Although there are clear preferences (and some concerns about availability and/or page count), there don’t seem to be any hard-and-fast objections to any of the choices. I am happy with all four!
So I have created the usual Ranked Choice Voting ballot. Please rank all four books for most accurate results, not just your first choice. And the more voters, the better! Let’s see where we end up.
(Don’t forget that runners-up can still be contenders in future months.)
I just put James on hold for me. Even if we don’t choose the pair for this group, I still want to read the two books together.
@ignatius : I think the people in my town don’t read all that much!! I just checked the library in the next town over, where we lived for 25 years, and there are 14 copies out with 11 holds. So again, not a terrible wait time – maybe three weeks max.
I wish that I had thought of suggesting that we read Huckleberry Finn for February and James for April. The thought came to me in the middle of the night!
65 holds on 38 copies would be okay, if 12 of the books weren’t languishing at various homes.
I have a book here that was due Dec. 3 and I’m waiting till I finish the one I’m reading before heading to the library. In my defense, no one is waiting for it. I always get a book back on or before the due date if there are a number of holds, but that’s me. The no-fines policy makes it easy to return books - or not - at your convenience but it works less well when a number of patrons are waiting for a particular book.
Official policy:
The purpose of eliminating late fees is to encourage greater utilization of public libraries and their resources , particularly among low-income residents who might avoid libraries because they cannot afford to pay the fines.
I still have nightmares about not returning a library book, probably because the late fees were taken out of my allowance.
I voted for Huck/James but would be happy with any of the choices.
This may not be the final tally – only 12 have voted so far and I think last time we reached 18 – but you can study the raw vote totals and ponder the odds. 
Today’s “word of the day” is illustrated by a quote from WH. An omen!
“[The owner’s] attitude at the door appeared to demand my speedy entrance, or complete departure, and I had no desire to aggravate his impatience previous to inspecting the penetralium.”
Emily Brontë; Wuthering Heights; Thomas Cautley Newby; 1847.
I’m about halfway through this book. Not really liking the characters, thinking no way can Marnie can hike that much in one day with all that weight on her back, and thinking I’m not going to plod through the rest.
Thanks for checking in @dentmom4. I agree completely about the pack. I had to go with a little suspension of disbelief there. The characters grew on me as the story progressed. I think Michael and Marnie became less awkward, less inclined to overthink every word, as they got to to know one another and fell into a natural rhythm of walking and conversation.
The votes are in! It looks like we are going to inspect the penetralium. 
The winner is Wuthering Heights.
This will be fun. The story takes so many twists and turns that I’m sure we’ll have a lot to talk about. I’ll start a new thread.
I’m good with WH! I read it a million years ago and really don’t remember all that much.
Going back to “You Are Here” – as others have noted, Marnie doing that kind of mileage every day with a pack that heavy, is unrealistic. And what she packed? In my (much) younger backpacking days, dresses were definitely not on my list of essentials. Granted we were sleeping in tents, not staying at pubs, but still …
I do take a dress with me when we do this type of walking tour because we occasionally eat in fancy place. However we have a service carrying most of our luggage. I think it’s very realistic that she packed with no idea what was appropriate. I was very happy for her that she got good advice on the boots and layered clothes. The first few days were supposed to be easy hiking and flirting with eligible men. 
I’m not even convinced Marnie has as much stuff as she says. I think she’s is an unreliable narrator, exaggerating on purpose for comic effect. The chapters from her point-of-view ("third person limited” as my English teacher would say) contain descriptions that are a bit over-the-top. For example, if these were truly Marnie’s feet at the end of one day, she wouldn’t be hiking 20 miles the next day, no matter how many fresh pairs of socks Michael might give her: “Standing again, she noticed that the skin on the soles of her feet seemed to have separated from the flesh, like baggy socks” (p. 93). And hey, that’s another simile! But it makes no sense. How can skin separate from flesh? Isn’t it the same thing? Get that girl a copy editor.
Edited to add: I take it all back! I just looked it up and skin is the outermost layer, while flesh is the soft tissue beneath the skin. Marnie is right; I should have known better. This is not a fact I thought I would learn when we chose this book. 
Back to Wuthering Heights…I have a hardcover from 1975 with a dozen or so pen-and-ink illustrations created specifically for that limited edition. I’ll post them as our discussion get underway in February, but here’s the first to get you all in the mood.
Chiming in late (although it is still December!) that I enjoyed You Are Here a lot. I liked the give and take between Michael and Marnie and how their relationship developed, a few steps forward, a few steps back. I generally like “road trip” stories so I enjoyed following along on their journey and learning about the various places. I was bothered by some of the same, to me minor, less believable parts as others – Marnie’s pack contents, the stereotype that was Conrad, etc. I didn’t learn until after I was finished that the same author wrote One Day and Us. I liked the limited series streaming adaptations of both of those and I could see You Are Here being a limited series also. Maybe it’s already being made?
I’ve never read (nor seen) Wuthering Heights so I guess it’s time to change that.
This is a nice review: You Are Here by David Nicholls review – love is in the fresh air | David Nicholls | The Guardian
From a BBC article:
“There’s been some discussion about it,” says Nicholls. “I can’t say more than that. It’s a hard one because it’s outside in the English weather, and a lot of it is very internal and unspoken and you have to find a way to put that onscreen but the cast of One Day did it amazingly well. It’s absolutely possible with great actors so, we’ll see.”
Which begs the question…Who would you cast?
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(Just did my research – I’m going to go with Andrew Garfield [age 41] and Emilia Clarke [age 38]. Both of British origin.)
My favorite Aunt also had that edition along with the Jane Eyre. They are gorgeous.
(Just did my research – I’m going to go with Andrew Garfield [age 41] and Emilia Clarke [age 38]. Both of British origin.)
Definitely possible choices as long as Clarke isn’t blonde and violet eyed! I can’t believe she’s already 38!
I wouldn’t know where to begin with who to cast - I’m terrible at remembering actors’ names and where I’ve seen them before. But Googling your picks I could see it, especially him. I think Marnie should look more “quirky.”
Maybe Keri Russel? (The Diplomat, The Americans). I think too conventionally pretty, but I can see her playing the trying too hard aspect.
