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09-02-2020, 10:22 AM | #16 | |
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09-02-2020, 10:33 AM | #17 | |
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I'll nominate the esteemed Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower.
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I'll second Parable of the Sower. Not one I've read, and it's been a while since I read anything from Octavia Butler. Seems like a good opportunity.
ETA: ARRRGGGHHH -- a 13 week wait at one of my libraries, and the other one doesn't even have it! And the book is $11 at Amazon. Ah, well, at least the audio book is available. And maybe I'll get lucky and the second library will buy it? And maybe we should be watching the skies for porcine aviators. ETA2: Ah, should have looked at AmazonUK. It's only £4.99 there, so $6.65 USD, roughly. That's more in my price range. Bought. Last edited by CRussel; 09-02-2020 at 11:13 AM. |
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I nominate The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (2017, 447 pp.).
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I see that there's a second book, Parable of the Talents--do you know if the first book is self-contained? |
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09-02-2020, 03:14 PM | #22 |
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That's why I said it has "way way too many charts/graphs". To me, it feels like a report given by a middle manager at a business meeting.
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Thanks for the explanations re: charts and graphs. I guess I haven’t run into issues on an ereader yet, but the caution makes good sense.
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Apologies to all. I missed that gmw had actually nominated Factfulness, and didn't include it. Now corrected.
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I'll second The Hate U Give.
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I’ll second The Secret Life of Bletchley Park
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I've managed to find the movie for The Hate U Give on my TV provider. I plan on watching it even if the book doesn't win.
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I'll nominate The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson.
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09-03-2020, 07:38 PM | #29 |
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An interesting looking book, Jon, and within my preferred genres. But too expensive here in North America. And a really long wait at both of my libraries. I'm saving my last ticket for the moment, but I hope it gets through. And I'll put it on hold at both of my libraries and hope it comes in soon enough.
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With my final ticket, I second Factfulness. Despite the graphs, it sounds right up my alley.
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