After a few months off, I’m so excited to be able to read with all of you ladies again!

It is now time to pick the books for the rest of 2011; September through December. Even if you don’t participate much, it would be great to have you vote.

All of the members can comment on this post and tell me which four of the books on the list below she would most like to read.

I tried to create a good mix of classics and modern novels, but if there is a book that you would like to read that isn’t on this list, send me an email and I’ll include it in our next voting session.

Here is the list:

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

Inkheart by Cornelia Funke

North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell

Enna Burning by Shannon Hale (Sequel to ‘The Goose Girl’)

The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy

Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Watership Down by Richard Adams

The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

A Bride Goes West by Nannie T. Alderson

Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

Pearl Maiden by H. Rider Haggard

Please vote by leaving a comment with your book choices.

Thanks to everyone who voted!

Here are the results:

1. Robin Hood by Paul Creswick

2. The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux

3. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein

4. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith

5. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

6. Alice’s Adventure is Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll

The voting was extremely close this time around!

Personally, I am very pleased with the selections for August 2010- December 2010

In order, they are…

1. The Mysterious Benedict Society (August)

2. The Goose Girl (September)

3. Journey to the Center of the Earth (October)

4. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (November)

5. Woman in White (December)

Thank you all for voting!

So, for August we are going to be reading ‘The Mysterious Benedict Society’. I promise that and introductory post is coming soon, but, until then, you can all get a head start reading!

Also, see this post (the one below) where we are talking about the book ‘Do Hard Things’… share what encouraged and inspired YOU the most!

Voting season!

This voting session is going to last us through until December, so each member can pick her five favorite books off of the list below. I’m enforcing the same rules as last time, which are:

All of the members can comment on this post and tell me which five of the books on the list below she would most like to read. (You may vote for your own suggestions).

I’m going to ask for two things to make my job of tallying votes easier:

1) Please list the titles of the four books that you want to vote for and nothing else. Don’t add things like: “But “such-and-such” book looks good too!” or “If I had more votes I’d pick “such-and-such” book.” Having other titles in your comment makes my job a lot harder, so thank you for your consideration.

2) Please don’t reply back and forth on other people’s comments. On most all of the posts, conversing and discussing is great! (Encouraged, actually) But please don’t do that here. I want a clear list of just the titles of everyone’s choices listed.

Thank you all and have fun voting!

This list of books for which you can vote for are, as follows:

Following are the results to our voting. The four books with the most votes win and any book that has at least one vote will be kept on our Pending Suggestions List for future voting.

And Then There Were None-7

The Enchanted Castle-6

Angel in the Square-2

Journey to the Center of the Earth-4

Around the World in 80 Days-2

Mara, Daughter of the Nile-1

I Am David-4

Five Children and It-0

Do Hard Things-7

Mark of the Lion series (first book)-4

The Mysterious Benedict Society-3

The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle-7

Little Women-7

City of the Beasts-2

Stones in Water-1

Inkheart-4

Eragon-1

A Tale of Two Cities-3

Woman in White-4

Jane Eyre-9

Love Comes Softly-3

A Little Princess-0

The Secret Garden-4

The Blue Bird and the Sparrow-1

Roses for Mama-0

Aunt Jane’s Hero-4

Crown and Covenant Trilogy (first book)-3

Jane Eyre won with an amazing 9 votes! Following it are four books all tied with 7 votes… I guess we will read one of these books in July as well since I don’t want to go to the trouble of a tie-breaker voting. Here they are: And Then There Were None, Do Hard Things, The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle and Little Women!

I look forward to start reading Emma tomorrow!

All voting on the book choices for Spring 2010 will end on February 1st… Members, get your votes in soon! Every one counts!

爱和祝福，- Love and Blessings,

Oy vey, there has been much confusion surrounding this issues for me! (It might have been the same for you too…) Anyway, I think that I have finally come up with the proper solution to this scenario!

Here goes, and I’d love to hear if any of you have ideas on how I can improve this way of handling things:

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1) Book Suggestion List:

We just had our initial book suggestion period! We had almost thirty titles and there is no way that we can read them all in only four months. That’s where the Pending Book Suggestions List comes into play. As you can see, I added everyone’s suggestions to that list so that they are not forgotten and we can have them for reference in choosing future reading material!

2) Adding and Making Suggestions:

Say we read a book and everyone (or most everyone =D) loved it. Let’s pretend that the said book reminds you of another one that you read that was just as good. Share it with us! We have a flexible reading schedule so why not bump our other books back and read that one? Or we can add it to the suggestion list for the future. Either way, I want all of the members to know how easy this is: You remember a good book? Then tell us about it so we can add it to the list!

3) Books Taken Off of the List:

If a book isn’t chosen in a very long time, I will take it off of the Pending Suggestions list just to keep the list at a normal length. =D This, of course, does not mean that you can never suggest that book again again or that we won’t read it ever, but right then, it just wasn’t the right time.

4) Voting on Books:

I’m going to try many things for this one until we find what works the best. For this session we are commenting with out votes. In the future we will probably try polls and sometimes a book might even be chose just my a vast majority of the members going “Hey! That sounds good!” We’ll have to see how it all goes…

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I hope that the four above guidelines made things a little clearer for you. Seeing my ideas written out makes it all less confusing for me. =D

Don’t forget to vote for your preferred books on the post below!!!

I know that I originally said that I would make a poll, but I have since changed my mind and am going to try doing the voting this way instead. (A post is coming soon to explain why and to tell what we are going to do for book suggestions and choosing for the future. I had a huge think-fest and I think that I finally got it all worked out! =D)

Alright, I wanted each member to have four votes- one for March, one for April, one for May and one for June. I didn’t know how to limit to just four votes in a poll, so I am going to ask all of the members to comment on this post and tell me which four of the books on the list below you would most like to read. (You may vote for your own suggestions).

I’m going to ask for two things to make my job of tallying votes easier:

1) Please list the titles of the four books that you want to vote for and nothing else. Don’t add things like: “But “such-and-such” book looks good too!” or “If I had more votes I’d pick “such-and-such” book.” Having other titles in your comment makes my job a lot harder, so thank you for your consideration.

2) Please don’t reply back and forth on other people’s comments. On most all of the posts, conversing and discussing is great! (Encouraged, actually) But please don’t do that here. I want a clear list of just the titles of everyone’s choices listed.

Thank you so much and I look forward to finding out what our next four books after ‘Emma’ will be!

Here is the list of candidates to vote for:

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

The Enchanted Castle by Edith Nesbit

Uglies by Scott Westerfeld

Angel in the Square by Gloria Whelan

Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne

Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne

Mara, Daughter of the Nile by Eloise and Jarvis McGraw

I Am David by Anne Holm

Five Children and It by Edith Nesbit

Do Hard Things by Alex and Brett Harris

Mark of the Lion series (first book) by Francine Rivers

The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart

The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi

Little Women by Lousia May Alcott

City of the Beasts by Isabelle Allende

Stones in Water by Donna Jo Napoli

Inkheart by Cornelia Funke

Eragon by Christopher Paolini

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

Love Comes Softly by Janette Oke

A Little Princess by Frances Hogdson Burnett

The Secret Garden by Frances Hogdson Burnett

The Blue Bird and the Sparrow by Janette Oke

Roses for Mama by Janette Oke

Aunt Jane’s Hero by Elizabeth Prentiss

Crown and Covenant Trilogy (first book) by Douglas Bond