I narrowed my votes down to half of them - the three I supported in nominations plus Steinbeck and a bit of the old ultraviolence.

Title of the thread says 13, not 14.

Narrowed it down to 5. If Grapes wins, that's some reading I don't have to do. I'm sure I read it recently enough to be able to discuss it.

I do hope Mockingbird wins, but I recently bought the ebook as it's one of the books from my high school years that I would like to read again. Maybe if Grapes wins, I'll re-read Mockingbird instead.

I wonder how that happened? I use the same template every month. :chinscratch:

Oh well, fixed now.

If you are trying to get The Giver from your library make sure you check for multiple editions. My library has 2 versions, 1 is illustrated. The non-illustrated version has a 281 person wait list and 26 copies (10.8:1) while the illustrated version has 19 people and 3 copies (6.3:1), so much shorter wait time for the illustrated version.

Let's give 3 more votes to Harry Potter. I think that would allow a very good discussion.

I didn't vote for the book I helped nominate. I keep forgetting I can vote for more than one book. D'oh.

Let's not.

Renominate Harry Potter in a couple of years, and I'll vote for it. I'm not up to a re-read of the series right now. :)

OH yes, lets. It Harry Potter would make for a very good discussion especially relating to why it was a challenged book.

Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.

Different book. And you have no idea what makes a good discussion. :smack:

Ah yes. Part of me wishes to forget about Harry Potter forever, because I've been overexposed to the phenomenon. Part of me wishes to dabble in the book's discussion and ponder over how every single of Rowling's twists had been guessed a year before The Deathly Hallows cam out. Or, perish the thought, why didn't Rowling ship Harry with Hermione.

I would suggest that your multiple abrupt dismissals of other people's opinions over several years suggests you don't even know what a discussion is, let alone a good one.

I re-read To Kill a Mockingbird this week and it is even better than I remembered. So now I am delighted that The Grapes of Wrath is winning. One of the best books I've ever read, and Steinbeck will always be my most beloved author. In anticipation, I dug out Bruce Springsteen's absolutely great The Ghost of Tom Joad.

The Ghost of Tom Joad

The Ballad of Tom Joad by Woody Guthrie. Contains spoilers if you haven't read The Grapes of Wrath.

Just in case you didn't realize the extent to which The Grapes of Wrath became part of American culture and mythology.