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

[A. Ali]

I'll echo that -- thanks for sharing the list, David. The
hang-out-at-the-library-every-weekend, Midwestern, junior-high kid in me is
so floored that she'll get her name on this list, lol. Kind of puts the
pressure on. I'll send you my three book picks on Friday. Most likely, some
new stuff I haven't read yet.

Best,
Ayesha

On Sat, Jul 8, 2023 at 9:56 AM Gloria Lucia Albasi <trebbiana61 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> This is a wonderful list!
> Thank you for sharing it.
> Gloria
>
>
> On Jul 8, 2023, at 2:19 AM, David G. Grubbs <dggrubbs at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 
> We do bias it toward books that everyone can find. That might take a bit
> of negotiation and research.
>
> The Merrimack Valley Consortium that my library in Groton belongs to shows
> three copies of the Elizabeth Moon book. The Groton Library has none.
>
> There is one copy of Matt Haig's  *The Humans*, but there are 20 other
> copies in the MVLC.
>
> The Groton library has no books by Julie Czerneda and the MVLC has no
> copies of "Reap the Wild Wind".  There are a half-dozen books named "Reap
> the Wind" by other authors.
>
> I started keeping the vote taliies only in May, covering the last four
> books  Before that, I didn't record votes tallies.  And I have not recorded
> *ratings* of books other than my own. Maybe Louis has kept a list of
> ratings or at least averages.
>
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 8, 2023 at 1:41 AM Tracy Marks <tracy at windweaver.com> wrote:
>
>> 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!)
>>
>>
>> -------------------------------
>>
>> 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.)
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