Sat January 30 2016
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06:00 AM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Week in Review We know, you're busy. You'd like nothing more than to keep up with the witty kids at MobileRead live and in real-time but, it's tough. We understand. Here is our weekly round-up: E-Book General - Reading Recommendations |
Sat January 23 2016
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10:52 AM by WT Sharpe in Reading Recommendations | Book Clubs
Help us choose a book as the February 2016 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 We will start the discussion thread for this book on February 20th. Select from the following Official Choices with three nominations each: • The Case of the Velvet Claws by Erle Stanley Gardner [WT Sharpe, issybird, GA Russell] Spoiler:
• Absolution by Murder by Peter Tremayne [issybird, bfisher, DrChiper] Spoiler:
• The Blackhouse by Peter May [JSWolf, bfisher, treadlightly] Spoiler:
• Baltimore Blues by Laura Lippmann [obs20, Dazrin, JSWolf] Spoiler:
• Midnight Riot(US)/Rivers of London(UK) by Ben Aaronovitch [CRussel, bfisher, issybird] Spoiler:
• Deadly Appearances by Gail Bowen [HomeInMyShoes, CRussel, WT Sharpe] Spoiler:
• Brat Farrar by Josephine Tey [BenG, CRussel, Mims] Spoiler:
• The Apothecary Rose by Candace Robb [DrChiper, WT Sharpe, sufue] Spoiler:
• Full Dark House by Christopher Fowler [BenG, Mims, Dazrin] Spoiler:
• Ovid by David Wishart [sufue, Dazrin, BenG] Spoiler:
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06:00 AM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Week in Review In case you've missed any MobileRead news from this week, here is our usual roundup: E-Book General - Reading Recommendations |
Wed January 20 2016
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07:54 AM by WT Sharpe in Reading Recommendations | Book Clubs
The nominations will run through midnight EST January 26 or until 10 books have made the list. The poll will then be posted and will remain open for five days. Book selection category for February is: Mystery 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.
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(2) Absolution by Murder by Peter Tremayne [issybird, bfisher, DrChiper] Spoiler:
(3) The Blackhouse by Peter May [JSWolf, bfisher, treadlightly] Spoiler:
(4) Baltimore Blues by Laura Lippmann [obs20, Dazrin, JSWolf] Spoiler:
(5) Midnight Riot(US)/Rivers of London(UK) by Ben Aaronovitch [CRussel, bfisher, issybird] Spoiler:
(6) Deadly Appearances by Gail Bowen [HomeInMyShoes, CRussel, WT Sharpe] Spoiler:
(7) Brat Farrar by Josephine Tey [BenG, CRussel, Mims] Spoiler:
(8) The Apothecary Rose by Candace Robb [DrChiper, WT Sharpe, sufue] Spoiler:
(9) Full Dark House by Christopher Fowler [BenG, Mims, Dazrin] Spoiler:
(10) Ovid by David Wishart [sufue, Dazrin, BenG] Spoiler:
Nominations for February are now closed. |
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Sat January 16 2016
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06:00 AM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Week in Review Here are the highlights from the past seven days of MobileRead: E-Book General - News |
Tue January 12 2016
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11:00 AM by fjtorres in E-Book General | News
They finally got around to implementing Kindle TTS on the Alexa system. They also improved the controls for playback of Audible books. |
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Sat December 26 2015
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06:00 AM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Week in Review Here are the highlights from the past seven days of MobileRead: E-Book General - Reading Recommendations |
Sun December 20 2015
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12:14 AM by WT Sharpe in Reading Recommendations | Book Clubs
Help us select the next book that the MobileRead Book Club will read for January, 2014. 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 poll will be open for 7 days (2 days longer than usual because of the holidays). 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 • The Fault in Our Stars by John Green <><><> Descriptions <><><> February: Romance (2-way tie) Spoiler:
• Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro Amazon Australia Spoiler:
March: Travel/Adventure • Lost Horizon by James Hilton Goodreads | Amazon Au / Amazon Ca / Amazon US / Kobo Spoiler:
April: Classics • The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells The Patricia Clark Memorial Library: ePub / Kindle Spoiler:
May: Mystery/Thriller • The Case of the Silent Partner by Erle Stanley Gardner Goodreads | Amazon Au / Amazon Ca / Amazon UK / Amazon US Spoiler:
June: Award Winners • The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker Goodreads | Amazon US Spoiler:
July: Non-fiction • Pitching in a Pinch by Christy Mathewson Amazon US / Barnes & Noble / Kobo Spoiler:
August: Science Fiction • The Martian by Andy Weir Goodreads / Amazon Au / Amazon Ca / Amazon UK / Amazon US / Audible US Spoiler:
September: Banned/Challenged Books • The Golden Compass (UK title: Northern Lights: His Dark Materials) the first volume in the His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman Goodreads | Amazon UK / Amazon US Spoiler:
October: Patricia Clark Memorial Library • The Virginian by Owen Wister Patricia Clark Memorial Library: ePub | Kindle Spoiler:
November: Foreign (originally non-English) • Inspector Imanishi Investigates by Seicho Matsumoto Goodreads / Amazon US / Kobo Spoiler:
December: Short Stories • Close Range: Wyoming Stories by Annie Proulx Goodreads | Amazon Au / Amazon Ca / Amazon UK / Amazon US / Kobo Spoiler:
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