Didn’t we (and by we, i mean other people. I never participated, unfortunately) used to do this? I believe so, but hey, ressurrecting the idea is always good.
I’m in, of course. This would give me much more motivation to actually read (I’ve been trying to power through books i’m not interested in, in an effort to read everything. Sort of a daunting task, yes.)
Yeah that’s an idea, or maybe anyone who wants to could suggest a book and we could vote on which one to read.
I think daunting task is a bit of an understatement
I can’t remember it being done before, but you could be right. I had a quick search for any old topics but couldn’t find anything, maybe there’s something in the archives?
You’re right. We used to have the “reading circle” whichfrom the Circle of Sound is a spinoff. I remember I hosted The Hobbit and Ficciones.
Genre, huh? I’m game for philosophy and literature; within literature I’d prefer drama and prose, as my rhythm with poetry books wouldn’t quite fit the purpose of the topic. And I sure can propose books once we decide on what the hell we’re going to read.
I’m partial to sci-fi myself (in a mood for some recently). Not the pulp authors, though. I mean some Dick, Asimov, or if we’re playing fast and loose with the term “sci-fi,” Vonnegut (I myself would love to re-read Timequake. mmm… Timequake…)
When we finally decide on a specific book to read, can the original poster note it in the first post? That way I don’t have to be browsing the whole thread to find which book is the current one. Thanks
Ok, I’ve thought about it and I think the best way to choose the first book would be for anyone who wants to suggest a book to do so, and then we can vote on which one to read first. We might do something different for future books, but I think this’ll be a good way to start.
Genre… anything, absolutely anything, either fiction or non-fiction. It can be fantasy, classics, horror, crime, sci-fi, (the aforementioned) zombies, philosophy, science, political, religious/atheist … any book at all that you think is good and that other people might enjoy reading, from the Lord of the Rings to the Mating Habbits of the Common Garden Bee .
So maybe if we have until midday thursday gmt (i.e. 3 days from this post) to suggest books and then we can vote on them. When suggesting a book it’d be good if you put the title and a quick sentence to say what it’s about.
Alright, then I’ll just throw in a suggestion to get things started.
It’s White Fang by Jack London. It’s a short novel first published in 1906.
It’s about a wolfdog, named White Fang, born in the wild and later introduced to civilization. It compares the animal and human worlds while also delving into issues of loyalty and morality.
It’s not too difficult to read, relatively short, very cheap to get (can even be read for free online as it no longer falls under copyright law) and in my opinion very entertaining. Some parts of it can even be a little philosophical and/or educational. Other than that, it’s also just a very nice story.
as long as we’re suggesting things, here’s one i’d love to re-read: Illusions by Richard Bach
again, it’s short and pretty easy to read. It’s massively entertaining, highly philosophical, and downright fun. I believe it’s still under copyright law, so a trip to the local library would be in order.
My suggestion is Dracula by Bram Stoker. The story is relatively well known, and is about a vampire named Dracula who moves from Transylvania to England and starts to bite various people, and so is hunted by Van Helsing and gang.
I think what makes the book really worth reading though, is how it’s written. The story is told through the diary excerpts and letters of the different characters. This means that you get to see each character’s point of view, and really get to know and feel for a deep character behind each of them. It’s exciting and has a lot of nice touches to it.
The topic creator should gather the list of suggested books to read, create a poll with a few of the suggestions, provide a link to a small synopsis/brief description of each suggestion and add a poll to the topic with the suggestions so we can all vote.
Set up a deadline for the voting process and the suggestion with more votes will be the chosen book.