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A Cold Day for Murder by Dana Stabenow | 6 | 46.15% | |
Three Cheers for Me by Donald Jack | 4 | 30.77% | |
My Real Children by Jo Walton | 3 | 23.08% | |
The Light of Day by Eric Ambler | 6 | 46.15% | |
Still Life by Louise Penny | 5 | 38.46% | |
Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner | 4 | 30.77% | |
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman | 3 | 23.08% | |
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03-27-2017, 12:02 AM | #1 |
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April 2017 Book Club Vote
April 2017 MobileRead Book Club Vote
Help us choose a book as the April 2017 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 April 20th. Select from the following Official Choices with three nominations each: • A Cold Day for Murder by Dana Stabenow Goodreads | Amazon US / Author's Website / Audible / Kobo US Print Length: 173 pages Spoiler:
• Three Cheers for Me by Donald Jack Goodreads | Amazon US / Kobo US Print Length: 256 pages Spoiler:
• My Real Children by Jo Walton Goodreads Print Length: 320 pages Spoiler:
• The Light of Day by Eric Ambler Goodreads | Amazon US / Audible Print Length: 224 pages Spoiler:
• Still Life by Louise Penny Goodreads Print Length: 377 pages Spoiler:
• Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner Goodreads | Amazon US / Barnes & Noble / Kobo US / Library Thing Print Length: 322 pages Spoiler:
• The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman Goodreads Print Length: 366 pages Spoiler:
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03-27-2017, 12:44 AM | #2 |
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I'll jump in first for a change, and vote for the four books I would actually read. Two are mysteries that start excellent series, one a thriller, and the final a book I'm willing to give a chance to based on issybird's review.
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03-27-2017, 04:44 PM | #3 |
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I am hoping that a couple more books get picked up by my library. The only two that are available have the lowest votes right now (and long lines anyway).
Hopefully they will act on a couple of my recommendations before the vote closes. One book was available thru 3M Cloud Library but the status is "withdrawn", I wonder if it is from one of the publishers who put a checkout limit on their titles. |
03-27-2017, 05:55 PM | #4 |
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Well, the Dana Stabenow book is available FREE from the author's web site. AND you get to keep it -- better than the library, even.
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03-27-2017, 06:18 PM | #5 |
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Here's the link: https://stabenow.com/novels/kate-shu...ay-for-murder/ |
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03-28-2017, 12:16 AM | #7 |
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The link is in the first post too.
I read this and the other books at her site a few years ago so I doubt I will vote for it. I may re-read it though (it was very good) and will certainly at least stop by the discussion if this does win. |
03-28-2017, 12:42 AM | #8 |
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Worth a re-read, IMHO. (Having just done so.) I was pleased at how much of even this very early work I enjoyed. And you have the option of switching formats to audio -- the narrator, Marguerite Gavin is quite good.
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03-28-2017, 01:46 AM | #9 |
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Audio books only work on road trips for me. I can listen to them while driving and not be distracted. I can't work while listening to them though.
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03-28-2017, 05:24 AM | #10 |
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Not all enjoyable books make for good discussion.
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03-28-2017, 11:04 AM | #11 |
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At home, I play jigsaw puzzles on My iPad while listening to audiobooks. The two activities seem to occupy different parts of the brain without conflicting. It doesn't work for me with crossword puzzles or word games like Jumble.
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03-28-2017, 01:19 PM | #12 |
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Interesting. I hadn't thought of that particular use, but I can see how it would work. I find I can knit, even a fairly complicated pattern, while listening to a book. I only have to stop the book if I have to dig in to the pattern to try to understand a change (or figure out where I made a mistake.) Once I'm back to just knitting, the book gets restarted.
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03-31-2017, 09:12 AM | #13 |
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Little love for Neil Gaiman, I see.
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Still Life just needs two more votes to take the win. Let's do this. It's the book that best fits for April as it has the most awards of any book in the list. And some who have read the series and posted about it on MR says it's very good.
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