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View Poll Results: Which book of Fantasy shall we read in December? | |||
Silverlock by John Myers Myers | 3 | 16.67% | |
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan | 7 | 38.89% | |
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood | 8 | 44.44% | |
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness | 2 | 11.11% | |
Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho | 5 | 27.78% | |
Carousel Tides by Sharon Lee | 4 | 22.22% | |
Those Who Hunt the Night by Barbara Hambly | 6 | 33.33% | |
Dark Hope (The Devil's Assistant Book 1) by H.D. Smith | 3 | 16.67% | |
The Bees by Laline Paull | 2 | 11.11% | |
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11-27-2016, 12:01 AM | #1 |
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December 2016 Book Club Vote
December 2016 MobileRead Book Club Vote
Help us choose a book as the December 2016 eBook for the MobileRead Book Club. The poll will be open for 5 days. There will be no runoff vote unless the voting results a tie, in which case there will be a 3 day run-off poll. This is a visible poll: others can see how you voted. It is You may cast a vote for each book that appeals to you. We will start the discussion thread for this book on December 20th. Select from the following Official Choices with three nominations each: • Silverlock by John Myers Myers Goodreads Print Length: 360 pages Spoiler:
• The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan Goodreads | Amazon US / Barnes & Noble / Kobo US Print Length: 391 pages Spoiler:
• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood Goodreads | Amazon US / Barnes & Noble / Kobo US Print Length: 324 pages Spoiler:
• A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness Goodreads | Print Length: 224 pages Spoiler:
• Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho Goodreads Print Length: 371 pages Spoiler:
• Carousel Tides by Sharon Lee Goodreads | Amazon US / Audible / Baen / Kobo US Print Length: 304 pages Spoiler:
• Those Who Hunt the Night by Barbara Hambly Goodreads | Amazon US / Barnes & Noble Print Length: 350 pages Spoiler:
• Dark Hope (The Devil's Assistant Book 1) by H.D. Smith Goodreads | Amazon UK / Amazon US / Audible / Barnes & Noble / Kobo US Print Length: 282 pages Spoiler:
• The Bees by Laline Paull Goodreads Print Length: 352 pages Spoiler:
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11-28-2016, 01:36 PM | #2 |
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OK, I've voted.
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11-30-2016, 09:24 PM | #3 |
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Bumping as there's a little over a day left to vote.
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12-01-2016, 12:25 AM | #4 |
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12-01-2016, 06:47 AM | #5 |
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Can't you go web view and vote in Tapatalk?
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Well, see, I've already started reading The Handmaiden's Tale, and while I can't say I find it captivating, I'm starting to get into it. As for the Rick Riordan, it might get my vote, but I haven't decided yet.
What I'm really sorry to see is that folks aren't giving Carousel Tides a try. It's really a good book, and I think folks would quite enjoy it. |
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Of the leaders, we have a "near future" dystopian book where the fantasy is in the premise not the genre and a middle grade children's book I have already read (it wasn't bad, but not really good either). Neither are interesting to me. Hopefully something else catches up. I was hopeful last night when it was a 3-way tie with these two and Those Who Hunt the Night. |
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12-01-2016, 03:46 PM | #12 |
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In spite of being an Atwood fan, and in spite of the fact I own both the ebook and the dead tree book, I didn't vote for it. I wasn't up for a re-read
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I read Handmaid's Tale when it came out, so decades later, I figure it can stand a re-read. I have zero interest in reading YA for a book club discussion. I've said so before. According to the publisher, it's at a fourth grade reading level. Give me a break, honestly. I like kidlit when it comes with a kid. Not for a group of adults.
When I sussed the field, there were two yeses and four nos; I went the extra mile to read a few pages of the maybes before I made up my mind. Of the three, I found Those Who Haunt the Night to be quite readable and intriguing AND I could get it from OverDrive. I found things of sufficient irritation in the other two that I decided to give them a miss. |
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