10-17-2014, 07:37 PM | #1 |
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November 2014 Book Club Nominations
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November 2014 Nominations Help us select the book that the MobileRead Book Club will read for November, 2014. The nominations will run through midnight EST October 31 or until 10 books have made the list. The poll will then be posted and will remain open for five days. Book selection category for November is: Books Originally Written in a Language other than English In order for a book to be included in the poll it needs THREE NOMINATIONS (original nomination, a second and a third). How Does This Work? The Mobile Read Book Club (MRBC) is an informal club that requires nothing of you. Each month a book is selected by polling. On the last week of that month a discussion thread is started for the book. If you want to participate feel free. There is no need to "join" or sign up. All are welcome. How Does a Book Get Selected? Each book that is nominated will be listed in a poll at the end of the nomination period. The book that polls the most votes will be the official selection. How Many Nominations Can I Make? Each participant has 3 nominations. You can nominate a new book for consideration or nominate (second, third) one that has already been nominated by another person. How Do I Nominate a Book? Please just post a message with your nomination. If you are the FIRST to nominate a book, please try to provide an abstract to the book so others may consider their level of interest. How Do I Know What Has Been Nominated? Just follow the thread. This message will be updated with the status of the nominations as often as I can. If one is missed, please just post a message with a multi-quote of the 3 nominations and it will be added to the list ASAP. When is the Poll? The poll thread will open at the end of the nomination period, or once there have been 10 books with 3 nominations each. At that time a link to the initial poll thread will be posted here and this thread will be closed. The floor is open to nominations. Please comment if you discover a nomination is not available as an ebook in your area. Official choices with three nominations each: (1) Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko Overdrive Spoiler:
(2) The Bat by Jo Nesbø Amazon US / Google / Kobo / Overdrive Spoiler:
(3) Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami Amazon US / Overdrive Spoiler:
(4) The Iron King by Maurice Druon Amazon US / Kobo CA / Kobo US / Overdrive Spoiler:
(5) As Red as Blood by Salla Simukka Amazon US / Goodreads Spoiler:
(6) How to Make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired by Dany Laferriere No links provided. Spoiler:
(7) Le Grand Meaulnes by Alain-Fournier Amazon US Search / Goodreads Spoiler:
The nominations are now closed. Last edited by WT Sharpe; 11-01-2014 at 12:15 AM. Reason: Through #57. |
10-17-2014, 07:38 PM | #2 |
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Wondering if a particular book is available in your country? The following spoiler contains a list of bookstores outside the United States you can search. If you don't see a bookstore on this list for your country, find one that is, send me the link via PM, and I'll add it to the list.
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*** Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko [John F, treadlightly, Dazrin] Overdrive Spoiler:
* Le Morte D'Arthur compiled by Sir Thomas Malory [crich70] Patricia Clark Memorial Library: Epub | Kindle Spoiler:
* The German Mujahid by Boualem Sansal [HomeInMyShoes] Amazon US Spoiler:
*** Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami [HomeInMyShoes, Dazrin, WT Sharpe] Amazon US / Overdrive Spoiler:
*** The Bat by Jo Nesbø [JSWolf, John F, treadlightly] Amazon US / Google / Kobo / Overdrive Spoiler:
*** The Iron King by Maurice Druon [treadlightly, caleb72, sun surfer] Amazon US / Kobo CA / Kobo US / Overdrive Spoiler:
*** How to Make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired by Dany Laferriere [ccowie, Synamon, jemc] No links provided. Spoiler:
*** Le Grand Meaulnes by Alain-Fournier [sun surfer, Synamon, ccowie] Amazon US Search / Goodreads Spoiler:
*** As Red as Blood by Salla Simukka [sun surfer, HomeInMyShoes, Synamon] Amazon US / Goodreads Spoiler:
The nominations are now closed. Last edited by WT Sharpe; 11-01-2014 at 12:15 AM. Reason: Through post #57. |
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10-21-2014, 06:42 AM | #3 |
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I'll nominate Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko.
From Amazon (some possible plot spoilers?): Spoiler:
Available at libraries everywhere*. Overdrive: https://www.overdrive.com/media/250214/night-watch Originally written/published in Russian. |
10-21-2014, 09:17 AM | #4 |
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I'll second Night Watch.
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10-21-2014, 09:22 AM | #5 |
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Remember, because we here in the US speak English, that means that a book written in the UK is eligible as that's not the same language. Australian books would be just as eligible.
I've read a book from Charles Stross that is written very much in UKisms and unless you know the words used, then you would spend a good amount of time looking them up. This is an example of a foreign book (IMHO). P.S. There is also the opposite of UKers and Australians saying that the US doesn't speak English, so they should be able to nominate books written in the US. |
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10-21-2014, 11:38 AM | #6 |
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I will third Night Watch. Even if the story isn't a great conversation starter, the author and his opinions might be based on the GR reviews.
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10-21-2014, 11:47 AM | #8 |
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10-21-2014, 12:03 PM | #9 |
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10-21-2014, 12:17 PM | #10 |
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10-21-2014, 03:18 PM | #12 |
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I'll nominate The German Mujahid by Boualem Sansal.
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This would also count as a banned/challenged book as it was banned in Algeria. |
10-21-2014, 10:36 PM | #13 |
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Well I guess I'm a little confused about this catagory. Does a Canadian book qualify or only one that was originally written in French?
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10-22-2014, 12:45 AM | #14 |
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French Canadian would be ok, English Canadian wouldn't meet the intent. Basically we wanted to choose something that has been translated into English.
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