THE RESULTS ARE IN!
It was neck and neck for a while, but a late surge of votes pushed one book over the top. But! Before we get there, it is worth noting that we had 60!!! votes, which is incredible, and I hope that if you're lurking or an infrequent poster that you join us.
In fact, one of the surprising points was that we all seem to be in a very similar boat. As you'll see from the below, only one book was read by more than 50% of participants (The Links) and 5 out of the 7 books have been read by less than 40% of us. And only one participant has read all seven books.
Therefore, I'd encourage us to see this book club as a genuine opportunity to grow our passion for GCA and talk about different ideas / theories / examples. And if you think you don't want to jump into the conversation because you don't know as much as others (as per the pizza guy), then just remember that we're all in a similar position!
Now onto the winner....
The book that we will read for the 2019 GCA Winter Book Club is: THE LINKS BY ROBERT HUNTER
While it was the most read book by those that took the survey, it was also the most requested as the book we read for the book club. One really neat point was that on several occasions, participants who had read The Links still nominated it as a book they wanted to read again. Surely a testament to the strength of the book.
Ian Galbraith posted a link where the book could be had for £11! If everyone aims to pick up the book over the coming weeks, that would be grand.
The date for the discussion of the book will be 27 January. I will send reminders on this thread, but then when it comes to the discussion thread, I will start a separate thread.
Enjoy reading and be sure to take notes (mental or otherwise) and we'll have good discussions, good debates and good times in January!