TEST Book Club - April Nominations CLOSED

[Printimus]

Well I hope everyone is enjoying March's pick, however long it may be (seems to never end!). We are gonna kick off nominations again, so pick your favorite book to add to the list. Some simple rules regarding the nomination phase of our little book club:

• One nomination per person
• Include book title and author
• No changing your pick
• Feel free to explain (without spoiling) why you nominated your pick

Hope you all have a wonderful rest of the month and I look forward to see what great picks you all have!

P.S. if you want to keep track of all our previous picks, feel free to check out our book club on goodreads.com here.

 

[Printimus]

I would like to re-nominate The Fall of Reach by Eric Nylund. It's the first of the Halo books and it seems appropriate seeing as how The Master Chief Collection was just announced for PC recently.

 

[Wolfy]

I nominate Neuromancer by William Gibson. If you enjoy the Cyberpunk genre you will love this novel.

 

[DarthMunkee]

I nominate Neuromancer by William Gibson. If you enjoy the Cyberpunk genre you will love this novel.

Well I think Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson is a better cyberpunk novel so I propose a showdown in the voting between the two.

 

[Sraika]

hmmm
Sphere, by michael crichton
mostly because i havent read it yet but ive been meaning to lol

 

[DarthMunkee]

hmmm
Sphere, by michael crichton
mostly because i havent read it yet but ive been meaning to lol

Good movie too

 

[Printimus]

All great submissions thus far! Lets keep the ball rolling!

 

[Scape]

hmmm
Sphere, by michael crichton
mostly because i havent read it yet but ive been meaning to lol

I love that book and its a really good choice.

I will nominate
The Final Empire - Brendan Sanderson
(Mistborn #1)

 

[Vavrik]

I nominate Old Man's War by John Scalzi

But I would vote for any of the stories nominated so far. They're all good stories.

 

[Printimus]

I love that book and its a really good choice.

I will nominate
The Final Empire - BRANDON Sanderson
(Mistborn #1)

He writes some good stuff!

I nominate Old Man's War by John Scalzi

Been meaning to read this for a while, I hope it gets selected!

 

[Scape]

Just wondering how most people read the books for the book club? Kindle? or do you go and buy a physical copy?

 

[Printimus]

Just wondering how most people read the books for the book club? Kindle? or do you go and buy a physical copy?

If I already have a physical copy or it is on my "to-read" list, I sometimes buy a physical copy. Otherwise I just do the kindle/e-book version. My wife and I have been trying to build up our personal library so it's easy for me to get permission to buy more books.

Some of our members utilize their local library to check out the books that way which is awesome if you dont have the funds nor the space for a personal library. We all gotta pay for those space pixels anyhow, right? Priorities.

Audible books is another popular way to enjoy the books we choose. I know many of the members here prefer this method.

 

[Scape]

If I already have a physical copy or it is on my "to-read" list, I sometimes buy a physical copy. Otherwise I just do the kindle/e-book version. My wife and I have been trying to build up our personal library so it's easy for me to get permission to buy more books.

Some of our members utilize their local library to check out the books that way which is awesome if you dont have the funds nor the space for a personal library. We all gotta pay for those space pixels anyhow, right? Priorities.

Audible books is another popular way to enjoy the books we choose. I know many of the members here prefer this method.

yea i see, was just going to say that i already have alot of .mobi (Kindle) ebooks and if i have the one that is selected then i could upload it for other people.
I have so many that i havent read

 

[Sraika]

Just wondering how most people read the books for the book club? Kindle? or do you go and buy a physical copy?

library when possible, ebook when not
also sometimes i already have a copy.

 

[Vavrik]

Just wondering how most people read the books for the book club? Kindle? or do you go and buy a physical copy?

I usually use Kindle on a tablet or cell phone, and other formats too not always Kindle.

 

[Scape]

I usually use Kindle on a tablet or cell phone, and other formats too not always Kindle.

id find it hard reading on a phone

 

[Printimus]

yea i see, was just going to say that i already have alot of .mobi (Kindle) ebooks and if i have the one that is selected then i could upload it for other people.
I have so many that i havent read

While I do appreciate your willingness to share, I cannot condone piracy of electronic goods. If you are going to share, I would advise doing so in a private setting (not on public forums such as here). Thank you!

 

[Scape]

Piracy? They were all purchased legally...but understood.

 

[Vavrik]

id find it hard reading on a phone

Then, I would say that you need a new phone :) I'm only half joking.

 

[Printimus]

Piracy? They were all purchased legally...but understood.

Right, but in the small print, you arnt supposed to share your legal purchase. If you did, you would become a distributor.... kinda like how you werent supposed to make copies of VHS tapes for your friends back in the day.