The May Book Poll Is Open!

Hello, Bookies:

May's choices include both fiction and nonfiction, new works by some of your favorite authors, and a 1999 best-seller that has been credited (rightly or wrongly, discuss amongst yourselves) with establishing the genre of chick lit. RealSimple.com blogger Kate Parker is on tap to lead the discussion of the winning book. Be sure to vote for your favorite by Sunday, April 25.

In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto, by Michael Pollan

Pollan, author of The Omnivore's Dilemma,