That happend in the super secret blue ribbon panel boards behind the scenes here - you'll just have to trust me on that

I chose the 5 book method partly because that's what we seem to be successfully doing in the other thread already. Besides, it is interesting to see what others pick.

My choice is not on the poll (i.e., enough polls about polls, just pick a book already and then I'll decide if I want to play).

;)

Oh sure, yet another clique activity from which I was excluded. :rolleyes:

I don't really like the 5 book method, as I don't really have a top five. I like picking on a rotational basis, as I think that we will read a wider variety of books that way, but I seem to be in the minority.

No one's stopping anyone from reading the other books on the nominations lists (or from the Booker Prize shortlist, or the NYT bestsellers list, or any other list you happen upon).

Anyhow, I don't think this group is in danger of getting into a rut.

The space time continuum is stopping me as I'm a slow enough reader when reading just one book.

Yeah, this is pretty much my thought process - we're pretty informal, so I'm sure many of us will drop in or out as the whim catches us. I intend to start thread on books I read that don't make the list if it moves me in particular, but I think voting at least ensure a larger number of people will actually read and participate in the ensuing discussion (or at least watch the movie). And if it turns out that this gets monopolized by a particular genre, we can always reinvent ourselves when enough of us get bored.

So is there going to be a new thread to list all of the nominees where we will pick our five? You can set up a poll to allow multiple selections, but it won't weight the responses.

I need to read my nominee anyway before October.