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View Poll Results: Which Thriller, Suspense, & Crime novel shall we read for August’s discussion? | |||
All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda |
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6 | 28.57% |
Carved in Bone (Body Farm Book 1) by Jefferson Bass |
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7 | 33.33% |
The Boy In The Suitcase (Nina Borg #1) by Lene Kaaberbøl, Agnete Friis |
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3 | 14.29% |
Fast One by Paul Cain |
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3 | 14.29% |
Open Season by C.J. Box |
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4 | 19.05% |
Final Jeopardy by Linda Fairstein |
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4 | 19.05% |
The Day Of The Jackal by Frederick Forsyth |
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11 | 52.38% |
They Don't Dance Much by James Ross |
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1 | 4.76% |
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 21. You may not vote on this poll |
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August 2016 Book Club Vote
![]() Help us choose a book as the August 2016 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 August 20th. Select from the following Official Choices with three nominations each: • All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda Goodreads | Amazon US / Kobo US / Overdrive / Overdrive Audio Print Length: 384 pages Spoiler:
• Carved in Bone (Body Farm Book 1) by Jefferson Bass Goodreads | Amazon UK / Amazon US / Kobo US / Overdrive Print Length: 416 pages Spoiler:
• 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:
• Fast One by Paul Cain Goodreads | Amazon US / Barnes & Noble / Kobo US Print Length: 211 pages Spoiler:
• Open Season by C.J. Box Goodreads | Amazon UK / Amazon US Print Length: 316 pages Spoiler:
• Final Jeopardy by Linda Fairstein Goodreads | Amazon UK / Amazon US / Kobo US / Overdrive / Overdrive Audio Print Length: 336 pages Spoiler:
• 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:
• They Don't Dance Much by James Ross Goodreads | Amazon UK / Kobo US Print Length: 304 pages Spoiler:
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I voted for All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda. It's a bit more than I want to spend, and it's not in my local library, but it was the only one screaming, "Read me!" Tales told in reverse chronological order, where the object isn't to find out how things end, but rather how they began, fascinate me. Remember that free cup of coffee scene in the movie 'Momento'? Or the scene where the woman is telling the fellow how she was beat up by someone she fears? Aw, that's a classic film! If All the Missing Girls captures a fragment of that film's inventiveness it will be worth it.
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I have voted for The Day of the Jackal and Final Jeopardy.
Last I tried to read The Girl on the Train by Megan Miranda I lost interest in every character midway and abandoned the book. I don't want to burn again so soon if possible ![]() |
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Hmmm. Was going to vote for both of these, but am re-thinking the Megan Miranda book. More research required... |
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Sorry Charlie. Maybe it's just me. Everyone else around had very nice things to say about it. I am hoping All the Missing Girls is better than the debut novel of the author.
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I just finished The Day of the Jackal an hour ago! I didn't realize it was up for vote. All the Missing Girls sounds intriguing, I liked Girl on the Train (by Paula Hawkins).
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Megan Miranda did not write The Girl on the Train. It was written by Paula Hawkins. So if you did not vote for All the Missing Girls because of that, then you didn't vote due to a mistake.
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Elks win third straight!
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I'm surprised that CJ Box isn't doing better. In the past year, I've seen a number of nice things said about him.
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Yeah, I'm a bit surprised too, even though it's not my first choice. (I've already got a copy of The Day of the Jackal checked out from the BCLibaries Download site, and am next in line for an MP3 version of it.)
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CJ Box was one of my favorite series. He does well rounded characters. It is a series that is one of the few I can say holds quality throughout. If you like a good mystery, he should be at least sampled.
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A little less than a day left and The Day of the Jackal has a commanding lead. I am a little surprised at that give how long it has been out and how popular it is. Are a lot of people voting for it just to check it off their "I should read that someday" lists?
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Bah, humbug!
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The Chesapeake Public Library doesn't have have the Jackal book, and I don't know my PIN — if I ever had one — for the Portsmouth Public Library, so tomorrow (or when everyone else gets back with the car from wherever they've gone), I'll have to sign up for the Virginia Beach and Norfolk public libraries, and get a pin number from the Portsmouth Public Library. A shame; I used to have a card for the Norfolk Public Library
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