Winners for Season 7 and Voting for Potluck Book

Season 7 Books based on majority votes:

Ann: For Whom the Bell Tolls, Hemingway
Anne: Giant, Ferber
Chelsea: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Smith
Gale: Alias Grace, Atwood
Jessica: The Grapes of Wrath, Steinbeck
Julie: Rebecca, De Maurier
Kim: Between the World and Me, Coates
Lindsay: The Secret Lives of Color, St. Claire
Shannon: Atonement, McEwan
Tiffany: Still Alice, Genova

Please vote in the following poll for the Potluck book. I took the books that got 4 or higher votes, and in one case there were two books that tied with three each from the original poll, so both were added. If you don't see one of your other choices on the list, that meant that your book was chosen with a clear majority, and there wasn't a close second.

You have 2 votes on this poll that you can use for one book, or two books.

For example, if I really want to read 50 Shades of Grey, I would use both my votes on that selection, going through the voting process twice. If I like both 50 Shades of Grey AND Twilight, then I would use one vote per each (both classic American reads, PBS list). With a total of 20 votes across the book club, hopefully we will have a clear majority winner for the potluck book.

Happy voting, and again, please remember that you have TWO votes!

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