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The Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang |
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10 | 43.48% |
Elmer Gantry by Sinclair Lewis |
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7 | 30.43% |
The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman |
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5 | 21.74% |
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway |
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11 | 47.83% |
Despite the Falling Snow by Shamim Sarif |
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2 | 8.70% |
Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith |
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7 | 30.43% |
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller |
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3 | 13.04% |
Before the Fact by Francis Iles |
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2 | 8.70% |
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick |
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8 | 34.78% |
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley |
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7 | 30.43% |
A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick |
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3 | 13.04% |
Still Life (Chief Inspector Gamache #1) by Louise Penny |
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4 | 17.39% |
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers |
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9 | 39.13% |
The Body by Stephen King |
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6 | 26.09% |
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck |
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9 | 39.13% |
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 23. You may not vote on this poll |
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Vote for March 2018 • The Book Came First
Let's select the book we'll read and discuss in March 2018! All are welcome to vote, but please don't vote unless you plan to participate in the discussion, whatever the selection. This is a ![]() Choices: Story of Your Life, from Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang Amazon US | Amazon US, film tie-in edition | Amazon UK | Amazon CA | Amazon AU | Kobo US | Kobo UK | Kobo CA | Kobo AU Spoiler:
Elmer Gantry by Sinclair Lewis University of Adelaide - free (ePub and Kindle downloads) | Amazon UK - £2.23 | Amazon US - $2.99 Spoiler:
The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman Overdrive | Kobo UK | Kobo US | Kobo CA | Kobo AU | Amazon UK | Amazon US | Amazon CA | Amazon AU Spoiler:
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway FadedPage -- FREE | AmazonUS -- $9.99 | AmazonUK -- £5.99 | AmazonAU -- $2.04 | KoboUS -- $6.49 | KoboUK -- £5.49 | KoboCA -- $0.99 | AudibleUK -- £6.75 (or £5.99 WhisperSync) | AudibleUS -- $11.15 (or $8.49 WhisperSync ) Spoiler:
Despite the Falling Snow by Shamim Sarif Amazon US -$3.99 | Kobo - $3.99 | Amazon CA - $5.99 | Amazon AU - $5.99 | Amazon UK - £2.99 | Overdrive | Scribd Spoiler:
Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith Amazon - $7.64 | Kobo - $11.99 | Amazon UK - £9.99 Spoiler:
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller [GA Russell, Bookpossum, bfisher] Amazon US | Kobo | Nook - $11.99 for all Spoiler:
Before the Fact by Francis Iles Amazon - $4 | Amazon UK - £2 | Kobo Canada | Kobo UK Spoiler:
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick Spoiler:
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley 1831 edition: MobileRead mobi | MobileRead epub Original 1818 version: | MobileRead mobi Spoiler:
A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick Still Life by Louise Penny (Chief Inspector Gamache #1) AmazonCA -- $3.99 CAD | AmazonUK -- £2.99 | AmazonUS -- $7.99 | AmazonAU - $4.99 | AudibleUS --$12.99 WhisperSync | AudibleUK -- £6.49 WhisperSync | KoboUS -- $7.99 | KoboUK -- £2.99 | KoboAU -- $4.99 | KoboCA -- $3.99 | Overdrive Spoiler:
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers Amazon | Kobo | Nook Spoiler:
The Body by Stephen King, from his collection of four novellas Different Seasons Amazon US | Amazon UK | Amazon CA | Amazon AU | Kobo US | Kobo UK | Kobo CA | Kobo AU Spoiler:
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck Amazon UK - £4.99 | Amazon CAN - $8.99 | Amazon US - $7.99 | Amazon Oz - $12.99 | Kobo US - $7.99 | [Kobo UK | Kobo AU | Kobo CA | Overdrive Last edited by issybird; 02-07-2018 at 09:14 AM. |
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Okay I've voted. Glad I didn't miss it this month
![]() I could genuinely voted for any of these (I think the theme approach is working well), but that would have been pointless, so I avoided ones I've already read, plus a couple of "probably wouldn't reads" (unless they win, of course ![]() |
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oh, dear.... so many good choices... I still haven't decided which ones to vote for. Lots of them are on my to-buy / wishlist already...
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Yeah, I'm trying to decide as well. I do agree with orlok that the theme approach is working well. We have such a diverse selection that I'm seriously challenged to decide on my votes.
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Ok, I voted.
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![]() ![]() I think this is a strong slate; for good or ill it's got a lot of known quantities so my challenge is to step outside my usual with at least a few selections. I'm not close to having made up my mind! |
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Odd question about voting. Once I vote, am I locked out of the poll? What I mean is, if I vote today for A, B, and C, can I decide tomorrow that I also want to vote for X, Y, and Z? Or do I need to vote for all my choices at once?
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Yes, you need to vote all at once. Once you've voted, that's it and you're locked out of voting. (I know, there have been many times I've wished we could go back and change our votes, but the current software does not allow that.)
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After seeing how things worked last month, I don't think you would be alone in doing this. But the more people that do it the riskier it becomes as the deadline approaches, with everyone sitting there hitting refreshing waiting to be the last to cast their (hopefully deciding) vote, and also trying to make sure they get in early enough for their vote to count. What I find difficult is working out if I should vote for books I nominated. On a personal/selfish level this can be counter productive (I am here mostly in the hope of being exposed to new stuff but I have so far I have been nominating books I have already read because I know they are worth nominating); but why bother nominating them if I don't want to encourage others to read them? So far I've gone with voting for my nominations but sort of hoping that my other votes counts more. ![]() |
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I'm still on the fence about one book. Frankly, it's more than I want to spend on a book I'm not really sure about. It's $10, and that's really my outside limit. Not currently in the BC Library, either. Other than that, I'm pretty comfortable with my choices at this point. I'm going to sleep on it, then decide.
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I did. But I know the likelihood that they will get it at all, much less soon enough to help.
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