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June 2014 Book Club Nominations
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June 2014 Nominations Help us select the book that the MobileRead Book Club will read for June, 2014. The nominations will run through midnight EST May 30 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 June is: Award Winners 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 Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha-Mukherjee Amazon US / Barnes & Noble / Kobo / Scribd Spoiler:
(2) Hyperion by Dan Simmons No links provided. Spoiler:
(3) The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt No links provided. Spoiler:
(4) Through Black Spruce by Joseph Boyden No links provided. Spoiler:
(5) Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein Amazon US Spoiler:
(6) The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss Amazon UK / Amazon US / Kobo Spoiler:
(7) The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga Amazon UK / Amazon US / Barnes & Noble / Google Play (Aus) Spoiler:
(8) The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes Amazon Australia / Amazon Canada / Amazon UK / Amazon US / Kobo Spoiler:
(9) The Manual of Detection by Jedidiah Berry Amazon UK / Amazon US / Kobo / Penguin Spoiler:
(10) Saville by David Storey Amazon Au / Amazon Ca / Amazon UK / Amazon US / B&N Spoiler:
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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.
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*** The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha-Mukherjee [Mims, Synamon, msjo] Amazon US / Barnes & Noble / Kobo / URL="http://www.scribd.com/book/224369806/The-Emperor-of-All-Maladies-A-Biography-of-Cancer"]Scribd[/URL] Spoiler:
*** Hyperion by Dan Simmons [John F, treadlightly, Dazrin] No links provided. Spoiler:
*** The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt [John F, ccowie, BelleZora] No links provided. Spoiler:
*** Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein [crich70, Dazrin, caleb72] Amazon US Spoiler:
** Extenuating Circumstances by Jonathan Valin [GA Russell, fantasyfan] Amazon US / Overdrive Spoiler:
*** Through Black Spruce by Joseph Boyden [ccowie, BelleZora, Billi] No links provided. Spoiler:
* Cutting For Stone by Abraham Verghese [John F] No links provided. Spoiler:
*** The Manual of Detection by Jedidiah Berry [BenG, sun surfer, WT Sharpe] Amazon UK / Amazon US / Kobo / Penguin Spoiler:
*** The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss [BenG, Billi, Mims] Amazon UK / Amazon US / Kobo Spoiler:
*** The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga [caleb72, BelleZora, Synamon] Amazon UK / Amazon US / Barnes & Noble / Google Play (Aus) Spoiler:
*** The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes [sun surfer, Billi, ccowie] Amazon Australia / Amazon Canada / Amazon UK / Amazon US / Kobo Spoiler:
*** Saville by David Storey [sun surfer, WT Sharpe, fantasyfan] Amazon Au / Amazon Ca / Amazon UK / Amazon US / B&N Spoiler:
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I'll start things by nominating The Emperor of All Maladies: a biography of cancer by Siddhartha-Mukherjee .
In 2010, Simon & Schuster published his book, The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer,[7] detailing the evolution of diagnosis and treatment of human cancers from ancient Egypt to the latest developments in chemotherapy and targeted therapy.[8] The Oprah magazine listed it in its "Top 10 Books of 2010".[9] It was also listed in "The 10 Best Books of 2010" by The New York Times[10] and the "Top 10 Nonfiction Books" by Time.[11] In 2011 The Emperor of All Maladies: A History of Cancer was nominated as a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist. On April 18 it won the annual Pulitzer The story of cancer is a story of human ingenuity, resilience, and perseverance, but also of hubris, paternalism, and misperception. Mukherjee recounts centuries of discoveries, setbacks, victories, and deaths, told through the eyes of his predecessors and peers, training their wits against an infinitely resourceful adversary that, just three decades ago, was thought to be easily vanquished in an all-out “war against cancer.” The book reads like a literary thriller with cancer as the protagonist. Hope I correctly added these links. If not, thanks in advance for your patience. http://smile.amazon.com/Emperor-All-.../dp/B003UYUP58 http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/empe...=9781439181713 http://http://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/the-emperor-of-all-maladies-1 http://www.scribd.com/book/224369806...aphy-of-Cancer Last edited by Mims; 05-22-2014 at 07:06 PM. Reason: add links |
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Second. I just signed this out from the library a few days ago and it's next on my list to listen to.
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I'll nominate Hyperion by Dan Simmons. Winner of the Hugo award in 1990 for best novel.
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I'll nominate The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt, winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
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I am pleased to cast a third vote for this excellent book. It is a long book but well worth the time to read. I bought it as an e-book from Kobo about three years ago so I know it is readily available.
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I'll nominate Starship Troopers Click
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Emperor of all maladies to be next Ken Burns project.
Dr. Mukherjee said in an interview with Medscape that Ken Burns next project is a six hour production called Cancerwhich will be out in 2015 and is based on The Emperor of all Maladies. He also said that the project follows the structure of the book, but it has a much larger format.
The Emperor of all Maladies is available at Amazon, BN, Kobo, and some Overdrive libraries. Seems to be available now with Scribd for all those with subscriptions or trial subscriptions. Last edited by Mims; 05-21-2014 at 12:04 PM. Reason: Update info |
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I will second Starship Troopers and third Hyperion.
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I would like to nominate a detective story to the list, so I will nominate a Harry Stoner novel called Extenuating Circumstances by Jonathan Valin.
Extenuating Circumstances won the 1990 Shamus Award for Best Novel. I think I read all of Valin's novels back in the day, and enjoyed every one of them. New York Times: "Mr. Valin is an expert writer who provides coherent plots and believable dialogue." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Valin http://www.amazon.com/Extenuating-Ci...jonathan+valin https://www.overdrive.com/media/1249...-circumstances Last edited by GA Russell; 05-21-2014 at 05:19 PM. |
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Nomination Roundup
Here is the tally up through see editing remark. Nine fully nominated titles so far, order they were fully nominated is noted.
(1) *** The Emperor of All Maladies: a biography of cancer by Siddhartha-Mukherjee [Mims, Synamon, msjo] 2011 Pulitzer Available at: Overdrive / "Amazon, BN, Kobo, Scribd, and some Overdrive libraries" Spoiler:
(2) *** Hyperion by Dan Simmons [John F, treadlightly, Dazrin] 1990 Hugo Award winner Available at: Overdrive Spoiler:
(3) *** The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt [John F, ccowie, BellaZora] 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Available at: Overdrive Spoiler:
(5) *** Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein [crich70, Dazrin, caleb72] 1960 Hugo Award for Best Novel Available at: Amazon / Overdrive Spoiler:
** Extenuating Circumstances by Jonathan Valin [GA Russell, fantasyfan] 1990 Shamus Award for Best Novel Available at: Overdrive, Amazon Spoiler:
(4) *** Through Black Spruce by Joseph Boyden [ccowie, BellaZora, Billi] 2008 Giller Prize Available at: Overdrive Spoiler:
* Cutting For Stone by Abraham Verghese [John F] Amazon's Best Books of the Year: 2009 (#16), Publishers Weekly's Best Books: 2009 (Fiction), Indies Choice Book Award (Adult Fiction, 2010), New York Times bestseller Available at: Overdrive Spoiler:
(9) *** The Manual of Detection by Jedidiah Berry [BenG, sun surfer, WT Sharpe] 2009 Hammett Prize and the 2010 Crawford Award Available at: Amazon / Amazon UK / Penguin / Kobo / Overdrive Spoiler:
(6) *** The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss [BenG, Billi, Mims] 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Biography. Available at: Amazon / Amazon UK / Kobo / Overdrive Spoiler:
(8) *** The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga [caleb72, BelleZora, Synamon] 2008 Man Booker Prize Available at: Amazon US / Amazon UK / B&N (US) / Google Play (AUS) Spoiler:
(7) *** The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes [sun surfer, Billi, ccowie] Man Booker Prize Available at: Amazon Australia Canada UK US / Kobo US Spoiler:
** Saville by David Storey [sun surfer, WT Sharpe] Booker Prize winner Amazon Au / Amazon Ca / Amazon UK / Amazon US / B&N Spoiler:
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Thank you Dazrin for the nice summary.
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