06-19-2012, 06:55 PM | #1 |
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July 2012 Book Club Nominations
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July Nominations Help us select the next book that the MobileRead Book Club will read for July 2012. The nominations will run through midnight EST June 30 or until 10 books have made the list. The first poll will then be posted and will be open for 4 days, followed by a 3 day run-off poll between the two* top vote getters. Book selection category for July is: Mystery/Crime In order for a book to be included in the poll it needs THREE NOMINATIONS (original nomination, a second and a third). How Does This Work? The Mobile Read Book Club (MRBC) is an informal club that requires nothing of you. Each month a book is selected by polling. On the last week of that month a discussion thread is started for the book. If you want to participate feel free. There is no need to "join" or sign up. All are welcome. How Does a Book Get Selected? Each book that is nominated will be listed in a poll at the end of the nomination period. The book that polls the most votes will be the official selection. How Many Nominations Can I Make? Each participant has 3 nominations. You can nominate a new book for consideration or nominate (second, third) one that has already been nominated by another person. How Do I Nominate a Book? Please just post a message with your nomination. If you are the FIRST to nominate a book, please try to provide an abstract to the book so others may consider their level of interest. How Do I Know What Has Been Nominated? Just follow the thread. This message will be updated with the status of the nominations as often as I can. If one is missed, please just post a message with a multi-quote of the 3 nominations and it will be added to the list ASAP. When is the Poll? The poll thread will open at the end of the nomination period, or once there have been 10 books with 3 nominations each. At that time a link to the initial poll thread will be posted here and this thread will be closed. The floor is open to nominations. Please comment if you discover a nomination is not available as an ebook in your area. * In case of a first or second place tie in the first voting poll, the run-off poll may have more than two choices. Official choices with three nominations each: (1) Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters Inkmesh search Spoiler:
(2) A Drink Before the War by Dennis Lehane Inkmesh search $6.98 / Inkmesh search $7.99 Spoiler:
(3) Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell Inkmesh search Spoiler:
(4) The Necropolis Railway by Andrew Martin Inkmesh search Spoiler:
(5) In Pale Battalions by Robert Goddard Inkmesh search Spoiler:
(6) The Case of the Velvet Claws by Erle Stanley Gardner Amazon Spoiler:
(7) Heat Wave by Richard Castle Inkmesh search Spoiler:
(8) Carved in Bone by Jefferson Bass Inkmesh search Spoiler:
(9) The Roman Hat Mystery by Ellery Queen Amazon / Kobo Books Spoiler:
(10) Thin Blood by Vicki Tyley Inkmesh search Spoiler:
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06-19-2012, 06:55 PM | #2 |
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Wondering if a particular book is available in your country? The following spoiler contains a list of bookstores outside the United States you can search. If you don't see a bookstore on this list for your country, find one that is, send me the link via PM, and I'll add it to the list. In addition, if members let me know that an ebook is unavailable in a particular geographic location, I'll note it in this post, right beside the Inkmesh search for that particular book.
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*** The Necropolis Railway by Andrew Martin [issybird, sun surfer, Synamon] Inkmesh search Spoiler:
* XO by Jeffery Deaver [Format C:] Amazon / Barnes & Noble / Sony Spoiler:
*** Thin Blood by Vicki Tyley [caleb72, Asawi, RoccoPaco] Inkmesh search Spoiler:
*** A Drink Before the War by Dennis Lehane [John F, Asawi, yekim54] Inkmesh search $6.98 / Inkmesh search $7.99 Spoiler:
*** Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters [John F, GeckoFriend, AnemicOak] Inkmesh search Spoiler:
*** Carved in Bone by Jefferson Bass [JSWolf, Format C:, orlok] Inkmesh search Spoiler:
*** Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell [AnemicOak, issybird, Asawi] Inkmesh search Spoiler:
*** In Pale Battalions by Robert Goddard [orlok, sun surfer, Synamon] Inkmesh search Spoiler:
*** The Case of the Velvet Claws by Erle Stanley Gardner [WT Sharpe, Synamon, sun surfer] Amazon Spoiler:
*** The Roman Hat Mystery by Ellery Queen [GA Russell, WT Sharpe, drofgnal] Amazon / Kobo Books Spoiler:
*** Heat Wave by Richard Castle [VioletVal, BelleZora, Format C:] Inkmesh search Spoiler:
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06-20-2012, 01:39 AM | #3 | |
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I'd like to nominate The Necropolis Railway, the first Jim Springer mystery by Andrew Martin. Here’s a blurb from Booklist:
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06-20-2012, 05:06 AM | #4 |
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06-20-2012, 05:11 AM | #5 | |
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It may not be his best, it's the third in a series (but afaik they can be read as stand-alone novels), it's really expensive. But i'd like to nominate:
Jeffery Deaver - XO (third in Kathryn Dance series). Abstract: Quote:
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06-20-2012, 07:41 AM | #6 | |
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I nominate Thin Blood by Vicki Tyley. I've heard many strong compliments about this author and I'm reading this book this month anyway.
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06-20-2012, 08:11 AM | #7 | |
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06-20-2012, 09:12 AM | #8 |
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And GeckoFriend just PMed me to say that one of my "polls" was "pool"! Sheesh! I'll bet that typo has been in there since I first took over the Book Club!
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06-20-2012, 09:26 AM | #9 |
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I'll nominate A Drink Before the War by Dennis Lehane.
From fictiondb.com: Spoiler:
Overdrive link: http://search.overdrive.com/ti/2dd52...e-angela-ebook |
06-20-2012, 09:38 AM | #10 |
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I'll nominate Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters:
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06-20-2012, 09:51 AM | #11 |
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I'll second Crocodile on the Sandbank
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06-20-2012, 09:55 AM | #12 |
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06-20-2012, 10:00 AM | #13 |
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I second A Drink Before the War
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06-20-2012, 02:07 PM | #14 |
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