10-22-2014, 04:29 PM | #31 |
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10-22-2014, 04:30 PM | #32 |
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Please do leave it in. I just got it from Overdrive, and it doesn't happen for me very often that a nominated book is available.
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10-22-2014, 05:18 PM | #33 |
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10-22-2014, 06:02 PM | #34 |
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I'll use my final vote to nominate The Iron King by Maurice Druon. George RR Martin called it "the original Game of Thrones", which is why I had it on my wish list.
Goodreads blurb: The Iron King – Philip the Fair – is as cold and silent, as handsome and unblinking as a statue. He governs his realm with an iron hand, but he cannot rule his own family: his sons are weak and their wives adulterous; while his red-blooded daughter Isabella is unhappily married to an English king who prefers the company of men. A web of scandal, murder and intrigue is weaving itself around the Iron King; but his downfall will come from an unexpected quarter. Bent on the persecution of the rich and powerful Knights Templar, Philip sentences Grand Master Jacques de Molay to be burned at the stake, thus drawing down upon himself a curse that will destroy his entire dynasty Originally published in 1955 in French. Amazon Kobo Also available on Overdrive |
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10-22-2014, 11:05 PM | #36 |
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The Iron King doesn't appear to be available at Kobo US.
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10-23-2014, 06:03 AM | #37 |
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The link provided above didn't work for me (say unavailable in the U.S.). How about this link:
http://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebo...d-kings-book-1 |
10-23-2014, 07:21 AM | #38 |
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Oooh - I second The Iron King.
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10-23-2014, 08:56 AM | #41 |
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Then I guess it should state Kobo US. My link was for the Canadian store. That's the problem with links, they are so country specific. Would the ISBN number be a better reference?
Here is the Overdrive link if that is useful. I usually have better luck checking my library directly. |
10-24-2014, 11:58 AM | #42 |
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This one has been on my TBR for a few years and I've never been able to get to it. I'd like to nominate How to Make Love To a Negro Without Getting Tired by Dany Laferriere.
From Goodreads: Racial and sexual politics collide in this cult classic that launched Laferrière as one of North America’s finest literary provocateurs. Brilliant and tense, Dany Laferrière’s first novel, How to Make Love to a Negro without Getting Tired, is as fresh and relevant today as when it was first published in 1985. With raunchy humor and a working-class intellectualism, Laferrière’s narrator wanders the slums of Montreal, has sex with white women, and writes a book to save his life. With this novel, Laferrière began a series of internationally acclaimed social and political novels about the love of the world, and the world of sex, including Heading South and I Am a Japanese Writer. |
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How does this sound?
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10-24-2014, 05:17 PM | #45 |
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I nominate:
Le Grand Meaulnes by Alain-Fournier Amazon US Search - Goodreads Spoiler:
As Red as Blood by Salla Simukka Amazon US - Goodreads Spoiler:
And I third The Iron King. Last edited by sun surfer; 10-24-2014 at 05:26 PM. |
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