Poll: People's Choice: Which novel should have won Canada Reads 2011?

Click on the following link and have your say! Poll: People's Choice: Which novel should have won Canada Reads 2011?

I must admit that I love the fact the fact that Essex County by Jeff Lemire is polling first and by some margin at this stage. The wonderful defence by Sara Quin, from Tegan and Sara (www.teganandsara.com), plus the awesome comments on the final Q&A by Jian Ghomeshi have really gotten this novel "air time". Let's hope that all those votes turn into sales and this really kick starts the genre to being more widely accepted as novels.  The public seems keen!

Of course this poll may just be the result of members of an over eager board (www.saraandtegan.com) supporting Sara Quin, but somehow this blogger does not think so.  Far too many comments and responses seem to have been voiced concerning the novel Essex County and the fact that it truly is an exceptional read means that I would love other people to appreciate the beauty.

I lived in Canada for three years, and this novel is essentially the novel of Canadians as far as I am concerned.