Book-a-book of the Month Club discussion

I added a poll to the group! (It appears to show up at the bottom of the home page)

I am going to try and come up with a new poll monthly just for the fun of it.

Please vote when you can.

There is another poll out there until the end of August - feel free to vote when you get a chance!

I can't see the new poll? Is it the one about how you like to read?

yes - that's the one. If you are accessing on a mobile device you can't see it (Goodreads mobile is not all that great when it comes to the group pages).

I mentioned this in my last email to the group, but in case you didn't see it, there is a new poll on the group homepage (very bottom) that will be active through the end of April.

The question is about the books we read in 2014 and which was your favorite or which you would like to read books that are similar. (wow - for some reason the previous sentence was really hard to construct and I am still not sure it is grammatically correct - but I home you get what I mean!)

Greeting! A new poll has been added to the Book-A-Book page. It will be available for voting and comments until the end of June.

How many book clubs are you in?

Here is the link: May/June Book-a-Book Poll

A new poll is up and ready for votes! To celebrate the season I am asking you to let us know your favorite Halloween monster. If I have not included yours, there is a write in line you can use. Also, feel free to use the comment section to discuss your choice.

Here is the link: Halloween Monster Book-a-Book Poll

If you haven't stopped by to vote in our Halloween Monster Poll yet, please do! We have some interesting discussion going on there too!

A new poll is up and ready for votes! As we near the end of the year, I am wondering what your favorite Book-a-Book Club Selection of 2015 was?

Here is the link: Favorite Book-a-Book Selection of 2015 Poll

Only a few more hours to vote for your favorite Book-a-Book Club read of 2015 - a new poll coming in January!

Thanks to all for voting in the true crime poll! It has been very helpful and I think I am getting it narrowed down to a title that looks like it will please most and no one in the group has read yet!

Feel free to still vote if you would like to share your opinion - the poll will be open through the reveal:

Here is the link: True Crime Poll

Please vote in my first ever "Throwback Poll". This is the same as the very first poll the group did back when we only had about 10 members. Now that we have close to 70, I wanted to see what type of book would most likely be your next one based on your usual reading trends.

Throwback Poll: Genre

Thanks in advance for participating!

Favorite Book-a-Book selection of 2016 Poll is up!

Even if you are new to the group, feel free to vote if you have read any of the books we have read.

Click here for the poll!

Thanks for all the votes so far - knowing what you liked this year will help me steer my future picks in the best direction! :)

If you haven't voted yet, please do!

East of Eden was definitely the overall favorite of 2017. The Nightingale and A Man Called Ove were not too far behind.

Here are the results from our Halloween Monster Poll - sad to see no love for Frankenstein's Monster! :)

Vampire 4 votes, 22.2%
Witch 3 votes, 16.7%
Werewolf 3 votes, 16.7%
Zombie 2 votes, 11.1%
Slasher (i.e. Freddy, Jason, etc.) 2 votes, 11.1%
Swamp Creature 1 vote, 5.6%
Alien 1 vote, 5.6%
Skeleton 1 vote, 5.6%
Mummy 1 vote, 5.6%
Ghost/Ghoul 0 votes, 0.0%
Frankenstein's Monster 0 votes, 0.0%

Only 5 books got votes for favorites read last year and it looks like there was a pretty good consensus on A Thousand Splendid Suns and Foundryside. Hopefully we read more great books together in 2020!

A Thousand Splendid Suns 5 votes, 27.8%
Foundryside 5 votes, 27.8%
The Travelling Cat Chronicles 3 votes, 16.7%
A Tale of Two Cities 2 votes, 11.1%
Hell: The Possession and Exorcism of Cassie Stevens 2 votes, 11.1%
Miracle Creek 1 vote, 5.6%

Matthew wrote: "Only 5 books got votes for favorites read last year and it looks like there was a pretty good consensus on A Thousand Splendid Suns and Foundryside. Hopefully we read more great books together in 2..."

Which did you vote for?

I could have also voted for A Thousand Splendid Suns, but that was a reread for me and Cat was new.

Kandice wrote: "Matthew wrote: "Only 5 books got votes for favorites read last year and it looks like there was a pretty good consensus on A Thousand Splendid Suns and Foundryside. Hopefully we read more great boo..."

I voted for Hell - it was such a terrifyingly pleasant surprise! Foundryside, Cat, and Suns were pretty close, too!