[nesfa-reading-group] NESFA Reading Group -- books read

[Tracy Marks]

Thank you David.

I went over all the sci fi/fantasy books I've read in the past 5-6 years
and made a list of about 15 or so I would consider recommending to
the group. Only one of those you've read (Piranesi).

But then I looked them up both at Amazon and the Minuteman library
network. And I want to know - are any specific criteria for choosing
books that members are likely to be able to get?

My working hypothesis was:
----At least 2 (preferably 3) in the Minuteman Library Network (I don't
check the Boston Library Network)
----And (this isn't important to me, but I thought it would be to
those of you who don't read printed books) -- available on Kindle
or in ebook format.

Well, that knocked another 9 off my list of 15.
In fact, the library doesn't have ANY of most of my favorite books!
And there's only copy of Czerneda's Reap the Wild Wind, which I loved.

Anyway, I now need to hone my remaining list of five down to three, but
in the meantime it would be helpful to know about the criteria for
selecting, if there are any.

Two of my likely choices:
HUMANS by Matt Haig (everyone in my International book club loved it! 
it's both incredibly
       perceptive about the human race, and very amusing)
REMNANT POPULATION by Elizabeth Moon (with a marvelous feisty senior 
citizen heroine!)

I'll finalize that in the next few days.

Tracy Marks
p.s.I'm curious - which of all the books you read do you think received 
the most positive response? Were there any that EVERYONE rated high? 
(Ha!)


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On 2023-07-07 23:09, David G. Grubbs wrote:
> The list below is best looked at with a fixed-width font. I could
> convert it to other formats if absolutely needed. (e.g. PDF,
> spreadsheet, etc.)