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February 2016 Book Club Nominations
![]() The nominations will run through midnight EST January 26 or until 10 books have made the list. The poll will then be posted and will remain open for five days. Book selection category for February is: Mystery 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 poll 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 initial poll thread will be posted here and this thread will be closed. The floor is open to nominations. Please comment if you discover a nomination is not available as an ebook in your area. Official choices with three nominations each: (1) The Case of the Velvet Claws by Erle Stanley Gardner [WT Sharpe, issybird, GA Russell] Goodreads / Amazon Au / Amazon Ca / Amazon UK / Amazon US Spoiler:
(2) Absolution by Murder by Peter Tremayne [issybird, bfisher, DrChiper] Amazon / Kobo / OverDrive Spoiler:
(3) The Blackhouse by Peter May [JSWolf, bfisher, treadlightly] Amazon UK / Amazon US / ebooks.com / Google / Kobo UK / Overdrive / Overdrive / Overdrive Spoiler:
(4) Baltimore Blues by Laura Lippmann [obs20, Dazrin, JSWolf] Amazon US Spoiler:
(5) Midnight Riot(US)/Rivers of London(UK) by Ben Aaronovitch [CRussel, bfisher, issybird] Goodreads | Amazon UK / Amazon US / Audible / Kobo Spoiler:
(6) Deadly Appearances by Gail Bowen [HomeInMyShoes, CRussel, WT Sharpe] Goodreads Spoiler:
(7) Brat Farrar by Josephine Tey [BenG, CRussel, Mims] Amazon US / Audible / Faded Page / Online PD Spoiler:
(8) The Apothecary Rose by Candace Robb [DrChiper, WT Sharpe, sufue] Goodreads Spoiler:
(9) Full Dark House by Christopher Fowler [BenG, Mims, Dazrin] Amazon UK / Amazon US / Kobo Spoiler:
(10) Ovid by David Wishart [sufue, Dazrin, BenG] Goodreads | Amazon UK / Amazon US / Kobo UK Spoiler:
Nominations for February are now closed. Last edited by WT Sharpe; 01-23-2016 at 12:13 PM. Reason: Through post #52 |
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Bah, humbug!
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Wondering if a particular book is available in your country? The following spoiler contains a list of bookstores outside the United States you can search. If you don't see a bookstore on this list for your country, find one that is, send me the link via PM, and I'll add it to the list. Also, if you find one on the list that is no longer in operation, let me know and I'll remove it from the list.
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*** Deadly Appearances by Gail Bowen [HomeInMyShoes, CRussel, WTSharpe] Goodreads Spoiler:
* Perry Rhodan Lemuria 1: Ark of the Stars by Frank Borsch [tweety] No links provided. Spoiler:
*** The Case of the Velvet Claws by Erle Stanley Gardner [WT Sharpe, issybird, GA Russell] Goodreads / Amazon Au / Amazon Ca / Amazon UK / Amazon US Spoiler:
*** Baltimore Blues by Laura Lippmann [obs20, Dazrin, JSWolf] Amazon US Spoiler:
*** The Blackhouse by Peter May [JSWolf, bfisher, treadlightly] Amazon UK / Amazon US / ebooks.com / Google / Kobo UK / Overdrive / Overdrive / Overdrive Spoiler:
*** Absolution by Murder by Peter Tremayne [issybird, bfisher, DrChiper] Amazon / Kobo / OverDrive Spoiler:
*** Midnight Riot by Ben Aaronovitch [CRussel, bfisher, issybird] Goodreads | Amazon UK / Amazon US / Audible / Kobo Spoiler:
** Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey [JSWolf, fantasyfan] Amazon UK / Amazon US / Google Play / Kobo UK / Kobo US / Overdrive Spoiler:
* Quiller Barracuda by Adam Hall [GA Russell] Amazon UK / Amazon US / Barnes & Noble Spoiler:
*** The Apothecary Rose by Candace Robb [DrChiper, WT Sharpe, sufue] Goodreads Spoiler:
*** Brat Farrar by Josephine Tey [BenG, CRussel, Mims] Amazon US / Audible / Faded Page / Online PD Spoiler:
*** Full Dark House by Christopher Fowler [BenG, Mims, Dazrin] Amazon UK / Amazon US / Kobo Spoiler:
*** Ovid by David Wishart [sufue, Dazrin, BenG] Goodreads | Amazon UK / Amazon US / Kobo UK Spoiler:
Nominations for February are now closed. Last edited by WT Sharpe; 01-23-2016 at 12:13 PM. Reason: Through post #52 |
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Hoping to see some mysteries from strange countries.
It's a category I need to read for my challenge. I'll nominate Deadly Appearances by Gail Bowen Spoiler:
This appears to be available at amazon in Canada, United States, Australia and United Kingdom, although the price is scary in some cases. Hopefully libraries have it as well. Mine does, but it's an author from my home city. ![]() |
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Old favorite back from the past, well future.
I'll nominate Perry Rhodan Lemuria 1: Ark of the Stars by Frank Borsch Spoiler:
This is available from Amazon.co.uk & Amazon.de so I'm sure it is available else where as epub as well. Amazon.co.uk Goodreads Last edited by tweety; 01-21-2016 at 12:09 PM. Reason: to add some links |
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Elks win third straight!
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I really like Tom's recent suggestion of an early Perry Mason, but I'll let him choose which one gets nominated.
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Which one? It's got to be the first in the series. There is no other unless the first has been read for the group and then it's the second and so on.
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Some series benefit from being read in order; others, it doesn't really matter. I suspect Perry Mason's in the latter category.
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I'll second Velvet Claws.
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Elks win third straight!
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I third Velvet Claws.
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How about Baltimore Blues by Laura Lippmann
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I'll nominate The Blackhouse by Peter May.
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Overdrive: https://www.overdrive.com/media/1097501/the-blackhouse Overdrive: https://www.overdrive.com/media/532403/the-blackhouse Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/Blackhouse-Lew...the+blackhouse Google: https://play.google.com/store/books/...d=yzkTAgAAQBAJ ebooks.com: http://www.ebooks.com/1741317/the-blackhouse/may-peter/ Kobo UK: https://store.kobobooks.com/en-gb/eb...e-blackhouse-4 Amazon.co.uk: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Blackhouse-B...the+blackhouse Last edited by JSWolf; 01-21-2016 at 07:04 AM. |
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I've seen a recommendation of the series here, so I'd like to nominate the first book, Absolution by Murder by Peter Tremayne. From Amazon:
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I second Absolution by Murder by Peter Tremayne
I second The Blackhouse by Peter May |
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