The Quasi-Official February Book Reading Game

[Susan in VA]

I don't really have a preferred genre.


Deal breakers:

Graphic violence (against people or animals) or gore when it is written for shock or entertainment (in other words, I don't mind a detailed medical description of an autopsy, but I don't want to hear about it from the point of view of a serial killer). 

Horror novels (no Stephen King, please).

Anything heavily and intolerantly pushing a particular branch of religion.

[Geoffrey]

Coolness.  I have everyone on my list and checking it twice.  After just a lazy Sunday, we are 10 people confirmed to play plus Sem, Cheerio and Dr. Renee    who are going to give their preferences ....

[Malweth]

I'll play though I can't promise I'll finish anything too tedious!

Favorite genres
Fantasy

Deal-breakers
Romance
Horror
Horror/Romance (Twilight )
Overtly Religious (allusion is ok - as in Grapes of Wrath)
>10k locations (unless I'm REALLY intrigued by the pick -- in which case I likely won't finish the book, but will continue into March!)

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Although fantasy is my favorite genre, I'm generally pretty open. I tend to dislike anything too tedious (e.g. war annals, hard (vice soft) sci-fi, overly Morgensternian books)

[Megs]

Preferred Genres

Well the whole point of this is to branch out, but if I had to pick:

Fantasy
Romance (the lighter stuff)
Surprise me

Deal Breakers

Excessive violence or gore
Excessive length
Anything overly depressing or heavy (I'm more into lighter subjects at the moment.)
Non-Fiction

[drenee]

I think I'm going to skip this month.  Once treatments start I will probably be staying at my DFs at the lake, and he has a dialup internet connection.  So my internet time will be limited, I'm sure. 
deb

[akagriff]

I'd like to join in.

Preference:
Sci Fi
History
comedy

No:
gory violence
sex
scary
paranormal romance

[welshcorgi]

This sounds like fun!

Prefer:  History, Non-Fiction, Long reads ok

Not so much:  Fluffy romance, Way out there sci-fi

[Geoffrey]

Deb,    (and I'll always think of you as Dr. Renee anyways)

Family comes first so by all means so do what you need to do ....  This one looks like its taking shape for February, so if it's fun, I'm sure we'll do it again ...

[sem]

OK - I am In

Preferred:
     Sci -fi, fantasy
     Historical fiction
     Animal fiction

Deal Breakers
     Non-fiction
     Gore for gore's sake

Surprise me!

[Geoffrey]

I started putting together a list to match us up ... I have to say I'm amused.  There are a lot of Science Fiction, fantasy, history or historical fiction readers in the group (not counting those who don't like those genres, of course).  Likewise, there are quite a few who aren't into Romance, horror or non-fiction - except for those who are into them. 

The only thing we all seem to have in common is an aversion to gratuitous sex and violence ...

[RiddleMeThis]

I'm in!!

Preferred:
Romance
Science Fiction/Fantasy
Murder/Crime Mystery

Deal Breakers:
Religion(allusion is ok, but no books who's story line is trying to save my soul)
Politics
Non-fiction
And if it is a series it must be the first one in the series

[geko29]

I'll join in the fun.

Preferred genres:
Horror
Mystery
Adventure
Cheap

Deal breakers:
Religion
Romance (genre)
>600 pages in print or 10k locations

[Fuzzy Dunlop]

i know its past deadline but if you have anyone drop out or have a waiting list for the next one count me in



Preferred:
     Sci -fi
     Thrillers  
     Mystery    
     Horror
     some Fantasy ( non cliched and geared toward adult readers )
     Non - Fiction (military, history)

Deal Breakers
     Romance
     Young Adult

[Cora]

i know its past deadline but if you have anyone drop out or have a waiting list for the next one count me in

Nope, you made it just in time! The deadline is listed as January 30th. Looks like we have a good amount of people, I'm excited!

[Fuzzy Dunlop]

Nope, you made it just in time! The deadline is listed as January 30th. Looks like we have a good amount of people, I'm excited!

you're right..im running a few days ahead mentally I think..not good

[Geoffrey]

(sorry this is so big)

I originally said it will take me until the 1st or 2nd to get this part done, but so far so good ... here is a list of who everyone is picking for.  Go ahead and make your selection and post their book here so all of our viewing pleasure.     Some of the columns may be crooked, but here we go:

Participant               Is Picking for       Preferred Genre(s)                  Dealbreaker(s)
akagriff                      Malweth               Fantasy                                      Romance, Horror, Horror/Romance
                                                                                                                (Twilight), Overtly Religious,
                                                                                                                >10k locations

Cora                          pomlover2586      No preferred                              Sci-Fi, Murder/Thriller/Horror, History,
                                                                                                                Biographies, Religious Books,my Price
                                                                                                                point is $5.00

Fuzzy Dunlop            luvmy4brats          Historical Fiction,  Romance       Religion, Politics
                                                              Urban fantasy

Geemont                   Margaret              Murder Mysteries, Historical       Political or Scientific Nonfiction, Graphic
                                                              Fiction, Fluffy Romance Novels   Violence or Sex (if that is the main point
                                                              Best Sellers                               of the book)

geko29                      NogDog                Science Fiction, Fantasy,            Romance, Anything that assumes one
                                                              Science Fact, Military Fiction       particular religious or political viewpoint
                                                              /History                                      is correct, Dominated by graphic violence
                                                                                                                or graphic sex

Geoffrey                    welshcorgi            History, Non-Fiction, Long          Fluffy romance, Way out there sci-fi
                                                              reads ok

imallbs                      Megs                     Fantasy, Romance                     Excessive violence or gore, Excessive length,
                                                                                                                Anything overly depressing or heavy, Non-Fiction

luvmy4brats             akagriff                  Sci Fi, History, comedy               gory violence, sex, scary, paranormal romance

Lynn                         imallbs                   American and Western              Horror, Romance, Religious themed books - fiction
                                                              European history, Science         and nonfiction, A huge book. I would like to keep
                                                              Fiction, Mystery, Historical          it to less than 10000 locations.
                                                              Fiction

Malweth                   Cora                      Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Horror                Religion, Politics, Non-Fiction

Margaret                  RiddleMeThis         Romance, Science Fiction            Religion(allusion is ok, but no books who's story
                                                             /Fantasy, Murder/Crime              line is trying to save my soul), Politics, Non-fiction,
                                                             Mystery                                       and if it is a series it must be the first one in the
                                                                                                                series

Megs                        Geemont               Science Fiction and Fantasy,      Romance, Young Adult, Religious Fiction or Non-
                                                             Horror, Crime, and Mystery,        Fiction, Media Tie-In, If from a series, it must be
                                                             Contemporary Literature,           the first one, Bad Formatting, Greater than 10 to
                                                             Historical Fiction, and Classics,   13K locations
                                                             Science, History, and
                                                             Phililosphy

NogDog                    Susan in VA          No Preferred genre                     Graphic violence (against people or animals)
                                                                                                                or gore,Horror novels (no Stephen King, please),
                                                                                                                Anything heavily and intolerantly pushing a particular
                                                                                                                branch of religion.

pomlover2586          Geoffrey              Science Fiction, Fantasy,              Non-fiction; survivalist/separatist fiction
                                                            Alternate History

RiddleMeThis            geko29                Horror, Mystery, Adventure,        Religion, Romance (genre), >600 pages in print or
                                                            Cheap                                         10k locations

sem                          Fuzzy Dunlop      Sci -fi, Thrillers, Mystery,              Romance, Young Adult
                                                            Horror, some Fantasy, Non -
                                                            Fiction (military, history)

Susan in VA              Lynn                   Fantasy/Science fiction

welshcorgi               sem                     Sci -fi, fantasy, Historical fiction,   Non-fiction, Gore for gore's sake
                                                           Animal fiction

[Geoffrey]

I'm picking for welshcorgi.

Your book for this month is Rule Britannia by Harry Turtledove.  This is a novel set in an Elizabethan England 10-years after the Spanish Armada defeated the English and Conquered the island.

[Margaret]

I am picking for RiddleMeThis.
Your book is A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini.  It is the story of two women living in Afghanistan under Taliban rule.  It is a great story that gave me a glimpse into a way of life that I had known very little about.  I hope you like it too.
http://www.amazon.com/A-Thousand-Splendid-Suns-ebook/dp/B000SCHC0Q/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1264953592&sr=1-1

[akagriff]

Malweth-

I've chosen The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson   

I think this is an intense read so I have a 2nd choice for you.

Radium Halos by Shelley Stout

[welshcorgi]

For sem:  

http://www.amazon.com/White-Seed-Untold-Colony-Roanoke/dp/B002SN9GF2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=digital-text&qid=1255746854&sr

I enjoyed this read tremendously, I hope you will as well

Edited to add the actual title and author  :

White Seed: The Untold Story of the Lost Colony of Roanoke  by Paul Clayton

[RiddleMeThis]

Ok geko29, I've chosen Dhampir by Barb and JC Hendee for you. It is the first in a multibook series that was suggested to me by a friend and I really enjoyed it and I hope you do to. It's a little bit of everything on your preferred list, and adds some Scifi in too.

[RiddleMeThis]

I am picking for RiddleMeThis.
Your book is A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini.  It is the story of two women living in Afghanistan under Taliban rule.  It is a great story that gave me a glimpse into a way of life that I had known very little about.  I hope you like it too.
http://www.amazon.com/A-Thousand-Splendid-Suns-ebook/dp/B000SCHC0Q/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1264953592&sr=1-1

I am very excited to start reading this! Excellent choice!

[welshcorgi]

I'm picking for welshcorgi.

Your book for this month is Rule Britannia by Harry Turtledove.  This is a novel set in an Elizabethan England 10-years after the Spanish Armada defeated the English and Conquered the island.

Got it  , and I will enjoy this one!  Thank you!

[Luvmy4brats]

akagriff

The book I've chosen for you is



I hope you like it as much as I do.

[Cora]

pomlover2586,

The book I've chosen for you is


The Kindle price is $5.59. I know that you had listed that your price point is $5.00, but I couldn't find anything cheaper. Almost everything else I looked for was over $6.00. If this is a problem, just let me know.

This is listed as a Young Adult book, but don't let that put you back (honestly I find that YA fantasy is some of the best, especially since I really hate fantasy that's steeped in politics). It's a fantastic read. I've read this book (and it's two sequels) multiple times and it's just something that's stayed with me. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have.