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What should the group read for July 2014?

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
 
  20 votes, 18.7%

Snowball Earth: The Story of the Great Global Catastrophe That Spawned Life as We Know It
 
  19 votes, 17.8%

Bad Pharma: How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients
 
  15 votes, 14.0%

Bad Science
 
  13 votes, 12.1%

Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded
 
  11 votes, 10.3%

March of the Microbes: Sighting the Unseen
 
  10 votes, 9.3%

Darwin's Ghosts: The Secret History of Evolution
 
  9 votes, 8.4%

Please Understand Me II: Temperament, Character, Intelligence
 
  7 votes, 6.5%

My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey
 
  3 votes, 2.8%

Atomic Accidents: A History of Nuclear Meltdowns and Disasters: From the Ozark Mountains to Fukushima
 
  0 votes, 0.0%


Poll added by: Betsy



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message 1: by Eric (new)

Eric Tough call. Good book suggestions. Bad Science may be too simlar to Demon-Haunted world (IMHO). I would vote for Bad Science as a future pick.


message 2: by Mickey (new)

Mickey With so many books on the list and votes are so wide spread.
How about a run off vote of the top two books?


message 3: by Daniel (new)

Daniel Mickey wrote: "With so many books on the list and votes are so wide spread.
How about a run off vote of the top two books?"


They often do those if the votes between #1 and #2 end up really close.


message 4: by Mickey (new)

Mickey Daniel wrote: "Mickey wrote: "With so many books on the list and votes are so wide spread.
How about a run off vote of the top two books?"

They often do those if the votes between #1 and #2 end up really close."


"So I see" said the blind man.

So to make sure, the day before the vote is ended, I should change my vote to Bad Pharma. There are more votes in the bottom 7 than the top 2. Enough at the bottom to change the top.


message 5: by Aloha (new)

Aloha Since I've been dealing with a lot of different personalities lately, Please Understand Me II: Temperament, Character, Intelligence is a timely book.


message 6: by Mickey (new)

Mickey Aloha wrote: "Since I've been dealing with a lot of different personalities lately, Please Understand Me II: Temperament, Character, Intelligence is a timely book."

It is an excellent book, therefore my selection. However, I do not think it will be chosen... I am a messed up ENTJ :)


message 7: by Steve (last edited May 24, 2014 11:19AM) (new)

Steve Van Slyke I cannot believe we haven't already read Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies. Damn, I gave my copy to a friend a couple years ago!

Krakatoa and Snowball were both excellent. Tough choices.


message 8: by Betsy (new)

Betsy Mod
If we were going to do a runoff, I'd probably include the top 3 since #2 and #3 are close together, but frankly, #1 is already far enough in the lead that I don't think a runoff would make much difference.


message 9: by Trever (new)

Trever Normally if I pick a read and by the end of the week it isn't close I will change to a one that is either 1, 2, or 3.


message 10: by Betsy (new)

Betsy Mod
Yes, I've done that, too.


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