POLL TOO CLOSE TO CALL! Group Read POLL CLOSING NOVEMBER 21

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Having just done some updating of the bookshelves, I thought it might be fun to actually read some of the books we've earmarked as "to-read"!

Here's the deal: You can nominate as many books as you like, as long as each one is from a different Chaos Reading shelf!

I have a feeling we're going to get some amazing choices for the next poll! (Not to mention a very BIG poll!) They'll all be books that have been recommended by group members as being the best in their particular category. So go browse the shelves, and let us know what you want to read next......

[Riona]

Oh, so many options! These are all ones I've been wanting to read for ages:

Last Exit To Brooklyn (Inner City Living & Dying)
The Wasp Factory (Insects)
Woman on the Edge of Time (Mieville's Socialist Reads)
Palimpsest (Places as Personalities)
Altered Carbon (All Sci-Fi)

[Petra]

That's a great idea. I nominate:

Brick Lane (Asian Lit)
The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes (Graphic novels)
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (humor)

The Savage Detectives
One Hundred Years of Solitude (both from Latin-America)

The Haunting of Hill House (Places as personalities)

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea (Asian Lit)

Hmmmm....... what next.....? :)

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Oooh: The Pilo Family Circus (Horror)
I'd love a re-read.

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Prophets of the Ghost Ants (Insects theme)

and

Hopscotch (Latin American)

[Anna]

Battle Royale (Asian Lit)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich(Russian lit)
The Catcher in the Rye(classic)
Running With Scissors (humour)

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Anna wrote: "Battle Royale (Asian Lit)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich(Russian lit)
The Catcher in the Rye(classic)
Running With Scissors (humour)"

NICE! I'd be happy with any of those.

I just realised too that I didn't put a time limit on noms yet. I'm thinking that since there are going to be so many nominations per person for this one, we might be better off making this a lightning round (ie one week). We can always have another more of these in the future, so if people miss out on nominating there will be lots more chances.

So with that in mind:
NOMINATIONS CLOSE ON WEDNESDAY 7 NOVEMBER!
(Australian Eastern Standard Time - so it pays to be early!)

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

I'm really struggling with the zombie shelf. Every single book is either something I've read and loved or something I'm dying to read.

I'm thinking I'll nominate Zone One because it's available on Kindle, whereas "Every Sigh The End" isn't. That's pretty much the only way I can decide between them :)

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

This is going to be the toughest poll EVER. I wish we could do preferential voting for 5points, 4points, 3points etc. :(

Sadly, Listopia gets a bit crazy with other people randomly voting, adding books etc, or I'd set it up that way.

[Whitney]

Ruby wrote: "This is going to be the toughest poll EVER. I wish we could do preferential voting for 5points, 4points, 3points etc. :( ..."

Hmmm, I'll bet there's a way you could do some kind of 'instant runoff voting', which would be more like a point system. Or an abbreviated version with a runoff between the top two choices.

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

If you figure out how to do that on the GroupRead Polls system, let me know :)

[Whitney]

I think you'd have to do it as two different polls. I know you don't have enough to do on this group....

[Valerie]

The Day of the Triffids (all sci-fi)

The Master and Margarita (classics and mieville's 50 socialist)

The Shining (places as personalities)

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Whitney wrote: "I think you'd have to do it as two different polls. I know you don't have enough to do on this group...."

If I thought it wouldn't turn into a messy, messy nightmare I'd do it. But I can see the messy. So much messy. :(

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Ooh: Being Dead (Weird/Bizarro)
I've been dying for an excuse to read that.

[Riona]

Ruby wrote: "Ooh: Being Dead (Weird/Bizarro)
I've been dying for an excuse to read that."

That sounds great. TBRed.

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

NOMINATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED!

I'm off to set up the poll. Good work guys!

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

In case you missed it, the Group Read POLL IS NOW OPEN and will close on Sunday 18 November (my time, so please vote early).

There are some really, REALLY awesome books up there. We need a lot of people voting to separate out a winner, I think!

Poll here: http://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/74...

[Petra]

When will this group read happen? December or January?

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

We set the dates as we go Petra. When we've voted for a book, I post the dates of the read, depending on how long the book is and any other considerations at the time.

I'd say this discussion would start in early December, but it depends on how long/dense/available the chosen book is.

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Yeah we really DO need people to vote on this one. There are only two votes separating the top TEN nominations!

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

I'm starting to think we may need to go to a secondary vote. It's only got a few hours left, and it's too close to call. Maybe we can have a lightning poll (3 days?) for those that got 2 or more votes?

[Riona]

Ruby wrote: "I'm starting to think we may need to go to a secondary vote. It's only got a few hours left, and it's too close to call. Maybe we can have a lightning poll (3 days?) for those that got 2 or more vo..."

I like that idea! This is really a tough one.

[Petra]

Wow...that is a close poll.
Currently, there are 3 books with 3 votes and 3 with 2 votes. How about featuring the 3 vote books in December and the 2 vote books in January?
Unfortunately, my library has none of the 3 vote books (otherwise I would have voted differently). Can everyone obtain copies of these three books?

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

If I changed my vote right now, I could force a win by any one of those top 3..........Bwahahahaha!

So I'm keen to see what people think we should do. Petra's suggestion is interesting - 3 books in December. People could read as many as they like (0-3) and we could have a discussion thread for each. Is this something people think would work? Or would that mean smaller discussion groups?

I'm not keen to stretch it into January though. I like to keep the polls happening fairly regularly. And it's good to have fresh books to vote on!

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Even trying to figure out what to do with my vote is driving me nuts. I've read Battle Royale, but I'm not sure it's a great group discussion book. Then again, I'd love to see some modern Asian fiction get up.

I don't want to read Palimpsest as a group right now, because it's too close to some of the fantasy the group has been reading recently.

I think Last Exit To Brooklyn would be a fantastic group read. Then again, coming straight after High-Rise, it might be too much "urban lifestyles" in one go. Although I suspect they're VERY different books!

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

And then if I voted for any of the 1 vote books, I'd have an excuse to get them in the run-off poll. I really would like to read The Savage Detectives.....

And what about Zone One? And Set This House in Order: A Romance of Souls?!

Fuck.

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Okay, the run-off poll is now here: http://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/74...

VOTING CLOSES WEDNESDAY 21 NOVEMBER!

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

I can't believe it, but Last Exit To Brooklyn and Battle Royale are still pretty much tied. There's one vote in it, and that's mine. I only voted Last Exit.. because I've already read Battle Royale!

So here's what I think we'll do: We'll put up Group Read threads for BOTH Last Exit To Brookyln AND Battle Royale. It's a December extravaganza! I'll put the details up shortly, but I'm thinking early December, starting the same day for both.

If there's enough interest, I'll start threads for the third and fourth place books also. What the hell - it's Chaos Reading, right?

[Ruby , Mistress of Chaos]

Okay, done. This was in danger of becoming a never-ending book poll!

I'll start a new thread with the details..