Poll

I already read Franken and Bird Box and I'm not really interested in Psycho, so for me the choice is between Fellside (that I'll read anyway) and The Halloween (I like the fact it's short). I'm curious to see which book will win.

Bird Box is one of my favorites from this year so I wouldn't mind seeing discussion around it. I also read Psycho a few months ago and I wasn't all that impressed. I loved the classic movie and Bates Motel but the story just didn't do anything for me. I wouldn't mind being forced to read Frankenstein since the classic writing style turned me off pretty quickly in my last attempt. All in all, I'll be happy with any of them.

I won't be joining in for the group read (far too behind on my challenge as it is and want to try and focus on the books already in my challenge) so I'm abstaining my vote as I don't think it's fair for me to vote for something I won't be reading. If Frankenstein wins, though, I'll probably drop in on the discussions as I only read it this year and I think the discussions will be really interesting!

This was a tough vote. I'm interested in Frankenstein, Psycho and the Halloween Tree.

I'm with Zaz on that I like the fact the Halloween Tree is short. When I read the synopsis, I realized I grew up watching an animated movie version of this story on Halloween.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hal...

^Yup. The solid animated version is one of the reasons that I got into Bradbury in the first place (that and gene Roddenberry sited him as an influence). I've not read this one at all, but I think Bradbury is really solid at writing YA characters (my favorite of his is Something Wicked This Way Comes).

Not too thrilled to see Frankenstein taking a lead so far. I hated that book, quite adamantly, and have avoided its thread so as to not stir up too much trouble. As I understand it, there are two wholly different versions of the book, so perhaps I just read the really bad version. But I am reluctant to try the other, it would have to be very different.

I found Frankentein a greak book, but would have love to read along with you all! I've been able to participate in only one BoTM this year :(

J wrote: "^Yup. The solid animated version is one of the reasons that I got into Bradbury in the first place (that and gene Roddenberry sited him as an influence). I've not read this one at all, but I think ..."

You should definitely come and comment on the thread! I was the one that started it as I read it this year for one of my topics and I'd honestly be very intrigued by your opinion. I love to see varying opinions and I'd be interested to see if your reasons were the same as some of the reasons why I found some of the book hard to digest. You wouldn't stir up any trouble, I promise!

I voted for Frankenstein even though I already read it last year. None of the other books really interested me enough to switch my plans around again, and I don't think I have enough time for a side read but I really loved Frankenstein and I think other people would enjoy it too. Plus it works well for those of us who have goals about reading classics.

I already read Frankestein and don't want to read it again, not because it's bad, it's really good, but I would prefer to read something new. At the end I didn't participate the last BOTM because I had already read the book and couldn't find the time to read it again. Now it looks like is going to happen again :(

Silvia, it's happened to me twice yet, I don't want to sit back a fourth time (one I didn't want to read).

I wouldn't read a book twice if something I'd already read was chosen. I'd just participate as best as I could from memory, or maybe read a summary to refresh my memory on it first.

I intially voted for Fellside (totally going to read that no matter what), but after reading the comments and doing some more reading, I changed my vote to Halloween Tree, because I can't deny my heart to Bradbury.

I really hope it wins. I love Frankenstein; it's one of my all time favorites, but I would love to finally participate in a BOTM with something new to me. I have a this bad habit even in my IRL book club of reading books before they are selected for group reading :D

I'm doing to the same thing Manda, because I want to participate with you all!

I'm changing my vote to Halloween Tree from Frankenstein. I still want to read Frankenstein sometime, because it has great ratings from some of you, but Halloween Tree sounds awesome too, and it's shorter.

The Halloween tree si doing well now. 2 days left :)

Pretty stoked! My sincerest empathy to the Frankenstein fans. I'm definitely glad I read it (and was considering a reread if it won...)

But Bradbury in the house!!! I bought the book from Amazon (Kindle) and am ready to rock.

I'd like to volunteer, if needed, to be the one who reads the book early and writes the questions. Hit me up, sounds like fun.

Oh J, what a great idea :D (we're always struggling with the questions, it's difficult to know beforehand if they are interesting, balanced, etc).