Voting is closed! The winner is…
No. Lemme show you the voting first. And let me tell you how nice it is to be the last to vote. :)
I included every book selection made but one - the Bible1 - including books I had no interest in reading and books I’d already read and disliked quite a bit. I’m administering this tumblog but I’m not in charge. This is a free forum. Of course this meant I might get stuck reading something I didn’t want to read. Unlike everyone else, some of whom I expect will skip the first book, as the admin I feel compelled to read on no matter what book is selected. So having the last vote and being able to sway any but the most landslide of elections is a nice benefit.
This is simple preference voting. First choice gets three points, second gets two, third gets one. In the case of @jollilama who only cast two votes, he got a 1st and 2nd place vote. In the case of @emilyelisabeth who cast two votes for Hunger and her third for The Great Gatsby, I counted that as a 1st and 2nd for the two books, respectively. I’m not sure how preference ballots normally deal with that situation but it felt counter to the intent to let her pick the same book twice.
Before adding in my votes, we had a three-way tie for the winner between Geek Love, Hunger, and Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. I broke the tie.
Below are the votes recorded from everyone and the outcome:
- ampersands answered: 25, 4, 20
- blanddiva11 answered: 15, 24, 27
- carmenlsigman answered: Oooh! I want! umm 7, 13, 21.
- chicklittumbls answered: 4, 17, 10
- dextercolt answered: 5, 13, 21.
- emilyelisabeth answered: 11, 11, 20 (I really like 11)
- felicitousfun answered: 29, 6, 15
- frageelaytwit answered: 6, 3, 15
- inmi answered: 6, 2, 13
- isawitonthetelevision answered: 15, 23, 19
- jollilama answered: 9, 12
- kaffeineme answered: Can anyone play? 1, 17, 26
- melissasantos answered: 11, 8, 28.
- memymarie answered: 11. 25. 5.
- midseamom answered: 1,8, and 11.
- mikemorrow answered: 4, 6, 25
- milkglassmao answered: 2, 15, 23
- paulosthegreek answered: 19, 17, 2
- piscesinpurple answered: 2, 12, 23
- coyotesqrl votes: 11, 17, 13
Final results:
- 1 vote for Housekeeping
- 1 vote for The Stone Diaires
- 1 vote for Three Day Road
- 1 vote for Tropic of Cancer
- 2 votes for The Magus
- 2 votes for The River King
- 2 votes for American Gods
- 3 votes for The Great Gatsby
- 3 votes for Willard and His Bowling Trophies
- 3 votes for Going After Cacciato
- 3 votes for House of Leaves
- 4 votes for Infinite Jest
- 4 votes for The Dice Man
- 4 votes for The Remains of the Day
- 4 votes for Don Quixote
- 4 votes for Herzog
- 6 votes for A Confederacy of Dunces
- 6 votes for Jitterbug Perfume
- 6 votes for The Road
- 8 votes for Replay
- 8 votes for Angle of Repose
- 9 votes for A Prayer for Owen Meany
- 10 votes for Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
- 10 votes for Geek Love
- 13 votes for Hunger
So, Hunger it is. Get a copy and get cracking. We’ll start talking about it next week. Seriously, this is like the wild west here. You have thoughts after reading a bit? Post. Here’s the link to the submission form. Post, comment on posts, let’s get the discussion going sometime late next week.
1 I have nothing against the Bible and own several. However, I think it’s far too incendiary a topic, there are far too many widely divergent translations, and literary discussions would quickly devolve into theological debates. That’s no damn fun.
