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December 2016 Book Club Nominations
![]() The nominations will run through midnight EST November 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 December is: Fantasy. 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) Silverlock by John Myers Myers Goodreads Print Length: 360 pages Spoiler:
(2) The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan Goodreads | Amazon US / Barnes & Noble / Kobo US Print Length: 391 pages Spoiler:
(3) The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood Goodreads | Amazon US / Barnes & Noble / Kobo US Print Length: 324 pages Spoiler:
(4) A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness Goodreads | Print Length: 224 pages Spoiler:
(5) Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho Goodreads Print Length: 371 pages Spoiler:
(6) Carousel Tides by Sharon Lee Goodreads | Amazon US / Audible / Baen / Kobo US Print Length: 304 pages Spoiler:
(7) Those Who Hunt the Night by Barbara Hambly Goodreads | Amazon US / Barnes & Noble Print Length: 350 pages Spoiler:
(8) Dark Hope (The Devil's Assistant Book 1) by H.D. Smith Goodreads | Amazon UK / Amazon US / Audible / Barnes & Noble / Kobo US Print Length: 282 pages Spoiler:
(9) The Bees by Laline Paull Goodreads Print Length: 352 pages Spoiler:
The nominations are now closed. Last edited by WT Sharpe; 11-27-2016 at 12:01 AM. Reason: Through post #41 |
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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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*** Dark Hope (The Devil's Assistant Book 1) by H.D. Smith [WT Sharpe, din155, Dazrin] Goodreads | Amazon UK / Amazon US / Audible / Barnes & Noble / Kobo US Print Length: 282 pages Spoiler:
*** Silverlock by John Myers Myers [Ralph Sir Edward, bfisher, BenG] Goodreads Print Length: 360 pages Spoiler:
*** The Bees by Laline Paull [obs20, Dazrin, WT Sharpe] Goodreads Print Length: 352 pages Spoiler:
*** Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho [BenG, CRussel, din155] Goodreads Print Length: 371 pages Spoiler:
*** Those Who Hunt the Night by Barbara Hambly [Dazrin, issybird, soonerchick] Goodreads | Amazon US / Barnes & Noble Print Length: 350 pages Spoiler:
*** The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan [VioletVal, JSWolf, bfisher] Goodreads | Amazon US / Barnes & Noble / Kobo US Print Length: 391 pages Spoiler:
*** A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness [JSWolf, Luffy, Moe The Cat] Goodreads | Print Length: 224 pages Spoiler:
*** The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood [VioletVal, CRussel, Luffy] Goodreads | Amazon US / Barnes & Noble / Kobo US Print Length: 324 pages Spoiler:
* Anita by Keith Roberts [BenG] Goodreads | Audible Print Length: 221 pages Spoiler:
*** Carousel Tides by Sharon Lee [CRussel, issybird, WT Sharpe] Goodreads | Amazon US / Audible / Baen / Kobo US Print Length: 304 pages Spoiler:
The nominations are now closed. Last edited by WT Sharpe; 11-27-2016 at 12:01 AM. Reason: Through Post #41 |
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Nothing like starting things off with something Satanic. I nominate Dark Hope (The Devil's Assistant Book 1) by H.D. Smith.
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I'll nominate Silverlock by John Myers Myers.
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I'll second Silverlock.
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I nominate The Bees by Laline Paull
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I nominate Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho, a fantasy set in Regency England.
One of the better fantasy books I've read lately. The author describes it as Georgette Heyer with magic and a dash of humor, but it's not a romance. I think it may get some attention during award season next year. Apparently it's first in a series but the book wraps everything up pretty neatly. Any sequel would have to be another adventure. 371 pages. Goodreads And the first chapter: http://www.npr.org/books/titles/4366...-crown#excerpt Spoiler:
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I will nominate Those Who Hunt the Night by Barbara Hambly. A nice vampire-spy book.
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I nominate The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
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When a book is nominated, please post a description because without a description, the chances of it getting seconded or thirded drops considerably.
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I'm nominating A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness.
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Perhaps, but I always add a description from Goodreads when I add the Goodreads link and put it on the list of nominations, so it isn't really necessary.
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I nominate The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood.
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