02-19-2012, 11:30 AM | #1 |
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Book Club March 2012 Book Club Nominations
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March Nominations Help us select the next book that the MobileRead Book Club will read for March 2012. The nominations will run through midnight EST March 1 or until 10 books have made the list. The first poll will then be posted and will be open for 4 days, followed by a 3 day run-off poll between the two* top vote getters. Book selection category for March is: Thriller/Suspense In order for a book to be included in the poll it needs THREE NOMINATIONS (original nomination, a second and a third). How Does This Work? The Mobile Read Book Club (MRBC) is an informal club that requires nothing of you. Each month a book is selected by polling. On the last week of that month a discussion thread is started for the book. If you want to participate feel free. There is no need to "join" or sign up. All are welcome. How Does a Book Get Selected? Each book that is nominated will be listed in a pool at the end of the nomination period. The book that polls the most votes will be the official selection. How Many Nominations Can I Make? Each participant has 3 nominations. You can nominate a new book for consideration or nominate (second, third) one that has already been nominated by another person. How Do I Nominate a Book? Please just post a message with your nomination. If you are the FIRST to nominate a book, please try to provide an abstract to the book so others may consider their level of interest. How Do I Know What Has Been Nominated? Just follow the thread. This message will be updated with the status of the nominations as often as I can. If one is missed, please just post a message with a multi-quote of the 3 nominations and it will be added to the list ASAP. When is the Poll? The poll thread will open at the end of the nomination period, or once there have been 10 books with 3 nominations each. At that time a link to the initial poll thread will be posted here and this thread will be closed. The floor is open to nominations. Please comment if you discover a nomination is not available as an ebook in your area. * In case of a first or second place tie in the first voting poll, the run-off poll may have more than two choices. Official choices with three nominations each: (1) The Redbreast by Jo Nesbo [hpulley, issybird, Nyssa] Inkmesh search Spoiler:
(2) The Day Of The Jackal by Frederick Forsyth [The Terminator, Asawi, John F] Inkmesh search Spoiler:
(3) Along came a spider by James Patterson [Asawi, John F, Nyssa] Inkmesh search Spoiler:
(4) The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad [issybird, The Terminator, Asawi] Inkmesh search, LibriVox (Audiobook) Spoiler:
(5) In The Woods by Tana French [sun surfer, Hamlet53, Synamon] Inkmesh search Spoiler:
(6) The Looking Glass War by John Le Carre [The Terminator, Hamlet53, hpulley] Inkmesh search (ebook unavailable in U.S.?) Spoiler:
(7) Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane [WT Sharpe, voodooblues, odiakkoh] Inkmesh search Spoiler:
(8) The Snowman by Joe Nesbo [Format C:, sun surfer, Synamon] Inkmesh search Spoiler:
(9) The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris [Synamon; WT Sharpe, odiakkoh] Inkmesh search Spoiler:
(10) The Spies of Warsaw by Alan Furst [issybird, sun surfer, voodooblues] Inkmesh search Spoiler:
The nominations are now closed. Last edited by WT Sharpe; 02-22-2012 at 12:34 PM. Reason: Udate through Post #48. |
02-19-2012, 11:30 AM | #2 |
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Wondering if a particular book is available in your country? The following spoiler contains a list of bookstores outside the United States you can search. If you don't see a bookstore on this list for your country, find one that is, send me the link via PM, and I'll add it to the list. In addition, if members let me know that an ebook is unavailable in a particular geographic location, I'll note it in this post, right beside the Inkmesh search for that particular book.
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*** The Snowman by Joe Nesbo [Format C:, sun surfer, Synamon] Inkmesh search Spoiler:
* Next by Michael Chirchton [Format C:] Inkmesh search Spoiler:
*** The Redbreast by Jo Nesbo [hpulley, issybird, Nyssa] Inkmesh search Spoiler:
* Best Friends by Consuelo Saah Baehr [Nyssa] Inkmesh search Spoiler:
*** Along came a spider by James Patterson [Asawi, John F, Nyssa] Inkmesh search Spoiler:
*** The Day Of The Jackal by Frederick Forsyth [The Terminator, Asawi, John F] Inkmesh search Spoiler:
*** The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad [issybird, The Terminator, Asawi] Inkmesh search, LibriVox (Audiobook) Spoiler:
*** In The Woods by Tana French [sun surfer, Hamlet53, Synamon] Inkmesh search Spoiler:
*** The Looking Glass War by John Le Carre [The Terminator, Hamlet53, hpulley] Inkmesh search (ebook unavailable in U.S.?) Spoiler:
** The Wolf Gift by Anne Rice [John F, hpulley] Inkmesh search Spoiler:
*** Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane [WT Sharpe, voodooblues, odiakkoh] Inkmesh search Spoiler:
*** The Spies of Warsaw by Alan Furst [issybird, sun surfer, voodooblues] Inkmesh search Spoiler:
*** The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris [Synamon; WT Sharpe, odiakkoh] Inkmesh search Spoiler:
* Mystic River by Dennis Lehane [GA Russell] Inkmesh search Spoiler:
* The Ninth Directive by Adam Hall [GA Russell] Amazon Spoiler:
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02-20-2012, 03:50 AM | #3 |
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My first nomination id for "the Snowman", by Joe Nesbo.
Here a inkmesh search for the ebook: http://inkmesh.com/ebooks/snowman-do...qs=the+snowman And here the Amazon review: The Snowman, Norwegian author Jo Nesbø's thriller, should please even the most die-hard Stieg Larsson fans. On the first day of snow, a child wakes up to find his mother has disappeared during the night. Outside, a snowman has appeared out of nowhere, the calling card of one of the most terrifying serial killers in recent fiction. A letter from the perpetrator draws Detective Hole further and further into the case, and together with his new partner, Katrine Bratt, he hunts the Snowman through twists and turns that become increasingly personal and may drive Hole to the brink of insanity. Brilliantly crafted, this credible and dark page-turner fully fleshes out the characters, especially Hole, a hardened detective with sharp instincts and real heart. What is the link between the victims? Is the Snowman a suspicious doctor, a notorious playboy, or one of Hole's peers on the force? The police keep thinking they've caught the criminal, but Hole's astute observations may steer him around the red herrings and right into the hands of the cold-as-ice killer. Last edited by Format C:; 02-20-2012 at 03:54 AM. |
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Second nomination:
Next, by Michael Chirchton Welcome to our genetic world. Fast, furious, and out of control. This is not the world of the future-it's the world right now. Is a loved one missing some body parts? Are blondes becoming extinct? Is everyone at your dinner table of the same species? Humans and chimpanzees differ in only 400 genes; is that why an adult human being resembles a chimp fetus? And should that worry us? There's a new genetic cure for drug addiction-is it worse than the disease? We live in a time of momentous scientific leaps; a time when it's possible to sell our eggs and sperm online for thousands of dollars; test our spouses for genetic maladies and even frame someone for a genetic crime. We live in a time when one fifth of all our genes are owned by someone else, and an unsuspecting person and his family can be pursued cross-country because they happen to have certain valuable genes within their chromosomes. . . . Devilishly clever, Next blends fact and fiction into a breathless tale of a new world where nothing is what it seems, and a set of new possibilities can open at every turn. Next challenges our sense of reality and notions of morality. Balancing the comic and bizarre with the genuinely frightening and disturbing, Next shatters our assumptions, and reveals shocking new choices where we least expect. The future is closer than you think. Get used to it. http://inkmesh.com/ebooks/next-micha...hael+chrichton |
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Might be the wrong URL for Next. Correct:
http://inkmesh.com/ebooks/next-micha...hael+chrichton Snowman, while standalone, is not the first Harry Hole novel by Nesbo. It was the first Hole book I read but some things are better understood if you've read the Oslo trilogy first. I thus nominate the first of the Oslo trilogy, The Redbreast by Jo Nesbo. http://inkmesh.com/ebooks/redbreast-...e)+by+Jo+Nesbo Last edited by hpulley; 02-20-2012 at 07:14 AM. |
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02-20-2012, 08:36 AM | #6 |
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I'll second Redbreast.
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02-20-2012, 11:00 AM | #7 |
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I 3rd The Redbreast (Link to the Kindle version).
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I would like to nominate Best Friends by Consuelo Saah Baehr.
The Inkmesh link has "[NOOK]" in the title but it is available for the Kindle and Kobo as well. Inkmesh |
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Actually Redbreast is the third Harry Hole book. Possibly the first in English, but still not the first...
I would have thirded it anyway, but I see it's already fully nominated... |
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I nominate
Along came a spider by James Patterson Spoiler:
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02-20-2012, 12:30 PM | #11 |
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First Nomination;
The Day Of The Jackal by Frederick Forsyth Inkmesh search Spoiler:
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I second Frederick Forsythe's "Day Of The Jackal"!
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02-20-2012, 01:25 PM | #13 |
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I'll second Along Came a Spider
I'll third The Day of the Jackal |
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I will 3rd Along Came a Spider
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I'd like to nominate The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad. It's in the public domain, so free copies in all formats are available all over; it's also available as a recording at LibriVox. Here's the blurb from LibriVox:
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