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Nominations for August • Tasty Morsels; Short and Sweet
Good morning, and welcome to the New Leaf Book Club's August Book Nomination thread where we select the book that the New Leaf Book Club will read in August, 2020. The theme is Tasty Morsels, Short and Sweet.
Everyone is welcome to join the nomination process even if they'd rather lurk during the voting and discussion; if that is still a little too much commitment, please feel free to suggest titles without making a formal nomination. Also, don't sweat the links. It's helpful to check availability and prices before nominating in order to eliminate anything that's out of the question, but ultimately our global members with different gadgets and preferences will have to check for themselves. The nominations will run through 9 AM PST, July 7, 2020. Each nomination requires a second to make it to the poll, which will remain open for three (3) days. The discussion of the selection will start on August 15, 2020. Any questions? See the FAQ below, or just ask! FAQs for the Nomination, Selection and Discussion process General Guidelines for the New Leaf Book Club Official choices with two nominations:
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August • Tasty Morsels; Short and Sweet
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So, I'm having a hard time deciding which way to go with this theme -- do I go with a food-related book? A book of short stories? Or merely a short novel/novella? IAC, this should be fun, and likely all over the map!
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I definitely know what I’m doing. Something food related! It would be a different subject matter from what we’ve read so far.
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I'm nominating Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal by Mary Roach.
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Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Gulp-Adventur.../dp/B00AN86JZ4 Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/gul...imentary-canal Kobo UK: https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/gulp-8 Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gulp-Advent.../dp/B07ZWK911Z eBooks.com UK: https://www.ebooks.com/en-gb/book/209832723 (cheapest place to buy in the UK) |
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I’m going to nominate Stephen Leacock’s “Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town”. It’s been on my TBR for over 50 years, so I don’t know first hand whether it can stand the test of time. However, I thought this may be an ideal time to try it. (136 pages).
GrannyGrump of MobileRead: “Stephen Leacock was a Canadian educator, political scientist, writer, and humorist. Between 1911 and 1925 he was so well-known as the world’s greatest humorist that it was said more people had heard of Stephen Leacock than had heard of Canada.” From Wikipedia “ Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town is a sequence of stories by Stephen Leacock, first published in 1912. It is generally considered to be one of the most enduring classics of Canadian humorous literature. The fictional setting for these stories is Mariposa, a small town on the shore of Lake Wissanotti. Although drawn from his experiences in Orillia, Ontario, Leacock notes: "Mariposa is not a real town. On the contrary, it is about seventy or eighty of them." This work has remained popular for its universal appeal. Many of the characters, though modelled on townspeople of Orillia, are small town archetypes. Their shortcomings and weaknesses are presented in a humorous but affectionate way. “ It’s in the public domain, and on overdrive. It’s also in our own library, as part of an omnibus collection: Leacock, Stephen: Northern Light (collected works). v1. 17 Apr 2017 |
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I nominate the short story collection Dark Tales by Shirley Jackson (204 pp.).
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I'm not going to nominate this book because it's just too expensive at $11.99 US, and even more elsewhere, but an excellent fit for this category is Anthony Bourdain's wonderful and funny Kitchen Confidential. From Goodreads:
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Arrggh. Another one that's too expensive but that I'd love for us to be reading:
Michael Pollan's wonderful and thought-provoking The Omnivore's Dilemma. But the US Kindle price is $13.99, which is a bit much, though it's much more reasonably priced outside of the US. (from $8 USD in the UK, to $11.50 USD in Canada). Still, that US price is just too much. |
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I was thinking of nominating The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson, but it again is too expensive. Yes I can get it at Overdrive, but I don't know if everyone else could.
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Been so busy this lately I hadn't even given this a thought until I saw the thread this morning. A recent read I mentioned on the "What are we reading thread" is A Grain of Salt by Dr. Joe Schwarcz (... speaking of busy, it's now over 12 hours later that I finish this post...) It was a good book about food and is offered in neat bite-sized pieces. But I think it's a bit long for Book Club; I know I spread it out over quite a long time.
Seeing people refer to short story collections did make me think of One Thousand and One Nights, but length is a problem, as is consistency (so many editions to choose from). There are many cosy mysteries that would fit this ... but so far I haven't found any I'd want to re-read. I picked up The Haunting of Hill House recently while it was on special at Kobo AU. |
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I can find nothing in the guidelines about pricing.
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I second: Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal by Mary Roach.
And I second Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town by Stephen Leacock. (I'm not ignoring Dark Tales, Catlady, just reserving my third ticket ... just in case.) |
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I don't think we had anything definite (other than the recommendation that a book is at least 12 months old), but realistically price is going to be a factor unless a person can get it at a library (which tends to be a problem for me). I'm content with prices up to AU$12.99, which is about the normal price for novels here, but some books start reaching up toward the AU$20 mark (and some go over), and I won't go that far.
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As gmw says, there are no hard and fast rules about price. But, that being said, it will be a factor in what has a chance of being selected. I'm retired on a fixed income, and simply can't afford to spend more than $10 USD on a book that I'm not likely to read were it not a Club selection. And I'm not the only person for whom price is a significant factor.
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