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Moon Over Soho (Peter Grant #2) by Ben Aaronovitch |
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3 | 18.75% |
Track of the Cat (Anna Pigeon #1) by Nevada Barr |
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2 | 12.50% |
Lardner on the Loose (collected short fiction) by Ring Lardner |
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4 | 25.00% |
Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell |
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3 | 18.75% |
The Man of Property by John Galsworthy |
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6 | 37.50% |
The Light of Day by Eric Ambler |
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2 | 12.50% |
In Times Like These: A Time Travel Adventure by Nathan van Coops |
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3 | 18.75% |
Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal by Mary Roach |
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5 | 31.25% |
What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe |
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0 | 0% |
The Wind Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin (Translator) |
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0 | 0% |
The Guns of Navarone by Alistair MacLean |
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2 | 12.50% |
Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey #1) by Dorothy L. Sayers |
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8 | 50.00% |
Breakup (Kate Shugak #7) by Dana Stabenow |
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1 | 6.25% |
The End: The Defiance and Destruction of Hitler's Germany, 1944-1945 by Ian Kershaw |
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3 | 18.75% |
The Magic City by Edith Nesbit |
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6 | 37.50% |
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 16. You may not vote on this poll |
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January 2018 Second Chance Vote
![]() January 2018 VOTE *** Special thanks to Dazrin for providing the list of runner-up titles! *** Help us select the next book that the MobileRead Book Club will read for January, 2018. Book selection category for January is: Second Chance There will be no nominations this month. The way Second Chance works is that the poll will be comprised of selections that either came in second place or tied for second place during the previous 11 months. The discussion will start January 20, 2018. The poll will be open for 7 days since it's earlier than usual, in response to requests to facilitate library borrowing. If the voting results a tie, there will be a 3 day run-off poll. This is a visible poll: others can see how you voted. It is ![]() 2017 runner up choices: February: Mystery • Moon Over Soho (Peter Grant #2) by Ben Aaronovitch Goodreads | Overdrive Print Length: 396 pages Spoiler:
• Track of the Cat (Anna Pigeon #1) by Nevada Barr Goodreads | Amazon US / Audible / Kobo US / Overdrive Print Length: 245 pages Spoiler:
March: Patricia Clarke Memorial Library • Lardner on the Loose (collected short fiction) by Ring Lardner Kindle epub Spoiler:
• Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell Kindle Spoiler:
• The Man of Property by John Galsworthy Kindle Audible Spoiler:
April: Award Winners (Fiction) • The Light of Day by Eric Ambler Goodreads | Amazon US / Audible Print Length: 224 pages Spoiler:
May: Science Fiction • In Times Like These: A Time Travel Adventure by Nathan van Coops Goodreads | Amazon US / Barnes & Noble / Kobo US Print Length: 384 pages Spoiler:
June: Science • Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal by Mary Roach Goodreads | Overdrive Print Length: 353 pages Spoiler:
• What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe Goodreads | Amazon US Print Length: 321 pages Spoiler:
July: Free-For-All • The Wind Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin (Translator) Goodreads | Amazon US / Overdrive / WorldCat Print Length: 607 pages Spoiler:
August: Thriller, Suspense, & Crime • The Guns of Navarone by Alistair MacLean Goodreads | Amazon UK / Amazon US Print Length: 288 pages Spoiler:
September: Classics • Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey Series Book 1) by Dorothy L. Sayers Goodreads | Amazon US / Amazon UK / Audible US / Audible UK / Public Domain Print Length: 208 pages Spoiler:
October: Humor • Breakup (Kate Shugak #7) by Dana Stabenow Goodreads | Amazon UK / Amazon US / Audible UK / Audible US / Kobo UK Print Length: 260 pages Spoiler:
November: History • The End: The Defiance and Destruction of Hitler's Germany, 1944-1945 by Ian Kershaw Goodreads | Amazon US / Kobo Print Length: 596 pages Spoiler:
• The Magic City by Edith Nesbit Goodreads | Patricia Clark Memorial Library:ePub / Kindle Print Length: 212 pages Spoiler:
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That was a short month between polls! Are we tired of voting, yet? The early poll is to give a longer lead time for books at OverDrive or other libraries, in response to requests.
We're transitioning to a new book club and there are two important changes that will affect the vote thread and they're going into effect with this poll. Please don't vote if you won't participate in the discussion. It's no secret that discussions have been anemic of late, which the new book club is intended to address. However, it seems only just that those who will discuss the book get to choose it. We welcome participation at all levels, whether it's to lurk (Hi!), to nominate, or to drop in on the discussion, but we have to ask that you refrain from voting if that will be the end of your participation. Electioneering is fine and even fun, but please keep it civil and respectful. Focus more on the positive aspects of books rather than on their perceived negatives. It's fine to reference facts such as price or length and even including comments such as, "The Club has already read a book by that author and I'd like to read something new." But please avoid disparaging a nomination and judgmental words in general. Thanks! |
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There's a reason I included "The Club has already read a book by that author and I'd like to read something new," as an example of a legitimate comment. :cough cough:
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I voted for the books I'll read if any win.
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I would be happy to discuss any I voted for. I didn't vote for Murakami because he is one of my favorite authors of all time and I've read all of his work. I'd be all over that discussion though, if it were to win
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For reference, I'll note that books available for free are:
That's 40% of the choices and seems to me to provide a lot of options at a time when many feel strapped. ![]() Last edited by issybird; 12-02-2017 at 01:17 PM. |
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Wow there are some good books in this list. Only a couple that I'm really not interested in, though none that I wouldn't read if they were the winner. There are some duplicate authors, but that doesn't bother me particularly, and there's a pretty broad range across topics, genres, and even costs. I'm going to hold off voting for a couple of days, mostly because I've been travelling for 4 days and have to turn around and leave tomorrow again. And I want to actually think about which ones I want to vote for.
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What an interesting list. I finished up voting for five in total: Lardner because I have heard of him but never read him, Gaskell because Cranford is on my TBR so that would bump it up, Galsworthy because I haven't read him for (ahem) about 45 years, Kershaw because although a "heavy" topic it sounds fascinating, and Nesbit because it just sounds appealing.
However, as long as I can get hold of whichever book wins (I could have a problem with a couple of them in terms of availability), I am certainly committed to reading the winner, whether I voted for it or not. |
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A couple of the books in this list are a bit pricey in some countries. However, if you're willing to do a bit of electronic travel, you can pretty easily avoid the geo-fencing.
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I have "travelled" in the past, but then some sort of block seemed to be put on doing this, in Australia at least. I can certainly try it again if necessary - it might have been a temporary glitch.
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My choices are fairly predictable for this.
Two those are free (well, in Canada, Australia and Life+50 countries, at least). Two are rip-roaring thrillers, three are mysteries, and one is, at least in part, really funny. All but one I've actually read before, and that one I've started at least twice. But I'm determined to finish it, this time with the help of a good Audible version. ETA: And yes, I'll be reading whatever wins, and joining the discussion after. |
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Of the two, I think Aaronovitch is more problematic. I accept Charlie's word that Stabenow is a standalone (again, people make up their own minds about how they feel about that), but my sense is that the Aaronovitch very much isn't a standalone, which would make it a much harder read for someone who mightn't have read it when the club did. |
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Fortunately for me, this month all but one of the books fall into the first or second category this month, including those you voted for. I've read only three in the whole slate; one I voted for and two I did not, but not out of any objection to them as selections, just out of a desire for something different. |
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