My Vote for Next Year's Class

I would have to say my non-bias vote would have to go to The Road by Cormic McCarthy. I was entertained by the group that presented the book. I personally enjoyed the book my group read, No Country For Old Men, which was also written by McCarthy. I think that The Road would show the bond between a man and his son, and it sounds like it would stir up great conversations, which Cormic McCarthy books generally seem to do. When listening to the group present this novel, I was listening to every word and examining the book myself to see if I would like to read the novel for fun. With the other books presented, I honestly was not that interested because they sounded like books that we had read this year. Not that the books we've read or that were being presented weren't interesting, but it seems like I had heard it before.

Of the six books that were presented last week, I would say that the two Cormic McCarthy books would create the most discussion and would be the best books for the 2009 version of Readin Now.