Feel free to participate if something catches your fancy though. We can limit the discussion to the forum and maybe do a discord meet-up for it for those who want to do a live discussion.
GHAAAA!! I have too much to do today and the first page has me in it's clutches! Thank you!
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I think it would be a good choice to read War Breaker by Brandon Sanderson. That is a good book.
Would you mind linking to a synopsis to help people choose?
Count me in (as long as we are not reading cheap paperbacks. No offense, but given the limited time I consider light reading rather wasteful)! My picks would be:
Not In Our Genes by Lewontin, Rose and Kamin: Two of the greatest biologists of our times, and a seminal psychologist, discuss the pitfalls of ultra-adaptationism and genetic-determinism.
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy: Often called one of the best works in the English language, this novel is semi-stream of consciousness approach to a radical criticism of heritage,tradition, colonialism, gender, politics, and pretty much everything else that affects people's lives everyday.
Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell; Orwell's personal recollection of the Spanish Revolution, the rise of the first truly collectivized anarcho-syndicalist society in Catalonia in 1936 at the hands of the CNT, and it's demise through the joint efforts of American imperialism, Soviet bureaucracy and European decadence. This is arguaby Orwell's most powerful work, and offers a personal and in-depth look at one of the most remarkable events in human history!
One of the better books I have read! I prefer reading Kafka's diaries though. They offer a more insightful look at the man. I also tend to prefer Camus and Sartre over Kafka, and particularly find Sartre insightful in terms of politics.
its for free on youtube well the narrated one
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I am definitely down for this. I've collected a backlog of books overt a couple of years and haven't touched most of them due to priorities in life. I'm already in a great reading mood and this just helps the motivation.
Some suggestions:
The Lives of Tao by Wesley Chu:
A secret agent story that involves around aliens that have manipulated human history since humans walked the Earth by inhabitanting their bodies and guiding them.
Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson
Unjustifiable Synopis since I haven't read the book in a long time: A legendary hero was supposed to save the world. He failed and because of that, a tyrannical ruler has taken over the land for a millennium. The end of the ruler lies on the fate of a leader of rebellion and a girl.
A suggestion I would like to make for the Book Club is to not have one book per month but possibly two or three per month that people can choose from. A person can pick one out of the three winning books or choose to read all of them if they desire. Helps when people aren't satisfied that a book they like didn't win but was very close.
I think the suggestion is good, but will depend entirely on interest. Typically the point of everyone reading the same book is to generate discussion. Not everyone will like every book so they bring good and relevant criticism to the discussion.
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Good point. I have other suggestions but I rather wait and see if this gets traction.
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I am definitely in. We should run a pole to select a genre. I assume it will be SCI-FI. Then because your running it, you should pick 2-3 books that you are willing to read, pole those, then run with it.
Or just go with 1984? I haven't read and willing to read. I have always wanted to read something by Isaac Asimov
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You mean duct taping books to sticks and beating people with them like the south to baptism right?
Oh man, count me in starting from february. I probably won't be able to join sooner than that, but I'm bookmarking the thread in any case.
this sounds like something i would enjoy. i work for a library and in my library's book clubs they will change the genre periodically. some people read everything every month but there are groups who only show up for sci fi or romance or mystery ect.....
pls no dime store porn i mean romance
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I will join if we start one I love reading and enjoy discussing books.
I will assume this is a joke.
No I was serious. Those were two separate thoughts and sentences. I know that Isaac Asimov didn't write 1984.
Well that confused me since they were together in one post.
As far as Issac Asimov, I, Robot is a good start.