March 2009 – What We Didn’t Choose
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
4 votes
Brandi brought these in and Street Gang: The Complete History of Sesame Street by Michael Davis was chosen as our book for May.
February 2009 – What We Didn’t Choose
The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice
2 votes
Danica brought these in and Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons was chosen as our book for the end of April.
January 2009 – What We Didn’t Choose
The Rossetti Letter by Christi Phillips
4 votes
Carrie brought these in and Beyond the Pale by Elana Dykewomon was chosen as our book for April.
December 2008 – What We Didn’t Choose
The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands by Laura Schlessinger
2 votes
The Venetian Betrayal by Steve Berry
3 votes
Interred with Their Bones by Jennifer Lee Carrell
1 vote
Rachellle brought these in and To Hold the Crown by Jean Plaidy was chosen as our book for March.
October 2008 – What We Didn’t Choose
We decided to continue with regular votes but was interested to see if last month’s vote was an anomaly. After agreeing that the regular vote would be the one we used to determine which book we will be reading, we did a passion vote to compare.
The Feast of Love by Charles Baxter
2 regular votes, 8 passion votes
Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
1 regular votes, 4 passion votes
If I Am Missing or Dead by Janine Latus
2 regular votes, 4 passion votes
Steph brought these in and Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri was chosen as our book for February.
September 2008 – What We Didn’t Choose
We started a new experiment with voting. We voted with our usual one person, one vote as well as a passion vote where one person has three votes to put in any combination they see fit. Where we expected the two voting schemes to line up, they came back as completely opposite. We ended up having a run off vote on the two books that won the separate votes.
Away by Amy Bloom
2 regular votes, 7 passion votes
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
3 regular votes, 6 passion votes
Tami brought these in and Dreams of My Father by Barack Obama was chosen as our book for January.
August 2008 – What We Didn’t Choose
The Woman Who Can’t Forget by Jill Price and Bart Davis
3 votes
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain
2 votes
Melissa brought these in and Roots by Alex Haley was chosen as our book for November.
July 2008 – What We Didn’t Choose
The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon
0 votes
The Dive From Clausen’s Pier by Ann Packer
3 votes
Kerry brought these in and Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov was chosen as our book for October.
June 2008 – What We Didn’t Choose
Cobra Event by Richard Preston
3 votes
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
1 vote
Sarah brought these in and Dictionary of the Khazars by Milorad Pavic was chosen as our book for September.
May 2008 – What We Didn’t Choose
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
0 votes
Peony in Love: A Novel by Lisa See
1 votes
Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips
2 votes
Daughter Denied by Alretha Thomas
0 votes
Marlo brought these in and Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel was chosen as our book for August.
April 2008 – What We Didn’t Choose
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver
4 votes
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
0 votes
Steph brought these in and Ines of My Soul by Isabelle Alende was chosen as our book for July.
March 2008 – What We Didn’t Choose
Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
4 votes
The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou by Maya Angelou
2 votes
Brandi brought these in and Tar Baby by Toni Morrison was chosen as our book for June.
February 2008 – What We Didn’t Choose
The Russian Concubine by Kate Furnivall
1 vote
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
2 votes
Carrie brought these in and Rashi’s Daughters, Book I: Joheved by Maggie Anton was chosen as our book for May.
January 2008 – What We Didn’t Choose
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
3 votes
Danica brought these in and Molokai by Alan Brennert was chosen as our book for April.
December 2007 – What We Didn’t Choose
The Keep by Jennifer Egan
2 votes
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
3 votes
Tami brought these in and Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace.. One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson was chosen as our book for March.
November 2007 – What We Didn’t Choose
The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls
1 vote
The Savage Detectives: A Novel by Roberto Bolano and Natasha Wimmer
3 votes
Melissa brought these in and Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel was chosen as our book for February.