The winner is ...

Dulcy breaks the tie:

wow! this is actually hard cause I want to read them all. ok, oscar
wao, though like I said, I'm very torn!

More details will follow. In the meantime, start thinking of some Dominican dishes -- that is, anything besides stewed goat.

Ballot boxing

Here are the results, but not the final ones. Dulcy still hasn't voted.

Francine: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Nancy: Revolutionary Road
Carol: No preference. (Very post-bipartisanship of you.)
Cathy: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Apology accepted.)
Me: Revolutionary Road (I chose the one less traveled -- for a while.)
Amy: The Road
Seana: The Road (If you're a Viggo fan, be sure to see "A Walk on the Moon.")
Pam: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Laura: Revolutionary Road


The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao and Revolutionary Road each have three votes, so Dulcy will have to break the tie.

I will post her final choice tomorrow.

Dulcy's 3 Choices

The envelope please. And Dulcy's three choices for our next book are...

• Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates (Forget the movie. this book was recommended by three tough critics: Wook Kim, Rob Brunner and Sarina Israel--yes, a relation.)

• The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz (Originally, my first choice--but I'm equally interested in all three of these books.)

• The Road by Cormac McCarthy (the NYT says it posseses "pure, savage beauty." (Wook said it's one of the best nonfiction books he's read in years.)

Let us know which one you'd prefer to read and get back to us in the next two days. Dulcy is suggesting that we meet on Sunday, May 10. Let us know if that date works for you.