May '10 Reading Poll

I don't understand and I hope I'm not upsetting anybody here but if facade, Dark Muse and Caspian had not been afraid of "wasting" their votes and voted for Invisible Man it would have 4 votes by now and would surely invite some more because it's a contender then! As it is it only has one vote, mine.

I'm so tired of the tactics and politics that prevent members from voting what they would actually like to read on here.

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Originally Posted by neilgee

I don't understand and I hope I'm not upsetting anybody here but if facade, Dark Muse and Caspian had not been afraid of "wasting" their votes and voted for Invisible Man it would have 4 votes by now and would surely invite some more because it's a contender then! As it is it only has one vote, mine.

I'm so tired of the tactics and politics that prevent members from voting what they would actually like to read on here.

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I would just like to clarify that I was from the beginning on the fence between Udolpho and Invisible Man and in my voting I did not actually use any tactic or strategy to make my choice.

I know I had said at once that I might wait and see which was doing better before voting, becasue I could not decide what I wanted to vote for, but I in truth never actually went through with that plan. My choice was not out of fear of wasting a vote, but rather it was made by the fact that when it came right to it, at that particuarly moment in time my mood was swayed more towards wanting to read Udolpho.

I voted purely for the book which i felt most like reading at that given time.

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Originally Posted by Dark Muse

I would just like to clarify that I was from the beginning on the fence between Udolpho and Invisible Man and in my voting I did not actually use any tactic or strategy to make my choice.

I know I had said at once that I might wait and see which was doing better before voting, becasue I could not decide what I wanted to vote for, but I in truth never actually went through with that plan. My choice was not out of fear of wasting a vote, but rather it was made by the fact that when it came right to it, at that particuarly moment in time my mood was swayed more towards wanting to read Udolpho.

I voted purely for the book which i felt most like reading at that given time.

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Oops, guess I was out of line there, I'm sorry Dark Muse.

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Originally Posted by neilgee

I'm so tired of the tactics and politics that prevent members from voting what they would actually like to read on here.

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I don't know about everyone else, but I tend to vote for the story that sounds interesting while being the least like something I would read. To me the whole point is to expand my horizons and not just read things that I would read otherwise. With that said, I think it is nature to look into the books with the highest votes first. The natural human assumption is that if more people are voting for them then they must be a better read :D

I dunno. I never feel compelled to vote for the lead just because it is the lead, but I do tend to agree with mk that I am always on the lookout for something from a different perspective, although I tend to prejudice against Christie/Doyle style mysteries, comedies, and thrillers, because challenging the formulas tend to be more difficult in this area, whereas, by the same token, some literary works are not good group reading material.

I voted for Kavalier and Clay, though Snow looks interesting as well. Too bad it doesn't have more votes :(

One of these days I'll have to find out what's all the hype about Invisible Man.

I voted the Invisible Man. Sure why not Neilgee.

Going once...

Going twice...

(Collected my copy from the library today :D)

Ahhh, cool. Anything that gets The Comedian this riled up must be worth the read.

yay! I ordered my book a couple days ago; it's not here yet, but will be soon.