MobileRead June 2010 Mobile Read Book Club Vote - Page 3

WT Sharpe · 05-29-2010, 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by kennyc

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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

Shutter Island. 336 pages. $9.99 at Amazon.
The Thirty-Nine Steps. 160 pages. Free here at MobileRead.

Some folks haven't finished last month's selection, to say nothing of Gone With The Wind.

The Thirty-Nine Steps! Half the length of Shutter Island, and it's FREE!

That's me you're talkin' about buddy....

But you voted for Mystic River!

kennyc · 05-29-2010, 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

But you voted for Mystic River!

That's only cause I forgot about Shutter Island.

I may not have time this month to read it anyway, so I just threw my vote away.....kinda like voting for the libertarian candidate.

darknessangel · 05-29-2010, 12:37 PM

Noooo! Go dead(ish), go! It's the only book that's out of the thriller, action movie set! Where hero undergoes <traumatic/conspiracy event> and goes on <vengeance/whatever>.

GJMS

anchorhead66 · 05-29-2010, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by darknessangel

Noooo! Go dead(ish), go! It's the only book that's out of the thriller, action movie set! Where hero undergoes <traumatic/conspiracy event> and goes on <vengeance/whatever>.

GJMS

I don't believe that statement is entirely accurate. The description of Resurrection sounds like it would be along those lines, that is why I chose it. Dead(ish) feels like it would be geared more toward a female audience. Just my $.02

Kevin2960 · 05-29-2010, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by anchorhead66

I don't believe that statement is entirely accurate. The description of Resurrection sounds like it would be along those lines, that is why I chose it. Dead(ish) feels like it would be geared more toward a female audience. Just my $.02

Edit: Oops, I just re-read your post I'm sorry. I feel like such an idiot.

Dead(ish) is a great Book, is it a Book for Females ? ....

NO ..... It's a great, Comical story for Men, Women and anyone else

SneakySnake · 05-29-2010, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by ficbot

Vote for Shutter Island! I have never chosen the winning book before and really want to have something chosen this month that I'll want to read

They can stick their $10 up their proverbial.....
I think unless it is a specialised technical book $5 should pull it up every time.

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Dead(ish) is a great Book, is it a Book for Females ? ....

NO ..... It's a great, Comical story for Men, Women and anyone else

I was going to read dead(ish) anyway

lene1949 · 05-29-2010, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

Shutter Island. 336 pages. $9.99 at Amazon.
The Thirty-Nine Steps. 160 pages. Free here at MobileRead.

Some folks haven't finished last month's selection, to say nothing of Gone With The Wind.

The Thirty-Nine Steps! Half the length of Shutter Island, and it's FREE!

Yep, I voted for Thirty-Nine Steps. Shutter Island is not available in Australia, I believe... It's also rather expensive.

voodooblues · 05-30-2010, 12:41 AM

I voted for Shutter Island, I had already purchased the book and was going to read it soon.

lene1949 · 05-31-2010, 03:33 AM

If Shutter Island gets voted in I might have to find something else to read... I guess I'll have to look a my very long TBR list... Not a bad thing at all... Go ahead, make my day!

SneakySnake · 05-31-2010, 04:38 AM

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Originally Posted by lene1949

If Shutter Island gets voted in I might have to find something else to read... I guess I'll have to look a my very long TBR list... Not a bad thing at all... Go ahead, make my day!

I second that!

WT Sharpe · 05-31-2010, 06:39 AM

Go Go Go The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan.

"The prototype of the modern thriller novel."
Only 160 pages and

FREE

here at MobileRead!!!

kennyc · 05-31-2010, 06:44 AM

Prototype?

pdurrant · 05-31-2010, 07:39 AM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

I voted for Thin Blood too.

But since it doesn't look like it's going to win (and I've just finished it anyway) Can I switch to "The Thirty-Nine Steps"?

WT Sharpe · 05-31-2010, 07:48 AM

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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

Go Go Go The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan.

"The prototype of the modern thriller novel."
Only 160 pages and

FREE

here at MobileRead!!!

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Originally Posted by kennyc

Prototype?

See post #1.

suecsi · 06-01-2010, 06:49 AM

For those in the USA with the luck to have Overdrive libraries, Shutter Island is available from some Overdrive libraries. So then it's free.

Unless we are going to restrict the book club choices by price/geo restriction etc etc, I think we are always going to struggle to get books that are available everywhere to all the MR members - it's just the nature of the beast that we all discuss at length in other threads. I guess that's a decision for the originators of the Book Club.

View Poll Results: June 2010 Mobile Read Book Club Vote
Thin Blood by MR member author Vicki Tyley	7	10.14%
Shutter Island by Dennis LeHane	14	20.29%
The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan	20	28.99%
Last Man Standing by David Baldacci	3	4.35%
Resurrection by Gabriel May	5	7.25%
Mystic River by Dennis Lehane	2	2.90%
Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell	4	5.80%
Casino Royale (1953) by Ian Fleming	6	8.70%
Killing Floor by Lee Child	2	2.90%
Dead(ish) by by MR member author Naomi Kramer	6	8.70%
Voters: 69. You may not vote on this poll

05-31-2010, 06:39 AM	#41
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,073 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	Go Go Go *The Thirty-Nine Steps* by John Buchan. "The prototype of the modern thriller novel." Only 160 pages and FREE here at MobileRead!!! Last edited by WT Sharpe; 05-31-2010 at 06:46 AM.

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05-29-2010, 12:37 PM	#33
darknessangel Addict Posts: 297 Karma: 1018140 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: PRS-505, iPad	Noooo! Go dead(ish), go! It's the only book that's out of the thriller, action movie set! Where hero undergoes <traumatic/conspiracy event> and goes on <vengeance/whatever>. GJMS

05-30-2010, 12:41 AM	#38
voodooblues Connoisseur Posts: 58 Karma: 6106 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Somewhere out there Device: iPad(3 or HD or whatever), iPad Mini, Kindle 7" hdx, Samsung 7 tab 3	I voted for Shutter Island, I had already purchased the book and was going to read it soon.

05-31-2010, 03:33 AM	#39
lene1949 Wizard Posts: 1,952 Karma: 213930 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Middelfart, Denmark Device: Kindle paper white	If Shutter Island gets voted in I might have to find something else to read... I guess I'll have to look a my very long TBR list... Not a bad thing at all... Go ahead, make my day!

05-31-2010, 06:44 AM	#42
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,872 Karma: 118716293 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	Prototype?

06-01-2010, 06:49 AM	#45
suecsi Rock Chick Posts: 429 Karma: 4965 Join Date: May 2009 Location: near Heathrow Device: Kindle 2i, Kindle DX, Kindle 3G	For those in the USA with the luck to have Overdrive libraries, Shutter Island is available from some Overdrive libraries. So then it's free. Unless we are going to restrict the book club choices by price/geo restriction etc etc, I think we are always going to struggle to get books that are available everywhere to all the MR members - it's just the nature of the beast that we all discuss at length in other threads. I guess that's a decision for the originators of the Book Club.

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