05-20-2011, 06:02 PM | #1 |
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June 2011 Book Club Nominations
Help us select the next book that the Mobile Read book club will read for June 2011.
The nominations will run through May 25 or until 10 books have made the list. Voting (new poll thread) will run for 5 days starting May 25. Book selection category for June per the "official" club opening thread is: June 2011 Thriller/Suspense In order for a book to be included in the poll it needs THREE NOMINATIONS (original nomination, a second and a third). How Does This Work? The Mobile Read Book Club (MRBC) is an informal club that requires nothing of you. Each month a book is selected by polling. On the last week of that month a discussion thread is started for the book. If you want to participate feel free. There is no need to "join" or sign up. All are welcome. How Does a Book Get Selected? Each book that is nominated will be listed in a pool at the end of the nomination period. The book that polls the most votes will be the official selection. How Many Nominations Can I Make? Each participant has 3 nominations. You can nominate a new book for consideration or nominate (second, third) one that has already been nominated by another person. How Do I Nominate a Book? Please just post a message with your nomination. If you are the FIRST to nominate a book, please try to provide an abstract to the book so others may consider their level of interest. How Do I Know What Has Been Nominated? Just follow the thread. This message will be updated with the status of the nominations as often as I can. If one is missed, please just post a message with a multi-quote of the 3 nominations and it will be added to the list ASAP. When is the Poll? The poll thread will open at the end of the nomination period, or once there have been 10 books with 3 nominations each. At that time a link to the poll thread will be posted here and this thread will be closed. The floor is open to nominations. Official choices each with three nominations: We have 10 fully nominated books. The Spies of Warsaw by Alan Furst [issybird, patrickt, AnemicOak, Hamlet53] Inkmesh search Spoiler:
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett [zespectre, siraks, GA Russell] Inkmesh search Spoiler:
The Day Of The Jackal by Frederick Forsyth [AnemicOak, Hamlet53, arkietech] Inkmesh search Spoiler:
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John le Carré [Hamlet53, Hoyt Clagwell, sun surfer] WHSmith eBooks UK Spoiler:
The Scavenger's Daughter by Mike McIntyre [siraks,caleb72, orlok] Smashwords | Kindle | Sony | Nook Spoiler:
The Eiger Sanction by Trevanian [GA Russell, voodooblues, JSWolf] Inkmesh search Spoiler:
Bangkok 8 by John Burdett [AnemicOak, sun surfer, issybird] Inkmesh search Spoiler:
The Firm by John Grisham [JSWolf, GA Russell,caleb72] Inkmesh search Spoiler:
Heat Wave by Richard Castle [VioletVal, Nyssa, siraks] Inkmesh search Spoiler:
Vanishing Act by Thomas Perry [orlok, sun surfer, voodooblues] Inkmesh search Spoiler:
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05-20-2011, 06:12 PM | #2 |
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We have 10 fully nominated books.
As always, please let me know of any errors or omissions.[updated through post #76] * [3] The Spies of Warsaw by Alan Furst [issybird, patrickt, AnemicOak, Hamlet53] Inkmesh search Spoiler:
* [3] The Scavenger's Daughter by Mike McIntyre [siraks,caleb72, orlok] Smashwords | Kindle | Sony | Nook Spoiler:
Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke [JS Wolf] Withdrawn as not this month's genre * [3] The Eiger Sanction by Trevanian [GA Russell, voodooblues, JSWolf] Inkmesh search Spoiler:
* [3] The Day Of The Jackal by Frederick Forsyth [AnemicOak, Hamlet53, arkietech] Inkmesh search Spoiler:
* [3] Bangkok 8 by John Burdett [AnemicOak, sun surfer, issybird] Inkmesh search Spoiler:
Bad Boy Brawly Brown by Walter Mosley [patrickt] Inkmesh search Spoiler:
The Blue Nowhere by Jeffrey Deaver [Hoyt Clagwell, caleb72] Inkmesh search Spoiler:
* [3] The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett [zespectre, siraks, GA Russell] Inkmesh search Spoiler:
* [3] The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John le Carré [Hamlet53, Hoyt Clagwell, sun surfer] WHSmith eBooks UK Spoiler:
Killing Floor by Lee Child [TotallyEpic] Withdrawn as it was a previous Book Club winner. * [3] The Firm by John Grisham [JSWolf, GA Russell,caleb72] Inkmesh search Spoiler:
* [3] Vanishing Act by Thomas Perry [orlok, sun surfer, voodooblues] Inkmesh search Spoiler:
* [3] Heat Wave by Richard Castle [VioletVal, Nyssa, siraks] Inkmesh search Spoiler:
Naked in Death by J.D. Robb [VioletVal] There is a question about this being a fit for this month's category. Opinions please. Inkmesh search Spoiler:
Thirteen by Richard K. Morgan [John F] (published simultaneously in Britain as Black Man) There is a question about this being a fit for this month's category. Opinions please. See post #65 for additional information. Outbreak by Robin Cook [Mussgorsky] Inkmesh search Spoiler:
The Book of Fate by Brad Meltzer [JSWolf] Inkmesh search Spoiler:
The Chamber by John Grisham [The Terminator] Inkmesh search Spoiler:
Desert Places by Blake Crouch [ficbot] Smashwords Spoiler:
The Distant Echo by Val McDermid [SensualPoet] Inkmesh search Spoiler:
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05-20-2011, 06:28 PM | #3 |
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I'd like to nominate Spies of Warsaw, by Alan Furst, a wonderful WWII-espionage writer. I haven't read this one, but I've read several others. It's available in ebook format all over; here's the blurb from Random House:
War is coming to Europe. French and German intelligence operatives are locked in a life-and-death struggle on the espionage battlefield. At the French embassy, in Warsaw, the new military attaché, Colonel Jean-François Mercier, a decorated hero of the 1914 war, is drawn into a world of abduction, betrayal, and intrigue in the diplomatic salons and back alleys of the city. At the same time, the handsome aristocrat finds himself in a passionate love affair with a Parisian woman of Polish heritage, a lawyer for the League of Nations. Risking his life, Colonel Mercier must work in the shadows, amid an extraordinary cast of venal characters, some known to Mercier as spies, some never to be revealed. |
05-20-2011, 06:55 PM | #4 | |
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i'd like to nominate The Scavengers's Daughter by Mike McIntyre
it was reviewed by GraceKrispy here and i have it in my library at smashwords and if it wins out it'll just make me purchase it sooner. short description: Quote:
http://www.gracekrispy.com/review-th...mike-mcintyre/ blurb from smashwords Spoiler:
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I'd like to nominate Cocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke.
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05-20-2011, 08:07 PM | #6 |
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I'm using one of my nominations to third The Scavenger's Daughter by Mike McIntyre. I too read Grace's review and was interested in reading this one.
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05-20-2011, 08:16 PM | #7 |
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05-20-2011, 08:50 PM | #8 |
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I nominate The Eiger Sanction by Trevanian.
This was a huge best seller. "Superior suspense on almost every page..." - The New York Times. Here's the Inkmesh link: http://inkmesh.com/ebooks/eiger-sanc...n+by+Trevanian |
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I'll nominate...
The Day Of The Jackal by Frederick Forsyth Quote:
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05-20-2011, 09:19 PM | #11 |
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I would like to nominate Bad Boy Brawly Brown by Walter Mosley.
Review from Amazon: Racial tensions and America's civil rights movement have previously figured into Walter Mosley's series about sometimes-sleuth Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins. But Bad Boy Brawly Brown turns what had been a background element into compelling surface tension. The year is 1964, and though Easy seems settled into honest work as a Los Angeles custodian, he's having other problems--notably, his adopted son's wish to quit school and lingering remorse over the death (in A Little Yellow Dog) of his homicidal crony, Raymond "Mouse" Alexander. Yet he remains willing to do "favors" for folks in need. So, when Alva Torres comes to him, worried that her son, Brawly Brown, will get into trouble running with black revolutionaries, Easy agrees to find the young man and "somehow ... get him back home." His first day on the job, however, Rawlins stumbles across Alva's ex-husband--murdered--and he's soon dodging police, trying to connect a black activist's demise to a weapons cache, and exposing years of betrayal that have made Brawly an ideal pawn in disastrous plans. Mosley's portrayal of L.A.'s mid-20th-century racial divide is far from simplistic, with winners and sinners on both sides. He also does a better-than-usual job here of plot pacing, with less need to rush a solution at the end. But it is Easy Rawlins's evolution that's most intriguing in Brawly Brown. A man determined to curb his violent and distrustful tendencies, Easy finds himself, at 44, having finally come to peace with his life, just when the peace around him is at such tremendous risk. --J. Kingston Pierce I would like to second the nomination of Warsaw Spies |
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I nominate The Blue Nowhere by Jeffrey Deaver.
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I'll third The Spies of Warsaw
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05-20-2011, 09:38 PM | #14 |
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I'd like to nominate
"The Maltese Falcon" by Dashiell Hammett Last edited by zespectre; 05-20-2011 at 09:40 PM. |
05-20-2011, 09:40 PM | #15 |
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