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September 2015 Book Club Nominations
![]() The nominations will run through midnight EST August 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 September is: Banned or Challenged Books 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) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (UK title: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone) by J.K. Rowling Goodreads Spoiler:
(2) The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky Goodreads | Amazon US Spoiler:
(3) The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big, Round Things by Carolyn Mackler Goodreads | Amazon US Spoiler:
(4) The Golden Compass (UK title: The Northern Lights) the first volume in the His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman Goodreads | Amazon UK / Amazon US Spoiler:
(5) Candide by Voltaire Goodreads Spoiler:
(6) Can Such Things Be? by Ambrose Bierce Goodreads Spoiler:
(7) One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexandr Solzhenitsyn Goodreads | Amazon UK / Amazon US Spoiler:
(8) Beloved by Toni Morrison Goodreads Spoiler:
(9) The Castle by Franz Kafka Goodreads Spoiler:
(10) Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler Goodreads | Amazon US Spoiler:
The nominations are now closed. Last edited by WT Sharpe; 08-26-2015 at 10:38 AM. Reason: Through post #69 |
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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. EDIT: 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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*** Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (UK title: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone) by J.K. Rowling [JSWolf, Rbneader, PandathePanda] Goodreads Spoiler:
*** The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky [PandathePanda, John F, Hamlet53] Goodreads | Amazon US Spoiler:
*** Beloved by Toni Morrison [John F, Nyssa, HomeInMyShoes] Goodreads Spoiler:
*** The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big, Round Things by Carolyn Mackler [Hamlet53, Dazrin, WT Sharpe] Goodreads | Amazon US Spoiler:
*** The Golden Compass (UK title: The Northern Lights) the first volume in the His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman [BenG, treadlightly, Nyssa] Goodreads | Amazon UK / Amazon US Spoiler:
*** Candide by Voltaire [issybird, sun surfer, Almamida] Goodreads Spoiler:
*** Can Such Things Be? by Ambrose Bierce [issybird, Hamlet53, bfisher] Goodreads | Patricia Clark Memorial Library: Kindle | Amazon US / Amazon UK Spoiler:
*** The Castle by Franz Kafka [issybird, sun surfer, Dazrin] Goodreads Spoiler:
*** One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexandr Solzhenitsyn [sun surfer, bfisher, fantasyfan] Goodreads | Amazon UK / Amazon US Spoiler:
*** Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler [PandathePanda, caleb72, fantasyfan] Goodreads | Amazon US Spoiler:
The nominations are now closed. Last edited by WT Sharpe; 08-26-2015 at 07:51 PM. Reason: Through post #69 |
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This is another category I am not sad to see disappear for 2016. In looking at my books for the last few years the titles I have read that have been banned/excluded somewhere at sometime include: The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the Harry Potter series, the Hunger Games series, Anne of Green Gables, Ender's Game, etc. No real surprises.
![]() I don't have any nominations yet but here are some links that may help others find things that are interesting too: 100 Most Frequently Banned Books - Lists for 1990-1999 and 2000-2009 Banned and Challenged Classics Goodreads lists of banned books Wikipedia list of books banned by governments Most surprising banned books Banned "children's" books This title made me laugh: The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big, Round Things, by Carolyn Mackler At this point, I am leaning towards nominating Winnie the Pooh but I need to look a bit more. |
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I'm currently on vacation until next week so the links for what shops carry this will have to wait.
I'm nominating Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone or as it's called in the UK Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Quote:
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Me'll Third Harry Potter
And I'll Nominate: The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky Quote:
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I'll nominate Beloved by Toni Morrison.
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I'll second The Perks of Being a Wallflower.
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Harry Potter? Banned by whom and when and where?
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I'll third The Perks of Being a Wallflower.
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