04-20-2013, 08:39 AM | #1 |
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May 2013 Book Club Nominations
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May 2013 Nominations Help us select the next book that the MobileRead Book Club will read for May, 2013. The nominations will run through midnight EST April 30 or until 10 books have made the list. The poll will then be posted and will remain open for five days. Book selection category for May is: Mystery/Thriller 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 poll 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. Official choices with three nominations each: (1) The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey Amazon (US) Spoiler:
(2) The Dinner by Herman Koch Amazon (US) Spoiler:
(3) The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler Patricia Clark Memorial Library Spoiler:
(4) A Suspension of Mercy by Patricia Highsmith Amazon (US) Spoiler:
(5) The Flower Net by Lisa See No Links Provided Spoiler:
(6) The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley No Links Provided Spoiler:
(7) A Dark-Adapted Eye by Barbara Vine Amazon (US) / B&N (US) Spoiler:
(8) The Redbreast by Jo Nesbø No links provided. Spoiler:
(9) In Pale Battalions by Robert Goddard Amazon UK / Amazon USA / Overdrive Spoiler:
(10) Great North Road by Peter F. Hamilton Amazon (US) / B&N (US) / Sony / Kobo / Overdrive Spoiler:
The nominations are now closed. Last edited by WT Sharpe; 04-22-2013 at 02:46 PM. Reason: Updates |
04-20-2013, 09:02 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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Nominations *** The Dinner by Herman Koch [issybird, sun surfer, Bookpossum] Amazon (US) Spoiler:
*** A Suspension of Mercy by Patricia Highsmith [issybird, Bookpossum, fantasyfan] Amazon (US) Spoiler:
*** A Dark-Adapted Eye by Barbara Vine [caleb72, BelleZora, sun surfer] Amazon (US) / B&N (US) Spoiler:
*** Great North Road by Peter F. Hamilton [JSWolf, fantasyfan, Hamlet53] Amazon (US) / B&N (US) / Sony / Kobo / Overdrive Spoiler:
*** The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler [crich70, VioletVal, Bookpossum] Patricia Clark Memorial Library Spoiler:
*** The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley [Synamon, fantasyfan, GeckoFriend] No Links Provided Spoiler:
* Silent in the Grave by Deanna Raybourn [VioletVal] No Links Provided Spoiler:
*** The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey [AnemicOak, Synamon, Hamlet53] Amazon (US) Spoiler:
* The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth [AnemicOak] Amazon (US) Spoiler:
*** The Flower Net by Lisa See [desertblues, caleb72, sun surfer] No Links Provided Spoiler:
* Rules of Prey by John Sandford [John F] No Links Provided Spoiler:
* The Perfect Husband by Lisa Gardner[John F] No Links Provided Spoiler:
*** The Redbreast by Jo Nesbø [BelleZora, desertblues, Asawi] No links provided. Spoiler:
*** In Pale Battalions by Robert Goddard [Robert Goddard, desertblues, issybird] Amazon UK / Amazon USA / Overdrive Spoiler:
The nominations are now closed. Last edited by WT Sharpe; 04-22-2013 at 02:47 PM. Reason: Updated through Post #44 |
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04-20-2013, 11:30 AM | #3 | |
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I'd like to nominate The Dinner by Herman Koch.
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04-20-2013, 11:57 AM | #4 | |
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I'd also like to nominate A Suspension of Mercy by Patricia Highsmith.
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04-20-2013, 12:36 PM | #5 | |
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I can't let the opportunity go by without nominating one of my favourite authors: Barbara Vine - A Dark-Adapted Eye.
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B&N (US): LINK It's also available in Australia and UK. Additionally, it's available all over the place in Overdrive so hopefully you can find a copy somewhere. Last edited by caleb72; 04-20-2013 at 02:07 PM. |
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04-20-2013, 01:26 PM | #6 | |
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I'd like to nominate Great North Road by Peter F. Hamilton.
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Kobo: http://www.kobobooks.com/ebook/Great...FsOyShbNyA&r=3 Sony: https://ebookstore.sony.com/ebook/pe...00000000901320 B&N: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/grea...=9780345526687 Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Great-North-Ro...eat+north+road Last edited by JSWolf; 04-20-2013 at 01:34 PM. |
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04-20-2013, 01:38 PM | #7 |
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I'd like to nominate The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler. Not sure where all it is available for purchase though it is here at MR. The Big Sleep
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04-20-2013, 02:08 PM | #9 | |
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I'd like to nominate one I've read good things about and have on my to-be-read list: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley. It's available at all the usual ebook stores and at libraries via Overdrive.
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04-20-2013, 03:28 PM | #10 |
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I second The Dinner.
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04-20-2013, 05:46 PM | #11 |
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I second The Big Sleep.
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04-20-2013, 05:50 PM | #12 | |
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I nominate Silent in the Grave by Deanna Raybourn
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I nominate The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey
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04-20-2013, 06:49 PM | #14 |
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Second The Daughter of Time. One of my favourites and I would enjoy a discussion of it.
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04-20-2013, 07:21 PM | #15 |
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Not my category at all. But I just have to third The Daughter of Time because:
1) it was in the news recently that the remains of Richard III have been found 2) I just reread the play on Friday the 12 (Shakespeare of course) in preparation for a screening of a film adaption starring Ian McKellen . |
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