November 2007 Book of the Month

As the author of the best review of September's selection, 1862: A Novel, geneg has earned the opportunity to suggest the Book of the Month for November:

I just selected the one prior to this one. Can you pass the choice on to the next best reviewer?

You can use any method you like to produce a pick (ask around, make a poll, roll a die) but it's your responsibility now. Mwah-ha-haaa

Alas geneg! -- it was just you and I that wrote reviews and I just picked October selection.

Oh go ahead -- you earned it!

Here's a couple of completely unsolicited ideas:

Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons - about foster kids in the south, this was an Oprah book

The Between by Tananarive Due - southern horror set in Florida and Africa

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg - fun chick lit

the Blue Place by Nicola Griffith - the art scene and serial killers in Atlanta

The Dying Crapshooter's Blues by David Fulmer - historical fiction and gambling in Atlanta

Rampart Street by David Fulmer - layers a major knowledge of jazz music, the historical setting of early New Orleans, and a troubled French-Creole investigator into mystery novels with a distinct and fascinating tone. a recently overlooked novel.

(* tried to fix flags - they're still not all working)

Okay. Y'all asked for it. The book for November is Ray by Barry Hannah.

Alright, there you have it. Sounds like a good'un.

I posted my review of Ray here .

I liked and agreed with your review geneg -- mine is on LT. I agree with you re: 'modern' fiction except as usual I am more snarky and judgemental than you. Novels like Ray I equate with abstract art and the Emperor's New Clothes.

I guess we have a hiatus in December, but I picked Tobacco Road for January -- hope you'll join me in reading it -- because I know no one else will ;)

I actually just finished Tobacco Road! I'll check back for the discussion.