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June 2015 Book Club Nominations
![]() The nominations will run through midnight EST May 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 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. The nominations are now closed. Please comment if you discover a nomination is not available as an ebook in your area. Official choices with three nominations each: (1) The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker Goodreads | Amazon US Spoiler:
(2) All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr Goodreads | Amazon.com / Kobo CA / Google Play / Overdrive Spoiler:
(3) A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle Goodreads | Amazon AU / Amazon CA / Amazon UK / Amazon US / Audible / Kobo Spoiler:
(4) Déjà Dead by Kathy Reichs Amazon UK / Amazon US / Barnes & Noble / Google Play US / Kobo US / Overdrive Audio / Overdrive eBook / Waterstones UK Spoiler:
(5) American Gods by Neil Gaiman Goodreads | Amazon US / WorldCat 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 Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker [HomeInMyShoes, Dazrin, treadlightly] Goodreads | Amazon US Spoiler:
*** American Gods by Neil Gaiman [Dazrin, VioletVal, WT Sharpe] Goodreads | Amazon US / WorldCat Spoiler:
*** A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle [sun surfer, Synamon, CRussel] Goodreads | Amazon AU / Amazon CA / Amazon UK / Amazon US / Audible / Kobo Spoiler:
*** All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr [treadlightly, JSWolf, HomeInMyShoes] Goodreads | Amazon.com / Kobo CA / Google Play / Overdrive Spoiler:
** Downbelow Station by Cherryh [drofgnal, CRussel] Amazon CA / Amazon UK / Amazon US / Audible / Barnes & Noble / Kobo CA Spoiler:
* Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel [sun surfer] Goodreads | Amazon AU / Amazon CA / Amazon UK / Amazon US / Kobo / Audible AU / Audible UK / Audible US Spoiler:
** Beat Not the Bones by Charlotte Jay [sun surfer, Synamon] Goodreads | Amazon AU / Amazon CA / Amazon UK / Amazon US / Kobo Spoiler:
*** Déjà Dead by Kathy Reichs [JSWolf, WT Sharpe, treadlightly] Amazon UK / Amazon US / Barnes & Noble / Google Play US / Kobo US / Overdrive Audio / Overdrive eBook / Waterstones UK Spoiler:
* Gould's Book of Fish by Richard Flanagan [caleb72] Amazon (AU) / Amazon (CA) / Amazon (UK) / Amazon (US) / Google Play / Kobo Spoiler:
The nominations are now closed. Last edited by WT Sharpe; 05-27-2015 at 12:01 AM. Reason: Through post #22 |
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I'm going to nominate The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker, winner of the Mythopoeic Award in 2014 for Adult Literature.
Goodreads amazon.com It's been on my potential read list since someone mentioned it. Last edited by HomeInMyShoes; 05-20-2015 at 01:05 PM. |
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I nominate A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle, which won the the British Book Awards Best Travel Book of the Year 1989 and the Prix des libraires du Québec for Lauréats hors Québec 1995. Known for its honesty, wit and humour, this short and popular book inspired several follow-ups as well as radio and television adaptations, and inspired Mayle's novel (and the later film adaptation) A Good Year.
From Goodreads: In this witty and warm-hearted account, Peter Mayle tells what it is like to realize a long-cherished dream and actually move into a 200-year-old stone farmhouse in the remote country of the Lubéron with his wife and two large dogs. He endures January's frosty mistral as it comes howling down the Rhône Valley, discovers the secrets of goat racing through the middle of town, and delights in the glorious regional cuisine. A Year in Provence transports us into all the earthy pleasures of Provençal life and lets us live vicariously at a tempo governed by seasons, not by days. Goodreads / Amazon AU / Amazon CA / Amazon UK / Amazon US / Kobo / Audible US Search |
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I will nominate All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr, winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
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I will third The Golem and the Jinni
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Downbelow Station
I'd like to nominate Downbelow Station by Cherryh. A Hugo Award winning classic. It's available as an ebook from amazon.
It was a choice between this and Ringworld, both on my TBR list. I'd be ok with Ringworld too if someone wants to nominate it. Spoiler:
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I am going to second All the Light We Cannot See.
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Not a lot of options so far, so I'll add two more to the mix:
-Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel, winner of the 2009 Man Booker Prize, 2009 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, 2010 Walter Scott Prize, 2010 The Morning News Tournament of Books, made into a play and with a brand new (released this year) and highly praised television adaptation. From Goodreads: Tudor England. Henry VIII is on the throne, but has no heir. Cardinal Wolsey is charged with securing his divorce. Into this atmosphere of distrust comes Thomas Cromwell - a man as ruthlessly ambitious in his wider politics as he is for himself. His reforming agenda is carried out in the grip of a self-interested parliament and a king who fluctuates between romantic passions and murderous rages. Goodreads / Amazon AU / Amazon CA / Amazon UK / Amazon US / Kobo / Audible AU / Audible UK / Audible US -Beat Not the Bones by Charlotte Jay, an Australian writing about New Guinea; winner of the inaugural 1954 Edgar Award for Best Novel. From Goodreads: Suicide or murder? Newly arrived in Papua, where even the luscious vegetation seems to conspire with the bureaucrats to bewilder her, Stella Warwick is determined to prove her husband did not take his own life. Defying the patronising concern of officials, she ventures deep into the jungle, striding ever closer to the horrifying heart of the mystery. Goodreads / Amazon AU / Amazon CA / Amazon UK / Amazon US / Kobo Last edited by sun surfer; 05-22-2015 at 02:29 PM. |
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I'd like to nominate Déjà Dead by Kathy Reichs. It is the first book in the Temperance Brennan series and this series is the basis for the TV show Bones.
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Second Déjà Dead.
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I'm going to nominate yet another - now that I've finally sat down and had a think about it.
I will nominate Gould's Book of Fish by Richard Flanagan. Awards include: Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction (2002) Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction (2002) Australian Literature Society Gold Medal (2002) Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book Overall (2002) Quote:
Amazon (UK): Link Amazon (AU): Link Amazon (CA): Link Google Play (AU): Link Kobo: Link Looks like in Overdrive it's only available in UK, Ireland, Germany and Austria. |
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I will third All the Light We Cannot See. While I was not that excited about seeing another book set with war as the backdrop, my mom picked it up on the weekend at the library (yes I bump into my mom at the library) and is really liking it.
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in order to move things along, can someone please give Déjà Dead a nod? Thanks.
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