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« on: February 16, 2010, 05:00:38 PM » |
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Its time to start looking forward to March so now is the time to start the sign-up for the Quasi-Official March Book Reading Game. Sign up will occur here and will run from Today until Friday, Feb. 26th. Here are the game guidelines: When signing up:1. Sign up by Saturday, Feb 27th 2. State your preferred genres 3. List any Deal-breakers (genres, cost, size, etc.) 3.5 If you want to use last month's information (instead of typing it again), just let me know ....  4. Be filled with anticipation and a little dread Picking a book:1. You'll get your selectee's name in a separate thread. 2. Pick a book you love and adore, is outside your person's usual genres, is not a Deal breaker, 3. and that is no more than $9.99 ... 3.5 Add a backup book if you want 4. Let everyone know your selection by adding it to the thread. Once you get your book:1. Be surprised at the choice and maybe feel a little unsure about it ... 2. Get the sample, discover it's not so bad 3. Read your book (no cheating) 4. Come back to the thread often to tell us what you think. 5. Learn, live, love ... |
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Come on in, Lurk, Join in, Play a round or 12 ... its fun, it's addicting and you know you want to play .... Resistance is futile ... join us ....
It's The Quasi-Official Book Reading Game
 
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« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2010, 05:02:13 PM » |
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Count me in again...
Usual genre:
Historical Fiction
Romance
Urban fantasy
Deal-breakers:
Religion
Politics
Horror
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« Reply #3 on: February 16, 2010, 07:04:59 PM » |
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I am fairly new to KB but would like to join in. Not sure of the "genre" thing. I get fiction and nonfiction. Though I read mostly fiction, I have read some nonfiction that I have thoroughly enjoyed. But.... I have read romance, mystery, suspense, dog stories (what genre is that?), historical fiction, etc. Is there some kind of "list of genres" where I can just review and check off those things I know I would be interested in reading and those that I would not?
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« Reply #4 on: February 16, 2010, 07:15:01 PM » |
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Preferred Genres: Fantasy Horror Thrillers Urban Fantasy
Deal Breakers: Romance Science Fiction History
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« Reply #5 on: February 16, 2010, 07:36:41 PM » |
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I am fairly new to KB but would like to join in. Not sure of the "genre" thing. I get fiction and nonfiction. Though I read mostly fiction, I have read some nonfiction that I have thoroughly enjoyed. But.... I have read romance, mystery, suspense, dog stories (what genre is that?), historical fiction, etc. Is there some kind of "list of genres" where I can just review and check off those things I know I would be interested in reading and those that I would not?
This is by no means a complete list. I took the book categories from the kindle book store page and pulled a sampling: Action & Adventure Anthologies Children's Fiction Comic Fiction Comics & Graphic Novels Contemporary Fiction Drama Erotica Fairy Tales Family Saga Fantasy Fiction Fiction Classics Gay & Lesbian General Historical Historical Fiction Horror Literary Fiction Men's Adventure Movie Tie-Ins Mystery & Thrillers Poetry Political Religious Fiction Romance Science Fiction Sea Adventures Short Stories Sports War Westerns World Literature I suggest, for a fuller list, to just click through the book groups that interest you on the Amazon pages to see sub-categories come up ... |
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« Reply #6 on: February 16, 2010, 07:38:55 PM » |
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Prefered: I'm ok with anything except those listed on my deal breaker list.
Deal Breaker: Paranormal anything, R rated and X rated sex, Scary horror which includes body parts cut off.
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« Reply #7 on: February 16, 2010, 08:03:03 PM » |
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Thank you Geoffrey. I did not even think about going to Amazon, since I never searched for books in that way.
I will use Geoffrey's list as my start off point. Checking for other subcategories would make things way too complicated. I may check them out later for future months, however. Let's see how this one goes first!
So......
Preferences in genres:
Contemporary Fiction
Drama
Family Saga
Deal-breakers:
Religious Fiction
Political
War
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« Reply #8 on: February 16, 2010, 08:42:07 PM » |
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I'm in again.
Preferred Genres:
Fantasy
Sci-Fi
Horror(?Stephen King and Dean Koontz type stuff)
Deal-Breakers:
Religion
Politics
Non-Fiction
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« Reply #9 on: February 17, 2010, 03:32:22 AM » |
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I'm in again!!!
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
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« Reply #10 on: February 17, 2010, 04:10:52 AM » |
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Please sign me up again!
Preferred reading -
Murder mysteries
Historical fiction
Fluffy romances
Best sellers
Deal Breakers -
Political or scientific nonfiction
Graphic sex or violence (if that is the main point of the book)
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« Reply #11 on: February 17, 2010, 04:40:45 AM » |
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Comfort zone: - Sci-Fi
- Fantasy
- Science fact (esp. physics)
- Military fiction and history
Deal-breakers: - Romance
- Anything that assumes a particular religious or political view is correct
- Gratuitous, graphic violence and/or sex
- Full of stereotyped characters I don't care about
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« Reply #12 on: February 17, 2010, 04:54:23 AM » |
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Sounds like fun!
Preferred genres: fiction, historical fiction, romance
Deal Breakers: political, sexual, horror
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« Reply #14 on: February 17, 2010, 09:04:09 AM » |
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I'm in again.
Preferred Genes:
Science Fiction, Mystery, Horror
Deal Breakers:
Media Tie-In, Romance, Religious, Children's, Young Adult. If from a series, it must be the first one.
Or check out my Goodreads link below for more information
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« Reply #15 on: February 17, 2010, 04:12:33 PM » |
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I too would like to play, but I'm nervous about picking a book for someone else.  I like: adult contemporary fiction historical fiction suspense/thrillers Nonfiction fantasy Deal Breakers: Science fiction Romance Politics |
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« Reply #16 on: February 17, 2010, 05:01:24 PM » |
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The more I read the game guidelines the more this sounds fun. I have not yet read the previous month's posts. I will be away for more than a week but returning late on 2/27. Will look forward to reading all of the preferences, getting my assignment and getting started.
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Good reading!
Donna
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« Reply #17 on: February 17, 2010, 05:27:12 PM » |
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I did not play last month as I am not good at picking books for others. Also, I listen to a lot of audio books checked out of the library by DH that are: reported as damaged, new, just been checked in, something he likes, or something he thinks I might like. As a result, I frequently listen to books outside my normal comfort zone. Therefore I have sorted my Comfort Zone in approximate order of number of books read. Comfort Zone:- Science Fiction
- Mystery
- Fantasy
- Historical
- Scientific Nonfiction
- Biography
Deal Breakers:- Political or Religious - if intended to convert or intolerant of other viewpoints
- Gratuitous graphic violence
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« Reply #18 on: February 17, 2010, 05:55:07 PM » |
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I'm in and am looking forward to it.
Comfort Zone:
historical fiction
chick lit
family saga
drama
suspense
thrillers
religion is OK if it is presented culturally, not to convert.
I don't usually go for fantasy, but if written well, I will be willing to try it.
Deal Breakers:
science fiction
horror
NO vampires (even if it is a love story)
romance
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« Reply #19 on: February 17, 2010, 06:00:48 PM » |
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Count me in...I just found the thread (don't know how I missed it last month).
I like:
Drama
Mystery/thrillers
Contemp. fiction
Deal breakers:
Non fiction
Science fiction
Fantasy
War
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« Reply #20 on: February 17, 2010, 07:35:50 PM » |
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I would love to join!
My usual genres:
Paranormal Romance
Mystery
Horror
Deal Breakers:
Nonfiction
Religious
western
Books that take a ton of work to read
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« Reply #21 on: February 17, 2010, 10:59:14 PM » |
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Preferred Genres:
American and Western European history
Science Fiction
Mystery
Historical Fiction
Deal Breakers:
Horror
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« Reply #22 on: February 18, 2010, 11:12:40 AM » |
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I'm in!
Comfort zone:
Literary fiction
Gothic horror and spookiness -- I love a good ghost story and things like Patrick McGrath
That amorphous genre they call "narrative nonfiction" -- basically, true books that tell a story a la Devil in the White City
Popular science for ignoramuses
Popular history
Total Deal-breakers:
"inspirational" fiction or nonfiction
Anything really badly written and/or formulaic -- yep, I'm a snob
Conspiracy theories and political screeds
Chick-lit, unless it's extremely well done
My person should feel free to push me out of my comfort zone, but please have mercy and don't ask me to read, say, Nicholas Sparks (unless he's a waaaaay better novelist than I assume he is ...). I'm fine with sex and violence if they aren't gratuitous and have a reason to be in the book.
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« Reply #24 on: February 18, 2010, 03:16:00 PM » |
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Preferred Genres:
Scifi
Fantasy
Mystery
Religious
Action
Deal Breakers:
Horror
Politics
Erotica
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