SciFi and Fantasy eBook Club discussion

I haven't started this one yet, so I don't have any comments ... but let me know your initial impressions and comments.

It's going to take me a bit to get to this one - finishing Windup Girl, then my reading game assignment, then this.

I'm going to try this one, despite being YA, but I've got to get my Kindle Boards Quasi-Official August Book Reading Game first.

I started it last night - granted I'm only 200 locations into it. But, I'm surprised. It's darker than I would have thought a YA book would be ....

Geoffrey wrote: "I started it last night - granted I'm only 200 locations into it. But, I'm surprised. It's darker than I would have thought a YA book would be ...."

Yeah, I'm about 1/2-way through the sample and am not sure I want to continue -- not because there's anything "wrong" with it, just that I'm really not in the mood for anything too down right now. I might wait to see what the responses here are as to where the tone goes before I shell out the bucks for it.

I'm reading The Passage right now for the Reading Game. Hunger Games is next on the list.

I've downloaded the sample, I will read that before I shell out $11 :)

I just started this afternoon. It already has grabbed my attention and I want to get back to it.

I'm 45% in and I'm thinking this book reads way too much like a movie. I'd say isn't so much dark and down, but a silly and cliched pastiche of an apocalyptic B-grade SF film like Death Race 2000.

So far it reads like a post-apocalyptic version of The Lottery.

I had already read The Hunger Games and couldn't put it down. Same with its sequel. The last book comes out in two weeks and my whole house will be fighting over it. It's dark, but it's also full of hope and the human spirit that keeps us fighting for not only our own lives, but others' as well. Can't wait for you all to finish and discuss. :)

I've read the sample. The story does grab my attention, I love post-apocalyptic tales. But, and this is a dealbreaker for me, the story is written in present tense format! I just could not read a whole book this way.

huh ... and I didn't even notice that ...

This one's been on my TBR list for a while because of the rave reviews, although I have to admit the reason I haven't gotten around to it yet is I'm not really into the post-apocalyptic/dystopia stuff. Will have to read the sample and then decide.

Started last night, and I'm a couple chapters in. Gotta say, given the subject matter I'm quite surprised this is so popular.

Eric wrote: "Started last night, and I'm a couple chapters in. Gotta say, given the subject matter I'm quite surprised this is so popular."

I tend to agree. Not to be sexist, but quite a few women who're into chick lit have said some pretty good things about this book over on kindleboards.

I really enjoyed this one much more than I thought I would. At first I found the present-tense and first person writing style irritating (I'm not a fan of either!) but within a few pages, I was sucked right in and became involved in the book.

The YA aspect of it made a nice quick read. I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed the story and how well the characterizations were done - even with the tense and first-person style.

I've finished The Hunger Games, Catching Fire and am now sitting here waiting for Mockingjay to be released.

Won't spoil it by hinting what happens in book two!

In both books I enjoyed the comparisons the author draws between our fascination with reality TV, celebrity and opiates for the masses.

Scott wrote: "So far it reads like a post-apocalyptic version of The Lottery."

It made me think of The Lottery too! And to respond to Anna, the present tense did put a knot in my stomach at first, but I too was able to get into it quickly. The writing is great, and the storytelling just makes everything so personal and important.

At present I'm about 30% through. I always think, skip to the fighting! But then all the little detours are interesting too.

I knowI'm "late to the game - but just wanted to say that I just started reading this and am really enjoying int.