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View Poll Results: Which books would you prefer for the December 2013 MobileRead Book Club selection? | |||
Dubliners by James Joyce | 17 | 43.59% | |
The Mysterious Mr. Quin by Agatha Christie | 13 | 33.33% | |
The Unreal and the Real, Selected Stories of Ursula K. Le Guin Vol. 2 by Ursula K. Le Guin | 5 | 12.82% | |
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | 9 | 23.08% | |
The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury | 10 | 25.64% | |
The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling | 12 | 30.77% | |
Tales From the Jazz Age by F. Scott Fitzgerald | 11 | 28.21% | |
10 Wonderful Short Stories to Read For Free Online by various authors | 9 | 23.08% | |
Limits by Larry Niven | 6 | 15.38% | |
Shifu, You'll Do Anything for a Laugh by Mo Yan | 6 | 15.38% | |
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11-25-2013, 09:54 AM | #1 |
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December 2013 Book Club Vote
December 2013 MobileRead Book Club Vote
Help us choose a book as the December 2013 eBook for the MobileRead Book Club. The poll will be open for 5 days. There will be no runoff vote unless the voting results a tie, in which case there will be a 3 day run-off poll. This is a visible poll: others can see how you voted. It is You may cast a vote for each book that appeals to you. We will start the discussion thread for this book on December 20th. Select from the following Official Choices with three nominations each: • Dubliners by James Joyce Feedbooks (ePub-Kindle-PDF) / Patricia Clark Memorial Library: Kindle / epub (Complete works) Spoiler:
• The Mysterious Mr. Quin by Agatha Christie Amazon Ca / Amazon UK / Amazon US / Barnes & Noble / Google Books Spoiler:
• The Unreal and the Real, Selected Stories of Ursula K. Le Guin Volume 2: Outer Space, Inner Lands by Ursula K. Le Guin Amazon US Spoiler:
• The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Patricia Clark Memorial Library: ePub / ePub (Omnibus) Spoiler:
• The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury Amazon Ca / Amazon UK / Amazon US / Google Play (AU) / Kobo (US) Spoiler:
• The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling Patricia Clark Memorial Library: ePub / Kindle Spoiler:
• Tales From the Jazz Age by F. Scott Fitzgerald Patricia Clark Memorial Library: ePub (Complete Works) / Kindle / lrf Spoiler:
• 10 Wonderful Short Stories to Read For Free Online by Various Authors Flavorwire Spoiler:
• Limits by Larry Niven Phoenix Pick (Scroll down) Spoiler:
• Shifu, You'll Do Anything for a Laugh by Mo Yan Amazon US Spoiler:
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11-25-2013, 10:34 PM | #2 |
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What a great variety this month.
Speaking of variety, I'm not thrilled that "10 Wonderful Short Stories" is a list composed by a random article writer on a site I've never heard of. That said, I think the idea of nominating a mixture of authors was a really good one and despite its origins, this list seems to be very interesting and full of great writers, so I'd be more than happy to give it a go. The only one I've read, "A Good Man is Hard to Find", is excellent, and I think this collection could really give us an interesting discussion thread all around. On the other hand, I left off voting for the Sherlock Holmes collection even though I'd be interested in reading it, and I hope it'd be better than A Study in Scarlet. But seeing as the latter was a winner this year in this club, I'd rather something other than Holmes for this month. |
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11-26-2013, 05:56 AM | #3 |
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I'll read anything on this month's list except for the Joyce. The 10% of Ulysses that I read left a permanent bad taste in my mouth. The only way I'd ever consider reading any more Jame Joyce would be if I ran into some of my old buds from the sixties who offered me some high quality LSD. At least then I'd have a shot at understanding him.
Yes, I know Dubliners is suppose to be different, but "Once bitten, Twice shy." |
11-26-2013, 06:06 AM | #4 |
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I'm really hoping to see The Mysterious Mr. Quin by Agatha Christie win the vote. The enigmatic Mr. Harley Quin is one of the most mysterious characters in all of fiction.
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11-26-2013, 07:25 AM | #5 |
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Joyce, of course.
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I am twice bitten, forever shy when it comes to sinking any more of my time into Joyce. I also think Joyce is a better choice for the literary club as opposed to the regular book club. But that's just my opinion and obviously not with the majority. |
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11-26-2013, 10:54 AM | #7 |
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For those who think Joyce has nothing to say, or nothing to say that's reasonably accessible, I'd recommend John Huston's wonderful last film, The Dead, based on one of the stories in Dubliners.
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11-26-2013, 03:25 PM | #8 |
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It is an interesting list of books this month. There are some writers I hesitate to read; actually two on the list.
Fitzgerald is one of them and the other is James Joyce; I tried to read Ulysses 3x but never got into this book. I read several of Fitzgerald, but never came to like or am intrigued by his actors. And there has to a challenge in a book, I think. I voted for Agatha Christie's The mysterious Mr. Quin, as for some reason I never read this one and I read all of her books, or so I thought. ('They came to Baghdad' is one of my favorites). Then Ursula K. Le Guin's The real and the unreal. I enjoyed her Earthsea books a long time ago. I am rather intrigued by the 'Chinese Kafka' or Shifu, as I like Kafka very much, so I voted for You'll do anything for a laugh. Last edited by desertblues; 11-26-2013 at 03:44 PM. |
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11-26-2013, 07:06 PM | #10 |
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Like sun surfer, I hadn't come across that site before and am certainly going to read the stories on offer. However, I voted for Joyce, Le Guin, Kipling and Fitzgerald. I'm unsure whether I can get hold of the Christie or not at this stage - still investigating.
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11-30-2013, 05:36 PM | #11 |
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Congrats. Joyce made it.
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11-30-2013, 05:48 PM | #12 |
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Dubliners is the one book in the list I refuse to read.
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11-30-2013, 07:14 PM | #13 |
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You can't do that Mr Wolf since it's officially voted as the book of the month.
I already read the first story today, The Sisters. An Encounter will follow this night. |
11-30-2013, 07:23 PM | #14 |
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Indeed! This is a luminous, brilliant, magnificent film .... the photography of the falling snow is unforgettable .... and the actors bring Joyce's words alive ....
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Actually, I can since I never nominated and/or voted for it. What I plan on doing is reading a different book for a different book club. The book is To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis. It's for a local SF book club I belong to.
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