March 2014 Open Pick - Our next read is...

[Daniel]

The poll to decide our March 2014 Open Pick read ended in a tie. Rather than hold the expected run-off poll, however, we have decided to handle things a little more creatively.

Over the past month, the moderators have been discussing a few significant changes to how our group functions. We will be rolling out more details in the coming weeks, but one change in particular involves the addition of an occasional "Wild Card" pick. The goal of these picks will be to find books hitting that sweet spot where literary and genre converge. We all felt that The Golem and the Jinni might well be a perfect example of what we're after, so that novel will be preemptively declared our first Wild Card pick in April. Stay tuned for further information on that front...

With The Golem... being deferred to April, then, that means our March Open Pick read will be:

A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki

Junot Diaz declared that "A Tale for the Time Being is one of those novels that will renew your faith in literature." Jane Hamilton raved that "A Tale for the Time Being is a great achievement, and it is the work of a writer at the height of her powers." Kirkus Reviews called it "a masterpiece, pure and simple." Be sure to grab yourself a copy and join us as we read A Tale for the Time Being this March.