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For All the Tea in China: Espionage, Empire and the Secret Formula for the World's Favourite Drink by Sarah Rose | 3 | 33.33% | |
The Last Grain Race by Eric Newby | 4 | 44.44% | |
A Delicate Truth by John Le Carré | 5 | 55.56% | |
Balance of Trade by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller | 2 | 22.22% | |
Emma by Jane Austen | 4 | 44.44% | |
The Seventh Cross by Anna Seghers | 4 | 44.44% | |
The Winner by David Baldacci | 2 | 22.22% | |
Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain | 4 | 44.44% | |
The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith | 5 | 55.56% | |
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01-07-2019, 06:58 AM | #1 |
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Vote for February 2019 • Let's Make a Deal: Trade Secrets
Let's select the book we'll read and discuss in February 2019! We love new participants. We're happy for you to vote, but we'd like to request that you not vote unless you plan to join the discussion whatever the selection, in the interest of a vibrant conversation. So if you haven't posted in a book club thread yet, do please say a quick hello here or in the Welcome thread. This is a poll. Vote for as many books as you'd like. Questions? FAQs | Guidelines Or just ask! Choices: For All the Tea in China: Espionage, Empire and the Secret Formula for the World's Favourite Drink by Sarah Rose Available at etailers in all markets (US $12.99) plus OverDrive and Scribd (audio) Spoiler:
272 pp.
The Last Grain Race by Eric Newby US$9.99, CA$12.99, AU$10.99, UK£7.99, Scribd Spoiler:
288 pp.
A Delicate Truth by John Le Carré Kobo: $US5.99, $C11.99, $A12.99, $NZ16.32, £4.99 Spoiler:
321 pp.
Balance of Trade by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller Amazon: $5.38 | AmazonCA: $8.56 | Baen Ebooks: $6.99 | AmazonUK: £4.67 | Audible (WS) $1.99 Spoiler:
464 pp.
Emma by Jane Austen Public domain Spoiler:
350 pp.
The Seventh Cross by Anna Seghers AmazonUS | Kobo $13.99 Spoiler:
416 pp.
The Winner by David Baldacci Amazon US $7.99 | Amazon UK £4.74 | Amazon CA $7.49 | Amazon AU $9.99 | Kobo US $7.99 | Kobo UK £6.47 | Kobo CA $7.49 | Kobo AU $9.99 Spoiler:
526 pp.
The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain Public domain Spoiler:
240 pp.
The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith Amazon US $8.48 Spoiler:
320 pp.
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01-07-2019, 07:10 AM | #2 |
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I generally don't like to vote for more than half the choices but went slightly over than under this month with the odd number of choices.
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01-07-2019, 07:25 AM | #3 |
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I went slightly under half rather than over, but I don't have any strong preferences this month.
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01-07-2019, 12:09 PM | #4 |
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Well, I went for four items as well, gmw, but only two match up with you, and two match up with issybird. So I guess I'm the unifier .
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01-07-2019, 04:25 PM | #5 |
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Four for me too!
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01-08-2019, 05:51 AM | #6 |
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Tight race!
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01-08-2019, 07:44 AM | #7 |
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01-08-2019, 09:40 AM | #8 |
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Does the voting indicate all the books are almost equally appealing, or almost equally unappealing?
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As for me, I can generally class the nominations into three groups: books I'd like to read, books I wouldn't mind reading, and books I'd prefer not to read. This month was no different. |
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01-08-2019, 10:15 PM | #10 |
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I have an additional level of granularity in my classification: books I wouldn't mind reading if they were cheaper. It's not a huge issue for me (now that I've not had a cigarette for 374 days 14 hours and 16 minutes, I can afford more stuff), but it does influence my voting.
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Bravo on giving up smoking, gmw! I have never smoked, so I buy myself photographic gear with my cigarette money. |
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01-08-2019, 11:36 PM | #12 |
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Congrats to you, gmw! A new year's resolution that took!
As for cost, so far for me there's always been a way, which would include borrowing the paper book. But I live in the same town as the state university and can use its library, and I know some are unable or unwilling to read paper. And ebooks in Australia can be dear. |
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As for voting? I let cost rule out some books, but it won't stop me from reading them if they do win. Usually, I can find them in the library if I am willing to wait a bit. |
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01-09-2019, 07:14 AM | #14 |
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Of the front runners, I've rather got my fingers crossed for The Seventh Cross, for diversity's sake if no other. While we're doing fine with women authors (exactly half of the selections to date), we're lagging with non-Anglophone choices at only one so far.
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01-09-2019, 07:40 AM | #15 |
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