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08-03-2018, 11:21 AM | #31 | |
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I'm staying on the dark side with my second nomination: This Is Where It Ends (2016) by Marieke Nijkamp.
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Amazon U.S., $7.99 Kobo U.S., $8.69 Amazon Canada, CA $8.24 Kobo Canada CA $10.59 Amazon Australia, AU $8.85 Kobo Australia, AU $11.87 Amazon UK, £5.22 Kobo UK, £6.59 Also available as an audiobook. E-book can be borrowed through Overdrive, Hoopla, Freading, and Scribd. Scribd also has the audiobook. ETA: I really wanted to nominate a book that deals with school shootings; my original choice was A Thousand Cuts by Simon Lelic, because I'd read another of his books, but it's not available in Australia or the UK. I also considered Quicksand by Malin Persson Giolito and The Life Before Her Eyes by Laura Kasischke; Quicksand passed the availability test but is more of a courtroom drama and The Life Before Her Eyes is only available as an audiobook in Australia and the UK. Last edited by Catlady; 08-03-2018 at 11:32 AM. |
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08-03-2018, 11:21 AM | #32 |
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Pleased to hear not everyone has read it. And I didn't know there had been a movie made from it until I started looking for links to the ebooks (I have this one in paperback).
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08-03-2018, 12:17 PM | #33 |
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I’ll third The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian.
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08-03-2018, 12:30 PM | #34 |
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This could be considered a school book, depending on how you define "school"
Tunnel In The Sky by Robert Heinlein. |
08-03-2018, 12:37 PM | #35 |
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I'll second Never Let Me Go.
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08-03-2018, 12:38 PM | #36 |
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08-03-2018, 01:30 PM | #37 |
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Well, i had a nomination, but it's expensive (to me) and does not appear to be available electronically via the public library (though it looks like Hoopla might have the audiobook somewhere):
Please Don't Tell My Parents I'm a Supervillian by Richard Roberts. Penelope Akk is the middle-school daughter of two superheroes who desperately wants her own superpowers to manifest, but as the title suggests, things go a little sideways. This is a fast, fun read, and I think I have paid full price for most of the titles in the series (including the fifth one I just discovered came out), which is uncommon of me, but there you go... It's available at Amazon.com for holy carp $5.99? Last edited by Dngrsone; 08-03-2018 at 01:35 PM. |
08-03-2018, 02:05 PM | #38 |
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First, a couple of seconds -- Goodbye, Mr. Chips and A Separate Peace. The first I've never read, but I'm assuming is as sappy as the movie, but that's OK, sometimes I like that. And it's free in Canada and short. The second, I read in the 60's and very much liked but that was a LONG time ago and I no longer remember anything at all about it or have any idea if it's stood the test of time, but I'm willing to see.
Next, a non-nomination: I seriously thought about nominating To Serve Them All My Days by R.F. Delderfield. It's a wonderful book, and was a wonderful BBC/Masterpiece Theater mini-series. And it's somewhat reasonably priced at $9.99 in the US (less in the UK), but it's 600 pages and I just didn't see us wanting a book that long, plus I just had a book selected so I thought I'd spend my tickets supporting others. However, I will highly recommend this if you want a good read about school. Oh, and also somewhat about wars since that was our previous theme and this is very much a book about both the results of WWI in the UK and the anticipation and results of WWII. From Amazon: Spoiler:
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08-03-2018, 06:48 PM | #39 |
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Good thought Charlie - I agree that sounds a bit too long for the Club, but the suggestion is there for those who might want to investigate it further.
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08-03-2018, 06:49 PM | #40 |
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I third Never Let Me Go. I have read it and found it very moving and thought-provoking.
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08-04-2018, 12:09 AM | #41 |
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And I hope some do -- it's quite a good book, and the book I first thought about for this theme, way back when we were discussing future themes.
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08-04-2018, 10:15 AM | #42 |
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08-04-2018, 06:14 PM | #43 |
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08-05-2018, 03:33 AM | #44 |
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I second This Is Where It Ends and Tunnel In The Sky
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08-05-2018, 04:07 PM | #45 | |
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I will third:
Tunnel in the Sky Here's a blurb for it since one isn't in the second post: Quote:
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