06-19-2016, 11:17 PM | #1 |
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July 2016 Book Club Nominations
Help us select the book that the MobileRead Book Club will read for July, 2016.
The nominations will run through midnight EST June 26 or until 10 books have made the list. The poll will then be posted and will remain open for five days. The book selection category for July is a Free-For-All! 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) Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison Goodreads | Amazon US / Barnes & Noble / Kobo US / Overdrive Print Length: 610 pages Spoiler:
(2) City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi by William Dalrymple Goodreads | Amazon UK Print Length: 352 pages Spoiler:
(3) The Golem and the Djinni by Helene Wecker Goodreads | Amazon UK / Amazon US Print Length: 657 pages Spoiler:
(4) Nothing But Blue Skies by Tom Holt Goodreads | Amazon US / Kobo US / Overdrive Print Length: 336 pages Spoiler:
(5) Something Fresh (original title: Something New) by P.G. Wodehouse Goodreads | Amazon US / Audible / Many Books / Whispersync Print Length: 284 pages Spoiler:
(6) Death in the Dordogne (Bruno Chief of Police Book 1) by Martin Walker Goodreads | Amazon UK Print Length: 262 pages Spoiler:
The nominations are now closed. Last edited by WT Sharpe; 06-27-2016 at 12:04 AM. Reason: Through post #34 |
06-19-2016, 11:18 PM | #2 |
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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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* Pitching in a Pinch by Christy Mathewson [GA Russell] Goodreads | Amazon US / Barnes & Noble / Kobo US Print Length: 320 pages Spoiler:
* The Invisible Man by HG Wells [GA Russell] Goodreads | Amazon US / Barnes & Noble / Kobo US Print Length: 192 pages Spoiler:
** The Case of the Sulky Girl by Erle Stanley Gardner [GA Russell, Grey Ram] Goodreads | Amazon US Print Length: 230 pages Spoiler:
*** City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi by William Dalrymple [din155, issybird, Dazrin] Goodreads | Amazon UK Print Length: 352 pages Spoiler:
*** Death in the Dordogne (Bruno Chief of Police Book 1) by Martin Walker [din155, CRussel, Strether] Goodreads | Amazon UK Print Length: 262 pages Spoiler:
*** Nothing But Blue Skies by Tom Holt [issybird, CRussel, WT Sharpe] Goodreads | Amazon US / Kobo US / Overdrive Print Length: 336 pages Spoiler:
*** Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison [WT Sharpe, CRussel, drofgnal] Goodreads | Amazon US / Barnes & Noble / Kobo US / Overdrive Print Length: 610 pages Spoiler:
*** The Golem and the Djinni by Helene Wecker [pdurrant, Dazrin, treadlightly] Goodreads | Amazon UK / Amazon US Print Length: 657 pages Spoiler:
* Jinn from Hyperspace: And Other Scribblings--Both Serious and Whimsical by Martin Gardner [WT Sharpe] Goodreads | Amazon Ca / Amazon UK / Amazon US Print Length: 307 pages Spoiler:
** The Maze Runner by James Dashner [Grey Ram, Dazrin] Goodreads | Amazon US / Kobo US Print Length: 384 pages Spoiler:
* The Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk [Grey Ram] Goodreads | Amazon US / Kobo US Print Length: 218 pages Spoiler:
*** Something Fresh (original title: Something New) by P.G. Wodehouse [issybird, din155, pdurrant] Goodreads | Amazon US / Audible / Many Books / Whispersync Print Length: 284 pages Spoiler:
* Rivers of London (U.S. title: Midnight Riot) by Ben Aaronovitch [CRussel] Goodreads | Amazon UK / Amazon US / Audible UK / Audible US / Overdrive eBook / Overdrive Audiobook Print Length: 400 pages Spoiler:
The nominations are now closed. Last edited by WT Sharpe; 06-27-2016 at 12:04 AM. Reason: Through post #34 |
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06-20-2016, 02:02 AM | #3 |
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I'm going to nominate three books which came in second last year, and were therefore considered for January as well. Clearly, these books are appealling because they would not have finished in second place if no one was interested in them.
***** Pitching in a Pinch by Christy Mathewson Considered one of the best sports books ever written, and I imagine that summer is the best time to read it because it is about baseball. Amazon - free https://www.amazon.com/Pitching-Base.../dp/B004TPGQP0 B&N Nook - 99 cents http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/pitc...sty/1100547781 Kobo - free https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/eb...m-the-inside-1 ***** The Invisible Man - HG Wells Another famous classic I need to get around to reading. Amazon - free https://www.amazon.com/Invisible-Man...dp/B01BBKKUCA/ B&N Nook - $3.99 http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/time...lls/1005704532 Kobo - free https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/eb...nvisible-man-7 ***** Now I'm going to diverge a little bit for my third nomination. Tom's nomination which finished second was the 17th Perry Mason book. I would like to go back to much earlier in the series and nominate Perry Mason #2, simply because it is so early. The Case of the Sulky Girl - Erle Stanley Gardner Amazon - $5.99 https://www.amazon.com/Case-Sulky-Gi...dp/B00IS811W2/ Last edited by GA Russell; 06-20-2016 at 08:02 PM. |
06-21-2016, 07:01 AM | #4 |
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I am going to nominate two books:
City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi by William Dalrymple Spoiler:
Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004WC07...I28DT52I5CJO8F Death in the Dordogne: The first Bruno, Chief of Police investigation (Bruno Chief of Police Book 1) by Martin Walker Spoiler:
Amazon UK:https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004EYT5...I2VR8PCT2KMDVG Sorry I will post other links in the evening. |
06-21-2016, 07:07 AM | #5 |
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I'll second City of Djinns. I read Dalrymple's From the Holy Mountain last year and it was terrific; I've been meaning to read more by him.
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06-21-2016, 08:10 AM | #6 |
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I'm remote and working off a tablet with Tapatalk, so please cut me some slack on this. I can't easily double-check if something has been nominated or selected before, and I can't come up with links easily either.
That being said, and keeping in mind issybird's desire for something fun for the summer. I think I'll second Bruno, Chief of Police, (This is the North American title for this book. ) I was going to nominate this anyway, as a perfect summer read. Especially since the latest in the series just became available in the U.S. These books have excellent Audible versions narrated by Robert Ian Mackenzie. Amazon US Audible Also note that while this is expensive at $11.99, there is an Overdrive option. Check your local library. (Try it, issybird, you'll like it! ) Last edited by CRussel; 06-21-2016 at 12:13 PM. Reason: Added Amazon US and Audible links. Added OverDrive link |
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It's a tad discouraging; my first thoughts were $11.99 and that's too pricey. But Nothing But Blue Skies by Tom Holt has been on my radar for a while; it sounds like fun for summer and it's $5.99.
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I'll nominate Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison. A tad long, at 610 pages, but a classic.
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06-21-2016, 11:26 AM | #9 |
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I'll second Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man -- it's a classic and I haven't read it since I was a teenager, but it blew me away then.
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06-21-2016, 12:56 PM | #10 |
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I'll third Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man
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06-22-2016, 04:33 AM | #11 |
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I'll put in a bid for a recent book, The Golem and the Djinni by Helene Wecker, which I enjoyed a great deal.
Amazon UK Amazon US New York, 1899. Two strangers, one destiny. Chava is a golem, a creature made of clay, brought to life by a disgraced rabbi who dabbles in dark Kabbalistic magic. [She] arrives in New York in 1899. Ahmad is a djinni, a being of fire, born in the ancient Syrian desert. Trapped in an old copper flask by a Bedouin wizard centuries ago, he is released accidentally by a tinsmith in a Lower Manhattan shop. The Golem & The Djinni is their magical, unforgettable story; unlikely friends whose tenuous attachment challenges their opposing natures Last edited by pdurrant; 06-22-2016 at 04:51 AM. |
06-22-2016, 09:23 AM | #12 |
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06-22-2016, 08:31 PM | #13 |
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I will second The Golem and the Djinni. Excellent book. It came in second in June 2015 and I wouldn't mind a re-read at all.
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06-22-2016, 09:22 PM | #14 |
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In the spirit of earlier posts I was going to nominate Jinn from Hyperspace: And Other Scribblings--Both Serious and Whimsical by Martin Gardner, but the only places that have it all seem to be Amazon, so I won't. But if anyone else does, I'll second it. Martin Gardner (October 21, 1914 – May 22, 2010) was a popular science writer who had a regular column in Scientific American for years.
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Oh, what the heck! Let's Have a Djinn-fest!
Jinn from Hyperspace: And Other Scribblings--Both Serious and Whimsical by Martin Gardner https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/...ious-whimsical https://www.amazon.co.uk/Jinn-Hypers.../dp/B002IYERMI https://www.amazon.com/Jinn-Hyperspa.../dp/B002IYERMI Quote:
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