Thanks!! I wondered how that worked and your response is much appreciated.
So . . . please add me to the book club ping list.
I tried to combine the entries I received as best I as I could. There's a bit of a learning curve for doing this. For one thing, there's a bit of any overlap on some entries, and some extra specificity in others. I tried not to split too many hairs.
Anyway, I awarded 3 points to a 1st choice, 2 pts for a 2nd choice a 1 pt for a 3rd choice. (I'm not thrilled with this because it takes three 3rds to equal one 1. Of course, for math teachers, maybe that is't a bad thing, but it doesn't seem right to me.)
In any case, it seems that there are two clear winners. So if there are no major objections, we should talk about historical novels next week and mysteries the week after.
Here are the results:
Historical novels (including historical mystery) 7 points Mystery (non-historical) 5 points History nonfiction 4 points Horror 4 points Biographies 3 points Crime Drama - fiction or non-fiction 3 points Fantasy/science fiction (general) 3 points Humor (Fiction or Non-Fiction) 3 points Political/Current Events 3 points Romantic Suspense (including Christian romance) 3 points Science Fiction (Military, Hard Sci.) 3 points Science Fiction (Preferably Military) 3 points General Fiction (non-genre) 2 points Military Fiction (Current or Historical) 2 points Political non-fiction 2 points Political/social commentary 2 points Politics (Conservative, Republican, Libertarian) 2 points Religious Fiction 2 points Science Fiction/Paranormal 2 points Political fiction 1 point Travel writing 1 point
Any comments? Fire away. Thanks to all who posted and emailed.
TS