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November 2015 Book Club Nominations
![]() The nominations will run through midnight EST October 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 November is: Foreign (Books originally written in a language other than English) 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) We, The Drowned by Carsten Jensen Amazon UK / Amazon US / Kobo Spoiler:
(2) The Train by Georges Simenon Amazon US / Kobo/ OverDrive Spoiler:
(3) Skylark by Deszö Kosztolányi Amazon US / Kobo / OverDrive Spoiler:
(4) How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone by Saša Stanišić Goodreads Spoiler:
(5) Inspector Imanishi Investigates by Seicho Matsumoto Amazon US / Kobo Spoiler:
(6) Memoirs of Hadrian by Margeurite Yourcenar Goodreads Spoiler:
(7) Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami Goodreads Spoiler:
(8) Resurrection by Wolf Haas Goodreads Spoiler:
The nominations are now closed. Last edited by WT Sharpe; 10-27-2015 at 03:12 AM. Reason: Through post #45 |
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Bah, humbug!
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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. 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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*** The Train by Georges Simenon [issybird, bfisher, fantasyfan] Amazon US / Kobo/ OverDrive Spoiler:
*** We, The Drowned by Carsten Jensen [BenG, bfisher, CRussel] Amazon UK / Amazon US / Kobo Spoiler:
* The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov [rakulos] No links provided. Spoiler:
*** Skylark by Deszö Kosztolányi [issybird, HomeInMyShoes, fantasyfan] Amazon US / Kobo / OverDrive Spoiler:
*** How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone by Saša Stanišić [HomeInMyShoes, BenG, Dazrin] Goodreads Spoiler:
* The Manuscript Found in the Saragossa by Jan Potocki [BenG] Amazon UK / Amazon US / Kobo Spoiler:
*** Resurrection by Wolf Haas [HomeInMyShoes, WT Sharpe, sun surfer] Goodreads Spoiler:
* Metro 2033 by Dmitry Glukhovsky [Dazrin] Goodreads | Amazon US Spoiler:
* Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky [Dazrin] Goodreads | Amazon US / Barnes & Noble Spoiler:
*** Inspector Imanishi Investigates by Seicho Matsumoto [peterwardgd, CRussel, issybird] Amazon US / Kobo Spoiler:
*** Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami [obs20, peterwardgd, WT Sharpe] Goodreads Spoiler:
*** Memoirs of Hadrian by Margeurite Yourcenar [sun surfer, bfisher, CRussel] Goodreads Spoiler:
* The Woman in the Dunes by Kōbō Abe [sun surfer, ] Goodreads | Amazon Canada / Amazon US / Kobo Spoiler:
The nominations are now closed. Last edited by WT Sharpe; 10-27-2015 at 03:11 AM. Reason: Through post #47 |
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I'd like to nominate The Train, by Georges Simenon.
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I would like to nominate We, The Drowned by Carsten Jensen. I've been eyeing it for a couple of years.
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Hmm, I'd like to nominate The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov.
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I'll nominate The Bat, by Jo Nesbo. This is the first in the Harry Hole series.
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Initially, here's the Amazon and Audible links, but I'll find the others and post shortly. US Amazon Audible I know that this book is also available in at least some Canadian Overdrive collections, but don't know about US collections. Last edited by WT Sharpe; 10-20-2015 at 05:24 PM. |
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Second The Bat.
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Just as an FYI, The Master and Margarita was the lit club selection in June 2011.
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Darn. I missed that.
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I'm going to nominate Skylark, by Deszö Kosztolányi.
Most of the blurbs give away too much plot, so I'm quoting from a New York Review of Books review: Quote:
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