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[Liade]

Johanna wrote: "Reggie wrote: "Thanks Calathea and Johanna. You ladies are awesome! I felt intimidated looking at the offered listings in the post. You did a great job making sense of it all."

:-)

Reggie wrote..."

I'm getting more and more annoyed with Amazon because their search function very often doesn't show up the cheapest Kindle titles; this is not the first this has happened. My Amazon Kindle search for Brat Farrar brings up this as $7.81 as best and indeed only offer.

Any tips as to how to get better results?

[KC]

Liade wrote: "Johanna wrote: "Reggie wrote: "Thanks Calathea and Johanna. You ladies are awesome! I felt intimidated looking at the offered listings in the post. You did a great job making sense of it all."

:-..."

Until last week at least there were two kindle versions for Miss Pym and Brat Farrar, one was ~$3 and the other ~$7-8. Maybe they had a promotion thing for a while. I can't find them now.

[KC]

There it is again... Weird... Brat Farrar at $2.90

http://www.amazon.com/Brat-Farrar-ebo...

[Johanna]

Liade wrote: "Johanna wrote: "Reggie wrote: "Thanks Calathea and Johanna. You ladies are awesome! I felt intimidated looking at the offered listings in the post. You did a great job making sense of it all."

You did actually better than me, because the cheapest Kindle edition I found in Amazon is 14.87 dollars. Soooo, I'm probably not the right person to be giving advice in this case. ;-)

The print Brat Farrar I just ordered from Amazon.uk was 5.99 pounds.

[Sylvia]

Liade wrote: "Johanna wrote: "Reggie wrote: "Thanks Calathea and Johanna. You ladies are awesome! I felt intimidated looking at the offered listings in the post. You did a great job making sense of it all."

:-..."

You could register a US address and buy from Amazon.com. They offer the possibility to register multiple addresses and choose which one to use. Just make sure you only use it for Kindle...

[Johanna]

We seem to have the poll results for the June BOM book. If I read them correctly Like Coffee and Doughnuts won with 6 votes, while Brat Farrar came second with 5 votes. :-)

[Calathea]

Johanna wrote: "We seem to have the poll results for the June BOM book. If I read them correctly Like Coffee and Doughnuts won with 6 votes, while Brat Farrar came second with 5 votes. :-)"

Thanks for reminding us, Johanna!

I set up the topic for discussion of BOM June 2013 here.

[Johanna]

Thanks for setting up the June BOM discussion topic, Calathea.

[Josh]

KC wrote: "There it is again... Weird... Brat Farrar at $2.90

http://www.amazon.com/Brat-Farrar-ebo..."

What the heck with that cover photo? Could they not have come up with something halfway appropriate?!

[Karen]

Josh wrote: "What the heck with that cover photo? Could they not have c..."

No kidding. It actually kept me from buying that copy. Although I'm wondering if it's from an old paperback?

[Mtsnow13]

Karen wrote: "Josh wrote: "What the heck with that cover photo? Could they not have c..."

No kidding. It actually kept me from buying that copy. Although I'm wondering if it's from an old paperback?"

I, unfortunately, am definitely influenced by bookcovers, so that threw me off of purchasing it, as well. I'm wondering if any that are posted in GR would have been better - It's amazing how classic can still look fresh with a newer cover :)

[HJ]

Josh wrote: "KC wrote: "There it is again... Weird... Brat Farrar at $2.90

http://www.amazon.com/Brat-Farrar-ebo..."..."

That cover must be a mistake! It has absolutely nothing to do with the book. I can't even begin to guess which character it's meant to be.

[HJ]

Josh wrote: "KC wrote: "There it is again... Weird... Brat Farrar at $2.90

http://www.amazon.com/Brat-Farrar-ebo..."..."

That cover must be a mistake! It has absolutely nothing to do with the book. I can't even begin to guess which character it's meant to be.

Of the new covers, I think the one with the man and the horse is by far the best. Although the purple one is quite clever it doesn't really capture the mood.

[Anne]

Hj wrote: "Josh wrote: "KC wrote: "There it is again... Weird... Brat Farrar at $2.90

http://www.amazon.com/Brat-Farrar-ebo..."..."

That cover must be a mistake! It has abs..."

The one with the horse is the one I bought, it fitted the story perfectly I think.

[Jordan]

Do we have a July book?

[Johanna]

Jordan wrote: "Do we have a July book?"

Well, no we don't. And since it's already July... What would you guys think if we'd take a look at the last BOM book poll and read the book that came up second? That would be Brat Farrar by Josephine Tey. What do you think?

[Mtsnow13]

Johanna wrote: "Jordan wrote: "Do we have a July book?"

Well, no we don't. And since it's already July... What would you guys think if we'd take a look at the last BOM book poll and read the book that came up sec..."

I'm good with that, as I purchased it when everyone was discussing the various book covers :)

[KC]

Johanna wrote: "Jordan wrote: "Do we have a July book?"

Well, no we don't. And since it's already July... What would you guys think if we'd take a look at the last BOM book poll and read the book that came up sec..."

That would be lovely! :-)

[Anne]

KC wrote: "Johanna wrote: "Jordan wrote: "Do we have a July book?"

Well, no we don't. And since it's already July... What would you guys think if we'd take a look at the last BOM book poll and read the book ..."

Seconded! (Or is it third?) :)

[Johanna]

Okey-dokey. Because nobody objected to Brat Farrar by Josephine Tey being our July BOM book and some of you even liked the idea, I'd say we carry out that plan.

By the way, those of you who like audio books can find Brat Farrar on Audible, too. :-)

[Karen]

Johanna wrote: "Okey-dokey. Because nobody objected to Brat Farrar by Josephine Tey being our July BOM book and some of you even liked the idea, I'd say we carry out that plan.

By the way, those of you who like a..."

Sounds good. : )

[HJ]

Excellent! As you'll know from comments I've made in the past this is one of my all-time favourite books, so I'm delighted everyone is going to get a chance to see how good it is. I hope everyone enjoys it - just bear in mind when you're reading it that it was first published in 1949.

[Jordan]

So next month is coming up rather fast and I thought I'd resuggest Fadeout for the book since people want to start a topic on it. Reading it for BOM would be a good introduction I think.

Thoughts?

[HJ]

I am happy with Fadeout.

[Antonella]

Me too!

[Johanna]

I second third fourth that. :-)

[Johanna]

Any other suggestions and thoughts?

[Karen]

Fadeout sounds perfect. I'm on board.

[KC]

I vote for Fadeout too.

[Anne]

I just received Fadeout in the mail and hasn't got around to reading it yet, so I second (third?fourth?) that.

ETA: Seems it's fifth that ;)

[Calathea]

So it's settled then? Fadeout for next month's BOM? No polls needed? ;-)

I'm going to sit this one out as I need to catch up with some other reading duties...

We could create a challenge for the whole volume. What do you think?

[Johanna]

Calathea wrote: "So it's settled then? Fadeout for next month's BOM? No polls needed? ;-)

I'm going to sit this one out as I need to catch up with some other reading duties...

We could create a challenge for the ..."

Yeah, I think it's pretty much settled. We can have a "real" poll again next month, right?

Okay, we'll either set up a normal BOM topic for Fadeout AND a special challenge topic for the rest of the series OR only one topic for both of them. Which way would be more practical?

[Jordan]

Dare I ask what we're reading next month? I know we're doing the book challenge, are we also still continuing with our regular BOM? I don't think I'd mind doing both. Fadeout was fantastic, and a quick read, so that series shouldn't get in the way too much. No summer reading to slow things down either. lol.

[Reggie]

Well, Death Claims is a phenomenal read also. It would make a good BOM. I know we don't want make them all BOM. I nominate this one if we can do another DB for BOM.

ETA-- I take back my DB nomination, since this one is harder to find now. Sorry.

I nominate this one. 8)
Another great and interesting read is The Return . It has some fun band references that I think our music followers might like.

[Johanna]

I love it how you always take care that we won't forget to vote for the next month's BOM book, Jordan! Hugs coming your way! :-)

Yeah, let's see what everyone would like to read. I agree that we can have The Brandstetter Challenge and still have the "normal" BOM book to read and discuss.

And how about you, Josh? Have we remembered to ask your opinion about this lately? Anything special you'd like to read for the September BOM?

[Jordan]

Lol, hugs back! I don't know why this is always on my mind, but it is! I don't want to be the only one who brings it up, but at the same time I do sorta like knowing ahead of time what we're reading.

[Josh]

Johanna wrote: "I love it how you always take care that we won't forget to vote for the next month's BOM book, Jordan! Hugs coming your way! :-)

Yeah, let's see what everyone would like to read. I agree that we c..."

September will be all about writing for me. I hope to finish at least a pretty good version of BWTPT, so feel free to read away on whatever grabs your fancy. :-) From here on out my schedule gets pretty crazy. There are still three projects I am determined to do before the end of the year.

[Anne]

Josh wrote: "Johanna wrote: "I love it how you always take care that we won't forget to vote for the next month's BOM book, Jordan! Hugs coming your way! :-)

Yeah, let's see what everyone would like to read. I..."

Good for us, then we have more good books for later BOM readings :)

[Jordan]

In that case, I've got two suggestions:
Promises by Marie Sexton
Hell Cop 1 by Astrid Amara, Nicole Kimberling, and Ginn Hale

I haven't read either book yet, which is just wrong, I know! Lol. If I have to pick one to put forward over the other, I'll go with Promises.

[Antonella]

I've read everything you mentioned till now, so everything would be ok for me.

[Mtsnow13]

I second (or third?)Hell Cop!

[Anne]

I haven't read Hell Cop yet, so I am for it.

[Calathea]

Jordan wrote: "In that case, I've got two suggestions:
Promises by Marie Sexton
Hell Cop 1 by Astrid Amara, Nicole Kimberling, and Ginn Hale

I haven't read either book yet, which is just wrong, I know! Lol. If ..."

Argh, remember? 1 suggestion or 1 supporting vote...
...just makes it that much easier to count the suggestions later...

(ETA: I like the Hell Cop suggestion. It's been a while since I've read it. )

[Johanna]

Calathea wrote: "(ETA: I like the Hell Cop suggestion. It's been a while since I've read it. )"

And I haven't read it at all. I'll support Jordan and Hell Cop.

And thank you, Calathea, for reminding us how this first "suggestion/supporting round" works... ;-)

[Antonella]

Well, then I support The Return because I've just read it.

[Josh]

Mtsnow13 wrote: "I second (or third?)Hell Cop!"

I'll just pop in to say I LOVE those Hell Cop stories. I do re-read them. They're great.

[Jordan]

Sorry! I couldn't pick just one. Hell Cop it is for me.

[Calathea]

Jordan wrote: "Sorry! I couldn't pick just one. Hell Cop it is for me."

Hey, no problem! I love that you're so enthusiastic about the BOM that you come up with several suggestions just like that. :-)

[Marge]

Calathea wrote: "Jordan wrote: "Sorry! I couldn't pick just one. Hell Cop it is for me."

Hey, no problem! I love that you're so enthusiastic about the BOM that you come up with several suggestions just like that. :-)"

Ooh, I add a second (or third, fourth?) for Hell Cop. I bought it a while ago and haven't gotten around to reading it yet.

[KC]

I just read the other day the first Hell Cop story, and i really enjoyed it, so i'm adding my vote :-)