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Nominations for November 2018 • Lies and Misdirections: Unreliable Narrators
Help us select the book that the New Leaf Book Club will read for November 2018. The theme is Lies and Misdirections: Unreliable Narrators Everyone is welcome to join the nomination process even if they'd rather lurk during the voting and discussion; if that is still a little too much commitment, please feel free to suggest titles without making a formal nomination. The nominations will run through 7 AM EDT, October 7, 2018. Each nomination requires a second and a third to make it to the poll, which will remain open for four days. The discussion of the selection will start on November 15, 2018. Don't forget to show up for the discussion of the October selection, The House on the Strand, on October 15. Any questions? See below, or just ask! FAQs for the Nomination, Selection and Discussion process General Guidelines for the New Leaf Book Club Official choices with three nominations: Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood [Catlady, Bookpossum, issybird] Amazon U.S., $11.99 | Amazon CA $4.99 | Amazon UK, £4.99 | Amazon AU $11.99 | Kobo U.S. $11.99 | Kobo CA $4.99 | Kobo UK, £4.99 | Kobo AU $11.99 | OverDrive | Audible Spoiler:
480 pp.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey [darryl, astrangerhere, Bookpossum] Amazon AU $14.99 | Amazon CA $8.99 | Amazon UK £4.99 | Amazon US $4.99 | OverDrive | Audible Spoiler:
284 pp.
Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay [issybird, darryl, CRussel] Amazon US $5.99 | Amazon UK £4.99 | Amazon AU $10.99 | Amazon CA $14.99 | Audible | OverDrive Spoiler:
198 pp.
Notes on a Scandal (What Was She Thinking?) by Zoë Heller [Bookpossum, gmw, issybird] Kobo: $US7.99, $C8.99, $A12.99 and UK£4.99 Spoiler:
258 pp.
Frederica by Georgette Heyer [CRussel, gmw, Dazrin] Amazon $9.99 | Amazon UK £3.99 | Amazon CA $9.99 | Amazon AU $12.99 | Audible | OverDrive | Kindle Unlimited Spoiler:
450 pp
Dog On It (Chet and Bernie #1) by Spencer Quinn [gmw, CRussel, Dazrin] Amazon US $12.99 | Amazon UK - £4.99 | Amazon CA $8.49Amazon AU $8.60 | Kobo US $12.99 | Kobo UK £4.99 | Kobo CA $11.99 | Kobo AU $20.45 Spoiler:
324 pp.
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Choices with one or two nominations:
*Mind of Winter by Laura Kasischke [Catlady] Amazon U.S. $10.74 | Amazon CA $9.99 | Amazon UK £4.74 | Amazon AU $7.47 | Kobo U.S. $10.74 | Kobo CA $9.99 | Kobo UK £4.79 | Kobo AU $8.13 | OverDrive | Hoopla | RBdigital | Axis360 | Freading | Scribd Spoiler:
293 pp.
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OK, I struggled with this theme, primarily because I focused on the "unreliable narrator" portion. But then I looked at the "Lies and Misdirections" part and immediately thought of Georgette Heyer's marvelous Regencies. OK, I know this isn't great literature, but her Regencies are delightful reads whose historical details have been thoroughly researched. And they're all about misdirection! To pick one is a challenge, but I'll go with Frederica, which is currently on KU for free.
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Amazon: $9.99 or FREE on Kindle Unlimited Amazon UK: £3.99 Amazon CA: $9.99 CAD or Free with Kindle Unlimited Amazon AU: $12.99 AUD The usual costs on Audible: Audible Audible UK Overdrive has several editions. The base NA ebook appears to be: Overdrive The book is 450 pages long, but they're a fast 450 pages. Lots of fun and misdirection, with a witty and delightfully humourous look into Regency England (or at least the Regency England of a particular class.) (Full Disclosure. I do NOT read Romances. With the sole exception of Heyer's Regencies, which suck me in every time. ) Last edited by CRussel; 10-01-2018 at 02:50 PM. |
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I am nominating Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood (1996, 480 pp.).
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I enjoy Margaret Atwood a lot, and haven’t read this one, so I second Alias Grace.
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I'll third Alias Grace.
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I've had similar difficulties. One of the problems is that having an "unreliable narrator" theme is actually a spoiler for some stories - and with a mystery that can be disastrous for the first-time read. Your idea of concentrating on the other half of the theme is probably a good idea ... but I'm going to have to think about this a bit longer.
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I'm going to nominate a classic, Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
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Amazon CA CDN$ 8.99 Amazon UK UK£ 7.19 Amazon US US$ 4.99 It is available on Overdrive as both an ebook and an audiobook, and on Audible. This is a great work of fiction and I highly recommend it, irrespective of whether it is chosen. It focuses more on the unreliable narrator aspect though by definition an unreliable narrator must engage in lying and misdirection to some extent whether intended or otherwise. This is a story which I don't think will be spoilt by being selected for this theme. Indeed, readers must come to their own conclusion about what to make of the narration. Last edited by darryl; 10-02-2018 at 09:05 AM. |
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I was interested to learn when I did some rooting around on this topic that the term was only defined in 1961! Unreliable narrators go back far longer than that.
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I'm coming up with £4.99 in the UK and $14.99(!) in Australia and I'm going to alter the prices in the listing to those, absent further corrections.
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Some examples in the memory-loss subgenre are Before I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson, The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins, Black-Eyed Susans by Julia Heaberlin, The Memory Game by Nicci French. (A classic of the genre is The Black Curtain by Cornell Woolrich; the POV character has amnesia but the story is written in third person. Sadly, there's no e-book, or I might have tried to sneak it into the nominations anyway.) |
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I'll second One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
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I'm not sure if it's my mistake or I was getting different pricing. In either event thanks for taking the trouble to check and fix it.
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If one doesn't have an actual UK account, one is likely to see odd pricing. I used to run into the problem until I created an actual UK specific account. But I can confirm it is £4.99.
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I'm guessing you were looking at the "study notes", which were AU$6.55. Not that it worries me, I still have my copy from school. It's been read through a few times, and thrown in and out of school bags, but I think the pages are still hanging together okay.
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