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View Poll Results: What tale retold shall we read in April? | |||
The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey | 7 | 58.33% | |
The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett | 6 | 50.00% | |
The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston | 5 | 41.67% | |
Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather | 6 | 50.00% | |
House of Names by Colm Tóibín | 6 | 50.00% | |
All The President’s Men by Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward | 3 | 25.00% | |
The Wild Girl by Kate Forsyth | 3 | 25.00% | |
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie | 4 | 33.33% | |
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03-07-2019, 07:13 AM | #1 |
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Vote for for April 2019 • The Way I Heard It: Retellings
Heads up! This is a three-day poll. Let's select the book we'll read and discuss in April 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: The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey Public domain in Life+50 and Australia | Kobo: $US1.99, $NZ0.99, £2.02. Spoiler:
190 pp.
The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett Kobo $9.62CDN, $11.99AUD, £4.99 | Kindle: AU $11.99, £4.99GBP, CDN$8.99, $8.99US Spoiler:
368 pp.
The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston Amazon US $9.49 | Amazon UK £6.64 | Amazon CA $12.79 | Amazon AU $12.99 | Kobo US $10.59 | Kobo UK £7.19 | Kobo CA $12.79 | Kobo AU $12.99 | Kobo NZ $13.99 Spoiler:
272 pp.
Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather Public domain in Life+70. MobileRead Library epub: Free | Faded Page all formats: Free | Feedbooks: Free | Kindle US: $9.99 | OverDrive, Audible Spoiler:
300 pp.
House of Names by Colm Tóibín Kobo: $US11.99, $C13.99, £9.99, $A9.99, $NZ10.99. Spoiler:
290 pp.
All The President’s Men by Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward Kobo: £6.99 UK, $12.99 Cdn; $4.99 Aud; $4.99 NZD | Kindle: $13.99 US; $4.99 Aud; £4.99 UK Spoiler:
368 pp.
The Wild Girl by Kate Forsyth Amazon US, $7.99 | Kobo US, $7.99 | Kobo CA $8.99 | Kobo AU $10.99 | Kobo NZ $10.99 | Kobo UK £5.63 | OverDrive, Hoopla Spoiler:
496 pp.
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie Kobo: $11.99 AUD; £5.49 UK; $7.99 US | Kindle: $7.99 US; £5.49UK; $10.99 AUD Spoiler:
256 pp.
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03-07-2019, 12:31 PM | #2 |
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03-08-2019, 08:28 AM | #3 |
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*cheers for Willa Cather*
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03-09-2019, 06:36 AM | #4 |
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Just a heads up: I see we've got a new voter, always good, but he or she hasn't posted to say hello as requested. I've sent along a follow-through PM; in the meantime the vote total has been adjusted but could be changed back.
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03-09-2019, 06:54 PM | #5 |
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Just to note that the poll will close an hour later than expected in North America, because we're going on Daylight Saving Time early tomorrow. Woo-hoo! There's about twelve hours left to vote.
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03-09-2019, 07:06 PM | #6 |
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Does that mean that the time that we see as the poll closing isn't correct? Should we calculate it back to GMT? I was waiting to vote because I know there are some regulars left and one of these is on my all-time favorites list and I'm hoping that wins. Actually I've read both that are currently tied and gave both 4-5 stars on Goodreads.
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03-09-2019, 07:22 PM | #8 |
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Does that apply if I live in an area that doesn't change time and my delta with respect to GMT will be the same tomorrow as it is today? I had no idea it was a clock changing weekend until you posted.
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03-10-2019, 06:08 AM | #10 |
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Hello Folks.
Terry Pratchett was a deep and thoughtful man, even a genius at times. His work does indeed deserve looking into, and this book as much as any he wrote. So hopefully we will get to discuss it. Cheers Issy, thanks for the heads up! |
03-10-2019, 07:22 AM | #11 |
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Welcome! While I didn't vote for it, I was pulling for Pratchett to win as something different for the club and for me personally. And I've readjusted the vote totals. Still time for a tie.
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03-10-2019, 10:54 AM | #12 |
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And, it's The Daughter of Time in a squeaker.
I was fascinated when Richard III's remains were found in 2012 in a Leicester car park. I can't resist posting an image of his skeleton: |
03-10-2019, 11:36 AM | #13 |
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FYI, although the audiobook of The Daughter of Time doesn't seem to be available for sale in the U.S., it IS in Overdrive, narration by Derek Jacobi.
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03-10-2019, 12:42 PM | #14 |
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Oh, good catch, Catlady! I had looked at both US and UK Audible sites, and it's not available at either, so had given up. But I just grabbed a copy at the library. Thanks.
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