[Tanniker Smith]

(sorry for the delay on posting this)

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

[RushCrush]

Wow thanks for the hard work!


My suggestions would have been fiction/nonfiction? but I suppose that's to broad.

[cyncooper]

Thanks for the update and ping!

[exnavychick]

You're doing a great job with this...no complaints from me! LOL

Plus, historical fiction is my absolute favorite (started writing some of my own now) so you won't hear any from me on that, either!

Thanks for keeping this going and for doing so well with it!

[wizr]

Thanks for the follow up. Great job. Waiting, breathlessly, for the next book club ping...

[ABN 505]

Sign me up Tanniker. For Historical Fiction you can't beat Thomas B. Costain. In my Opinion the best Novelest of the 50's, the Best is the Plantagenet Series on the Kings of England, Three Edwards, High Towers, The Black rose, The Conquering Family, William The Conqueror, and my all time favorite The Silver Chalice about The Cup Of Christ.