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View Poll Results: Which BANNED BOOK shall we discuss in September? | |||
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's [UK: …Philosopher's] Stone by J.K. Rowling |
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10 | 30.30% |
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky |
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6 | 18.18% |
The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big, Round Things by Carolyn Mackler |
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2 | 6.06% |
The Golden Compass [UK: The Northern Lights] by Philip Pullman |
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14 | 42.42% |
Candide by Voltaire |
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16 | 48.48% |
Can Such Things Be? by Ambrose Bierce |
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10 | 30.30% |
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexandr Solzhenitsyn |
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12 | 36.36% |
Beloved by Toni Morrison |
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9 | 27.27% |
The Castle by Franz Kafka |
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12 | 36.36% |
Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler |
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6 | 18.18% |
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 33. You may not vote on this poll |
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Bah, humbug!
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September 2015 Book Club Vote
![]() Help us choose a book as the September 2015 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 ![]() We will start the discussion thread for this book on September 20th. Select from the following Official Choices with three nominations each: • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (UK title: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone) by J.K. Rowling Goodreads Spoiler:
• The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky Goodreads | Amazon US Spoiler:
• The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big, Round Things by Carolyn Mackler Goodreads | Amazon US Spoiler:
• 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:
• Candide by Voltaire Goodreads | Patricia Clark Memorial Library: Kindle | Amazon US / Audible | Librivox: English (collaborative) / English (solo) / French (solo) Spoiler:
• Can Such Things Be? by Ambrose Bierce Goodreads | Patricia Clark Memorial Library: Kindle | Amazon US / Amazon UK Spoiler:
• One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexandr Solzhenitsyn Goodreads | Amazon UK / Amazon US Spoiler:
• Beloved by Toni Morrison Goodreads | Amazon UK Amazon US / Audible Spoiler:
• The Castle by Franz Kafka Goodreads Spoiler:
• Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler Goodreads | Amazon US Spoiler:
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FWIW, I posted some links in the nomination thread that aren't here yet. See this post.. Not comprehensive, certainly, but the results of my own poking around with those I had at least a mild interest in.
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So my first thought was to limit my votes to a books that I have not read and would like to read based on investigation of all of them. That in large part I suppose with my ageist perspective would have limited me to one book. So I decided to cast votes for any book read or not that I think would make for a good discussion.
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One of my motivations was not to vote for books I've read in the fairly recent past or that I read longer ago but didn't like much, which could keep me out of the discussion. I'm trying to cut down on rereads for the club; as with all of us, there's already so much I want to read and never enough time.
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Choices, choices, choices.
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Grand Sorcerer
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I sneaked a peak from Gutenburg at the Voltaire and the Bierce. The Voltaire at least reads better. I wanted to vote for Bierce's, but on reading half of the first story I'd throw myself in the fire to end my misery.
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Both of those are available in our own Patricia Clark Memorial Library.
![]() I vaguely remember reading Candide in my youth. And not being impressed. But that was a long, long time ago. Ambrose Bierce, however, is one I haven't read. OTOH, I'd really like an excuse to re-read Philip Pullman's trilogy. I devoured it the first time I encountered it a few years ago, and I'd like to read it more thoughtfully now. This would be a perfect opportunity. And at least I know it is a good read. And I'm not really interested in another month of unreadable. ![]() In support of that aim, here's the WhisperSync Audible link for The Golden Compass Last edited by CRussel; 08-26-2015 at 02:35 PM. Reason: Added Audible link |
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You might consider Ivan Denisovich, CRussel, as it's readable, it's short and it won Solzhenitsyn the Nobel prize.
![]() If anyone likes reading previews, if you didn't already know Goodreads offers quick previews on most books and so for the books nominated all you have to do is click the Goodreads link in the first post then click the preview button and voila. (and thanks to Tom for graciously ensuring that each nomination has a Goodreads link) Also since I was looking at all the pages anyway, here are the Goodreads rating for each nominee in descending order along with number of voters: 4.40 - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (3,369,499 ratings) 4.20 - The Perks of Being a Wallflower (721,184 ratings) 3.99 - The Castle (22,853 ratings) 3.93 - One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (58,215 ratings) 3.90 - The Northern Lights (788,056 ratings) 3.78 - Can Such Things Be? (306 ratings) 3.76 - The Earth, My Butt and Other Big Round Things (19,370 ratings) 3.75 - Candide (134,081 ratings) 3.73 - Beloved (200,763 ratings) 3.03 - Mein Kampf (15,942 ratings) |
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I'm not overly impressed with goodreads voting, so nothing compelling there. But I'm certainly willing to consider Ivan Denisovich, though I confess to a strong (and long standing) anti-preference for Russian novels. I think I was scared in my youth by being forced to read too many of them.
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That's understandable. As for Goodreads ratings, if I know I like/want to read or don't like/don't want to read a book then I don't pay much attention but I do find them helpful for books I'm iffy on. Besides people I know or of course MR, I think Goodreads is probably the most reliable place to find out what others in general think about a book. If I'm uncertain on one I usually look at the rating while considering whether the average rater for that book might have similar tastes as me and also read a few reviews on the site to help decide (and, I've begun to read more previews).
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Anybody who votes for Mein Kampf is an unfeeling person who doesn't care about anyone else. This book should never have been allowed. I don't give a dam if this is censorship or not. It's something that is very personal and very hurtful to have it in the list and to have been allowed there. If it's not taken down, then I will be protesting to Alex to deal with it. What I would like to say about the people who nominated/voted for this book would get me banned from MR. And I feel very sorry for this book club when it's leader is allowing this to be here. This is something that needs to be addressed and addressed now! I never thought anyone on MR could be so mean and nasty.
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The Dank Side of the Moon
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Any book that uses the words 'my butt' in the title gets a nod from me.
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I've cast votes for Candide and Can Such Things Be? as they look like the most interesting selections, but I've only read Harry Potter out of all the nominations, so unless Harry Potter or Mein Kampf wins, I'll be participating in the discussion thread just as soon as I manage to find the rules for the book club...
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