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A Cold Day for Murder by Dana Stabenow | 7 | 53.85% | |
The Light of Day by Eric Ambler | 6 | 46.15% | |
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04-01-2017, 07:10 PM | #1 |
Bah, humbug!
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April 2017 Run-Off Vote
April 2017 Mobile Read Book Club Special Run-Off Vote
I will not vote in this poll unless my vote is needed to break a tie. This poll will be open for 3 days, and all MobileRead members are invited to participate. This is a visible poll. We will start the discussion thread for this book on April 20th. Please select from the following two Choices: • A Cold Day for Murder by Dana Stabenow Goodreads | Amazon US / Author's Website / Audible / Kobo US Print Length: 173 pages Spoiler:
• The Light of Day by Eric Ambler Goodreads | Amazon US / Audible Print Length: 224 pages Spoiler:
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04-01-2017, 07:34 PM | #2 |
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OK, I voted. The poll can be closed and we can get to reading.
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04-01-2017, 08:13 PM | #3 |
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Not quite that simple, Jon.
I voted, ultimately, for the book that is absolutely free, _and_ the start of a superb series. By reading A Cold Day for Murder, you'll get introduced not just to a single book, but months of reading pleasure. And, I might add, in this series you'll learn a good deal about the US's 49th state, the parks system in it, the First Nations who live there, and the industries that are the economic drivers (and risks) there. (The seventh book in the series, Breakup, is also one of the funniest books I've read in recent years.) |
04-02-2017, 07:52 PM | #4 |
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An interesting race - two quite different books.
I've had the Ambler book on my TBR for some time, so I started to dip into it anyway - if the Stabenow book wins the runoff, I will read that too. The only other book I can think of where a petty criminal is the "hero" is The Friends of Eddie Coyle by George V Higgins. I am assuming that the Stabenow book is a straightforward police proceedural. |
04-02-2017, 08:54 PM | #5 |
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No, not at all a police procedural. In fact, the police really don't directly enter into it at all, though Kate Shugak, the protagonist, does get her assignment from the DA's office.
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04-03-2017, 08:48 PM | #6 |
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Just finishing the Ambler novel; then heading on to the Stabenow. It's possible that I may have both of them read before the runoff poll closes - then I will be covered in any case
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04-03-2017, 09:49 PM | #7 | |
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04-03-2017, 10:54 PM | #8 | |
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04-03-2017, 10:59 PM | #9 |
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In some ways, Arthur seems proto-Flashman.
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04-04-2017, 09:09 AM | #10 |
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I'm now all set to soon start The Light of Day.
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04-04-2017, 10:57 AM | #11 |
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I just finished reading both of them, so I'm in the catbird seat.
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04-04-2017, 04:45 PM | #12 |
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Come on, folks. One more vote for A Cold Day for Murder and we'll make Tom have to be the deciding vote.
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04-04-2017, 06:27 PM | #13 |
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I've read A Cold Day for Murderand its not going to make all that good a conversation.
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04-04-2017, 06:41 PM | #14 |
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I completely disagree, Jon. But then, we often disagree.
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04-04-2017, 06:59 PM | #15 |
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Two votes in the last 15 minutes. I didn't expect that.
With less than 15 minutes to go, will we have any more takers? |
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