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Black Rain by Masuji Ibuse |
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8 | 15.09% |
Slaughterhouse Five by Kurk Vonnegut |
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22 | 41.51% |
Birds Without Wings by Louis de Bernieres |
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2 | 3.77% |
The Man Who Was Thursday by GK Chesterton |
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6 | 11.32% |
Life of Pi by Yann Marte |
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2 | 3.77% |
Ask the Dust (1939) by John Fante |
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0 | 0% |
The Help by Kathryn Stockett |
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6 | 11.32% |
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh |
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3 | 5.66% |
The Book of Fate by Brad Meltzer |
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0 | 0% |
Hounded by Kevin Hearne |
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4 | 7.55% |
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August 2011 Mobile Read Book Club Vote
![]() Official choices each with three nominations: Black Rain by Masuji Ibuse [Hamlet53, HomeInMyShoes, colinsky] (translated into English by John Bester) Inkmesh search Spoiler:
Slaughterhouse Five by Kurk Vonnegut [WT Sharpe, vxf, sun surfer] Inkmesh search Spoiler:
Birds Without Wings by Louis de Bernieres [vxf, Hamlet53, Ea] Inkmesh search Spoiler:
The Man Who Was Thursday by GK Chesterton [GA Russell, fbrII, Ea] MR's Patricia Clark Memorial Library - Mobi/PRC and BBeB/LRF uploaded by Patricia | Inkmesh search Spoiler:
Life of Pi by Yann Marte [VioletVal, WT Sharpe, jgaiser] Inkmesh search Spoiler:
Ask the Dust (1939) by John Fante [beppe, Ea, issybird] Inkmesh search Spoiler:
The Help by Kathryn Stockett [JSWolf, Nyssa, VioletVal] Inkmesh search Spoiler:
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh [sun surfer, issybird, colinsky] Inkmesh search Spoiler:
The Book of Fate by Brad Meltzer [JSWolf, Asawi, pilotbob] Inkmesh search Spoiler:
Hounded by Kevin Hearne [JSWolf, Nyssa, siraks] Inkmesh search Spoiler:
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What to vote for? There are five I could easily vote for. I am going to have to have a think on this.
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I am torn between the 2 that I 2nded (is that a word?)...decisions, decisions, decisions...
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Planned to read Slaughterhouse Five soon anyway. So it got my vote.
(I also planned to read "The Help", started it and put it down after less than 20 pages. Just couldn't stand the way it was written in spoken language. Maybe if had kept going I would have been able to see past that, but I have a long enough TBR anyway...) |
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I voted for the one I nominated, Slaughterhouse Five. I've been wanting to read that historical/sci-fi novel for some time and, from what I hear, it's perhaps Vonnegut's finest work.
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Hounded is supposed to be very good given what's been posted by others on MR. So maybe that should be the winning book for this month.
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Slaughterhouse Five is a great book by a great writer. I wish I hadn't read it already and hadn't lent my copy to someone living in another city now. I might try and nab a copy from the library so I can participate without having to purchase it again.
My vote goes to Black Rain. |
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I voted for Slaughterhouse Five because it has been banned. Must be worth reading.
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=144304 |
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Although I did not vote for it, I found/bought Slaughterhouse Five at a used book store today.
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I voted Birds Without Wings. It is the one that attracts me more. Of those that attract me, it is the only one that I haven't read yet.
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I know this topic has been going round and round. But I'd like to make a suggestion before any more votes are cast. Please do not look at the current voting results and vote for what you want to read most. Forget any messages here saying who voted for what. Just vote your mind. Make this as close to a blind vote as possible. Let's see what happens.
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This was possibly the easiest vote I've made here at MR. I love stories about Hiroshima.
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Hmmm - I think I'll put The Man who was Thursday on my TBR list. I'll include it in my classics of 2011 challenge.
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Riders' last win July 19
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Note that Fictionwise has a 55% off sale this weekend, and at least one of these books is available there. Coupon Code 072911.
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