And the winner is.....

.....after a single round of voting.....The Big Short.

Go get your copy this weekend and we'll see you for discussion (and perhaps an anger management class) in a few weeks.

Time for Non-Fiction

It looks like maybe there's a trend towards non-fiction this month. With lots of suggestions, let's plan to finish 1st round of voting by Friday 5pm. If a run-off is necessary, let's plan to close the polls at 5pm on Sunday.

Suggestions are:

The Citadel by A.J. Cronin

Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortensen

Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama

The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell

The Big Short by Michael Lewis

Packing for Mars by Mary Roach

Why This World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector

Too Many Choices
	Citadel
	Three Cups of Tea
	Dreams from my Father
	Tipping Point
	Big Short
	Packing for Mars
	Clarice Lispector
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That was fantastic!

We had a discussion! At the meeting itself! People liked the book, even though it was Einat's suggestion. Unbelievable. Now how would someone like to write a short review for this space?

Need Some Rules!!

Listen, we need some rules. No more of this "practice talk" before the meeting. Discussion should wait at least until the drinks are poured!

Options for this month are:

Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortensen

The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

Let's close the first round of voting Wednesday, 5pm

Something guaranteed to promote discussion would be:
	Chronicle of Death
	The Idiot
	Three Cups
	That HeLa Book
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A Winner at Last!

After two rounds of voting, it looks like we're all reading Persepolis. Go get your copy today!

Maybe next month we should consider these guaranteed book club hits suggests by the folks at NPR

Holiday Gift Giving Guide

In case you haven't figured out what you're getting me for Christmas, I'd like to suggest one of the following:

The Book of Intimate Grammar by David Grossman

Orlando by Virgina Woolf

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

I'm cutting the nominations off early to prevent a 6 way tie.

You may choose from:
	Intimate Grammar
	Orlando
	Potato Peel Pie
	Persepolis
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Cold Comfort Farm

I'll buy tea on Friday for the person who writes a nice review of Cold Comfort Farm.