Classical Clairvoyance

Classical Clairvoyance is where we ask our Tators which books they predict will win for the upcoming poll for our Goodreads book club. For October's poll, our winner is Persuasion so Laura's streak has sadly ended.  Aww.  However, she is tied with Karena on most correct answers! 

Our scores for right guesses so far are as follows: 

Angie -2

Heather - 1

Jared - 1

Jeane - 2

Karena - 3

Laura - 3

November's poll choices are for the category of 1910-1959:

The Magnificent Ambersons, The Black Obelisk, Atlas Shrugged, The Innocence of Father Brown, The Midwich Cuckoos  

Angie

Heather

Jared

Jeane

Karena

Laura

Which novel do think is going to win the poll?

Classical Clairvoyance

Classical Clairvoyance is where we ask our Tators which books they predict will win for the upcoming poll. For September's poll, our winner is Laura who was the only one to pick The Handmaid's Tale!  Go Laura!  Our scores for right guesses so far are as follows: 
Angie -1
Heather - 1
Jared - 1
Jeane - 2
Karena - 2
Laura - 3

Laura is 3 for 3. Will this month be her 4th? 

For the month of October our category is pre-1910 and our choices are Persuasion, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Rob Roy, Bartleby, the Scrivener, and Great Expectations.

Angie

Persuasion 

Heather

Bartleby, the Scrivener

Jared

Great Expectations

Jeane

Great Expectations

Karena

Persuasion

Laura

The Scarlet Pimpernel

Which book do you think will win for October's poll? Do you think Laura will win yet again? Let us know!

Classical Clairvoyance

At the end of each month we ask our Tators which book is going to win the next book poll a la Sunday morning football pre game show. Last month we all picked Fahrenheit 451. We are getting good at this!

We are doing a special Tators' choice this month to pick September's book. We picked off the bookshelf in our Goodreads group. To keep it to five choices, Jared sat this one out, letting Heather pitch hit. We're going to keep secret who selected which book, but here are our predictions of which will win. Our choices in the 1960-2003 category are: The Handmaid's Tale, A Prayer for Owen Meany, The Master and the Margarita, A Confederacy of Dunces, and Perfume: A Story of a Murderer.

Angie

A Confederacy of Dunces

Heather

 A Confederacy of Dunces

Jared

A Prayer for Owen Meany

Jeane

Perfume: A Story of a Murder

Karena

A Prayer for Owen Meany

Laura

A Handmaid's Tale

What book do you think is going to win and become September's book selection?

Classical Clairvoyance

At the end of each month we ask our Tators which book is going to win the next book poll a la Sunday morning football pre game show.  Last month the Tators guessed July's book . We were split between The Scarlet Letter and The Phantom of the Opera, which turned out to be pretty close as (at the time we're publishing this) Phantom is in the lead with The Scarlet Letter in a close second.

Now we're asking which of August's book choices are going to win,. The category is 1911-1959 and the choices are: Orlando, Lady Chatterley's Lover, John Brown's Body, Fahrenheit 451, and Things Fall Apart.

Angie

Fahrenheit 451. 

Heather

Fahrenheit 451. I'm thinking folks will want to revisit the title as adults or catch up on it if they didn't read it in high school. Plus, it's pretty great!

Jared

Fahrenheit 451.

Jeane

Fahrenheit 451.

Karena

Fahrenheit 451. Pretty much the same reasons as Heather said. 

Laura

Fahrenheit 451.  I would normally have guessed "Lady Chatterley's Lover" but after reading "Anna Karenina" in May, I predict we will go in a different direction.

Well, it looks like it's unanimous. Let's see if CWAtCers follow suit. Which book do you think is going to be August's book selection?

Classical Clairvoyance

A la Sunday football pre-game shows, we gathered the Tators to find out what books they think are going to win for July's book poll. The category is traditional, which for our criteria means prior to 1910. 

The choices are:
The Scarlet Letter  
The Phantom of the Opera
Thérèse Raquin
The Red Badge of Courage 
The Island of Dr. Moreau


Here's our Tators' weigh ins: 

Angie: The Scarlet Letter

Laura: The Phantom of the Opera

Jeane: The Phantom of the Opera

Karena: The Phantom of the Opera

Jared: The Scarlet Letter

Who do you think is going to make the cut? Add your guess, then go vote!