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I'll second A Door Into Summer
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04-22-2016, 05:36 PM | #49 |
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I know! That's why I seconded Brave New World, which I haven't read since adolescence. Boston OverDrive has just acquired it. (You could always get it after me... )
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04-22-2016, 05:46 PM | #50 |
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No need. I've read Brave new World and it's not worth a reread. BPL has two or three different eBook versions. If I wanted it, Clams has it available for borrow.
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04-22-2016, 06:18 PM | #51 |
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It is late enough in this process that I can start looking into what is available for me at my library.
6 out of 10 of the (partially) nominated books are free or available in some format from the library. Of the remaining 4, 2 are priced at $3 (Steerswoman and Looking Through Lace) and the others are $9-$12 (and don't really interest me for this month anyway). Good availability this month so far, yay! Spoiler:
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04-23-2016, 01:20 PM | #52 |
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The Door into Summer is wonderful. I'll use my second token to give it a third nomination.
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04-23-2016, 11:34 PM | #53 |
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I third Brave New World.
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04-23-2016, 11:45 PM | #54 |
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I would like to read some HG Wells some time soon. I have already read The Time Machine, and I know how War of the Worlds ends.
So I will nominate The Invisible Man. Amazon (free) http://www.amazon.com/Invisible-Man-...dp/B00L01GJ6M/ http://www.amazon.com/Invisible-Man-...dp/B0082Q69I6/ Kobo - 48 cents https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/eb...lobal-classics B&N nook - 99 cents http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-...=2940151455633 |
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Seeing nothing I wish to second, and having recently read The Invisible Man as an audiobook, I'd like to nominate one that hasn't been nominated since 2011 (it lost), The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
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Hmmm... The Invisible Man was on the ballot in January. The six month rule states, "Any book that has received three nominations during a nomination period is automatically disqualified from being re-nominated for a period of six months." Technically, I can see an out for this one, as the book did not receive any nominations in January as January was a Second-Chance month, so I'll allow it this time, but we may want to revisit the six month rule in the Discussion/Suggestion thread.
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I second The Sirens of Titan.
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I will third The Sirens of Titan.
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04-24-2016, 05:50 PM | #59 | |
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I really don't see a problem with The Invisible Man, because it hasn't actually received any nominations in a year, and if we were to apply the six month rule to second chance options, that would mean it couldn't be renominated for over a year when categories into which it could fit come up again, which doesn't seem fair. |
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