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April 2017 Book Club Nominations
![]() The nominations will run through midnight EST March 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 April is: Award Winners. 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) A Cold Day for Murder by Dana Stabenow Goodreads | Amazon US / Author's Website / Audible / Kobo US Print Length: 173 pages Spoiler:
(2) Three Cheers for Me by Donald Jack Goodreads | Amazon US / Kobo US Print Length: 256 pages Spoiler:
(3) My Real Children by Jo Walton Goodreads Print Length: 320 pages Spoiler:
(4) The Light of Day by Eric Ambler Goodreads | Amazon US / Audible Print Length: 224 pages Spoiler:
(5) Still Life by Louise Penny Goodreads Print Length: 377 pages Spoiler:
(6) Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner Goodreads | Amazon US / Barnes & Noble / Kobo US / Library Thing Print Length: 322 pages Spoiler:
(7) The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman Goodreads Print Length: 366 pages Spoiler:
Nominations are now closed. Last edited by WT Sharpe; 03-27-2017 at 12:01 AM. Reason: Through post #46 |
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*** A Cold Day for Murder by Dana Stabenow [CRussel, issybird, Dazrin]
Goodreads | Amazon US / Author's Website / Audible / Kobo US Print Length: 173 pages Spoiler:
*** My Real Children by Jo Walton [JSWolf, WT Sharpe, BenG] Goodreads Print Length: 320 pages Spoiler:
*** Three Cheers for Me by Donald Jack [issybird, CRussel, bfisher] Goodreads | Amazon US / Kobo US Print Length: 256 pages Spoiler:
*** The Light of Day by Eric Ambler [BenG, CRussel, JSWolf] Goodreads | Amazon US / Audible Print Length: 224 pages Spoiler:
*** The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman [WT Sharpe, Dazrin, BenG] Goodreads Print Length: 366 pages Spoiler:
*** Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner [GA Russell, bfisher, issybird] Goodreads | Amazon US / Barnes & Noble / Kobo US / Library Thing Print Length: 322 pages Spoiler:
*** Still Life by Louise Penny [JSWolf, treadlightly, Dazrin] Goodreads Print Length: 377 pages Spoiler:
Nominations are now closed. Last edited by WT Sharpe; 03-27-2017 at 12:01 AM. Reason: Through post #46 |
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I think later in the year when we decide on which categories to keep and which ones to discard, Award Winners should be the first to go. A month devoted to Award Winners sounds like a great idea, but here it is nineteen hours since I started the thread, and not one nomination.
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I'll nominate A Cold Day for Murder, the first book in the outstanding Kate Shugak series of Alaskan mysteries, and winner of a 1993 Edgar Award.
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This becomes another "free for all" month. Nothing wrong with that, of course. And now that I've nominated the winner, we can just move directly to reading it. ![]() |
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I'll second A Cold Day for Murder.
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However, I think you're right. It becomes a non-category, which doesn't help focus. |
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Is Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup eligible? The book didn't win an award but the movie won three Academy Awards.
I haven't looked into availability but it is in the public domain so should be widely available for free. It is also fairly short, I have it listed as 227 pages. |
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I will third Cold Day for Murder. I really enjoyed it when I read it a few years ago.
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I'll nominate My Real Children by Jo Walton. It's a 2014 Tiptree Winner.
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Seriously though, Jo Walton is very good. She's won multiple awards for multiple books. |
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I think we should pick a book that's won the Literary Review’s Bad Sex in Fiction Award.
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Ah, but really good books are always good for a re-read. And since I just finished a re-read, I can testify that this A Cold Day for Murder is definitely re-read worthy. Go for the Audible version this time around, to vary the experience.
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