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November 2017 Book Club Nominations
![]() November 2017 Nominations Help us select the next book that the MobileRead Book Club will read for November, 2017. The nominations will run through midnight EST October 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 November is History. 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) The End: The Defiance and Destruction of Hitler's Germany, 1944-1945 by Ian Kershaw Goodreads | Amazon US / Kobo Print Length: 596 pages Spoiler:
(2) The Great Siege: Malta 1565 by Ernle Bradford Goodreads | Amazon UK / Amazon US / Kobo US Print Length: 262 pages Spoiler:
(3) One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson Goodreads Print Length: 528 pages Spoiler:
(4) Wounded: A New History of the Western Front in World War I by Emily Mayhew Goodreads Print Length: N/A pages Spoiler:
(5) The Last Castle: The Epic Story of Love, Loss, and American Royalty in the Nation's Largest Home by Denise Kiernan Goodreads | Overdrive Print Length: 384 pages Spoiler:
(6) The Soul of A New Machine by Tracy Kidder Goodreads | Amazon US Print Length: 297 pages Spoiler:
(7) A Brief History of Misogyny: The World's Oldest Prejudice by Jack Holland Goodreads | Amazon US / Audible / Overdrive Print Length: 338 pages Spoiler:
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* The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead [John F]
Goodreads Print Length: 322 pages Spoiler:
*** The Last Castle: The Epic Story of Love, Loss, and American Royalty in the Nation's Largest Home by Denise Kiernan [JSWolf, WT Sharpe, Dazrin] Goodreads | Overdrive Print Length: 384 pages Spoiler:
*** One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson [BenG, CRussel, GA Russell] Goodreads Print Length: 528 pages Spoiler:
* Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson [BenG] Goodreads Print Length: 480 pages Spoiler:
*** The End: The Defiance and Destruction of Hitler's Germany, 1944-1945 by Ian Kershaw [issybird, drofgnal, sufue] Goodreads | Amazon US / Kobo Print Length: 596 pages Spoiler:
* Max Havelaar, or The coffee auctions of the Dutch trading company by Multatuli [Dutchbook] Goodreads | Google Books Print Length: 299 pages Spoiler:
* The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule [Dazrin] Goodreads Print Length: 578 pages Spoiler:
* Churchill's Trial: Winston Churchill and the Salvation of Free Government by Larry P. Arnn [WT Sharpe] Goodreads Print Length: 240 pages Spoiler:
*** The Great Siege: Malta 1565 by Ernle Bradford [sufue, issybird, bfisher] Goodreads | Amazon UK / Amazon US / Kobo US Print Length: 262 pages Spoiler:
* Quest for Kim by Peter Hopkirk [sufue] Goodreads | Amazon UK / Amazon US / Kobo US Print Length: 157 pages Spoiler:
*** Wounded: A New History of the Western Front in World War I by Emily Mayhew [issybird, bfisher, Dutchbook] Goodreads Print Length: N/A pages Spoiler:
*** The Soul of A New Machine by Tracy Kidder [CRussel, JSWolf, Dazrin] Goodreads | Amazon US Print Length: 297 pages Spoiler:
*** A Brief History of Misogyny: The World's Oldest Prejudice by Jack Holland [WT Sharpe, CRussel, Alohamora] Goodreads | Amazon US / Audible / Overdrive Print Length: 338 pages Spoiler:
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Given that Mystery was rubbish and Humor was not funny, I'm expecting the winning book to be fiction.
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I'll nominate The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead.*
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Available at libraries everywhere** *Amazon has this as "#4 in Books > Literature & Fiction > African American > Historical" ** "everywhere" means at least Overdrive in the U.S.A. |
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I'll nominate The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson.
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The Arthur C. Clarke award is for SCIENCE FICTION.
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I'm not amused. People can nominate what they will and I'd like to think it gets sorted out, but when a member who advocates not discussing the books nominates something that's not in the category, I'm crying foul. This doesn't strike me as being in the interest of the viability of the book club. |
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I believe blurring the lines is fine. For Travel/Adventure and Award Winners, we have had a mix of fiction/non-fiction, so why not for History? |
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And for what it is worth, The Devil ... previously won.
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How is a book that wins a science fiction award a history book?
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And FWIW...
I do not "advocate" not discussing the book. If members want to discuss the books, feel free. I do advocate that the MR Book Club is open to all members, whether they want to discuss a book or not. |
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In that case, I'll nominate The Last Castle: The Epic Story of Love, Loss, and American Royalty in the Nation's Largest Home by Denise Kiernan.
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I really wish the Devil in the White City was eligible that has been on my TBR for a little while now and I am looking forward to it. For those who haven't read it, I have heard very good things about the audio version.
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Bill Bryson usually writes very readable books,so I nominate One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson.
Goodreads A Chicago Tribune Noteworthy Book A GoodReads Reader's Choice I added a spoiler tag for the rest of the blurb to save space Spoiler:
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