Apparently you, our readers, fell under the sway of "The Irresistible Henry House," by Lisa Grunwald, which we'll read for this month's Book Talk with AnnArbor.com discussion, happening Tuesday, October 26 at 7 p.m. in our community space, 301 E. Liberty St.

Inspired by a real practice in the 20th century - wherein orphanages would loan out "practice babies" to college home economics students as they prepared for motherhood - "Henry" tells the story of a baby who grows up mothered by many women rather than one, and thus explores the experience's impact on both the child and his primary caregiver.

The New York Times offered a positive review of the novel, and Grunwald herself offers this take on how the seed for the book took root.

Finally, here's an interview with Grunwald on the topic of "Henry House."

Intrigued? We are, too. So mark your calendars for Tuesday, October 26 at 7 p.m. to discuss "Henry House."

And in the meantime, consider and vote for our November selection below.

"Zeitoun," by Dave Eggers, chronicles one man’s experience after Hurricane Katrina.

The New Yorker summarized the book this way: "Abdulrahman Zeitoun, a successful, Syrian-born painting contractor, decides to stay in New Orleans and protect his property while his family flees. After the levees break, he uses a small canoe to rescue people, before being arrested by an armed squad and swept powerlessly into a vortex of bureaucratic brutality. When a guard accuses him of being a member of Al Qaeda, he sees that race and culture may explain his predicament. Eggers, compiling his account from interviews, sensibly resists rhetorical grandstanding, letting injustices speak for themselves."

Entertainment Weekly heralded the book as the best of this past decade, and offered this original review. Timothy Egan offered a glowing review in The New York Times; Salon featured a lengthy interview with Eggers; and the author appeared on "Democracy Now" recently (see clip below) to talk about the book.

Can "Zeitoun" possibly live up to all this acclaim and hype? Maybe we'll find out.

"The Youngest Templar: Keeper of the Grail," by Lapeer-based writer Michael P. Spradlin, is the first book in a young adult series that will soon be concluded with the release (October 28) of the third installment, "The Youngest Templar: Orphan of Destiny."

Summing up "Keeper"'s plot, Booklist wrote: "Left as a baby at a monastery, Tristan has spent the last 14 years working with the gentle monks and pondering his identity. Facts surrounding his arrival there seem to indicate he is of noble birth. Yet even these suspicions in no way prepare him for what’s in store with the arrival of Sir Thomas and a group of Knights Templar on their way to the Holy Land. In short order, Thomas makes Tristan his squire, Tristan makes an enemy of malevolent Sir Hugh, and the warriors, with Tristan now among their ranks, head to the Saracen stronghold of Acre."

Major reviews of the book aren't available online, but one book blogger had this to say about "Keeper," and a two part interview with the author (see below) may give you a better sense of what might be in store.

So if you're a closet young adult lit reader, or have a young person in your family who might want to get in on the discussions, you might consider "Keeper" as an option.

Finally, a brand new novel that's got lots of buzz is Emma Donaghue's "The Room."

An Amazon.com review describes the book like this: "In many ways, Jack is a typical 5-year-old. He likes to read books, watch TV, and play games with his Ma. But Jack is different in a big way - he has lived his entire life in a single room, sharing the tiny space with only his mother and an unnerving nighttime visitor known as Old Nick. For Jack, Room is the only world he knows, but for Ma, it is a prison in which she has tried to craft a normal life for her son. When their insular world suddenly expands beyond the confines of their four walls, the consequences are piercing and extraordinary."

Aimee Bender offered this fairly enthusiastic review in The New York Times, while the Los Angeles Times offered a positive, but more measured, review. The Guardian, meanwhile, had nothing but good things to say.

By all indications, "The Room" will be the book everyone's talking about this fall. If you want to start the conversation with us, vote for it below, and check out the book's trailer below.

Jenn McKee is the entertainment digital journalist for AnnArbor.com. Reach her at jennmckee@annarbor.com or 734-623-2546, and follow her on Twitter @jennmckee.