I’ve started an internet bookclub!
We’ll be reading a book a month and sharing our thoughts.
Although you’re welcome to read the book then comment on this post, the book club was started as part of a Habitica party and guild. You don’t need to know what Habitica is, but if you’d like to participate in our main forum, suggest new books for coming months, and vote for next months books then you should check out our Achievement Unlocked forum:
Visit the main forum here.
Apply to join the forums here (obviously, everything is free)
Bookmark the Bookclub forum here.
I’d love to have more people read with me and talk about books – I hope you’ll join. Details on this months book are below.
This month’s books is Redshirts by John Scalzi:
“Ensign Andrew Dahl has just been assigned to the Universal Union Capital Ship Intrepid, flagship of the Universal Union since the year 2456. It’s a prestige posting, and Andrew is even more delighted when he’s assigned to the ship’s Xenobiology laboratory. Life couldn’t be better … although there are a few strange things going on:
(1) every Away Mission involves a lethal confrontation with alien forces
(2) the ship’s captain, the chief science officer, and the handsome Lieutenant Kerensky always survive these encounters
(3) at least one low-ranked crew member is, sadly, always killed.
Suddenly it’s less surprising how much energy is expended below decks on avoiding, at all costs, being assigned an Away Mission. Andrew’s fate may have been sealed … until he stumbles on a piece of information that changes everything … and offers him and his fellow redshirts a crazy, high-risk chance to save their own lives …”
