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View Poll Results: Which books are your picks for the November 2013 MobileRead Book Club selection? | |||
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas | 19 | 47.50% | |
All Quiet On The Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque | 14 | 35.00% | |
Going to the Dogs: The Story of a Moralist by Erich Kästner | 7 | 17.50% | |
The Gospel According to Jesus Christ by José Saramago | 10 | 25.00% | |
Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis | 3 | 7.50% | |
The Dinner by Herman Koch | 8 | 20.00% | |
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn | 9 | 22.50% | |
White Fever: A Journey to the Frozen Heart of Siberia by Jacek Hugo | 5 | 12.50% | |
The Blind Owl by Sadegh Hidayat | 3 | 7.50% | |
Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko | 9 | 22.50% | |
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10-22-2013, 10:31 AM | #1 |
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November Book Club Vote
November 2013 MobileRead Book Club Vote
Help us choose a book as the November 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 November 20th. Select from the following Official Choices with three nominations each: • The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas Patricia Clark Memorial Library Spoiler:
• All Quiet On The Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque Amazon UK / Amazon US Spoiler:
• Going to the Dogs: The Story of a Moralist by Erich Kästner Amazon (US)/Kobo Spoiler:
• The Gospel According to Jesus Christ by José Saramago Amazon (US)/Amazon (UK)/Amazon (CA)/ B&N (US)/Kobo or Kobo/Google Play (AUS) or Google Play (AUS) Spoiler:
• Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis Amazon (US) Spoiler:
• The Dinner by Herman Koch Amazon CA / Amazon UK / Amazon US Spoiler:
• One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn No links provided. Spoiler:
• White Fever: A Journey to the Frozen Heart of Siberia by Jacek Hugo-Bader Amazon (UK) Spoiler:
• The Blind Owl by Sadegh Hidayat Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. / Amazon U.S. / Bookworld Australia Spoiler:
• Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko OverDrive (US)/OverDrive (Non-US)/Amazon (UK)/Amazon (CA)/ Google Play (AUS) Spoiler:
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10-22-2013, 03:33 PM | #2 |
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Is it possible to reset my choice and vote once again? I didn't read that I can pick few books and I voted only for one
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10-23-2013, 03:20 AM | #3 |
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I had a feeling All Quiet on the Western Front might be a popular choice. Such a famous novel. It was studied in my high school but I missed out on the experience. Would be good to get a chance to read it now.
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10-23-2013, 05:30 AM | #4 |
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It sounds from the spoiler that it's auto-biograpical in nature more than just a novel, but I guess he's not the only author who used experiences in WWI as a basis of a book. Hemingway also used his WWI experiences as basis of his writing if memory serves.
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10-23-2013, 09:07 AM | #5 |
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I think I'll abstain from voting and probably hold off reading this month's winner. I might use it in next year's reading challenge depending on what else I've found for that country.
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10-23-2013, 10:09 AM | #6 |
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Wow, The Count of Monte Cristo really made a surge. I'm a bit surprised so many people want to dive into a 1000+ pages as a book club read. Then again, we are talking about The Count of Monte Cristo. Some things exist to be an exception.
This one's on my "must read before I die" list, but I doubt I'd get around to it for this book club read. |
10-23-2013, 10:41 AM | #7 |
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10-23-2013, 11:59 AM | #9 | |
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10-23-2013, 03:38 PM | #10 |
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As I read The Count of Monte Christo and saw the films, I won't vote for it.
Erich Kästner is one of my favorite German writes, so I my vote for him; I read his Emil und die Detektive and was very impressed by Emil's cleverness. (edit: when I was very young. It is a children's book). And a vote for my own nomination The Dinner which is a good, but disturbing book. Also the Blind Owl, after I saw a quotation of this book: "There are certain sores in life that, like a canker, gnaw at the soul in solitude and diminish it". Last edited by desertblues; 10-23-2013 at 03:43 PM. |
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10-24-2013, 02:23 PM | #12 |
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WT Sharpe, thanks for this nice gothic blues. Nice tune as well.
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10-25-2013, 02:22 PM | #15 |
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hm, The Count of Monte Christo has the most votes till now.
I'll keep my fingers crossed for the All quiet on the Western front (which I didn't vote for) or some other book to win..... I read Monte Christo about the same time, 4 or 5 times, that I read all Jules Verne (a very long time ago). And I saw three different films of it. Old news.......well....won't read this book again, really. |
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