VOTE HERE for our November books!

[whichwaydidshego, the sage of sass]

Okay gang, here is the final list! (Meghan, I'm in the Pacific Time Zone, so you're good.)

Post your top ten selections in order before midnight (PST!) on the 23rd. I'll tally it up and give the results the following day. I hope everyone will participate! Have fun!!!

1984
A Tale of Two Cities
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Anna Karenina
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Bee Season
Bel Canto
Frankenstein
Franny and Zooey
How to Breathe Underwater
Life of Pi
Me Talk Pretty One Day
Middlesex
Moby Dick
Night
Of Mice and Men
Pygmalion
Reading Lolita in Tehran
Siddhartha
Slaughterhouse Five
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
The Bell Jar
The Code of the Woosters
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime
The Fountainhead
The Great Gatsby
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Thin Man
The Time Traveler's Wife
Vanity Fair

[Rebecca]

Top Ten Selections in order...

The Count of Monte Cristo
Middlesex
The Time Traveler's Wife
Vanity Fair
Night
Pygmalion
Anna Karenina
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Bee Season


It's so hard to choose--they all sound really great!

[Alison, the guru of grace]

1. Siddhartha
2. The Count of Monte Cristo
3. The Thin Man
4. Slaughterhouse Five
5. How to Breathe Underwater
6. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
7. Reading Lolita...
8. Middlesex
9. Balzac and the...
10. The Code of the Woosters

[Danielle]

The Great Gatsby
Bee Season
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Bel Canto
The Time Traveler's Wife
Night
Middlesex
Frankenstein
Slaughterhouse Five
Life of Pi

[Tiffany]

OH How exciting! I can't wait to see what is selected!

1. Anna Karenina
2. Vanity Fair
3. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
4. Pygmalion
5.Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
6. Night
7. The Time Traveler's Wife
8. The Picture of Dorian Gray
9. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime
10. The Great Gatsby

[Shannon, the founder of fun (back from sabbatical)]

Hey guys here's my vote!

Reading Lolita in Tehran
Franny and Zooey
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
The Thin Man
The Time Traveler's Wife
Bee Season
Life of Pi
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Bel Canto
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

[Meghan]

1. Me Talk Pretty One Day
2. Of Mice and Men
3. Stiff: The CUrious Lives of Human Cadavers
4. Pygmalion
5. The Time Traveler's Wife
6. The FOuntainhead
7. Slaughterhouse Five
8. Frankenstein
9. The Picture of Dorian Gray
10. Moby Dick

[Tiffany]

1. A Tale of Two Cities
2. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
3. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
4. The Great Gatsby
5. Franny & Zooey
6. Bee Season
7. The Time Traveler's Wife
8. Frankenstein
9. The Picture of Dorian Gray
10. Vanity Fair

[Brooke]

1.The Time Traveler's Wife
2.Franny & Zooey
3.Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
4.The Bell Jar
5.Bee Season
6.A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
7.Slaughterhouse Five
8.Life of Pi
9.Anna Karenina
10.The Thin Man

[Sarah]

1. Life of Pi
2. The Time Traveler's Wife
3. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
4. Anna Karenina
5. Stiff
6. The Fountainhead
7. Moby Dick
8. Reading Lolita in Tehran
9. 1984
10. The Count of Monte Cristo

(Oh please, oh please, oh please, don't let it be The Great Gatsby!) LOL

[Tiffany]

I can't stand the anticipation! LOL!

[Tiffany]

lol I know, I feel the same way! I'm so ready to run out to the bookstore and get started. =)

[Meghan]

LOL. I know. I feel like a kid bouncing in the backseat shouting "are we there yet?!!!"

But patience is not a virtue I seem to own.

[whichwaydidshego, the sage of sass]

All the active members have voted (except me - LOL!)... but I want to honor the time frame just in case some of the others that haven't yet participated want to take part.

Sorry gang!

Anyway, it gave me time to figure out how to best calculate it! I finally know how to consider rating and amount of votes together... Hey, give a girl a break - I studied lit & art, not math!

[Deborah]

Here are my votes. Thanks for waiting!
Best,
Deb

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
The Bell Jar
1984
The Time Traveler's Wife
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Bee Season
Frankenstein
Life of Pi
Middlesex
The Fountainhead

[Jamie]

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Anna Karenina
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Bel Canto
Franny and Zooey
Reading Lolita in Tehran
Siddhartha
The Bell Jar
Time Travelers Wife
Vanity Fair

Funny how so many of these are already sitting on my to read shelf!

[Sarah]

I'm glad you're waiting, because I just edited mine... :/

[Jen Manning]

1.Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
2.The Bell Jar
3.How to Breathe Underwater
4.Life of Pi
5.Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
6.Middlesex
7.Pygmalion
8.The Code of the Woosters
9.1984
10. Great Gatsby

[Michelle]

I am really glad that you waited...i really want to participate more. Below are my choices:

A Tale of Two Cities
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Anna Karenina
Bel Canto
Me Talk Pretty One Day
Middlesex
Reading Lolita in Tehran
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime
The Time Traveler's Wife
Vanity Fair

[whichwaydidshego, the sage of sass]

Hey, if anyone else has edited theirs, let me know... because I pretty much enter your choices in my database once you vote so if I don't know they won't be changed. Thanks!

Also, Michelle and Jamie - I want to be sure that is the order you want your choices in as both of you simply listed in alphabetical order. Ranking does make a difference! Hopefully you read this before tonight.

[Sarah]

Sorry to screw you up, Michele! I just realized that I left out Anna Karenina and wanted to rectify that.

[whichwaydidshego, the sage of sass]

No, it's fine! I'm just glad you said something!

I was doing things ahead so that I could do the figuring and put out the results as soon as possible... but I never said, so you'd not have known. I just want to be sure I get it all right!

Cheers!

[whichwaydidshego, the sage of sass]

It'd be a good idea if I posted mine... as it really suck if I forgot then had to calculate all that knowing I didn't have any say!!!

1) How to Breathe Underwater
2) The Count of Monte Cristo
3) The Code of the Woosters
4) 1984
5) Of Mice and Men
6) Slaughterhouse Five
7) Night
8) Pygmalion
9) The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nightime
10) Bee Season

[Michelle]

7. A Tale of Two Cities
3. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
4. Anna Karenina
1. Bel Canto
2. Me Talk Pretty One Day
8. Middlesex
5. Reading Lolita in Tehran
6. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime
9.The Time Traveler's Wife
10. Vanity Fair

sorry to make things confusing....here is the new list with rankings. I completely spaced on the rankings. :)

[whichwaydidshego, the sage of sass]

Perfect! Thanks, Michelle!

[whichwaydidshego, the sage of sass]

Sorry, just need this to be at the top so that others will know to vote and hopefully Jamie will see she needs to rank her books! If anybody knows her personally, get in touch with her! It's important as the race is very tight...

[Bibliosaurus]

it's not midnight yet; hope this makes it:

1. Stiff
2. Reading Lolita in Tehran
3. The Time Travelers Wife
4. A Tale of Two Cties
5. Middlesex
6. Balzac and the Little Chinese seamstress
7. Vanity Fair
8. Bell Canto
9. The Great Gatsby
10.The Code of the Woosters

[whichwaydidshego, the sage of sass]

Voting is at an end... I will list the new book shortly!

[brian]

1. Thin Man!

cocktails and private eyes and guns!

it doesn't get better!