Black Water Sister, and Poll for Runner Up!

[latespring]

The results are in for our second and third books! (Kinda!)

Our next book will be Black Water Sister by Zen Cho! You will have until June 15th to acquire a copy of it. I'll put up a read along post for it then. Our final discussion for the book will be July 13th!

And here's why I'm posting the results of this a little earlier than I said I would. The results for book #3 were a bit more ambiguous. Four books tied for second:

• Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh
• Middlemarch by George Eliot
• The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera
• How Much of These Hills Is Gold by C Pam Zhang

The poll for the runner up will run until June 12th, and you can find that here! Given that this was so close, the tie breaker form only allows picking one. Campaigning for a favorite below is highly encouraged!!

Full results in picture form below for anyone interested:

Comments

[latespring]

I'm so excited for Black Water Sister, I was really hoping it'd pull through!

For the other book, I think the concept of The Saint of Bright Doors is really cool. And I've read part of another of C Pam Zhang's books, and had a lot of fun with its prose style (I generally like things that lean into the poetic), so I'd also love if that won. I've not generally had the best time with reading longer classic novels, but I'd be willing to give Middlemarch a shot!

[littlerhymes]

I'm excited for Black Water Sister too!

Since there was a tie for second, what if we just consider them all joint winners and read them over the next few months? That will save us having to vote again in a couple months' time.

[latespring]

I wasn't sure if that was too far out to plan! that sounds good though <3

[greenet]

I have Black Water Sister ready to start reading, so I'm pleased 😊.

I voted for Middlemarch, but I'm totally fine with Pop's idea of just putting all four books on our list and working our way down. This might also make it easier to get the books?

[latespring]

yeah that works for me!

[tullycat]

pops suggestion also works for me! We can just do them in the order listed?

[latespring]

that sounds good to me as well!