MobileRead July 2016 Book Club Vote

[WT Sharpe]

$17.99 for the Kindle edition. That's lovely.

[CRussel]

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

$17.99 for the Kindle edition. That's lovely.

I do agree, it's expensive. Wonder if it's as bad in the UK? Hmmm, checking...

Might be time to do some travelling. It's only £3.80 at AmazonUK.

[sun surfer]

Oddly, the same author has two different books both named Waterloo, one an historical fiction that's part of the Sharpe series and one the non-fiction with the extended title that we chose. I don't think it's likely but I'd hate for anyone to accidentally read the wrong one.

Originally Posted by sun surfer

Oddly, the same author has two different books both named Waterloo, one an historical fiction that's part of the Sharpe series and one the non-fiction with the extended title that we chose. I don't think it's likely but I'd hate for anyone to accidentally read the wrong one.

I noticed this when searching for the book selection at my two sources for borrowing ebooks. The the fictional Sharpe series books are available, but not the non-fiction book. Since I am not eager enough to read this at a cost of ~$18, it may be a while before I get to it.

[Dazrin]

Originally Posted by sun surfer

Oddly, the same author has two different books both named Waterloo, one an historical fiction that's part of the Sharpe series and one the non-fiction with the extended title that we chose. I don't think it's likely but I'd hate for anyone to accidentally read the wrong one.

Thank you. I did have the wrong one on hold. I didn't look at it close enough to realize the difference in title. Unfortunately, this means I won't be reading this month's selection since it is out of my price range.

[HomeInMyShoes]

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

$17.99 for the Kindle edition. That's lovely.

The kindle version is "not currently available for purchase" at amazon.ca.

My library has it though. I'm not a big non-fiction reader and even less of a history reader. Not sure I'll get to this one, but I might take a quick gander at the library and see how it reads.

[issybird]

Originally Posted by Hamlet53

I noticed this when searching for the book selection at my two sources for borrowing ebooks. The the fictional Sharpe series books are available, but not the non-fiction book. Since I am not eager enough to read this at a cost of ~$18, it may be a while before I get to it.

I don't want to read anything to the tune of 18 bucks.

Fortunately, two of my Overdrive libraries had it and I've already got it in my virtual hands.

[bfisher]

I envy you. It's not available yet in Canada as an ebook. The Ottawa library has 8 paper copies, and I'm 40th on the waiting list, so I expect to have it available sometime in 2016.

[bfisher]

Originally Posted by issybird

Bumping this so more people vote. I'm pulling for the Rites of Peace over Waterloo. Not only am I more a causes-and-effects person than a battle person, Rites of Peace is far cheaper!

Nothing wrong with a good baseball story, though.

I just finished Rites of Peace. Thanks for the suggestion; it was very readable.

[issybird]

Originally Posted by bfisher

I just finished Rites of Peace. Thanks for the suggestion; it was very readable.

I'm glad to hear it's good! I've got it, but it looks as if I'll be reading Waterloo first.

[bfisher]

Originally Posted by GA Russell

Oh well. My thanks to those who voted for Christy Mathewson!

Thanks for the suggestion. I'm reading it (Pitching In A Pitch) now. It's mainly (at least so far) about Matthewson's experience playing for John McGraw's New York Giants in the dead-ball era. Matthewson had the third highest number of wins in MLB, and he was playing for arguably the best manager in MLB history. Matthewson wrote it at the peak of his career. It's very readable for a jock book (Matthewson graduated from Bucknell before going into pro baseball).

[bfisher]

Originally Posted by issybird

I'm glad to hear it's good! I've got it, but it looks as if I'll be reading Waterloo first.

I really enjoyed reading Rites of Peace (Zamoyski kept it lively - such scandalous doings and dirty deeds); and I think it does a lot to explain how Prussia came to dominate Germany in the 19th century.

I'm a Cornwall fan (Sharpe and the Grail Quest). I'll have a long wait to read Waterloo, but I have high expectations for it. I'm looking forward to reading the comments on it.

[Lynx-lynx]

I've just stopped reading Cornwell (25% through). I'm quite disappointed in the style he chose for this non-fiction book. There are numerous paragraphs that are more than one page long, and in my opinion, a lack of clarity generally. I will discuss further in the commentary thread.

I'm looking forward to reading Zamoyski (after I've finished Camus).

Originally Posted by bfisher

I really enjoyed reading Rites of Peace (Zamoyski kept it lively - such scandalous doings and dirty deeds); and I think it does a lot to explain how Prussia came to dominate Germany in the 19th century.

Thanks for the comment. I am getting more and more interested in reading this. It will be as a paper book from my local library though.

I was able to immediately obtain the ebook of What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions*by Randall Munroe from my local library and read about 10% of it before giving up. I just found it pretty shallow and silly regarding science.

[CRussel]

I ended up gagging on the price of this as an eBook, so I'm listening to it as an Audible book. Read primarily by the author, and he does a good job unlike most authors who should stick to their writing. Meanwhile, just for fun, I've also pulled out my copy of An Infamous Army, by Georgette Heyer.