LoT Book CLub - Book 3 is what?

Alex · 08-15-2006, 03:33 PM

How about everybody just rank the top 5 books in the order of their interest. Once that is done it is 10 minutes work to do a weighted calculation of everybody's list and see what comes out on top.

This way all nominations remain equally in play. So for example, my vote might be:

1. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
2. The Seducer (by Jan Kjaerstad ?)
3. Cadillac Desert by Marc Reisner
4. Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
5. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers

In the calcuation (which again is easy with two minutes in Excel), #1 gets 5 points, #2 gets 4 ,#3 gets 3, #4 gets 2, and #5 gets 1. Most points wins. And I'll volunteer to do the math.

08-15-2006, 03:33 PM	#15
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	How about everybody just rank the top 5 books in the order of their interest. Once that is done it is 10 minutes work to do a weighted calculation of everybody's list and see what comes out on top. This way all nominations remain equally in play. So for example, my vote might be: 1. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger 2. The Seducer (by Jan Kjaerstad ?) 3. Cadillac Desert by Marc Reisner 4. Devil in the White City by Erik Larson 5. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers In the calcuation (which again is easy with two minutes in Excel), #1 gets 5 points, #2 gets 4 ,#3 gets 3, #4 gets 2, and #5 gets 1. Most points wins. And I'll volunteer to do the math.
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