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08-02-2018, 09:10 PM | #16 |
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I haven't checked, but I think Freading has all the Open Road titles, for those who have access to Freading through an elibrary which includes FLP.
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08-02-2018, 09:25 PM | #17 |
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I nominate The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, a US National Book Award winner for Young People’s Literature in 2007. It has illlustrations too! Here’s a summary from Goodreads. It was reasonably priced ($9.99 US, CDN$12.99, $7.99 AU, £4.99 UK) and globally available. Also on Overdrive.
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08-03-2018, 03:42 AM | #19 |
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I second The Blackboard Jungle (1954) by Evan Hunter (aka Ed McBain).
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08-03-2018, 03:46 AM | #20 |
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I second The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie.
(I'd really like to add my voice to A Separate Peace too, but I'm out of votes so it will just have to go on my private list.) |
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Excuse me folks, but what is “freading”?
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08-03-2018, 07:36 AM | #22 |
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08-03-2018, 07:59 AM | #23 |
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The nice thing about Freading is that you can download the books as with OverDrive and hence read them on your eink readers, but there's no waiting as with Hoopla. There's a rolling limit on how many checkouts you can have, but it's not seriously restrictive. It helps to like Open Road books, though!
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Yes, I have access to BorrowBox which seems to be the Irish equivalent. One can reserve or download up to five ebooks or audiobooks (or a combination of the two) for a fortnight with the option of renewal. Last edited by fantasyfan; 08-03-2018 at 08:41 AM. |
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08-03-2018, 09:25 AM | #25 | |
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I would like to nominate Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go. For those who have not read or heard about it, I don't want to say too terribly much save that a good portion of the book is set in a school. Here is the description from Amazon:
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Kobo: Unavailable in the US Google Play: $9.99 The book was published in 2005, so I am hoping that the age would make library availability feasible for many of us. |
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08-03-2018, 09:51 AM | #26 | |
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Heads up, folks. Right now (since Catlady posted her links, obviously), The Blackboard Jungle is only $1.99 at Amazon & Kobo US. I haven't checked other vendors.
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08-03-2018, 10:17 AM | #27 |
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I've got several contenders for my support (more than I've got nominations ), so I'll start with a third for The Blackboard Jungle.
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08-03-2018, 10:59 AM | #28 |
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Good choices so far! Only one that I've read before (in high school), but I almost nominated it too since I don't remember much and would like to read it again.
I find it interesting that the nominations are all for shorter books. |
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I will third Holes.
EDIT: By the way, gmw, I haven't read this! I didn't know the movie was based on a book. Last edited by Bookworm_Girl; 08-03-2018 at 11:11 AM. |
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I think the shorter books reflect in part the strong YA presence among the nominations. |
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