We Have a Wiener

Not long ago, in the spirit in which this great nation was founded, I asked for your vote. And you delivered. Thanks to you, we can change America!

Oh, wrong speech.

The votes have been tabulated for the What Will Bookfraud Read Next? poll, and in a landslide, the winner is The Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier. Brief History received 55 percent of the vote, while the next closest candidates only garnered 18 percent each. Granted, there were only 11 votes, and some of the "votes" were extended diatribes regarding my general stupidity that required interpretation worthy of a Joyce scholar to ascertain which book was actually selected.

I could have kept voting booths open, but exit polling was showing a diminishing interest in light of a far more pressing political matter, Governors With Boners. We have to keep our priorities straight, after all.

In all seriousness, I greatly apprecate all who bothered to vote and offer your opinions, especially those who gave detailed suggestions — even if your book didn’t "win," it’s gone on the list of must-reads.

I’ll read The Brief History of the Dead forthwith, and offer my semi-coherent thoughts on it when I’m done.

Thanks again.