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Sylvie and Bruno by Lewis Carroll | 7 | 77.78% | |
Green Rider by Kristen Britan | 1 | 11.11% | |
Swords and Deviltry by Fritz Leiber | 3 | 33.33% | |
The Magic City by Edith Nesbit | 4 | 44.44% | |
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11-27-2017, 06:50 AM | #1 |
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December 2017 Book Club Vote
December 2017 MobileRead Book Club Vote
Help us choose a book as the December 2017 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 You may cast a vote for each book that appeals to you. We will start the discussion thread for this book on the 20th of December. Select from the following Official Choices with three nominations each: • Sylvie and Bruno by Lewis Carroll Goodreads | Patricia Clark Memorial Library: ePub | USF/Lit2Go Audiobooks: S&B / S&B Concluded Print Length: 488 pages Spoiler:
• Green Rider by Kristen Britan Goodreads | Amazon US / Kobo US / Overdrive Print Length: 483 pages Spoiler:
• Swords and Deviltry by Fritz Leiber Goodreads Print Length: 254 pages Spoiler:
• The Magic City by Edith Nesbit Goodreads | Patricia Clark Memorial Library: ePub / Kindle Print Length: 212 pages Spoiler:
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11-27-2017, 11:05 AM | #2 |
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Even though I seconded Green Rider, I will not be voting for it. I'll be voting for Lewis Carroll or Fritz Leiber.
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11-27-2017, 07:56 PM | #3 |
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I have joined in to help give the Club a send-off. Sylvie and Bruno is one of those books of which I had heard but have never read, and I'm very happy to give the Edith Nesbit a try also.
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11-27-2017, 08:52 PM | #4 |
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I would have hoped that Leiber's book would have gotten more uptake, but the Lewis Carroll will be interesting, or at least I hope so.
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12-02-2017, 09:37 AM | #5 |
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To no one's surprise who followed the voting, Sylvie and Bruno by Lewis Carroll won the toss. This mixture of humor, fantasy, and philosophy that promises to touch on relativity, evolution, topology, and emergent intelligence should be most interesting.
Also, issybird has posted the poll for 2nd Chance January (2018). |
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12-03-2017, 07:41 AM | #6 |
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Are you reading "Sylvie and Bruno" and "Sylvie and Bruno Concluded", or just the first?
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12-03-2017, 08:15 AM | #7 |
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12-03-2017, 11:02 AM | #8 |
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I wish there were an available Audible version (yes, I know there's Lit2Go version, but I frankly find Audible much easier to deal with in my day to day life.)
That being said, I've got Sylvie stacked up second on my TBR. Should give me more than sufficient time to read it before the discussion starts. |
12-03-2017, 11:42 AM | #9 |
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How about Librivox? While preferring Lit2Go, astrangerhere mentioned Librivox version(s) and at least Librivox has an app, making it less of a nuisance to access.
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12-03-2017, 04:46 PM | #10 |
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I think I'll probably just read it. I've got audio books backed up right now, so it won't be a hardship.
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12-08-2017, 02:04 PM | #11 |
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How does one join this group?
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12-08-2017, 02:14 PM | #12 |
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By participating in the discussion. There are no limits to membership. So, since we've already chosen the book, Sylvie and Bruno, for this month, just read it and join the discussion (Which will start on the 20th with a new thread in this sub-forum.)
Also, you might want to follow along in the Lit and MR Book Clubs -- the way forward thread. We're currently working to define a new club that will take the best of both existing clubs and end up with an all new entity here. |
12-08-2017, 05:01 PM | #13 |
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Hello Sharkie. Do join us in the reading and discussion. You will find another voting thread for January as well, so have a look at that too.
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12-10-2017, 08:56 AM | #14 |
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I missed this vote but am absolutely delighted with the choice. Sylvie and Bruno is a neglected masterpiece. I look forward to reading it.
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12-10-2017, 10:12 AM | #15 |
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I'll start reading Sylvie and Bruno either later today or tomorrow. I have it ready to go.
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