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March 2014 Book Club Nominations
![]() March 2014 Nominations Help us select the book that the MobileRead Book Club will read for March, 2014. The nominations will run through midnight EST February 28 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 March is: Travel/Adventure 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 Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry-Garrard Amazon US / Project Gutenberg Spoiler:
(2) On the Trail of Genghis Khan: An Epic Journey Through the Land of the Nomads by Tim Cope Amazon US / Kobo Spoiler:
(3) Allan Quatermain by H. Rider Haggard Patricia Clark Memorial Library: Kindle / ePub Spoiler:
(4) Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne No links provided. Spoiler:
(5) The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe Amazon Ca / Amazon US / Barnes & Nobel / Kobo Spoiler:
(6) South: The Endurance Expedition to Antarctica by Ernest Shackleton Patricia Clark Memorial Library: Kindle Spoiler:
(7) Wild by Cheryl Strayed Amazon US / Kobo Spoiler:
(8) Sailing Alone Around the World by Joshua Slocum Patricia Clark Memorial Library: ePub Spoiler:
The nominations are now closed. Last edited by WT Sharpe; 03-01-2014 at 12:01 AM. Reason: Thru #38 |
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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. In addition, if members let me know that an ebook is unavailable in a particular geographic location, I'll note it in this post, right beside the Inkmesh search for that particular book.
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*** Allan Quatermain by H. Rider Haggard [Dazrin, GA Russell, sun surfer] Patricia Clark Memorial Library: Kindle / ePub Spoiler:
*** The Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry-Garrard [WT Sharpe, issybird, Richard Moody] Amazon US / Project Gutenberg Spoiler:
*** The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe [WT Sharpe, Hamlet53, samhy] Amazon Ca / Amazon US / Barnes & Nobel / Kobo Spoiler:
*** On the Trail of Genghis Khan: An Epic Journey Through the Land of the Nomads by Tim Cope [Hamlet53, issybird, BelleZora] Amazon US / Kobo Spoiler:
*** Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne [John F, Dazrin, GA Russell] No links provided. Spoiler:
*** Sailing Alone Around the World by Joshua Slocum [sun surfer, BelleZora, fantasyfan] Patricia Clark Memorial Library: ePub Spoiler:
** Beyond the Horizon by Colin Angus [ccowie, Billi] No links provided. Spoiler:
*** South: The Endurance Expedition to Antarctica by Ernest Shackleton [fantasyfan, Dazrin, Billi] Patricia Clark Memorial Library: Kindle Spoiler:
*** Wild by Cheryl Strayed [samhy, Billi, orlok] Amazon US / Kobo Spoiler:
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Since the first of these has already been selected (King Solomon's Mines, June 2009), I will nominate Allan Quatermain by H. Rider Haggard.
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I nominate The Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry-Garrard. Not only does National Geographic say that of all the literature of polar travel, this is "the one to beat" (It's #1 on their list of adventure books), it's free at several locations.
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As a rule, most people would never consider a book that's not the first in the series, but I'll throw it up there and see if it sticks.
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Because some of the most fascinating adventures are in the direction of up, I nominate The Right Stuff, by Tom Wolfe.
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Thirded!
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I second Allan Quatermain.
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I would have endorsed The Worst Journey in the World, but I see it is already fully nominated. I will second The Right Stuff.
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I would like to nominate On the Trail of Genghis Khan: An Epic Journey Through the Land of the Nomads by Tim Cope.
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