MobileRead April 2015 Book Club Vote - Page 2

samhy · 03-25-2015, 05:36 AM

You can count on me joining you this month (and not forgetting to comment afterwards as I did last year

) if the book is one of those (these???):
Cannery Row, Shōgun, Under the Volcano.
If another book is picked, I think I'll read Cannery Row in April anyway.

kennyc · 03-25-2015, 06:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by samhy

You can count on me joining you this month (and not forgetting to comment afterwards as I did last year

) if the book is one of those (these???):
Cannery Row, Shōgun, Under the Volcano.
If another book is picked, I think I'll read Cannery Row in April anyway.

caleb72 · 03-25-2015, 07:17 AM

The good news for me is that Cannery Row is literally on my TBR pile for this year. I have a table where I've stacked all the paperbacks I want to read this year and Cannery Row is at the top of the pile.

Hemmingway is also there (this year and next), but not this specific title. I'm very interested though as the title reminds me of my Dad. He would always quote those lines from Donne's poem:

Quote:

And therefore never send to know for whom
the bell tolls; It tolls for thee.

I can always afford to dive into another Wells novel and I haven't read The Invisible Man so that was a no-brainer and Treasure Island? Yep.

Great selections this month.

treadlightly · 03-25-2015, 08:17 AM

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Originally Posted by issybird

Don't forget that Hemingway is public domain in Canada!

Does anyone have a link for this? I didn't see it at http://www.gutenberg.ca/.

issybird · 03-25-2015, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by treadlightly

Does anyone have a link for this? I didn't see it at http://www.gutenberg.ca/.

I found a couple of read-online sites; better than that, both Kobo and Amazon have it for 99¢ and I assume it's couponable at Kobo.

CRussel · 03-25-2015, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by treadlightly

Does anyone have a link for this? I didn't see it at http://www.gutenberg.ca/.

The place to look for PD books in Canada is Faded Page. They currently only have 5 of the Hemingway books, and For Whom the Bell Tolls isn't one of them, yet.

The main work of proofreading and preparing the ebooks is done by DPC (Distributed Proofreaders of Canada), and they haven't gotten to it yet. (Project Gutenberg in Canada pulls from a variety of sources, but the primary Canadian one is FadedPage. )

There are, however, inexpensive versions on both Amazon and Kobo.

kennyc · 03-25-2015, 11:37 AM

They have most of Hemingway's other books at my library with the exception of For Whom the Bell Tolls.

treadlightly · 03-25-2015, 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by CRussel

The place to look for PD books in Canada is Faded Page. They currently only have 5 of the Hemingway books, and For Whom the Bell Tolls isn't one of them, yet.

The main work of proofreading and preparing the ebooks is done by DPC (Distributed Proofreaders of Canada), and they haven't gotten to it yet. (Project Gutenberg in Canada pulls from a variety of sources, but the primary Canadian one is FadedPage. )

There are, however, inexpensive versions on both Amazon and Kobo.

Thanks for the link.

CRussel · 03-25-2015, 12:40 PM

And while we're talking about PD books, the folks at DPC can always use more volunteer proofreaders. They have a huge backlog of books, and if you have time, they can use the help. You don't need to know much about proofreading, and you don't have to commit to a huge amount of time, but if you think what they're trying to do is valuable, and you have any time at all, consider joining. (There are similar efforts in other countries, but Canada's is one of the better organized and especially important because we're a Life+50 country.)

Synamon · 03-25-2015, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by issybird

Don't forget that Hemingway is public domain in Canada!

True, but I've read it and based on the posts here it's not available at the PD sites (although it is indeed cheap to buy in Canada).

With the dreaded (I tried and failed to read this last year) Cannery Row in the lead I'll have to do strategic non-Steinbeck voting so Hemingway might get a vote anyway.

kennyc · 03-25-2015, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Synamon

True, but I've read it and based on the posts here it's not available at the PD sites (although it is indeed cheap to buy in Canada).

With the dreaded (I tried and failed to read this last year) Cannery Row in the lead I'll have to do strategic non-Steinbeck voting so Hemingway might get a vote anyway.

Hey! Stop that!!!

BelleZora · 03-25-2015, 06:06 PM

I didn't vote for Cannery Row since I've probably read it a dozen times over many years, but today I am delighted that it is leading, and I'm ready to read it again. I just spent a happy day on Cannery Row in Monterey, California where the buildings mostly still exist that were described by Steinbeck. Here are photos I snapped today of three historical markers and a bust of Steinbeck that some may find interesting.

WT Sharpe · 03-25-2015, 06:14 PM

On my daily walk with Norton today I finished an audiobook version of Well's The Invisible Man. It was a thoroughly entertaining adventure that I don't think anyone would regret reading, but I'm not sure how much discussion it world generate. On the other hand, it is fun to speculate what each of us might do if we were in the title character's predicament.

kennyc · 03-25-2015, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by BelleZora

I didn't vote for Cannery Row since I've probably read it a dozen times over many years, but today I am delighted that it is leading, and I'm ready to read it again. I just spent a happy day on Cannery Row in Monterey, California where the buildings mostly still exist that were described by Steinbeck. Here are photos I snapped today of three historical markers and a bust of Steinbeck that some may find interesting.

Excellent! Love that photo with the locations pointed out. I guess I didn't realize they were are REAL. I just assumed he'd taking liberties, but apparently not.

I did know about Ed Ricketts/Doc and assumed the Cannery was real, but beyond that I figured it was mostly fiction....

CRussel · 03-25-2015, 06:30 PM

I've walked the streets many times, and much of it is still there, though it has been "renovated" (cleaned up) for the tourist trade. Still, you can see the bones of a working coast with canneries and the businesses to support them and their workers.

I honestly didn't see a single book in this month's list that I wouldn't want to read.

View Poll Results: Which book shall be the selection for our April Book Club Classic?
For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway	11	32.35%
The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells	13	38.24%
Cannery Row by John Steinbeck	14	41.18%
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson	10	29.41%
Shōgun by James Clavell	8	23.53%
Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett	8	23.53%
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde	5	14.71%
Manhattan Transfer by John Dos Passos	5	14.71%
Under the Volcano by Malcolm Lowry	8	23.53%
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens	5	14.71%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 34. You may not vote on this poll

03-25-2015, 06:06 PM	#27
BelleZora Wizard Posts: 1,434 Karma: 25151986 Join Date: May 2012 Location: Seattle, US Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Kobo Libra 2	I didn't vote for Cannery Row since I've probably read it a dozen times over many years, but today I am delighted that it is leading, and I'm ready to read it again. I just spent a happy day on Cannery Row in Monterey, California where the buildings mostly still exist that were described by Steinbeck. Here are photos I snapped today of three historical markers and a bust of Steinbeck that some may find interesting. Attached Thumbnails

03-25-2015, 06:14 PM	#28
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.	April 2015 Book Club Vote On my daily walk with Norton today I finished an audiobook version of Well's The Invisible Man. It was a thoroughly entertaining adventure that I don't think anyone would regret reading, but I'm not sure how much discussion it world generate. On the other hand, it is fun to speculate what each of us might do if we were in the title character's predicament.

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03-25-2015, 05:36 AM	#16
samhy Wizard Posts: 1,820 Karma: 9503859 Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: France Device: (Sony (J) PRS 650), Kobo Mini, Kobo Glo HD	You can count on me joining you this month (and not forgetting to comment afterwards as I did last year ) if the book is one of those (these???): Cannery Row, Shōgun, Under the Volcano. If another book is picked, I think I'll read Cannery Row in April anyway.

03-25-2015, 11:37 AM	#22
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,872 Karma: 118716293 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	They have most of Hemingway's other books at my library with the exception of For Whom the Bell Tolls.

03-25-2015, 12:40 PM	#24
CRussel (he/him/his) Posts: 12,174 Karma: 79742714 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sunshine Coast, BC Device: Oasis (Gen3),Paperwhite (Gen10), Voyage, Paperwhite(orig), Fire HD 8	And while we're talking about PD books, the folks at DPC can always use more volunteer proofreaders. They have a huge backlog of books, and if you have time, they can use the help. You don't need to know much about proofreading, and you don't have to commit to a huge amount of time, but if you think what they're trying to do is valuable, and you have any time at all, consider joining. (There are similar efforts in other countries, but Canada's is one of the better organized and especially important because we're a Life+50 country.)

03-25-2015, 06:30 PM	#30
CRussel (he/him/his) Posts: 12,174 Karma: 79742714 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sunshine Coast, BC Device: Oasis (Gen3),Paperwhite (Gen10), Voyage, Paperwhite(orig), Fire HD 8	I've walked the streets many times, and much of it is still there, though it has been "renovated" (cleaned up) for the tourist trade. Still, you can see the bones of a working coast with canneries and the businesses to support them and their workers. I honestly didn't see a single book in this month's list that I wouldn't want to read.

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