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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin (Translator) |
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8 | 42.11% |
Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach |
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5 | 26.32% |
Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly |
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9 | 47.37% |
Animal: The Autobiography of a Female Body by Sara Pascoe |
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4 | 21.05% |
Socrates Cafe: A Fresh Taste of Philosophy by Christopher Phillips |
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6 | 31.58% |
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 19. You may not vote on this poll |
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July 2017 Book Club Vote
![]() Help us choose a book as the June 2017 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 July 20th. Select from the following Official Choices with three nominations each: • The Wind Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin (Translator) Goodreads | Amazon US / Overdrive / WorldCat Print Length: 607 pages Spoiler:
• Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach Goodreads | Overdrive Print Length: 321 pages Spoiler:
• Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly Goodreads | Amazon UK / Amazon US / Audible UK / Audible US / Kobo US Print Length: 373 pages Spoiler:
• Animal: The Autobiography of a Female Body by Sara Pascoe Goodreads Print Length: 336 pages Spoiler:
• Socrates Cafe: A Fresh Taste of Philosophy by Christopher Phillips Goodreads Print Length: 246 pages Spoiler:
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The current votes are quite interesting. If this keeps up we'll have as many books in the runoff as the original vote!
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Please vote for Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach. It is the most enjoyable book in the list. Last time I said the book I wanted to win was the better book, I was very much correct. The book we had was not all that good. It was more about politics than science and the topic was supposed to be science. When we had mystery month, we got a rather tame/dull book on Africa.
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I think you were wrong last month, Jon. Heck, I could say my choice was the best each month, also, but I'd only be right for my interests and not necessarily even in terms of a good discussion and certainly not for others. The club's already read books by Roach and Murakami and I don't see the point in revisiting either when there are different authors to choose from. Frankly, I think Murakami in particular would be disastrous. Although the most literary of the choices, which speaks to me, at 600 pages no one will end up reading it. The last time Murakami was chosen it resulted in the worst discussion ever; there were only two posts about the book. I figure the prurient will at least give Bonk a try, but I hope it's not the selection, also. |
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I voted for all books except Murakami's. I don't want his book to win. I don't like absurd and obscure books that are cached in a literary genre.
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For me, the Murakami book is both too expensive and too long, especially when it doesn't grab me. I haven't decided which of the other books will get my vote, but almost certainly not the Mary Roach. One was enough.
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If The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle wins, I expect everyone who voted for it to read it and participate in the discussion thread.
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Hidden Figures sounds best to me. Well, Socrates Cafe sounds good too, but I can get Hidden Figures audiobook through Overdrive. I just placed a hold.
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Those are the two that sound best to me, too. It's touch and go whether the Hidden Figures audiobook at OverDrive will be available in time (no hope on the ebook), but there's a copy available at the Engineering and Math Library at the campus in town, so I could pick that up. Socrates Cafe would have to be ILL.
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You can't say that definitively, Jon. Not all OverDrive libraries have it and those that do might have long waitlists.
However, as I tried to indicate, those who are willing to read DTBs (the horror! the horror!) might have a few more options. |
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True, DTBs can give you additional options. Also, for those keeping track, the UK price of Hidden Figures is significantly less than the US price. While the UK WhisperSync price is way better.
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There is no way I have time to read a 600 page book. So is everyone who votes for this going to be reading all 600 pages?
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