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The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne | 8 | 19.51% | |
The American Senator by Anthony Trollope | 12 | 29.27% | |
A High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes | 6 | 14.63% | |
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton | 7 | 17.07% | |
The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles | 4 | 9.76% | |
A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | 19 | 46.34% | |
Animal Farm by George Orwell | 16 | 39.02% | |
The Good Soldier Svejk by Jaroslav Hasek | 6 | 14.63% | |
All Men Are Mortal by Simone de Beauvoir | 7 | 17.07% | |
The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper | 7 | 17.07% | |
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03-26-2013, 07:25 AM | #1 |
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April 2013 Book Club Vote
March 2013 MobileRead Book Club Vote
Help us choose a book as the April 2013 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 multiple-choice: you may cast a vote for each book that appeals to you. We will start the discussion thread for this book on April 20th. Select from the following Official Choices with three nominations each: (1) The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne No links provided. Spoiler:
(2) The American Senator by Anthony Trollope No links given, but issybird says, "Available here at MR; if people don't want to convert to ePub it's also available at Manybooks. Free audio at LibriVox." Spoiler:
(3) A High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes No links provided. Spoiler:
(4) The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton No links provided. Spoiler:
(5) The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles No links provided. Spoiler:
(6) A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Patricia Clark Memorial Library: Mobi / Mobi Omnibus / ePub Omnibus Spoiler:
(7) Animal Farm by George Orwell No links provided. Spoiler:
(8) The Good Soldier Svejk by Jaroslav Hasek Amazon Spoiler:
(9) All Men Are Mortal by Simone de Beauvoir No links provided. Spoiler:
(10) The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper Patricia Clark Memorial Library: Mobi / Mobi Spoiler:
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03-26-2013, 07:41 AM | #2 |
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Alright, I voted for several, also for 'All men are mortal', which is an excellent book with several 'layers'. One can read it as an adventure, but also as a masterpiece of the existentialist philosopher Simone de Beauvoir.
I loaded several books on my ereader/iPad from MR/bought the Scarlet letter, Study in scarlet, The sheltering sky, The American senator and High wind in Jamaica and the collected works of Edith Wharton.....for I'm leaving tomorrow....travelling 24 days in Uzbekistan (Central Asia) and Xinjiang (China).....I don't know about wifi. (plenty of time to read though, as I will be travelling on 4 different trains/busses/car over long distances) Last edited by desertblues; 03-26-2013 at 07:57 AM. Reason: something forgotten... |
03-26-2013, 08:43 AM | #3 |
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I just voted.
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03-26-2013, 08:52 AM | #4 |
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03-26-2013, 09:01 AM | #5 |
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Simone de Beauvoir's subservient relationship to Sartre sets my teeth on edge, but of course that's irrelevant to the quality of the work. But when you add to that their collaboration (especially Sartre's) during the occupation, it's hard for me to get past my distaste.
ETA: I shall of course read it if it wins; I may even vote for it. Still considering. Last edited by issybird; 03-26-2013 at 09:07 AM. |
03-26-2013, 09:21 AM | #6 |
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I probably won't get around to reading, so I'll stay out of this one. I was really itching to third Watership Down, but it seemed like the wrong action to take if I wasn't prepared to support it all the way for this month.
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03-26-2013, 10:02 AM | #7 |
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03-26-2013, 11:47 PM | #8 |
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I voted for "A Study in Scarlet." You can't beat a good Sherlock Holmes story.
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03-27-2013, 04:56 AM | #9 |
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I love Animal Farm, but I don't think I'll join in if it wins. I have read it many times, and have reviewed it at school and college, so don't feel the need to do so again. Also, my daughter has just read it for school, and we have spent hours discussing it recently.
Wouldn't mind if the Sherlock Holmes wins, as it is a looong time since I last visited that particular piece of work. Think I'll read the Simone de Beauvoir anyway, as that'll be a first for me and way outside my normal reading material. |
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I am also hoping for A Study in Scarlet.
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03-27-2013, 10:33 AM | #12 |
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03-27-2013, 12:12 PM | #13 |
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03-27-2013, 12:26 PM | #14 |
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For the record, I've already read three of the nominations, but it's been years since I've read A Study in Scarlet. If it wins, I'll re-read it in my paper edition of the fantastic but out-of-print two-volume Annotated Sherlock Holmes edited by William Baring-Gould.
(BTW, the copies below aren't mine. Just a picture I found on the 'Net. The book covers are long gone from my copies.) Last edited by WT Sharpe; 03-27-2013 at 12:29 PM. |
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