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Nominations for December 2019 • The End of the Road: Finales
It's time for us select the book that the New Leaf Book Club will read in December 2019. The theme is The End of the Road: Finales. 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. Also, don't sweat the links. It's helpful to check availability and prices before nominating in order to eliminate anything that's out of the question, but ultimately our global members with different gadgets and preferences will have to check for themselves. The nominations will run through 7 AM EST, November 7, 2019. Each nomination requires a second and a third to make it to the poll, which will remain open for three days. The discussion of the selection will start on December 15, 2019. Don't forget to show up for the discussion of the November selection, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, on November 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: Ending Up by Kingsley Amis [Bookpossum, CRussel, gmw] $US9.99, $C11.19, £2.99, $A14.99 Spoiler:
145 pp.
The End of the Affair by Graham Greene [issybird, gmw, Bookpossum] US$11.33; CA$10.99; AU$12.99; UK£4.99 Spoiler:
200 pp.
The World Without Us by Alan Weisman [gmw, issybird, Bookpossum] US$9.99, CA$10.99, GB£7.99, AU$14.99 Spoiler:
324 pp.
Every Man Dies Alone (aka Alone in Berlin) by Hans Fallada [Catlady, issybird, Bookworm_Girl] Amazon U.S. $12.99; Amazon CA, CA $9.88; Amazon UK £4.99; Amazon AU $14.99; Kobo U.S. $12.99; Kobo CA $13.59; Kobo UK, £4.99; Kobo AU $14.99 Spoiler:
546 pp.
Curtain: Poirot’s Last Case by Agatha Christie [Victoria, CRussel, Catlady] US$10; AU$11; CA$12 Spoiler:
215 pp.
The Stone Angel by Margaret Lawrence [Victoria, Bookworm_Girl, Dazrin] US$9.59; CA$12.79; AU$10.55 Spoiler:
328 pp.
The Remorseful Day by Colin Dexter [CRussel, Victoria, Dazrin] AmazonUS $7.99; AmazonUK £5.99; AmazonCA $12.99 AmazonAU $9.99 Spoiler:
332 pp.
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Choices with one or two nominations:
**The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal [Dazrin, fantasyfan] US$10 Spoiler:
430 pp.
*The Final Days by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein [Catlady] Amazon U.S. $13.99 Spoiler:
500 pp.
*The One-in-a-Million Boy by Monica Wood [Bookworm_Girl] US$9.99 Spoiler:
416 pp.
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I nominate Curtain: Poirot’s Last Case, by Agatha Christie.
A wheelchair-bound Poirot returns to Styles, the venue of his first investigation, where he knows another murder is going to take place… The house guests at Styles seemed perfectly pleasant to Captain Hastings; there was his own daughter Judith, an inoffensive ornithologist called Norton, dashing Mr Allerton, brittle Miss Cole, Doctor Franklin and his fragile wife Barbara , Nurse Craven, Colonel Luttrell and his charming wife, Daisy, and the charismatic Boyd-Carrington. So Hastings was shocked to learn from Hercule Poirot’s declaration that one of them was a five-times murderer. True, the ageing detective was crippled with arthritis, but had his deductive instincts finally deserted him?… I just can’t resist nominating this, despite the risk that everyone may have read it. It seems perfect for the theme. More importantly, and without giving a spoiler, I’ll just say I was ![]() ![]() Amazon kindle shows me $9.99USD, & $12 CDN; Kobo: USD $10; AUD $11; CDN $12 Last edited by Victoria; 11-01-2019 at 02:52 PM. |
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I show Curtain as $9.99 USD, Victoria. Probably what most of those south of us will see for a price.
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My second nomination is The Stone Angel by Margaret Lawrence
Above the town, on the hill brow, the stone angel used to stand. I wonder if she stands there yet... Hagar Shipley – an irascible, independent nonagenarian – has lived a quiet life full of rage..... The Stone Angel is a compelling journey seen through the eyes of a woman nearing the end of her life. At ninety, Hagar Shipley speaks movingly of the perils of growing old and reflects with bitterness, humor, and a painful awareness of her own frailties on the life she has led. From her childhood as the daughter of a respected merchant, to her rebellious marriage, Hagar has fought a long and sometimes misguided battle for independence and respect. In the course of examining and trying to understand the shape her life has taken, her divided feelings about her husband, her passionate attachment to one son and her neglect of another, she is sometimes regretful, but rarely penitent. Asking forgiveness from neither God nor those around her, she must still wrestle with her own nature: "Pride was my wilderness, and the demon that led me there was fear." She has been afraid of being unrespectable, afraid of needing too much, afraid of giving too much, and her pride is both disturbing and inspiring. The Stone Angel is an excellent example of the realism and compassion present in all of Margaret Laurence's writing. - Again, given the theme, I had to nominate this book. I didn’t always like Hagar Shipley, but meeting her at the end of her journey, I absolutely rooted for her. I think it’s a beautiful, poignant portrait of someone of my grandmother’s generation. The book is available on Overdrive. Kindle: $9.72 USD; $12.79 CDN kobo: $10.88 AUD; $9.89 USD; $12.79 CDN |
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Inspector Morse
I'll nominate the final Inspector Morse book, The Remorseful Day.
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AmazonUS: $7.99 AmazonUK: £5.99 AmazonCA: $12.99 AmazonAU: $9.99 There is an unabridged Audible version, available in the UK, CA, and AU, but not in the US. In the US, only the abridged version is available. ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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That’s for the correction on the US price. Unfortunately both Kobo & Amazon identify me as Canadian, even when I sign to the US & Australian stores, so it’s hard to figure out the price in other jurisdictions. |
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Understood, Victoria. And I'm not completely positive about Australian prices for that reason. I have native US and UK accounts, so I'm fairly confident of those prices.
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An apocalypse is a finale, right?
![]() I am going to nominate The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal. Goodreads | Amazon Pages ~430 Published in July 2018 Quote:
It's $10 at Amazon right now but I know this has been on sale recently for as little as $3. Note: There is a short story associated with this series as well that was written before this story but is set AFTER this story so there are some mild spoilers in it. |
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I would like to nominate a short and grimly funny book: Ending Up by Kingsley Amis. From Kobo:
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Oh, perfect, Bookpossum. I'm not going to wait -- I'll spend my last ticket on a second for Ending Up.
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Bookpossum, does The Last Policeman look like it would be available at your library? It's cheap in US and CA - but ridiculously expensive here and in the UK. I bought it back in April when it was cheap here, but I still haven't read it, and it would fit this theme.
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OK, thanks for checking. Maybe it's just as well anyway. If I like it I will want the next two books of the trilogy but I'm not spending that sort of money. I have a bunch of other ideas ... just having trouble making up my mind.
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I'm going to nominate The End of the Affair by Graham Greene.
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US$11.33; CA$10.99; AU$12.99; UK£4.99 |
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