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September 2017 Book Club Nominations
![]() The nominations will run through midnight EST August 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 September is: The Classics. 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) She by H. Rider Haggard Goodreads | Amazon US / Barnes & Noble / Kobo US | Patricia Clark Memorial Library: ePub / Kindle Print Length: 317 pages Spoiler:
(2) The Man Who Folded Himself by David Gerrold Goodreads | Overdrive Print Length: 146 pages Spoiler:
(3) Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. Goodreads | Patricia Clark Memorial Library: ePub / Kindle / Librivox Print Length: 490 pages Spoiler:
(4) Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey Series Book 1) by Dorothy L. Sayers Goodreads | Amazon US / Amazon UK / Audible US / Audible UK / Public Domain (Life+50 countries ONLY!) Print Length: 208 pages Spoiler:
(5) Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley Goodreads | Librivox / Manybooks Print Length: 176 pages Spoiler:
(6) A High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes Goodreads Print Length: 298 pages Spoiler:
(7) The Toll-Gate by Georgette Heyer Goodreads | / Amazon US / Audible US Print Length: 321 pages Spoiler:
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Nominations ("*" indicates one vote):
*** The Man Who Folded Himself by David Gerrold [JSWolf, WT Sharpe, BenG] Goodreads | Overdrive Print Length: 146 pages Spoiler:
*** Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. [WT Sharpe, John F, CRussel] Goodreads | Patricia Clark Memorial Library: ePub / Kindle Print Length: 490 pages Spoiler:
*** She by H. Rider Haggard [GA Russell, bfisher, John F] Goodreads | Amazon US / Barnes & Noble / Kobo US | Patricia Clark Memorial Library: ePub / Kindle Print Length: 317 pages Spoiler:
*** A High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes [BenG, bfisher, sun surfer] Goodreads Print Length: 298 pages Spoiler:
** Evelina by Frances Burney [issybird, sun surfer] Goodreads | Girlebooks | Patricia Clark Memorial Library: Kindle Print Length: 455 pages Spoiler:
*** Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley [issybird, bfisher, BenG] Goodreads | Librivox / Manybooks Print Length: 176 pages Spoiler:
*** Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey Series Book 1) by Dorothy L. Sayers [CRussel, JSWolf, Alohamora] Goodreads | Amazon US / Amazon UK / Audible US / Audible UK / Public Domain (Life+50 countries ONLY!) Print Length: 208 pages Spoiler:
*** The Toll-Gate by Georgette Heyer [CRussel, sun surfer, Dazrin] Goodreads | / Amazon US / Audible US Print Length: 321 pages Spoiler:
** The Taking of Pelham One Two Three by John Godey [JSWolf, GA Russell] Goodreads | Overdrive Print length: 326 pages Spoiler:
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A subtle, but significant change to the category? We went from "Classics" to "The Classics".
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I'd like to nominate The Man Who Folded Himself by David Gerrold.
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The Man Who Folded Himself has a interesting premise, but only 146 pages. I wonder how much discussion it would generate?
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I nominate Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. A powerful classic that I believe will engender much conversation.
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And because I like time travel tales, second The Man Who Folded Himself.
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Elks win third straight!
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I nominate She by H. Rider Haggard.
HarryT has contributed this to MR's Patricia Clark library. ePub https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=54887 mobi https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=15034 Also... Kindle - free https://www.amazon.com/She-Henry-Rid...dp/B00846QWEU/ Nook - 99 cents https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/she...ard/1123661053 Kobo - 99 cents https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/she-58 |
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I'll second She.
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I'll second Jane Eyre.
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I would think a lot given that it's about time travel and paradoxes.
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I read King Solomon's Mines and I really didn't like it. The racism was too much and it detracted from the story. We have enough racism going on in the world without agreeing to read it. No thanks.
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I'll third The Man Who Folded Himself.
I also nominate A High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes (1929). Quote:
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