseller Crichton (Jurassic Park) once again focuses on genetic engineering in his cerebral new thriller, though the science involved is a lot less far-fetched than creating dinosaurs from DNA. In an ambitious effort to show what's wrong with the U.S.'s current handling of gene patents and with the laws governing human tissues, the author interweaves many plot strands, one involving a California researcher, Henry Kendall, who has mixed human and chimp DNA while working at NIH. Kendall produces an intelligent hybrid whom he rescues from the government and tries to pass off as a fully human child. Some readers may be disappointed by the relative lack of action, the lame attempts to lighten the mood with humor (especially centering on an unusually bright parrot named Gerard), and the contrived convergence of the main characters toward the end. Still, few can match Crichton in crafting page-turners with intellectual substance, and his opinions this time are less likely to create a firestorm than his controversial take on global warming in 2004's State of Fear. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. (from Amazon.com)

lila55 · 05-26-2010, 11:22 AM

I third - "Killing Floor" by Lee Child and second "The Laughing Policeman" by Sjöwall and Wahlöö.

WT Sharpe · 05-26-2010, 12:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lene1949

Is this one available as an ebook? I don't read pbooks..

Casino Royale is available at Amazon. I haven't checked anywhere else.

http://www.amazon.com/Casino-Royale-...4891405&sr=1-1

WT Sharpe · 05-26-2010, 12:34 PM

Since I offered no description for Casino Royale by Ian Fleming, allow me to quote the Amazon site:

From Library Journal

The allure of James Bond was best described by Raymond Chandler, who insisted that 007 is "what every man would like to be and what every woman would like to have between her sheets." Who can argue with that? This month marks the 40th anniversary of the film release of Dr. No, which was the first Bond adventure to make the big screen, and two big coffee-table books are being published to honor the occasion (LJ 10/1/02, p. 96). Shockingly, Fleming's original novels have gone out of print, but Penguin here reproduces a trio of the British secret agent's early outings, released in 1952, 1958, and 1959, respectively, sporting stylish cover art. These stories were racy for the nifty Fifties but are quite tame by today's standards. Still, they can be fun.

Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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05-26-2010, 01:26 AM	#47
voodooblues Connoisseur Posts: 58 Karma: 6106 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Somewhere out there Device: iPad(3 or HD or whatever), iPad Mini, Kindle 7" hdx, Samsung 7 tab 3	I would like to nominate "Killing Floor" by Lee Child. I have been looking at this author for awhile. All is not well in Margrave, Georgia. The sleepy, forgotten town hasn't seen a crime in decades, but within the span of three days it witnesses events that leave everyone stunned. An unidentified man is found beaten and shot to death on a lonely country road. The police chief and his wife are butchered on a quiet Sunday morning. Then a bank executive disappears from his home, leaving his keys on the table and his wife frozen with fear. The easiest suspect is Jack Reacher - an outsider, a man just passing through. But Reacher is not just any drifter. He is a tough ex-military policeman, trained to think fast and act faster. He has lived with and hunted the worst: the hard men of the American military gone bad.

05-26-2010, 04:18 AM	#50
lene1949 Wizard Posts: 1,952 Karma: 213930 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Middelfart, Denmark Device: Kindle paper white	I'll post my nominations tomorrow...

05-26-2010, 04:46 AM	#51
beppe Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,161 Karma: 81026524 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Italy Device: Kindle3, Ipod4, IPad2	I'll third Casino Royal. I've read it already, I have it close by. It is a very neat story. The two films are both wonderfully entertaining.

05-26-2010, 04:57 AM	#52
beppe Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,161 Karma: 81026524 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Italy Device: Kindle3, Ipod4, IPad2	I have a third shot left. I'll spend it with The Laughing Policeman (1968), by Sjöwall and Wahlöö. It earned a 'Best Novel' Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America. The American police procedural film, The Laughing Policeman (1973) featuring Walter Matthau, is a loose adaptation of the novel. A gunman shoots the passengers of a public transport bus with a sub-machine gun; he kills eight people (including Detective Ake Stenström), and wounds one. Detective Beck and his team suspect the mass-murder is to disguise the murder of Detective Stenstrom, who was spending his free time investigating the sixteen-year-old murder of a Portuguese prostitute.

05-26-2010, 05:41 AM	#53
Kevin2960 YODA's Uglier Twin Posts: 974 Karma: 6295251 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Leicester, UK Device: PRS-600 and 2 Kindle 3's - and now a K4 + HTC Desire HD	Well for my Second go, another book available from Smashwords, and by one of our MR Authors, I'll Nominate :- Rottweiller Rescue by Ellen O'Connell Support MR Authors and Smashwords, Thier GREAT!

05-26-2010, 07:38 AM	#54
John F Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,155 Karma: 63458771 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: Kobo Glo HD	I'll second Mystic River.

05-26-2010, 08:15 AM	#55
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,872 Karma: 118716293 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	I'm thinking Mystic River might be a good read, .... if I have time....I seem to have all my days full at the moment... *I'll Third Mystic River though!*

05-26-2010, 09:12 AM	#57
Format C: Guru Posts: 753 Karma: 1496807 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: The Third World Device: iLiad + PRS-505 + Kindle 3	If I'm on time, I second: Lee Child's Killing Floor Henning Mankell's Faceless Killer And I add: Michael Chrichton - Next http://www.inkmesh.com/ebooks/next-m...chael+Crichton Description: Is a loved one missing some body parts? Are blondes becoming extinct? Is everyone at your dinner table of the same species? Humans and chimpanzees differ in only 400 genes; is that why a chimp fetus resembles a human being? And should that worry us? There's a new genetic cure for drug addiction--is it worse than the disease? What's coming Next ? Get a hint of what Michael Crichton sees on the … more »horizon in this short video clip: high bandwidth or low bandwidth We live in a time of momentous scientific leaps, a time when it's possible to sell our eggs and sperm online for thousands of dollars and to test our spouses for genetic maladies. We live in a time when one fifth of all our genes are owned by someone else, and an unsuspecting person and his family can be pursued cross-country because they happen to have certain valuable genes within their chromosomes... Devilishly clever, Next blends fact and fiction into a breathless tale of a new world where nothing is what it seems and a set of new possibilities can open at every turn. Next challenges our sense of reality and notions of morality. Balancing the comic and the bizarre with the genuinely frightening and disturbing, Next shatters our assumptions and reveals shocking new choices where we least expect. The future is closer than you think. Bestseller Crichton (Jurassic Park) once again focuses on genetic engineering in his cerebral new thriller, though the science involved is a lot less far-fetched than creating dinosaurs from DNA. In an ambitious effort to show what's wrong with the U.S.'s current handling of gene patents and with the laws governing human tissues, the author interweaves many plot strands, one involving a California researcher, Henry Kendall, who has mixed human and chimp DNA while working at NIH. Kendall produces an intelligent hybrid whom he rescues from the government and tries to pass off as a fully human child. Some readers may be disappointed by the relative lack of action, the lame attempts to lighten the mood with humor (especially centering on an unusually bright parrot named Gerard), and the contrived convergence of the main characters toward the end. Still, few can match Crichton in crafting page-turners with intellectual substance, and his opinions this time are less likely to create a firestorm than his controversial take on global warming in 2004's State of Fear. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. (from Amazon.com)

05-26-2010, 11:22 AM	#58
lila55 Fanatic Posts: 595 Karma: 456534 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Stuttgart, Germany Device: PocketBook 360° , iPhone 5, PRS-650, Sony PRS-T2, Sony PRS-T3, Tolino	I third - "Killing Floor" by Lee Child and second "The Laughing Policeman" by Sjöwall and Wahlöö.

05-26-2010, 12:34 PM	#60
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,073 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	Since I offered no description for Casino Royale by Ian Fleming, allow me to quote the Amazon site: From Library Journal The allure of James Bond was best described by Raymond Chandler, who insisted that 007 is "what every man would like to be and what every woman would like to have between her sheets." Who can argue with that? This month marks the 40th anniversary of the film release of Dr. No, which was the first Bond adventure to make the big screen, and two big coffee-table books are being published to honor the occasion (LJ 10/1/02, p. 96). Shockingly, Fleming's original novels have gone out of print, but Penguin here reproduces a trio of the British secret agent's early outings, released in 1952, 1958, and 1959, respectively, sporting stylish cover art. These stories were racy for the nifty Fifties but are quite tame by today's standards. Still, they can be fun. Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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