Thu November 02 2017
Time Period Nominations & Vote • November 2017 |
01:04 AM by sun surfer in Reading Recommendations | Book Clubs Help us select what the MR Literary Club will read in November 2017! This is the last Time Period category month (of this Time Period cycle at least) that will have a starter vote to choose the time period. There are only two options currently eligible, and after one is chosen this month only one will remain. So, our next Time Period month after this (in May) will use the final option with no starter vote needed.
Time Period
The time period vote will close exactly one day from this post; even if the final tally doesn't occur immediately after voting closes, no votes made after that time will count. Time period votes will be made by post. You will have a number of votes to cast equal to the number of time periods minus one - i.e. ONE. Any extraneous votes per person (past their maximum) won't count. Votes cannot be changed once they are cast. Once voting is complete, the count will be tallied and a winner declared. If there is a tie, first listed wins by default (i.e. the oldest).
-Previously chosen time periods currently ineligible: -The period of 2001-Present is its own category (Contemporary) and therefore not eligible for the Time Period poll.
You may offer up to two nominations. All nominees (so long as they are within the category) will move forward to the vote with no need for support from others. Once nominations are complete, voting will begin and also occur in this thread.
I will make a post in this thread to open voting. The vote will close exactly four days from that post; even if the final tally doesn't occur immediately after voting closes, no votes made after that time will count. Votes will be made by post. You will have a number of votes to cast equal to the number of nominees minus one, which will be specified when the vote begins. You may give each nominee one or two (or no) votes. You may vote all at once in one post or vote in separate posts at different times, so long as you have more votes remaining to cast. You may use any number of your possible votes up to the maximum. Any extraneous votes per person (past their maximum or more than two for one nominee) won't count. Votes cannot be changed once they are cast. Once voting is complete, the count will be tallied and a winner declared. In the event of a tie, there will be a one-day run-off vote, also in this thread. If the run-off also ends in a tie, then the tie will be resolved in favour of the selection that was nominated first.
* Time period voting closed. Final results-
Nominations are closed. Voting is closed. Final results-
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Sat October 28 2017
MobileRead Week in Review: 10/21 - 10/28 |
06:00 AM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Week in Review Welcome to another digest entry of MobileRead, where we transform the profound into the bite-sized. E-Book General - Reading Recommendations |
Fri October 27 2017
November 2017 Book Club Vote |
12:14 AM by WT Sharpe in Reading Recommendations | Book Clubs November 2017 MobileRead Book Club Vote Help us choose a book as the November 2017 eBook for the MobileRead Book Club. The poll will be open for 5 days. There will be no runoff vote unless the voting results a tie, in which case there will be a 3 day run-off poll. This is a visible poll: others can see how you voted. It is You may cast a vote for each book that appeals to you. We will start the discussion thread for this book immediately after a winner is chosen. You may join the discussion at any time. Select from the following Official Choices with three nominations each: • The End: The Defiance and Destruction of Hitler's Germany, 1944-1945 by Ian Kershaw Spoiler:
• The Great Siege: Malta 1565 by Ernle Bradford Spoiler:
• One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson Spoiler:
• Wounded: A New History of the Western Front in World War I by Emily Mayhew Spoiler:
• The Last Castle: The Epic Story of Love, Loss, and American Royalty in the Nation's Largest Home by Denise Kiernan Spoiler:
• The Soul of A New Machine by Tracy Kidder Spoiler:
• A Brief History of Misogyny: The World's Oldest Prejudice by Jack Holland Spoiler:
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Sat October 21 2017
MobileRead Week in Review: 10/14 - 10/21 |
06:00 AM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Week in Review There's been a whole heck of a lot of stuff happening this week. Purvey the below for your pleasure. E-Book General - Reading Recommendations |
Fri October 20 2017
November 2017 Book Club Nominations |
12:08 AM by WT Sharpe in Reading Recommendations | Book Clubs MobileRead Book Club 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? How Does a Book Get Selected? How Many Nominations Can I Make? How Do I Nominate a Book? How Do I Know What Has Been Nominated? When is the Poll? The floor is open to nominations. Please comment if you discover a nomination is not available as an ebook in your area.
(1) The End: The Defiance and Destruction of Hitler's Germany, 1944-1945 by Ian Kershaw Spoiler:
(2) The Great Siege: Malta 1565 by Ernle Bradford Spoiler:
(3) One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson Spoiler:
(4) Wounded: A New History of the Western Front in World War I by Emily Mayhew Spoiler:
(5) The Last Castle: The Epic Story of Love, Loss, and American Royalty in the Nation's Largest Home by Denise Kiernan Spoiler:
(6) The Soul of A New Machine by Tracy Kidder Spoiler:
(7) A Brief History of Misogyny: The World's Oldest Prejudice by Jack Holland Spoiler:
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Sat October 14 2017
MobileRead Week in Review: 10/07 - 10/14 |
06:00 AM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Week in Review Is it really Sunday again? Hoorah! Time to dig in to another digest of MobileRead delectables E-Book General - Reading Recommendations E-Book Readers - Amazon Kindle |
Wed October 11 2017
Amazon announces new 7" waterproof Oasis with 32GB storage option |
03:05 PM by Josieb1 in E-Book Readers | Amazon Kindle It's out in the US |
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Sun October 08 2017
The Gathering by Anne Enright |
11:35 AM by sun surfer in Reading Recommendations | Book Clubs 'Anne Enright is a dazzling writer of international stature and one of Ireland’s most singular voices. Now she delivers The Gathering, a moving, evocative portrait of a large Irish family and a shot of fresh blood into the Irish literary tradition, combining the lyricism of the old with the shock of the new. The nine surviving children of the Hegarty clan are gathering in Dublin for the wake of their wayward brother, Liam, drowned in the sea. His sister, Veronica, collects the body and keeps the dead man company, guarding the secret she shares with him—something that happened in their grandmother’s house in the winter of 1968. As Enright traces the line of betrayal and redemption through three generations her distinctive intelligence twists the world a fraction and gives it back to us in a new and unforgettable light. The Gathering is a daring, witty, and insightful family epic, clarified through Anne Enright’s unblinking eye. It is a novel about love and disappointment, about how memories warp and secrets fester, and how fate is written in the body, not in the stars.' The Gathering is the winner of the 2007 Man Booker Prize and was chosen unanimously by the jury.
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