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August 2016 Book Club Nominations
![]() The nominations will run through midnight EST July 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 August is: Thriller, Suspense, & Crime. 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) All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda Goodreads | Amazon US / Kobo US / Overdrive / Overdrive Audio Print Length: 384 pages Spoiler:
(2) Carved in Bone (Body Farm Book 1) by Jefferson Bass Goodreads | Amazon UK / Amazon US / Kobo US / Overdrive Print Length: 416 pages Spoiler:
(3) The Boy In The Suitcase (Nina Borg #1) by Lene Kaaberbøl, Agnete Friis Goodreads | Amazon Au / Amazon Ca / Amazon UK / Amazon US / Barnes & Noble / Kobo US / Overdrive Print Length: 321 pages Spoiler:
(4) Fast One by Paul Cain Goodreads | Amazon US / Barnes & Noble / Kobo US Print Length: 211 pages Spoiler:
(5) Open Season by C.J. Box Goodreads | Amazon UK / Amazon US Print Length: 316 pages Spoiler:
(6) Final Jeopardy by Linda Fairstein Goodreads | Amazon UK / Amazon US / Kobo US / Overdrive / Overdrive Audio Print Length: 336 pages Spoiler:
(7) The Day Of The Jackal by Frederick Forsyth Goodreads | Amazon UK / Kobo UK/ Overdrive v1 / Overdrive v2 / Overdrive Audio v1 / Overdrive Audio v2 Print Length: 415 pages Spoiler:
(8) They Don't Dance Much by James Ross Goodreads | Amazon UK / Kobo US Print Length: 304 pages Spoiler:
Nominations are now closed. Last edited by WT Sharpe; 07-27-2016 at 12:04 AM. Reason: Through post #37 |
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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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*** They Don't Dance Much by James Ross [peterwardgd, WT Sharpe, GA Russell] Goodreads | Amazon UK / Kobo US Print Length: 304 pages Spoiler:
*** Fast One by Paul Cain [GA Russell, peterwardgd, CRussel] Goodreads | Amazon US / Barnes & Noble / Kobo US Print Length: 211 pages Spoiler:
*** All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda [WT Sharpe, Dazrin, Luffy] Goodreads | Amazon US / Kobo US / Overdrive / Overdrive Audio Print Length: 384 pages Spoiler:
*** Final Jeopardy by Linda Fairstein [JSWolf, Luffy, Grey Ram] Goodreads | Amazon UK / Amazon US / Kobo US / Overdrive / Overdrive Audio Print Length: 336 pages Spoiler:
*** Carved in Bone (Body Farm Book 1) by Jefferson Bass [Dazrin, JSWolf, BenG] Goodreads | Amazon UK / Amazon US / Kobo US / Overdrive Print Length: pages Spoiler:
*** Open Season by C.J. Box [BenG, GA Russell, JSWolf] Goodreads | Amazon UK / Amazon US Print Length: 316 pages Spoiler:
*** The Boy In The Suitcase (Nina Borg #1) by Lene Kaaberbøl, Agnete Friis [WT Sharpe, Dazrin, CRussel] Goodreads | Amazon Au / Amazon Ca / Amazon UK / Amazon US / Barnes & Noble / Kobo US / Overdrive Print Length: 321 pages Spoiler:
*** The Day Of The Jackal by Frederick Forsyth [din155, CRussel, Grey Ram] Goodreads | Amazon UK / Kobo UK/ Overdrive v1 / Overdrive v2 / Overdrive Audio v1 / Overdrive Audio v2 Print Length: 415 pages Spoiler:
Nominations are now closed. Last edited by WT Sharpe; 07-27-2016 at 12:03 AM. Reason: Through post #37 |
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Its been a while since ive been on the site but i still enjoy the book club vote.
Anyway, I'd like to nominate They Don't Dance Much by James Ross. Its been pigeonholed as Country noir which i guess if i had to shelve it under anything that would be it but its really just good honest pulp. It's a cut above most pulp titles though that are getting a second lease of life in the ebook market. The characterisation in particular is very good i thought. From Goodreads: Quote:
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I nominate Fast One by Paul Cain.
This was Cain's only novel. He is considered by some to be the most hard-boiled of writers. “In the matter of grim hardness Dashiell [Hammett] paused on the threshold. Paul [Cain] went all the way.” —Captain Joe Shaw, editor of Black Mask during its golden era “[Fast One represents] some kind of high point in the ultra hard-boiled manner.” —Raymond Chandler, author, The Big Sleep Amazon - $4.99 https://www.amazon.com/Fast-One-Paul...dp/B00B132H2O/ Nook - 99 cents http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/fast...=2940150605152 Kobo - 99 cents https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/fast-one-2 |
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I tried to find something cheap, I really did, but this is available at Overdrive both as an ebook and an audiobook, so that's something.
I nominate All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda. This one sounds fascinating. It features reverse chronology in the story-telling, a device used in one of my favorite movies ("Momento") and one of my favorite Seinfeld episodes ("The Betrayal"). Publisher's Weekly says, "Miranda convincingly conjures a haunted setting that serves as a character in its own right, but what really makes this roller-coaster so memorable is her inspired use of reverse chronology, so that each chapter steps further back in time, dramatically shifting the reader’s perspective." From Goodreads: Quote:
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I'd like to nominate Final Jeopardy by Linda Fairstein. It's the first book in the Alex Cooper series.
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You might want to save this for when the price drops or the lines at Overdrive are not so long. The price is about $12 and the lines at Overdrive are in double digits because it's a new book.
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The only nomination so far that is available from my library is All the Missing Girls which sounds interesting so I will second it and have put it on my Holds list just in case because there are 4 people in front of me.
I nominate Carved in Bone by Jefferson Bass, the first "Body Farm" novel based on Dr. Bill Bass's real-life forensics research. Available for some at Overdrive and only $5 or £4. Print length: 416 pages Goodreads | Overdrive / Amazon US / Amazon UK / Kobo Quote:
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I'll second Fast one by Paul Cain. I have an omnibus of his that i've only just started which includes this novel so i've no excuse not to read it. Mysterious press ftw!
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i second Final Jeopardy by Linda Fairstein.
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I third All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda.
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