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08-03-2020, 12:57 AM | #16 | |
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I'm going to nominate the story of what is arguably the greatest journey in history, and certainly one of the most amazing, Ernest Shackleton's South. This is in the public domain, and therefore available in multiple editions at a wide range of prices, but none of them are above my personal $10 limit. I might have gone for Alfred Lansing's Endurance, but it's too expensive. And besides, with South, we're getting it from the primary source.
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How many ADE pages or number of words would be considered to be too long?
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That said: remember it's not a hard rule. You can always nominate and people will simply not support it if they don't want it - which happened to me many months back when I nominated Nelson DeMille's Word of Honour. Hence the earlier hints around The Physician, the idea being that if it sparked enough interest I might have nominated it despite the length, but not without that interest. * ADE or other is not huge issue, same ballpark, but for ADE I'd probably use slightly smaller limits. eg: The Physician is 714 pages in MMPB, 648 ADE, 875 showing on Kobo, 838 in Amazon. Word of Honour is 752 MMPB, 618 ADE, 884 at Amazon. These are both big books and a big reading commitment if someone is not sure whether they are going to like the book or not. |
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I shall nominate The Eyre Affair by Jasper FForde.
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I’ll second south By Ernest Shackleton.
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08-03-2020, 01:01 PM | #21 |
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I’ll nominate Erebus: The Story of a Ship By Michael Palin.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Erebus-Stor...al-text&sr=1-1 365 pages “In the early years of Queen Victoria’s reign, HMS Erebus undertook two of the most ambitious naval expeditions of all time. On the first, she ventured further south than any human had ever been. On the second, she vanished with her 129-strong crew in the wastes of the Canadian Arctic. “Her fate remained a mystery for over 160 years. Then, in 2014, she was found. This is her story.“ The ebook edition of Erebus Is Available for less than £5 at Amazon UK and Palin does an excellent job narrating the text for Audible. Last edited by fantasyfan; 08-03-2020 at 03:48 PM. |
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Oooh, more good nominations! One has been on my TBR for a while, and the other is about the ill-fated Franklin expedition, a topic of much interest her in Canada the last few years. Oh, and both are reasonably priced, always a consideration. Sadly, I have no more tickets, but I expect they'll both get through.
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I’ll second the The Eyre Affair, and Erebus: The Story of a Ship. The first sounds like great fun, and I really enjoy Michael Palin’s work.
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Thank you for the nod. It is a fun series. I've not read it myself. Ive been waiting to try to get it read for the book club.
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And before something else comes up that drags me away for a day...
I nominate Winter Journey by Diane Armstrong. The description from Goodreads: Quote:
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I will second Skeletons at the Feast by Chris Bohjalian. I have had Bohjalian on my list since you nominated a book back in 2018, Catlady. The problem is that most of his books are over-priced here, this one included, and I've yet to see any of them come up on special. But, if it gets voted in I'm willing to have an excuse
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Would anyone maybe be up for a book by Bill Bryson?
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08-05-2020, 07:12 AM | #28 |
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I'd be happy to use my last ticket to second a Bryson book ... but I can't guarantee a vote. I am interested in reading his books (so far I've only read A Short History of Nearly Everything), but it's a very strong field this month, with a lot of books I'd like to read. I haven't yet worked out what I'm likely to vote for.
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I'm seconding Winter Journey. I like the sound of it.
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