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A Cold Day for Murder by Dana Stabenow | 7 | 53.85% | |
The Light of Day by Eric Ambler | 6 | 46.15% | |
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04-04-2017, 07:03 PM | #16 |
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04-04-2017, 07:05 PM | #17 |
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Just wondering the same thing, Dazrin. The best part is, either one of these should be a good read. I've already gone ahead and gotten the one I didn't have, the Eric Ambler. But I'm hoping for the Dana Stabenow, if only to introduce the series to some new people.
Check out her blog today - picture of a cabin similar to the one Kate homesteads in. Much smaller and more rustic than it's easy for a city wimp like me to quite conceive of. |
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04-04-2017, 07:19 PM | #18 |
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Well that was close.
I like to see that there were 4 people who voted in the runner-up poll that didn't vote at all in the previous round. |
04-04-2017, 07:21 PM | #19 |
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And we have a loser. We don't have a winner because the book that should have won lost.
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04-04-2017, 10:06 PM | #20 |
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I'm just glad I didn't have to cast the deciding vote.
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04-04-2017, 10:13 PM | #21 |
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My library has four Dana Stabenow titles available. Two are ebooks, two are audiobook, and not one of them is A Cold Day for Murder. Curses!
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04-04-2017, 10:16 PM | #22 |
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On the plus side, I seem to have snagged it last month when it was a "first look" prime member freebie. Cheers!
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04-04-2017, 11:16 PM | #23 |
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04-05-2017, 12:59 AM | #24 | |
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04-05-2017, 09:46 AM | #25 |
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I went for the free option and CRussel's description/support made A Cold Day for Murder look interesting. I look forward to discussing with y'all. |
04-05-2017, 11:33 AM | #26 |
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04-05-2017, 11:47 AM | #27 |
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While true that sometimes free isn't always better, this is a very good book and the implication that is is a "bad" book is not at all true.
Also, there is no call to blame someone for your choice not winning. Even if Kansaskyle hadn't voted for it it would have been a tie (and WT Sharpe didn't vote for the other book in the first round....) |
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We keep hoping to force you into that. But so far, not since I've been participating, at least. Ah, well, maybe next month.
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We were fortunate this month - we had an excellent slate in the original voting (four that I was quite willing to read and discuss), and the final runoff let us choose between two promising books, both of which I've now bought the eBook and Audible books for and intend to read (or re-read). I have nothing bad to say about the Eric Ambler book - I expect it to be an excellent read. But if the read and discussion gets even one more person hooked on Dana Stabenow, then it's a win. (And yes, I've already pre-ordered her 21st book in this series, due out in May. So I guess I count as hooked, certainly.) Finally, a reminder -- you'll get another chance at the Eric Ambler book in January. |
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04-09-2017, 11:17 AM | #30 |
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I haven't tried it, but I think there's always a danger with genre fiction in particular. As it ages, does it go classic or just dated? I thought the more modern option in the run-off was a better choice for that reason alone.
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